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911. What is your emergency?
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We've been attacked... stabbed.
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Sir, stay calm.What's the address?
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We need an ambulance now!
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Sir, take a deep breath and tell me your address.
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Um, 3756 Wilcom Road.
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My wife... Sarah...
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There's blood everywhere
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My wife's not breathing.She need O2
and compressions.I'm a doctor
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I need you to let go of your wife
and let us take care of you both
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-How badly are you hurt?
-Forget about me. Treat her.Help her!
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Sir, please, I need your help
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Treat her, please.Treat her. No. No
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Oh, God.
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Sarah...
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Prints match the victim's account.
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We've got a suspect in custody.
His name is Austin Jackson
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Just turned 19--he's already got
a rap sheet for a stolen car,drugs,
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and possession with intent to distribute.
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That kid did everything but sign the crime scene
and have it notarized
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We found a knife with both the victims' blood
on it and Austin's prints on it
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in the bushes outside the back door
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Is that a steak knife?
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Yeah. It matches at set from the Towers' kitchen
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Our theory is, Austin broke in the backdoor
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got caught mid-burglary,
attempted to kill all the witnesses
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Do the Towers have kids?
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Uh, two boys-- 15 and 16.
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But luckily they were spending the night
at their grandmother's house
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Was this random,
or did the suspect know these people?
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Austin was part of an at-risk teen program
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at a community center that Sarah Towers volunteered
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These photos are fairly gruesome
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He slit her throat open from ear to ear
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What about the doctor?
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He ended up with multiple stab wounds
and a collapsed left lung
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And he still managed to call 911?
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He's a trained surgeon.He knew not to panic
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The evidence against Mr. Jackson is overwhelming
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is overwhelming.
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-Almost too overwhelming
-Well, sometimes things are exactly what they look like
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ok, let's arraign Austin Jackson for one count of murder
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one count of attempted murder in the commission of a burglary
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Mr. Jackson, do you understand the charges against you?
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-I didn't kill anybody
-Austin, just answer yes or no
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Mr. Jackson, do you understand the charges?
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Yeah. I understand you want my ass off the street,
but I didn't do it
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Bailiff, remove the defendant.
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I didn't kill anybody!
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I didn't kill anybody!
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Come on, I didn't kill anybody!Why y'all doing this to me?
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-The People request that Mr. Jackson be held without bail
-So ordered
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Okay, people, let's get this party started
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Maureen, where do we stand on the Towers case
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Dr. Towers is still hospitalized.
He's recovering well from his wounds
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Is the accused still on suicide watch?
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Yeah, but it's probably just a defense stunt
to influence his competency hearing
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What do we know about Austin Jackson
aside from his rap sheet?
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High school dropout,broken home--
according to his latest probation officer
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How many probation officers
has this young man had?
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Two.
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One in junior high
after a car theft arrest,
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which sounds more like
a joy ride than anything.
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And another his sophomore year
of high school for the drug charges
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But he hasn't been in trouble
for the last three years.
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Probation officers and all his
high school counselors agree--
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Austin's problems began when his family split up
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His mother is MIA
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His father threw him out of the house last summer
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Still, he was staying out of trouble
and making a lot of improvement in the youth program
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With mitigating circumstances,a jury might have a hard time sentencing him to death
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Okay, check with Austin's PD.
Let's offer him Life in exchange for a guilty plea
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Let's see if we can save the taxpayers a million dollar trial.
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I'm deposing Dr. Towers and his family this morning
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Danny, I'm going to need you to man a camcorder
and take some depositions for me
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I'm up for that
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Dr. Towers?
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You must be the prosecutor
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This is my sons--Alex and Jacob
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-Hi. I'm Annabeth Chase
-I'm Danny Robel.
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Hey
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We're so sorry for your loss.
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We're going to do our best
to keep these interviews as brief as possible
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But please remember, that you'll be under oath
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so everything you say will become part of the official court record
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I woke up around midnight.
And I knew someone was in the room
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Austin Jackson?
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Yes. And he was drunk...or on something
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And I told him to get out
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Then we argued, and he stabbed me
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And actually...
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I felt the knife before I even saw it
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Where were you when he attacked you?
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Well, I got up.I was fighting him off
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Standing up or sitting?
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Yeah, I stood up.We were face-to-face...
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grappling, and he stabbed me
here... here...and here
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Where was your wife during all of this?
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Sarah takes sleeping pills.
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And so, she was out of it,she was sound asleep
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Um...
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See, and when he stabbed me,I fell down on my knees
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And so, by the time I got to Sarah...
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he had already...
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He cut her throat
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It... it was horrific
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I'm so sorry
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I hate Austin
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Is there anything else you want to say?
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I wish he was dead
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You're absolutely certain that the man who attacked you
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and killed your wife was Austin Jackson?
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Yes
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Without a doubt
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You know, Sarah...
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she was never very good with boundaries,
and she was always bringing her work home with her
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She'd invite Austin
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over the house on the weekend
because she thought
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it was good for him to be in a stable family environment
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until he started stealing things, showing up high
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And so, we finally had to tell him
that we didn't want him around
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How did he react?
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He was livid.
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When was this?
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The weekend before he broke
into our house and attacked us
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They were all arguing in the kitchen
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so Mom and Dad just told Austin
to get out and stay out.
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And that's when Austin just went kind of haywire
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Like, he started crying and saying he didn't do it
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It was freaky.
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But I never thought that Austin
would come back with a knife
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I'm sorry about your mom
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He slit her throat
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Sarah was the only person
who gave me the benefit of the doubt
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She believed in me when no one else did
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Pushed for me to finish high school
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She did more for me than my own mother
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I'd kill myself before I'd kill her
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Then how did your fingerprints get on the knife?
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Don't answer that
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I don't know
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Mr. Jackson, we are prepared to take the death penalty
off of the table in exchange for a confession
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-How many years are we looking at?
-It depends upon what he tells us
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Okay, I'll confess
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Austin
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I confess to being in my apartment
the night that Sarah was murdered
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I confess to being nowhere near
their house when it happened
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I confess to never stealing anything from that family
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I confess to being a screwup
when I was a kid,
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but I didn't kill Sarah,
and I didn't stab the doctor!
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How long have you and Austin lived together?
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I just split the rent with him.
We're not gay or freaky or anything
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Would you answer my question, please?
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Since fall semester started.I go to community college
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I'm sort of on academic probation though
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Were you at home 12:30 the night of the sixth?
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You mean the night of the stabbing?
Yeah, I was here and Austin was, too.
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All night long?
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Yeah.
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-You sure about that?
-I would've heard him if he went anywhere
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I sleep on the couch.
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He would've had to walk by me.He was here.
We were watching TV
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You willing to testify to that?
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Sure. Why not?
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You know what the penalty
for perjury is?
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Yeah. What?
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Perjury.It's lying under oath.It's a felony.
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Now I'm gonna talk to your neighbors.
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I'm gonna ask you one more time.
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Austin was home all night.
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I was the trauma surgeon on duty
the night Lee Towers came into the ER
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I was shocked to see these terrible stab wounds.
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Dr. Towers' assailant has been
charged with felony murder,
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and I'll ask for the maximum sentence,
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but to get it, I need to convince a jury
that this was a vicious crime
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Lee had already lost
three pints of blood.
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Another few minutes, he would've
suffered massive heart failure or bled to death
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-Would you be willing to testify to this?
-Absolutely
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Lee Towers is an outstanding
member of this medical staff.I trust him with my life
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Thank you, Doctor.We'll be in touch
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Excuse me.I couldn't help overhearing
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Do you mind if we talk somewhere private?
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Well, none of his neighbors saw Austin leave the apartment that night
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Dr. Towers called 911 at...
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12:21 in the morning,
and not too many people are awake at that hour
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Still...
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If Austin has an alibi,
that means Dr. Towers is lying.
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I'm checking out the roommate's story.
And from what I can tell so far
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I have no reason not to believe him
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Well, I think a jury would take
the word of a respected physician
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over the word of a high school
dropout's roommate any day.
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I'm a trauma nurse
in the E.R.
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We see a lot of stab victims
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Maybe I shouldn't be telling you this,
but it's been weighing on my mind all week
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I'm listening
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Knife wounds are messy...
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especially when the assailant attacks in rage
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They're not precise
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Dr. Towers' wounds were
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I don't understand
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He was stabbed twice in the abdomen
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But it was in the fleshiest part of the torso and missed vital organs
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His lung was only partially collapsed.
It was barely punctured
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So what are you saying?
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I think Dr. Towers' wounds might have been self-inflicted
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You're saying that Dr. Towers slit his wife's throat,
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and, then, because he knew the police would assume
that he did it, he stabbed himself--
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not once, not twice, but three times--
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and then devised this story about a troubled kid attacking them both?
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-I know, it's kind of a stretch
-Kind of?
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You got to admit it's a smart cover-up
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If a woman is murdered in her bed,
and her husband's in the bedroom
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-he's a logical suspect.
-Despite the fact that he's a pillar of the community
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But stabbing himself?I mean, that's got to hurt.
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That's really got to hurt.
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He's a surgeon.
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He's got the guts and the know-how to do it
without causing major damage
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I thought Austin Jackson's fingerprints
were on the knife, not the doctor's
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Well, we don't exactly have an answer for that yet
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I do. The answer is: Austin did it
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Or... maybe the doctor was wearing surgical gloves
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What? He somehow got Austin's
fingerprints on the knife
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put on gloves, and then
took said knife and slit his wife's throat
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and stabbed himself three times
to create a plausible cover-up?
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Maybe
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That is beyond premeditation,
that is just evil-genius stuff
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That is sick.
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Do you have any evidence
whatsoever to support that?
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We don't know yet.
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What does the blood evidence say?
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The blood evidence isn't talking
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The crime scene was trampled through by EMTs
and freaked out police officers--
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and most of all, by the doctor himself,
who was allegedly trying to save his wife
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Look, if there is any chance the doctor did this
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we have an obligation to look into it
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All right.
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if you can get an expert to confirm that
the doctor's wounds were self-inflicted
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then proceed with caution.
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If this guy is this sneaky,
we got to be sneakier.
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Right.
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What about Austin?
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Let's leave him in custody
and proceed it as if he's our man
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He's in an isolation cell
with a death-penalty charge over his head, Steve
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As far as I'm concerned, this self-inflicted wound theory
is just that, a theory
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Mr. Jackson is a long way from being cleared
248
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Okay, what am I looking for?
249
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Actually, it might be better
if you tell me what you see
250
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Ah, I love a mystery.
251
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This guy a drinker?
252
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I don't think so.I don't know, actually
253
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I'm just asking.The liver looks a little enlarged
254
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which makes him extra lucky, since this... stab wound?
255
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-Yeah.
-Stab wound just misses his liver
256
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This one just misses his spleen,
and comes within an inch of the large intestine,
257
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which, believe me, is one place you don't want to get stabbed
258
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Anything else?
259
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The wounds appear to be very straight,almost plunges
260
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Any chance the victim was lying on his back?
261
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He says he was standing, facing his attacker
262
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Well, if that's the case,
the wounds would typically have an upward thrust
263
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and lying on your back,
there's more space between the internal organs
264
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which would help explain the near misses
265
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Hypothetically, let's say you,
266
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as a doctor,were going to self-inflict these wounds
267
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Ooh, the plot thickens.
268
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That's not a question I've ever been asked
269
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Easy answer though:I would lie on my back
270
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with a mirror in my left hand and the knife in my right
271
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to make sure I got the precise position for each thrust
272
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And this would result in a straight wound?
273
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If I'm any good.
274
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How would I go about finding out
why his liver's enlarged?
275
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I could run a toxicology screen for you
276
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If the patient ended up in the E.R.,
then they drew blood on him
277
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And by the way,if I was planning on stabbing myself
278
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I'd want to be plenty medicated
279
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Hmm.
280
00:15:40,693 --> 00:15:45,094
Ms. Chase, do you mind telling
me what this is really about?
281
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I mean, you've already taken their statements
282
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We just want to make sure your kids are prepared for the trial
283
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in case they're deposed by the defense
284
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And I suppose you want to speak with them alone
285
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They'll be less inhibited that way
286
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I know your mom and dad argued with Austin
287
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Did they ever argue about anything else?
288
00:16:05,894 --> 00:16:08,794
Well, all married people argue, right?
289
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What sort of things did they argue about?
290
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Just, you know,
normal stuff like...
291
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what restaurants to go to,what movies to see
292
00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:19,426
Look, why don't you just ask us what you really want to know?
293
00:16:23,326 --> 00:16:26,660
Austin's attorney is going to pry into your home life
294
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so we need to know what kind of
relationship your parents had
295
00:16:30,660 --> 00:16:34,094
My dad's a doctor, he's never home.
My mom did volunteer work
296
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What kind of relationship do you think they had?
297
00:16:36,127 --> 00:16:36,860
Shut up.
298
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Do you know if they talked about splitting up?
299
00:16:41,794 --> 00:16:43,261
Wh-why are you asking us this?
300
00:16:43,326 --> 00:16:48,194
Yeah.Only they didn't want to talk about it.
Mom got herself a lawyer
301
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-Jacob
-Nah, dude, she did
302
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She also made my dad go see a therapist
303
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She made us all go to that stupid therapist,not just Dad
304
00:16:57,794 --> 00:17:01,426
Yeah, but you know why?
because dad wouldn't go by himself
305
00:17:01,493 --> 00:17:02,560
Sounds like they were trying to work out their problems
306
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Mom was
307
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You know, I...
308
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Dad was, too, you know?I-I know they loved each other
309
00:17:14,426 --> 00:17:19,227
Dad took us on vacation last year.
We all had a really good time
310
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Florida. Miami.
311
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I've got a friend who only does divorces
It was a "one phone call."
312
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And he knew right away
who was handling Mrs. Towers' divorce claim?
313
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Well, he knew who would know
314
00:17:31,827 --> 00:17:35,493
So, I guess, technically,it was... two phone calls
315
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Huh.
316
00:17:37,493 --> 00:17:40,794
Sarah Towers was going to divorce her husband
317
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but only if she could get sole custody of the kids
318
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Why did she want sole custody?
319
00:17:45,426 --> 00:17:48,960
Well, a lot of parents fight for it,especially in an ugly divorce
320
00:17:49,027 --> 00:17:52,693
Actually,in my experience,
most parents want joint custody
321
00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:56,527
unless there's a compelling reason
to keep the kids away from their spouse
322
00:17:56,593 --> 00:18:00,927
So, what was Dr. Towers doing to make Sarah think
he was an unfit parent?
323
00:18:00,994 --> 00:18:03,994
I was her attorney,
and everything we discussed was privileged
324
00:18:04,060 --> 00:18:07,760
The privilege belongs to the client,
and your client has been murdered
325
00:18:07,827 --> 00:18:11,326
Actually, privilege extends beyond death
326
00:18:11,393 --> 00:18:15,627
Sarah's only interest at this point
is in prosecuting her murderer
327
00:18:15,693 --> 00:18:18,426
That's your opinion, and I may actually agree with it
328
00:18:18,493 --> 00:18:21,127
but it's not black letter law
329
00:18:21,194 --> 00:18:23,527
If she wanted to take her sons
away from their father
330
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she had to have a good reason
331
00:18:26,693 --> 00:18:33,326
Are those boys in danger?
I can get a court order if necessary
332
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I will tell you this.
333
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I advised Mrs. Towers to keep a contemporaneous record
334
00:18:40,494 --> 00:18:45,027
a detailed log of all her reasons for wanting sole custody
335
00:18:45,094 --> 00:18:48,326
And... to the best of my knowledge, she did
336
00:18:48,393 --> 00:18:50,393
When was the last time she came to see you?
337
00:18:50,460 --> 00:18:53,194
About a month before she was murdered
338
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I'm Sarah's mother
339
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I would know if she wanted a divorce
340
00:18:58,994 --> 00:19:02,760
You saw the boys,you saw Sarah's home
341
00:19:02,827 --> 00:19:05,994
Did it look to you like she was unhappy?
342
00:19:06,060 --> 00:19:07,127
Nobody's marriage is perfect.
343
00:19:07,194 --> 00:19:10,094
I just want to give the jury an accurate picture of the situation
344
00:19:10,161 --> 00:19:14,894
Well, when he was, uh...under a lot of pressure at work
345
00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:17,660
Lee sometimes got a little short-tempered
346
00:19:17,727 --> 00:19:19,927
But they've been happy together for 20 years
347
00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:24,960
I have every reason to protect my grandsons
348
00:19:25,027 --> 00:19:29,127
and if there was a serious problem...
I'd know
349
00:19:30,827 --> 00:19:32,660
Jekyll and Hyde:
350
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Dr. Towers could have been one way in public,
and another in private
351
00:19:36,060 --> 00:19:38,794
and Sarah could have hidden
that fact from everybody for years
352
00:19:38,860 --> 00:19:41,560
Hid it from her own mother?
Are you kidding me-- especially from her mother
353
00:19:41,627 --> 00:19:44,094
-So what's the motive here?
-Things had reached a breaking point
354
00:19:44,161 --> 00:19:47,560
Sarah was going to leave him
and expose the dirty laundry of their marriage
355
00:19:47,627 --> 00:19:50,194
Dr. Towers murdered his wife
to keep that from happening
356
00:19:50,261 --> 00:19:54,060
So we're supposed to believe
the doctor orchestrated this elaborate plan to kill his wife
357
00:19:54,127 --> 00:19:57,027
to avoid the public humiliation of a troubled marriage?
358
00:19:58,426 --> 00:19:59,693
The divorce rate is reaching 60%, people.
359
00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:03,693
Some men choose to brutally murder their wives
rather than go through a divorce
360
00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:06,493
It makes the killer into the victim--
everybody feels sorry for them
361
00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:11,627
they get to be the grieving widower instead of
the self-centered jerk who deserted his wife and kids
362
00:20:11,693 --> 00:20:15,460
Scott Peterson.And that-that Hacking fellow.
What was his first name?
363
00:20:16,527 --> 00:20:18,227
I'm just saying.
364
00:20:18,293 --> 00:20:20,660
What do we know about
the Towers' marriage?
365
00:20:20,727 --> 00:20:22,960
Well, we know that Sarah took sleeping pills
366
00:20:23,027 --> 00:20:24,994
We know Dr. Towers made beaucoup bucks
367
00:20:25,060 --> 00:20:28,227
We know he was never home,
and rarely paid attention to her
368
00:20:28,293 --> 00:20:29,760
And, according to her divorce attorney,
369
00:20:29,827 --> 00:20:35,101
Sarah Towers was willing to risk losing everything
in order to keep her children away from their father
370
00:20:34,027 --> 00:20:35,123
Why?
371
00:20:35,660 --> 00:20:36,693
Jekyll and Hyde.
372
00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:39,293
It had to be something extreme
373
00:20:39,360 --> 00:20:42,994
We need to get this contemporaneous diary
her attorney told her keep
374
00:20:43,060 --> 00:20:44,460
You need to talk to Towers' kids again.
375
00:20:44,527 --> 00:20:46,027
I've already questioned them twice,
376
00:20:46,094 --> 00:20:48,360
they've said everything they're willing to tell us
377
00:20:49,493 --> 00:20:53,325
All right. Lou, draft a warrant,
have your guys search the Towers' house once more
378
00:20:53,393 --> 00:20:55,560
So, we literally are looking
for a diary?
379
00:20:56,360 --> 00:20:58,560
It's 2006, Lou--might want to check her computer
380
00:21:00,994 --> 00:21:05,960
Sarah Towers was keeping some
sort of log on her computer...
381
00:21:06,027 --> 00:21:07,360
but it's been deleted
382
00:21:07,426 --> 00:21:10,161
Sometimes our tech guys can recover deleted files
383
00:21:10,227 --> 00:21:11,261
Not this time
384
00:21:11,360 --> 00:21:14,488
Whoever did this reformatted the hard drive partition
385
00:21:14,511 --> 00:21:16,296
and used a military-grade file wipe
386
00:21:16,310 --> 00:21:20,760
-Which means...
-They wanted these files to be gone and stay gone
387
00:21:20,827 --> 00:21:22,227
Totally unrecoverable
388
00:21:22,293 --> 00:21:25,293
-When were these files deleted?
-Two weeks before she was murdered
389
00:21:25,360 --> 00:21:27,794
Which means,
390
00:21:27,860 --> 00:21:31,326
either Sarah Towers deleted these files herself, or...
391
00:21:31,393 --> 00:21:33,460
Or her husband deleted them for her
392
00:21:34,027 --> 00:21:35,293
Okay.
393
00:21:35,360 --> 00:21:37,660
Let's confront Dr. Towers with the evidence
394
00:21:37,727 --> 00:21:39,894
see if he can find a clever way out
395
00:21:40,994 --> 00:21:45,627
Doctor, if you don't mind,I'd like you to walks us through
396
00:21:45,693 --> 00:21:50,027
what happened the night of the attack just one more time
397
00:21:51,660 --> 00:21:53,560
Walk you through it?
398
00:21:53,627 --> 00:21:55,161
You know, with all due respect,
399
00:21:55,227 --> 00:21:57,227
how much more do you people need?
400
00:21:57,293 --> 00:22:00,693
Austin's prints are on the knife
401
00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:04,693
Yes, but according to the Crime Lab,
they're in the wrong place on the knife
402
00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:07,227
Austin held the knife like this
403
00:22:07,294 --> 00:22:09,860
as if he was cutting a piece of steak
404
00:22:09,927 --> 00:22:13,094
A frenzied stabbing would have left smeared prints all over the knife
405
00:22:13,161 --> 00:22:14,827
not a neat little pattern.
406
00:22:14,894 --> 00:22:18,426
And that's just one of the many inconsistencies
we found in your story
407
00:22:20,127 --> 00:22:21,426
You think I killed my wife?
408
00:22:21,493 --> 00:22:23,360
You know, I've traveled halfway around the world
409
00:22:23,426 --> 00:22:27,326
to perform surgeries and provide medical attention to
people in disadvantaged nations?
410
00:22:27,393 --> 00:22:31,894
Why would I dedicate my entire career...
411
00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:33,660
to saving lives,
412
00:22:33,727 --> 00:22:35,593
and then turn around
and come home and kill
413
00:22:35,660 --> 00:22:37,393
the woman that I've been
married to for 20 years?
414
00:22:37,460 --> 00:22:38,693
That's what you were banking on--
415
00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:42,360
given your status,your work, we'd never suspect you
416
00:22:42,426 --> 00:22:45,360
Especially not if we found someone else's prints
on the weapon
417
00:22:45,426 --> 00:22:47,593
Our theory is, your wife
invited Austin to dinner.
418
00:22:47,660 --> 00:22:51,393
You took the knife he held while having a meal
in your home and saved it
419
00:22:51,460 --> 00:22:54,425
Once you succeeded in turning your family against Austin
420
00:22:54,433 --> 00:22:57,493
you started a round of antibiotics as if you knew
what was happening next
421
00:22:57,560 --> 00:22:58,927
which you did.
422
00:22:58,994 --> 00:23:00,994
The antibiotics were to help ward off infection
423
00:23:01,060 --> 00:23:03,094
The hydrocodone,to help relieve the pain
424
00:23:03,161 --> 00:23:06,460
You're not only a lawyer,but you're a doctor, too.
Where'd you go to medical school, dear?
425
00:23:06,527 --> 00:23:09,393
A trained toxicologist reached
these conclusions, Dr. Towers.
426
00:23:09,460 --> 00:23:11,927
Tell your trained monkey
that I had a bladder infection,
427
00:23:11,994 --> 00:23:14,161
and I treated myself
with antibiotics.
428
00:23:14,227 --> 00:23:16,261
According to our monkey,
429
00:23:16,326 --> 00:23:17,593
you also treated yourself with lidocaine
430
00:23:17,660 --> 00:23:20,627
to numb the area around your incisions, Doctor
431
00:23:20,693 --> 00:23:23,820
I'm sure that these tactics might work with the lowlifes
that you usually deal with
432
00:23:23,830 --> 00:23:25,660
but I know my rights
433
00:23:27,460 --> 00:23:30,527
Well, the only thing that I am guilty of
434
00:23:30,593 --> 00:23:32,693
is allowing my wife
435
00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:36,194
to give some hopeless dropout a chance
436
00:23:36,261 --> 00:23:38,794
I mean, she practically took the GED test for him
437
00:23:38,860 --> 00:23:42,593
and Austin was still never going
to turn out to be anything
438
00:23:42,660 --> 00:23:45,794
Which doesn't change the fact that he has an alibi
439
00:23:45,860 --> 00:23:47,393
Look, if I wanted to kill my wife
440
00:23:47,460 --> 00:23:49,060
there are a hundred different
ways that I could have done it
441
00:23:49,127 --> 00:23:52,127
and each of them would have been a hell of a lot easier
442
00:23:52,194 --> 00:23:54,261
than what you're proposing
took place that night, so...
443
00:23:54,326 --> 00:23:58,894
You know, if you want me to answer any more
of your questions
444
00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:00,426
I'm going to need to call my lawyer
445
00:24:00,493 --> 00:24:04,326
I suggest you do that.
And tell him that you're about to be arrested for murder
446
00:24:29,060 --> 00:24:30,227
Where's my lawyer?
447
00:24:30,293 --> 00:24:31,927
You don't need a lawyer
448
00:24:31,994 --> 00:24:34,593
Austin, we're dropping the charges against you
449
00:24:34,660 --> 00:24:36,894
You're free to go.
450
00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:40,660
We owe you an apology for putting you through this ordeal
451
00:24:40,727 --> 00:24:42,894
You know who killed Sarah?
452
00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:44,994
We do
453
00:24:45,060 --> 00:24:47,027
We believe it was her husband
454
00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:51,980
I hope to God that he pays for it
455
00:24:54,110 --> 00:24:57,710
Dr. Lee Towers had an enviable life
456
00:24:57,776 --> 00:25:02,543
He was a highly paid internist, a respected family man,
457
00:25:02,610 --> 00:25:04,744
but his wife wanted to leave him
458
00:25:06,277 --> 00:25:08,410
Dr. Towers was sickened
459
00:25:08,477 --> 00:25:12,343
by the thought of losing his money, his family,
460
00:25:12,410 --> 00:25:15,644
his reputation and his image
461
00:25:15,710 --> 00:25:19,644
So instead of letting his wife leave him
462
00:25:19,710 --> 00:25:25,210
he planned and executed a near perfect crime
463
00:25:26,260 --> 00:25:30,461
The evidence will show beyond a doubt that Dr. Towers
464
00:25:30,527 --> 00:25:34,828
staged a break-in,that he slit his wife's throat
465
00:25:34,995 --> 00:25:38,427
That he then used his surgical skills
466
00:25:38,494 --> 00:25:41,527
to make it appear as though he himself had been attacked
467
00:25:41,594 --> 00:25:45,694
and that he framed an innocent young man for the crime
468
00:25:48,294 --> 00:25:53,394
The evidence will, in fact,
show that Sarah Towers was killed by an assailant
469
00:25:53,461 --> 00:25:59,394
who left fingerprints on a knife
covered with her blood and her husband's blood
470
00:25:59,461 --> 00:26:03,394
This assailant broke into their home,
murdered Sarah in her bed,
471
00:26:03,461 --> 00:26:09,880
and then viciously stabbed Dr. Towers three times
472
00:26:09,890 --> 00:26:13,467
The police arrested Austin Jackson
473
00:26:13,490 --> 00:26:15,857
They started building a case against him
474
00:26:15,924 --> 00:26:17,690
Then they hit a roadblock
475
00:26:17,757 --> 00:26:21,091
and they started looking around for a scapegoat
476
00:26:22,424 --> 00:26:26,998
This trial is about the arrogance of the DA's office
477
00:26:27,007 --> 00:26:31,274
They refused to admit they were wrong,
and they would rather see
478
00:26:31,295 --> 00:26:36,128
an innocent man go to jail
than let their high profile case go unsolved
479
00:26:37,694 --> 00:26:41,728
It was a clean slice that severed both carotid arteries
480
00:26:41,794 --> 00:26:45,095
The precise nature of the cut
and the lack of defensive wounds indicates
481
00:26:45,161 --> 00:26:47,362
that Sarah Towers was asleep when her throat was cut
482
00:26:47,427 --> 00:26:50,128
And how would you describe
Dr. Towers' stab wounds?
483
00:26:50,195 --> 00:26:51,328
Surgical.
484
00:26:51,394 --> 00:26:54,461
Thank you. Precise.
Relatively shallow
485
00:26:54,527 --> 00:26:56,295
Based on the angles,
486
00:26:56,362 --> 00:26:59,761
and the fact that each would missed a major organ
487
00:26:59,828 --> 00:27:02,828
it's my opinion that the defendant stabbed himself
488
00:27:04,628 --> 00:27:06,061
Thank you
489
00:27:09,694 --> 00:27:14,527
Can you prove that Dr. Towers'
wounds were self-inflicted?
490
00:27:14,594 --> 00:27:15,995
That is the most likely explanation
491
00:27:16,061 --> 00:27:19,742
-Despite the fact that his left lung collapsed?
-Yes
492
00:27:19,765 --> 00:27:22,394
Despite the fact that he lost three pints of blood,
493
00:27:22,461 --> 00:27:26,761
went into severe shock, and according
to the trauma surgeon at the emergency room
494
00:27:26,828 --> 00:27:30,161
was moments away from death, you still believe
495
00:27:30,228 --> 00:27:32,694
he stabbed himself with a steak knife?
496
00:27:32,761 --> 00:27:34,394
That is my expert opinion.
497
00:27:34,461 --> 00:27:36,995
-Can you prove it?
-No
498
00:27:37,061 --> 00:27:40,161
You've testified there were large amounts of hydrocodone
499
00:27:40,228 --> 00:27:42,995
and lidocaine in Dr. Towers' system
500
00:27:43,061 --> 00:27:43,895
Yes.
501
00:27:43,961 --> 00:27:45,394
In layman's terms
502
00:27:45,461 --> 00:27:48,061
if it were alcohol, what's the equivalent?
503
00:27:48,128 --> 00:27:51,228
The way you'd feel after about 12 drinks, I guess
504
00:27:51,295 --> 00:27:54,328
And would you guess that Dr. Towers took these powerful sedatives
505
00:27:54,394 --> 00:27:57,828
before or after he allegedly stabbed himself?
506
00:27:57,895 --> 00:28:01,895
Well, I'd assume he would have taken them beforehand
in order to squelch the pain
507
00:28:01,961 --> 00:28:07,928
So, he swallowed the equivalent of the 12 martinis
508
00:28:07,995 --> 00:28:13,527
and then somehow managed to stage a break-in,
slit his wife's throat
509
00:28:13,594 --> 00:28:17,461
perform extremely
precise surgery on himself--
510
00:28:17,527 --> 00:28:20,427
just missing vital organs
by a few centimeters--
511
00:28:20,494 --> 00:28:25,895
and then plant the murder weapon outside in the bushes,call 911
512
00:28:25,961 --> 00:28:28,861
and get to the hospital just in the nick of time
513
00:28:28,928 --> 00:28:30,594
Where's the question, Your Honor?
514
00:28:30,661 --> 00:28:34,061
My question is,how in God's name did he do it?
515
00:28:34,128 --> 00:28:34,761
Your Honor...
516
00:28:34,828 --> 00:28:36,362
My question is,
517
00:28:36,427 --> 00:28:40,494
can you determine the exact time
he allegedly took these drugs?
518
00:28:40,561 --> 00:28:43,427
I'd estimate the drugs were taken before midnight
519
00:28:43,494 --> 00:28:45,228
and they weren't on his medical chart
520
00:28:45,295 --> 00:28:50,995
Have you ever known a chart in an E.R. to be wrong, ever?
521
00:28:51,061 --> 00:28:52,794
It's possible
522
00:28:56,494 --> 00:28:58,362
The divorce attorney's up next
523
00:28:58,427 --> 00:29:01,195
Then we might have a chance to recover from that last debacle
524
00:29:01,262 --> 00:29:02,362
If the jury likes her.
525
00:29:02,427 --> 00:29:06,223
Watching Lyman tear witnesses apart
wouldn't be half bad if we got a shot at Towers
526
00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:09,595
Well, with the way things have been going,
they've got no reason to risk putting Towers on the stand
527
00:29:09,610 --> 00:29:11,343
Excuse me
528
00:29:12,110 --> 00:29:13,443
Mrs. Chamberlain
529
00:29:13,509 --> 00:29:16,777
I'm sure this trial must be very difficult
for you to sit through
530
00:29:15,542 --> 00:29:16,876
for you to
sit through.
531
00:29:16,943 --> 00:29:20,313
What's difficult is listening to your lies and conjecture
532
00:29:20,310 --> 00:29:22,809
What's difficult is sitting
beside my grandsons
533
00:29:22,876 --> 00:29:25,713
while the two of you ruin their father's reputation
534
00:29:25,776 --> 00:29:27,110
Thank you.
535
00:29:28,410 --> 00:29:31,509
Thank you for dragging our family through hell
536
00:29:37,176 --> 00:29:41,242
You were subpoenaed and forced to appear
as a hostile witness today, is that correct?
537
00:29:41,310 --> 00:29:43,743
Yes. Sarah Towers was a legal client
538
00:29:43,809 --> 00:29:47,410
and the substance of our conversations remains confidential
539
00:29:47,477 --> 00:29:52,477
The witness will abide by attorney-client privilege
and strictly limit herself to the facts
540
00:29:52,542 --> 00:29:57,143
Is it a fact that Sarah Towers
was seeking a divorce?
541
00:29:57,210 --> 00:29:58,542
Yes.
542
00:29:58,609 --> 00:30:01,843
Is it a fact that she was seeking sole custody
of her children?
543
00:30:01,909 --> 00:30:03,243
Yes.
544
00:30:03,310 --> 00:30:07,776
Is it your opinion that a court would have granted
her custody requests had Mrs. Towers lived?
545
00:30:07,843 --> 00:30:11,743
-Objection. Speculation
-Overruled.The witness may answer
546
00:30:11,809 --> 00:30:13,776
Yes.
547
00:30:13,843 --> 00:30:17,310
I believe the court would have awarded
Mrs. Towers sole custody
548
00:30:17,377 --> 00:30:18,776
Can you tell us why?
549
00:30:18,843 --> 00:30:20,477
Your Honor...
550
00:30:20,542 --> 00:30:22,210
I'm not at liberty to say
551
00:30:22,276 --> 00:30:25,609
Are you at liberty to say why the courts usually, historically,
552
00:30:25,676 --> 00:30:29,190
grant sole custody to one parent over another?
553
00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:35,840
Usually a court only awards sole custody in cases
of extreme spousal or child abuse
554
00:30:36,086 --> 00:30:38,620
And was that the case in the Towers' house?
555
00:30:38,687 --> 00:30:40,119
Your Honor,
this speculation...
556
00:30:40,186 --> 00:30:41,887
Was Dr. Towers abusing
his family?
557
00:30:41,954 --> 00:30:44,053
...and character assassination
has gone on far enough.
558
00:30:44,119 --> 00:30:47,220
Was Dr. Towers abusing his children?
Was he abusing his wife?
559
00:30:47,286 --> 00:30:50,186
I am not at liberty to say
560
00:30:51,420 --> 00:30:53,053
No more questions, Your Honor.
561
00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:57,540
-You can't do this.
-Yes, yes!I have a right
562
00:30:57,186 --> 00:31:00,053
-It's not a good idea
-No, you got to do it
563
00:31:00,119 --> 00:31:02,086
My children have a right to hear the truth
564
00:31:03,353 --> 00:31:06,620
Your Honor,
565
00:31:06,687 --> 00:31:10,354
the defense will be calling Dr. Lee Towers
as our first witness
566
00:31:13,186 --> 00:31:18,000
Yes, my wife had decided that she needed a break from our marriage
567
00:31:18,010 --> 00:31:21,003
and we were talking about separating
568
00:31:21,020 --> 00:31:24,053
Can you tell us why your wife wanted to leave?
569
00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:26,120
Were you unfaithful?
570
00:31:26,187 --> 00:31:28,053
-Oh, God, no.
-Was it about money?
571
00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:31,420
No, it wasn't about cheating or money
572
00:31:31,487 --> 00:31:33,420
It was about protecting her.
573
00:31:33,487 --> 00:31:36,487
I was trying to save her
from herself.
574
00:31:37,853 --> 00:31:40,153
We were separating because...
575
00:31:41,719 --> 00:31:44,487
my wife was addicted to prescription drugs
576
00:31:44,554 --> 00:31:48,386
When did your wife's problem
with prescription medications begin?
577
00:31:48,419 --> 00:31:49,787
It was four years ago
578
00:31:49,853 --> 00:31:52,486
She was suffering severe
back pain from a pinched nerve
579
00:31:52,553 --> 00:31:54,154
Did you try to get help?
580
00:31:54,220 --> 00:31:55,720
I made her go to family counseling
581
00:31:55,787 --> 00:31:59,520
She didn't want anybody to know about her,
especially the boys
582
00:31:59,586 --> 00:32:01,386
And, you know, I thought that we could work through it
583
00:32:01,453 --> 00:32:04,618
because she'd thrown away all her pills,and she...
584
00:32:04,630 --> 00:32:08,419
she swore that she'd kicked the habit,and then I, um,
585
00:32:08,486 --> 00:32:14,353
well, I got very busy with my work,
and before long,I realized that she had been...
586
00:32:16,154 --> 00:32:19,686
getting high. behind my back the whole time
587
00:32:19,753 --> 00:32:23,553
I caught her forging my signature on prescriptions
588
00:32:23,620 --> 00:32:24,386
Oh, my God.
589
00:32:24,453 --> 00:32:29,353
And then I found out that she was also getting drugs
from Austin Jackson
590
00:32:29,419 --> 00:32:31,486
-The young man your wife mentored?
-Yes.
591
00:32:31,553 --> 00:32:34,887
And I told him that I didn't want him around
592
00:32:34,953 --> 00:32:39,520
I-I wanted him to just stay away from my wife and our family
593
00:32:39,586 --> 00:32:41,220
How did he take this?
594
00:32:41,286 --> 00:32:43,486
He was angry, he was hurt,
595
00:32:43,553 --> 00:32:45,753
and less than a week later...
596
00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:49,254
my wife was dead
597
00:32:51,187 --> 00:32:53,187
No further questions,Your Honor.
598
00:32:53,254 --> 00:32:56,720
We will reconvene at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow
599
00:32:57,753 --> 00:32:58,820
Towers is a rat.
600
00:32:58,887 --> 00:33:00,087
First he kills her,
601
00:33:00,154 --> 00:33:01,820
then he blames her
for causing her own death.
602
00:33:01,887 --> 00:33:03,887
You think we should call
Towers' son to the stand
603
00:33:03,953 --> 00:33:06,254
and force them to testify about their parents' troubled marriage?
604
00:33:06,319 --> 00:33:09,353
If we do that, the jury will hate us
for tearing the family even more apart
605
00:33:09,419 --> 00:33:11,920
All right, okay.
Stop. Breathe.
606
00:33:11,987 --> 00:33:15,553
We need to find out if there's any truth
to what Towers said about his wife being a drug addict
607
00:33:15,620 --> 00:33:18,386
The coroner must've run a tox screen
on Sarah's blood, right?
608
00:33:18,453 --> 00:33:20,720
Wrong. Given the fact that her throat was cut
609
00:33:20,787 --> 00:33:22,987
the cause was a little more than obvious
610
00:33:23,053 --> 00:33:24,254
Crap.
611
00:33:24,319 --> 00:33:27,787
I'll talk to Drummer
about pulling some of her blood from evidence
612
00:33:25,586 --> 00:33:27,787
about pulling some of
her blood from evidence.
613
00:33:27,853 --> 00:33:29,887
If Sarah was half as strung out as he says she was
614
00:33:29,953 --> 00:33:32,053
she would've had drugs in her system at the time of death
615
00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:34,220
Okay
616
00:33:38,319 --> 00:33:43,120
We'll need to request a 24-hour continuance
from the judge to look into these accusations
617
00:33:43,254 --> 00:33:45,020
Excuse me, Ms. Chase. Ms. Scofield
618
00:33:45,087 --> 00:33:46,386
Jacob
619
00:33:46,453 --> 00:33:48,254
I'm so sorry you had to go through this
620
00:33:48,319 --> 00:33:51,353
Yeah, my grandma was real upset
621
00:33:51,419 --> 00:33:54,220
But not with you guys...with, uh, my dad
622
00:33:55,887 --> 00:34:00,686
I-I... I love my dad, but...
623
00:34:00,753 --> 00:34:04,520
when he said those things about my mom,
he's lying.My dad is lying
624
00:34:06,620 --> 00:34:08,887
It's okay, Jacob.It's okay
625
00:34:08,953 --> 00:34:12,820
You know, my mom may have died because of drugs...
626
00:34:14,220 --> 00:34:15,853
but she wasn't the one abusing them
627
00:34:24,286 --> 00:34:25,820
You know, I know he's lying
628
00:34:25,887 --> 00:34:28,887
because my dad was the one
using drugs, not my mom.
629
00:34:28,953 --> 00:34:31,486
Is that the real reason
your mother wanted a divorce?
630
00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:35,386
It was the main thing they fought about
631
00:34:35,453 --> 00:34:38,987
You know?She begged him to quit,you know?
632
00:34:39,053 --> 00:34:42,653
I-I thought he had because he would stop
or at least he would pretend to stop
633
00:34:42,720 --> 00:34:45,753
for weeks,even months at a time
634
00:34:45,820 --> 00:34:49,953
But now I know he's using...
635
00:34:50,020 --> 00:34:50,953
again.
636
00:34:51,020 --> 00:34:52,820
How long has he been an addict?
637
00:34:54,853 --> 00:34:56,154
Forever.
638
00:34:56,220 --> 00:34:58,419
This is one of those things
639
00:34:58,486 --> 00:35:02,787
that you start to believe
that it's normal, you know?
640
00:35:02,853 --> 00:35:04,453
I mean, you guys have seen him.
641
00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:07,920
He's almost always using, but
he never looks messed up until,
642
00:35:07,987 --> 00:35:10,586
you know, until he's home alone at night
643
00:35:10,653 --> 00:35:12,520
You just assume
that everybody's dad...
644
00:35:12,586 --> 00:35:14,286
He comes home
and he trashes the house
645
00:35:14,353 --> 00:35:16,620
because he's discovered that Mom's flushed his stash
646
00:35:16,686 --> 00:35:18,987
Jacob, a divorce attorney told us
647
00:35:19,053 --> 00:35:24,553
that your mother was compiling some sort of diary of evidence
648
00:35:24,620 --> 00:35:26,720
to use in the divorce proceedings
649
00:35:26,787 --> 00:35:28,353
It makes sense
650
00:35:30,386 --> 00:35:34,620
I caught my mom taking pictures
of the bathroom a couple weeks back
651
00:35:34,686 --> 00:35:38,486
I thought that maybe she was just doing
a redecorating project, but...
652
00:35:41,653 --> 00:35:44,586
My dad, he...
653
00:35:44,653 --> 00:35:47,087
My dad, he hides his pills all over the house
654
00:35:47,154 --> 00:35:51,386
He hides them in drawers, in his desk, in the garage
655
00:35:51,453 --> 00:35:54,187
He signed himself prescriptions in all of our names
656
00:35:54,254 --> 00:35:56,653
but none of them are actually for us
657
00:35:56,720 --> 00:36:01,053
I don't know how many pills he takes
a day to sleep, to get up,just to function, you know?
658
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:04,020
I don't know.
659
00:36:04,087 --> 00:36:07,053
Like, seriously, it's like living with two different people
660
00:36:08,787 --> 00:36:11,987
A few days after I caught my mom taking those pictures
661
00:36:12,053 --> 00:36:13,553
my dad stormed into my room.
662
00:36:13,620 --> 00:36:17,553
And he was waving the digital camera in my face,
and he was asking if it belonged to me
663
00:36:17,620 --> 00:36:19,983
You think he discovered your mom was compiling evidence against him?
664
00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:23,133
Yeah
665
00:36:23,199 --> 00:36:24,266
Yeah, I do now
666
00:36:24,333 --> 00:36:25,833
When was this, Jacob?
667
00:36:25,900 --> 00:36:28,667
It was about two weeks or so
before my mom was killed
668
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:33,967
I don't think he killed her.
He's my dad,he wouldn't do that
669
00:36:34,034 --> 00:36:36,333
I just...
670
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:39,266
I don't want him lying to everybody about my mom
671
00:36:39,333 --> 00:36:43,466
Would you be willing to tell the
jury what you've just told us?
672
00:36:43,533 --> 00:36:47,366
No. No.
673
00:36:49,366 --> 00:36:50,900
I don't think you'll need me to
674
00:36:54,366 --> 00:36:58,066
See, after my dad went off about the camera
675
00:36:58,133 --> 00:37:02,667
my mom, she gave me this memory stick from our computer
676
00:37:05,967 --> 00:37:07,567
So she backed up her files
677
00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:11,099
I haven't looked at it
678
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:16,967
All I know is that she told me to hide it from my dad
679
00:37:17,034 --> 00:37:21,333
And in this family... hiding things is what we do best
680
00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:24,100
Why didn't you tell us about this before?
681
00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:26,487
Because you're just gonna use it to put my dad in jail
682
00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:33,554
Playing hide and seek with your family is one thing
683
00:37:33,621 --> 00:37:39,287
but how does a surgeon at one of the top hospitals
get away with using drugs all this time?
684
00:37:39,354 --> 00:37:41,253
It happens more than you think
685
00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:42,487
They cover for each other, these doctors
686
00:37:42,554 --> 00:37:45,887
A lot of doctors get indoctrinated into these drugs during residency,
687
00:37:45,954 --> 00:37:48,387
when they have to stay up for long hours and remain alert
688
00:37:48,454 --> 00:37:50,754
In other words,the six or seven cups of coffee
689
00:37:50,821 --> 00:37:54,154
that became part of my routine in law school weren't gonna cut it
690
00:37:54,220 --> 00:37:56,988
Not when you have easy access
to high-grade pharmaceuticals
691
00:37:57,054 --> 00:38:00,454
Doctors are the worst at admitting they have a problem
692
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:02,520
They're supposed to be in control
693
00:38:02,587 --> 00:38:06,220
Despite all the evidence we've shown to the jury
694
00:38:06,287 --> 00:38:09,988
evidence your own son brought to our attention
695
00:38:10,054 --> 00:38:13,387
you still maintain that your wife was the prescription drug addict,
not you
696
00:38:13,454 --> 00:38:16,187
I covered for Sarah for years
697
00:38:16,253 --> 00:38:17,721
We tested Sarah's blood
698
00:38:17,787 --> 00:38:20,021
The only thing we found in
her system were sleeping pills.
699
00:38:20,088 --> 00:38:22,520
That was her current drug of choice.
700
00:38:22,587 --> 00:38:23,988
Did you sedate her before you killed her?
701
00:38:24,054 --> 00:38:25,821
-Objection
-Withdrawn
702
00:38:26,454 --> 00:38:31,454
Why did you write prescriptions for narcotics
in your children's names?
703
00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:35,187
As I told you, Sarah forged those prescriptions
704
00:38:35,253 --> 00:38:39,253
Did Sarah forge prescriptions for narcotics
in your patients' names, too?
705
00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:41,654
-She may have, yes
-Some of these patients are dead
706
00:38:41,721 --> 00:38:43,887
Some go to other doctors
707
00:38:43,954 --> 00:38:48,787
And yet, their pain medications are routinely shipped
to your office through mail-order pharmacy
708
00:38:49,253 --> 00:38:52,354
-Your Honor, the prosecutor is badgering the witness
-Either ask a question or move on, Counselor
709
00:38:53,420 --> 00:38:56,153
Did you kill your wife?
710
00:38:56,220 --> 00:38:58,287
Absolutely not.Look, I save lives
711
00:38:58,354 --> 00:39:01,521
I am the head of internal medicine
at one of the finest hospitals in this country!
712
00:39:01,587 --> 00:39:03,420
Did you frame Austin Jackson
for her murder?
713
00:39:03,487 --> 00:39:06,887
When I woke up around midnight.
Austin Jackson was in our bedroom
714
00:39:06,954 --> 00:39:08,287
-He had a knife...
-Dr. Towers...
715
00:39:08,354 --> 00:39:09,821
No, okay, I mean...
716
00:39:09,887 --> 00:39:11,887
-I felt the knife before I saw it...
-Dr. Towers!
717
00:39:11,954 --> 00:39:13,821
I loved my wife!
718
00:39:13,887 --> 00:39:16,187
Would you voluntarily submit to blood and urine tests
719
00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:19,187
to prove to the court you're not under
the influence of narcotics at this very moment?
720
00:39:19,253 --> 00:39:21,954
-I'm not under the influence of anything.
-Would you take a test?
721
00:39:22,021 --> 00:39:24,387
This is blatant disregard
for Dr. Towers' rights
722
00:39:24,454 --> 00:39:27,454
to privacy and protection against self-incrimination
723
00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:31,920
This court cannot allow this line of questioning
and badgering to continue
724
00:39:31,988 --> 00:39:33,120
Would you take a test?!
725
00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:43,621
Nothing further
726
00:39:43,687 --> 00:39:46,088
Has the jury reached a verdict?
727
00:39:46,153 --> 00:39:49,454
We have, Your Honor
728
00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:52,754
The defendant will rise for the reading of the verdict
729
00:39:52,821 --> 00:39:58,587
"In the State of Indiana vs. Lee Towers
730
00:39:58,654 --> 00:40:05,650
"we the jury find the defendant...
guilty of murder in the first degree."
731
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:27,387
I know this has been awful,but thank you, Jacob.
732
00:40:28,887 --> 00:40:29,921
And you, too, Alex.
733
00:40:29,988 --> 00:40:31,687
Your mom would be proud of you both
734
00:40:31,754 --> 00:40:33,420
I'm so sorry
735
00:40:33,487 --> 00:40:36,554
You have nothing to apologize for.
736
00:40:36,621 --> 00:40:38,387
You were just looking out for your family
737
00:40:49,587 --> 00:40:53,587
Wasn't easy, but I got the hospital files you wanted
738
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:57,201
Did the hospital administrators give you a hard time?
739
00:40:57,267 --> 00:40:58,634
Oh, did they?
740
00:40:58,701 --> 00:41:02,601
It was like I was trying to get them to give me over
some weapons of mass destruction
741
00:41:03,601 --> 00:41:08,034
You're really gonna review
every single surgery that Dr. Towers performed?
742
00:41:08,100 --> 00:41:11,401
I'm gonna start with the operations
where somebody died on the table
743
00:41:11,501 --> 00:41:13,901
The man was a drug addict with a scalpel in his hand
744
00:41:15,008 --> 00:41:19,434
If even one patient was negatively impacted
by his drug abuse,I want to know about it
745
00:41:19,501 --> 00:41:25,834
Okay.Well, you can start on this box,and I'll review these
746
00:41:26,834 --> 00:41:27,834
Thanks, Lou.
747
00:41:27,901 --> 00:41:30,601
Only on one condition:
748
00:41:30,667 --> 00:41:34,334
you go home...pour yourself a glass of wine,
749
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:37,801
put your feet up on a pillow, and enjoy
the fact that you won today
750
00:41:37,868 --> 00:41:42,001
All this splendor will still be here tomorrow, so go
751
00:41:42,068 --> 00:41:44,934
Go. Go and see your family
752
00:41:45,001 --> 00:41:47,734
That is a deal I can live with,Detective.
753
00:41:47,801 --> 00:41:49,001
Uh-uh.
754
00:41:49,068 --> 00:41:52,168
These stay.
755
00:41:52,235 --> 00:41:53,701
You go.
756
00:41:54,734 --> 00:41:56,201
Say good night, Annabeth
757
00:41:56,267 --> 00:41:58,901
Good night, Annabeth
758
00:41:59,901 --> 00:42:09,901
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