the defense hammered on what day the phone call came through, even the day it was placed. you told investigators the call was in the middle of the night. i was asleep and i thought that the call came in later than it did. everything critical in terms of time, duration, any memory about the call, was all different once she got to testify, but only after she saw her phone records. after jennifer crew stepped down, the prosecution called the woman s fiance to try to undo any damage to her testimony caused by the defense. he confirmed that she related the alleged confessional phone call to him immediately after hanging up that night. she came downstairs crying, she s like, he did it. she was scared, actually. she was upset. if the jury believed jennifer crew s story, ryan widmer was sunk. the defense called a witness about the emotional call from ryan. it was another woman who had become interested in ryan widmer s case after seeing our first dateline report. melissa from s
she came downstairs crying, she s like, he did it. she was scared, actually. she was upset. if the jury believed jennifer crew s story, ryan widmer was sunk. the defense called a witness about the emotional call from ryan. it was another woman who had become interested in ryan widmer s case after seeing our first dateline report. melissa from seattle, like jennifer from ohio, struck up a phone and e-mail relationship with ryan in 2009, she said was she drawn to the case after the death of her sister-in-law. how often did you talk? three times a week. he talked about sarah a lot, he was having a hard time accepting everything. she flew to ohio to visit a friend and go with another supporter to a bowling fundraiser organized for
widmer s defense. she even made this video tribute to ryan and sarah that she posted on youtube. the call in which he allegedly confessed to killing his wife. melissa walters said ryan was perfectly composed when she spoke to him for two hours that night. how do you know he was not drunk, not upset? every phone conversation i ve had, he has never been intoxicated or distraught. all the times i talked to him, he was never drunk or upset. she was convinced that jennifer crew with made up the whole story. i was shocked that she would lie. had the defense paid a price by putting yet another woman on the stand? is there risk for you about
seattle woman s story for the defense was that she too had a lengthy phone call with ryan that finished six minutes before he called jennifer crew in iowa. the call in which he allegedly confessed to killing his wife. melissa walters said ryan was perfectly composed when she spoke to him for almost two hours that night. how do you know he was not drunk, he was not upset? every phone conversation i ve had, he has never been intoxicated or emotionally distraught. i knew all the times i talked to him he was never drunk or upset. melissa was convinced that jennifer crew had made up the whole story about the confession. i was shocked that she would lie. had the defense paid a price by putting yet another woman on the stand? is there a larger issue here? is there risk for you about these women getting involved with ryan widmer? that s easy is to get sucked into that but i think you have to understand what ryan was
was 100% behind her. i did feel strongly about supporting him. there s just no chance that he had anything to do with it. but the importance of the seattle woman s story for the defense was that she too had a lengthy phone call with ryan that finished six minutes before he called jennifer crew in iowa. the call in which he allegedly confessed to killing his wife. melissa walters said ryan was perfectly composed when she spoke to him for two hours that night. how do you know he was not drunk, not upset? every phone conversation i ve had, he has never been intoxicated or distraught. all the times i talked to him, he was never drunk or upset. she was convinced that jennifer crew with made up the whole story. i was shocked that she would lie. had the defense paid a price by putting yet another woman on the stand? is there risk for you about these women getting involved