Mmm. Almost through NP's hour of free publicity. Some observations: 1.Where is the mention of the EE's statements to LE? Had Dateline already finished the edit or was that particular evidence so conclusive of guilt that there was no longer a "mystery"? This is absolutely critical to the story! Shame on Dateline for not including it; 2.In addition to finding NP a barber, will someone tell the man to find a decent pair of shoes? 3. FD hasn't given many statements? Oh, please, he'll talk to whoever puts a microphone in front of his face (and of course, agrees not to ask him any hard questions); 4. No mention that the alibi has been blown apart of the Alibi Scripts??? Has Dateline not even read the latest AW or again, did it not fit the prearranged Mystery Script? The complete failure to mention the evidence in the 2d AWs in just plan bad reporting.
Finally, some of FD's comments were so very telling, including, "it was going to be an amicable divorce" "We just grew apart"and, of course," I don't owe Dr. Farber money." What about the affair, dude? I have nothing to hide? Seriously? Why did you refuse to talk to LE on the 25th and have failed to do so every single day since that time? Why did you tell the EE to change out and destroy the seats? Why did you rehearse the fake alibi with MT in front of the EE? Why did you pay in cash to have EE's truck detailed without EE's knowledge or consent? Why did create the false Alibi Script??? The list of "things" FD "has to hide" goes on and on!
And the way he kept referring to Jennifer in the past tense. "I wish she WERE here to sort these things out? And then he caught himself and tried to change his tenses. He used the past tense because he knows she is dead. So very, very telling, the smile, the eyes, the rash. Has anyone since Scott Powell given such a terrible interview? And, if I recall, didn't Mr. Powell also claim that his wife had left with the kids and he just wanted her to come back home?
The story ignored a whole lot of evidence that any good reporter would have included, but as a mentor once told me,"Good lawyers don't try their cases in the media. They try them in the courtroom." NP and his clown shoes have gotten their 15 minutes of fame. While NP is enjoying this free publicity, his client will pay for it for the rest of his life. And that will be the justice that Pattis claims he is seeking and that FD so clearly deserves.