Kate Snow

So that was in 2007.

Years passed, a new detective got the case, and Rashawn Jones was arrested.

By that point, Paul Connor was in his late 70s, and prosecutors did something unusual.

So what they did is they decided to, in a pretrial hearing, have him testify on videotape just in case something happened to him.

It's called perpetuated testimony.

And as far as the prosecution is concerned, they're glad they did because soon after testifying, Paul Connor vanished.

And they suspected he had died.

Ultimately, investigative journalists at ESPN, they were able to find Paul Connor and get him to do an interview with

What did he tell the reporters, Jay?

Well, he basically told them that he didn't remember much, and he sounded very unsure of himself.

In the end, the judge ruled that Mr. Conner was not able to testify.

She allowed Paul Conner's 2022 videotaped statement to be played before the jury in this trial.

Let's listen to some of that testimony.

Since the judge ruled Connor was too incompetent to testify in person, the defense didn't get to cross-examine Paul Connor in front of this jury.

But what the jury did get to hear this week was a defense attorney challenging Connor at that 2022 videotaped testimony.

And they got him to admit some things, right?

You bet.

They got him to admit that it was, in fact, dark that night.

They also got him to admit that he had type 2 diabetes and that did compromise his eyesight.

And there was a question as to whether he was wearing glasses when he saw that person walk past him.