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
To copy it down. mr. democker asked them t send that document, whic became known as the anonymou email, to mr. sears and to the prosecutors office mr. sears was john s years, one of steve defense attorneys steve s reasoning according to sharon, he had heard that stor from an inmate in that air ven conversation, and desperatel wanted to get the story out an investigated the death penalty was still on the table, so, steve wa terrified, we were terrified i can certainly appreciate whe you are terrified, maybe you would do some stupid things. well, that s when you start making mistakes. that was a doozy of a mistake. yes and uncovering that fraud led investigators to what they thought was another even bigge one. remember carol s life insuranc money, $750,000 worth?
The story out, and investigated. the death penalty was still on the table. so, steve was terrified. we were terrified. i can certainly appreciate when you re terrified, maybe you do some stupid things. well, it s when you start making mistakes, and that was a doozy of a mistake. uh-huh. reporter: and uncovering that fraud led investigators to what they thought was another, even bigger one. remember carol s life insurance money? $750,000 worth. steve s defense attorney talked about it during his opening statement. he disclaimed, he signed over any interest to the girls and the money was paid out to the girls. that s what happened in this case. reporter: that statement caught investigator mike sechez by surprise. we had made contact with the life insurance company several times throughout the investigation and we had been informed that the life insurance had not been paid out to anyone. reporter: so, had the insurance paid out or hadn t it?
Terrified. we were terrified. i can certainly appreciate when you re terrified, maybe you do some stupid things. well, it s when you start making mistakes, and that was a doozy of a mistake. uh-huh. reporter: and uncovering that fraud led investigators to what they thought was another, even bigger one. remember carol s life insurance money? $750,000 worth. steve s defense attorney talked about it during his opening statement. he disclaimed, he signed over any interest to the girls and the money was paid out to the girls. that s what happened in this case. reporter: that statement caught investigator mike sechez by surprise. we had made contact with the life insurance company several times throughout the investigation and we had been informed that the life insurance had not been paid out to anyone. reporter: so, had the insurance paid out or hadn t it?