Investigator Mike Mayhew
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559 appearances
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first heard Nov 2024
last heard Jun 2025
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Crime scene investigator Josh Easton told the jury what he had observed inside the kitchen.
The refrigerator was pulled away from the wall where it appeared it normally was.
Prosecutors believe Leslie was trying to use the refrigerator to block the door. And based on where Chris was shot in his head, they think he was crouching down to help Leslie.
With Chris incapacitated, Affronti says Leslie hid in the living room, tarred, tracked her down, shot, and killed her.
Defense attorney Dan Foltz disputes all of that.
Foltz says evidence of a fight in the kitchen tells a different story. The amount of blood in that kitchen was astonishing. From looking at that crime scene, do you believe that Christopher Smith had to fight his wife? his assailant in the kitchen?
And he says the assailant could not have been Bobby Tarr because he would have been covered in blood.
But prosecutors argued the house wasn't bloody when Tarr left. They said Chris bled heavily in the 12 hours it took for help to arrive. And while the prosecution did not have a lot of forensic evidence linking Tarr to the crime scene, Affronti says his phone activity, his lies to investigators, and the evidence found on the Hellcat all prove his guilt.
When it was the defense's turn, Tarr says he wanted to tell his story to the jury, but he chose not to testify. Why didn't you just decide you were going to talk to the jury and tell this story if, in fact, you have a story to tell?
The defense didn't put on any witnesses and counted on the jury to find reasonable doubt in the lack of physical evidence. After three hours, the jury found Bobby Tarr guilty of first-degree murder and attempted murder. Everyone clapped, and Bobby just sat there shaking his head. Two months later, Tar was back in court for sentencing, and this time, so was Chris.
To tell the judge how the shooting impacted him and his family, cameras were not allowed in the courtroom.
Tarr also spoke and denied shooting Leslie and Chris. The judge sentenced him to 85 years.
Leslie Reeve's friends are focused on keeping her memory alive.
Chris Smith says he never expected he'd be a victim of domestic violence and cautions other men to take a hard look at their behavior.
While Chris mourns his old life, he's writing a book about his experiences and says he's working to make what he calls poor man's margaritas out of the lemons and limes he's been handed.
Chris has found love with Michelle Albrecht.
he proposed to her on stage.
What's the most important lesson out of all of this?
I'm Erin Moriarty of 48 Hours, and of all the cases I've covered, this is the one that troubles me most. Listen to Murder in the Orange Grove, the Trouble Case Against Crosley Green, wherever you get your podcasts.
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