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. 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.
and it was the last time i saw her alive. 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.
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. to me, it was just so ludicrous. i grabbed eric and 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. he s calling to me.
her alive. a southwest williamson county resident is reeling because of the murder of one of its neighbors. 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. when sheriff boutwell told me 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 when he heard
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 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