Erin McLaughlin

Shocked.

He got on top of her, and that's when I first saw him.

stabbed her with a knife.

What she said was she really did not witness most of Christine's attack.

She was cowering on the other side of the bed, hands over her ears, and in shock.

I was walking around, I would say, freaking out, and I was pacing back and forth.

And it was pacing and staying in place, covering my eyes and ears.

She said, I really did not think he was serious about this.

But then once things got in motion, almost like it was a train going the tracks and she didn't know how to jump off it, essentially.

Yeah.

And she just says, I just wanted the truth to come out.

That's exactly right.

They're basically saying, hey, the prosecution told you.

What everyone believes will happen is that she will be sentenced after this trial.

And the talk is that she will be deported home, Brazil.

Time served, deported home.

But listen, that's the judge's discretion.

No story I've encountered in my 30 years as a journalist has gripped me by the throat, quite like the murder of Martha Moxley and conviction of Michael Skakel.

I thought I understood the case.

They put a sign around my neck that said, hi, my name is Michael Skakel and I'm a murderer.