and john rams attorney, timothy flaherty, made sure jurors knew it. there had to be a question in his mind. they believe todd reine is the person who paid john rams to do this, and yet he is sitting in this courtroom. how is that? that was the most compelling argument i made in the trial. john rams, where is todd reine? sitting in the gallery, not at counsel table. why isn t he charged? the man with motive, opportunity, means. why didn t they charge him? why didn t they ever charge reine? a better question for michael o keefe. cape cod district attorney michael o keefe declined our request for an interview. i believe that if law enforcement had enough information to charge either one of the reines, or both of them, law enforcement would do so. and the reason they weren t
first thing out of their mouth was, do you know he is a federal witness? i just looked at them. basically didn t say much more after that, man. while cnn has been unable to confirm or deny todd s ties to federal law enforcement, he was at one time an informant for the local police department. he was protected by the police. he had the police. if you are not worried about the police, who are you worried about? an allegation that police have adamantly denied. but then why does the written report from john s 2003 meeting make no mention of shirley or todd reine anywhere? rams insists that he told authorities todd reine wanted her dead. why wasn t it in the report?
he got his thing. boom, boom. done. everything done. what exactly did you take from shirley reine s home? we took the safe. i saw the sex tapes. i made a judgment call not to grab them. i don t know, it was just icky. there was no cash in the $10,000 wasn t there. he got the documents. once todd reine had the documents he was looking for in that safe, a short time later, a lawsuit was filed against shirley reine. up next they put a hit out on her. she was afraid. who killed shirley reine? he wanted me to shoot shirley. go in her house and shoot her for him.
charged was there wasn t enough evidence. even if detectives thought that todd reine was the master mind and asked john rams to kill shirley, why do you think he was never charged? i don t know. i don t know. that s what kills me. i don t know. they never even questioned he never even got questioned. todd was never questioned. not because police didn t try, but because he and his brother melvin refused to talk. tell folks how long this journey has been for you to see justice here? nine years. what would you say to mr. rams if you could talk to him? do the right thing. just do the right thing. in april of 2014, after less than two weeks of testimony, the prosecution rested, and the defense made the bold choice not to call a single witness. i felt very strong about simply making my final argument
jr., was never implicated, todd, john rams, and an accomplice were all convicted of the theft and sent to prison in september 2007. which allowed investigators a unique opportunity to build shirley s murder case while their two main suspects were locked up. they definitely were trying to get john rams to flip. they went to john rams several times trying to get him to talk. and talk he did. between 2005 and 2011, john rams willingly spoke to police at least seven times. he said, i didn t do it but todd reine wanted her dead. despite his repeated denials, in december 2011, john received the stunning news that he, not todd, was being charged for the murder of shirley reine. i did everything.