Keith Morrison

You know, it's very seldom you get a Perry Mason moment where they scream and yell, you know, I did, I did, I did it.

Well, that certainly is true.

But then, the law didn't require a confession, and now that the DA had signed off, Jennings was formally charged with first-degree murder.

They set his bail at a million dollars, an amount far beyond Jennings' reach, more than enough to keep him behind bars while they prepared for trial.

And six years after the murder of his daughter, Michelle's dad took a breath.

It had finally happened.

It's interesting how you had to almost become the architect of your own personal case.

Yeah, we were heavily involved.

I want to say, you know, it was the sheriff's, I mean, it was the DA's decision and it was the sheriff's department's decision to make their arrest.

But if you hadn't been that involved, would it have happened?

I... Kind of doubt it?

Doubt it, yeah.

It wasn't long before they took Jennings to downtown L.A., to the imposing monolith in Chinatown called the Men's Central Jail.

And the long, slow march to trial was assailed by doubters at every turn.

There were a lot of prosecutors and supervising prosecutors in the DA's office that told Michael Blake, our DA, get rid of this thing, dismiss it.

It's not going to go anywhere.

You're never going to win it.

It's a loser.

Move on.

And Michael Blake, the day of the preliminary hearing, was told, get rid of this thing.