Don t think of them. The pain becomes a part of you. Get everybody out here to my house now. He came home and found her, his entire family gone. I said what are you talking about, what are you saying? it was surreal. As fellow cops suspected him. I did not do this. I did not do this. She was upset. She felt like history is repeating itself. Or police just plain wrong? it s like a twilight zone. Lies become truth and the truth becomes lies. May be the real killer was still out there. You have lied to the police about this case. So devastating. We know that was probably the key to solving this. 13 years of hell. Such an awful crime. The wife, the little boy and girl, shot at pointblank range. I was dumbfounded with shock. How to comprehend it? i said what, wait, what are you talking about, what are you saying? the husband had an alibi. He could have done anything, but he didn t. 13 years, three trials, appeals, reversals and changing stories. The big picture here for a lot of people as i
redneck state cop. who had done a couple of cases, him on one side, me on the other. but mcdaniel became convinced of his innocence and came on board to defend him. this is one of those terrible cases that a defense lawyer never want, they call him a ravager, they make you crazy, you don t want an innocent client. the defense could only flinch and take the body blows to the camera. the jury is getting this picture of a hardworking wife, nose to the grindstone, taking care of babies, while he is out with poll dancers. yes, on duty. you have 13 women coming in there with varying degrees of sexual conduct contact or innuendo. another trooper s wife, for god sakes. not a good set effects. not a good set of facts. the defense pulled out potentially its strongest
redneck state cop. who had done a couple of cases, him on one side, me on the other. but mcdaniel became convinced of his innocence and came on board to defend him. this is one of those terrible cases that a defense lawyer never once, they call him a ravage or, they make you crazy, you don t want an innocent client. the defense could only flinch and take the body blows to the camera. the jury is getting this picture of a hardworking wife, nose to the grindstone, taking care of babies, while he is out with polled answers. yes, on duty. you have 13 women coming in there with varying degrees of sexual conduct contact or innuendo. another trooper s wife, for god sakes. not a good set effects. not a good set. affects the defense pulled out potentially its strongest weapon and put david on the
alibi and an alternate suspect. so who was this new mystery person? here again is dennis murphy. reporter: the trial of david camm was underway in floyd county indiana. it was the winter of 2002. nervous to see that those men and women that will decide your fate? david camm, accused of murdering his wife and two young children, always insisted the case against him was built on quicksand. it s about them crafting and molding a belief that was totally founded on things that weren t factual. and it was just a complete fiction. reporter: david s defense attorney was mike mcdaniel, now deceased. he told us he had known david as a trooper. what impressions did you have of david before he became a client? uh, i figured he was another redneck state cop. we d done a couple of cases together. him on one side, me on the other. reporter: but mcdaniel became convinced of david s innocence
offering an alibi and an alternate suspect. so, who was this new mystery person? here again is dennis murphy. reporter: the trial of david camm was underway in floyd county indiana. it was the winter of 2002. nervous to see that those men and women that will decide your fate? david camm, accused of murdering his wife and two young children, always insisted the case against him was built on quicksand. it s about them crafting and molding a belief that was totally founded on things that weren t factual. and it was just a complete fiction. reporter: david s defense attorney was mike mcdaniel, now deceased. he told us he knew david as a trooper. what impressions did you have of david before he became a client? uh, i figured he was another redneck state cop. we d done a couple of cases together. him on one side, me on the other. reporter: but mcdaniel became convinced of david s innocence