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Opening statements began in the State's case against Susan Wright. She was accused of stabbing her husband. She pleaded not guilty by reason of self-defense. The defendant admitted to the fatal stabbings. But for jurors the questions would be - was this a case of cold-blooded murder or a desperate act of self-defense?
S1, EP6 "The Murder And Clean Up Job"
Crime scene photos dominated the courtroom. Jurors learned about the Blood Spatter found in her bedroom where she allegedly stabbed her husband. Prosecutors left no stone unturned in their case against Susan Wright. They introduced all the evidence they uncovered at the crime scene linked to the fatal stabbing. Jurors were shown physical evidence of a fatal stabbing along with physical evidence of a clean-up job at the crime scene.
S1, EP7 "Detailed Criminal Report"
The long cross-examination of the police sergeant continued in the State's against Susan Wright for murder. Prosecutors accused her of not just killing her husband, Jeff, but getting rid of his body and cleaning up the bloody death scene to make it as if nothing happened and Jeff simply disappeared. Next, the lead detective assigned to the case took the stand.
S1, EP8 "Lead Detective Breaks It Down"
On the stand was the lead detective assigned to this case. He told jurors that three days before Jeff Wright's body was discovered her wife, Susan, filed a domestic violence complaint against him. Investigators on the Wright property came across red flags when they began processing the backyard where Jeff Wright's remains were found. Items that should be inside the home was found outside.
S1, EP9 "Courtroom Bedroom"
On the Stand, the lead detective on the case confirmed that Susan Wright confessed and turned herself into authorities. Next, in a made-for-TV moment a bed and mattress made its way in to the courtroom. Prosecutors re-enacted for the jury the way they were convinced the fatal stabbings took place. They walked jurors through on how Susan tied her husband to the bed and then stabbed him multiple times with two different Knives.
S1, EP5 "Physical Evidence Of The Crime"
Key crime scene evidence was presented in the state's case against Susan Wright for fatally stabbing her husband, Jeff. Jurors learned what police uncovered in the early parts of their murder investigation into Jeff's death. Not only they discover his body buried in the backyard but they discovered how the bloody bedroom was cleaned up.
S1, EP4 "Crime Scene Photos Tells The Murder Story"
More crime scene photos were introduced to the jury. The State wanted to make sure jurors got a sense of the crime scene. They believed Susan Wright killed her husband in their bedroom and then moved his body to be buried in near the backyard patio.
S1, EP3 "The Makeshift Grave"
Just five days after Jeff Wright was killed his body was discovered in his backyard. On the stand was the officer who came across the body which had nearly 200 fatal stab wounds. Jurors learned about details of the remains of Jeff which was removed from a makeshift grave. The discovery came after Susan Wright broke down and turned herself into authorities after confessing to her lawyer about the killing.
S1, EP2 "What's Buried In The Backyard?"
Prosecutors brought in the investigators who arrived in the backyard of the Wright family home. Buried in the backyard was Jeff Wright who fell prey to multiple stab wounds.
