rose above all else, it was the video of him buying the tracfone that was used to call her that evening. except jones denied that was him in the video. i have you on video buying a tracfone at walmart. i didn t buy no tracfone at walmart. how do you explain the video? oh, i don t know. i d i there is no video. jones, as you can see, was unflappable, talked for five hours, and then they had to let him go. a couple of days later, a detective called jones to say his two cars which had been impounded were now free to pick up. and jones wife answered the phone. hello? yes, may i speak with ralph please? hold on, please. hello. mr. jones? yes, sir. this is art smith with the sheriff s office just calling to let you know that we have both your cars ready. both of
because someone using that particular tracfone called paige at models, inc. five times the night she disappeared. if there was one thing that rose above all else, it was the video of him buying the tracfone that was used to call her that evening. reporter: except jones denied that was him in the video. i have you on video buying a tracfone at walmart. i didn t buy no tracfone at walmart. how do you explain the video? oh, i don t know. i d i there is no video. reporter: jones, as you can see, was unflappable, talked for five hours, and then they had to let him go. a couple of days later, a detective called jones to say his two cars which had been impounded were now free to pick up. and jones s wife answered the phone. hello? yes, may i speak with ralph, please? hold on, please. hello. mr. jones? yes, sir. this is art smith with the sheriff s office just calling to let you know that we have both your cars ready.
at models, inc. five times the night she disappeared. if there was one thing that rose above all else, it was the video of him buying the tracfone that was used to call her that evening. reporter: except jones denied that was him in the video. i have you on video buying a tracfone at walmart. i didn t buy no tracfone at walmart. how do you explain the video? oh, i don t know. i d i there is no video.h, reporter: jones, as you can see, was unflappable, talked foe five hours, and then they had to let him go. a couple of days later, a detective called jones to say his two cars which had been impounded were now free to pick up.ic and jones wife answered the phone. hello? yes, may i speak with ralph please? hold on, please. hello. mr. jones? yes, sir. this is art smith with the sheriff s office just calling to let you know that we have both
security camera video and, well, well, well, the buyer looked a lot like lester ralph jones. why was that important? because someone using that particular tracfone called paige at models, inc. five times the night she disappeared. if there was one thing that rose above all else, it was the video of him buying the tracfone that was used to call her that evening. reporter: except jones denied that was him in the video. i have you on video buying a tracfone at walmart. i didn t buy no tracfone at walmart. how do you explain the video? oh, i don t know. i d i there is no video. reporter: jones, as you can see, was unflappable, talked for five hours, and then they had to let him go. a couple of days later, a detective called jones to say his two cars which had been impounded were now free to pick up. and jones wife answered the phone. hello? yes, may i speak with ralph please? hold on, please. hello.
confessed to her sister talk about the time line, right after. i hurt her. she s dead. that shows consciousness of guilt and talk about consciousness of guilt, that s driving her all those states away. jon: they ve got evidence of him, him on video buying hacksaw blades and things like that at a home depot but the evidence against her is a little less concrete. this is defense fundamentals 101, make sure you separate out two categories. one is the homicide and two is what happened afterwards and as a defense lawyer, do everything you can to try to set yourself up hopefully for a verdict on accessory after the fact. the point is real quick, with this kind of gory material, the prejudice in the courtroom is just staggering. it s overwhelming. and it s very difficult to combat. i would go for accessory after the fact with possible but you made a good point. was she forced to do it? why would she go to her sister s house? are we talking about rocket scientists here?