Could someone else be the real killer . Im wondering what was this man capable of . So much tragedy and so much heartbreak. It was very emotional for me. We just kept waiting for them to figure out they had it wrong. Reporter it was the second of reporter it was the second of july, 2008, early evening in a fine old town called prescott, arizona. Sun going down, air cooling down to a fine evening warm. Here at the towns historic rodeo grounds, refugees from the summer heat in phoenix, 2 hours and 25 degrees away settled into the stands to enjoy the annual exploits of the cowboys. At the very same time, a few miles away on the edge of town, a woman named Carol Kennedy jogged along a well worn path at the base of granite mountain. Sometime after 7, she turned in at her big back yard here on a street called bridle path. Trotted past the stone labyrinth shed laid out here years earlier to mark the turn of the millennium, and arrived at the back door of the house she intended to inhabit for
A primal scream came out of me. She just immediately broke down. Started crying pretty hard. Police were quick to question her ex. Maybe too quick. They focused in right from the very beginning. Husband always does it, right . But what if the husband didnt . You dont find any dna, fingerprints, blood, anything of his in the house. Could someone else be the real killer . Im wondering what was this man capable of . So much tragedy and so much heartbreak. It was very emotional for me. We just kept waiting for them to figure out that they had it wrong. It was the 2nd of july, 2008. Early evening in a fine old town called prescott, arizona. Sun going down, air cooling down to a fine evening warm. Here at the towns historic rodeo grounds, refugees from the summer heat in phoenix two hours and 25 degrees away settled into the stands to enjoy the annual exploits of the cowboys. At the very same time, a few miles away on the edge of town, a woman named Carol Kennedy jogged along a wellworn path
Yep. Pump the breaks on this, swap it over to that. Pump the breaks, and, uh, swap over . Thats right. Instead of all this that ive already . Yeah. What are we gonna do with these . Keep it at your desk, and save it for next time. Geico. Over 75 years of savings and service. A year had passed since carol kennedys death. Her exhusband steph had been arrested and charged with murder, and now, an anonymous email sent to steves attorney said the killing was a result of a drug deal gone wronging with her neighbor. Steve said he was told a similar story. Steve said that somebody was communicating to him through the ventilation system in the jails and told him a story about how a drug ring out of phoenix had been trying to collect money or seek some retribution against jim knapp for involvement in a Prescription Drug ring. Reporter the attorneys arranged for a meeting. An opportunity for steve to tell Law Enforcement what he heard so they could investigate it. They showed him the mysterious e
had five years to put steve democker at the scene of the crime, but they cannot. reporter: anybody paying attention to the bizarre murder case playing out in fits and starts here in prescott was apt to be a little suspicious of steve democker s behavior after the killing. getaway bag? fake e-mail? defense attorneys craig williams and greg parzych could see that as well as anyone. but was he guilty of murder? no, they said. rather, he was the victim of some detective s tunnel vision, beginning with a sloppy investigation. there was kind of cavalcade of people roaming through this scene that they didn t lock down, tromping through footprints and tromping through the house. and they didn t seal it off correctly. to me, when somebody shows up on the scene and immediately points the finger at the ex-husband, and then that s all they ever did. it s always boom, right on him? it was always on him.
love of her life, steve. they were crazy for each other. sharon ands is steve sister. she was kind of a natural fit for the family. she was immediately as sister to all of us. all of us being the family. hired traverse all of them. sharon is a doctor. it s an accomplished bunch. my friend said there is not a weak link in this group. they got married in his parents backyard overlooking lake ontario near rochester new york. an outdoor wedding for a crumple who loved attention. steve was the one who started the adventuring. first there was hiking, skiing, planning, kayaking. they moved around a bit as people do. and wound up, eventually, in prescott. which proved to be the perfect place to raise their two daughters, katie and. they re amazing.