Could convince jurors that sarah had a secret urgent plan to get away from her father and moved to canada, then he was on his way to creating reasonable doubt. but, how would he deal with the powerful testimony of preston taylor. the answer, was simple and an emphatic preston is alive. his testimony is untruthful, it s false. it s imagined and incredible. and, just how would the defense attorney backup that claim? preston made it easy for him. but you don t always tell the truth, isn t that correct? i haven t in the past. hoping for leniency after he was arrested, preston told police unlatched and disturbing story about one of his own relatives. you made an accusation against somebody, said that he you were sexually assaulted by that person. right. and all those details that you gave, they were all false. they were all false, weren t they?
i ll be right with you, okay? it was liam s alleged accomplice, 19 year old justin taylor. and if he looks familiar, that s because you probably recognize him from sara s junior prom photo. preston was her date. who were these young men? accused of these her reffitt crimes. preston and liam, how close were? they close, friends. they ve known each other for several years. they had just recently moved into a house together. investigators had two most unlikely murder suspect. liam mcatasney was a college sophomore studying psychology. he worked with sarah summers on the beach but he d known her and been her friend since first grade. he had no criminal record. and preston taylor, also a college student, economics in political science, a friend of sarah since high school. he worked part-time around his class schedule. with the suspects in custody,
no. do you think your daughter don t? no. mike sisters, linda, there is, and described a loving relationship between father and daughter. she absolutely loved her father. where you were not that her father loved her? he absolutely loved her. so, what exactly did happen? the shocking answer came from the unlikeliest imaginable source. sara s prom date, preston taylor. do you solemnly swear charged in connection with sara s murder, two years earlier, preston now took the stand for the process prosecution. the state had given him a deal that dropped the felony murder charge and in exchange president pleaded guilty for six other charges and agreed to testify against his good friend liam. christopher mitchell knew was a prosecutor. sometimes you have to get dirty. sometimes you have to get in the mud and you have to deal with but people who played a major role in committing a crime in order to be able to