detective bratton told jurors about adkins story version number one: that he d been a good samaritan who d stopped to help dana. he stated that he was driving south and seen something in the roadway. reporter: then came adkins story number two, the detective testified. dana had been in his car, but had fallen out. the detective told the jury he didn t buy it he d checked out that car for himself. and what did you observe in doing that? i didn t observe any problems. reporter: finally there was adkins story number three, prosecutors argued, when he came up with that new detail the mailbox. how did the back of her head get caved in? that pipe from the mailbox that was there. reporter: but if adkins was lying about it being an accident, prosecutors needed to tell the jury what really happened. what evidence was there of murder? and here was the heart of the prosecution s case the
detective bratton told jurors about adkins story version number one: that he d been a good samaritan who d stopped to help dana. he stated that he was driving south and seen something in the roadway. reporter: then came adkins story number two, the detective testified. dana had been in his car, but had fallen out. the detective told the jury he didn t buy it he d checked out that car for himself. and what did yoobsee in doing that? i didn t observe any problems. reporter: finally there was adkins story number three, prosecutors argued, when he came up with that new detail the mailbox. how did the back of her head get caved in? that pipe from the mailbox that was there. reporter: but if adkins was lying about it being an accident, prosecutors needed to tell the jury what really happened. what evidence was there of murder? and here was the heart of the prosecution s case the
prosecutor wanted the jury to understand was how many times adkins had changed his story about that night. detective bratton told jurors about adkins story version number one: that he d been a good samaritan who d stopped to help dana. he stated that he was driving south and seen something in the roadway. reporter: then came adkins story number two, the detective testified. dana had been in his car, but had fallen out. the detective told the jury he didn t buy it he d checked out that car for himself. and what did you observe in doing that? i didn t observe any problems. reporter: finally there was adkins story number three, prosecutors argued, when he came up with that new detail the mailbox. how did the back of her head get caved in? that pipe from the mailbox that was there. reporter: but if adkins was lying about it being an accident, prosecutors needed to tell the jury what really
detective bratton told jurors about adkins story version number one: that he d been a good samaritan who d stopped to help dana. he stated that he was driving south and seen something in the roadway. reporter: then came adkins story number two, the detective testified. dana had been in his car, but had fallen out. the detective told the jury he didn t buy it he d checked out that car for himself. and what did you observe in doing that? i didn t observe any problems. reporter: finally there was adkins story number three, prosecutors argued, when he came up with that new detail the mailbox. how did the back of her head get caved in? that pipe from the mailbox that was there. reporter: but if adkins was lying about it being an accident, prosecutors needed to tell the jury what really happened. what evidence was there of murder? and here was the heart of the prosecution s case the forensics.