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Forward to getting married, his younger brother alex was planning to go to college. and laura and p. j. were preparing for a fresh start in north carolina. but instead, in the summer of 2017, they were all going to court to stand trial for second degree murder. and in a highly unusual ruling, the judge decided all four would be tried together, for trials in one. it s just bizarre that this family would be on trial together? i don t think i ve ever seen anything like that. everyone had each the collins of 30. there was no motive. alex is attorney. lack of evidence. p. j. tucci s attorney. lack of evidence. and two attorneys for laura. it was a circumstantial case. they were all prepared to argue that the prosecution had no idea what really happened in that basement. does anyone know who the real killer is? the real killer knows, it could ve been one of many ....
And the motive behind it all? the prosecution said it was simple and obvious. we believe the motive was to allow the mother to take the younger children out of the state and start off with a new life with her boyfriend, p. j. tucci. it s just so hard to understand why the sons would want to do this for their mother? perhaps there was some underlying agreement between the sons and the mother that we were not aware of. it was now time for all those defense attorneys to have their say. who killed craig right out? who did it? the defense said the walmart videos didn t reveal a murder conspiracy, the tarp, the bungee cord, the drink cleaner, all were purchased in preparation for that big move to north carolina. and that s what p. j. told us. we had trucks coming, and we had the foosball table, we had to deal with, i m gonna need ....
On all counts. actually had to check the verdict sheet to make sure that i had heard it right. laura rideout but what about the mother at the center of it all? laura rideout. the jury has convicted you of murder in the second degree. laura rideout, guilty of murder. not surprised at all. what s that emotion like? relief. and justification. laura and her son colin were both sentenced to 25 years to life behind bars, younger son alex was sentenced to a maximum of eight years. alex and collin are appealing their convictions. p. j. tucci walked out of court a free man. prosecutors had no physical evidence to prove that he was ever in craig s house. did paul to get away with murder? i believe he did. there will be people who will say, he definitely had something to do with this. ....
J. are at a different walmart buying a large tarp, bungee cord and more drink cleaner. the tarp and the bunches matched up to the ones found on cracks body. and the day of the murder, here s colin buying a shovel, a shovel identical to the one left on the side of the road for craig s body was found. a diabolical plans for? here it appears that way. over a number of days? yes. there was laura on tape looking completely relaxed, a wife, a mother and now investigators believed, a killer. craig sister saw a woman who had somehow turn two sons against their own father. honest to god i don t know how that happened. what was said that could ve turned the kids against him? this is the ultimate story of betrayal? yes. ....
Thought there should ve been some sort of misunderstanding, a terrible mistake. had laura said, i just wish crack was out of our lives? no, she wanted craig to have a relationship with the kids, she didn t have animosity towards craig. but when deputies searched the home where laura lived, there were clues everywhere, inside the master bedroom a key file to unlock craig s car, in another bedroom, blue tape, identical to the tape used to make that garage make in greg s basement. bits of incriminating evidence. when craig was killed, where were you? we were at home. you were with laura at home? i was with laura. the investigator believed he was with laura, but not innocently at home. six weeks after craig s murder, p. j. tucci was under arrest to. i could tell you this, i ve never been in the guise house. i know where it is, drop kids off, never been in there. were you part of the overall plan to cover it up? there is no plan. four people were under arrest and all fou ....