My ex and I technically had no domestic violence/trouble issues anyone knew of. If I would have died they wouldn’t have known the truth of our relationship behind closed doors. I kept it from the kids, even my best friend till much later. They couldn’t believe he was two different personalities and would have thought I was wearing the pants (he would overly dote on me and act like I was the one in charge, in public). I started to secretly record the truth because I knew no one would believe me. So sad. I hope those kids find healing in the truth.
Oh wow. Your story has me thinking now. The one thing I could not reconcile is Todd had no motive. No infidelity and no financial issues and no record of abuse. But reading your story makes me wonder… was Barb being secretly abused and nobody knew it?
The clincher here is that he was going to make her late, yet she didn't call to say she would be late. You could possibly imagine that he asked her to go with him so he could pick up a truck (then she could drive herself to work in their car) but why not just leave a half hour early so she wouldn't be late? And if for some reason they couldn't leave early, she would certainly call the school to say she would be late.
❌1) friend needing his services ❌2) other friend needing his services ❌3) his wife needing to go to work/different direction not giving her coworkers the heads up ❌4) THE SCRATCHES ON HIS NECK There were more but I don’t want to type all of it. I genuinely was and still am trying so hard to see things from their children’s perspective, but all of these things aren’t adding up. ❌5) He never gave a *solid* or *logical* reason as to why they were there in the first place. Either he is up there on the “Unluckiest People In The World” list, he was hiding something, or he is guilty. So sorry for his and Barbara’s kids. So sorry for Barbara and all of her loved ones.
When I was a kid, my dad was my favorite because he was more fun. He was an alcoholic, compulsive gambler who never gave a second thought about his family. I came to realize this as I aged. My mom was a rock who often raised us as a single mom. She was the best…dad, nope!
He hadn't thought out that part of his lie. Why were you on that road .. ummm well those stories will be verified ... He forgot about it. That poor woman.
The scratches on his body and neck, the fact that no truck went by as recorded by the horse ranch surveillance cameras, the three different stories and outright lies he told along with her unusual injuries made me believe she was ended by her husband and the scene was staged.
I take the recording of the truck driving by with a grain of salt because it could’ve turned off that road before the cameras, but I agree with everything else you said. He def looks guilty.
EXACTLY 💯 and where's the DNA from under her fingernails????? Did they not scrape underneath her nails in the autopsy since he had all those scratches?!?!? I've read and seen other cases where YES definitely that cricoid bone was shattered during strangulation!!!!! He beat her too all the bruises and scratches and the trauma to the back of her neck too!!!!!!! He did this and the jury got it right!!!!!!
The fact they were asked to say something they missed about their mom and they took it as an opportunity to talk further about their father is so disappointing. Barbara deserved better. Rest in peace.
The kids might have been prepped by the father´s lawyer to the point of them being scared of saying anything about the mom and making the situation of her father worse... sad...
I guess they use this platform as a desperate way to free their dad and promote his innocence that's why they focus on that aspect, not that they didn't love their mom.
I decided - after verdict in first minutes - not to continue with the feature, reading from many that he's a liar. If he wasn't a liar the case would become so exciting.
So let me get this straight. A windshield installer blames the death of his wife on a freak windshield accident on his way to (3 nonexistent) windshield installation appointments?
Daughter is asked about missing her mom and dad, and finally we see tears- over her father’s absence. When talking about her daughter, she says it’s sad “he’s not around”- not “they”. And she and her family can visit her dad, but her mother is dead….yet only the loss of her father elicits any emotion. That is really, really, really…..weird.
That did not sit very well with me either. Their mother is gone, really gone; they can at least still visit their father... yet they only recognize the father missing from their lives??
As a medical doctor myself I think he is guilty as sin. When I saw the medical examiner's report and the extent of injuries... that sealed the deal for me. Glad he's where he belongs.
The mere fact that they had zero interest in speaking up for her. Gives the impression that they were NOT ALLOWED to do so even while she was still alive. Domination of women controls the “whole” of the family.
It’s such a waste of time interviewing the accused’s family members. They are blinded by love and loyalty to the point where they don’t realize how irrational they sound
It can help us in dysfunctional upbringings to see this denial in others so we can have any hope of seeing through trauma bond in ourselves but no not helpful to a court inquiry
Yeah it does bring some more negativity their way but it’s also nice to hear the other side’s objections. I think their statements helped me solidify the fact that he did this and the kids never knew what was happening behind closed doors.
Where were the skid marks going off the road? Looks like he parked it that way. If a pipe went thru the windshield, why did he remove it? It's that tampering with evidence? Did cops look for forensic evidence on the pipe?
HE DID IT… its not complicated. No truck on video. His MANY lies. No explanation on why he was going away from her work, when she had NEVER been late without calling before.
@@MiGhost3 That was my first thought. She may have been killed the night before and he carried her to the car. Something else rings weird for me. When the daughter said her father called her all the time and would drop by. That's not usual behavior. I think the family had "secrets."
Since he has scratch marks, didn’t they check under her nails? Oh my gosh, that would be one of the first things that they should’ve done in the autopsy.
An autopsy wouldn't check her fingernails unless they suspected it was a homicide from the outset. Plus, they were married--unless there were actual bits of his flesh under her nails it wouldn't be unexpected for her to have his DNA there.
@pal17....I found myself wondering about forensic testing on the Pipe... forensic findings on Barb's injuries for metal shards, trust, dust... something. So many questions about this situation.
I hope sooner than later his daughter will realize her father isn’t who she thought. She didn’t even express her feelings about her mother . That’s sad .
yes, it was too much stuff to be a freak accident -- if he were driving through a construction site on the right way to her work, that would be a plausible story, not the way he said it happened...
I've been a court reporter for 37 years, so I've heard *a* *lot* of experts testify on just about every subject imaginable, and I have two things to say about experts: Number 1, no matter what opinion an expert has, you can *always* find another expert with the exact *opposite* opinion, and Number 2, if you ask ten different experts (who are experts in the exact same field) their opinions, you'll get ten different answers. Therefore, I don't put much stock in expert witness testimony.
Yup. I worked in the courts for decades and some of the things you hear absolutely shock you. You learn to keep a poker face, and never react. From opposing experts, witness statements that are thoroughly debunked, illegal acts that slip through a loophole, lawyers twisting everything around to insane reactions at verdict. The worst for me was family hearings. Seeing children given to clearly godawful parents broke my heart, but legally nothing we could do.
there is amazing documentary on netflix about experts on trials - the blood splatter expert stuff is unbelievable, cadaver dogs etc -- all junk science that put a lot of innocent people in jail...
If he killed her with a gun like kids suggest that would be to obvious he did it. So he takes a pipe and pretends it's an accident from the road. Glad the jury saw the truth
Yeah I thought the daughter’s comment about the killing with a gun was troublesome. It’s too obvious like you said. She goes on to make other troublesome comments like her father doesn’t lie which he blatantly did and acknowledged in the case.
@@4catmom14 I think it was planned. He takes her away from her job and claims he's going to get some wind shield from two to three other people.The people he was suppose to see said they never met or had plans to meet them. So why is he traveling in a distance that didn't make sense
@@cheri7054I could see it where the were going to her job but something happens that causes him to go in a rage so he locked her in the car and drove off far away. I think that accounts for why his alibi is so bad
Well. It’s from the brain not being able to handle the truth. People can actually snap. That’s why humans have a survival mechanism built in ( denial. Blanking. Covering. Minimizing. Deflecting . . . ) But yes she needs therapy to process her liar killer dad. 😆
And their father is so selfish, expecting his kids to sell their homes and everything of value to pay for his defense and new lawyers. Dear kids, open your eyes, your poor mom suffered and died at the hands of your father. 😢
Yup... How could the jury can see clearly that he is lying, but the children didn't even give a little suspicious? I mean forgetting where they wants to go that morning is already weird cause he remembers any other thing, but...lying 3 times?? How could they still believe him? Especially after there's a witness saying he didn't see any broken windshield?
On the photo with his wife before the "accident" I see a kind woman and a disturbed man with anxiety in his eyes. It is easy to see. He was not well mentally. This woman and man were worlds apart. His odd behaviour is not caused by the "accident".
He said he punched at the windshield as he saw something coming towards their faces. I actually believe the guy. Why would he choose this scenario for a cover up? He risked someone driving by watching him and he would've said something different that matched the evidence better. He's innocent
@@natashaharper4328So when you see a projectile coming towards you, your reaction is to punch out the windshield, the only thing that stands between you and the object and would provide some protection, so that it make it easier for the pipe to hit you? Think about that for a second. Secondly, the surveillance camera only recorded his car and nothing else during the period when he alleged that the “accident” happened, which blew his story out of the water. He’s guilty.
Innocent? Absurd. How did the pipe crush her cricoid bone in the front of her neck? And the bruises all over her body? And the scratches all over him? And his lies? 100% guilty.
@@ingridbrandt7710 Cricoid isn't bone it's cartilage. On the presumption that pole came through the windshield, both medical examiners accepted it was possible all other injuries could have been inflicted by the pole/shattering of glass + holding of the coffee mug + attempting avoidance. (This isn't unreasonable). One of the medical examiner believed strangulation from the cricoid, the latter disagreed, and the independent medical examiner said in her entire career she's never seen that caused by strangulation (1000's of cases) so the cricoid is inconclusive, but all other injuries the medical examiners accepted are all possible by that pole. Medical examiners will know 100% if they found his DNA/Flesh under her fingernails, in relation to the scratches on his neck, which 48 hours decided not to tell us which I assume means it wasn't conclusive enough to enter into evidence either Either way, you've probably seen less than 10% of the total evidence on what is an entertainment show and arguing from a place of extreme ignorance, as are we all
What knowledge do you think that the audience out here has. ''Just curious'' is such a lame tag on to questions. DUH. The question mark indicates that you want to know something. Just curious.
A father who loved his kids would not continue to have them use every dime to keep trying to get him out prison. He would want them to live their lives and have a good future.
Guilty. I was a nurse and the ME’s report basically told the truth…..that she was killed by her husband rather than a random pipe puncturing the windscreen and her. Couple that with the scratches on him and the fact a truck couldn’t be accounted for. Also, he was caught out in many, many lies. I feel bad for the children, but their loyalty is misplaced. Their mother was killed by their father.
the picture they showed during that.,,,I also didn't think the window was smashed..i was confused how they got a picture ahead of time, then i saw the smash...If i was in a car driving by, i may have never seen it, glare, overcast days with solid white sky...etc
I bet the wife was getting ready to leave him for whatever reason and he snapped. She had way too many injuries that he couldn’t explain. Also his hands and neck were very telling.
@@grandmaoldschool7011 And yet there was testimony that there were no bruises noted on her in the second trial.. and that her injuries could have been the result of a car accident.
@@Jkaye13it wasn't a second trial, it was an evidentiary hearing. And the Doctor Who testified in the evidentiary hearing did not conduct the autopsy, she was relying on photos.
Why did she have bruises all over her body? Are they trying to say the coffee mug did that too? That's some powerful drink container to crush her throat and bounce around all over her entire body. Sounds like it was more dangerous than the pipe.
@FredPorllock-1892 TOTALLY AGRE WITH YOU FRED.BOTH OF THEM KNOWS WHAT HAPPENS, THE GIRL TO. WATCH WHEN SHE TALK AND LOOKS HIS BROTHER SIDE, JUST LIKE SAYING, DON'T GHANGE MY WORDS.
Really? I guess it depends on the kid. I was very aware of my parents’ toxic dynamic from a young age. When they finally divorced I was 28, everyone was shocked, I wasn’t.
It baffles me that neither children expressed any great loss for their mom even when the question was coined asking the same. The focus was on their dad and the loss of him not being with his grands. Quite bizarre. 😮
Because the video was about showing he is innocent. That was the main goal to show him in a positive light. What was the point of asking them if they missed her because of course they do.
Ok, I said this exact same thing outloud in the beginning of the video, right after that guy said it. (I included the same as you) which I was saying outloud to myself just as I'm scrolling through the comments and see your exact same addition. Too funny. My bad for the stupid long comment. I thought the Planets all aligned for a min there... 🤪
And the daughter brags about how many guns dear dad owned. Like if he shot her they wouldn't be able to trace it back to one of those guns. I think the daughter and son are a few bricks short of a load.
The scratches on his face, bloody knuckles, all the lies, different route to work, the strange injuries. Very . Plus the other truck would have happened to be going at an enormous speed for the pipe to enter the windshield like a spear
I agree with all, save the last point. I saw a news video of a man whose car hit a fence topped by a pipe. The poor guy had to walk to the ambulance because they could only cut the pipe section off, rather than remove it from his body.
Guilty! One day the daughter will see it . The son seems like he’s already there . May she rest in peace. Hope he rots in jail . His hands show the whole story .
You picked up on the son, too? There was a time when the interviewer asked them a question and the daughter answered but the son’s eyes showed he knew she was wrong.
The daughter was angry and full of hate about her aunt sticking up for her mother and for saying that Todd was guilty . It showed the daughter had contempt for her mother probably because she was manipulated by her father since she was a child . I bet the mother was badly treated and put down by Todd throughout the kids childhood . The daughter continued being fiercely loyal to her father although deep down she knows the truth . The brother had stopped pretending that the parents marriage was ideal and that their father was innocent .
this guy is guilty as hell and for me it's" changing the road for no obvious reason + no evidence of a truck passing by + we have a witness and a cctv footage " the kids are in denial because they lost both of their parents at once hope they'll heal from this traumatic event sooner
medical examiner: the injuries are consistent with strangulation family: but why would he go through all that trouble of getting a pipe? cameras: there was no truck family: but why would he go all the way out of his way up north? defendant: I was going to replace so and so's windshield 3 independent witness testimonies:: there were no plans for him to come replace my windshield family: but that makes no sense! Why would get go up north where there are few people likely to see him? I still don't get it 🤦🏻
As my grandpa would've said about the familys inability, or lack of comprehension on how daddy did all this. "The Apple don't fall to far from the tree." 😂
Hmmmm… a guy who makes his living with windshield replacement has a wife who dies from a pipe going through their windshield? Nah… nothing to see here 😎😎😎
Toad Pipehammer couldn't even get the pipe to strike the windshield one time to push his ridiculous story. How does a pipe from a speeding truck fly off and hit the windshield twice, the second time being the killer. Embarrassing.
Right. And the kids are wondering why he would go through such trouble if he wanted their mom dead. Because he is familiar with it. It's not the same trouble for them or anyone else who doesn't have their dad's work background 🤔
I’d love to give the guy the benefit of the doubt but why would she miss work when she never did? Why did the people he claimed to be doing work for deny that work needed to be done? The suspect was his own worst witness. I’d vote guilty if I was on that jury.
If it wasn’t for the scratches over his body, his bleeding knuckles and the 3 different lies he told about where he was going, I’d be inclined to believe his story. However, those bits of evidence are pretty damning. He looked like he’d been in a fight with someone who fought back. Therefore I think he’s guilty. He pulled over, beat her, and possibly strangled her, dragged her back in the car and staged the scene. The kids ask “why would he go to all that trouble when he has 28 guns and could’ve shot her?” Because he wanted to get away with it is why.
It always makes me incredibly sad for the deceased Mothers in these cases when the kids are die-hard believers in their dads, who are found guilty. I understand not wanting to believe your father is capable of such a thing and not wanting to lose both parents, but.. Where's the same love, care, and justice for their Mom?! It's like these murderous dads are idolized in their kids' eyes, and the mother falls to the wayside. I do, however, feel sad for the terrible position they are in. So sad
Yes, the Morphew case in Colorado is a perfect example of this. He's still free as they don't have enough evidence, and his two grown daughters idolise him.
@Mary.Quantum426 Yes ma'am, it is. I am always sickened by footage of them hanging on him and idolizing him. I think of Suzanne often and continue to pray that they do not stop pursuing justice for her. 🕊
It is horrible to see their children in such denial, especially the daughter. It is like her mother's life meant nothing to her. It is obvious that Todd made up the story about why he drove there that morning and what happened. To me their marriage doesn't sound happy, nor perfect. Happy couples I've seen who are in good marriages have shared interests and friends and also have individual interests and friends, It is not healthy to be living in each other's pockets 24/7. It seemed like Todd was extremely possessive, who phones their wife every morning on her break at work? Poor Barbara never got the chance to relax and spend time with her workmates. From when she was 16. he was right there, every minute of every day apart from when she escaped to work and even then he dropped her off, phoned her and picked her up. She had probably finally decided she wanted to do something without him and I'd say that is what enraged him.
There's a lot of codependent people out there. I've worked with so many people that have to spend every single break either talking to or face timing their partner. 😑
I'm going to tell you something surprising, in case you're ever on a jury. The prosecutor definitely knows this. Memory of witnesses to a trauma event are very, very unreliable. Many have ZERO memory of what happened immediately prior. But our human brains want to fill in the blanks, particularly if someone is questioning us. We also want answers. This phenomena of witness memory around trauma events is very well known. There have been many studies done on it. Even in a class I took in college, they staged a well-known experiment around this. During a lecture, the doors burst open, and a woman and two men run into the lecture hall. They shout some words, they create a disturbance in several locations and in different ways. Then they run out. Everyone in the hall is asked to immediately write their witness statements. This is filmed by a uninvolved party to make sure of accuracy (before cell phones/cameras). A few days later, the professor shows us the results of the witness statements. It's been a long, long time but I'm remembering the basics here if not precise numbers. Of 80 witnesses, 10 remember a fourth person. There was only three. Twenty thought it was three men. It was two men and a woman. Seven said she was blonde. Fifteen said she had long hair. She actually had chin length brunette hair. Fifteen said she wore blue jeans and a yellow plaid shirt. She actually wore blue pants (not denim) and a BLACK shirt. Fifty said the two men were the same age or close to it. One was 15 years old, the other 28 years old. NO ONE remembered that the lights were briefly turned on/off (two seconds). Twice. Right down the line, a lot of discrepancies in witness statements. We all saw the same thing, and we all remembered different things. There were very few that got all the details correct. Thus, to this day, witness testimony is not greatly relied upon in many cases and can be disputed readily. Add in a traumatic event, and intense questioning, and the brain wants to fill in the blanks it doesn't know readily, and it's not hard to have someone 'lie' at the moment. I have no skin in this game, on this case. I don't know if he's guilty or innocent. But do not give so much weight to things like 'lying' or witness statements. Just like the construction worker who said he went by at 8 a.m. That is a start time for most jobs, was he late? Why did he notice it? Why didn't he stop to help if it was in the ditch? Was he speeding? Could he hear it happened on his normal route and just inserted himself saying he saw it? WITNESS STATEMENTS CANNOT BE TRUSTED.
@@barb6868 My career as a legal professional. I saw/heard a lot of strange stuff over the years that the law protected or created loopholes for guilty people to jump through. There is nothing more infuriating than knowing that someone did the crime, they know you know, and you can't prove it beyond reasonable doubt. Or they find the teeny tiny loophole that sets them free. The rage/fury is bone deep and you believe in vigilantism some days. It's also why some prosecutors decline to charge someone. They know who did it, just can't prove it. Like JonBenet Ramsay, when the grand jury indicted John and Patsy, but prosecutor declined to charge them. They simply couldn't prove beyond a reasonable doubt. I love the law, but sometimes it's the worst thing to deal with.
The doctor saying that stress could cause memory loss is full of it! I went through the most trajic day in my life when my son died. I will NEVER FORGET the moments from when my coworker said get to the hospital, until I watched the hearse drive him away! When I close my eyes and think of my son "ALLI CAN REMEMBER" is the way he looked the last time I saw him!💔💔💔 That man wouldn't forget!
I disagree when I had my bad car accident I forgot all my medical training was training to be a first responder and in law enforcement training and I for got my birthday but I could remember my social I remember what jacket and underwear I had on but don't remember rest of my outfit or my best friends who was in car with me or even the date to this day and she had to be cut out and life flighted I still struggle to remember my birthday 30 years later so I get how that could happen but not sure if he killed her or it was a freak accident
@@sandrabentley8111I still wouldn't lie even if I were in shock. When he knew he was the prime suspect, he should have spoken the truth cos the truth always sounds the most believable!
The coffemug hit her in front of the throat and then flew around and hit her in the back of the head? And the pipe hit her in the front of the head AND the back of the head because she ducked? This truck with the pipe came TOWARDS them when the pipe fell off the side of the flatbed, hit the ground and accelerated towards the windshield of their car? This is confusing to me, because none of it makes sense. Nor does any aspect of his story. A lot of murders happen without an apparent motive. Maybe she wanted to divorce him? The wouldn't have been the first couple to put up a good show for the kids.
Exactly, the defence's argument to explain back of the head trauma - oh she ducked. But if she ducked then how did she sustain all the frontal face and neck injuries?
ofcourse they are,they dont believe that their father would do this, yet almost in all cases like this 90% of the times, the partner is to blame. most of these cases are made by partner to their wifes. sad reality that violence againt the women is out of control,its case after case after case... so many female victims.
@@terrorsquadlithcan you explain why he gave conflicting stories about where he was going? He still couldn't get his story straight a year later during trial, so you really can't blame brain fog.
the problem with what you said is that it is lacking motive to snap and no real investigation to the character of the person they suspect killed his wife...
Don't forget the accident conveniently occurred out in the sticks where no cameras were present and he had no response for where they were headed and changed his story THREE times.
Things that might cause a person to say .. hmmm. #1 - Why is he taking her with him to pick up a truck for windshield repair (for three different men who say they did not request the repair)? Why is he taking her with him and making her late to work .. when she is known for never being late? Deep Cuts on his knuckles, especially left hand (is he left-hand dominant?) Scratches on his neck and face How could he break the windshield by striking it with his hand from the driver’s seat? Why did he not try to flag down the person who drove by his car at 8:00 that morning? Did the person who drove by that morning see that the windshield was broken? Why would he take time away from rendering aid to his wife to pull the pipe out of the windshield? Did the pipe have Barbara’s blood on it? His fingerprints on it? Did the water jug have her blood or tissue on it to support the theory that her cricoid bone was broken by her striking the jug when she ducked to avoid being struck by the pipe?
Every part of this story i found unsettling. But the most disturbing is these adult children still mouthing off on what a saint that man is despite the red flags. Wow!!!!!!! He is right where he needs to be.
He did it for sure. Taking a different route to replace a windshield (that no one needed) before dropping your wife off at work? That would've made her late. He's more than guilty...
I appreciate your comment. So often in the true crime scene, these cases just become entertainment and armchair detective work (and I am guilty of that)
I rarely make comments but the conflicting stories, his injuries and her injuries point to him. He would also know how to break a windshield since he did that as a side line.
When something is flying at my head, I do not, nor would I ever, lean forward in an attempt to dodge it. I would lean to the right, left or backward 100% of the time. Since she was in a car seat with a headrest, backward was not an option, so I'd expect for her to move her head to the right or left. There's no way she received an injury to the back of her head from leaning forward when the pipe is flying at her.
My question is, was there any of her blood or tissue on the pipe? And if so, which injury would the defense say was consistent or matched up with the pipe?
I remember ppl gushing to me about my ex… How funny, charming and caring he was… Little did they know it was all a show. In private he was an abusive, manipulative, controlling, compulsive liar. The amount of times I heard “no one will ever believe you”….
There is literally NO truck seen coming or going during the timeframe their car went by…. That’s because there was no truck. If there is no truck, his entire story or recollection of events is now dismantled. It always amazes me how the children in these cases act as if their mother never existed in the way they stand firmly behind the dads… the evidence is clear. He killed your mother. They are in extreme denial and need therapy.
They really didn’t even talk about her or missing her or show emotion about her during the interviews. But when talking about HIM, the tears flowed. Very strange. My parents died years ago and I still tear up when talking about both of them.
@@mrsbluesky8415 at all! That was strange to me. I get that they have had a traumatic event occur and that is their only surging parent, but my God use your brain. And I am very sorry you are now without your parents. I will remember you tonight in my prayers ❤️
If I was on that jury I would have also found him guilty. He lied three times about where they were going that day. That to me would have sealed his fate as a liar. Second, why is there no trace of this mysterious truck? If a video shows their car going down the road then it should have shown the truck in question also. He is guilty.
Pay attention, if you are ever on a jury. Pay very close attention. First, there was exactly ONE blurry video from a distance. They even said "APPEARS to be SIMILAR to their car". Second, cameras fail. Or don't continuously record. Also, in his phone call to 911, he originally said he didn't know where the pipe came from. He said it fell from a tree or from a truck, THAT HE DIDN"T KNOW. Later he did say they had passed a 'flat bed type pick up truck". But the show doesn't say WHEN he said they passed it. What we see and hear on this program is cherry picked tidbits here and there, to support the verdict. All of them are like this. So you will not hear anything to convince you of their innocence. Just as we heard about two minutes of the evidentiary hearing post-conviction. We didn't hear all the evidence. or what the result was. They DID find a second pipe precisely like the one that hit the car, not fifty feet from the accident. The prosecution did tests to see if it COULD happen, and it showed that it could. They chose to not present that in court. Thus, no jurors would ever see that. Memory surrounding a trauma event is very faulty. VERY. Our brain wants to fill in the blanks with anything we know. It's a very well documented condition. He could be saying "well, I don't remember why I was on this road. I know someone who lives around here, must have been going to do work". I have no skin in this game. No clue if the man is guilty or not. I do not have access to all the evidence presented in court and without that (we only got the Reader's Digest version of the juiciest tidbits, for entertainment) none of us can determine guilt or innocence.
@@redacted2275the deciding factor is the photos of the car in the ditch WITHOUT a broken windshield like 5 minutes before he called 911…he absolutely killed her and punched the window to further push his narrative
@@redacted2275we didn’t see it but there’s evidence he killed his wife. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to understand evidence and putting the pieces together.
The daughter and son didn’t even cry a little talking about their mom. Only when the dad was mentioned, and she didn’t even say what she missed about mom.
Family never really wants to know the truth. Because all this evidence and some family members still don’t believe this man killed his wife. Guess it’s like when women are abused in relationships and think they are being loved. Nomatter how many people tell them it’s not right, 😢
Yeah story changing 3 times was so bizarre. Plus no truck on the footage. What was the motive? I'd be so interested to know, from someone who knows all the details of the case.
@@xxNinjaclanxx-id9rs And when the interviewer asked how she missed her mother, the daughter kept defaulting back to talking about her father. Something is hinky here.
@ He would have had to explain why his wife suddenly decided to pick up a gun and, for example, clean it and accidentally discharge it. Also, gunshot residue and bullet trajectory are much harder to create convoluted narratives for, because the science is clear on both.
In my opinion, the fact that the pipe made 2 impressions in the windshield- impossible, if the pipe had penetrated the glass and somehow come back out then rotated and penetrated the glass again, the best I can come up with is the pipe would have hit horizontally the second hit, also Barbara would have asked hubby to take her to work then go to pick up the other vehicle, which there’s no substantial evidence the other vehicle existed. Then man is lying!
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How about some new stuff. An why are all the episodes quilty. Aren't there any where there innocent at the end?.....
Sorry, but I think he is guilty.😓
@@AlexSvidesskisthose cases shouldn’t make it court. If they’re not guilty, they shouldn’t even be charged.🙄
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It happens all the time tho @@picilocarnal
My ex and I technically had no domestic violence/trouble issues anyone knew of. If I would have died they wouldn’t have known the truth of our relationship behind closed doors. I kept it from the kids, even my best friend till much later. They couldn’t believe he was two different personalities and would have thought I was wearing the pants (he would overly dote on me and act like I was the one in charge, in public). I started to secretly record the truth because I knew no one would believe me.
So sad. I hope those kids find healing in the truth.
Oh wow. Your story has me thinking now. The one thing I could not reconcile is Todd had no motive. No infidelity and no financial issues and no record of abuse. But reading your story makes me wonder… was Barb being secretly abused and nobody knew it?
I'm so sorry. I believe you.
This is what I believe was going on.
That’s the life living with a narcissist.
You’re so right! For 24 yrs everyone thought that I had the perfect marriage. On our 30th year I got free.
Todd said he was going by 2 friends' homes to fix windshields, yet his wife had to be at work at 8. Why would he make her late? Cause he was lying.
The clincher here is that he was going to make her late, yet she didn't call to say she would be late. You could possibly imagine that he asked her to go with him so he could pick up a truck (then she could drive herself to work in their car) but why not just leave a half hour early so she wouldn't be late? And if for some reason they couldn't leave early, she would certainly call the school to say she would be late.
@@remycallie exactly.
He clearly wanted to go to a rural area where no cameras would record what he planned to do.
❌1) friend needing his services
❌2) other friend needing his services
❌3) his wife needing to go to work/different direction not giving her coworkers the heads up
❌4) THE SCRATCHES ON HIS NECK
There were more but I don’t want to type all of it. I genuinely was and still am trying so hard to see things from their children’s perspective, but all of these things aren’t adding up.
❌5) He never gave a *solid* or *logical* reason as to why they were there in the first place.
Either he is up there on the “Unluckiest People In The World” list, he was hiding something, or he is guilty.
So sorry for his and Barbara’s kids. So sorry for Barbara and all of her loved ones.
I'm curious about life insurance, and if he needed to make it look "accidental".
When I was a kid, my dad was my favorite because he was more fun. He was an alcoholic, compulsive gambler who never gave a second thought about his family. I came to realize this as I aged. My mom was a rock who often raised us as a single mom. She was the best…dad, nope!
That’s how my mom and aunts were about my grandfather.
He flat out lied THREE times about why he was on that route and his kids don't see how problematic that is ? Wow
Yeah his daughter actually said he doesn’t lie…… except he did
He hadn't thought out that part of his lie. Why were you on that road .. ummm well those stories will be verified ... He forgot about it.
That poor woman.
These types of cases are doubly hard.
Murdered by your husband then betrayed by your children.
They know.
I wish they would’ve asked them about that lol they are delusional
He's created a pathological mess! He believes his own lies, therefore his kids do too! Scary!
The scratches on his body and neck, the fact that no truck went by as recorded by the horse ranch surveillance cameras, the three different stories and outright lies he told along with her unusual injuries made me believe she was ended by her husband and the scene was staged.
I take the recording of the truck driving by with a grain of salt because it could’ve turned off that road before the cameras, but I agree with everything else you said. He def looks guilty.
She was ended? You have all the makings of a jury foreman.
The pipe was blown off a truck that does not exist or did not pass by their car!
And changed glass for extra money. So he knew all about glass
EXACTLY 💯 and where's the DNA from under her fingernails????? Did they not scrape underneath her nails in the autopsy since he had all those scratches?!?!? I've read and seen other cases where YES definitely that cricoid bone was shattered during strangulation!!!!! He beat her too all the bruises and scratches and the trauma to the back of her neck too!!!!!!! He did this and the jury got it right!!!!!!
The fact they were asked to say something they missed about their mom and they took it as an opportunity to talk further about their father is so disappointing. Barbara deserved better. Rest in peace.
The kids might have been prepped by the father´s lawyer to the point of them being scared of saying anything about the mom and making the situation of her father worse... sad...
I guess they use this platform as a desperate way to free their dad and promote his innocence that's why they focus on that aspect, not that they didn't love their mom.
Daughter just said dad doesn’t lie. Yet they caught him in multiple lies.
Lies that make no sense, over and over.
Yeah hopefully they will realize soon dad isn’t a good person.
Not everyone can answer questions under pressure I’ve seen a man condemn himself before for something has nothing to do with.
She will overlook anything because she doesn’t want to believe he murdered her Mother
I decided - after verdict in first minutes - not to continue with the feature, reading from many that he's a liar. If he wasn't a liar the case would become so exciting.
So let me get this straight. A windshield installer blames the death of his wife on a freak windshield accident on his way to (3 nonexistent) windshield installation appointments?
😂 but his daughter says he never lies!
@@missmicheleeexo2269 hahaha...I mean did he think because the first part was true everyone would automatically believe the other 2 lies?
You got it straight 😏
Clearly not very imaginative
Hmm....when you put it that way.....🤔🤔.??
Daughter is asked about missing her mom and dad, and finally we see tears- over her father’s absence.
When talking about her daughter, she says it’s sad “he’s not around”- not “they”. And she and her family can visit her dad, but her mother is dead….yet only the loss of her father elicits any emotion.
That is really, really, really…..weird.
That did not sit very well with me either. Their mother is gone, really gone; they can at least still visit their father... yet they only recognize the father missing from their lives??
They seem to favor their dad over their mum.
There is a chance their responses were edited out by 48 hours about their mother.
I feel so sorry for Barbara. Seems as if no one loved her. In court, only her cousin spoke on her behalf. Everyone else was on his side. Poor woman. 😢
Todd is a murderer. His eyes are deceiving and he looks like a nut too. Aside from that, he’s a liar.
As a medical doctor myself I think he is guilty as sin. When I saw the medical examiner's report and the extent of injuries... that sealed the deal for me. Glad he's where he belongs.
Sin is not guilty by itself but those who do it are.
@@internetcensure5849 reeeaaaallyyyy? Wow, I bet you feel that making that comment makes you sound so intelligent and deep 🤭😁
@@auziebloand I bet you think you’re cool for this response🙄🤦🏾♀️
@@internetcensure5849oye vey! It’s just an idiom. Everyone knows guilty applies to the person! Karen! Or Captain obvious! Pick one.
As a non medical person, I think he’s guilty too. You don’t need a medical degree just read the medical examiner’s report and listen to his lies.
Didn’t the kids have anything nice to say about their deceased mom?😢 RIP Barbara 🌸
Right!
Right, seems like their dad has been manipulating them for a long time
Good point. And they had harsh words for the aunt who spoke at sentencing.
They loved them both...isn't that nice enough?
The mere fact that they had zero interest in speaking up for her.
Gives the impression that they were NOT ALLOWED to do so even while she was still alive.
Domination of women controls the “whole” of the family.
I watched this entire trial and after hearing all the evidence, it was very clear the jury got this one right.
"He doesn't lie" says daughter. But dad lied 3 times about where he was going...
The daughter saying “he doesn’t lie” is the worst! Everyone lies.
It’s a fact.
@@JY-tq8drI don’t lie
@@StandlyRichards25You just lied
It’s such a waste of time interviewing the accused’s family members. They are blinded by love and loyalty to the point where they don’t realize how irrational they sound
It can help us in dysfunctional upbringings to see this denial in others so we can have any hope of seeing through trauma bond in ourselves but no not helpful to a court inquiry
Yeah it does bring some more negativity their way but it’s also nice to hear the other side’s objections. I think their statements helped me solidify the fact that he did this and the kids never knew what was happening behind closed doors.
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You like only to hear convicting statements?
Exactly that’s exactly what I think too, don’t they see all the evidence like they’re so blinded by family and loyalty
He's 1000% guilty.
This dude totally beat his wife to death and then staged his version to cover up.
He looks crazy
Where were the skid marks going off the road? Looks like he parked it that way. If a pipe went thru the windshield, why did he remove it? It's that tampering with evidence? Did cops look for forensic evidence on the pipe?
@@MiGhost3 I'm pretty sure these competent, experienced, investigators covered those obvious things.
I wonder if they checked under her fingernails for his DNA? I came to the comments to see if anyone had mentioned this.
He had scratches yet there was no DNA under her nails?
HE DID IT… its not complicated. No truck on video. His MANY lies. No explanation on why he was going away from her work, when she had NEVER been late without calling before.
She was already dead before he staged the accident.?
@ yes
Also, she did NOT call her mother, like she always did. She was incapacitated.
And the passer buy who didn’t see damage to the car or barb & todd
@@MiGhost3 That was my first thought. She may have been killed the night before and he carried her to the car. Something else rings weird for me. When the daughter said her father called her all the time and would drop by. That's not usual behavior. I think the family had "secrets."
Since he has scratch marks, didn’t they check under her nails? Oh my gosh, that would be one of the first things that they should’ve done in the autopsy.
I was wondering the same thing.
An autopsy wouldn't check her fingernails unless they suspected it was a homicide from the outset. Plus, they were married--unless there were actual bits of his flesh under her nails it wouldn't be unexpected for her to have his DNA there.
@pal17....I found myself wondering about forensic testing on the Pipe... forensic findings on Barb's injuries for metal shards, trust, dust... something.
So many questions about this situation.
Exactly more tests could’ve been done and it’s weird but maybe they don’t reveal it. Flesh in her nails since he has flesh missing in his knuckles…
I hope sooner than later his daughter will realize her father isn’t who she thought. She didn’t even express her feelings about her mother . That’s sad .
How do you know she didn't express her feelings about her mom? This could be editing.
Erin Moriarty directed the interview to make it seem like dad's the victim. Blame Moriarty.
What a horrible thing to suggest. She probably said loads of things about her mum, but how would we know?
The fact that they didn't talk about their mother in the video does NOT mean that they didn't talk about her in the interiew.
yes, it was too much stuff to be a freak accident -- if he were driving through a construction site on the right way to her work, that would be a plausible story, not the way he said it happened...
He has scratches on his body so have they not examined the nails of the deceased wife if there were skins on it?
good point! there's no mention of this
I agree!
That was literally what I said out loud when I saw the scratches !!
Very smart...thats all they would Had to do. ...
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They did, his DNA was found.
I've been a court reporter for 37 years, so I've heard *a* *lot* of experts testify on just about every subject imaginable, and I have two things to say about experts: Number 1, no matter what opinion an expert has, you can *always* find another expert with the exact *opposite* opinion, and Number 2, if you ask ten different experts (who are experts in the exact same field) their opinions, you'll get ten different answers. Therefore, I don't put much stock in expert witness testimony.
Yup. I worked in the courts for decades and some of the things you hear absolutely shock you. You learn to keep a poker face, and never react. From opposing experts, witness statements that are thoroughly debunked, illegal acts that slip through a loophole, lawyers twisting everything around to insane reactions at verdict. The worst for me was family hearings. Seeing children given to clearly godawful parents broke my heart, but legally nothing we could do.
there is amazing documentary on netflix about experts on trials - the blood splatter expert stuff is unbelievable, cadaver dogs etc -- all junk science that put a lot of innocent people in jail...
"Expert opinions" go to the highest bidder, it seems. Shameful.
If he killed her with a gun like kids suggest that would be to obvious he did it. So he takes a pipe and pretends it's an accident from the road. Glad the jury saw the truth
Yeah I thought the daughter’s comment about the killing with a gun was troublesome. It’s too obvious like you said. She goes on to make other troublesome comments like her father doesn’t lie which he blatantly did and acknowledged in the case.
Exactly!
Plus, it might not have been planned and it happened in moment of anger.
@@4catmom14 I think it was planned. He takes her away from her job and claims he's going to get some wind shield from two to three other people.The people he was suppose to see said they never met or had plans to meet them. So why is he traveling in a distance that didn't make sense
@@cheri7054I could see it where the were going to her job but something happens that causes him to go in a rage so he locked her in the car and drove off far away. I think that accounts for why his alibi is so bad
It's kind of sickening to see how you can pay experts to say anything you need them to say.
No surprise, the scumbag lawyer was the same guy who defended Avery.
so true
That’s why they are called paid experts. I worked for a ENT dr. That was a paid expert. Emphasis on paid
Agreed! And honestly the word "expert" makes me cringe in any situation.
And shouldn't the prosecution have shown ALL the evidence, not just what benefited them?
That daughter is unbelievably naive.
She looks like her father
Well. It’s from the brain not being able to handle the truth. People can actually snap. That’s why humans have a survival mechanism built in ( denial. Blanking. Covering. Minimizing. Deflecting . . . )
But yes she needs therapy to process her liar killer dad. 😆
The father appeared a bit thick to me and I don't think the son and daughter were all that bright either. Rest in peace Barbara.
the kids are sadly delusional
And their father is so selfish, expecting his kids to sell their homes and everything of value to pay for his defense and new lawyers. Dear kids, open your eyes, your poor mom suffered and died at the hands of your father. 😢
Yup... How could the jury can see clearly that he is lying, but the children didn't even give a little suspicious? I mean forgetting where they wants to go that morning is already weird cause he remembers any other thing, but...lying 3 times?? How could they still believe him? Especially after there's a witness saying he didn't see any broken windshield?
Only parent they have left
@@FindpepperbridgeI agree I think they are so afraid of losing the only parent they have left that they have convinced themselves of his innocence.
blind affection for their killer father!
On the photo with his wife before the "accident" I see a kind woman and a disturbed man with anxiety in his eyes. It is easy to see. He was not well mentally. This woman and man were worlds apart. His odd behaviour is not caused by the "accident".
I saw that as well
Definitely 💥
Todd is guilty. His kids are deluded. End of story.
💯 %
Agreed.
I agree
I think the right word is "delusional" or "disillusioned"-- deluded is when you put water into another liquid and delude it...
Sums it up 😂
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His children are in denial .I don’t see a lot of tears for losing their beautiful mother .The husband is a liar.
If the accident was caused by a pipe, then why did Todd have so many scratches and bruises on his knuckles? His story makes no sense.
He said he punched at the windshield as he saw something coming towards their faces. I actually believe the guy. Why would he choose this scenario for a cover up? He risked someone driving by watching him and he would've said something different that matched the evidence better. He's innocent
@@natashaharper4328So when you see a projectile coming towards you, your reaction is to punch out the windshield, the only thing that stands between you and the object and would provide some protection, so that it make it easier for the pipe to hit you? Think about that for a second.
Secondly, the surveillance camera only recorded his car and nothing else during the period when he alleged that the “accident” happened, which blew his story out of the water.
He’s guilty.
Innocent? Absurd. How did the pipe crush her cricoid bone in the front of her neck? And the bruises all over her body? And the scratches all over him? And his lies? 100% guilty.
@@ingridbrandt7710 Cricoid isn't bone it's cartilage. On the presumption that pole came through the windshield, both medical examiners accepted it was possible all other injuries could have been inflicted by the pole/shattering of glass + holding of the coffee mug + attempting avoidance. (This isn't unreasonable). One of the medical examiner believed strangulation from the cricoid, the latter disagreed, and the independent medical examiner said in her entire career she's never seen that caused by strangulation (1000's of cases) so the cricoid is inconclusive, but all other injuries the medical examiners accepted are all possible by that pole.
Medical examiners will know 100% if they found his DNA/Flesh under her fingernails, in relation to the scratches on his neck, which 48 hours decided not to tell us which I assume means it wasn't conclusive enough to enter into evidence either
Either way, you've probably seen less than 10% of the total evidence on what is an entertainment show and arguing from a place of extreme ignorance, as are we all
Why are they only reminiscing about their father and none of their mom? Just curious 🧐
Could be editing.
Because Erin Moriarty directed the interview that way. Somehow she thinks he's innocent. And Moriarty is a lawyer!
That is a huge assumption!@@jimwerther
@@khadijahmuhammadkebe9062
How so?
What knowledge do you think that the audience out here has. ''Just curious'' is such a lame tag on to questions. DUH. The question mark indicates that you want to know something. Just curious.
A father who loved his kids would not continue to have them use every dime to keep trying to get him out prison. He would want them to live their lives and have a good future.
Just playing devil’s advocate. Unless the father is innocent.
@alisong2328 good point. todd doesn't love anybody but todd
@@vincedidiana5781 seriously? he's GUILTY
@@jenniferl6553 I said I was playing devil’s advocate. I too think he’s guilty.
@@vincedidiana5781 honestly, even if I was unjustly prisoned I would still be like literally go and grieve and live and just visit me sometimes
The prosecutor did a good job of bringing justice to this case.
Guilty. I was a nurse and the ME’s report basically told the truth…..that she was killed by her husband rather than a random pipe puncturing the windscreen and her. Couple that with the scratches on him and the fact a truck couldn’t be accounted for. Also, he was caught out in many, many lies. I feel bad for the children, but their loyalty is misplaced. Their mother was killed by their father.
Freak accidents do happen.
@steelhurricane4041 Oh keep quiet already
@@steelhurricane4041 not on that day
Scratches on his hands but no skin under her nails?? What was scratching him??
@@steelhurricane4041Freak accident?? Where the pipe come from, Randomly out the sky???
The worker driving by and saw no windows broken or them in the car, then that sealed his fate, hes guilty,
the picture they showed during that.,,,I also didn't think the window was smashed..i was confused how they got a picture ahead of time, then i saw the smash...If i was in a car driving by, i may have never seen it, glare, overcast days with solid white sky...etc
Agreed!
Take a step back and look at the totality of circumstantial evidence and the only plausible explanation is that he killed her.
I bet the wife was getting ready to leave him for whatever reason and he snapped. She had way too many injuries that he couldn’t explain. Also his hands and neck were very telling.
Yes, her autopsy was very telling. Covered in bruises was not from a pipe in the windshield.
@@grandmaoldschool7011
And yet there was testimony that there were no bruises noted on her in the second trial.. and that her injuries could have been the result of a car accident.
I think this man's sexuality has been his biggest secret IMO
@@Jkaye13it wasn't a second trial, it was an evidentiary hearing. And the Doctor Who testified in the evidentiary hearing did not conduct the autopsy, she was relying on photos.
He planned it . He didn’t snap . He’s a manipulator . He thought he could manipulate the police but they saw through him .
What innocent explanation is there for him to lie, again and again, about his reason for going the wrong way? That's what I can't get past.
He's a pathological liar.
@@saritacruz3020 Thank you!!!
Me too! That's the main thing that makes him seem guilty.
Exactly!
🎉@@TawnyC_How would you know if he's a pathological liar?
Why did she have bruises all over her body? Are they trying to say the coffee mug did that too? That's some powerful drink container to crush her throat and bounce around all over her entire body. Sounds like it was more dangerous than the pipe.
Coffee cup thing is absurd.
the coffee mug did it... as if...
That son knows the truth. It’s in his eyes.
True
@FredPorllock-1892
TOTALLY AGRE WITH YOU FRED.BOTH OF THEM KNOWS WHAT HAPPENS, THE GIRL TO. WATCH WHEN SHE TALK AND LOOKS HIS BROTHER SIDE, JUST LIKE SAYING, DON'T GHANGE MY WORDS.
I said the same thing his sister is manipulating him
I thought the same thing
I thought the same about the daughter. She knows.
Children rarely know the truth and details about their parents marriage
Absolutely true statement..they usually stay in their lane as kids.
Really? I guess it depends on the kid. I was very aware of my parents’ toxic dynamic from a young age. When they finally divorced I was 28, everyone was shocked, I wasn’t.
No. She knew her dad doesn’t lie 🙄 😂
@rundo... that's very true.
It baffles me that neither children expressed any great loss for their mom even when the question was coined asking the same. The focus was on their dad and the loss of him not being with his grands. Quite bizarre. 😮
Because the video was about showing he is innocent. That was the main goal to show him in a positive light. What was the point of asking them if they missed her because of course they do.
"If this could happen to Todd, it could happen to anybody...that murdered their wife"
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Ok, I said this exact same thing outloud in the beginning of the video, right after that guy said it. (I included the same as you) which I was saying outloud to myself just as I'm scrolling through the comments and see your exact same addition. Too funny. My bad for the stupid long comment. I thought the Planets all aligned for a min there... 🤪
@bradduranso534 🤣🤣🤣
@@bradduranso534i thought the exact same thing 100%.
@@bradduranso534seriously
Guilty
Why he would go thru this trouble?!?! So he wouldn't get caught! Duh. Wake up son!
And the daughter brags about how many guns dear dad owned. Like if he shot her they wouldn't be able to trace it back to one of those guns. I think the daughter and son are a few bricks short of a load.
@Janadu honestly it makes sense when you've dealt with a narcissist father, the fog is so thick
because he wasn´t the sharpest pencil in the box... a divorce would have worked just fine...
Its always the bf or husband. Another nut job that couldn't get a divorce
The scratches on his face, bloody knuckles, all the lies, different route to work, the strange injuries. Very . Plus the other truck would have happened to be going at an enormous speed for the pipe to enter the windshield like a spear
A pipe can go thru a windshield going 55 mph
I agree with all, save the last point. I saw a news video of a man whose car hit a fence topped by a pipe. The poor guy had to walk to the ambulance because they could only cut the pipe section off, rather than remove it from his body.
Guilty! One day the daughter will see it . The son seems like he’s already there . May she rest in peace. Hope he rots in jail . His hands show the whole story .
You picked up on the son, too? There was a time when the interviewer asked them a question and the daughter answered but the son’s eyes showed he knew she was wrong.
I noticed the son was keeping a bit quiet!
The daughter was angry and full of hate about her aunt sticking up for her mother and for saying that Todd was guilty . It showed the daughter had contempt for her mother probably because she was manipulated by her father since she was a child . I bet the mother was badly treated and put down by Todd throughout the kids childhood . The daughter continued being fiercely loyal to her father although deep down she knows the truth . The brother had stopped pretending that the parents marriage was ideal and that their father was innocent .
The daughter is delusional.
100 percent guilty.
He took a different road and then this incident happened. How come they didn't find the so called truck ?
this guy is guilty as hell and for me it's" changing the road for no obvious reason + no evidence of a truck passing by + we have a witness and a cctv footage " the kids are in denial because they lost both of their parents at once hope they'll heal from this traumatic event sooner
Todd seems super keyed up. It isn't a stretch to imagine him losing it and murdering someone. Sorry for his family, but I'm not buying Todd's story.
medical examiner: the injuries are consistent with strangulation
family: but why would he go through all that trouble of getting a pipe?
cameras: there was no truck
family: but why would he go all the way out of his way up north?
defendant: I was going to replace so and so's windshield
3 independent witness testimonies:: there were no plans for him to come replace my windshield
family: but that makes no sense! Why would get go up north where there are few people likely to see him? I still don't get it
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denial is a river in egypt fr
As my grandpa would've said about the familys inability, or lack of comprehension on how daddy did all this. "The Apple don't fall to far from the tree." 😂
Exactly, I personally feel that the greatest evidence was the lack of a truck. You could only see his car driving past the camera.
@MatshidisoLutshaba-ge3lg i think you are referring to cleopatra, in de Nile
@@ivydickson7596what??? Lol.
Hmmmm… a guy who makes his living with windshield replacement has a wife who dies from a pipe going through their windshield? Nah… nothing to see here 😎😎😎
Toad Pipehammer couldn't even get the pipe to strike the windshield one time to push his ridiculous story.
How does a pipe from a speeding truck fly off and hit the windshield twice, the second time being the killer.
Embarrassing.
😂😂😂 nothing to see here 😂😂😂
Right. And the kids are wondering why he would go through such trouble if he wanted their mom dead. Because he is familiar with it. It's not the same trouble for them or anyone else who doesn't have their dad's work background 🤔
What are the odds right?
I was thinking the same
Justice was served
The way the children totally ignore their dead mother and instantly defend their pathetic father is very telling of the family dysfunction.
I’d love to give the guy the benefit of the doubt but why would she miss work when she never did? Why did the people he claimed to be doing work for deny that work needed to be done? The suspect was his own worst witness. I’d vote guilty if I was on that jury.
Correct, also there was no truck going by.
The problem for me is Todd had no motive for killing his wife.
@@sadiestoltzfus9798 That you know of. Unless you can read his mind you don't know his real feelings or motivation.
@@sadiestoltzfus9798 Well, only he knows.
@sadiestoltzfus9798 how do you know that?
If it wasn’t for the scratches over his body, his bleeding knuckles and the 3 different lies he told about where he was going, I’d be inclined to believe his story.
However, those bits of evidence are pretty damning. He looked like he’d been in a fight with someone who fought back.
Therefore I think he’s guilty.
He pulled over, beat her, and possibly strangled her, dragged her back in the car and staged the scene.
The kids ask “why would he go to all that trouble when he has 28 guns and could’ve shot her?” Because he wanted to get away with it is why.
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Plus, no evidence of a truck going by on the video camera.
@@awesomebeautiful8782maybe it pulled off of a side road-where the camera could not see
The mother doesn't deserve these children. May she rest in peace
Brats, spoiled by Daddy. No wonder they seem to only care about him
It always makes me incredibly sad for the deceased Mothers in these cases when the kids are die-hard believers in their dads, who are found guilty. I understand not wanting to believe your father is capable of such a thing and not wanting to lose both parents, but.. Where's the same love, care, and justice for their Mom?! It's like these murderous dads are idolized in their kids' eyes, and the mother falls to the wayside. I do, however, feel sad for the terrible position they are in. So sad
Text book cognitive dissonance
Yes, the Morphew case in Colorado is a perfect example of this. He's still free as they don't have enough evidence, and his two grown daughters idolise him.
Men like this raise their children to be as dismissive of others as they are.
I wonder if it’s because there dad is still alive and that’s all they have as their dear mum has gone just an idea
@Mary.Quantum426 Yes ma'am, it is. I am always sickened by footage of them hanging on him and idolizing him. I think of Suzanne often and continue to pray that they do not stop pursuing justice for her. 🕊
It is horrible to see their children in such denial, especially the daughter. It is like her mother's life meant nothing to her. It is obvious that Todd made up the story about why he drove there that morning and what happened.
To me their marriage doesn't sound happy, nor perfect. Happy couples I've seen who are in good marriages have shared interests and friends and also have individual interests and friends, It is not healthy to be living in each other's pockets 24/7.
It seemed like Todd was extremely possessive, who phones their wife every morning on her break at work? Poor Barbara never got the chance to relax and spend time with her workmates.
From when she was 16. he was right there, every minute of every day apart from when she escaped to work and even then he dropped her off, phoned her and picked her up. She had probably finally decided she wanted to do something without him and I'd say that is what enraged him.
There is so much that they didn't talk about. Like internet searches or talking to her friends.
There's a lot of codependent people out there. I've worked with so many people that have to spend every single break either talking to or face timing their partner. 😑
@@beautifulone5509 I always wondered if she had any friends or if she was meant to make do with Todd.
They explained that the pipe could have hit the car, but they're not explaining how it could hit the car twice
Why did he keep lying about where he was going?
Sounds like Barry Morphew
I'm going to tell you something surprising, in case you're ever on a jury. The prosecutor definitely knows this.
Memory of witnesses to a trauma event are very, very unreliable. Many have ZERO memory of what happened immediately prior.
But our human brains want to fill in the blanks, particularly if someone is questioning us. We also want answers.
This phenomena of witness memory around trauma events is very well known. There have been many studies done on it. Even in a class I took in college, they staged a well-known experiment around this.
During a lecture, the doors burst open, and a woman and two men run into the lecture hall. They shout some words, they create a disturbance in several locations and in different ways. Then they run out. Everyone in the hall is asked to immediately write their witness statements. This is filmed by a uninvolved party to make sure of accuracy (before cell phones/cameras).
A few days later, the professor shows us the results of the witness statements. It's been a long, long time but I'm remembering the basics here if not precise numbers.
Of 80 witnesses, 10 remember a fourth person. There was only three.
Twenty thought it was three men. It was two men and a woman.
Seven said she was blonde. Fifteen said she had long hair. She actually had chin length brunette hair.
Fifteen said she wore blue jeans and a yellow plaid shirt. She actually wore blue pants (not denim) and a BLACK shirt.
Fifty said the two men were the same age or close to it. One was 15 years old, the other 28 years old.
NO ONE remembered that the lights were briefly turned on/off (two seconds). Twice.
Right down the line, a lot of discrepancies in witness statements. We all saw the same thing, and we all remembered different things.
There were very few that got all the details correct. Thus, to this day, witness testimony is not greatly relied upon in many cases and can be disputed readily.
Add in a traumatic event, and intense questioning, and the brain wants to fill in the blanks it doesn't know readily, and it's not hard to have someone 'lie' at the moment.
I have no skin in this game, on this case. I don't know if he's guilty or innocent. But do not give so much weight to things like 'lying' or witness statements. Just like the construction worker who said he went by at 8 a.m. That is a start time for most jobs, was he late? Why did he notice it? Why didn't he stop to help if it was in the ditch? Was he speeding? Could he hear it happened on his normal route and just inserted himself saying he saw it? WITNESS STATEMENTS CANNOT BE TRUSTED.
Were you one of the jury on OJ’s case? You sound like it.
@@barb6868 My career as a legal professional. I saw/heard a lot of strange stuff over the years that the law protected or created loopholes for guilty people to jump through. There is nothing more infuriating than knowing that someone did the crime, they know you know, and you can't prove it beyond reasonable doubt. Or they find the teeny tiny loophole that sets them free. The rage/fury is bone deep and you believe in vigilantism some days. It's also why some prosecutors decline to charge someone. They know who did it, just can't prove it. Like JonBenet Ramsay, when the grand jury indicted John and Patsy, but prosecutor declined to charge them. They simply couldn't prove beyond a reasonable doubt. I love the law, but sometimes it's the worst thing to deal with.
Thank you. (I'm a trauma therapist and, very few people actually know about the impact of trauma. @jessicahannah2522
Todd was on his way to change my windshield also and I didn't even have a car😂
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The doctor saying that stress could cause memory loss is full of it! I went through the most trajic day in my life when my son died. I will NEVER FORGET the moments from when my coworker said get to the hospital, until I watched the hearse drive him away! When I close my eyes and think of my son "ALLI CAN REMEMBER" is the way he looked the last time I saw him!💔💔💔 That man wouldn't forget!
I disagree when I had my bad car accident I forgot all my medical training was training to be a first responder and in law enforcement training and I for got my birthday but I could remember my social I remember what jacket and underwear I had on but don't remember rest of my outfit or my best friends who was in car with me or even the date to this day and she had to be cut out and life flighted I still struggle to remember my birthday 30 years later so I get how that could happen but not sure if he killed her or it was a freak accident
Trauma can cause memory loss but not loss of memory of the trauma itself. Causes problems later
23:14 "He has like 28 guns in the basement..." Very reassuring 😮
the logic 🤪 their brains went right out the windshield
What's the problem with owning 28 guns?
@@IndelibleHDI'll ask you the same question. Why own 28 guns? Weapons of death.
@@sandrabentley8111 we have something here called 2A.
@@thetruthhurts-j7jOK , but, 28 guns??
How sad they’re this much in denial. Poor Barbara
No, the death is sad, honey, not the denial... don't project your expectations in someone else's tragedy. That's foul.
@@redacted2275 talk about projecting...
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Reporter: "Tell us about your deceased mother"
Children: "....we miss our dad"
wtf??
Yessss… straight sick and total disrespect to their mother!!!
If he wasn’t guilty then why so many lies? You don’t need to lie if your innocent
Shock & horror.
@@sandrabentley8111I still wouldn't lie even if I were in shock. When he knew he was the prime suspect, he should have spoken the truth cos the truth always sounds the most believable!
@@sandrabentley8111🤣🥂well played.
The coffemug hit her in front of the throat and then flew around and hit her in the back of the head? And the pipe hit her in the front of the head AND the back of the head because she ducked? This truck with the pipe came TOWARDS them when the pipe fell off the side of the flatbed, hit the ground and accelerated towards the windshield of their car? This is confusing to me, because none of it makes sense. Nor does any aspect of his story. A lot of murders happen without an apparent motive. Maybe she wanted to divorce him? The wouldn't have been the first couple to put up a good show for the kids.
Laws of physics outta the window!!
you nailed it
Just way to many injuries for a pipe going straight through the windshield i think.
Exactly, the defence's argument to explain back of the head trauma - oh she ducked. But if she ducked then how did she sustain all the frontal face and neck injuries?
Guilty
He killed his wife and the mother of his children. May he rot in jail. He allows his children to deplete all their funds, says so much to me.
The kids are in denial, the evidence speaks for itself, sometimes people just snap
ofcourse they are,they dont believe that their father would do this, yet almost in all cases like this 90% of the times, the partner is to blame. most of these cases are made by partner to their wifes. sad reality that violence againt the women is out of control,its case after case after case... so many female victims.
how did he stage this ? Explain
@@terrorsquadlithcan you explain why he gave conflicting stories about where he was going? He still couldn't get his story straight a year later during trial, so you really can't blame brain fog.
the problem with what you said is that it is lacking motive to snap and no real investigation to the character of the person they suspect killed his wife...
Don't forget the accident conveniently occurred out in the sticks where no cameras were present and he had no response for where they were headed and changed his story THREE times.
I feel like the son thinks dad is guilty, and he is just going through the motions....
It's written all over him
TRUE
Right
Completely agree. The son knows something but won’t say.
Word lol I peeped that too...
I love my parents but these kids delusion is honestly scary.
Things that might cause a person to say .. hmmm.
#1 - Why is he taking her with him to pick up a truck for windshield repair (for three different men who say they did not request the repair)?
Why is he taking her with him and making her late to work .. when she is known for never being late?
Deep Cuts on his knuckles, especially left hand (is he left-hand dominant?)
Scratches on his neck and face
How could he break the windshield by striking it with his hand from the driver’s seat?
Why did he not try to flag down the person who drove by his car at 8:00 that morning?
Did the person who drove by that morning see that the windshield was broken?
Why would he take time away from rendering aid to his wife to pull the pipe out of the windshield?
Did the pipe have Barbara’s blood on it? His fingerprints on it?
Did the water jug have her blood or tissue on it to support the theory that her cricoid bone was broken by her striking the jug when she ducked to avoid being struck by the pipe?
The witness said the windshield was not broken.
I remember this story. He did it
same...he is 100% guilty
Every part of this story i found unsettling. But the most disturbing is these adult children still mouthing off on what a saint that man is despite the red flags. Wow!!!!!!! He is right where he needs to be.
He did it for sure. Taking a different route to replace a windshield (that no one needed) before dropping your wife off at work? That would've made her late. He's more than guilty...
God I hope you are never on a jury. Truly.
He sure fixed his screen to appear as though a pipe went through
My husband was the pastor that did this funeral. Heartbreaking for our community and church family.
And her kids.
I appreciate your comment. So often in the true crime scene, these cases just become entertainment and armchair detective work (and I am guilty of that)
Y'all really believe he is innocent?
I’m sure this was a shocking event for the whole community!
Hope the children are able to move forward. This seems a sad tragedy. At least Barbara's safe with the Lord
I rarely make comments but the conflicting stories, his injuries and her injuries point to him. He would also know how to break a windshield since he did that as a side line.
When something is flying at my head, I do not, nor would I ever, lean forward in an attempt to dodge it. I would lean to the right, left or backward 100% of the time. Since she was in a car seat with a headrest, backward was not an option, so I'd expect for her to move her head to the right or left. There's no way she received an injury to the back of her head from leaning forward when the pipe is flying at her.
Could be from impact after the pipe hit her-these things happen in seconds-I doubt she even saw it
My question is, was there any of her blood or tissue on the pipe? And if so, which injury would the defense say was consistent or matched up with the pipe?
yes, and these things happen too fast and get the person stuck in one position...
Thats what im wonderinggg@@bonniesmith142
What a monster. He destroyed his whole family. Those poor kids are suffering so much 😢
I remember ppl gushing to me about my ex… How funny, charming and caring he was… Little did they know it was all a show. In private he was an abusive, manipulative, controlling, compulsive liar. The amount of times I heard “no one will ever believe you”….
There is literally NO truck seen coming or going during the timeframe their car went by…. That’s because there was no truck. If there is no truck, his entire story or recollection of events is now dismantled. It always amazes me how the children in these cases act as if their mother never existed in the way they stand firmly behind the dads… the evidence is clear. He killed your mother. They are in extreme denial and need therapy.
Exactly!!
They really didn’t even talk about her or missing her or show emotion about her during the interviews. But when talking about HIM, the tears flowed. Very strange. My parents died years ago and I still tear up when talking about both of them.
@@mrsbluesky8415 at all! That was strange to me. I get that they have had a traumatic event occur and that is their only surging parent, but my God use your brain. And I am very sorry you are now without your parents. I will remember you tonight in my prayers ❤️
They actually said there wasn't a truck seen matching his description, so there were trucks. Just a detail.
If there was a truck I’m sure whoever was driving it got scared and hid it away for eternity, in a shed or barn.
The cricoid fracture, bloody knuckles, THREE lacerations on the BACK of her head...he is a murderer.
the bloody knuckles could be part of the staging after punching the windshield
Poor kids. In denial. Denial runs in that family, sadly.
Kids want to believe so badly that he didn’t do it. Poor kids. They deserved so much better and so did their mom. Such a shame. 😢
If I was on that jury I would have also found him guilty. He lied three times about where they were going that day. That to me would have sealed his fate as a liar. Second, why is there no trace of this mysterious truck? If a video shows their car going down the road then it should have shown the truck in question also. He is guilty.
Pay attention, if you are ever on a jury. Pay very close attention.
First, there was exactly ONE blurry video from a distance. They even said "APPEARS to be SIMILAR to their car". Second, cameras fail. Or don't continuously record.
Also, in his phone call to 911, he originally said he didn't know where the pipe came from. He said it fell from a tree or from a truck, THAT HE DIDN"T KNOW. Later he did say they had passed a 'flat bed type pick up truck". But the show doesn't say WHEN he said they passed it. What we see and hear on this program is cherry picked tidbits here and there, to support the verdict. All of them are like this. So you will not hear anything to convince you of their innocence. Just as we heard about two minutes of the evidentiary hearing post-conviction. We didn't hear all the evidence. or what the result was.
They DID find a second pipe precisely like the one that hit the car, not fifty feet from the accident. The prosecution did tests to see if it COULD happen, and it showed that it could. They chose to not present that in court. Thus, no jurors would ever see that.
Memory surrounding a trauma event is very faulty. VERY. Our brain wants to fill in the blanks with anything we know. It's a very well documented condition. He could be saying "well, I don't remember why I was on this road. I know someone who lives around here, must have been going to do work".
I have no skin in this game. No clue if the man is guilty or not. I do not have access to all the evidence presented in court and without that (we only got the Reader's Digest version of the juiciest tidbits, for entertainment) none of us can determine guilt or innocence.
48hrs NEVER disappoint
NEVER EVER!
I would have liked them to explain why her cousins denounced him. 48 hours just dropped that juicy nugget into the story and left us hanging.
@@patriceryanYes, why would they not look deeper into that?
Nor did they look into the couple’s relationship in general.
This episode TOTALLY disappointed. Erin Moriarty twisted herself into pretzels trying to make a murderer look innocent.
Facts.
So, why was he driving in the wrong direction????
Why is everyone ignoring the witness who saw car in a ditch with no windshield damage??
I saw the picture of his hands afterwards, every knuckle was injured. He beat her to death, the mother of his children, complete scumbag.
he hit it on the windshield
He hit her and the windshield. Why punch the windshield? Cmon man
Oh, YOU saw it? Then case closed! 😒 I hope you won't ever be in any judge jury.
@@redacted2275the deciding factor is the photos of the car in the ditch WITHOUT a broken windshield like 5 minutes before he called 911…he absolutely killed her and punched the window to further push his narrative
@@redacted2275we didn’t see it but there’s evidence he killed his wife. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to understand evidence and putting the pieces together.
The daughter and son didn’t even cry a little talking about their mom. Only when the dad was mentioned, and she didn’t even say what she missed about mom.
It’s a heavily edited 40 minute video. You have NO idea what she did or did not cry over. You know NOTHING about her or anyone you see on TV.
@@Sb1214nl Okay Karin 🙄
Well, it had been 6 years, and the focus of the show was their dad.
@@Sb1214nlneither do you
Yeah i thought that was Very Strange too.
I believe he is where he should be. I feel sorry for his son. Looking at that face, especially when his sister is talking, he himself knows..
Family never really wants to know the truth. Because all this evidence and some family members still don’t believe this man killed his wife. Guess it’s like when women are abused in relationships and think they are being loved. Nomatter how many people tell them it’s not right, 😢
Speaking of which, most (normal) families work in ways of denial and status quo..
Just one look at Todd's crazy eyes and I know he's guilty!
right??
So dark and creepy.
Absolutely
It’s always in the eyes.
"The eyes, Chico, they never lie"
So guilty. I watched every single day of the trial.
Yeah story changing 3 times was so bizarre. Plus no truck on the footage.
What was the motive? I'd be so interested to know, from someone who knows all the details of the case.
It always amazes me how families can be so delusional. I feel sorry for his kids, but they're old enough to accept reality.
Text book cognitive dissonance
@@xxNinjaclanxx-id9rs And when the interviewer asked how she missed her mother, the daughter kept defaulting back to talking about her father. Something is hinky here.
They can't accept that their loved ones are monsters.
She said her dad doesn’t lie yet constantly lied about where he was going that day.
He had like 28 guns! Yes, they'd all be traceable and be found out...
Exactly he wanted it to appear to be an accident, a gun of his would have been an accident
@ He would have had to explain why his wife suddenly decided to pick up a gun and, for example, clean it and accidentally discharge it. Also, gunshot residue and bullet trajectory are much harder to create convoluted narratives for, because the science is clear on both.
and he suffered of anxiety and depression, I mean - hello...
In my opinion, the fact that the pipe made 2 impressions in the windshield- impossible, if the pipe had penetrated the glass and somehow come back out then rotated and penetrated the glass again, the best I can come up with is the pipe would have hit horizontally the second hit, also Barbara would have asked hubby to take her to work then go to pick up the other vehicle, which there’s no substantial evidence the other vehicle existed. Then man is lying!