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CONNECTION WITH A
CAR CRASH THAT
KILLED HIS WIFE AND
STEP-SON BEGAN ON
TUESDAY.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER MAX
TSAPARIS EXPLAINS
WHY IT'S UP TO A JURY
TO DECIDE HIS FATE
DEA CROSE WOULD
HAVE TURNED 36
YEARS OLD MONDAY --
WERE IT NOT FOR THS
CRASH.
IMAGES OF IT NOW
INTRODUCED AS
EVIDENCE AGAINST
HER HUSBAND
ANTHONY.
ON TRIAL FOR HER
DEATH AND THE DEATH
OF HER 15 YEAR OLD
SON--COLE--WHO WAS
JUST STARTING HIGH
SCHOOL IN
WINNEBAGO.
"It just felt like an
explosion, basically."
STEPHANIE MATHIAS
WAS IN THIS VAN THAT
WAS HIT BY CROSE'S
MUSTANG CHRISTMAS
EVE OF 20-11.
SEVERAL PEOPLE IN
THE VAN WERE
CRITICALLY
INJURED--BUT
SURVIVED.
WHAT DEFENSE
ATTORNEY DEBRA
SCHAFER CALLS A
TERRIBLE CRASH.
"What happened on
December 24th of 2011
while unbelievably tragic,
was an accident and not a
crime.
CROSE AND HIS
FAMILY WERE HEADING
WEST ON THE U.S. 20
BYPASS BEFORE HE
LOST CONTROL OF THE
CAR.
HIS CAR THEN JUMPED
THE MEDIAN NEAR THE
ALPINE EXIT AND
HEADED INTO
ONCOMING TRAFFIC.
POLICE
RECONSTRUCTION
FOUND THAT CROSE
WAS DRIVING NEARLY
DOUBLE THE SPEED
LIMIT.
"When this defendent lost
control of that black Ford
Saleen Mustang when he
was in the westbound
lanes, he was going 124
mph.