trial, kris and his investigator ron patrillo felt good about their chances. kris had seven or eight al i alibis. i had located people and gotten sworn statements that put him squarely in broward county some 25 miles away during the time the murder occurreded. narrator: with the trial approaching, kris got word that tino geddes was about to change his story. everything tino said, that he was with kris, that kris was in broward county when the murders took the place, it was all a lie, according to tino. narrator: he was now going to testify for the prosecution. and no one, including kris, was prepared for the accusations geddes was about to make. u want. woman: but, but, jimmy. all of these travel sites seem the same. captain obvious: i always use hotels.com. with their loyalty program, i get a free night for every ten nights i collect.
prosecutor on the case. mr. geddes told us he had been with kris maharaj on several occasions when he had tried to kill the victims and members of their family. and that kris maharaj s soul motive was the death of derrick moo young. tino said kris did a dry run at the hotel where he planned to murder the moo youngs and kris would burst through from room 404 to room 406 to do it. i went to the dupont and there is no door between 404 and 406. there are all sorts of reasons why tino is lying. the question was why. why do you think geddes changed his story? tino geddes hadded a dui trial coming up. he was also being charged for smuggling guns and ammunition. if he was smuggling a bunch of guns into jamaica at a time of harsh sentencing. the vast majority of people when they face life in prison are
the graphic details of the murders he said he d watched kris commitment geddes told prosecutors kris asked him to fabricate an alibi. detective john buhrmaster said kris tried to cover up the crime during his interrogation. when the case was finally turned over to the defense, hendon s judgment would, again, come into question. he said to me if he didn t call any witnesses he would have two shots at the jury in closing argument. i said, you re not going to do that. i have all these witnesses. you re not going to do that. he didn t answer me. eric hendon s defense case for kris would consist of only nine words. eric stood up and said, your honor, the defense rests. he didn t call a single witness. nothing.