the whole family, and she wanted to be biologically in that family. he learned that just weeks before the murder, tension between lisa and sabrina had reached the breaking point. after 17 months under the roof, sabrina was told it was time to pack up and get out. sabrina got very upset, knew that lisa was the one initiating the action. and why, snap? yes. but right now, all that was just a theory. then, six months after the murder, the investigation took another turn. you learned sabrina was ready to talk. she starts telling her story, she starts sobbing, tears are coming down her face. sabrina told dateline the same story she told police. a story of a young girl bouncing through the foster
attorney felt quite confident as he prepared his counter punch before the late county court. did kevin have anything to give leases murder? now. did he have any sexual relationship with sabrina? no. there is not one piece of physical evidence that tied kevin to any of this. he began by trying to dismantle the evidence the state presented. he challenged the county employees who have testified they believe kevin was acting inappropriately towards sabrina, asking why they didn t report such behavior before the murder. at that time, if you have a serious concern, you would offer [inaudible] i would have filed a report if it was a
wife was butchered. and that have other people criticize what my a motion or response to that situation was. kevin s brand, linda, agreed. even if the emotional response was to try and visit sabrina in jail, just one day after she murdered kevin s wife. i thought about that. i m thinking, he might have wanted to say, why the hell? what s the matter with? you she also thinks that kevin was a fairly judge for filing his wife s claims as quickly as he did. kevin, she said, had to think about the welfare of his children. now, i have to be the sole support. now, when am i going to do? a great deal of the states evidence were witnesses say he s not acting the right way, not normal. as soon as someone could tell you what normal is, i will be happy to adopt as a notion. he implied that same criticism to kevin s muted response to the mention of a
was never present or on the phone during this conversations about killing lisa. but he knew that it would be his cross examination of sabrina that would determine kevin s fate. [inaudible] hello. sabrina is a seriously disturbed human being. the murder itself, he said, it was all the prove the jury would need of that. to recognize this knife? yes. when you began slaughtering lisa, this knife was straight. wasn t it? yes. and you attacked her with such vigor and force, anger and rage, you managed to put a 20-degree bend in a stainless steel knife. right? he continue to press, hoping that sabrina was motivated not by manipulation by kevin, but by her hatred for lisa. you used the [inaudible]
welcome back to dateline. i m natalie morales. sabrina zunich confessed to fatally stabbing her foster mom. now, the killer had even more to reveal, claiming she didn t act alone. continuing on with deadly betrayal, here is josh mankiewicz. detective always knew who killed lisa knoefel. now, he felt he understood why. sabrina had told him that lisa was about to crush her dream of remaining part of the knoefel family. she hated lisa. that feels to me like motive. absolutely. i hated lisa, but it was only because she was triggering a lot of past issues. but there was more. there was, said sabrina, someone else. it is not all my fault. now, i take responsibility