i think it was a wonderful performance by the defendant of acting like a bereaved husband. but when you look at his actions, how little he did to help his wife. who tried harder to save cristi? not chris, said the prosecutor. but his daughter. she called 911. she helped him get the body out of the spa. she is the only one that did chest compression. he had no interest in truly helping his wife. a matter of opinion, of course. but prosecutor strunsky poked around in chris hall s past as a policeman. and what did he find? this man had an uncanny ability to fabricate stories. seven years earlier, while hall was chief of police in cascade, idaho, he was charged with and convicted of misuse of public money, embezzled $9,000, spent ten months in jail. a white collar crime, hardly murder. but what struck the prosecutor is that he says hall tried to
save christi? not chris, said the prosecutor, but his daughter. she called 911. she helped him get the body out of the spa. she is the only one who did chest compressions. he had no interest in truly helping his wife. a matter of opinion, of course, but prosecutor strunsky poked around in chris hall s past as a policeman, and what did he find? this man had an uncanny ability to fabricate stories. seven years earlier, while hall was chief of police in cascade, idaho, he was charged and convicted of misuse of money, embezzled money, spent time in jail. a white collar crime, hardly murder. but what struck the prosecutor is that he says hall tried to cover it up. to plan a fraud, not just lie about it but lie about it effectively. i think it was very telling about who we were dealing with. suddenly the prosecutor s prospects were looking better. at the trial, he made lindsay patterson his star witness, of course. it was her story, after all,
like a loving family man. he looks like a good father. he s somebody that had the support of his family. but strunsky was buying the loving father and family man bit. when he heard about chris hall s obvious grief, the wailing that went on after the so-called accident, the phrase that crossed his mind was, it s an act. i think it was a wonderful performance by the defendant of acting like a bereaved husband. but when you look at his actions, how little he did to help his wife. who tried harder to save cristi? not chris, said the prosecutor. but his daughter. she called 911. she helped him get the body out of the spa. she is the only one that did chest compression. he had no interest in truly helping his wife. a matter of opinion, of course. but prosecutor strunsky poked around in chris hall s past as a policeman. and what did he find?
francisco s da s office, senior da of riverside. that takes skills and persuasive power. the murder case against the former police chief and family man, chris hall. mr. hall on the surface of what looks like a loving family man and a good father. he s somebody that had the support of his family. so he did. no, when he heard about chris hall s grief and the whaling that went on after this so-called accident. what caused his mind is an act. it is a wonderful performance by the defendant acting like a good husband. when you look at his action, how little he did to help his wife? who tried harder to save christie? not chris, said the prosecutor. she called 911 and she helped
charging man, ex-member in good standing of the d.a. s office, now senior deputy in riverside. that takes skill, persuasive pour. strunsky would lead them in the case against family man chris hall. mr. hall on the surface looks like a loving family man. he looks like a good father. he s somebody that had the support of his family. but strunsky was buying the loving father and family man bit. when he heard about chris hall s obvious grief, the wailing that went on after the so-called accident, the phrase that crossed his mind was, it s an act. i think it was a wonderful performance by the defendant of acting like a bereaved husband. but when you look at his actions, how little he did to help his wife. who tried harder to save cristi? not chris, said the prosecutor. but his daughter. she called 911.