and i don t have i can t do anything else. i m out of ideas. what do i do? you get the sense that you re at these people s mercy. and you hope to god they know what they re doing. almost from the very beginning of the investigation, authorities seem to be homing in on a specific suspect. tonight that man is in jail. boutwell knocked on the door, and he told me he was there to arrest me. and i don t remember the exact words, but i said something along the lines of, you ve got to be kidding. what? to me it was just so ludicrous. i turned off some stuff in the kitchen. i grabbed eric and i told him i wanted to call a friend to come get him. he said it wouldn t be necessary. he had already arranged for some neighbors to take my son. i didn t want him to go to those particular neighbors, but they pulled him out of my arms and his arms are outstretched.
that chris was dead, i asked if it was murder. he said yes. i asked to see her, i wanted not proof, but i needed to see her. and the sheriff refused. neighbors said the family had gone out to eat last night. it was michael morton s birthday. morton was at work for a grocery store chain when he heard his wife was dead. an autopsy will determine the exact cause of death, but she is said to have suffered some type of head injury. sheriff boutwell is waiting on tests with the department of public safety and also the autopsy before making any more public comment in connection with the case. but the neighbors here are certainly talking quietly among themselves tonight and worried about their families. it s too overwhelming for tears or anguish. it s just complete it s like physiologically you don t know how to respond. topping the news, a brutal slaying has investigators puzzled. today s autopsy report conflicts with findings obtained at the scene of yesterday s murder. sheriff s
come to light, everything will be fine. michael came in and laid out a very simple case. i did not do this. i don t know who did it. i ve cooperated with them. and i don t have i can t do anything else. i m out of ideas. what do i do? you get the sense that you re at these people s mercy. and you hope to god they know what they re doing. almost from the very beginning of the investigation, authorities seem to be homing in on a specific suspect. tonight that man is in jail. boutwell knocked on the door, and he told me he was there to arrest me. and i don t remember the exact words, but i said something along the lines of, you ve got to be kidding. what? to me it was just so ludicrous.
he was his timing was good. he came across as not only believable, but almost just, you know, iconic in the room. the lead investigator was don wood, who was on the witness list. we thought wood would take the stand. and we would have the opportunity to cross him. when he was passed to us for cross-examination, we d get his reports. they never called don wood. instead they called the sheriff boutwell to the stand. he didn t testify for very long. and he didn t really say that much. why were they being so careful with woods? we didn t know. in other trial news, damaging testimony yesterday in the wife-beating murder trial of michael morton. the jury relied on the testimony of the travis county medical examiner dr. roberto bayardo who placed morton s time of death at 1:15 that morning, before michael left for work.
exact cause of death, but she is said to have suffered some type of head injury. sheriff boutwell is waiting on tests with the department of public safety and also the autopsy before making any more public comment in connection with the case. but the neighbors here are certainly talking quietly among themselves tonight and worried about their families. it s too overwhelming for tears or anguish. it s just complete it s like physiologically you don t know how to respond. topping the news a brutal slaying has investigators puzzled. today s autopsy report conflicts with findings obtained at the scene of yesterday s murder. sheriff s officers refused to talk in detail about the discrepancies, but they say they deal with the time of the murder. a possible suspect is being questioned about the slaying tonight. i didn t really see them as overly confrontational. it didn t really seem like they were accusatory. they were just doing what they had to do to eliminate me as a suspect.