Mike Loftus
Appearances
48 Hours
Post Mortem | The “Batman” Intruder
Yes. And it might have been hard to on their part, the investigators in the in the D.A. to to take that step in court, you know, prove the attempted murder charge. There's a chance he might have fought that, too, and let it go to trial if that was included.
48 Hours
Post Mortem | The “Batman” Intruder
And he's not allowed to contact Morgan or the kids in any way.
48 Hours
Post Mortem | The “Batman” Intruder
And he's the last one in her immediate family because Rod's father, her husband, also passed away. So, you know, it's Rod and the twins.
48 Hours
Post Mortem | The “Batman” Intruder
And she's also been just so great working with us throughout this because she wants people to know about this a lot of people are now going to learn about gaslighting she wants this story to be told to help others you know because people can start noticing the signs before it gets worse
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Post Mortem | The “Batman” Intruder
I mean, on top of all this, investigators found that, you know, he made fake hospital bills and stuff to try and show that he had cancer. He searched cancer diagnosis letter online. So he went through great lengths to try and prove this.
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Post Mortem | The “Batman” Intruder
She told us a story, which we have in the show, about when they went on a trip to a lake and she said he physically attacked her. And he said that she was kind of being upset. She was being out of control and he had to do this to constrain her. And she believed it. You know, she started believing, maybe I was upset. Maybe I was out of control.
48 Hours
Post Mortem | The “Batman” Intruder
So this is a prime example of gaslighting in this story.
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Post Mortem | The “Batman” Intruder
reflecting back you know she can see it now but i think it took her a while to initially because who would yeah it's the love of your life since you were married in your 20s yeah right and she told us that her friends and family even believed him took his side too oh my gosh so you know that's that's where the gaslighting comes in she's really convinced of this because everyone around her is saying this
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Post Mortem | The “Batman” Intruder
Right. He's already offering so much information and all the operator asked for is what's your name and address. And he's already coming up with where he was at the time.
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Post Mortem | The “Batman” Intruder
I feel like that's something that is going to get conflicting reactions from the audience is what his true intention was and whether he decided to back out of doing something, taking it a step further in the moment or not. Because she said, I love my husband, don't hurt my husband. Right. She said she could feel the room change after that was said.
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Post Mortem | The “Batman” Intruder
By doing that, they were able to then get a search warrant on his car and his apartment. You know, if he was free, he could go back and destroy some of the evidence, the zip ties, et cetera, that were found in his apartment.
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Post Mortem | The “Batman” Intruder
So this was great for the investigators because now they can go in and search his car, search his apartment, and they found some of the key evidence that, you know, the incriminating evidence for it.
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Post Mortem | The “Batman” Intruder
It was really interesting to watch. I mean, he first off, he denies having zip ties at his apartment. I don't know how they got there. That's what he keeps telling investors. I don't know how. And they're like, well, who put him there?
48 Hours
Post Mortem | The “Batman” Intruder
Yeah, and his response was like, I don't know, there's something fishy going on here. And the cops are like, well, do you think we put them there? And he was like, I don't know, you know, I don't know anything. And then they also found a book in there called Seven Ways to Be Her Hero, which... Again, he said, oh, of course I'm reading that. I'm trying to win my wife back.
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Post Mortem | The “Batman” Intruder
Like, of course I'd be reading that. And then he points out that it wasn't open. You know, he never even opened it. But when they brought up, we found the zip ties. That's the moment when he was really like, I don't want to talk to you guys anymore. You know, I'm a lawyer. And that's when he starts getting really upset and really starts realizing he's their prime suspect.