Susan Spencer

The men's defense is simple. They say they never even saw Lois McMillan on the night she died. For most of the night, three of the four were together in public places. Only William Labrador can't prove what he did that night. His friends had dropped him off some distance from Zebra House to walk home after he told them he was tired.

Now, in an interview from Her Majesty's Prison, Labrador tells his version of what happened that night.

Now, in an interview from Her Majesty's Prison, Labrador tells his version of what happened that night.

Now, in an interview from Her Majesty's Prison, Labrador tells his version of what happened that night.

He says he watched TV and went to bed.

He says he watched TV and went to bed.

He says he watched TV and went to bed.

No one except the police, who routinely began interviewing Lois' friends. Their search for clues led the Tortolan police here to Zebra House, where that afternoon they turned up three pair of wet, sandy sneakers and a shirt with a stain on it, thought to be blood. The police also noticed a small, fresh cut on William Labrador's nose. He said he got it the previous day while hiking.

No one except the police, who routinely began interviewing Lois' friends. Their search for clues led the Tortolan police here to Zebra House, where that afternoon they turned up three pair of wet, sandy sneakers and a shirt with a stain on it, thought to be blood. The police also noticed a small, fresh cut on William Labrador's nose. He said he got it the previous day while hiking.

No one except the police, who routinely began interviewing Lois' friends. Their search for clues led the Tortolan police here to Zebra House, where that afternoon they turned up three pair of wet, sandy sneakers and a shirt with a stain on it, thought to be blood. The police also noticed a small, fresh cut on William Labrador's nose. He said he got it the previous day while hiking.

But the officers found their explanations very suspicious. And before the day was out, they had arrested all four.

But the officers found their explanations very suspicious. And before the day was out, they had arrested all four.

But the officers found their explanations very suspicious. And before the day was out, they had arrested all four.

J. Saul Peter says it was not enough evidence to even think of an arrest.

J. Saul Peter says it was not enough evidence to even think of an arrest.

J. Saul Peter says it was not enough evidence to even think of an arrest.

They find a stain on a shirt that they believe at that time is blood. I mean, you know, it's not like they went in there and there was absolutely nothing here at all.

They find a stain on a shirt that they believe at that time is blood. I mean, you know, it's not like they went in there and there was absolutely nothing here at all.

They find a stain on a shirt that they believe at that time is blood. I mean, you know, it's not like they went in there and there was absolutely nothing here at all.

The defendants and their families charged that the police rushed to judgment out of fear that an unsolved murder would hurt Tortola's image.