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Narrator: THIS IS THE STORY
OF A CLASSIC LOVE TRIANGLE:
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HUSBAND, WIFE, AND LOVER.
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ONE OF THESE THREE DIED
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IN WHAT WAS DESCRIBED
AS AN ACCIDENT.
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A FORENSIC COMPUTER ANALYSIS
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UNCOVERED PHOTOGRAPHS
AND E-MAILS SO REVEALING
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THEY EVEN EMBARRASSED
A LOCAL JUDGE.
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DETROIT, MICHIGAN--
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NICKNAMED THE MOTOR CITY
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FOR ITS HISTORY
AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S
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LARGEST AUTOMOTIVE
MANUFACTURING HUBS.
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JUST WEST OF DETROIT
IS MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
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WITH ALMOST 40,000 STUDENTS.
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IN 1990, MICHAEL "MICK" FLETCHER
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WAS AN UNDERGRADUATE
STUDENT THERE
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WITH HOPES OF ONE DAY
BECOMING A LAWYER.
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AT A CAMPUS SOCIAL EVENT,
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MICK FLETCHER MET LEANN MISENER,
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WHO WASN'T A STUDENT BUT WORKED
AS A TELEMARKETER NEARBY.
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FOR BOTH, IT WAS
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT,
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AND THEY WERE INSEPARABLE.
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3 YEARS LATER,
IN SEPTEMBER OF 1993,
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MICK AND LEANNE MARRIED.
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Woman: THAT WAS GREAT.
HE WAS GOING TO BE A LAWYER.
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SO HE'D MAKE A LOT OF MONEY,
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BE ABLE TO BUY HER
A NICE HOUSE.
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AND SHE WANTED TO STAY HOME
AND HAVE A LOT OF BABIES.
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THAT'S ALL
SHE WANTED OF LIFE.
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THAT'S ALL--SINCE SHE
WAS A LITTLE GIRL,
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ALL SHE WANTED TO DO
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WAS TO GET MARRIED
AND HAVE CHILDREN.
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Narrator: THE NEWLYWEDS
SETTLED IN HAZEL PARK,
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A WORKING-CLASS SUBURB
JUST NORTH OF DETROIT.
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THEY BOUGHT THIS HOUSE
ON HAZELWOOD AVENUE,
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AND MICK STARTED LAW SCHOOL.
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LEANN WORKED TO SUPPORT THEM,
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AND NOT LONG AFTERWARDS,
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THE COUPLE
HAD A DAUGHTER, HANNAH.
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Gloria: THAT WAS HER JOY.
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SHE WAS JUST CRAZY
ABOUT HANNAH.
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HERE WE GO--WHOO!
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Narrator: THE FLETCHER HOUSEHOLD
APPEARED TO BE A HAPPY ONE.
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Gloria: I MEAN,
SHE JUST GOT A THRILL
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OUT OF EVERYTHING
THAT HANNAH DID.
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OH, MY GOD,
SHE DRESSED HER SO CUTE, TOO.
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ALL THE CUTE LITTLE OUTFITS--
IT WAS LIKE HER LITTLE DOLL.
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Narrator: BY 1999,
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MICK WAS AN UP-AND-COMING
CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY
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WORKING HARD
TO BUILD HIS PRACTICE.
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Narrator: ON AUGUST 12, 1999,
THE COUPLE HAD MORE GOOD NEWS.
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LEANN LEARNED SHE WAS PREGNANT
WITH THEIR SECOND CHILD.
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MICK WAS DELIGHTED WITH THE NEWS
AND SENT HER A NOTE:
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Man, as Mick: LEANN,
I MIGHT NOT ALWAYS TELL YOU,
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BUT YOU MEAN THE WORLD TO ME.
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I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, SWEETHEART;
AND GIRL OR BOY,
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SO LONG AS
THEY ARE PART OF YOU,
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OUR CHILDREN
WILL ALL BE BEAUTIFUL.
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I LOVE YOU! MICK.
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Narrator: THAT SUNDAY NIGHT,
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THE COUPLE CELEBRATED
THEIR GOOD FORTUNE
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WITH LEANN'S PARENTS.
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MICK ASKED HIS IN-LAWS
IF THEY WOULD WATCH
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THEIR GRANDDAUGHTER HANNAH
THE NEXT DAY.
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Jack: AND HE SAID,
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"I WONDER IF YOU WOULD BABYSIT
FOR ABOUT ONE HOUR."
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AND I SAID, "FOR ONE HOUR?"
AND HE SAID, "YEAH."
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HE SAID, "YEAH, WE WANT
TO GO TO THE FIRING RANGE."
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Narrator:
MICK BELIEVED IN HAVING A GUN
IN THE HOUSE FOR PROTECTION,
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AND HE WANTED LEANN
TO LEARN HOW TO USE IT.
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AFTER VISITING THE FIRING RANGE,
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MICK AND LEANN
DECIDED TO RETURN HOME
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TO SPEND
SOME QUIET TIME TOGETHER
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BEFORE PICKING UP
THEIR DAUGHTER.
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JUST A FEW MINUTES
AFTER THEY ARRIVED HOME--
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[GUNSHOT]
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MICK MADE
A FRANTIC CALL TO POLICE.
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HAZEL PARK POLICE FOUND LEANN
DEAD ON THE BEDROOM FLOOR,
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NAKED FROM THE WAIST DOWN,
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A BULLET HOLE
THROUGH HER RIGHT EAR.
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MICK TOLD POLICE HE AND LEANN
WERE SITTING ON THE BED TOGETHER
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RELOADING THE .45 CALIBER
SMITH & WESSON
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THEY JUST USED
AT THE FIRING RANGE.
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Man: HE HAD TROUBLE
LOADING THE SECOND CLIP,
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SO HE GAVE IT TO LEANN
TO HELP HIM.
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HE PUT THE GUN DOWN
IN THE GUN BOX
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AT THE FOOT OF THE BED,
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GOT UP, WENT TO THE BATHROOM
TO WASH HIS HANDS,
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AND THAT'S WHEN HE HEARD
THE GUN GO OFF.
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[GUNSHOT]
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Cleyman: HE CAME RUNNING
OUT OF THE BATHROOM
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AND SAW HIS WIFE
LAYING ON THE FLOOR.
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OH, GOD,
LEANN! LEANN!
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Jack: THE LAST THING
I EVER WANTED IN MY LIFE
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WAS TO BURY ONE OF MY KIDS.
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AND THEN TO HAVE TO
BURY ONE SO YOUNG--
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SO YOUNG, SO BEAUTIFUL--
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NOT FAIR.
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Narrator: AT FIRST GLANCE,
IT APPEARED TO BE AN ACCIDENT,
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BUT POLICE DECIDED
TO TAKE A SECOND LOOK...
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AND THEN A THIRD.
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Narrator:
AS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION
INTO LEANN FLETCHER'S DEATH,
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POLICE FIRST NEEDED TO ELIMINATE
THE POSSIBILITY OF SUICIDE.
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PERHAPS LEANN'S PREGNANCY
HAD CAUSED SOME DEPRESSION.
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Woman: OH, MY GOD!
THAT'S SO EXCITING.
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Woman: SHE WAS SO EXCITED.
THERE WAS NO WAY ON EARTH
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THAT LEANN WOULD EVER
CONSIDER SUICIDE,
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LET ALONE
GO THROUGH WITH IT.
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NOT IN A MILLION YEARS.
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Narrator:
MICK FLETCHER TOLD POLICE
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HIS WIFE ACCIDENTALLY
SHOT HERSELF IN THEIR BEDROOM
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SHORTLY AFTER A TRIP
TO THE FIRING RANGE
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AS SHE TRIED TO RELOAD
THEIR PISTOL.
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LEANN'S MOTHER SUSPECTED
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THAT AN ACCIDENTAL
SHOOTING IN THE HEAD
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WAS A LITTLE TOO CONVENIENT.
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Gloria: IF THIS WAS
A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT,
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SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN SHOT
IN HER HAND, HER ARM,
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HER FOOT, IN THE WALL.
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I SAID,
"IT WOULDN'T BE IN HER HEAD."
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Narrator:
IN THE COUPLE'S BEDROOM,
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POLICE NOTICED BLOOD STAINS
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ON THE CARPET
UNDER LEANN'S BODY,
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AS WELL AS UNDER
THE GUN AND CLIP.
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AND THERE WAS BLOOD SPATTER
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ON THE COMPUTER STAND
BY THE BED.
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THERE WAS MORE BLOOD SPATTER
ON THE EDGE OF THE BEDSPREAD.
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THE MEDICAL EXAMINER
DR. LOBESO DRAGOVIC
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PERFORMED LEANN'S AUTOPSY.
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THERE WAS NO GUNPOWDER RESIDUE
IN THE BULLET WOUND.
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BUT THERE WERE SOME
TINY DOTS OF GUNPOWDER
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CALLED STIPPLING
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IMBEDDED IN THE SKIN
AROUND THE WOUND.
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Dragovic: THAT BULLET STIPPLING
IS A PHENOMENA
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THAT OCCURS WHEN PARTLY BURNT
OR A BURNT-OUT PART OF PARTICLES
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LAND ON THE SURFACE OF THE SKIN.
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Narrator: THE DENSITY
OF THIS STIPPLING PATTERN
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INDICATED THAT
THE MUZZLE OF THE FIREARM
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WAS 12 TO 18 INCHES AWAY
FROM LEANN'S HEAD
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WHEN THE GUN WENT OFF.
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AND THE TRAJECTORY OF THE BULLET
WAS ALMOST HORIZONTAL--
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AN UNUSUAL PATH
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FOR A SELF-INFLICTED
GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD.
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Dragovic:
IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THAT,
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YOUR ARM HAS TO BE
ABOUT 4 FOOT LONG.
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THIS LADY HAD ONLY 23 INCHES-
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OR 23 1/2 INCHES-LONG RIGHT ARM.
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Narrator: WHEN POLICE
SEARCHED THE COUPLE'S HOME,
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THEY FOUND A BROWN FOLDER
IN MICK'S OFFICE
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CONTAINING NUMEROUS
ROMANTIC GREETING CARDS.
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INSIDE WERE PICTURES
OF SUSAN CHRZANOWSKI,
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A LOCAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGE.
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INVESTIGATORS ALSO DISCOVERED
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THAT MICK HAD EARNED
$17,000 IN LEGAL FEES
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FROM CASES ASSIGNED BY
AND PRESIDED OVER BY
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JUDGE SUSAN CHRZANOWSKI.
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IF THE TWO WERE
ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED,
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THIS WAS A GROSS VIOLATION
OF LEGAL ETHICS.
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INVESTIGATORS SEIZED
THE FLETCHER'S HOME COMPUTER
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AND SUSAN CHRZANOWSKI'S
OFFICE COMPUTER
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FOR EXAMINATION BY
A FORENSIC COMPUTER EXPERT.
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Man: FOR YEARS AND YEARS,
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WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN WILLING
TO LOOK IN A FILE CABINET
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FOR SOME TYPE OF
AN INCRIMINATING DOCUMENT.
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WELL, PEOPLE AREN'T USING
FILE CABINETS ANYMORE.
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THEY'RE USING COMPUTERS.
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Narrator: SERGEANT DUKE
COPIED THE HARD DRIVES
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FROM THE CONFISCATED COMPUTERS
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ONTO A FORENSIC
EXAMINATION COMPUTER,
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WHICH IS EQUIPPED
WITH SPECIAL SOFTWARE
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THAT CAN ACCESS
PASSWORD-PROTECTED FILES
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AND RECONSTRUCT DOCUMENTS
WHICH HAVE BEEN DELETED.
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SERGEANT DUKE FOUND
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NUDE PHOTOGRAPHS
OF JUDGE CHRZANOWSKI
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AND HUNDREDS OF E-MAILS
BETWEEN HER AND MICK.
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Duke:
THEY READ AS LOVE LETTERS.
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THEY APPEARED TO BE INTIMATE.
THEY APPEARED TO BE LOVERS.
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THEY TALKED ABOUT
BEING TOGETHER.
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THEY TALKED ABOUT WANTING
TO BE TOGETHER IN THE FUTURE.
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Narrator: MICK HAD BEEN
CORRESPONDING WITH THE JUDGE
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FOR 17 MONTHS.
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POLICE ALSO LEARNED
THAT BEFORE SHE DIED,
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LEANN HAD SUSPECTED HER HUSBAND
WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR,
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AND THE COUPLE SEPARATED.
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BUT 3 MONTHS LATER,
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THEY RECONCILED
AND MOVED BACK IN TOGETHER.
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[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
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[WOMAN SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY]
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YES.
OK.
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Narrator:
POLICE NO LONGER BELIEVED
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THAT LEANN'S DEATH
WAS AN ACCIDENT
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AND WERE BEGINNING TO SUSPECT
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THAT MICK FLETCHER AND THE JUDGE
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MIGHT BE INVOLVED.
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Narrator:
WHEN INVESTIGATORS DISCOVERED
THAT ATTORNEY MICK FLETCHER
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WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR
WITH A SITTING JUDGE
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AT THE TIME OF HIS WIFE'S DEATH,
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BOTH WERE CONSIDERED SUSPECTS.
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HE HAD HIS--
WHAT SHOULD I CALL HER?
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HIS WHORE? BECAUSE
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED,
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THAT'S WHAT SHE IS.
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Narrator:
JUDGE SUSAN CHRZANOWSKI
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DENIED SHE HAD ANYTHING TO DO
WITH LEANN'S DEATH,
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BUT SHE WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE
SOME USEFUL INFORMATION.
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Cleyman: SO I ASKED THE JUDGE
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WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
THEY HAD SEXUAL RELATIONS,
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AND SHE STATED
THE NIGHT BEFORE THE HOMICIDE.
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Narrator: THIS MEANT
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THAT AFTER HAVING DINNER
WITH LEANN'S PARENTS,
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MICK DROPPED HIS WIFE
AND DAUGHTER OFF AT HOME
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AND MADE SOME EXCUSE
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SO THAT HE COULD SECRETLY MEET
WITH HIS LOVER.
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Cleyman: SHE BELIEVED
THERE WAS NO SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP
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BETWEEN HIMSELF AND LEANN.
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AND SHE TOLD US
THAT IF THERE WAS
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A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN MICHAEL AND LEANN
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THAT THEIR RELATIONSHIP
WOULD BE OVER.
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AND ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW
AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH,
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SHE WAS 3 WEEKS,
4 WEEKS PREGNANT--
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WE BELIEVED THAT THAT WAS INDEED
THE MOTIVE FOR HER DEATH.
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Narrator: MICK INSISTED
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THAT LEANN'S DEATH
WAS AN ACCIDENT.
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HE CLAIMED LEANN
WAS RELOADING THEIR GUN--
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[GUNSHOT]
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THAT HE HEARD THE GUNSHOT
WHEN HE WAS IN THE BATHROOM.
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LEANN! LEANN!
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BUT THE EVIDENCE TOLD
A DIFFERENT STORY.
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THE GUN AND EXTRA CLIP
WERE FOUND ON THE FLOOR
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AND NOT IN LEANN'S HAND.
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Cleyman: IN A LOT OF CASES
WHERE PEOPLE SHOOT THEMSELVES,
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THE GUN IS STILL IN THEIR HAND
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BECAUSE OF ANATOMY
THAT I CAN'T EXPLAIN.
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THE BODY GRABS THE GUN.
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Narrator: THERE WAS ALSO BLOOD
ON LEANN'S PALM.
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IF THE GUN HAD BEEN IN HER HAND
WHEN THE SHOT WAS FIRED,
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THE GUN WOULD HAVE
PREVENTED THE BLOOD
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FROM STRIKING
THE PALM OF HER HAND.
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AND THERE WAS BLOOD
ON THE CARPET
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UNDERNEATH THE GUN
AND EXTRA CLIP.
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Townsend: BLOOD SHOULD HAVE BEEN
ON TOP OF THOSE ITEMS,
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BUT THERE WAS BLOOD
UNDERNEATH THE ITEMS.
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IF SHE HAD SHOT HERSELF,
THE BLOOD WOULD HAVE FALLEN
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ON TOP OF THE GUN
AND ON TOP OF THE CLIP.
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Narrator: AND BY THE DRESSER,
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THERE WAS A SHELL CASING
STANDING ON END.
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Cleyman: AND EVERYTHING
LOOKED LIKE IT WAS PLACED.
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Townsend:
WE SWABBED LEANN'S HANDS
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AND SENT IT TO A LAB
TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT
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THERE WAS ANY TYPE
OF GUNPOWDER RESIDUE
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THAT MAY HAVE BEEN LEFT,
AND IT CAME BACK NEGATIVE.
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Narrator: FORENSIC SEROLOGIST
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AND BLOOD-SPATTER EXPERT
DAVE WOODFORD
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EXAMINED THE SHIRT
MICK FLETCHER WORE
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THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING.
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A PHENOLPHTHALEIN CHEMICAL TEST
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FOUND BLOOD ON THE RIGHT CUFF.
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USING A STEREO-MICROSCOPE,
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WOODFORD SAW HIGH-VELOCITY
IMPACT BLOOD SPATTER
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ON THE RIGHT CUFF.
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A FINE MIST
OF TINY BLOOD PARTICLES
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HAD BEEN DRIVEN
DEEP INTO THE FIBERS.
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Man: TO ME, IT WAS CRITICAL
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BECAUSE IT PRETTY MUCH
TOOK HIS STORY
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AND DIDN'T GIVE IT
ANY CREDIBILITY AT ALL.
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THERE WAS NO WAY
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THAT HE COULD HAVE BEEN
IN THE BATHROOM
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AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING.
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Narrator: HIGH-VELOCITY
IMPACT BLOOD SPATTER
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IS CREATED WHEN A GUNSHOT WOUND
HITS AN AREA WITH BLOOD
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AND THE FINE MIST OF BLOOD
BLOWS BACK TOWARD THE GUN.
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Woodford: HE HAD TO BE
IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO LEANN
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WHEN SHE WAS SHOT.
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Narrator:
HAD LEANN SHOT HERSELF,
INVESTIGATORS SAY,
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THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
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HIGH-VELOCITY IMPACT
BLOOD SPATTER
00:14:15
ON HER HAND,
AND THERE WAS NONE.
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Dragovic: IT DOESN'T
MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE
00:14:21
IF THERE ARE
ADDITIONAL DROPS OF BLOOD
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THAT OCCUR LATER
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OR CONTAMINATE ON TOP OF IT
OR SOME SMUDGING OCCURS.
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THERE WOULD STILL BE AREAS
00:14:32
THAT ALLOW FOR THIS PATTERN
TO BE RECOGNIZED,
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AND THAT WAS NOT THERE.
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Narrator: TO FIND OUT
00:14:39
WHERE LEANN WAS
WHEN SHE WAS SHOT,
00:14:41
INVESTIGATORS ANALYZED
THE ANGLE OF THE BLOOD SPATTER
00:14:45
ON THE COMPUTER STAND
NEXT TO LEANN'S BODY.
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THE SIZE AND SHAPE
OF THE BLOOD SPATTER
00:14:51
TOLD INVESTIGATORS THAT
THE BLOOD HIT THE COMPUTER STAND
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AT A 10- TO 20-DEGREE ANGLE.
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STRINGS, WHICH WERE CONNECTED
TO EACH DROP OF BLOOD SPATTER,
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REVEALED THE EXACT LOCATION
OF LEANN'S HEAD
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WHEN THE SHOT WAS FIRED.
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Woodford: SAY, FOR INSTANCE,
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THE ANGLE YOU GOT
WAS 52 DEGREES.
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SO THEN YOU TAKE THE STRING
FROM THE BLOOD DROPLET,
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AND YOU MEASURE UP 52 DEGREES,
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AND YOU BRING THAT OUT
INTO SPACE SOMEWHERE,
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AND YOU DO THAT
WITH EACH BLOOD DROPLET.
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Narrator:
WHERE THE STRINGS INTERSECT
00:15:24
IS THE SPOT WHERE
THE BLOOD ORIGINATED.
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WOODFORD CONCLUDED
THAT LEANN WAS ON THE FLOOR
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WHEN SHE WAS SHOT.
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Woodford: SHE WAS NOT
SITTING ON THE BED
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WHILE SHE WAS SHOT--
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THAT SHE WAS ON
HER HANDS AND HER KNEES
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WHILE SHE WAS SHOT.
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Narrator:
INVESTIGATORS ALSO DISCOVERED
00:15:43
FRESH SPERM IN THE VAGINAL SWAB
FROM LEANN'S AUTOPSY,
00:15:48
AN INDICATION THAT THE COUPLE
HAD SEXUAL RELATIONS
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SHORTLY BEFORE THE SHOOTING.
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IT'S MY OPINION THAT
SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS OCCURRED
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PRETTY CLOSE
TO THE TIME OF HER DEATH.
00:16:02
Narrator: POLICE REPEATEDLY
TEST-FIRED THE GUN
00:16:06
IN ORDER TO RECREATE
THE SAME STIPPLING PATTERNS
00:16:10
FOUND ON LEANN'S HEAD.
00:16:12
THEY FIRED AT CLOSE RANGE
00:16:14
AND GRADUALLY MOVED BACK
AT 6-INCH INTERVALS.
00:16:21
THE TESTS CONFIRMED
00:16:24
DR. DRAGOVIC'S
EARLIER OBSERVATION.
00:16:27
THE GUN WAS 12-18 INCHES AWAY
FROM LEANN'S HEAD
00:16:31
WHEN THE SHOT WAS FIRED--
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TOO FAR AWAY FOR LEANN
TO HAVE HELD THE GUN HERSELF.
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Dragovic: WHICH IN ESSENCE
TAKES OUT THE POSSIBILITY
00:16:41
OF THIS WOUND
BEING SELF-INFLICTED.
00:16:46
Narrator: LEANN'S FAMILY
NEVER BELIEVED MICK'S STORY
00:16:50
THAT THE SHOOTING
WAS ACCIDENTAL.
00:16:52
JUDGE CHRZANOWSKI
SAID SHE WAS OUT OF TOWN
00:16:55
ON THE DAY OF LEANN'S DEATH,
WHICH CHECKED OUT,
00:16:59
AND INVESTIGATORS
DID NOT BELIEVE
00:17:01
SHE KNEW ABOUT MICK'S PLANS.
00:17:04
POLICE ARRESTED MICK FLETCHER
AND CHARGED HIM
00:17:08
WITH THE PREMEDITATED MURDER
OF HIS WIFE.
00:17:15
Narrator: PROSECUTORS
BELIEVE THAT THE MURDER
00:17:18
OF LEANN FLETCHER
WAS PREMEDITATED
00:17:20
AND THAT HER HUSBAND MICK
KILLED HER
00:17:22
IN ORDER TO PROTECT
HIS ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP
00:17:25
WITH JUDGE
SUSAN CHRZANOWSKI.
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JUDGE CHRZANOWSKI TESTIFIED
THAT MICK HAD LIED TO HER
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ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP
WITH LEANN.
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MICK TOLD HER
HE NO LONGER WAS HAVING
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SEXUAL RELATIONS
WITH HIS WIFE.
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AND SO SUSAN CHRZANOWSKI
BELIEVED THAT THE TWO
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HAD A FUTURE TOGETHER.
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BUT WHEN LEANN BECAME PREGNANT,
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MICK REALIZED THAT
THE JUDGE WOULD DISCOVER
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HE HAD BEEN LYING.
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Gloria: I REALLY DO THINK IF SHE
WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN PREGNANT
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SHE'D STILL BE ALIVE.
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I THINK THAT PANICKED HIM
WHEN SHE GOT PREGNANT, YOU KNOW.
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Narrator: PROSECUTORS BELIEVE
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THE COUPLE'S TRIP
TO THE FIRING RANGE
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WAS PROBABLY A SETUP,
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A WAY TO EXPLAIN WHY THE PISTOL
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WAS OUT OF ITS CASE
IN THE BEDROOM.
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Cleyman: THEY HAD TO
PICK UP THEIR DAUGHTER,
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BUT BEFORE THEY
PICKED UP THEIR DAUGHTER,
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THEY WANTED TO COME HOME
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AND HAVE WHAT HE QUOTED
AS A QUICKIE.
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Narrator: WHEN THEY RETURNED
FROM THE FIRING RANGE
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AND LEANN
WENT INTO THE BATHROOM,
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MICK PLACED THE GUN
NEAR THE GUN CASE
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AT THE FOOT OF THEIR BED.
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THE MEDICAL EVIDENCE SHOWS
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THAT THE COUPLE
HAD SEX ON THE FLOOR.
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WE HAVE TO GO
PICK UP HANNAH NOW.
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Narrator:
AS LEANN WAS GETTING UP,
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MICK GRABBED THE GUN
AND PULLED THE TRIGGER.
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[GUNSHOT]
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Narrator:
THE MISTAKES MICK MADE
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WERE NUMEROUS.
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BLOW-BACK BLOOD SPATTER
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LANDED ON THE CUFF
OF MICK'S SHIRT.
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AND HE PLACED
THE WEAPON AND CLIP
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ON TOP OF A BLOOD STAIN
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NEXT TO LEANN'S BLOODY HAND,
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WHICH CLEARLY SHOWED
SHE HADN'T BEEN HOLDING THE GUN.
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MICK THEN WENT INTO THE BATHROOM
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AND RINSED OFF LEANN'S BLOOD--
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BLOOD THAT WAS LATER FOUND
IN THE SINK TRAP.
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THEN HE CALLED POLICE.
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Townsend: YOU HAVE THE EVIDENCE
OF THE NIGHT BEFORE
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WHERE HE IS PROFESSING HIS LOVE
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TO ANOTHER WOMAN,
NOT HIS WIFE.
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YOU HAD THE BLOOD
IN THE TRAP OF THE SINK,
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WHICH WOULD INDICATE
THAT HE WASHED HIS HANDS
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PRIOR TO MAKING A 911 CALL.
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YOU HAVE
THE HIGH-VELOCITY BLOOD MIST
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ON THE CUFF OF HIS SHIRT.
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YOU HAVE THE STIPPLING PATTERNS
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THAT ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE
OF LEANN'S FACE.
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SO IT'S A COMBINATION
OF ALL THIS EVIDENCE
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THAT JUST POINTED TOWARDS HIM
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AS THE PERSON
THAT COMMITTED THIS CRIME.
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MICK DIDN'T WANT TO BE
WITH LEANN ANYMORE,
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BUT THE THOUGHT OF HER
BEING WITH SOMEBODY ELSE--
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HE JUST COULDN'T HANDLE IT.
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Juror: GUILTY
OF THE LESSER OFFENSE
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OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
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Narrator: BUT THE JURY
DID NOT BELIEVE
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MICK FLETCHER
PLANNED LEANN'S MURDER,
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SO HE WAS CONVICTED
OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
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Hughes: WE WERE GRATEFUL
THAT IT WAS SECOND-DEGREE,
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BUT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
FIRST-DEGREE.
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IT SHOULD HAVE.
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I MEAN, IT WAS CLEARLY,
CLEARLY PREMEDITATED,
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AND ANYBODY THAT KNEW HIM
KNEW THAT.
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Narrator: THE TRIAL JUDGE
SENTENCED FLETCHER
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TO THE MAXIMUM PENALTY ALLOWED,
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LIFE IN PRISON.
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IN THIS EXCLUSIVE
PHONE INTERVIEW FROM PRISON,
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MICK FLETCHER TELLS
THE PRODUCERS OF THIS PROGRAM
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THAT HE IS NOT A MURDERER:
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Townsend: UNFORTUNATELY FOR HIM,
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ALL THE EVIDENCE POINTS
THE OTHER DIRECTION.
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IT POINTS TO THE FACT
THAT INDEED HE DID
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COMMIT THIS MURDER
AND HE DID COMMIT THIS CRIME.
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IT'S HARD WHEN YOU HAVE
TWO PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE
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AND ONLY ONE LEFT
TO TELL THE STORY.
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AND SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE
THE FORENSIC EVIDENCE,
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AND THAT BASICALLY
WILL TELL THE STORY FOR YOU.
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AND I'M SO GLAD.
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YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SCENE
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AND WHAT DOES THE SCENE
TELL YOU, FORENSICALLY.
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AND THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS CASE--
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THAT THE STORY BY
THE DEFENDANT THAT--
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"OH, MY GOD, MY WIFE
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HERSELF"--
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WAS SEEN THROUGH.
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I HOPE THEY FIND HIM
IN THE SAME HUMILIATING WAY
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THAT HE LEFT MY DAUGHTER--
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HALF-NAKED IN THE PRISON
SOMEWHERE, DEAD.
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AND I HOPE HE ROTS IN HELL.
