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Donniey's defense paints a picture of how the night of the fire played out. A scenario where Donnie was one of the
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victims, not the perpetrator. Han said that when he was outside wrestling with the garden hose, he heard someone call
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for help from inside the burning trailer. According to the defense's narrative, Julie and Donnie were already
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outside. So, this could have been Jill calling for help, meaning she was still alive when Donnie was outside.
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Therefore, he couldn't have been the one to shoot her. The prosecution painted [music] a completely different picture.
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They described Donnie as an irresponsible kid who loves expensive fast cars and was looking for quick
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money. And Hans's logging supply business is booming. Hans and some relatives also own a really nice ranch
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in Fortuna, like million dollars. Nice. And Hans openly talked about their $250,000 life insurance policies with
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the kids, including Donnie, so that they knew that there was money if anything ever happened to Hans and Betty. And
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that policy would double to $500,000 in the case of an