a house party, but you don t put somebody in prison for life for throwing a house party. mike hadn t even known madison well before all of this. before this happened i never even had more than like a five-minute conversation with him but whenever i got to the jail, i mean, we d just sit there and talk on the phone until the time ran up on the phone. and he was pretty solidly in your corner? oh, yeah, without a doubt. and mike was going to make sure his nephew didn t spend his life locked up. he had worked as a police officer and was now hunting for anything that might prove madison s innocence. he didn t do it. that s not possible. coming up no dna, no blood on madison. not on his clothes, not on his hands. if madison had committed this crime, he d shot both his parents at pretty close range, he d have some blood on him.
at night because we were able to charge that kid. just as sheriff s investigators said madison could have gotten out of his handcuffs and committed a double murder, the lack of blood on him was also easy to explain. it was a small-caliber weapon, and small-caliber weapon doesn t cause a whole lot of initial damage to a person. so, it s conceivable that madison was involved in that shooting and didn t get any blood on him? that s correct. even if michael was physically able to shoot himself, he d hardly seemed suicidal to the sheriff s son, who was that first deputy on the scene. the conversation that he had had with the deputy, i don t think anyone would agree that the man, well, is going to go in there and he s fixing to kill his wife and kill himself. he was very clear-minded. did your deputy in that initial encounter with mr. holton describe him or think of him as being under the influence of any kind of drug? none whatsoever. and he didn t seem
put somebody in prison for life for throwing a house party. mike hadn t even known madison well before all of this. before this happened i never even had more than like a five-minute conversation with him but whenever i got to the jail, i mean, we d just sit there and talk on the phone until the time ran up on the phone. and he was pretty solidly in your corner? oh, yeah, without a doubt. and mike was going to make sure his nephew didn t spend his life locked up. he had worked as a police officer and was now hunting for anything that might prove madison s innocence. he didn t do it. that s not possible. coming up no dna, no blood on madison. not on his clothes, not on his hands. if madison had committed this crime, he d shot both his parents at pretty close range, he d have some blood on him. he d have some forensic evidence. this is the same make and model of the gun.
story that his parents had been fighting. april had michael s dna under her fingernails. michael had scratches on his face, and if madison had shot them during the fight, where was the proof of that? no dna, no blood on madison. not on his clothes, not on his hands. so all the evidence points toward exactly what madison said, mom and dad were in the bedroom. if madison had committed this crime, if he d shot both his parents at pretty close range, he d have some blood on him. he d have some forensic evidence on him to demonstrate he had fired a gun at a very close range. law enforcement was never able to lift a full print from the gun, and the only dna they found was april s on the trigger. and what about that head wound? the one a pathologist said made michael s death look like a homicide? i ve consulted with a forensic pathologist who said he looked at the wound, and he
until the time ran up on the phone. and he was pretty solidly in your corner? oh, yeah, without a doubt. and mike was going to make sure his nephew didn t spend his life locked up. he had worked as a police officer and was now hunting for anything that might prove madison s innocence. he didn t do it. that s not possible. coming up no dna, no blood on madison. not on his clothes, not on his hands. if madison had committed this crime, he d shot both his parents at pretty close range, he d have some blood on him. he d have some forensic evidence. this is the same make and model of the gun. same make. with intriguing detective work about the shooting when dateline continues. r store, you ll find a better life. it all starts with the most innovative technology.