Tracy Smith

And Daniel said he'd been at his dental office all day and then drove straight home.

But he couldn't give a clear account of his route, which as someone living in Southern California raises suspicions for me because we all know our routes.

The week after Violet Yacobi's body was discovered, detectives obtained Daniel Yacobi's cell phone records.

And the data showed he was not in Inglewood at all that day of Violet's death, but he was in Beverly Hills.

And not only that, police had obtained footage from Nest security cameras inside Daniel's house that show him arriving home around 8 p.m.

that night.

So on February 12th, 2018, Daniel Yacobi was arrested for his mother's murder.

And of all the things that he could have said at that moment, Erin, can you talk about what he asked for?

And you're right.

It's so telling about the toupee that, you know, it says something about keeping up appearances.

So detectives secured longitude and latitude coordinates from Daniel's Facebook account that they say placed him at his mother's house at the time they believe that Violet was killed.

And I have to say, this is one of those moments in the hour where I went, whoa, they could get all of that from Facebook?

Yeah, what a strong metaphor, like a shark.

So Daniel Yacobi was denied bail, and he spent more than seven years in jail awaiting his trial.

Now, I've covered trials that have taken years to actually happen, but how unusual is it to wait that long?

So when the case did go to trial in July 2025, it seemed like the prosecution had mostly a circumstantial case.

At the same time, he was searching chokeholds.

Besides this evidence, what else did the prosecution present at trial?

All right.

So the prosecution makes their case.