Steves attorney said the killing was a result of a Drug Deal gone wrong with carols neighbor jim knapp. Steve said he was told a similar story. Steve said somebody was communicating to him through the Ventilation System in the jail and told him a story about how a Drug Ring out of phoenix had been trying to collect money or seek some retribution against jim knapp for involvement in a prescription Drug Ring. The attorneys arranged for a meeting. Opportunity for steve to tell Law Enforcement what they heard so they could investigate it. They showed him the mysterious email. Listen to his reaction. The dna the Medical Examiner . There was more than the email to Go On. Remember the dna the Medical Examiner found under Carols Fingernail . Turned out it wasnt steves. Or jim naps. Police called the Dna Evidence Item 603. To the Investigator Robertson it didnt represented more. A became mr. 603. A Males Dna found mixed in with Carols Blood under the fingernails of her left hand. This wasnt a s
happened professor, artist, mom. murdered primal scream came out of me she literally broke down. started crying and hollering. the police were quick t question her acts. maybe two quick. they focus in right from th very beginning has been always does it right? but what if the husband di not. they don t find any dna fingerprints nothing of his in the house. did someone else do the rea killing? i m wondering what was this man capable of so much tragedy so much heartbreak it was very emotional for me we just kept waiting fo them to figure out that they had it wrong it was the 2nd of july, 2008 early evening at a fine ol town called prescott, arizona. some going down, air cooling down you ll find the evening warm here at the town s histori rodeo ground, refugees fro phoenix 2 houras away settle in the stands. to enjoy the cowboys at the very same time, at th few hours away on the very edg of town. a woman named carol kennedy, jogged along the well
Blood under the fingernail o her left hand. this wasn t a small amount o dna, reasonable person would think this probably could have gotten there during an attack. jim knapp, the anonymou email, mr. 603, steve s family and attorneys though investigators should focus mor on all of those things instead, seem to them, prosecutors had already made u their minds and steve would go on trial summer 2010. two years after carol kennedy murder, american flags wer once again draped up around th prescott town square i anticipation of the annual rodeo. on june 3rd, inside the square historic courthouse, count attorney opened his case against steve democker,b taking off the reasons why, in his view, steve deserve to spend the rest of his natura life behind bars by this time, pretrial legal rulings had taken the deat
Examiner found under carol s fingernails? turned out it wasn t steve s. or jim knapp s. police called the dna, evidence item 603. but to defense investigator rich robertson, it represented much more. evidence item 603 became mr. 603. it was a male s dna that was found mixed in with carol s blood under the fingernails of her left hand. and this wasn t a small amount of dna. a reasonable person i think would think, this probably could have gotten there during an attack. reporter: jim knapp. the anonymous e-mail. mr. 603. steve s family and attorneys thought investigators should focus more on all of those things. instead, it seemed to them, prosecutors had already made up their minds, and steve would go on trial for murder. summer 2010. two years after carol kennedy s