that i could hear the defendant in the background, talking. autumn then testified she and sabrina discussed the idea of paying a hit man by delivering drugs for him. that is when she said sabrina handed the phone to kevin. what did he ask you at that time? do you need me to take you to go drive drugs? what was that a reference to? the hit. autumn said she ultimately backed out of the plan altogether. finally, i said, sorry. i don t want anything to do with it. autumn was willing to leader help detective palmer with his investigation. after hearing autumn story, palmer asked on to call kevin and talk about the hitman. thanking kevin might implicate himself. prosecutors played that recorded phone call in court. the only thing i m worried about is that whole hitman thing. i honestly don t know. you talked a big game about a lot of.
and it up committing her murder, only added to the collective pain and suffering. the trail is the perfect word for what happened. somebody hurting her, that she had taken and i can t even imagine what you must have been going through. as detective worked the case, he learned there had been growing tension within the knoefel home right before the murder. and the source of that tension, was sabrina. she got along great with kevin, and she did not get along well at all with lisa. he discovered lisa had become frustrated with sabrina s behavior towards kevin. she was fascinated with keven, she seemed a little vivacious in my eyes. flirty. like flaunting herself. and detectives learned on text on lisa cell phone that
this murder is all on someone else. not necessarily on someone else, but together with somebody else. she would never have done this by herself. without any direct proof of the alleged affair, prosecutors began by calling on those who say they saw signs of inappropriate behavior between a foster father and foster daughter. sabrina s teacher, willie smith, describe spotting kevin with sabrina at the school. one afternoon. she moved towards sitting in his lap, inside his likes. what did you do at that point? i did a double take, kind of, really? that, sabrina social worker, case manager, testified about a strange call from kevin just before the murder. kevin, she said, admitted his marriage to lisa was in trouble and said they were considering a divorce. what was your divorced that statement? i was surprised.
reduced sentence. you re taking the word of an admitted murder here. correct. even though she clearly has a reason to lie about this. yes. i believe what she told us was true. would a jury agree? coming up . testimony that kevin had talked about divorcing lisa and wanting sabrina to live with him. i thought it was a little odd that he wanted to take 17 year old girl, alone, in a home, with just him. when deadly betrayal continues. continues. simparica trio is the first and only monthly chewable that covers heartworm disease, ticks and fleas, round and hookworms. dogs get triple protection in just one simparica trio! this drug class has been associated with neurologic adverse reactions, including seizures. use with caution in dogs with a history of these disorders. protect him with all your heart. simparica trio.
would begin to do anything like that. neither could kevin s sister, chris and. kevin, she said, love lisa too much to want to harm her. nor would he ever do anything to risk the safety of his children. he would not put his kids in harm s way. i include meghan in that. he thought of meghan as his own daughter. no, when she said, could be manipulated into committing such a violent act. this is the act of one person and one person only. according to linda, sabrina s story was a web of lies. woven together by a deranged and troubled teen, whose fantasy of having a life of kevin and healy pushed her over the edge. i think she imagine the relationship that didn t exist. it was like, i want this. so, this is how i m going to get it. as for the alleged affair, do you ever see anything