the scariest thing that you will ever go through. my whole world crumbled. cara was the kind of teacher students just love. she was a rock star at her school. with the same man for 20 years, enjoying life together by the beach. the balcony was like our second living room, you can hear the waves on the shore. but she was all alone that night when, according to her, an intruder burst into her bedroom. i was scared to death. i didn t have any other choice. you shot him? i shot him. she said the man attacked her. he told me he was going to kill me. she d been assaulted. she defended herself. so why did others call it murder? my very first words were, she set him up. cara s account kept changing. it hit me just how different all of these stories were and how unbelievable they were. lies. it s all lies. what really made cara pull that trigger? the rug was pulled out from underneath her. she was shocked. and she was angry? yes. a jury would
the red marks on her wrists could have been from sex play, said the state. could have been from struggling with her handcuffs here in the police car. nothing led me to believe that there was anything from this alleged altercation with j.j. that was on her body at all. and remember how cara told detectives that j.j. went back to drinking and abusing oxycodone after they broke up? but the medical examiner testified that the level of alcohol in his system was very low that night. and there was no trace of opiates in his blood at the time of his death. he had one pill in his pocket at the time of his death and he obviously had the prescription because he injured his back. so, if the detectives were right that cara wasn t defending herself, why that night at that moment did she take out the gun and pull the trigger? because, said the prosecutor, her ploy, her attempt to lure him back, failed and she was losing control of him. the state s theory?
so the prosecutor told the jury that dna tests didn t even show clear evidence that they d had sex. and those bruises on cara s hip? were judging from texts with the new boyfriend not from jj. the rough sex a couple of days prior to the shooting is what led to whatever injuries she may have had. reporter: the red marks on her wrists could have been from sex play said the state, could have been from struggling with her handcuffs here in the police car. nothing led me to believe that there was anything from this alleged altercation with jj that was that was on her body at all. reporter: and remember, cara told detectives that jj went back to drinking and abusing oxycodone after they broke up? but the medical examiner testified that the level of alcohol in his system was very low that night. and there was no trace of opiates in his blood at the time of his death.
that dna tests didn t even show clear evidence that they d had sex. and those bruises on cara s hip were, judging from texts with the new boyfriend, not from j.j. the rough sex a couple of days prior to the shooting is what led to whatever injuries she may have had. the red marks on her wrists could have been from sex play, said the state. could have been from struggling with her handcuffs here in the police car. nothing led me to believe that there was anything from this alleged altercation with j.j. that was on her body at all. and remember how cara told detectives that j.j. went back to drinking and abusing oxycodone after they broke up? but the medical examiner testified that the level of alcohol in his system was very low that night. and there was no trace of opiates in his blood at the time of his death. he had one pill in his pocket at the time of his death and he obviously had the prescription because he injured his back.
reporter: but remember, cara accused jj of raping her. so the prosecutor told the jury that dna tests didn t even show clear evidence that they d had sex. and those bruises on cara s hip? were judging from texts with the new boyfriend not from jj. the rough sex a couple of days prior to the shooting is what led to whatever injuries she may have had. reporter: the red marks on her wrists? could have been from sex play said the state could have been from struggling with her handcuffs here in the police car. nothing led me to believe that there was anything from this alleged altercation with jj that was that was on her body at all. reporter: and remember, cara told detectives that jj went back to drinking and abusing oxycodone after they broke up? but the medical examiner testified that the level of alcohol in his system was very low that night. and there was no trace of opiates in his blood at the time of his death.