said the defense, lindsay patterson didn t really know what she saw. in fact, if she really witnessed chris hall drowning his wife, why then didn t she claim to see cristi s body in the spa when she looked again? it didn t make sense. but the highlight was the hall s daughters testimony, emotional, quite powerful. it put prosecutor strunsky in a strange position, at odds with the victim s own family. they were so clear, if we had any inkling he had done this, we would have done something, we would have seen it. said so, we would have seen it. and i think that s what they truly believe in their hearts. this weighs on my greatly. but my job is to get justice for cristi. now it was up to a jury to decide, after six days of testimony, two days of deliberation, they couldn t. it was a deadlock. the judge declared a mistrial. chris hall walked out of court with his family, free, but not quite in the clear. and nothing at all
four killings a day. but this was different. the murder of the kfc halloween 1984. this was certainly not a crime-infested neighborhood, and robin hoynes was a careful, safety conscious, churchgoing young woman, not an enemy in the world. but she was stabbed in the back by someone she might have known. it didn t make sense. the kindest hearted person you probably would ever meet. yeah. so now the four sisters were three. i just was completely lost. at 16 you don t have the capacity to really understand grief let alone to understand grief that comes from your best friend, the person that you you know, she sleeps in the bed next to you every night. and that bed is empty now. is not there anymore because she was murdered.
up to a text from kelli around 1:30 a. m.. he says, there something was strange about it. the verbiage about it didn t make sense. i made it home, i m same, i dll call you tomorrow. why would you text me i made it home, i m safe, i dll call you tomorrow. yo did you try to call her then? yes. what happened? it was dead. what were you thinking? hare it was bad, i knew it was bad. what happened to kelli bordeaux? her family begins to panic. coming up what were some of the scenarios running through your mind? that somebody was holding her somewhere. and then police turn their attention to kelli ds estranged husband. were they talking divorce? kelli was, mike wasn t. when dateline continues.
attempt at an alibi for adam frasch. can t win with a story like that. you believe it s an alibi, but it may just be as likely he really is terrified about her. when you couple a phone call that your wife is dead with the fact you call your wife, not law enforcement, to see, hey, i m being told my wife has passed away, i have the kids, what s going on? add that to the fact that he is not supposed to have custody of the kids at all. it didn t make sense. reporter: and, you know the story adam told of that last happy day with samira? well, security camera tapes from late that night told a very different story. first at an auto repair shop. adam trying to talk to her. samira, driving, backs up the car with the door open and him in it, like she doesn t seem to
killed gregg smart and used one of their father s guns to do it. a neighborhood kid heard them talking. he repeated the story to the father, who located his gun, and then made a tough decision. ended up bringing it to the derry police department, saying, this may have been involved in a murder. turned out it was the gun that that killed gregg. shortly after that, three local high schoolers were arrested for murder. bill spencer made a beeline for pamela smart s home. she looks frantic and incredibly emotional. and i m like, but this is great news. i mean, they just made arrests. i mean, the case is wrapping up and she s like, no, i can t talk, bill. i m just too upset. i m too devastated. it was the first time he d seen her like that. it didn t make sense. but turns out pamela smart knew the kids under arrest.