Natalie Morales

Here's a little bit more of what she had to say.

So I asked the prosecutors about that and asked the point blank.

I mean, how did they feel about how they treated her?

And here's what they had to say.

And during the trial, Rhianna told us that she was not contacted by a victim's advocate from your office, even though, here it is, it's her mother who was murdered.

She also said that she was not informed ahead of time when the autopsy photos were going to be shown in court during the trial.

Meanwhile, you know, Debbie's brother had been informed ahead of time and he left the courtroom because he knew it would be too hard to see.

What do you say to that?

Right.

And that's that's how she feels.

She feels that she got lost in the process, but also that they excluded her because they knew she was on her father's side and she was going to defend him all the way.

Perhaps the most compelling part of evidence, according to the prosecution, was the alleged pattern of domestic abuse in their relationship.

Debbie's mother had told police at the time of the murder that Bob Atrops was verbally, physically abusive and very controlling, that she immediately suspected that Bob was the killer.

And as we mentioned earlier, her friend Tammy Nelson testified that Debbie told Tammy that he had choked her before.

I mean, that right there is evidence.

Tammy also told the defense team that Debbie told her that she was scared of Bob

especially when they had to hand off Rihanna.

That's when those moments, those confrontations could happen.

And that's exactly what prosecutors believe is what happened.

When Debbie went to the house that night, he had found out about her relationship with John Pearson, and that set it up for that night, for this confrontation, and for him to then, in a fit of rage, strangle Debbie Atrops.