Natalie Morales

The defense, however, presented somebody at the trial who said that the equipment could have been faulty at the time, and it didn't necessarily record all the calls that came through in the area.

Yeah, yeah.

You know, Jeff Freeburg, I think, Detective O'Connell, they pretty much figured he was not a person of interest.

Also back from the lab, the DNA evidence, the mixture from the coat, from Debbie Atrop's coat, excluded John Pearson.

However, what was interesting about John Pearson, he had...

apparently moved to Arizona and was living in a trailer when five days before Bob Aitrop's trial, two police officers show up outside the trailer.

They are out there.

They're saying, we're here.

We want to talk to you.

John Pearson looks out the window, sees them, and then kills himself.

Right.

According to the prosecution, he had a DUI apparently that he was wanted in court for.

Take a listen.

The prosecution also noted his family said he wanted to testify against Bob Atrops.

We don't really know what was going on in his mind at the time, but investigators and the prosecutors truly believe there is no evidence that points to John Pearson in this case, that all the evidence squarely pointed at Bob Atrops.

Yeah, Rihanna, you know, she's just been so upset at the entire process.

She said, you know, she got a call at 5 a.m.

that morning telling her that her father, Bob Atrops, had been arrested.

Beyond that, she says that at trial, they kept calling her Rihanna instead of Rihanna, which is how her name is pronounced.

She was never given a victim's advocate, whereas Debbie's brother and stepfather had a victim's advocate at their side.