Christopher Tapp
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Sometime during those many hours of interviews, Chris Tapp added to his confession something very disturbing.
And remember that blood-soaked teddy bear police found near the bed?
Tapp told police that Ben Hobbs held that over Angie's face as he, Hobbs, slit her throat.
That rookie cop who'd worked the crime scene kept up on the case by keeping his ears open around the station house.
I think every time they did a DNA sample that didn't match Keith, I think it was a punch in the gut every time.
With Ben Hobbs already behind bars in Nevada on different rape charges and not enough evidence to charge him or some mysterious third man, prosecutors in Idaho decided it was time to move on what they had, which was Chris Tapp's confession.
They called a press conference to announce they were charging Tapp with first-degree murder, rape, and use of a deadly weapon.
Was there a collective sigh of relief when Chris Tapp was arrested?
I can only speak for myself, but I looked at it as, okay, well, we've got one of the suspects now in custody.
Now we just need to find out the rest of the story so we can close the case completely.
When Chris Stapp went on trial in 1998, Carol Dodge was convinced he absolutely played a role in the rape and murder of her daughter.
I mean, I was finally looking somebody in the eye, somebody looking at somebody.
what I thought was a devil who had taken my daughter's life.