i mean even with the dna it didn t suggest necessarily that he was the murderer. but there was, remember, that one very important factor, the strange list twist that first attracted deputy d.a. john lewin, christie s compulsively obsessive neatness. at trial lewin presented a theory of what happened. that gutierrez came over late that evening, that christie, as usual, let him in, that they shared a couple of smokes and beer, but then, said lewin, something happened. an argument. an accusation. christie confronted him with the fact that she knew that he was married or believed that he had lied. which is when, said lewin, gutierrez lost his temper. i think that art hit her. he was faced with a choice of what he was going to do. and i think he made the conscious decision at that point that you know what?
but even though art gutierrez, who s sitting in jail awaiting trial for murder, davis felt obliged to warn the family that convicting him might not be so easy. a circumstantial case is a very tough case to get a conviction on. i mean even with the dna it didn t suggest necessarily that he was the murderer. but there was, remember, that one very important factor, the strange list twist that first attracted deputy d.a. john lewin, christie s compulsively obsessive neatness. at trial lewin presented a theory of what happened. that gutierrez came over late that evening, that christie, as usual, let him in, that they shared a couple of smokes and beer, but then, said lewin, something happened. an argument. an accusation. christie confronted him with the fact that she knew that he was married or believed that he had lied. which is when, said lewin, gutierrez lost his temper. i think that art hit her. he was faced with a choice of what he was going to do. and i think he made the c
you think you got away with it, and then all of a sudden, they drop the hammer on you. it was davis who called christie s sister, rhonda, and her father, bud. i mean, i just can t even describe to you what a feeling that was for both of us that that had happened. in fact, the very day the detective called me and said, we just picked him up. he s under arrest for murder, unbelievable. but even though art gutierrez, who s sitting in jail awaiting trial for murder, davis felt obliged to warn the family that convicting him might not be so easy. a circumstantial case is a very tough case to get a conviction on. i mean even with the dna it didn t suggest necessarily that he was the murderer. but there was, remember, that one very important factor, the strange list twist that first attracted deputy d.a. john lewin, christie s compulsively obsessive neatness. at trial lewin presented a theory of what happened. that gutierrez came over late