Dateline ~ Murder of Lynne Knight

[LillyLillyLilly]

Originally Posted by Aldous9

I dunno. I don't think it means much to be honest. A verdict could have came in and maybe they couldn't get to the courthouse in time.

He said she was dead, yeah, but also consider that it was already reported that she was dead in the media. That could have easily been explained away.

In that case, when they told him she was missing, wouldn't he have said "Thank goodness! I thought she was dead by the news reports!"

And all of Lynne Knight's family were there. Odd they could get there in time but neither mom nor wife nor lawyer of the man on trial could. I suppose there could have been a family emergency - maybe one of his kids - that required both women. This was Shapiro's last case so a work emergency certainly didn't call him away.

From what Dateline showed, there really wasn't much evidence against him. Like someone else said, not enough to turn someone who loved him against him. I wonder if they started rummaging through his stuff and found a diary or something that he saved that connected him, and told his lawyer?

[Aldous9]

Originally Posted by LillyLillyLilly

In that case, when they told him she was missing, wouldn't he have said "Thank goodness! I thought she was dead by the news reports!"

And all of Lynne Knight's family were there. Odd they could get there in time but neither mom nor wife nor lawyer of the man on trial could. I suppose there could have been a family emergency - maybe one of his kids - that required both women. This was Shapiro's last case so a work emergency certainly didn't call him away.

From what Dateline showed, there really wasn't much evidence against him. Like someone else said, not enough to turn someone who loved him against him. I wonder if they started rummaging through his stuff and found a diary or something that he saved that connected him, and told his lawyer?

It's kind of silly to speculate about it.

I think he did it. But, from what Dateline showed I wouldn't have voted guilty. You need evidence to convict people.

[LillyLillyLilly]

They re-ran this show last night as "new." I guess there must have been something new but not much.

They did say Shapiro wasn't there as he was already on vacation.

One thing I noticed this time is his voice on the recordings the police made right after the crime. He sounded meek and hesitant. Which didn't mean much till I heard him speak in court at his trial. He had a strong sure voice.

I wonder if his voice changed. It has been 30 years, but he was fully an adult at the time of the murder. Or if he was scared right after the crime. Or if he purposely tried to sound meek and passive so they wouldn't suspect him of the murder?

Lynne's sister said she only dated handsome professional men which I would take to mean confident and sure of themselves. On the tape, Doug doesn't sound like the type of man she would date, which leads me to suspect he was purposely trying to sound benign.

I still didn't see much proving that Doug did it.