it was only in hindsight that i could see i really recognized that for whatever reason, boutwell had made the decision that i was the suspect. sometime shortly after christine s murder, which was on august 13th, 1986, michael just came into our law office. he felt uncomfortable enough with the pressure that he needed some advice. people think that if you just tell the truth, you ve got nothing to fear from the police. if you just stick to it that the system will work, it will all 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.
a southwest williamson county neighborhood is stunned tonight by the murder of one of its residents. the young woman was discovered dead when a friend responded to cries for help. police reporter jim mcnabb has that story. murders don t happen here, but early this afternoon, 31-year-old chris morton was found dead in her home s master bedroom. it was like a movie. the big yellow crime scene ribbons all around my house. cop cars everywhere. it was discovered by a neighbor. who saw the small child outside the house. when sheriff boutwell told me
was somebody that we had seen and looked up to. he really ran the court. he ran the case. 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
a southwest williamson county neighborhood is stunned tonight by the murder of one of its residents. the young woman was discovered dead when a friend responded to cries for help. police reporter jim mcnabb has that story. murders don t happen here, but early this afternoon, 31-year-old chris morton was found dead in her home s master bedroom. it was like a movie. the big yellow crime scene ribbons all around my house. cop cars everywhere. it was discovered by a neighbor. who saw the small child outside the house. when sheriff boutwell told me 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
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. it was only in hindsight that i could see i really recognized that for whatever reason, boutwell had made the decision that i was the suspect. sometime shortly after christine s murder, which was on august 13th, 1986, michael just came into our law office. he felt uncomfortable enough with the pressure that he needed some advice. people think that if you just tell the truth, you ve got nothing to fear from the police. if you just stick to it that the system will work, it will all