Keith Morrison

And she'd been so happy, zipping around in her Christmas present Mustang.

That Michelle was shot to death in that bright blue car so close to home.

Well, who in his place could get over a thing like that?

Made worse by the outrage that there had been no arrest.

So he immersed himself in baseball and it helped.

As did a powerful sense of belief he carried around with him.

Like a shield.

He'd been given a Bible verse two years after the murder.

It became his favorite.

Jason inscribed the verse inside his baseball cap, began to share it with others.

That's how you get through it.

And, you know, take it day by day, you know.

So, yes, this story is about surviving or trying to.

But it's also about the very tricky business of learning to read conflicting signs by turns obvious and opaque in the shifting light of the high desert.

Yes, and it was ambiguous and confusing and absolutely demanding.

In this episode, you'll hear from the eyewitness, the man who was there, the man who seemed to know so much about Michelle's last moments.

Maybe too much.

You'll hear from a lead investigator still determined to find that one little nugget of proof.

It's very seldom you get a Perry Mason moment where they scream and yell, no, I did, I did, I did it.

And from the Deputy DA, who faced a prosecutor's worst nightmare.