Comments on: In Too Deep

A College Girl Gets Caught Up In A Gruesome Murder Case

[longhorn1236]

She did not just find the body. She found out about the girl, stabbed her and then she hacked up the body. Do not believe me? Ever met her? she admitted it to her entire apartment complex at a party one time.

[bobnjersey]

["In your opinion your client is guilty of nothing other than stupidity?" Maher asks defense attorney Sawyer. ]

well ... stupidity in the commission of a murder ... or the covering up of such ... warrants ''go to jail ... go directly to jail''.

[citygirl0110]

A tattoo of the name of the drug-crazed murderer who implicated you in his own trial? 5 years for your part in this? The judge should have given Hall the same punishment as her love.

[bcross9802]

I think she showed up, found them together, shot Jennifer, got Colton so drugged up he didn''t know what was going on, left and then pretended not to know anything about it when Colton called for her to come over. For her to have his name tattoed on her ankle AFTER the murder shows how demented she is and how obsessed she is with him. Her, "That''s how I roll" comment tells a lot about her strange mindset, as well. Thank God not many people "roll" like she does!

[gary_a_hill]

I can''t see faulting CBS for giving her a forum. I like the low-key approach; let her talk and let the viewers decide for themselves how much credibility she has.

It''s pretty clear almost everyone thinks she has none at all. I can believe that she was the actual killer because the scenario of a jealous girlfriend makes more sense than the scenario presented at trial. However, wouldn''t the prosecutors have looked at that angle? They must just not have enough evidence to go that route.

One detail that''s impossible to understand is why they didn''t ditch the gun.

[justice153]

I grew up with Colton and have been following this case since the murder. From day one I knew that Colton wasn''t capable of the heinous crime all by himself. She definatley played a much larger role in this crime than is being portrayed. She is just as guilty as Colton and should have recieved the same sentence as him. To me she was the mastermind behind the entire murder. All of prayers go out to the victims'' family and friends. They need better justice than this.

[birgoge]

do not publish this redundancy...svp

[birgoge]

i cannot really imagine that scenario

[birgoge]

he might be telling the truth that the drug dealers did it. then he does not remember later an indelible event like that!? To criminals in columbia maybe its a normal occurance where they get the coke. alcohol is a powerful drug though, waking up with less memory, what''s the doc say? colts not on heroin either only coke...
i think i''ll use this in a movie and make a mint...interested in it see-bs?

[Emmy2]

I can''t believe that "48 Hours" would do a show on Laura Hall and omit her best-known quote! As documented in her arrest warrant, when, before her arrest, a friend asked her how it was possible for her to help the murderer of a woman much like herself escape, Laura said "That''s just how I roll." Or did I just miss it on the broadcast? In Austin, she was known for awhile as the "how I roll" girl. For those who are not from Austin and haven''t been saturated with coverage of this crime, you can probably understand Laura Hall''s insane behavior a bit better if you know that she had been pursuing this guy for a long time, and he used her to sleep with but didn''t take her out on dates and didn''t reciprocate her obsessive love. It''s unlikely, as some have speculated, that he would have covered up her crime for her, if she had been the murderer. It''s totally believable that she would help him in every way possible, however, and, now that she''s away from him and has probably lost her obsession with him, she''s trying to rewrite her history. For those who know about this case only from this program, rest assured, she was not afraid of Pitonyak and she was most definitely guilty of willingly assisting him after the murder, something that she undoubtedly regrets now that she''s being punished for it.

[carol34]

Laura is the Killer!!!!!!!!!!! The truth will come out, you''ll see!!!!!!!

[polgara1156]

personally I can''t determine whether or not I think she is guilty or not because I have not seen enough of the evidence. It would be helpful if cbs could provide links to court transcripts or other factual evidence.

[birgoge]

he might be telling the truth that the drug dealers did it. then he does not remember later an indelible event like that!? To criminals in columbia maybe its a normal occurance where they get the coke. alcohol is a powerful drug though, waking up with less memory, what''s the doc say? colts not on heroin either only coke...
i think i''ll use this in a movie and make a mint...interested in it see-bs?

[birgoge]

he might be telling the truth that the drug dealers did it. then he does not remember later an indelible event like that!? To criminals in columbia maybe its a normal occurance where they get the coke. alcohol is a powerful drug though, waking up with less memory, what''s the doc say? colts not on heroin either only coke...

[birgoge]

is it not possible that colton was telling the truth, drunk when he told her that coke dealers did it, not remembering later on. (then again, how could he not remember something that indelible and traumatic! maybe a hardened criminal could forget? what does the doctor think?
the benefit of the doubt might shorten his sentence?
are any of them interested in a part in my latest series? we need the bs part clarified, i don''t see the bs (cbs){seeBS}

[usakousagi]

So she''s a stupid girl, and she''s being punished for it. Sometimes when you love someone enough you''ll stay with them throughout anything and I find I''m questioning myself as to whether I would have stayed with the guy if I was in that situation and truly loved him. I don''t think she helped mutilate, I think she just helped cover it up and was stupid and in love. Well... girls tend to be stupid when they''re in love.

[bonhestia]

Laura Hall is nothing but a LIAR!!!!! She is a grown woman who knows write from wrong. I don''t believe a word she said on her interview. I believe she should have gotten more than 5 years. She participated in every that happened to that poor girl. She deserves to rot in prison. Those tears she shed were nothing but fake. If she really was scared of Colton then why did she put his name on her ankle. That right there shows that she is not innocent. Laura Hall I hope you live a miserable life from now on!!!!!!!!!

[diamondhd]

How could anyone believe Laura Hall. I find it hard to believe her parents didn''t teach her how to tell the truth and the difference between right and wrong. Perhaps CALL THE COPS when she was safely out of Colton''s apartment is what she should have done. After the fact she still took him to Mexico and then also managed to get a new tattoo with his name on her ankle. It kinda reminds me of Natural Born Killers. She is in the right place, but maybe not for long enough.

[birgoge]

is it not possible that colton was telling the truth, drunk when he told her that coke dealers did it, not remembering later on. (then again, how could he not remember something that indelible and traumatic! maybe a hardened criminal could forget? what does the doctor think?
the benefit of the doubt might shorten his sentence?
are any of them interested in a part in my latest series? we need the bs part clarified, i don''t see the bs (cbs){seeBS}

[brattymaddie-2009]

I was so disgusted with Laura Hall and her inability to give a straight answer, that I found myself wanting to shake her until her teeth rattled! What an obvious bold-faced liar. When asked if she had handled Colton''s gun, she said that yes she had, but when told that her fingerprints were found on the trigger, she evasively said "I can imagine that". What the hell kind of answer is that?

She was VERY calculated in all her answers and NEVER seemed to tell the same version of her story twice. No wonder her attorney didn''t want to put her on the stand because the jurors would see what everyone else saw, and that is that this Laura chick is freak, a liar, and completely involved in the mutilation of poor Jennifer''s body. Nothing she said adds up - it doesn''t connect, and the jurors would convict this narcissistic, sociopathic, waste of airtime con, as they should!
Heck, Colton probably didn''t even ask her to help him - she probably volunteered her services just so she would shine in Colton''s sick, perverted, twisted eyes.

Laura was acting through the whole thing. She sure seemed to bask in all the attention; being filmed while doing laps, cooking in her apartment, one on one interview, etc. What an attention-seeker.

I feel deeply sorry for everyone''s parents, friends and family, and my heart goes out to them, but from what I saw... the whackjob IS DEFINITELY GUILTY!!! The clincher was the tattoo on her ankle. C''mon, really?