Susan Hendricks

I have not, and I have not seen someone nervy enough, you could say, Nancy, to take the stand in his own defense and describe this to jurors thinking he's getting away with it.

I did.

Not only were there two eyewitnesses, Nancy, as you said, when he mentioned there wasn't that many direct hits on the head, her thumb was broken, too.

To me, that says you're trying to prevent the rock from hitting your head.

And you're right.

The son, who is the stepson of Ariel, on the stand, wouldn't even say dad, said defend it.

There are eyewitnesses, his own son, and her injuries, as we saw.

What did the son say?

I went in with an open mind too, Nancy.

The son said that his father FaceTimed him and said, I tried to kill Ariel.

To me, he spelled it out, confessed to his son, hangs up, his son calls Ariel's mom, his stepmom's mom, tells her, calls his biological mom, tells her.

Then the dad calls back and says, hey, wait a minute, did you tell anyone?

And he said, yeah.

I told my mom and I told Ariel's mom.

Then he tries to backtrack and act like he didn't say it.

I believe this was planned out.

I believe that he was controlling, stalking even.

And I agree with you, Nancy.

I don't think it was an emotional affair.

It was very bland.