I was, anyway. It wasn't clear from the excerpts; LV followed directly after Bob White. (not a criticism... I'm extremely grateful to you book readers for taking the time to post excerpts. I know how time consuming it is).
I wonder what Bob White turned over ? And I sure do wonder what the heck Nurmi overheard on her calls that warranted he and Wilmott and an investigator going to LV to speak with whomever.
Nurmi style, he hints it was one of the killer's truly dirty little secrets. I'm thinking his book is so long because he's intent on revealing everything humiliating about her he discovered along the way.
Pretty unsubtle to state that " crazy as it sounds" she cared more about her reputation than facing prison or death, and then to carry on decimating her.
Hope4More, I have to be honest - I never heard of JA until a few days into her first trial. I knew vaguely about some forged pedo letters but not the nitty gritty behind them. So I apologize if you already know this - this was news to me from the book.
Re: Bob White....
-on a Monday morning in April, 2010 KN goes into his office and sees an email, with 10 PDF attachments, from a Yahoo email account of someone named "Bob White"
-the attachments contain a scanned, handwritten letter from TA stating that he is attracted to the Hughes' son, that it would be easy to act on these feelings, and that he (TA) is sorry he broke JA's finger (no idea if this is all in one letter, or what is contained in each of the 10 attachments)
-KN questions why TA would have written and mailed these letters to JA when all of their communication was electronic and telephonic. KN wonders who "Bob White" is and how "Bob White" came to possess such letters. These questions are not answered in the book
-KN says his trying to figure who Bob White was and why he had the purported letters was "the beginning of the end of the relatively harmonious relationship I had with Ms. Arias." (gee, I wonder why?)
-the defense expert concluded that it was "highly probable" that the letters were written by TA. "Highly probable" is the highest level of authenticity that can be bestowed on something without seeing the original (according, of course, to KN). With this finding of "highly probable" KN decided to turn over to the state as evidence of "Ms. Arias' claims of physical abuse and her claim that Mr. Alexander had a sexual interest in young children." (oh, how lucky for JA - a twofer.)
-later on KN became much more suspect of these letters. Enter the 3x5 card of practice handwriting found in JA's cell. If she wrote them, KN wonders how they got out of the jail. (reading between the lines, this card is found after the defense expert made her conclusion).
-KN says the state could never conclude with absolute certainty that the letters were forged. The state expert said no conclusive analysis could be done because these were copies of the letter and not originals.
-KN tells us what he thought of the letters makes no difference. If his expert says it is "highly probable" that TA wrote them, then that is what he has to go with.
As far as I can tell, KN does not know who "Bob White" actually is. Any guesses? Matt? Donovan? MDLR (or does this predate her)? KN says these letters are posted "all over the internet." FWIW.
