Christopher Tapp

She watched him in court, her eyes full of venom, as she listened to the evidence against him.

That is, his own confession, his many confessions, which the defense tried unsuccessfully to suppress.

Tapp's own words convinced Carol he was guilty.

But if that wasn't enough for the jury, then one more witness would do it.

A woman you've already met.

What did they tell you would happen if you refused to testify?

Destiny Osborne, Angie's friend and Chris's friend too, testified that she heard Chris Tapp confess to the crime at a party.

Destiny said she wanted to do the right thing, especially since she knew both Angie and Angie's mother, Carol.

She was happy you testified?

Yes, answers Angie's mother had been desperate for for so many months.

What did you want to have done to him?

They had discussed the death penalty, but I didn't believe in the death penalty.

No human being on this planet

Human Earth has the right to take another person's life.

Even the person who murdered your daughter?

Absolutely not.

But she was pleased when Chris Tapp was found guilty and sent off to state prison for 40 years.

Except that couldn't be the end of it.

Tapp's so-called third accomplice, the owner of that DNA, was still out there.

So DNA, Carol felt sure, had to be the key.