three patrols that he d ever been on. we know that he panicked. we know this because he claims that he got out of the car and fired towards the field at this truck that was 200 yards away. yet one of his rounds hit the hood of the patrol car not two or three feet in front of him. he did not know where his rounds were landing. you don t do that. unless you are firing wildly. evidence that kevin lamance was firing without aiming is significant. but it still doesn t prove the friendly fire theory. searching for anything she may have missed, dr. norton re-examines the evidence. and it s not long before she s rewarded with the most critical clue yet. what is that? what is that? what is that? not a freckle. not a mole.
blood, bone fragments, fragments of brain tissue are going to come flying out almost like spray paint. that blood evidence should be located on the passenger side of the patrol car. but according to dr. norton, it s not there. where is all of that evidence? it s not in the car. so where is it? dr. norton makes an alarming deduction. i came to the conclusion that he almost had to be standing outside the vehicle. it then suddenly occurs to me that he s almost got to be facing so that that exit wound is toward the field. in other words, jim lamance was facing his brother kevin when he was shot through the eye. there is no other reasonable conclusion. talk about a tragedy.
it s obviously something that occurred before death because i m seeing tissue reaction around it. dr. norton noted the presence of stippling on james lamance s face. stippling is caused when gun powder hits skin. it simply means that unburned gun powder is hitting the skin hard enough that it actually causes a little abrasion. now, stippling can t be produced from a weapon that s fired 217 yards away. stippling is produced by discharging a weapon and a bullet striking someone a distance of up, say, to eight feet. the presence of stippling around jim lamance s wound is a decisive finding. when she pulled the autopsy picture out and said right here, i can show it to you, it made perfectly good sense. and for the defense it s the final piece of the puzzle. now they re certain they know what happened on that dark night.
forensic scientists to find out. was this cold-blooded murder? the round is coming in through the driver s door. or was an innocent man wrongly accused? to put two shots in close proximity is a very, very remote possibility. this time, on verdict: you decide. the dusty saddle is a welcome sight in whitewright, texas. we are the only drinking establishment in the town. friends meet here, have a drink, play pool. we have our regulars. and one of the most loyal is 54-year-old richard hicks. richard had been coming here for lots of years. he was a really nice guy. everybody liked him. the locals see richard as an honest, hard-working man. but the police see a darker side. he developed a drinking problem when he returned from vietnam. he had some prior problems with the law. richard hicks is notorious for driving drunk, and he s known for another dangerous routine. richard had a habit of getting in his car, leaving the dusty saddle, and the nice whitewrig