meanwhile, justice crawled. a year passed. then two, three, four. jane remained free on bond. and dave s niece, megan laut, fumed. she caused my family so much pain and it s horrible. it was it s just i hate it. nephews aaron and cody took it out on the garage weight room. i have a way of bottling and condensing it and i get it out when i lift. you get your emotion going, your anger, your adrenaline going. in september 2013, don laut pleaded with a judge to get the case before a jury. i just want the court to know that there s a family, and there s friends behind my brother. and it s been four years. and it s been very difficult. and then in january 2015,
nor did she receive a penny of dave s life insurance. jane would never be about finances. absolutely not. why do you say that? because that s not her value. jane is about relationships, she s about family, she s about children. it s never been about money for her. of course, the prosecutor got his turn to cross examine jane. there were a lot of i don t remember s about the the night of the murder. she simply couldn t recall what happened after she fired the first two or three shots, she said. but she did admit she was quite familiar with the gun. in fact, had used it several times before. this single-action gun in the hands of this defendant required her to pull back that hammer, fire. pull back the hammer, fire. each and every time.
middle of the day and nobody else saw? she said, no. and then there was her claim that somebody was leaving threatening notes on her car. but then you would ask her, and probe her, like what kind of notes? but she wouldn t really tell you. so the implication is somebody s after her, she s in some danger? right. now when they look back at the things they noticed over the years, it was like something fell into place for them. there was a separation, it was like jane was the parent and michael was the child, and dave was in the way. you had the sense that she was pushing dave away? yeah. i think that was a stress on the marriage. that there was stress was pretty clear, said rebecca. for a while, every time she would call me, it seemed like it was to vent about something she didn t like about what dave was doing. so evidence was carefully sifted for months. and then in february 2010, jane laut was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, and the story, said inve
he cracked open the doors of the grandfather clock in the dining room, looked down inside, and there it was. this is more than likely the murder weapon. a ruger six-shot revolver. surely no prowler would have dropped a weapon right here in the dining room clock. the prowler theory did not make any sense whatsoever. with a hidden gun inside the house. and so it wasn t long before investigators shifted their focus from unknown prowler to the woman who had reported one, jane laut. remember those clothes they found in the laundry room? when they tested them they found gunshot residue. so did jane shoot dave, then change into her pajamas before she called 911? and you ll remember, jane specifically mentioned a red
mind you, by then jane had some powerful moral support from her old friend, helen. she rose that night. i mean, she didn t fall, she rose that night. and, you know, became the a very strong, powerful woman. and defended the life of her son. and then at last in january 2016, jane laut went on trial for murder. her friend, helen, sitting right behind her. do you think she ll go to jail? i don t. really? i don t. i absolutely do not. you believe the jury will believe her story? i do. and see it as a case of self-defense? i do. i believe that. i believe that. i sincerely believe her. i don t say that about many people. i sincerely believe her. do you usually get this personally invested in a case? i am always invested in my cases, yes.