it was only in hindsight that i could see i really recognized that for whatever reason, boutwell had made the decision that i was the suspect. sometime shortly after christine s murder, which was on august 13th, 1986, michael just came into our law office. he felt uncomfortable enough with the pressure that he needed some advice. people think that if you just tell the truth, you ve got nothing to fear from the police. if you just stick to it that the system will work, it will all come to light, everything will be fine. michael came in and laid out a very simple case. i did not do this. i don t know who did it. i ve cooperated with them.
32-year-old michael morton is charged in the death of his 31-year-old wife chris. morton broke down in tears today as district attorney ken anderson showed him photos of his wife s body. ken anderson s theory of the case was the theory that it was michael s birthday. christine had refused to have sex with him that night. and he went into a homicidal rage and killed her. prosecutors say he beat his wife to death after she refused to have sex with him on his birthday. the headline reveals the argument of the prosecution. district attorney ken anderson today focused his line of questioning on morton s infrequent sexual relationship with his wife. under ken s theory at that point, then michael masturbated over christine s body as, i guess, some form of sexual release. we don t know what it was. but when he did that, he had tears coming down his eyes as he talked to the jury. it was really quite an effective performance. when i heard ken anderson speaking to the jury or talking to
ken anderson s theory of the case was the theory that it was michael s birthday. christine had refused to have sex with him that night. and he went into a homicidal rage and killed her. prosecutors say he beat his wife to death after she refused to have sex with him on his birthday. the headline reveals the argument of the prosecution. district attorney ken anderson today focused his line of questioning on morton s infrequent sexual relationship with his wife. under ken s theory at that point, then michael masturbated over christine s body as, i guess, some form of sexual release. we don t know what it was. but when he did that, he had
murder. a possible suspect is being questioned about the slaying tonight. i didn t really see them as overly confrontational. it didn t really seem like they were accusatory. they were just doing what they had to do to eliminate me as a suspect. it was only in hindsight that i could see i really recognized that for whatever reason, boutwell had made the decision that i was the suspect. sometime shortly after christine s murder, which was on august 13th, 1986, michael just came into our law office. he felt uncomfortable enough with the pressure that he needed some advice. people think that if you just tell the truth, you ve got nothing to fear from the police. if you just stick to it that the system will work, it will all
point, then michael masturbated over christine s body, as, i guess, some form of sexual release. we don t know what it was. but when he did that he had tears coming down his eyes, down his eyes as he talked to the jury. it was really quite an effective performance. when i heard ken anderson speaking to the jury or talking to witnesses, i was actually encouraged a little bit because i in my mind, who couldn t see that these were nothing more than emotional pleas with no substance? it s not uncommon that in these scenarios the husband did it. it s just those are those things even though you pretend it s not there, it has to be in the back of your mind somewhere. he was the only suspect they had, and his the only thing he had to say about it is it was somebody else. i don t know who it was.