money man, john rivers, decided he d pay ethan s rent. secretly, of course. and it was a plan which after a little brainstorming offered a bonus, a built-in opportunity. here s how. the a-team wanted to know if heather or ethan forged kate s $4500 check, but they needed original handwriting samples. we determined what was on the check that we needed comparison samples to. and we had numbers, obviously, on the check. then the a-team helped ethan s landlord prepare ious that contained the numbers and letters. when ethan and heather signed the document, they provided the sample that could prove they forged kate s check. the team took the handwriting to mickey dawson, who set up the police handwriting lab. the question was simple did heather and/or ethan forge that check from kate, the one ethan tried to cash? immediately that day our handwriting document examiner said, that s them. no question about it. so if ethan and heather forged a check from kate, what else did they do? s
a built in opportunity. here s how. the a-team wanted to know if heather or ethan forged kate s $4,500 check. but they needed original handwriting samples. we determine what was on the check that we needed comparison samples to. and we had numbers, obviously, on a check. keith morrison: then, the a-team helped ethan s landlord prepare ious that contained the needed numbers and letters. and when heather and ethan signed the documents agreeing to pay the rent in installments, they were giving the team the very samples that could prove they forged kate s check. the team took the handwriting to their waiting expert, mickey dawson the man who set up the state police handwriting lab. the question was simple, did heather, and or ethan, forge that check from kate the one ethan tried to cash? immediately, that day, our handwriting document examiners said, that s them. no question about it. keith morrison: so, if ethan and heather forged a check from kate, what else did they do?
other. twist after twist, turn after turn. the confession doesn t match the crime. a curious letter, was it real? that s when we started to get suspicious. was there a spy. we called everyone. it was unbelievable. how much could this father endure? i love you so much. i love you too. what will it take to set him free? he is completely innocent. you re a defense attorney. yeah, and i am also a human beingch i know he didn t do it. the mystery in rock hill. good evening, welcome to dateline i m ann curry. clarence darrow once said lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for. to many, tonight s case did seem like a lost cause. it centers on a man accused of a terrible crime who struggled for years to clear his name. in a an extraordinary battle for justice. and dateline was granted extra ordinary access. here is keith morrison. why is he awake? what time is it? the machine must have malfunctioned? no, forced air from the machine hissing pas