believed rick had told the truth about the murders to at least one other person. the state s star witness, robert mullens. the witness i call the jailhouse snitch, and you call a jailhouse informant. no, he s a snitch, no question about that. but at the end of the day, what we learned from robert mullens is that he s been given a fairly detailed account by gagnon of what occurred that evening and what the crime scene looked like. in fact, he said mullens was the first to tell police this piece of bombshell news. gagnon had mentioned an accomplice in the killings. the only way he can have that information is from someone who participated in the crime. then the prosecutor tried to spin an inconvenient fact in his favor. those mystery blood drops found at the murder scene had been tested. the dna was not a match to rick, but to an unidentified male. that, said the prosecutor, actually supported what mullens said, that rick had an accomplice.
actually supported what mullens said, that rick had an accomplice. humphries believed the evidence was enough to put the defendant away. he only wished he could make the same case against rick s old girlfriend. what about bambi? she wasn t being tried in this courtroom. no. i think it s a travesty. her fingerprints were on it? all over it, figuratively. and that s just how he laid it out in his closing. he told the jury this is a story about a spoiled woman, bambi bennett, who had manipulated her boyfriend, rick gagnon, into doing her murderous dirty deed. get back the deed, get her mother off her back. he heard from bambi, how her parents were not fair to her, my parents are horrible people, and i m you know, they ve taken advantage of me. to make things right, argued the prosecutor, the dutiful boyfriend and his right-hand man entered the house and hunted down bambi s parents in their night clothes.
but to an unidentified male. that, said the prosecutor, actually supported what mullens said, that rick had an accomplice. humphries believed the evidence was enough to put the defendant away. he only wished he could make the same case against rick s old girlfriend. what about bambi? she wasn t being tried in this courtroom. no. i think it s a travesty. her fingerprints were on it? all over it, figuratively. and that s just how he laid it out in his closing. he told the jury this is a story about a spoiled woman, bambi bennett, who had manipulated her boyfriend, rick gagnon, into doing her murderous dirty deed. get back the deed, get her mother off her back. he heard from bambi, how her parents were not fair to her, my parents are horrible people, and i m you know, they ve taken advantage of me. to make things right, argued the prosecutor, the dutiful boyfriend and his right-hand man
but at the end of the day, what we learned from robert mullens is that he s been given a fairly detailed account by gagnon of what occurred that evening and what the crime scene looked like. in fact, he said mullens was the first to tell police this piece of bombshell news. gagnon had mentioned an accomplice in the killings. the only way he can have that information is from someone who participated in the crime. then the prosecutor tried to spin an inconvenient fact in his favor. those mystery blood drops found at the murder scene had been tested. the dna was not a match to rick, but to an unidentified male. that, said the prosecutor, actually supported what mullens said, that rick had an accomplice. humphries believed the evidence was enough to put the defendant away.
yeah. but it didn t hold up? no. because they were already closed. that was the gotcha. this crime scene photo, said the prosecutor, was taken hours before rick supposedly stepped inside that house. notice the bathroom blinds are drawn. humphries argued that rick could not have closed the blinds because they were already shut. the prosecutor said the defendant was lying, though he believed rick had told the truth about the murders to at least one other person. the state s star witness, robert mullens. the witness i call the jailhouse snitch, and you call a jailhouse informant. no, he s a snitch, no question about that. but at the end of the day, what we learned from robert mullens is that he s been given a fairly detailed account by gagnon of what occurred that evening and what the crime scene looked like. in fact, he said mullens was the first to tell police this piece of bombshell news. gagnon had mentioned an accomplice in the killings. the only way he can have that in