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ON A BRACELET.
>> JANET, LET'S GO OVER THE
STORY.
SHE FIRST TELLS INVESTIGATORS
THAT JOHNSON, THE VICTIM HERE,
SENT HER A TEXT SAYING HE'S
GOING TO TAKE A DRIVE WITH A
FRIEND AND SHE SAID SHE DRIVES
UP AND A CAR WITH HIM WITH IT IS
ON ITS WAY OUT.
A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, SHE
TELLS A PARK RANGER SHE FINDS
THE BODY.
AND FINALLY STORY NUMBER THREE,
SHE ADMITS THEY GOT INTO AN
ARGUMENT AND IT INTENSIFIED, HE
GRABBED HER ARM, SHE SHOVED HIM
AND THAT'S THAT.
THAT'S DIFFERENT STORY, WE'VE
HEARD IT BEFORE.
BUT THAT'S HUGE RED FLAGS,
RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
I REPRESENTED WOMEN IN THESE
SITUATIONS, BATTERED SPOUSES,
ONE OF THE THINGS THE POLICE
LOOK FOR IS IF THIS IS A BURNING
BED SITUATIONS, IF THIS IS A
BATTERED SPOUSE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN THE ACT
OF BEING THREATENED.
IT COULD BE THAT AT THE FIRST
OPPORTUNITY YOU DEFEND YOURSELF
AFTER THE FACT.
THE PROBLEM IS, YOU DON'T COVER
UP.
THAT'S THE THING THAT SHE
APPARENTLY DID AND SHE DIDN'T DO
IT VERY WELL.
THEY NORMALLY ADMIT AND SAY,
LOOK, I HAD TO DO IT.
IT WAS HIM OR ME.
THAT WAS THE FIRST CHANCE I HAD.
THE PROBLEM, AGAIN, IS SHE TOLD
ALL OF THESE VERSIONS OF THIS
STORY AND ULTIMATELY SHE
ACTUALLY SAID, I ACTUALLY COULD
HAVE WALKED AWAY BUT I WENT
AHEAD AND I DID THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE A BATTERED
SPOUSE SYNDROME DEFENSE, I'M
CERTAIN OF IT.
>> EVERYBODY ELSE SAYS SHE WAS
THE ONE THAT WAS ALOOF AND
WASN'T INTO IT.
COULDN'T LOOK HIM IN THE EYE
DURING THE WEDDING AS THEY
EXCHANGED VOWS.
EULOGIES GIVEN AT THE FUNERAL,
SHE'S TEXTING.
AND SHE'S SETTING UP A FAKE
E-MAIL ABOUT HIS HIKE WITH
FRIENDS.
TURNS OUT THAT WAS BOGUS AS
WELL.
A LOT OF QUESTIONS HERE.
TO JEFF'S POINT, MAY NOT GET