a man the evidence showed was at the scene of the crime and had lied about it. he charged permentor with first-degree murder and decided to seek the death penalty. weeks before the trial was scheduled to start, tim s friend george solomon, his sleep over alibi witness recanted his story. he tells me this whole new story that permenter admitted he killed karen that night. blurted out a confession? that s a holy cow moment. it is. death penalty cases can take a torturous path when reaching a courtroom. this one had taken four long years. and despite building a strong circumstantial case, prosecutors did not have a murder weapon or physical evidence linking tim to the stabbing. defense attorney dudley kline. you have a complete lack of physical evidence. no bloody fingerprints.
were visible stab wounds on her hand. you know, so we kind of pulled flowers down a little further. a few days after the murder her many friends at the airport said their good-byes. there s a chapel at the main terminal in the airport. there were so many people there from all different airlines, the security people. it was incredible. meanwhile the investigation was moving quickly on several fronts. first they validated boyfriend tim s story. he said after visiting karen earlier that evening he spent the night with a friend about an hour to the north. he did in fact go up to where george solomon was staying. and this was confirmed with george as well as george s girlfriend. george gave us a time line consistent with what permenter