Michael Blagg
Appearances
48 Hours
Dark Side of the Desert
They were telling me that, you know, we know you did it. You're the one. Why don't you just tell us where they are? These are the people, by the way, that I was trusting to find my wife and daughter and to bring them home to me. You know, putting their finger in my chest and, you're the one, you're the one. I know you killed them. Just tell us. I lost hope that day.
48 Hours
Dark Side of the Desert
All I know is what I saw when I came back to the house that horrible afternoon.
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Dark Side of the Desert
Anyone who knows anything about my wife and my daughter, I pray that you'll come forward.
48 Hours
Dark Side of the Desert
They said that as a potential suspect in this, they just thought that it would be bad for me to be out there. And so I was barred from being able to search for my daughter, my wife.
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Dark Side of the Desert
At some point, while we were out as a family, Someone saw us and decided they liked Abby and wanted to take her. After I had left, they broke in through the back, shot Jennifer, grabbed Abby. And why they took Jennifer at that point, I don't know, unless it was somehow to control Abby.
48 Hours
Dark Side of the Desert
I can't explain why they took Jennifer. It's just, I know that it happened.
48 Hours
Dark Side of the Desert
While they hold incredible power, they're interested in seeing me as a person too. And I think that it's important to make the eye contact when possible. Thank you. Please be seated, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome back.
48 Hours
Dark Side of the Desert
The prosecution's case is built on shifting sands, and here we are at the end. I just have to hope that the jury has seen that, too.
48 Hours
Dark Side of the Desert
I can tell you, Your Honor, that I am innocent of these charges, and I have nothing further to say.
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Dark Side of the Desert
I had everything. I was on top of the world. I had a great job, wonderful family, incredible wife and daughter. Everything was going perfect for me.
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Dark Side of the Desert
You would meet someone that would light this room up better than these lights do in here right now. She could talk to a fence and make it smile. You'd like her right away.
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Dark Side of the Desert
A miniature Jennifer. She was just wonderful in all aspects. Wake up singing in the morning and go to bed singing at night.
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Dark Side of the Desert
The normal routine for me is to kind of slide out of bed carefully because Jennifer's still asleep.
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Dark Side of the Desert
I tried calling her several times throughout the day, and always got through to the answering machine.
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Dark Side of the Desert
Which isn't... terribly unusual sometimes, you know, they're in the bathroom or doing other things.
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Dark Side of the Desert
And now I'm starting to get a little worried. I haven't heard from her. She hasn't called me back on any of these calls. And the next time I get a chance to call is around three-something that afternoon.
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Dark Side of the Desert
There in front of me is an open back door. She wouldn't just leave a door or window open.
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Dark Side of the Desert
You can see there's a large dark spot on the bed. I think that maybe she's rolled off the bed and is on the ground on the other side. And so I go around the side of the bed and there's more blood. And so at this point, I know I have to call for help.
48 Hours
Dark Side of the Desert
come home, go inside, pick up the normal packages on the way in, and open the door, and I can see down the hallway into my master bedroom, and there's stuff on the floor. Papers and her purse is on the floor, and I can't really see everything that's in there, but I know that that's not right, and the bed's not made. On top of that, my daughter's not running out to me, Daddy, Daddy!
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Dark Side of the Desert
I had no idea what had happened. I just knew that it was bad. Whatever it was, was bad.
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Dark Side of the Desert
Just allow them to come home. That's all I can ask. Please, allow them to come home.
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Dark Side of the Desert
And by the time I get most of the way down the hallway, I can see there's a large blood spot where Jennifer should be. 911, where's your emergency?
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Dark Side of the Desert
She told me, I don't want you to be doing this, but if you are going to be doing this, then we should be together with this.
48 Hours
Dark Side of the Desert
This was during a time after Jennifer's hysterectomy, and she knew we were going to have to find other ways of satisfying each other. And we were looking at it more as experimenting, looking for alternate things that we could do.