in the old file. called up and discovered that after matt died she spent practically every day with holly. and here s where detective quinns eyes really opened wide. rebecca told them that one day, she was at holly s house when she noticed some odd-looking jugs of chemical in holly s kitchen. she had said that it was antifreeze and that it was to winterize matt s boat. did you ask why they were there? yeah, i did. i mean, they were fixing the boats. but, yeah the it was in the kitchen on the boats outside. so you, know why would the antifreeze be in the kitchen? and then she said at the time rebecca was complaining about her husband. and holly said, i can get rid of him. i can get rid of him? i could get rid of him. and i kind of thought, that was a kind of joke about it. i kind of laughed.
and he kind of moved up through the ranks. the thing that excited him about it was that he was going to take over. my uncle was kind of grooming him to become the boss. i remember him, in many cases, telling me about how he was looking forward to that. but what matt wanted, perhaps most of all, was a family. and so, when he met holly, holly mcfeeture matthew fell in love. he fell in love 100 and 10%. and he really loved holly. there were some people who planned out their lives very carefully. those people may have taken issue with matt and holly, whose daughter samantha was born, give or take, nine months after they met. the marriage part became later they decided. he loved being a dad. he loved that little girl. and loved holly. holly loved him. holly told her sister, chrissy, the story of how they mention they got engaged. it was during a romantic weekend in niagara falls, just before samantha was born. holly was preparing a bubble bath.
call from kennedy, in person to holly. trying to get her to incriminate her cell. curiously, the prosecution didn t mention that call in court so, the defense was only too happy to push play for the jury this was something they had to hear halle. yeah. do you know who this is? yes, hi jameson. holly was taken by surprise. hadn t heard from him in years. police, of course, were listening too. you remember what you told me about the drinks? the drinks. the drinks with matthew? what did i tell you about that? didn t work out so well for the police, or for mr. kennedy. are you trying to accuse me of doing something to him? is that what you re trying to do to me? i m not trying to accuse you of anything. well, you re putting words in my mouth right now. because, i never said any such words to you. about ever putting anything in this drink.
was it was to call him a prosecution witness? the man had eight felony convictions under his belt. and he was serving ten years from beating up cops. and yet, here he was, central witness against holly. he s an alcoholic. he s a drug addict. and he wants something from you guys. so he ll say whatever you asked to say, right? the thing about this witness, about jameson kennedy is that he didn t want anything in exchange for what he was going to come into court and say. he knew that he was going to be in prison for quite awhile and that nothing he could say in court could ever change that. and, kennedy s story, if the jury chose to believe it, was a potential game-changer. it was september 26, 2008, two years after matt died. kennedy was on probation, he told the jury when holly stopped by the law office where a kindly defense attorney had given him a job and a place to sleep. they shared a bottle of wine. ate some takeout. we both were kind of a little bit, you know, tipsy. afte
disguised the antifreeze in matt s beloved raspberry ice tea. zero forensic support for that, said the defense and do you know how the ice tea got into that thermos. i have no clue none of and there was nothing ever connecting that it was even ice tea. and the motive, the prosecution suggested. the modest life insurance money, laughable. said the defense. wouldn t even buy a decent car. besides, holly said she had no idea at the insurance existed. matt s uncle, who owned the factory where matt worked, couldn t see other wise. do you have any personal knowledge to holly actually knew that there was a life insurance driver at the i cannot say that i do. but, all these defenders didn t have a problem. no getting around it. huge problem. the pillow talk with de missing kennedy when, according to, him halle actually confessed.