Peter Tragos

More loss than most people would in their entire lives.

And, you know, to continue to feel that way and not get justice.

They clearly believe Karen Reed is guilty.

They clearly believe the witnesses inside 34 Fairview.

They've all gotten a lot closer as this litigation has continued.

So I feel horribly for them.

But I think that the fault lies with law enforcement.

The fault lies with the prosecutors in how this case was prepared, how this case was investigated, how this case was litigated.

Some of the other text messages with the cops were basically guaranteeing that Karen Reid is guilty the next morning before an investigation had even taken place.

And then, you know, you have just that confirmation bias where you want to be correct and you're going to do everything you can to make sure you're correct.

That's what it felt like more to me than

maybe a big conspiracy to cover it up and protect the people inside the house.

But I mean, we've seen cases where law enforcement gets locked in on somebody and they're going to make sure that's the right person.

And they start, you know, getting to know the victims and it's so sad and you want to bring justice and you think you're crossing a line for the right reason.

And it just blew up in their face in this case.

Yeah, the way you explained it is exactly how kind of the arguments went on both sides.

Was it at two o'clock in the morning or six o'clock in the morning?

Because that makes all the difference in the world because nobody knew he was dead at two o'clock in the morning.

So how are you possibly searching that unless you're the person that put him out in the cold and you're wondering how long it would take?

And yeah, it was, again, unlike any other case I've seen.