Andrea Canning

One of the absolute cardinal rules of using a firearm is you do not point the barrel at anything you do not intend to destroy, ever.

I knew it was unloaded, but in that moment, my pulse skyrocketed.

He wanted the jury to think hard.

No matter how dark it was, wouldn't you recognize your own spouse?

After laying out how Lars killed Debbie, the prosecution thought the jury would want to know why.

What was the motive?

The couple, they said, had hit a breaking point.

Liz Sevilla testified that her hard-charging, multitasking friend Debbie found Lars a little too laid back.

The prosecutors told the jury this marriage of opposites became too lopsided for Lars to handle.

She took time to play tennis.

Work was very important.

They said Lars wanted more from Debbie, and when he didn't get it, he got rid of her instead.

This is a new one for me, one of the possible motives that was brought up, that Lars was old school and was upset that Debbie did not take his last name.

She was a professional woman, and she was very driven.

And I think that's part of why she didn't take his name.

She kept everything separate.

Including her bank accounts.

She never put Lars' name on them.

This was not about money.

No, it wasn't.