I had only read headlines until now so I went back and read a few articles about her murder. We do hear from time to time about a guy who spends 20 years in prison only to find out that he wasn't guilty, BUT they discovered he was innocent because of the forensic tools (can you tell I'm a CSI fan? Las Vegas, of course!!) that they have available today that they didn't have back then. So, my feeling is that with all the tests they have to check blood, fingerprints, etc., that during this trial, it will become very clear whether or not he murdered her. I'm gonna sound like Brass for a moment when I say, "okay, let me tell you how I think I went down.." lol I think he got pissed because she didn't keep the cages as clean as he liked, he sends her the text message to tell her to meet so they could discuss it, she tells him "i'm the scientist, you're the janitor, take a long walk off a short pier", he chokes her and hides her body. Time will tell and now I'll be following the story more closely. As for the death penalty, my gut reaction is that it is never right to take a human life. That being said, I don't want tax dollars wasted on keeping someone like Charles Manson (or anyone else who the evidence clearly proved to be guilty of something like murder or child molestation) in prison where they are warm and fed and can take college courses and play checkers all day. If I were on a jury and I had to decide how to sentence a young man who murdered a young woman because she didn't keep mouse cages clean, I would shed a tear for all involved as I chose the death penalty.