Bart Epstein
Appearances
48 Hours
The Footprint
DNA that was recovered was from multiple individuals. If you don't have anything else, that in and of itself does not establish beyond a reasonable doubt that Jerry Westrom is the person that committed this crime.
48 Hours
The Footprint
And that wasn't all. There was DNA from other individuals that did not belong to Jerry Westrom, but clearly belonged to a male source.
48 Hours
The Footprint
Jerry Westrom's DNA is not in the stairwell, but we know that there's at least one other person whose DNA blood is found in that stairwell.
48 Hours
The Footprint
His answers were a bit peculiar, I found. And the reason I say that is because He actually describes being there one time. And why does that bother you? So it bothers me because how the heck would he remember when he's interviewed all these years later that he was there but only there once, and the one time he says he was there was years before the murder? It just, it felt a bit convenient.
48 Hours
The Footprint
We know this is an individual that had committed multiple sex crimes in the past.
48 Hours
The Footprint
There was DNA from other individuals that did not belong to Jerry Westrom, but clearly belonged to a male source. We know that there were experts that viewed multiple footprints. And they're in her blood.
48 Hours
The Footprint
And then when you put the hair of Arthur Gray in her hand, it starts to become more significant.
48 Hours
The Footprint
The jury came back quite quickly and convicted Jerry Westrom of the top count, which was murder in the first degree. They also found him guilty of murder in the second degree.
48 Hours
The Footprint
Without the footprints, we would not be sitting here. I think that the footprints defined the path of this case.
48 Hours
The Footprint
The blood wasn't confined to just the area where she was. The blood was on the walls, the blood was on the comforter, the blood was on the floor. Julie Rendelman is a defense attorney and legal consultant for 48 hours. It leads one to believe that a struggle happened, that she was fighting to save her own life.
48 Hours
The Footprint
This, to me, seems like more rage, someone who got upset at the time that the crime was committed.
48 Hours
The Footprint
When you entered into the apartment, you didn't really see anything. You wouldn't have known that a crime had occurred. When you went a little further and you ended up going into the bedroom, it was catastrophic.