now, i m not sure what that was done intentionally or if she was being used by ron harshman and didn t realize she was setting melvin up. ron harshman pled not guilty. prosecutors knew that trying a case with only one piece of forensic evidence would be difficult. there aren t a whole lot of cases out there that get prosecuted without a body. there aren t a whole lot of cases that get prosecuted without a weapon. and for a case to be prosecuted with no body and no weapon was almost unthinkable. in july 2001, a jury convicted ron harshman of first-degree murder and sentenced him to life in prison. he came 16 years close to getting away with this. 16 years is an awfully long time to get away with murder. he came very close. 15 years later, after the murder, that we went out and
he had a gun with him at that point, shot at him. [ gunshot ] did not hit him. nothing happened. no one was hurt. melvin didn t want to pursue the matter, and no charges were filed. melvin had expressed a great deal of embarrassment about the whole incident. and i think he sort of felt it was, in part, his own fault that this had happened. and there was one more interesting twist in the case. melvin and joanne snyder had come to terms with the affair, but the harshmans had not. melvin was trying very hard to make the marriage work. mr. and mrs. harshman on the other hand had a rockier road. although they did attempt to patch things up, eventually in the following spring, um, they separated and teresa filed for
[ gunshot ] did not hit him. nothing happened. no one was hurt. melvin didn t want to pursue the matter, and no charges were filed. melvin had expressed a great deal of embarrassment about the whole incident. and i think he sort of felt it was, in part, his own fault that this had happened. and there was one more interesting twist in the case. melvin and joanne snyder had come to terms with the affair, but the harshmans had not. melvin was trying very hard to make the marriage work. mr. and mrs. harshman on the other hand had a rockier road. although they did attempt to patch things up, eventually in the following spring, um, they separated and teresa filed for divorce.
done intentionally or if she was being used by ron harshman and didn t realize she was setting melvin up. ron harshman pled not guilty. prosecutors knew that trying a case with only one piece of forensic evidence would be difficult. there aren t a whole lot of cases out there that get prosecuted without a body. there aren t a whole lot of cases that get prosecuted without a weapon. and for a case to be prosecuted with no body and no weapon was almost unthinkable. in july 2001, a jury convicted ron harshman of first-degree murder and sentenced him to life in prison. he came 16 years close to getting away with this. 16 years is an awfully long time to get away with murder. he came very close. 15 years later, after the murder, that we went out and found that shell casing before everything caught up with him.
he learned that mr. snyder was coming to his home to pick up his wife and he crashed his car into him. he had a gun with him at that point, shot at him. did not hit him. nothing happened. no one was hurt. melvin didn t want to pursue the matter, and no charges were filed. melvin had expressed a great deal of embarrassment about the whole incident and i think he sort of felt it was, in part, his own fault that it happened. and this was one more interesting twist in the case. melvin and joanne snyder had come to terms with the affair, but the harshmans had not. melvin was trying very hard to make the marriage work. mr. and mrs. harshman on the other hand had a rockier road. although they did attempt to patch things up, eventually in the following spring they separated and teresa filed for divorce.