Steves attorney said the killing was a result of a Drug Deal gone wrong with carols neighbor jim knapp. Steve said he was told a similar story. Steve said somebody was communicating to him through the Ventilation System in the jail and told him a story about how a Drug Ring out of phoenix had been trying to collect money or seek some retribution against jim knapp for involvement in a prescription Drug Ring. The attorneys arranged for a meeting. Opportunity for steve to tell Law Enforcement what they heard so they could investigate it. They showed him the mysterious email. Listen to his reaction. The dna the Medical Examiner . There was more than the email to Go On. Remember the dna the Medical Examiner found under Carols Fingernail . Turned out it wasnt steves. Or jim naps. Police called the Dna Evidence Item 603. To the Investigator Robertson it didnt represented more. A became mr. 603. A Males Dna found mixed in with Carols Blood under the fingernails of her left hand. This wasnt a s
happened professor, artist, mom. murdered primal scream came out of me she literally broke down. started crying and hollering. the police were quick t question her acts. maybe two quick. they focus in right from th very beginning has been always does it right? but what if the husband di not. they don t find any dna fingerprints nothing of his in the house. did someone else do the rea killing? i m wondering what was this man capable of so much tragedy so much heartbreak it was very emotional for me we just kept waiting fo them to figure out that they had it wrong it was the 2nd of july, 2008 early evening at a fine ol town called prescott, arizona. some going down, air cooling down you ll find the evening warm here at the town s histori rodeo ground, refugees fro phoenix 2 houras away settle in the stands. to enjoy the cowboys at the very same time, at th few hours away on the very edg of town. a woman named carol kennedy, jogged along the well
Scene almost immediately after deputies why was he a potential suspect in your view well it s like the guy wh lights the fire and comes back to watch it burn that was our feeling about jim knapp, because it wasn t a little bit of evidence that we had on jim knapp it was mountain of evidence jim knapp, so the defense attorney was in seriou financial trouble and hooked u a seamless lie to persuade friends to lend him money. they told the jury how jim knapp faked cancer he got to the point where h was lying about having activ cancer and asking people for financial help so that he coul take care of his cancer, which he didn t have they said knapp desperately wanted to buy a franchis business movie store wit carol s divorce money. at one point, even introducing carol as his business partner. so was he obsessed with carol? his behavior with his former girlfriend, when she tried t break up with him, certainly seemed obsessive to her.
Was lying about having active cancer and asking people for financial help so that he could take care of his cancer, which he actually didn t have. he didn t have. reporter: they said knapp desperately wanted to buy a franchise business, a smoothie store, with carol s divorce money. at one point, even introducing carol as his business partner. so was he obsessed with carol? his behavior with this former girlfriend when she tried to break up with him certainly seemed obsessive to her, she said he wouldn t leave her alone. kept sending her e-mails. i m wondering what was this man capable of. was he going to come up and stalk? was he going to do something mean? was he going to hurt me or hurt my family? i felt threatened is what it felt like. and i was scared. reporter: more defense questions? how did jim knapp s fingerprints wind up on those financial documents that were printed the day of the murder and found
Business, a smoothie store, with carol s divorce money. at one point, even introducing carol as his business partner. so was he obsessed with carol? his behavior with this former girlfriend when she tried to break up with him certainly seemed obsessive to her, she said, he wouldn t leave her alone, kept sending her e-mails. i m wondering what was this man capable of. was he going to come up and stalk? was he going to do something mean? was he going to hurt me or hurt my family? i felt threatened is what it felt like. and i was scared. more defense questions? how did jim knapp s fingerprints wind up on those financial documents that were printed the day of the murder and found slipped inside a magazine sitting on carol s kitchen counter? and how did knapp s dna get mixed with carol s blood in a sample taken from a doorknob, leaving the house? that was evidence item #805. they called a dna expert.