They dont have the witness. They think hes being railroaded. Reporter then came the videotape. Youre watching the last moments of his life. It gives me the chills. You see who else is there . Im going to prove that he did this. Reporter a hunt for justice or the hounding of an innocent man . You believe nick hillary murdered your boy . Yes. Theres a darkness thats at work here. People call me a murderer. I am 100 percent innocent. Reporter a champion and coach. Il you could have heard a pin drop in that courtroom. Reporter im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Dennis Murphy with the a murder case, for sure, but so much more than that. Its a little bit fargo. It is a little bit fargo. Its got a small town. Its got love triangles. Its got fated love. And those elements, for a writer, are irresistible. Reporter the woman in the middle of it all, tandy cyrus. A very pretty woman in a town where pretty women stand out. Reporter one of her lovers stood out too, nick hillary. As a black
Connecting him to this case. They dont have the fingerprint. They dont have the blood. They dont have the witness. They think hes being railroaded. Reporter then came the videotape. Youre watching the last moments of his life. It gives me the chills. You see who else is there . Im going to prove that he did this. Reporter a hunt for justice or the hounding of an innocent man . You believe nick hillary murdered your boy . Yes. Theres a darkness thats at work here. People call me a murderer. I am 100 percent innocent. Reporter a champion and coach. A chilling crime. What would the verdict be . You could have heard a pin drop in that courtroom. Reporter im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Dennis Murphy with the accused. A murder case, for sure, but so much more than that. Its a little bit fargo. It is a little bit fargo. Its got a small town. Its got love triangles. Its got fated love. And those elements, for a writer, are irresistible. Reporter the woman in the middle of it all, t
They think hes being railroaded. Reporter then came the videotape. Youre watching the last moments of his life. It gives me the chills. You see who else is there . Im going to prove that he did this. Reporter a hunt for justice or the hounding of an innocent man . You believe nick hillary murdered your boy . Yes. Theres a darkness thats at work here. People call me a murderer. I am 100 percent innocent. Reporter a champion and coach. A chilling crime. Drop in that courtroom. Reporter im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Dennis Murphy with the a murder case, for sure, but so much more than that. Its a little bit fargo. It is a little bit fargo. Its got a small town. Its got love triangles. Its got fated love. And those elements, for a writer, middle of it all, tandy cyrus. A very pretty woman in a town where pretty women stand out. Reporter one of her lovers stood out too, nick hillary. As a black man in a predominantly white town. You still have people who will not accept interra
What would the verdict be . You could have heard a pin drop in that courtroom. Reporter im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Dennis Murphy with the a murder case, for sure, but so much more than that. Its a little bit fargo. It is a little bit fargo. Its got a small town. Its got love triangles. Its got fated love. And those elements, for a middle of it all, tandy cyrus. A very pretty woman in a town where pretty women stand out. Reporter one of her lovers stood out too, nick hillary. As a black man in a predominantly white town. You still have people who will not accept interracial relationship. Reporter what happened between tandy and nick would tip high profile, big city attorneys to confront each other in a murder trial now Getting National attention. This has become a story that kind of echoes beyond st. Lawrence county, and even beyond new york. Reporter except, when you drill down, its as local as it gets all about a smalltown boy. This one. 12yearold Garrett Phillips. Tan
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