Examiner found under carol s fingernails? turned out it wasn t steve s. or jim knapp s. police called the dna, evidence item 603. but to defense investigator rich robertson, it represented much more. evidence item 603 became mr. 603. it was a male s dna that was found mixed in with carol s blood under the fingernails of her left hand. and this wasn t a small amount of dna. a reasonable person i think would think, this probably could have gotten there during an attack. reporter: jim knapp. the anonymous e-mail. mr. 603. steve s family and attorneys thought investigators should focus more on all of those things. instead, it seemed to them, prosecutors had already made up their minds, and steve would go on trial for murder. summer 2010. two years after carol kennedy s
Been trying to collect money or seek some retribution against jim knapp for involvement in a prescription drug ring. reporter: the attorneys arranged for a meeting. an opportunity for steve to tell law enforcement what he heard so they could investigate it. they showed him the mysterious e-mail. listen to his reaction. i m sorry. well, i almost hate to ask you this, but can you explain why you re emotional here today? because i spent a year not knowing what happened to carol and being accused of it. that s what s happened right now. reporter: there was more than the e-mail to go on. remember the dna the medical examiner found under carol s fingernails? or jim knapp s. police called the dna, evidence
Examiner found under carol s fingernails? turned out it wasn t steve s. or jim knapp s. police called the dna, evidence item 603. but to defense investigator rich robertson, it represented much more. evidence item 603 became mr. 603. it was a male s dna that was found mixed in with carol s blood under the fingernails of her left hand. and this wasn t a small amount of dna. a reasonable person i think would think, this probably could have gotten there during an attack. jim knapp. the anonymous e-mail. mr. 603. steve s family and attorneys thought investigators should focus more on all of those things. instead, it seemed to them, prosecutors had already made up their minds, and steve would go on trial. summer 2010. two years after carol kennedy s murder, american flags were once
Or jim knapp s. police called the dna, evidence item 603. but to defense investigator rich robertson, it represented much more. evidence item 603 became mr. 603. it was a male s dna that was found mixed in with carol s blood under the fingernails of her left hand. and this wasn t a small amount of dna. a reasonable person i think would think, this probably could have gotten there during an attack. reporter: jim knapp. the anonymous e-mail. mr. 603. steve s family and attorneys thought investigators should focus more on all of those things. instead, it seemed to them, prosecutors had already made up their minds, and steve would go on trial for murder. reporter: summer 2010. two years after carol kennedy s murder, american flags were once again draped up around the
Turned out it wasn t steve s. or jim knapp s. police called the dna, evidence item 603. but to defense investigator rich robertson, it represented much more. evidence item 603 became mr. 603. it was a male s dna that was found mixed in with carol s blood under the fingernails of her left hand. and this wasn t a small amount of dna. a reasonable person i think would think, this probably could have gotten there during an attack. reporter: jim knapp. the anonymous e-mail. mr. 603. steve s family and attorneys thought investigators should focus more on all of those things. instead, it seemed to them, prosecutors had already made up their minds, and steve would go on trial for murder.