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my mom was a research scientist um and my dad was a pediatrician my mom was super outdoorsy
loved to be outdoors I really viewed my dad as being a really good father being very caring
engaged they were a great couple first 10 years of knowing each other and then they sort of
[Music] degraded after the divorce we spent most of our time with my father as I got
older he became more confrontational with my mother just because you don't get along with somebody doesn't
insinuate that you want to hurt them and I never ever ever wanted to hurt Utah he
asked me would it be bad if UTA wasn't around anymore I was the first one to find
her I drove over the door was unlocked I went in I could hear the water running I
knocked I came in the bathroom and I found her in the tub underneath the water 911 what is your emergency I found
my girlfriend she must here head and fall over the bathtu I think she's dead the police said this was a a
suicide everybody knew it wasn't a suicide as I thought about my dad's behavior before and after her death it
became more and more apparent to me that he was responsible for killing her I didn't have a motive to kill UTA and I
don't know that I was the last person to see UTA alive Johnny did not kill UTA he
cared too much about having his kid's mother in his kids' lives Pella was a teenager who got swept up in a crusade
that was started by others the evidence is overwhelming it was this defendant Donnie wall that
killed her my father being put on trial is the culmination of a lot of work a struggle occurred in UT's bedroom
someone else was there look carefully at those injuries it's reasonable that she
could have done that to herself I will be sitting across from him I'm sure he doesn't have warm feeling towards me his
conviction is incredibly important to me

A son is determined to prove his father, a doctor, killed his mother, a noted scientist. Will his dad end up in prison? "48 Hours" correspondent Susan Spencer has the latest in the case Saturday, June 18 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

Brief Summary

Johnny reflects on UTA's tragic death and the trial of his father, revealing family dynamics and the quest for justice.

Key points

A Tragic Discovery. The narrator finds his girlfriend in a bathtub, leading to a police investigation.
Accusations of Murder. The narrator grapples with the belief that his father may be responsible for UTA's death.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I never ever ever wanted to hurt Utah.

Reflecting on his feelings towards Utah after the incident.

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