and then he killed himself. damian macneill committed suicide in january 2010. he was such a wonderful guy. i miss him. but the murder investigation continued. picked up steam, in fact. the two investigators debriefed gypsy in prison. that was a treasure trove of information that she gave us. she confirmed that chance meeting at the temple with rachel was a setup, a rouse to get her into the house after michele was gone. how long had she and martin been planning it? i said, so you staged and scripted that meeting? yep. and when did you script it? was it at the funeral? was it before the death? so no comment. the investigators went back to the prosecutor over and over urging him, charge martin with murder. but what did the
turned sexual. it was a very casual thing. just whenever we had time and it could be arranged. okay. and it was go ahead. i think we probably had sex half the time. i mean, sometimes it was just lunch. the very day after michele s death, gypsy took a sexy selfie and sent it to martin. there was one picture that was a little suggestive. showing your buttocks? yes. it wasn t long before gypsy moved into the macneill house, supposedly hired as a nanny. if i told you that others testified that you were not much of a nanny in terms of cooking and taking care of the children and instead staring goo-eyed at the defendant, what would be your response? my response is that when the adult children were home, i
a picture of their magical beginning. both beautiful, michele and martin macneill. everybody loved smart, charismatic michele from childhood on, said her sister linda cluff. she entered different pageants. she won homecoming queen. she did modeling. she was an exchange student in switzerland. she excelled at everything. martin did, too, in his own way. took a little while but eventually he became a doctor and then a lawyer and then a leader in his church of the jesus christ of latter day saints. the mormons. before that back when this picture was taken, it was just unstoppable love. did they elope or just run off together basically? they got married by a justice of the peace. they had four children. eventually set up house in a
gleeful, even on the day of her funeral. the defendant was jovial, laughing and smiling, and again remarking that he was going to have to get used to a life as a bachelor. how callous, said the prosecutor. but as for evidence that he murdered her, remember, the autopsy said heart disease was the cause of death, not murder. this case is a puzzle with many pieces. your wife is unconscious? she is unconscious. she s underwater. first piece, they said, was martin s behavior during the 911 call. martin seemed angry. he hung up on the operator. okay. do you know how to do cpr? i m doing it! okay, do not hang first responders had trouble finding the house. when they finally did arrive, they said martin was acting so erratically it made them nervous. and while martin, the doctor, was performing cpr he was kind of yelling at
my wife is 50 years old. she just had surgery a week ago. what kind of surgery did she have? a facelift. she had a facelift? yes. do you know how to do cpr? i am doing it! okay, do not hang martin performed cpr on his wife until the first responders arrived, but it was too late. i called alexis. i said, alexis, what s happened? something s happened with mom. and i said, mom s dead, isn t she? and alexis said, yes, she is. martin said he left the house early in the morning for work. later in the morning, he accepted an award at a safety fair and then left the office to pick up 6-year-old daughter ada from school. when they got home, ada rushed up the stairs to see her mother and found her in the bathtub unresponsive. it was horrifying. i mean,