ex-wife joan. it was 2002, and though 14 years after the murder d.a. lewin had a pile of the same old circumstantial evidence, he charged ahead. were you confident going into this trial? very confident. i thought that circumstantially, it was an absolutely overwhelming case. really? the original d.a. rejected it. weak, he called it. no smoking gun, no dna, no eyewitnesses. we felt this burden. we ll never get another case like this ever filed again, if we lose this one. getting a little nervous by this point oh, i was i was. because i didn t know how this would all fit together, not having done a circumstantial case like this before, i really worried. nevertheless, in the winter of 2002, lewin and wallace took their first cold, circumstantial case to court. the way we presented the case was this is a man who was in an abusive relationship. he would not accept that his wife wanted her fair share. and when he lost, to him it was the losing.
find the proverbial smoking gun, they will not take this case to trial. this case did not have a lot. everything just kind of like went cold case. blow off the dust. fan the ashes. and even an ice-cold case can heat up again. when i read the file, my response was, oh, my gosh. how s this guy walkin around? how is he not in custody? some worried answering that question could cost this d.a. his life. they tell me that he is making plans to murder you and your family. this is a guy who is on a mission. he killed once. would he kill again? when will he stop being dangerous to you? when he s dead. hello and welcome to dateline. joan lockwood was an outgoing divorced mother of four excited about her next chapter in life. she was packing her bags and moving to a new home when five
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who has no idea. bradford was charged with first-degree murder. and one of the detectives phoned shaun. my first reaction was do you know what day today is? he said no. it s mother s day. and he stopped and he said, oh my gosh, i m sorry. i said, no, that s fitting for the mother that he took away 13 years ago. bradford quickly lawyered up, while his family braced themselves for a trial. would their father walk free? or be locked up for life? i want to use the word apprehensive because after years can a case be won? coming up we thought this burden, we ll never get another case like this ever filed again if we lose this one. a trial. getting a little nervous 37. i was. because i didn t know how this would all fit together. i really worried. and a threat. his cellmate has come forward and he has said that bradford s
the mob or the mexican mafia or any prison gang, right? and quite frankly he didn t even know who john lewin was. in the room that day he didn t recognize him? didn t even know him. didn t remember his name. how did you know that? it was just apparent. he is not a threat at all the way that he is. the prison s own psychologists examined him, and they came back with a rating. there s low risk, moderate risk, and high risk. he came back with a moderate risk. the issue that the commissioners are trying to focus on and wanted you to focus on, but you didn t want to, was he s not capable of harming you anymore. but keith he s beyond dangerous. his mind is very clear. the man knew, was able to recite numerous different issues. lewin said he thinks what the defense attorney calls dementia is really a severe case of selective memory. he denied remembering what he had done, denied remembering