and the witness left the stand. dateline wanted to talk to linda opdycke, but she did not respond to our interview requests. and as for her father wally opdycke, his lawyer e-mailed this statement. wallace opdycke had absolutely no involvement or prior knowledge of michiel oakes murder of mark stover. rumors and innuendo to the contrary are baseless and unfair. mark stover was a domestic violence terrorist. john henry browne closed with a powerful recitation of his theme, that mark stover was the bad guy. but even so, he said, oakes didn t want or plan to kill him. you don t premeditate up just to the point of shooting somebody. you premeditate the entire scenario. and what happened after this tragic event is absurd.
are baseless and unfair. mark stover was a domestic violence terrorist. john henry browne closed with a powerful recitation of his theme, that mark stover was the bad guy. but even so, he said, oakes didn t want or plan to kill him. you don t premeditate up just to the point of shooting somebody. you premeditate the entire scenario. and what happened after this tragic event is absurd. he has absolutely no plan. none. and if there s no plan afterwards, i think it leads you to the conclusion that there was no plan beforehand. keith morrison: really? here was the prosecutor s closing. i will say this. the more charitable view of motive would be that miss opdycke and mr. oakes, perhaps they really did fear for their safety for some reason.
i have no liability in this case. nothing further. reporter: and the witness left the stand. dateline wanted to talk to linda opdycke, but she did not respond to our interview requests. and as for her father wally opdycke, his lawyer e-mailed this statement. wallace opdycke had absolutely no involvement or prior knowledge of michiel oakes murder of mark stover. rumors to the contrary are baseless and unfair. mark stover was a domestic violence terrorist. reporter: john henry browne closed with a powerful recitation of his theme, that mark stover was the bad guy. but even so, he said, oakes didn t want or plan to kill him. you don t premeditate up just to the point of shooting somebody. you premeditate the entire scenario. and what happened after this