Detective Carter

This was a high profile trial.

The courtroom was packed, a lot of family and friends, and it involved a police officer.

So you can imagine the interest is really high.

He was supposed to serve and protect.

Instead, he abused the law.

He is a cop who turned into a killer.

Unfortunately, because of the way Miles Bryant dumped Susanna's body, we didn't have evidence to prove a cause of death.

I thought it was important for the jury to understand that it's his fault that we don't have that.

Our strategy was basically to try to get the jury to see that it was basically a speculation as to what really happened that led to the death of Miss Morales.

We do know that Miles left her in the woods.

We don't know if she was unconscious at that time or if she was dead.

We don't know that he did anything to her to cause that.

He might have lured her in through the use of a badge or gotten her in the vehicle somehow.

But very quickly, I think he incapacitated her and ultimately murdered her.

And as the courtesy officer there at the apartment complex, he had run into Susanna and had seen her along with her friends.

The defendant, Miles Bryant, have you seen him before?

We all knew it was a cop in our neighborhood.

Had you ever had any personal interactions with the defendant before Susana disappeared?

Yes.

He came with his backpack and he had a drink with him and he had little shot cups and he had edibles and stuff.