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After their daughter’s violent death, her parents conduct their own investigation

January 18, 2024 / 02:03

This episode discusses the case of Kayle, who was fatally injured by a car. Key topics include the reconstruction of the accident, the involvement of Kayle's parents, and the use of a demonstration video in court.

Mark Howton sold the car involved in the accident in 2018. Lawrence, a key figure in the case, tracked down the new owner to buy the car back. He describes the experience of driving the car as torturous, as it brings back memories of the incident.

Kayle's parents created a video to demonstrate their theory of the accident, hiring actors to recreate the scene. They aimed to avoid bias by using a private investigator for the demonstration.

The video shows three angles of the incident, which Kayle's parents and their experts believe will clarify what happened. They hope that presenting this visual evidence will assist the prosecution's case in court.

TLDR

Kayle's parents recreate her fatal accident for court using a demonstration video to clarify the incident.

Episode

2:03

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Mark Howton sold the car in 2018 Lawrence Tracked Down the new owner and bought the car what' you think of that

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uh well this is new this is uh not something I've been uh accustomed to hearing uh in other cases show me what

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what you believe went down let's go up here to the passenger side the car Kaye was fatally injured in is sitting in her

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parents' driveway Lawrence says driving at home was a haunting experience it's torturous um but it's

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also you know she was showing us what happened you know she was guiding us to this

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car and you believe that he struck her when he did she came over to this knob her hit her head hit it now you notice

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when you push it down it doesn't go FL it doesn't go flat right this will not retract fully no matter matter how hard

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you hit it kayle's parents decided to make a video to demonstrate their theory in court they went and found two actors

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a male and a female to dress the parts they were um similar size similar weight if we did the Reconstruction ourselves

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it would be considered biased and probably thrown out or at least discredited so they hired a private

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investigator to produce the demonstration they didn't even look at it in in case they were called to

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testify about it the video is simple showing three angles of what kayle's parents and their experts believe

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happened would showing a jury a video like this potentially help the prosecution's case if if it's allowed

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jurors are very visual it makes it easier for them it shows how it can happen and it answers a number of the

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questions that the jury had in the first trial

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Episode Highlights

Lawrence's Journey
Lawrence tracked down the new owner of the car involved in the incident.
“What do you think of that?”
@ 00m 11s
January 18, 2024
A Haunting Experience
Lawrence describes the emotional weight of revisiting the scene of the accident.
“Driving at home was a haunting experience.”
@ 00m 31s
January 18, 2024
Visual Evidence in Court
Kayle's parents create a video demonstration to aid the prosecution's case.
“Jurors are very visual; it makes it easier for them.”
@ 01m 49s
January 18, 2024

Episode Quotes

Driving at home was a haunting experience.
After their daughter’s violent death, her parents conduct their own investigation
Jurors are very visual; it makes it easier for them.
After their daughter’s violent death, her parents conduct their own investigation

Key Moments

Car Sale00:04
Reconstruction Efforts01:06
Visual Demonstration01:40