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
my father was just asking m for various things related t that money once carols life insuranc paid out, katie transferred he share to her grandparents. you knew that you grandparents were going to use that money for attorney fees that was my understanding some, or all of it the prosecution called clos to 50 witnesses to portray steve democker as a man wh plotted to kill his wife flooded his escape and used hi own children to fund his defense, and even hoodwinked his lawyers and the court. the case looks strong to prosecution. they rested. the case has arrested now it was time to hear fro the defense. and, no surprise, it had a quite the difference theor about carol kennedy s murder, theory that had nothin whatsoever to do with stev democker coming up! that man in the guest cottage. it wasn t a little bit of
The trial, the proximity of where the trail is. where the trail, is where you are writing. we showed chosen a different era. i wish you would have chosen a different trail also. because, and here s the thing, right now of course, if i had done it, i probably wouldn t have chosen to right near that. the scene of what sounds like, maybe, a crime. maybe so. but wherever he was, he picked up something that a detective simply couldn t ignore. very fresh, multiple scratches on his, arms and legs. steve said he got those writing a rough mountain trail honest bike. detectives photographed him, before letting him go home. meanwhile, overnight, other detective searched steve s office, and his home, and his garage. they took pictures, lots of pictures. after the autopsy next afternoon, the medical examiner reported that carole died from blows to the head, it minister
And the court. the case looked strong, the prosecution rested. your honor, the state would rest. reporter: now it was time to hear from the defense. and, no surprise, it had a quite different theory about carol kennedy s murder. a theory that had nothing whatsoever to do with steve democker. coming up that man in the guest cottage. it wasn t a little bit of evidence that we had on mr. knapp. it was a mountain of evidence. he got to the point where he was lying about having active cancer and asking people for financial help. i m wondering what was this man capable of? was he going to hurt me or hurt my family? i was scared. when dateline continues. ws
Nearby. blood spatter, that had been cast off, on to the walls, and other items as well. so, that tells you something about how she died. she certainly died of violent death. something else. as he surveyed the room, he can plainly see, whoever did this is trying to fool them. how did he know? when he looked past the obvious core, he couldn t help but notice things had been moved around after carole was dead. there was a ladder that was placed over top of her body. that, along with some of the blood that had splattered on to a bookshelf, and then, the shelf was knocked over. obviously, several minutes after the blood hit it. unlikely it was just tottering, and eventually collapsed? that could not have happened. that s a pretty significant little until there. absolutely. staging. clear as day, said the