1 00:00:02,702 --> 00:00:05,805    ♪♪♪                           2 00:00:05,905 --> 00:00:08,808    KELLY SIEGLER: A respected     University of Houston professor 3 00:00:08,942 --> 00:00:12,212   is found dead on the floor of  his high-rise apartment.         4 00:00:13,813 --> 00:00:15,348  When the cops show up,          5 00:00:15,448 --> 00:00:19,152 they find his girlfriend,         spattered and covered in blood, 6 00:00:19,252 --> 00:00:22,522  and the murder weapon,          a high-heel shoe.                7 00:00:25,158 --> 00:00:26,826   She claims it's self-defense,  8 00:00:26,926 --> 00:00:29,896  but the more the investigators    look into that claim,          9 00:00:30,030 --> 00:00:31,664   the more questions they have.  10 00:00:32,232 --> 00:00:33,900   CHRIS DUNCAN:                     The victim suffered           11 00:00:34,034 --> 00:00:36,569    25 wounds around the head.    12 00:00:36,703 --> 00:00:39,339 I saw no injuries on her.        13 00:00:39,472 --> 00:00:42,509  The prosecutor assigned            to the case is John Jordan,   14 00:00:42,642 --> 00:00:44,310 who I personally trained.        15 00:00:44,411 --> 00:00:48,214    He is not afraid of             tough cases like this          16 00:00:48,348 --> 00:00:50,417   and the media circus              that comes with it.           17 00:00:50,817 --> 00:00:55,722    All 25-plus strikes             were yielded by her.           18 00:00:55,855 --> 00:00:59,526  Self-defense cases are          an incredible challenge.         19 00:00:59,626 --> 00:01:00,860 She's justified.                 20 00:01:00,994 --> 00:01:03,630  SIEGLER: How do you figure out    what really happened           21 00:01:03,763 --> 00:01:06,733    when the killer is               claiming to be the victim?    22 00:01:06,866 --> 00:01:08,268 This is not self-defense.        23 00:01:08,368 --> 00:01:11,571 This is a vicious murder.        24 00:01:13,907 --> 00:01:16,042    ♪♪♪                           25 00:01:20,847 --> 00:01:22,949  [phone ringing]                 26 00:01:23,383 --> 00:01:25,251 OPERATOR:                          What is your emergency, ma'am? 27 00:01:29,956 --> 00:01:32,158  OPERATOR: Okay, I can't           understand what you're saying. 28 00:01:32,258 --> 00:01:33,560     You're saying what, ma'am?   29 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:42,702  OPERATOR: Okay, are you            reporting an assault, ma'am?  30 00:01:43,670 --> 00:01:46,840  OPERATOR: Okay,                  is he breathing at all?         31 00:01:52,645 --> 00:01:55,949  CHRIS DUNCAN: Around 4 o'clock  in the morning, a call comes in. 32 00:01:56,082 --> 00:01:58,952  The woman on the phone          is clearly upset.                33 00:01:59,052 --> 00:02:00,987  It's very difficult to            understand what she's saying.  34 00:02:01,121 --> 00:02:05,558   Her ex-boyfriend and her got    into some sort of altercation.  35 00:02:05,658 --> 00:02:08,194 It sounds like a domestic         violence type of call.          36 00:02:09,028 --> 00:02:12,132  The first officers on the scene    arrive with the paramedics,   37 00:02:12,232 --> 00:02:16,035    and it is a horrific scene.   38 00:02:16,169 --> 00:02:18,505   The victim is on the ground.   39 00:02:18,638 --> 00:02:20,840  Blood is saturating the carpet. 40 00:02:20,974 --> 00:02:22,942    They find no signs of life.   41 00:02:23,810 --> 00:02:27,413  And you do have                  a woman standing there, upset.  42 00:02:27,747 --> 00:02:29,215   She's crying.                  43 00:02:29,349 --> 00:02:31,985 And she has a significant amount  of blood on her pants.          44 00:02:32,085 --> 00:02:34,454    The woman is Ana Trujillo.    45 00:02:34,587 --> 00:02:38,124    And she's declaring           that she was attacked by         46 00:02:38,258 --> 00:02:42,495 59-year-old Dr. Stefan Andersson  from the University of Houston. 47 00:02:42,595 --> 00:02:47,300 And that she had defended           herself from this assault,    48 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:50,503  but the person that did         the assault is now dead.         49 00:02:50,603 --> 00:02:54,140  So my job is to find the truth, 50 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:57,544   whether it's                   self-defense or homicide.        51 00:02:58,778 --> 00:03:01,748   Ana's transported to              the HPD homicide division,    52 00:03:01,881 --> 00:03:05,685    and she's gonna be               interviewed by detectives.    53 00:03:06,052 --> 00:03:07,887  As officers get a closer look,  54 00:03:08,021 --> 00:03:11,724  the initial reaction is           something very bad happened,   55 00:03:11,824 --> 00:03:13,193   like a gunshot wound.          56 00:03:13,326 --> 00:03:15,628 However,                          there was no gun at the scene.  57 00:03:15,762 --> 00:03:19,632 We're looking for knives,         pipes, anything heavy and hard  58 00:03:19,766 --> 00:03:23,002 that could create                 these injuries to this victim.  59 00:03:23,603 --> 00:03:26,472 As we move across                the living room,                 60 00:03:26,573 --> 00:03:28,241    there are some blood drops.   61 00:03:28,841 --> 00:03:33,713 We also found hair on the couch,  like it was pulled out.         62 00:03:36,416 --> 00:03:40,153  We saw impact patterns          that were traveling from         63 00:03:40,253 --> 00:03:42,855   an area on the ground          64 00:03:42,989 --> 00:03:45,858    up and out across the wall.   65 00:03:45,992 --> 00:03:48,861    It was on the wall              next to Mr. Andersson          66 00:03:48,962 --> 00:03:52,232    and across the wall            about three feet away.          67 00:03:52,999 --> 00:03:56,636   They notice a shoe on             the ground near the victim.   68 00:03:56,736 --> 00:04:00,640 The shoe had long                 gray hair on the heel,          69 00:04:00,773 --> 00:04:03,810   and the shoe                    was coated with blood.          70 00:04:04,911 --> 00:04:09,115   The realization is this shoe    caused all this damage.         71 00:04:09,782 --> 00:04:12,585 SIEGLER: I have never had        anything close to                72 00:04:12,685 --> 00:04:14,621  the murder weapon being         a high-heel shoe.                73 00:04:14,721 --> 00:04:18,224  That means in the heat             of God knows what,            74 00:04:18,324 --> 00:04:20,493 she got lucky and thought to use a high-heel shoe                 75 00:04:20,593 --> 00:04:23,296 because she was thinking           she was about to die           76 00:04:23,429 --> 00:04:27,233 or a whole lot of premeditation. 77 00:04:31,938 --> 00:04:37,510    I knew Stefan for 14 years,    and we were very close friends. 78 00:04:38,344 --> 00:04:41,881 On that Sunday, a friend         of his called me                 79 00:04:41,981 --> 00:04:45,585   and said, "I think something   has happened to Stefan."         80 00:04:45,685 --> 00:04:49,789   There is a lot of police cars   outside his high-rise.          81 00:04:49,922 --> 00:04:51,691 So, I called the police.         82 00:04:51,824 --> 00:04:53,793   They told me                     that he was murdered.          83 00:04:55,528 --> 00:05:00,633 It's so sad that someone          so good human being like Stefan 84 00:05:00,767 --> 00:05:03,469   gets his life                    cut short like that.           85 00:05:04,203 --> 00:05:07,674    I was a scientist in a lab.   86 00:05:07,774 --> 00:05:10,310   I worked with Stefan             for 10 years.                  87 00:05:10,410 --> 00:05:12,111 He has no Swedish family         88 00:05:12,245 --> 00:05:15,081 and I didn't have                any Swedish family here,         89 00:05:15,214 --> 00:05:17,684   so we became                     each other's family.           90 00:05:18,184 --> 00:05:22,121  He made friends with everyone.  91 00:05:22,255 --> 00:05:23,823  He could sit and drink          92 00:05:23,923 --> 00:05:26,759    a beer with                      a homeless person in a park   93 00:05:26,859 --> 00:05:30,363    or he could talk to            the CEO of some company         94 00:05:30,496 --> 00:05:32,699  and they all liked him.         95 00:05:35,468 --> 00:05:36,869  In the summer of 2012,          96 00:05:37,003 --> 00:05:42,108    I heard for the first time     that he was seeing Ana.         97 00:05:42,642 --> 00:05:45,611  But after about                   four or five months,           98 00:05:45,712 --> 00:05:49,882  it started tapering off            and they broke up.            99 00:05:50,016 --> 00:05:51,317   He had moved her out,          100 00:05:51,417 --> 00:05:54,887   but there was no way             I could have thought           101 00:05:54,987 --> 00:05:58,591   that she was capable            of killing him.                 102 00:06:05,631 --> 00:06:08,034  T. TRIPLETT: We wanted to meet  with you in the hopes of         103 00:06:08,167 --> 00:06:11,738   getting your side of           what happened last night.        104 00:06:16,209 --> 00:06:18,344    So you and Stefan went out?   105 00:07:04,924 --> 00:07:06,793   Is he sitting on you           or laying on you?                106 00:07:23,943 --> 00:07:25,044   Hitting him.                   107 00:07:30,516 --> 00:07:31,717 SIEGLER:                          The first interview in          108 00:07:31,851 --> 00:07:35,388 a self-defense claim case        is huge.                         109 00:07:35,521 --> 00:07:36,956   Let her talk.                  110 00:07:40,259 --> 00:07:43,029  Let her go into detail           from beginning to end,          111 00:07:43,162 --> 00:07:47,099  because the more you talk when    you're claiming self-defense,  112 00:07:47,233 --> 00:07:48,734 if you're lying,                 113 00:07:48,835 --> 00:07:51,103  the more you're gonna screw up    by telling the story.          114 00:07:53,406 --> 00:07:56,742  I, unfortunately, have           seen a lot of death in my life. 115 00:07:56,876 --> 00:07:59,579 In those scenes, there's         always loved ones around.        116 00:07:59,679 --> 00:08:02,482    And you get                    a pretty good sense of          117 00:08:02,582 --> 00:08:06,619   the response                    to someone's untimely passing.  118 00:08:06,719 --> 00:08:11,090 You expect tears, needing          a Kleenex to blow your nose.   119 00:08:12,225 --> 00:08:13,693   None of that.                  120 00:08:13,826 --> 00:08:16,762 She would pretend to cry,         but there were never any tears. 121 00:08:16,863 --> 00:08:19,866   Not that that's going            to specifically say,           122 00:08:19,966 --> 00:08:25,137    "Oh, she's guilty,"            but it's certainly a puzzle of  123 00:08:25,271 --> 00:08:28,741    why are you not more upset?   124 00:08:29,141 --> 00:08:32,011 I remember waiting around          for a break in the interview,  125 00:08:32,144 --> 00:08:35,281  and that's when                    I photographed her.           126 00:08:36,148 --> 00:08:37,583    Why don't you just put your     hands out kind of like this?   127 00:08:37,717 --> 00:08:38,885   There you go.                  128 00:08:39,519 --> 00:08:42,889   Normally when I see a           altercation between two people, 129 00:08:42,989 --> 00:08:45,525  if the attacks                    are going both ways,           130 00:08:45,625 --> 00:08:48,194 I'm going to see injuries        on both parties.                 131 00:08:48,294 --> 00:08:53,032   I might see bruised knuckles,  scrapes, red marks even.         132 00:08:53,165 --> 00:08:56,702  Mr. Andersson suffered          25 wounds around the head        133 00:08:56,802 --> 00:09:00,172    and clear defensive wounds       on his arms, in his hands.    134 00:09:00,273 --> 00:09:02,642 I saw no injuries on her.        135 00:09:02,742 --> 00:09:05,978    And I found it hard             to believe her story.          136 00:09:06,312 --> 00:09:09,382 Definitely at this point,          something feels off.           137 00:09:09,515 --> 00:09:11,951 After detectives                 finish talking with her,         138 00:09:12,051 --> 00:09:14,720   the decision is made            to file charges                 139 00:09:14,820 --> 00:09:17,857   and she is formally arrested      and put into jail.            140 00:09:19,625 --> 00:09:21,193 REPORTER:                         44-year-old Ana Trujillo        141 00:09:21,294 --> 00:09:22,895   has been charged with             the murder of a man           142 00:09:23,029 --> 00:09:24,764   police say was her boyfriend.  143 00:09:24,897 --> 00:09:27,266  There's a large amount of blood    that was in the residence.    144 00:09:27,366 --> 00:09:29,835  REPORTER: Police claim            Trujillo used a stiletto heel  145 00:09:29,969 --> 00:09:31,504   as the murder weapon.          146 00:09:31,637 --> 00:09:34,140    Trujillo is claiming            self-defense.                  147 00:09:37,476 --> 00:09:39,512   JOHN JORDAN: Monday morning,    I show up at the office         148 00:09:39,645 --> 00:09:42,315 and on my desk is                   a brand new murder.           149 00:09:42,848 --> 00:09:46,118   The murder weapon is           a high-heel shoe.                150 00:09:46,218 --> 00:09:49,121  I realize this is not gonna be  an ordinary case.                151 00:09:50,156 --> 00:09:52,458    SIEGLER: I've known             John Jordan for a long time.   152 00:09:52,592 --> 00:09:55,194   The way he prepares,           the way he cares.                153 00:09:55,328 --> 00:09:58,931 Couple that with                  his supreme confidence, right?  154 00:09:59,065 --> 00:10:01,400    Some people say cockiness,    but that's okay.                 155 00:10:01,534 --> 00:10:05,237   And they just really            don't get any better than him.  156 00:10:06,739 --> 00:10:09,542    I know I need help,            and I need another prosecutor.  157 00:10:09,675 --> 00:10:11,644    What I did                     is what Kelly would do,         158 00:10:11,777 --> 00:10:17,216 find a young, ambitious,         hardworking, talented prosecutor 159 00:10:17,350 --> 00:10:19,852  who wants to prove themselves.  160 00:10:19,986 --> 00:10:23,789  And Sarah Seely was that rising star in the office at that time. 161 00:10:23,923 --> 00:10:25,591 She had also done                   domestic violence.            162 00:10:25,725 --> 00:10:29,161  We had a woman claiming she was the victim of domestic violence. 163 00:10:29,295 --> 00:10:31,263   If this was a person            that we needed                  164 00:10:31,364 --> 00:10:32,765  to get out of custody,          165 00:10:32,865 --> 00:10:34,433   and we had wrongfully          arrested someone                 166 00:10:34,567 --> 00:10:36,002  who was in fear of their life.  167 00:10:36,102 --> 00:10:38,371    I was absolutely committed      to doing all the work          168 00:10:38,504 --> 00:10:41,207    it took to figure out what     happened inside that apartment. 169 00:10:42,508 --> 00:10:44,810  JORDAN: Even though she'd been    charged with murder,           170 00:10:44,944 --> 00:10:46,612    we have to be open               to the possibility            171 00:10:46,746 --> 00:10:48,547 when a woman who kills somebody, 172 00:10:48,681 --> 00:10:51,550    that maybe                      they are indeed self-defense.  173 00:10:51,651 --> 00:10:54,186   We knew this was just            the beginning                  174 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:56,622    of trying to unpeel            what happened.                  175 00:11:00,826 --> 00:11:02,128 t court appearance                   on murder charges,           176 00:11:02,261 --> 00:11:04,363  44-year-old Ana Trujillo         is back in jail.                177 00:11:04,497 --> 00:11:06,966     Police claim Trujillo used    a stiletto heel                 178 00:11:07,099 --> 00:11:08,634   to kill her boyfriend.         179 00:11:08,768 --> 00:11:10,736    Trujillo is claiming            self-defense.                  180 00:11:10,836 --> 00:11:12,204 I didn't know anything about it. 181 00:11:12,338 --> 00:11:15,074   I went to court the next day,    I had a case,                  182 00:11:15,174 --> 00:11:18,277   and Ana Trujillo was waiting     to talk to the judge.          183 00:11:18,411 --> 00:11:21,881  She recognized me from          probably 20 years before.        184 00:11:22,615 --> 00:11:23,916    I lived in a loft downtown.   185 00:11:24,050 --> 00:11:25,418   I used to go out quite a bit.  186 00:11:25,518 --> 00:11:27,953  I didn't remember her,           but she remembered me,          187 00:11:28,054 --> 00:11:30,156 and she asked me                    to be her attorney.           188 00:11:31,490 --> 00:11:34,193   I thought it might be          a good self-defense case         189 00:11:34,326 --> 00:11:35,728  from what she told me.          190 00:11:35,861 --> 00:11:37,997  He had a severe                 drinking problem.                191 00:11:38,097 --> 00:11:41,067    They got his blood             and he was intoxicated.         192 00:11:41,167 --> 00:11:46,639   And the violence that erupts      in a troubled relationship    193 00:11:46,772 --> 00:11:48,874   upon the woman trying             to go out the door            194 00:11:48,974 --> 00:11:51,811  declaring that                   she didn't want anything to do  195 00:11:51,911 --> 00:11:54,480   with that man                   will trigger something.         196 00:11:54,580 --> 00:11:57,616   If you think you're going to   be beaten to death or strangled, 197 00:11:57,717 --> 00:12:02,254  you're gonna be looking around   for any kind of weapon you can. 198 00:12:02,688 --> 00:12:06,559    If you're a defense lawyer,      intoxication is a win-win.    199 00:12:06,692 --> 00:12:08,127   If the victim is intoxicated,  200 00:12:08,260 --> 00:12:10,129  you can always                    use that intoxication          201 00:12:10,229 --> 00:12:11,897    against the victim,           making them a mean drunk.        202 00:12:12,531 --> 00:12:15,401    For the defendant,             you can always act like         203 00:12:15,534 --> 00:12:18,104  they didn't mean it to            the level of intent required,  204 00:12:18,237 --> 00:12:20,005    or the cops                    took advantage of them          205 00:12:20,139 --> 00:12:21,841    and they didn't understand    what was going on                206 00:12:21,941 --> 00:12:23,242   with the questioning.          207 00:12:23,342 --> 00:12:25,211   There's always a way             to take intoxication           208 00:12:25,311 --> 00:12:27,246 and make it work                    to your advantage.            209 00:12:27,379 --> 00:12:28,681  If you're a defendant,          210 00:12:28,781 --> 00:12:31,283  the challenge for intoxication   is for the prosecution.         211 00:12:32,284 --> 00:12:34,253  JORDAN:                         We knew what happened that night 212 00:12:34,353 --> 00:12:37,289 based on the crime scene           they left and her interview,   213 00:12:37,389 --> 00:12:41,660 but now we're going to look into this relationship that they had. 214 00:12:41,794 --> 00:12:42,928  and then individually,          215 00:12:43,062 --> 00:12:45,297   Ana Trujillo                     and Stefan Andersson.          216 00:12:45,431 --> 00:12:47,700  If there are some negatives out    there about Stefan,           217 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:49,001    believe me, we want to know   218 00:12:49,101 --> 00:12:50,669    before we get into             the courtroom.                  219 00:12:50,770 --> 00:12:53,672    We really are still looking     at her through this lens of,   220 00:12:53,806 --> 00:12:55,608 is she a domestic                violence victim?                 221 00:12:55,741 --> 00:12:57,610 With all victims                   of domestic violence,          222 00:12:57,710 --> 00:13:01,347  you need to start with           the premise of, I believe you.  223 00:13:01,447 --> 00:13:02,715  But being a prosecutor          224 00:13:02,815 --> 00:13:04,850  means I also then have            to find facts                  225 00:13:04,984 --> 00:13:07,520 and independent evidence           that show me                   226 00:13:07,620 --> 00:13:09,755  what you're telling me is true. 227 00:13:09,855 --> 00:13:14,393  SIEGLER: John and Sarah needed    to go out and talk to people   228 00:13:14,493 --> 00:13:17,797  who knew them to truly           understand their relationship,  229 00:13:17,897 --> 00:13:19,999 especially after                   a night of partying.           230 00:13:20,132 --> 00:13:22,868   Those aren't                      the typical things that HPD   231 00:13:22,968 --> 00:13:24,870  is called upon to investigate.  232 00:13:26,005 --> 00:13:29,375    JORDAN: What Sarah and I do     is we go to the area           233 00:13:29,475 --> 00:13:32,411    that Ana and Stefan             had been known to go.          234 00:13:32,545 --> 00:13:34,747  The obvious first place         was going to be the condominium. 235 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:37,817  We talked to the people          at the complex,                 236 00:13:37,950 --> 00:13:39,385   and that was                   a wealth of information.         237 00:13:39,485 --> 00:13:42,188  We did find out                    that they had been together   238 00:13:42,321 --> 00:13:43,289 for about a year,                239 00:13:43,389 --> 00:13:45,591   and they actually met            in the lobby                   240 00:13:45,724 --> 00:13:47,193  of the Park Lane condominiums.  241 00:13:47,293 --> 00:13:49,695   Ana had been                     dating someone else.           242 00:13:49,828 --> 00:13:51,597   That person broke off          the relationship,                243 00:13:51,697 --> 00:13:53,966    and she approached             Stefan Andersson in the lobby.  244 00:13:54,099 --> 00:13:56,035    Ana was one                   who never really worked,         245 00:13:56,135 --> 00:13:58,003    was always kind of looking       for the next person           246 00:13:58,103 --> 00:13:59,305   to take care of her.           247 00:13:59,438 --> 00:14:00,973 There's those men                who are attracted                248 00:14:01,106 --> 00:14:02,341  to people who need help         249 00:14:02,474 --> 00:14:04,944    and I think Stefan            was one of those people.         250 00:14:06,212 --> 00:14:08,247 ANNIKA LINDQVIST:                   He is what I call a FISHK.    251 00:14:08,347 --> 00:14:14,720    Funny, intelligent, social,   humble, and kind-hearted.        252 00:14:14,854 --> 00:14:18,557 He was very excited about          meeting someone, and he was--  253 00:14:18,691 --> 00:14:22,127    I could hear he was hoping    to settle down with her.         254 00:14:22,695 --> 00:14:23,762 In the beginning.                255 00:14:23,863 --> 00:14:25,464    But his...                    256 00:14:26,665 --> 00:14:29,068   enthusiasm kind of wore off.   257 00:14:30,569 --> 00:14:34,473  Even though Ana                 and Stefan had broken up,        258 00:14:34,607 --> 00:14:38,110   before Ana could move to Waco     to live with her daughter,    259 00:14:38,210 --> 00:14:40,446    she asked Stefan if              she could stay at his place   260 00:14:40,546 --> 00:14:42,982    yet another night,             and he let her,                 261 00:14:43,082 --> 00:14:44,617  right before all this happened. 262 00:14:45,684 --> 00:14:48,554    At the very end of               a tumultuous relationship,    263 00:14:48,654 --> 00:14:51,190  when it's all crumbling            and falling apart,            264 00:14:51,290 --> 00:14:54,994    that is the most dangerous     time of a relationship.         265 00:14:55,828 --> 00:14:59,365 What was key is there was          a neighbor who hears kind of   266 00:14:59,465 --> 00:15:02,134 the movement of furniture         and something going on.         267 00:15:02,268 --> 00:15:04,670   She does hear                     the sound of a man yelling,   268 00:15:04,770 --> 00:15:07,773   but never any kind of female      saying, "Help, help, help."   269 00:15:07,907 --> 00:15:11,610  And she tells us it was 2:13 AM and that was significant         270 00:15:11,710 --> 00:15:13,679    because that's like            an hour and 20 minutes          271 00:15:13,779 --> 00:15:15,247 before the 911 call was.         272 00:15:15,381 --> 00:15:18,250   So, I think it's safe            to assume that brutal murder,  273 00:15:18,384 --> 00:15:20,219   as Stefan is on that ground,   274 00:15:20,319 --> 00:15:24,523   as she is hitting him          about the face, happens,         275 00:15:24,657 --> 00:15:27,927   and then she's sitting there,    "What am I gonna do?"          276 00:15:29,695 --> 00:15:30,896  We went to the golf club where  277 00:15:31,030 --> 00:15:33,132    he would have lunch             all the time.                  278 00:15:33,232 --> 00:15:35,768 And we spoke to waitstaff         and the cooks,                  279 00:15:35,868 --> 00:15:39,271  and they confirmed that            he would drink quite a bit.   280 00:15:39,371 --> 00:15:45,244 But what was important is         anybody who ever saw him drink, 281 00:15:45,344 --> 00:15:51,583   never saw him ever get loud,    get angry, get violent at all.  282 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:58,290 SARAH SEELY: John and I would go    up and down the light rail    283 00:15:58,390 --> 00:16:01,593    in downtown Houston              and go into places            284 00:16:01,694 --> 00:16:04,263  and ask them if                  they knew Ana Trujillo.         285 00:16:04,396 --> 00:16:07,933 And surprisingly,                 many people had a story         286 00:16:08,033 --> 00:16:10,336 of a night that they ran            into Ana Trujillo.            287 00:16:10,469 --> 00:16:12,705 It was a repeated pattern          of violence,                   288 00:16:12,805 --> 00:16:16,275  almost all towards men,         when she was intoxicated.        289 00:16:16,375 --> 00:16:20,079  It was a little busboy            who tried to help her pick up  290 00:16:20,212 --> 00:16:22,314    a piece of jewelry               that had fallen off of her.   291 00:16:22,448 --> 00:16:25,184   When he tries to give it back   to her, she slaps him.          292 00:16:28,487 --> 00:16:32,491   The last stop before             they come home was Bar 5015.   293 00:16:32,624 --> 00:16:35,995   John and I were able              to get surveillance video.    294 00:16:36,428 --> 00:16:38,330  Ana had said in her statement,  295 00:16:38,464 --> 00:16:41,166   Stefan Andersson was abusive    to her and controlling.         296 00:16:41,300 --> 00:16:43,635   And what you actually          see on the surveillance video is 297 00:16:43,769 --> 00:16:47,139   a woman who is flirting with     every man at the bar,          298 00:16:47,272 --> 00:16:48,974    who is not being controlled   299 00:16:49,074 --> 00:16:52,277  or dominated in any way         by Dr. Andersson.                300 00:16:52,378 --> 00:16:54,613   He comes into the bar            at least three times           301 00:16:54,747 --> 00:16:57,950    to try to get her to leave     as the cab is outside waiting.  302 00:16:58,083 --> 00:17:01,220 He stands very passively           behind her bar stool           303 00:17:01,353 --> 00:17:04,223   while she repeatedly              takes drinks from other men   304 00:17:04,356 --> 00:17:06,258    and is flirting and dancing   305 00:17:06,392 --> 00:17:09,595   and looks like she is having    the night of her life.          306 00:17:09,728 --> 00:17:12,765 It was completely                   inconsistent with the story   307 00:17:12,898 --> 00:17:15,267 Ana Trujillo was telling police. 308 00:17:23,475 --> 00:17:26,578   JACK CARROLL: I was promoting   the case to the media.          309 00:17:26,712 --> 00:17:30,749   I felt if I talked about it,   that we could get some sympathy. 310 00:17:30,883 --> 00:17:33,786   Stefan Andersson grabbed her.   They started wrestling.         311 00:17:33,886 --> 00:17:36,655   He got on top of her.            She couldn't breathe.          312 00:17:36,789 --> 00:17:38,424    When a defense lawyer talks   313 00:17:38,524 --> 00:17:41,460 to the media about their            client's alleged innocence,   314 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:42,961  I think that's part of             their job,                    315 00:17:43,095 --> 00:17:44,530   and I think that's fair game.  316 00:17:44,663 --> 00:17:46,665   And I think most prosecutors    know that that's coming         317 00:17:46,799 --> 00:17:48,300    and there's nothing             you can do about it.           318 00:17:48,901 --> 00:17:51,770 I want them to understand         her side of the story.          319 00:17:51,904 --> 00:17:55,674   I mean, if you're in fear for   your life, that's self-defense. 320 00:17:55,808 --> 00:17:59,445    JORDAN: It had gotten local    and national attention.         321 00:17:59,545 --> 00:18:03,082    We're talking about an item   that someone has around.         322 00:18:03,215 --> 00:18:05,751   She needed to grab it             to defend herself.            323 00:18:05,851 --> 00:18:08,420   Clearly, this must have been   a battered woman syndrome        324 00:18:08,554 --> 00:18:11,156  or this must have been someone   who had to kill her boyfriend.  325 00:18:11,256 --> 00:18:13,125   So we were concerned.          326 00:18:13,225 --> 00:18:15,828 In the community                  and in national media,          327 00:18:15,928 --> 00:18:17,763  there was this wrong narrative. 328 00:18:17,896 --> 00:18:21,033  We had to make sure that people listened to the evidence         329 00:18:21,133 --> 00:18:23,001    and not fall victim            of stereotypes.                 330 00:18:23,135 --> 00:18:24,470 That was going to be key.        331 00:18:39,751 --> 00:18:41,987   Okay, get these out.           332 00:18:42,654 --> 00:18:45,057    SEELY: Ana Trujillo            tried to spin the story         333 00:18:45,157 --> 00:18:46,859 that she was the victim,         334 00:18:46,959 --> 00:18:50,362    but every piece of            physical evidence we came across 335 00:18:50,462 --> 00:18:52,931  ruled out self-defense.         336 00:18:53,298 --> 00:18:54,666   SIEGLER: Hey, Rhonda.          337 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,935    I haven't seen John            in a long time,                 338 00:18:57,035 --> 00:19:00,339   and I'm really excited to see     him and finally meet Sarah,   339 00:19:00,439 --> 00:19:02,074    because I've heard            a lot about her.                 340 00:19:02,207 --> 00:19:03,642  They were a great team.         341 00:19:03,775 --> 00:19:06,245  - Oh, my God. Look who's here.     - Hey, how are you?           342 00:19:06,345 --> 00:19:07,746   - How are you doing?              - Good to see you.            343 00:19:07,846 --> 00:19:09,715    - Good to see you.               - Kelly, do you know Sarah?   344 00:19:09,815 --> 00:19:11,917    - It's so nice to meet you.    - No. Finally. Finally.         345 00:19:12,050 --> 00:19:13,552   I've heard so much about you.  346 00:19:13,685 --> 00:19:15,120    - I'm so happy to meet you.      - It's so nice to meet you.   347 00:19:15,254 --> 00:19:16,655    She's the chief of              the Homicide Bureau.           348 00:19:16,755 --> 00:19:18,157  I know, I know.                  Wow, you're crushing it, girl.  349 00:19:18,257 --> 00:19:19,191   - That's a great job.            - Thank you.                   350 00:19:19,291 --> 00:19:20,626 There is great tradition         351 00:19:20,759 --> 00:19:22,661   at the Harris County District  Attorney's office                352 00:19:22,761 --> 00:19:25,531    that's built by prosecutors      like Kelly Siegler.           353 00:19:25,664 --> 00:19:27,232 Kelly's a legend.                354 00:19:27,366 --> 00:19:30,169  Watching Kelly Siegler          in the David Temple trial        355 00:19:30,302 --> 00:19:32,538   is the reason                   I became a prosecutor.          356 00:19:32,638 --> 00:19:34,406  - This case...                   - Yeah.                         357 00:19:34,540 --> 00:19:36,842   I mean, when y'all worked it,  358 00:19:36,975 --> 00:19:38,510  I followed it in the newspaper. 359 00:19:38,610 --> 00:19:40,412  Whoa, whoa. You gotta--            You gotta tell me--           360 00:19:40,512 --> 00:19:41,680  You gotta tell me what you got. 361 00:19:41,780 --> 00:19:43,348 Come on,                           let's see what you got here.   362 00:19:43,448 --> 00:19:46,151  I owe my career and my success  to Kelly Siegler.                363 00:19:46,251 --> 00:19:48,053   When I was coming up             and started,                   364 00:19:48,186 --> 00:19:50,222 all of us                        would watch her in trial.        365 00:19:50,322 --> 00:19:52,925 He knew what he was about to do, 366 00:19:53,058 --> 00:19:55,294 and he meant to do it that fast. 367 00:19:55,394 --> 00:19:57,763   That makes him guilty             of capital murder.            368 00:19:57,896 --> 00:19:59,464  JORDAN:                            She was one of my mentors.    369 00:19:59,598 --> 00:20:01,767  And she was relentless           in looking into cases,          370 00:20:01,900 --> 00:20:03,869    so no stone goes unturned.    371 00:20:03,969 --> 00:20:05,837 The high heel is in here.        372 00:20:05,938 --> 00:20:07,172 Sarah, what brand is it?         373 00:20:07,306 --> 00:20:09,074    Is it a fancy brand             of high heel?                  374 00:20:09,208 --> 00:20:10,676    No, it's not fancy.           375 00:20:10,776 --> 00:20:13,512   It was a shoe that you'd find   at a department store.          376 00:20:13,645 --> 00:20:15,981   We asked the medical examiner   to take an X-ray of it,         377 00:20:16,081 --> 00:20:17,783 and it's actually                almost 7 inches.                 378 00:20:17,916 --> 00:20:19,117   And it's a metal rod.          379 00:20:19,218 --> 00:20:20,152  JORDAN:                            So, it's the equivalent of    380 00:20:20,285 --> 00:20:21,320 an ice pick going into his face. 381 00:20:21,420 --> 00:20:22,554  It was clearly a murder weapon. 382 00:20:23,088 --> 00:20:26,625  We now know, because of           the autopsy results,           383 00:20:26,725 --> 00:20:29,695    that he was struck            at least 25 times                384 00:20:29,828 --> 00:20:30,996 about the face and neck.         385 00:20:31,096 --> 00:20:32,598 And the reason why it's at least 386 00:20:32,731 --> 00:20:35,534  is because some of the strikes   were so close together,         387 00:20:35,634 --> 00:20:38,537  it might have been one,         but it was probably two.         388 00:20:38,637 --> 00:20:42,241  Now that you know that             it's an ice pick as a heel,   389 00:20:42,374 --> 00:20:44,576  and that is continuing             to hit him                    390 00:20:44,676 --> 00:20:47,346  and how painful                  that must have been...          391 00:20:47,479 --> 00:20:49,615   in his last moments on Earth.  392 00:20:50,282 --> 00:20:51,750  SEELY:                            She was straddling his chest,  393 00:20:51,883 --> 00:20:54,319 which we learned once we started   to look at the jeans,          394 00:20:54,419 --> 00:20:56,555 that helped us understand          how she had been able          395 00:20:56,655 --> 00:20:58,790   to subdue him on the ground.   396 00:20:59,758 --> 00:21:02,361  DUNCAN: Ms. Trujillo's             initial statement is that,    397 00:21:02,494 --> 00:21:06,031   "I was wrestling for my life    in the hallway                  398 00:21:06,164 --> 00:21:08,400   and trying to defend myself."  399 00:21:09,001 --> 00:21:11,903    But yet that story              just doesn't line up.          400 00:21:12,804 --> 00:21:15,807   The saturation stains            on the insides of the thighs   401 00:21:15,941 --> 00:21:19,278   show how the legs of             Ms. Trujillo                   402 00:21:19,411 --> 00:21:23,348    were wrapped around            the head of the victim.         403 00:21:24,316 --> 00:21:26,218 So there's where                   you get your theory,           404 00:21:26,318 --> 00:21:28,687 corroboration of straddling him. 405 00:21:28,820 --> 00:21:29,888   Wow.                           406 00:21:29,988 --> 00:21:32,491 I forgot how much people            following the case            407 00:21:32,591 --> 00:21:33,892   were all on her side.          408 00:21:34,026 --> 00:21:36,228    What was your plan             to let everybody know,          409 00:21:36,328 --> 00:21:38,330   "Whoa, we had                   the wrong story here."          410 00:21:38,430 --> 00:21:39,865  Yeah. You know,                 the frustrating thing is         411 00:21:39,998 --> 00:21:42,200    the public wants to believe    that narrative, right?          412 00:21:42,301 --> 00:21:46,238 We got a dead man, a live woman,   she claiming she was abused.   413 00:21:46,371 --> 00:21:47,873    People are willing              to accept a narrative          414 00:21:47,973 --> 00:21:49,508    that they feel more           comfortable with.                415 00:21:49,641 --> 00:21:51,043  Because most of                    the women that come forward   416 00:21:51,143 --> 00:21:53,245 as a victim of domestic violence    or sexual assault,            417 00:21:53,378 --> 00:21:54,946    they are telling the truth.   418 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:57,649 And what it really became          was showing the jury           419 00:21:57,783 --> 00:22:00,886  how she was using this           presentation of being a victim  420 00:22:00,986 --> 00:22:02,254  to try to hide behind,          421 00:22:02,354 --> 00:22:05,090 and that she was                  taking away the ability         422 00:22:05,190 --> 00:22:06,391   for all real victims           423 00:22:06,525 --> 00:22:08,393   in the future                  to be perceived that way.        424 00:22:08,527 --> 00:22:09,828  SIEGLER: I think this is one of    those cases                   425 00:22:09,928 --> 00:22:11,697 that y'all will remember         your whole life.                 426 00:22:11,830 --> 00:22:12,964  It really was.                  427 00:22:20,272 --> 00:22:23,175  That first day, it is a circus. 428 00:22:23,275 --> 00:22:25,544  National media is here.         429 00:22:25,677 --> 00:22:27,145 REPORTER: Murder suspect            Ana Trujillo                  430 00:22:27,279 --> 00:22:29,948  is wearing flat shoes as        she enters the courtroom today,  431 00:22:30,082 --> 00:22:31,350 not looking like someone capable 432 00:22:31,450 --> 00:22:33,518    of stabbing                    their boyfriend 25 times        433 00:22:33,618 --> 00:22:35,387   with a stiletto heel.          434 00:22:35,487 --> 00:22:38,590   My impression of her           on the first day was just        435 00:22:38,690 --> 00:22:40,759  like any normal person,          average person.                 436 00:22:40,859 --> 00:22:43,662   She was dressed nice             and had her hair up.           437 00:22:43,795 --> 00:22:46,998 How in the world                   did she kill someone?          438 00:22:47,799 --> 00:22:50,535  The first day of trial,          I was nervous.                  439 00:22:50,635 --> 00:22:52,337 I'm a junior prosecutor.         440 00:22:52,471 --> 00:22:54,740   I haven't prosecuted           a lot of murders.                441 00:22:54,873 --> 00:22:58,076    But what I really remember    was that that was the first time 442 00:22:58,176 --> 00:23:02,447  that Stefan Andersson's family   had come to the United States.  443 00:23:02,581 --> 00:23:04,883    They've been seeing              this narrative sold           444 00:23:05,016 --> 00:23:06,685 that this man is abusive,        445 00:23:06,785 --> 00:23:09,087  the sensational nature            of the shoe.                   446 00:23:09,221 --> 00:23:12,224   They were scared that             they didn't stand a chance,   447 00:23:12,357 --> 00:23:14,025   and I didn't                    want to let them down.          448 00:23:14,826 --> 00:23:18,463 I always want to stand up        and tell the jury a story        449 00:23:18,563 --> 00:23:20,632   so that when                    the evidence starts to come in, 450 00:23:20,732 --> 00:23:23,602 they can plug it                   back into our story.           451 00:23:23,735 --> 00:23:27,806  So, I'm wearing blue high heels  and I take my shoe off,         452 00:23:27,939 --> 00:23:31,576  and I am demonstrating             how she struck him            453 00:23:31,676 --> 00:23:34,179  repeatedly in the face           with her shoe.                  454 00:23:36,481 --> 00:23:37,682 CARROLL:                           During my opening statement.   455 00:23:37,816 --> 00:23:40,051 I wanted                            a jury to hear the 911 call   456 00:23:40,185 --> 00:23:44,423  because you could tell           Ana wasn't in an enraged state. 457 00:23:44,523 --> 00:23:45,924 OPERATOR:                          Okay. Is he awake now?         458 00:23:46,057 --> 00:23:48,393   ANA TRUJILLO:                   No, he's... [mumbling].         459 00:23:48,493 --> 00:23:50,662 OPERATOR:                         Is he breathing at all?         460 00:23:50,796 --> 00:23:52,597  ANA: No. I don't know.          461 00:23:52,731 --> 00:23:55,934  She was trying                    to get help for him.           462 00:23:56,067 --> 00:23:59,604   And she's just one of            these people that's dead on.   463 00:23:59,738 --> 00:24:01,673   I don't think                     she can really lie.           464 00:24:01,773 --> 00:24:03,542  She is not an actress.          465 00:24:04,443 --> 00:24:07,979  SIEGLER: Both sides come to the  courtroom very, very confident. 466 00:24:08,113 --> 00:24:11,550  John and Sarah believe           they have crime scene evidence  467 00:24:11,650 --> 00:24:13,585  that can dispute self-defense.  468 00:24:13,685 --> 00:24:16,388 And Jack Carroll                   believes that he has a client  469 00:24:16,521 --> 00:24:18,723   who the jury                   is gonna sympathize with         470 00:24:18,857 --> 00:24:22,327 and believe what she has to say,  that she acted in self-defense. 471 00:24:22,427 --> 00:24:24,863   Now, we're gonna see             who's right.                   472 00:24:32,938 --> 00:24:34,539    JORDAN: In a murder case in      the state of Texas,           473 00:24:34,673 --> 00:24:36,808 you are allowed to bring            in evidence                   474 00:24:36,942 --> 00:24:38,577    of the relationship            of the parties,                 475 00:24:38,710 --> 00:24:41,713  which is great because            nothing happens in a vacuum.   476 00:24:41,813 --> 00:24:44,216    So, we have                     to introduce to them           477 00:24:44,349 --> 00:24:46,117  who Stefan Andersson is         478 00:24:46,218 --> 00:24:50,722    and give them a feeling for   the nature of that relationship. 479 00:24:50,856 --> 00:24:54,159   That is how we solidify that   this was not self-defense        480 00:24:54,292 --> 00:24:55,560   and this was murder.           481 00:24:56,795 --> 00:24:59,598    We are calling to the stand   Annika Lindqvist,                482 00:24:59,698 --> 00:25:02,000 who was a longtime friend        483 00:25:02,100 --> 00:25:06,304  as well as a professor,          along with Stefan in the past.  484 00:25:06,438 --> 00:25:11,009 The only thing I can see            is the killer sitting there   485 00:25:12,577 --> 00:25:13,912   who really...                  486 00:25:14,045 --> 00:25:17,516 destroyed part of my life           by killing Stefan.            487 00:25:17,916 --> 00:25:21,052   And she almost smirks          when she's sitting there.        488 00:25:21,186 --> 00:25:22,687  She's smirking, almost.         489 00:25:22,821 --> 00:25:25,590 I got overwhelming anger.        490 00:25:25,724 --> 00:25:27,792    That's what I felt.           491 00:25:27,893 --> 00:25:30,829  I want him to be known            to the world                   492 00:25:30,929 --> 00:25:34,532 that he was a kind, good person. 493 00:25:34,633 --> 00:25:37,769 There was nothing violent          with Stefan.                   494 00:25:38,837 --> 00:25:42,340  JORDAN:                           Annika comes across genuine.   495 00:25:43,141 --> 00:25:46,177   And she was there for             the best reason you could.    496 00:25:46,278 --> 00:25:47,746 She was there...                 497 00:25:49,648 --> 00:25:52,951  to speak about                     her friend, and...            498 00:25:54,185 --> 00:25:55,854 I-- I felt great for her         499 00:25:55,987 --> 00:25:58,290  because she was                   so devastated by how he died,  500 00:25:58,390 --> 00:26:02,227   but she got in there            and she got to speak his truth. 501 00:26:04,629 --> 00:26:06,831   Now, it's the moment.          502 00:26:06,932 --> 00:26:09,668   We call Chris Duncan             to the stand,                  503 00:26:09,801 --> 00:26:11,870 and he was one of                  the foremost experts           504 00:26:11,970 --> 00:26:13,872    in blood pattern analysis,    505 00:26:14,005 --> 00:26:16,808  not only in the state,           but in the country at the time. 506 00:26:17,375 --> 00:26:19,811   We had pictures of the scene   507 00:26:19,945 --> 00:26:21,379   and we had the jeans,          508 00:26:21,513 --> 00:26:23,748    and we're showing the jury    the jeans                        509 00:26:23,848 --> 00:26:27,953 and the pictures                   and how she was on top of him  510 00:26:28,086 --> 00:26:32,891  and the blood stains that were   coming off of the blows         511 00:26:32,991 --> 00:26:34,826 were coming up onto her clothes. 512 00:26:34,926 --> 00:26:38,096  And then how the stains           radiated up the pants          513 00:26:38,229 --> 00:26:41,633   from, again,                     the victim, between her legs.  514 00:26:41,733 --> 00:26:44,169   And then the pictures           from the wall,                  515 00:26:44,269 --> 00:26:47,272    how they all radiated from     a level of about a foot         516 00:26:47,405 --> 00:26:50,675  to two feet at the most          from the floor.                 517 00:26:50,775 --> 00:26:53,345   There's no indication            that Stefan Andersson          518 00:26:53,445 --> 00:26:56,414  ever got up off                    the floor once he was down.   519 00:26:57,215 --> 00:27:00,251 SEELY: And the fact that          he has all the injuries         520 00:27:00,352 --> 00:27:02,153    was a game-changer.           521 00:27:02,253 --> 00:27:03,455 In the courtroom,                522 00:27:03,588 --> 00:27:06,992 I could hear it get quiet        after the gasps.                 523 00:27:07,125 --> 00:27:08,827    And that was the first time      I thought,                    524 00:27:08,927 --> 00:27:11,763   "These people                   are willing to listen."         525 00:27:11,896 --> 00:27:13,098   They're not buying the story   526 00:27:13,198 --> 00:27:15,066 that's being sold                 to them on television,          527 00:27:15,166 --> 00:27:17,936   and they're starting           to hear physical evidence        528 00:27:18,036 --> 00:27:21,239   and facts that prove             that she is guilty of murder.  529 00:27:23,074 --> 00:27:25,844  But that wasn't enough.         We knew we just couldn't say it. 530 00:27:26,878 --> 00:27:28,647 Part of our culture that            we learned                    531 00:27:28,747 --> 00:27:30,281    from Kelly Siegler             back in the day                 532 00:27:30,382 --> 00:27:32,350  was you bring the crime         to the courtroom.                533 00:27:32,450 --> 00:27:36,688    Jurors have to see.            What the defendant did.         534 00:27:36,788 --> 00:27:38,390   They have to see what          the victim went through.         535 00:27:38,523 --> 00:27:42,060   Chris had secured a mannequin  from the fire department,        536 00:27:42,193 --> 00:27:44,863 and we have that                    as Stefan Andersson           537 00:27:44,963 --> 00:27:47,899  and I get on top of it          and straddle him,                538 00:27:47,999 --> 00:27:50,001    the dummy,                      the same way that Ana          539 00:27:50,135 --> 00:27:52,103  had straddled Stefan Andersson. 540 00:27:52,203 --> 00:27:56,307 I'm then showing                  the jury what happened.         541 00:27:57,475 --> 00:27:59,978    He did it 25 times,           542 00:28:00,078 --> 00:28:03,348   and he did it just, you know,     not fast, not slow.           543 00:28:03,448 --> 00:28:06,885  Just wanted us to feel             how long that took.           544 00:28:07,018 --> 00:28:11,156    25 times, counting             one, two, three, like.          545 00:28:11,289 --> 00:28:12,457   And it was powerful.           546 00:28:12,557 --> 00:28:14,225    It was powerful, but still,   547 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:16,294  I wasn't, like,                   swayed one way or the other.   548 00:28:16,428 --> 00:28:18,797 Whether I thought                   she did it that many times    549 00:28:18,897 --> 00:28:20,498 or that's how she did it.        550 00:28:20,632 --> 00:28:23,702  I think I was a little confused 551 00:28:24,035 --> 00:28:27,272 that it was John                 instead of Sarah                 552 00:28:27,372 --> 00:28:29,974   wielding the high heeled shoe    in the demonstration.          553 00:28:30,108 --> 00:28:33,011   To me, it would have           been even more impactful         554 00:28:33,144 --> 00:28:37,015   and emotional                    and effective to see a woman   555 00:28:37,115 --> 00:28:40,985 going after a man                  in the demonstration.          556 00:28:41,086 --> 00:28:42,921    CARROLL: I thought            it was overboard.                557 00:28:43,054 --> 00:28:45,857  The testimony had already been     the blood spatter evidence    558 00:28:45,990 --> 00:28:47,258    and all that kind of stuff.   559 00:28:47,358 --> 00:28:49,994 It was, you know,                   I thought it was overkill.    560 00:28:50,128 --> 00:28:52,330    And I wanted to put            our evidence on                 561 00:28:52,464 --> 00:28:55,433  and show during                  the defense stage that,         562 00:28:55,567 --> 00:28:57,635  you know, what                  really happened.                 563 00:28:58,203 --> 00:29:00,605   I hired a martial arts expert  564 00:29:00,705 --> 00:29:02,741 and I had                        an ex-homicide detective         565 00:29:02,874 --> 00:29:05,944  demonstrate how Stefan            had acted towards Ana          566 00:29:06,077 --> 00:29:07,712 and how he attacked her.         567 00:29:08,546 --> 00:29:10,315   You could tell what happened   from the pictures                568 00:29:10,448 --> 00:29:11,783   that the police took.          569 00:29:11,916 --> 00:29:14,452 There was a clump                of his hair on the floor         570 00:29:14,586 --> 00:29:18,490  in front of the couch,           which she had grabbed his head, 571 00:29:19,157 --> 00:29:21,259   and when he pushed her over,   572 00:29:21,392 --> 00:29:23,394 you know,                         came out from her hand.         573 00:29:23,495 --> 00:29:27,465   LORI DELVIGE: To me,              that one seemed so dramatic   574 00:29:27,565 --> 00:29:30,869   versus the other one             because they were showing you  575 00:29:31,002 --> 00:29:33,705    exactly what would             have happened because they know 576 00:29:33,838 --> 00:29:35,106   she hit him that many times.   577 00:29:35,206 --> 00:29:37,942 But this was more                  a whole dramatization          578 00:29:38,042 --> 00:29:39,978  of what could happen in            an assault.                   579 00:29:40,078 --> 00:29:42,213   But is that real life          of what happened,                580 00:29:42,347 --> 00:29:44,883    or it's just an act             of what could happen?          581 00:29:46,117 --> 00:29:49,888  In every trial,                   you hope for that one witness  582 00:29:49,988 --> 00:29:52,457 that just                           really brings it all home.    583 00:29:52,557 --> 00:29:55,994 And in this case, John and Sarah    found that witness,           584 00:29:56,127 --> 00:29:58,396  and it turned out to be         the last witness                 585 00:29:58,530 --> 00:30:00,932   who saw them together alive.   586 00:30:06,004 --> 00:30:09,174 JORDAN: That night, Ana Trujillo   and Stefan Andersson           587 00:30:09,274 --> 00:30:10,708  enjoy a couple bottles of wine. 588 00:30:10,842 --> 00:30:12,844  Ana has a lot of shots             of tequila.                   589 00:30:13,178 --> 00:30:14,946  Later, they took a cab.         590 00:30:15,079 --> 00:30:19,217   And so we are calling            to the stand that cab driver.  591 00:30:19,317 --> 00:30:22,520 That ten minute cab ride         gives us a window                592 00:30:22,654 --> 00:30:27,091    into the nature of              the relationship that night.   593 00:30:28,259 --> 00:30:31,095  What the cab driver told us is  594 00:30:31,196 --> 00:30:33,431  immediately as                     they get in the cab           595 00:30:33,565 --> 00:30:35,433 and she's gonna bring them home, 596 00:30:35,533 --> 00:30:38,102    Ana Trujillo starts yelling      at the cab driver,            597 00:30:38,236 --> 00:30:39,637   "You're taking the long way.   598 00:30:39,771 --> 00:30:41,606 You're trying to                 get more money from us."         599 00:30:41,739 --> 00:30:43,975  And she's like, "Ma'am,          I just put in the GPS.          600 00:30:44,075 --> 00:30:45,143  I know what I'm doing."         601 00:30:45,243 --> 00:30:47,078   And Stefan tries to step in.   602 00:30:47,212 --> 00:30:50,281    And then she turns            her attention to Stefan,         603 00:30:50,415 --> 00:30:53,318  yelling at him                     and belittling him.           604 00:30:53,451 --> 00:30:55,687  And what the cab driver         tells us                         605 00:30:55,787 --> 00:31:00,024 is Stefan was just very calm and  just taking it and ignoring it. 606 00:31:00,158 --> 00:31:03,995 Ana's continuing                   to get angry, and so much so,  607 00:31:04,128 --> 00:31:07,632    when they get out,             Stefan says, "Just go inside."  608 00:31:07,732 --> 00:31:09,534   And she goes inside.           609 00:31:11,035 --> 00:31:13,671  The cab driver                  then told Stefan,                610 00:31:13,805 --> 00:31:15,974  "You seem like                     a really nice man.            611 00:31:16,074 --> 00:31:18,843  This woman is trouble.          612 00:31:18,977 --> 00:31:21,112 She's going to hurt you."        613 00:31:22,513 --> 00:31:24,549   DELVIGE: When the cab driver   was on the stand,                614 00:31:24,682 --> 00:31:27,685   she was really having          a hard time talking about        615 00:31:27,819 --> 00:31:31,089 the interactions                 that went on in the cab.         616 00:31:31,222 --> 00:31:34,192    Ana was just sitting there    shaking her head,                617 00:31:34,292 --> 00:31:37,695 not sure that she was happy with  what they were saying.          618 00:31:38,196 --> 00:31:40,164    That spoke volumes.           619 00:31:46,604 --> 00:31:48,806   SEELY: John and I had            a deliberate strategy          620 00:31:48,940 --> 00:31:50,141   for closing argument.          621 00:31:50,241 --> 00:31:51,709  Every time we met with people,  622 00:31:51,809 --> 00:31:54,312  they would say this was            a he said, she said story.    623 00:31:54,412 --> 00:31:55,847  And so, we took that literally. 624 00:31:55,980 --> 00:31:58,049 He said, she said                 for closing arguments,          625 00:31:58,149 --> 00:32:00,451   one of us was going to speak     for Stefan Andersson           626 00:32:00,551 --> 00:32:03,888  and one of us was going to show    them who Ana Trujillo was.    627 00:32:04,422 --> 00:32:06,190  Any old lame lawyer can get up  628 00:32:06,291 --> 00:32:09,127    and just re-summarize what    the witnesses had to say.        629 00:32:09,260 --> 00:32:11,229  John and Sarah                  did something really cool        630 00:32:11,362 --> 00:32:13,064  and I've never seen it             done before                   631 00:32:13,164 --> 00:32:14,565   and I think they did           a wonderful job.                 632 00:32:14,666 --> 00:32:17,201    We've now seen all            the evidence in this case        633 00:32:17,335 --> 00:32:20,905   and what we know is that what     happened on June 9th, 2013    634 00:32:21,039 --> 00:32:22,774   was not self-defense.          635 00:32:22,907 --> 00:32:28,446  She can't run from what           she said on tape to officers.  636 00:32:28,546 --> 00:32:30,114   She's on top                   637 00:32:30,214 --> 00:32:32,216 while 59-year-old                Stefan Andersson                 638 00:32:32,350 --> 00:32:36,120    lays on the floor and he's    being beaten in the face.        639 00:32:36,220 --> 00:32:38,323 She demonstrates it right there. 640 00:32:45,630 --> 00:32:48,800   Ladies and gentlemen, you can  watch her demeanor on this video 641 00:32:48,933 --> 00:32:50,535  and you can watch her demeanor  642 00:32:50,635 --> 00:32:52,437   in this courtroom for           the last week.                  643 00:32:52,570 --> 00:32:55,573    And the only person           that Ana Trujillo ever cries for 644 00:32:55,707 --> 00:32:56,774    is herself.                   645 00:32:56,874 --> 00:32:58,443  Now, I get up.                  646 00:32:59,077 --> 00:33:02,547 And now, I tell the jury         647 00:33:02,647 --> 00:33:06,417  that it is science that speaks    for Stefan Andersson.          648 00:33:06,551 --> 00:33:09,687    We know that he was             on the ground                  649 00:33:09,821 --> 00:33:12,123  as all of the strikes,          650 00:33:12,223 --> 00:33:17,662    all 25 plus strikes             were yielded by her.           651 00:33:17,762 --> 00:33:22,367   That science dictates to you   this is not self-defense,        652 00:33:22,467 --> 00:33:26,104   but this is a vicious murder.  653 00:33:27,338 --> 00:33:29,007 CARROLL:                         I tried to counteract everything 654 00:33:29,140 --> 00:33:30,541  the prosecution showed.         655 00:33:30,675 --> 00:33:33,611   I've seen prosecutors             get too involved in a case    656 00:33:33,745 --> 00:33:36,981 and go overboard,                  and if a jury doesn't buy it,  657 00:33:37,115 --> 00:33:39,984   you could very easily end up     getting a not guilty verdict.  658 00:33:40,084 --> 00:33:42,954  As long as she reasonably fears 659 00:33:43,087 --> 00:33:45,590  that the threat                 of serious bodily injury         660 00:33:45,723 --> 00:33:48,192    or death, she's justified.    661 00:33:48,292 --> 00:33:50,695  And I remember                  just feeling this, like,         662 00:33:50,795 --> 00:33:53,698  overwhelming sensation            of like, oh my gosh.           663 00:33:53,798 --> 00:33:57,368    It's a heavy burden           that you feel responsible        664 00:33:57,468 --> 00:33:59,237    to make the right decision.   665 00:34:07,912 --> 00:34:10,381  We got the phone call,          the jury's coming back in        666 00:34:10,481 --> 00:34:12,884   and we were basically            running back to the--          667 00:34:13,017 --> 00:34:14,252    to the courthouse.            668 00:34:14,385 --> 00:34:15,686 SEELY: I'm very nervous.         669 00:34:15,820 --> 00:34:17,188   When a verdict is being read,  670 00:34:17,321 --> 00:34:20,324    I'm usually praying           under the table.                 671 00:34:20,425 --> 00:34:23,094    I have a necklace that was     my dad's before he passed away  672 00:34:23,194 --> 00:34:26,364   and I hold it                  and I just say to myself         673 00:34:26,464 --> 00:34:28,466    that I hope justice             will be done.                  674 00:34:29,801 --> 00:34:32,437  JUDGE: We the jury find           the defendant, Ana Trujillo,   675 00:34:32,537 --> 00:34:34,739    guilty of murder as charged      in the indictment,            676 00:34:34,872 --> 00:34:36,607    signed foreman of the jury.   677 00:34:36,741 --> 00:34:39,477 It was like a feeling of         678 00:34:39,577 --> 00:34:42,313   bells were going to ring from     the top of the courthouse.    679 00:34:42,413 --> 00:34:44,215 The truth was finally out        680 00:34:44,348 --> 00:34:47,018  that what Ana Trujillo had been   saying for two years           681 00:34:47,118 --> 00:34:49,754 was absolutely not true.         682 00:34:50,321 --> 00:34:52,190 DELVIGE: I think the main points   of discussion                  683 00:34:52,323 --> 00:34:55,226 during that deliberation         was the fact that                684 00:34:55,326 --> 00:34:57,695    she hit him so many times.    685 00:34:57,829 --> 00:35:01,432   The extremeness of the blows   686 00:35:01,532 --> 00:35:03,468    just didn't                    make sense to everyone.         687 00:35:03,601 --> 00:35:05,870 They come out, they convict her,    but we're not done            688 00:35:06,003 --> 00:35:08,673 because now we are moving         to the punishment stage         689 00:35:08,773 --> 00:35:09,874   of the trial.                  690 00:35:11,476 --> 00:35:12,944 SIEGLER:                           In most murder cases,          691 00:35:13,077 --> 00:35:15,213   the punishment phase           is the real test.                692 00:35:15,346 --> 00:35:17,448   Is she really                     a domestic violence victim?   693 00:35:17,582 --> 00:35:19,484  Was Stefan a jerk to live with? 694 00:35:19,617 --> 00:35:22,086  On that night,                    was he a jerk to her           695 00:35:22,186 --> 00:35:23,921  to where her punishment ends up 696 00:35:24,055 --> 00:35:27,592    being toward the lower end     versus the higher end?          697 00:35:27,692 --> 00:35:31,462  And that's the real way            the defense wins this case.   698 00:35:32,130 --> 00:35:33,498  JORDAN:                            We thought a life sentence,   699 00:35:33,598 --> 00:35:35,633  the maximum punishment,          was appropriate                 700 00:35:35,766 --> 00:35:39,170   based on how good of              a man Stefan Andersson was    701 00:35:39,270 --> 00:35:42,039  and that he was                 a truly innocent victim.         702 00:35:42,173 --> 00:35:44,075   But you have to give           the jury a reason                703 00:35:44,175 --> 00:35:45,443 to give a life sentence.         704 00:35:45,576 --> 00:35:48,212 SEELY: The defense argues         sudden passion,                 705 00:35:48,346 --> 00:35:51,215   that there was some event of     adequate provocation           706 00:35:51,315 --> 00:35:52,783  that should excuse her          707 00:35:52,917 --> 00:35:56,053 and reduce her punishment           to two to 20 years.           708 00:35:56,187 --> 00:35:59,991 CARROLL: I thought we had a very  good chance of sudden passion,  709 00:36:00,091 --> 00:36:02,026  and I wanted the jury to hear,  710 00:36:02,126 --> 00:36:05,663  you know, her side of the story and put her on the stand.        711 00:36:05,763 --> 00:36:07,598 SEELY: What I was deathly           afraid of was that            712 00:36:07,732 --> 00:36:11,102  Ana Trujillo is going to charm   these 12 people                 713 00:36:11,235 --> 00:36:13,538 and convince them                 to let her walk out of          714 00:36:13,671 --> 00:36:16,440   the Harris county courthouse    with minimal sentence.          715 00:36:22,113 --> 00:36:23,381 SIEGLER:                         In the punishment phase,         716 00:36:23,514 --> 00:36:26,250  Jack Carroll is trying             to convince a jury            717 00:36:26,350 --> 00:36:27,652  "You found her guilty,          718 00:36:27,785 --> 00:36:30,254    but she was acting              under sudden passion.          719 00:36:30,988 --> 00:36:34,158    She was so enraged,             she couldn't control herself.  720 00:36:34,258 --> 00:36:37,795 And there was an adequate reason  for her to be acting this way.  721 00:36:37,929 --> 00:36:41,199  She had never committed          a serious violent crime before. 722 00:36:41,332 --> 00:36:42,800    She was remorseful.           723 00:36:42,934 --> 00:36:45,069  Don't take away                   the rest of her life           724 00:36:45,203 --> 00:36:47,271 based on one bad night."         725 00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:51,876   We are trying to say             this was not sudden.           726 00:36:52,009 --> 00:36:53,578  This was a pattern of behavior. 727 00:36:54,045 --> 00:36:56,881  At that moment,                   all the hard work we had done  728 00:36:56,981 --> 00:37:00,117 to find all these people          that knew Ana Trujillo          729 00:37:00,251 --> 00:37:01,819   was going to pay off.          730 00:37:01,953 --> 00:37:02,987  We called 20 witnesses.         731 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:04,422 Now, some of them                were very short.                 732 00:37:04,555 --> 00:37:06,524 Some of them were                   interactions that she had,    733 00:37:06,657 --> 00:37:08,626    whether it be the security      guard, the bar back,           734 00:37:08,759 --> 00:37:10,828    we had some                   criminal trespass cases.         735 00:37:10,962 --> 00:37:12,930  One victim had                     a candlestick to his head.    736 00:37:13,064 --> 00:37:16,067   Another one got bit.              Another one was assaulted.    737 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:18,569   There was something that was    in common with every encounter  738 00:37:18,669 --> 00:37:20,638  she had with anybody we found.  739 00:37:20,771 --> 00:37:22,340  It was alcohol,                 740 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:25,409    and then outbursts             of anger and violence.          741 00:37:25,876 --> 00:37:28,779 They had witness                   after witness after witness,   742 00:37:28,913 --> 00:37:31,015 people that she beat up.         743 00:37:31,148 --> 00:37:33,451    And she's a violent woman.    744 00:37:33,584 --> 00:37:35,253    I know that, but...           745 00:37:35,786 --> 00:37:39,890   in this case, I felt              her actions were justified.   746 00:37:39,991 --> 00:37:43,027    So, I was trying to              get some kind of sympathy.    747 00:37:43,828 --> 00:37:47,265   Most criminal defense lawyers  you hear on TV and such,         748 00:37:47,398 --> 00:37:49,233   never put your client            on the stand.                  749 00:37:49,333 --> 00:37:52,903  But I wanted her to be able to  750 00:37:53,004 --> 00:37:56,140    tell them in her own words    what happened that night.        751 00:37:56,240 --> 00:37:58,676   SIEGLER: The jury has            disbelieved all the evidence,  752 00:37:58,776 --> 00:38:00,745  that she acted in self-defense. 753 00:38:00,845 --> 00:38:03,347  And now                         you put her on the stand.        754 00:38:03,447 --> 00:38:04,982 I was a little surprised.        755 00:38:05,082 --> 00:38:06,450 JORDAN: The biggest worry        756 00:38:06,584 --> 00:38:09,053 is if she took the stand          and was demure                  757 00:38:09,153 --> 00:38:10,821   or sorrowful                   758 00:38:10,955 --> 00:38:14,358   or kind of pathetic and said,    "I can't believe I did this."  759 00:38:14,492 --> 00:38:17,528    And juries, a lot of times    just they want to give...        760 00:38:18,062 --> 00:38:20,464  mercy and say,                    "Well, they'll have a chance   761 00:38:20,564 --> 00:38:21,799    to turn themselves around."   762 00:38:21,899 --> 00:38:24,335    SEELY: Ana Trujillo           takes the stand.                 763 00:38:24,468 --> 00:38:27,738   And it was paralyzing          in the courtroom                 764 00:38:27,872 --> 00:38:32,743  because she went on a narrative  for probably five to six hours  765 00:38:32,877 --> 00:38:36,647  and not really answered any of     the questions asked of her.   766 00:38:36,747 --> 00:38:38,883   It was the Ana Trujillo show.  767 00:38:39,950 --> 00:38:42,486 The jury                            does not need to like her,    768 00:38:42,586 --> 00:38:44,655 but they sure as                 heck have to believe her.        769 00:38:44,789 --> 00:38:46,657 SEELY: The jurors were groaning. 770 00:38:46,757 --> 00:38:48,859   People were shifting            in their seats.                 771 00:38:48,959 --> 00:38:50,828    People were looking            away from her.                  772 00:38:50,928 --> 00:38:53,197  Several jurors                     were looking at me            773 00:38:53,297 --> 00:38:55,232  and John and nodding their head 774 00:38:55,333 --> 00:38:59,603 in the fact that this is exactly   who Ana Trujillo always was.   775 00:39:01,072 --> 00:39:05,242   I had Ana and myself              do a demonstration            776 00:39:05,376 --> 00:39:06,744 of what happened.                777 00:39:07,411 --> 00:39:11,749    She got so into remembering     what had happened that night.  778 00:39:11,882 --> 00:39:14,819 I think she was reliving         the episode because Ana,         779 00:39:14,952 --> 00:39:18,589   she grabbed my hair and just    started yanking it pretty hard. 780 00:39:19,290 --> 00:39:21,459 And okay, Ana, calm down.        781 00:39:21,559 --> 00:39:24,962   I didn't have control           over my client.                 782 00:39:25,062 --> 00:39:26,697    No control at all.            783 00:39:26,831 --> 00:39:29,767   After that, there was           no sympathy in that courtroom.  784 00:39:34,772 --> 00:39:36,941   SEELY: When it comes             to female defendants,          785 00:39:37,041 --> 00:39:41,379 juries do not punish with         the same amount of prison time  786 00:39:41,512 --> 00:39:43,114   generally as                    they will sentence men.         787 00:39:43,214 --> 00:39:46,350  There is this public perception  in our society                  788 00:39:46,484 --> 00:39:50,654    that women are not            as much a danger as men.         789 00:39:50,788 --> 00:39:55,459 I am more nervous now than I was  with a guilt innocence verdict. 790 00:39:55,593 --> 00:39:56,961   JUDGE: We, the jury,           791 00:39:57,061 --> 00:39:58,562   having found                    the defendant guilty of murder, 792 00:39:58,696 --> 00:40:01,399   assess her punishment          at confinement for life.         793 00:40:03,601 --> 00:40:06,504 SEELY: I feel relief that         this narrative                  794 00:40:06,637 --> 00:40:08,706   that Stefan Andersson           was the bad guy                 795 00:40:08,839 --> 00:40:12,810  has been wholeheartedly          rejected by this jury.          796 00:40:14,211 --> 00:40:16,013  We restored his legacy.         797 00:40:16,147 --> 00:40:18,783    Stefan Andersson's family's      been crying for ten months,   798 00:40:18,916 --> 00:40:21,318 and finally, we were able          to give them justice           799 00:40:21,452 --> 00:40:22,520 and it's an honor                 and a privilege                 800 00:40:22,653 --> 00:40:23,921   that we were able to do that.  801 00:40:24,021 --> 00:40:25,990  I think people                   who don't do what we do         802 00:40:26,123 --> 00:40:28,959    think we jump up and down,       we're enthusiastic.           803 00:40:33,531 --> 00:40:34,665 It's not.                        804 00:40:34,765 --> 00:40:36,267    Of course,                    we appreciate each other         805 00:40:36,367 --> 00:40:38,636 and all the hard work and          everybody that helped us out,  806 00:40:38,736 --> 00:40:42,473  but then you turn to his family members and to Annika...         807 00:40:43,140 --> 00:40:45,109  and, you know,                   this was just a step in         808 00:40:45,242 --> 00:40:48,779 their process of healing,         but it doesn't bring him back.  809 00:40:48,913 --> 00:40:50,648 It was a relief.                 810 00:40:51,449 --> 00:40:53,284 But I'm never cavalier about it. 811 00:40:53,651 --> 00:40:55,186 I'm just thankful for it.        812 00:40:56,387 --> 00:40:58,489    LINDQVIST:                    I still have him at home.        813 00:40:58,622 --> 00:41:01,025 The ashes sits on                my coffee table.                 814 00:41:01,158 --> 00:41:04,228   So I talk to him and pat him     on the head sometimes          815 00:41:04,328 --> 00:41:06,297    and admonish him sometimes    816 00:41:06,430 --> 00:41:08,866   about hooking up with          the wrong woman.                 817 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:11,168  He was family.                  818 00:41:11,302 --> 00:41:13,003 He was definitely family.        819 00:41:16,173 --> 00:41:19,810   Ana Trujillo's life sentence     gives me hope                  820 00:41:19,910 --> 00:41:22,413    that if you commit              a crime that a jury,           821 00:41:22,513 --> 00:41:25,349   no matter if you're a woman,   even if you're a beautiful woman 822 00:41:25,483 --> 00:41:27,485 that's never been                to prison before,                823 00:41:27,618 --> 00:41:29,553  that they will                    hold you accountable.          824 00:41:30,721 --> 00:41:33,390  Self-defense cases are some of  the hardest ones                 825 00:41:33,524 --> 00:41:35,626    there are out there             to prosecute.                  826 00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:39,029  Sarah and John                    took on the challenge          827 00:41:39,163 --> 00:41:43,667  and I hope that people can see  how much they looked into        828 00:41:43,801 --> 00:41:47,771    the potential that Ana was       a domestic violence victim.   829 00:41:47,872 --> 00:41:50,774    Prosecutors do care           about DV victims                 830 00:41:50,908 --> 00:41:53,544  and they do everything          they can to protect them.        831 00:41:53,677 --> 00:41:56,280   But when a woman lies            about being a victim           832 00:41:56,413 --> 00:41:58,082  like Ana Trujillo did,          833 00:41:58,215 --> 00:41:59,783  we should call them out           and make sure                  834 00:41:59,917 --> 00:42:01,852   they are held                   even more accountable.          835 00:42:01,986 --> 00:42:06,123   Sarah and John told Stefan's   story and you know what?         836 00:42:06,223 --> 00:42:07,424  They make me very proud         837 00:42:07,525 --> 00:42:09,126    that they come from            my old office,                  838 00:42:09,260 --> 00:42:11,195  that I had a little bit         to do with teaching them         839 00:42:11,328 --> 00:42:13,697  to be the great lawyers          they are today.                 840 00:42:13,831 --> 00:42:16,534   They should be very proud of   the job they did.