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rocks. the autopsy revealed sherry died of blunt force trauma, just as the forensic evidence suggested. prosecutors believed bob was as unhappy in the marriage as sherry was, but concluded a divorce would be too expensive. he did not want to incur the costs of child support or of a divorce and division of the property. mrs. durall s parents were fairly wealthy. mr. durall didn t want to lose his inheritance. on the night of the crime, prosecutors think bob drugged sherry to make her drowsy, although toxicology tests at the autopsy were inconclusive. the evidence proves bob hit sherry on the head repeatedly with a blunt object, creating
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unsatisfactory marriage. bob s internet search engine revealed he looked for information on all sorts of diabolical schemes. we were shocked to see these searches on things like poison, herbs, death, something about sedation of people, also about smothering. but the most graphic one was actually a search that durall did on the words kill spouse. investigators now had probable cause to search the durall s home, and they went straight to the master bedroom. they found a spot on the carpet that looked like it had been cleaned. they swabbed it with phenolphthalein and it turned purple, an indication it was blood. under the bed were two squares
his god, he said something else. in a jail cell, he was observed and overheard apparently asking god to forgive him for what he had done. prosecutors didn t need to find sherry s body in order to go to trial. no one could have survived the amount of blood loss found in sherry s bedroom. but for the sake of her family, prosecutors approached bob durall s attorneys with an offer. we said we would encourage mr. durall to lead us to the location of the body of his wife, and that we would not use evidence that he had revealed the whereabouts at trial. surprisingly, bob agreed and led investigators to the cascade mountains, about an hour s drive away. there, at the base of a steep ravine, they found sherry s body in a plastic bag under a pile of