Alaskan teenager Rachelle Waterman isn't headed to jail or trial anytime soon, after a judge reaffirmed a decision in March to bar prosecutors from using a crucial piece of evidence, a videotaped police interview, against the 17-year-old in her mother's murder.
PHOTO GALLERIES
INTERACTIVES
KEY DOCUMENTS
Love Letters
This series of letters from Jason Arrant show an obsessive, sexually-charged relationship. Readers' discretion advised.- Lauri's Letter
Before she was brutally murdered, Lauri Waterman reached out to her daughter Rachelle in this handwritten note. - 'My Crappy Life'
Unedited excerpts are highlights from a blog Rachelle Waterman maintained on livejournal.com, where she posted 150 journal entries. - The Indictment
Rachelle Waterman is charged along with ex-boyfriends Brian Radel and Jason Arrant with murder, kidnapping and other assorted charges. - Police Interview
These six excerpts from Rachelle Waterman's police interview reveal the teen's changing story. - Juror Questionnaire
Prospective jurors had to answer this series of questions.
More Stories
- •March 2, 2006
Rachelle Waterman wants acquittal, not retrial - •Feb. 14, 2006
Juror: We were split 10-to-2 in favor of acquitting teen
VERDICT
- •Feb. 14, 2006
Jury deadlocks, mistrial declared
CLOSINGS & DELIBERATIONS
- •Blog
Courtroom play-by-play - •Feb. 7, 2006
Deliberations begin
PROSECUTION'S CASE
- •Feb. 6, 2006
Psychologist: Waterman was haunted by sexual assault - •Feb. 2, 2006
Jury hears Rachelle Waterman's taped confession - •Feb. 1, 2006
In police interview, teen implicated the innocent - •Jan. 31, 2006
Killer testifies against teen girlfriend - •Jan. 30, 2006
Friends: Teen calm after mother's disappearance - •Jan. 27, 2006
Killer says he acted for 'blood brother' - •Jan. 26, 2006
Trooper: I knew Rachelle plotted mom's murder
JURY SELECTION & OPENINGS
- •Jan. 25, 2006
Witnesses: Teen had good relationship with mom
CASE IN BRIEF
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Alaska teenager Rachelle Waterman, who cast herself as a rebellious bad-girl on her blog, was accused of conspiring with two ex-boyfriends to have her mother killed. The jury deadlocked, a mistrial was declared and the charges were dropped.
BACKGROUND
SPECIAL REPORTS
JUROR PROFILES
KEY PLAYERS
MESSAGE BOARDS
CHATS
Harriet Ryan, Harry Swartz-Turfle
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•Verdict chat
Courttv.com reporter Harriet Ryan and producer Harry Swartz-Turfle talk about the mistrial
- •Chat about witness testimony
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