fingerprint in stephen s office and his blood drops near the sink. you had feet print leading to the manager s office and shoe prints leading from the office to the kitchen. now the case is coming full circle. prosecutors believe wilson saintil was desperate for money, and believed his only recourse was to rob the restaurant where he worked. as the maintenance man, he stopped by after hours, knowing the cash receipts would be in the safe. saintil probably made some noise in the kitchen. stephen walked out of his office to see who was there. hello? that s when stephen saw the knife. stephen ran to his office and tried to close the door, but
saintil was still able to get inside. stephen was stabbed more than 40 times and died in his office. as saintil washed his hands and the knife, his blood, possibly from a bloody nose from the fight, dropped onto the kitchen counter and faucet. saintil took the $8,000 from the safe. since he knew the surveillance cameras had captured the fight, he cut the cables and removed the video recorder. but as he did, he left his partial fingerprint on the manila folder, which fell to the floor upside down. saintil left the restaurant with the murder weapon, video recorder, and his bloody clothes. prosecutors believe he returned later to clean up the blood. but his plan fell apart when he saw the exterminator was there on an unscheduled visit. nobody knew he was coming by that night, except for stephen. i feel that was a godsend. stephen s the only person that knows this guy is showing up.
and thank god he shows up on that night, because that narrows the timeline, that preserves the crime scene at that point, and that prevents wilson saintil from coming back and cleaning up the crime scene. when we found out later it was him, it s a weird feeling that he had the nerve to come here to our home the see it s still hard to comprehend that. wilson saintil was tried and convicted of first-degree murder. he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. saintil left evidence behind, some he might have explained, having worked there as an employee. but not all of it.
man who killed stephen holmes inside the steak restaurant. but investigators wanted to know what happened to the $8,000 missing from the restaurant s safe? that s when they learned that saintil visited a local furniture store the day after the murder. the furniture store had a security camera in the office, which showed saintil paying off a $1,200 debt in cash with $100 bills. much of the money stolen from the restaurant was in $100 bills, from the gift certificates they had been selling on the night of the murder. the fact that he pays off his debt at the furniture rental company so quickly after the murder is it s just bizarre. and forensic testing found a connection between saintil s
and forensic testing found a connection between saintil s fingerprint in stephen s office and his blood drops near the sink. you had feet print leading to the manager s office and shoe prints leading from the office to the kitchen. now the case is coming full circle. prosecutors believe wilson saintil was desperate for money, and believed his only recourse was to rob the restaurant where he worked. as the maintenance man, he stopped by after hours, knowing the cash receipts would be in the safe. saintil probably made some noise in the kitchen. stephen walked out of his office to see who was there. hello?