court. ladies and gentlemen, david dooley didn t murder michelle mockbee sfoor his new attorneys were eager to present their new evidence to a jury. there was new evidence of course, that random person we wanted to introduce. rules of evidence prevented defense attorneys from introducing listen at that tally smith s letters in court, the one where she accused detective mcvay of being a liar. but what they did have this time around was the random dude video that had led to the overturned conviction. we have a entire first trial in this case that s conducted on the fact this is a fairly secure building. what the walking man shows is that that s not true. to the defense that random dude was just one of the alternate suspects ignored by detectives. every single thing that was done from the mom they say that david left on that surveillance tape was in an effort to convict david as opposed to
this to me. i get live with the worry that someone on the defense side will find it at some point and we will wind up in trouble over it and the entire case will be tainted because of it. you wrote that? i did write that. in defense of her actions tally-smith testified she subsequently calmed down and never sent that letter. and besides, she said, the video with the random dude, was much ado about nothing. it doesn t constitute any evidence that someone got in that building. would it have changed anything about the case? no. absolutely not. for his part, mcvay said he didn t tell the prosecutor about the video because he was confident the random dude wasn t the killer. but after hearing the testimony, the judge threw out david dooley s conviction. it was a stunning development, setting the stage for a new trial. david dooley would remain behind bars in the interim. dave found out and called me. he was crying. he was relieved that finally he was going to get a second cha
and the entire case will be tainted because of it. you wrote that? i did write that. reporter: in defense of her actions, tally smith testified she subsequently calmed down and never sent that letter. and besides, she said, the video with the random dude was much ado about nothing. it doesn t constitute any evidence that someone got in that building. would it have changed anything that about the case? absolutely not. reporter: for his part, mcvay said he didn t tell the prosecutor about the video because he was confident the random dude wasn t the killer. but after hearing the testimony, the judge threw out david dooley s conviction. it was a stunning development, setting the stage for a new trial. david dooley would remain behind bars in the interim. dave found out and then he called me. of course, he was crying. he was relieved that, finally, he s gonna get a second chance to prove his innocence. we still have a murderer out there. and i m not gonna shut up unti
to present their new evidence to a jury. this new evidence corresponded with the random person that we wanted to introduce. rules of evidence prevented defense attorneys from introducing linda smith s letters in court. the ones where she accused the detective mcveigh of being a liar. but what they did have this time around was the random news video that had led to the overturned conviction. we had an entire first trial in this case that was conducted on the fact that this was a fairly secure building, and what this shows is that that s not true. so the defense, that random dude was just one of the alternate suspects ignored by detectives. every single thing that was done after the surveillance tape was in an effort to convict david as opposed to make sure they had the right person. the defense brought up other warehouse employees who they said were not thoroughly investigated. they focused on michelle s husband. and the money he received from
pool of blood. the investigation that followed would peel the lid off an entire company and take a hard look at every employee who was there that morning. you know your suspect is one of those people in the building. that s right. probing t for clues in the victim s private life. the detective asked me if there was any trouble in their marriage. eliminating suspect after suspect until there was one. and just when it seemed to be over, it wasn t. if you had a sexual relationship, are you denying that? it s none of youre business. you re not controlling this anymore. you re not the commonwealth attorney here. c they say the wheels of justice turn slowly. in this case the wheels came completely off, leaving a family wondering who would do the right thing for a kind and loving woman who went to work one morning and never came home?