Man admits to moving gun after friend was fatally shot | Forensic Files

l I tried to do what I could okay and then I washed my hands and then you wash your hands correct that's why I don't
have anything my and then you then you call the police okay and then you called the
police right away I got and call the police so you know when you get blood all of your hands and then go into the
sink and you yeah or the handle to the sink right there should be blood on that hand there's no there's no blood on the
hand the sink and there's no nothing in the sink and the sink is the sink rinse my hand the sink's dry there's no water
or anything no I washed my hands in the sink I did rined right now all this evidence does not add
up I can't I just want you to just think I just want you to think about this and
what what you're you're asking me to confess to something I didn't do no I'm not I'm asking you just to think we're
just going to give you some time here just to think we got to grab that stuff anyway think about everything that we
discussed with you so the change that I have I did take the gun and I put it in my
suitcase I put it in the suitcase went back looked to her and said yep went back to the suitcase
grabbed it G and put it back there why would you move that gun did he explain why he moved the gun
he was scared I mean why would you lay her hand back down front I was moving I was
moving her I was looking at her that's all I know at that point we're like What innocent person would sit do
this that gun went off behind the closup I did not shoot her I didn't k

Matthew Ecker told police he'd heard a gunshot and rushed to help his friend. He washed his hands and called 911. Investigators say he was lying.

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Brief Summary

A suspect insists on their innocence during a tense police interrogation about a shooting.

Key points

Confession Under Pressure. A tense interrogation reveals conflicting accounts of evidence and actions.

Episode highlights

Confession Under PressureA tense interrogation reveals conflicting accounts of evidence and actions.“I just want you to think about this.”1:37Oct 31, 2024

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