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Camara told The Times that she felt as if the state cared more about the privacy of a dead man than her right to know how he bought the gun that killed her son.

Now, after two and a half months of court testimony, a jury must decide whether the dead man’s wife, Monica Sementilli, orchestrated his murder, or was duped by her jealous lover.

Agonising moments pass as the families try to see if the dead man is a loved one.

"Let me tell you in front of everybody. Film me. I am a dead man, I lost everything … the whole of Europe should know," he told reporters.

Austin had fled the killing with Baker in the dead man’s Porsche — a detail authorities didn’t discover until October, when they arrested Austin, an Oregon probation officer.