O dell, lynne s one-time fiance. o dell described his last call with lynne. her call waiting beeped as she put him on hole. she said it was her ex-husband, clifford, on the other line asking her to come over to his house and pick up some money he owed. so when you hung up with her, that was the last time you ever spoke to her? that is correct. what did you do when you didn t hear from her? i tried to call her and did not get through. did you call her excuse me a minute. mr. o dell, would you like to take a break? no, i would like to get finished. all right, sir. to prove clifford killed lynne to stop her from taking their son away, prosecutors called her divorce attorney. he testified that one week before her disappearance clifford went ballistic in a family law court when a judge
Remembers in his life. i am mom and he calls me mom. he understands i am not his biological mother. what kind of dad was cliff to christian? he was a great dad. they went and played ball together. they went fishing together. they went on travels together. cliff is a phenomenal father. meanwhile, up in tennessee, lynne s one-time fiance ed o dell, had moved on with his life, too. married now with children. the dwindling friends of lynne thought they would never see a resolution to the case of the missing woman. but there was one person in particular who didn t like to see the dusty jacket of unsolved cases in his files. in 2010 one of miami s most experienced prosecutors, michael von zamft, took over the case along with assistant state attorney mari mato. what did you think the biggest problem with the case was?
Himself. the 20-year-old case was now in p the hands of jury. they deliberate all evening. around 9:30 they announced a verdict. christian and i were together, holding hands. i told him no matter what happened, we would hold our hands high. we the jury find clifford brent friend guilty of second-degree murder. second-degree murder. the jury apparently believed gold s story but not that the crime was premeditated. at sentencing a few weeks later, lynne s long ago fiance ed o dell spoke directly to christian, reminding him of what he missed in life. you no l not be able to understand lynne s love for you until you have your own child, when you will know a love that you never knew possible before. christian, who had sad silently throughout the trial finally spoke, and he was still foursquare behind his father. i m not going to go into the