DR. SHAKU TEAS: I don't see any injuries on Barbara that I would say are suggestive or consistent with strangulation. Todd's trial lawyer Stephen Hurley didn't call a forensic pathologist of his own to dispute the state's case but tried to create reasonable doubt during cross-examination.

Tim Gruenke: I think he just looked like somebody who was trying to explain away his lies. EXAMINING THE EVIDENCE Erin Moriarty: What you're showing me is that the state's own experts did an experiment that if in fact the pipe bounced like this it could've done exactly what Todd said it did. MARK MESHULAM (showing photo of the windshield): This is the view of the inside of the car looking out. Doctor Teas contradicted the findings of the medical examiner who had performed the autopsy and testified at trial, Dr. McCubbin. Psychology Professor Geoffrey Loftus said trauma may have lead to Kendhammer not having a complete picture of what happened.

Who Killed Barbara Kendhammer?

Note how from this angle it is more difficult to see the damage to the windshield Note how from this angle it is more difficult to see the damage to the windshield Gruenke believes Todd Kendhammer killed Barbara and staged the scene to look like an accident. Kendhammer was arrested three months later and went on trial a year after that. "Every day I was in a constant state of anxiety and couldn't eat and couldn't sleep," says Jessica. Evidence in the Barbara Kendhammer case 15 photos It was alleged that Kendhammer killed his wife then staged the car accident to cover it up, and he was sentenced to life in prison in 2018. Tim Gruenke: She said that the injuries to Barb were very inconsistent with a pipe of that size and that weight coming through the windshield. Kendhammer, 47, of West Salem, faces a first degree intentional homicide charge after an investigation showed he may be lying about how his wife, Barbara, died. He originally told police a metal pipe went through the windshield of his car and hit his wife in September of 2016.

And then four days after the incident, Medical Examiner Dr. Kathleen McCubbin conducted an autopsy on Barbara.Broken glass from the windshield was found in the gear shift: Investigators theorized that this could have only occurred if the vehicle was in park at the time the windshield was broken. Verdict: maybe. It’s possible that when Todd placed the car in park after the pipe hit the windshield, glass shards were then transferred into the gear shift console as he scrambled to get out of the car and remove Barbara from the vehicle.

I believe Todd had been planning to murder Barbara for quite some time, as evidenced by him scheduling himself for work on the days he and Barbara were supposed to be out of town camping. I also believe Todd was too stupid AND too egotistical to properly sort out the details of his crime. He assumed everyone would unquestioningly believe “the good and aggrieved husband” and that no one would snoop so closely as to find any evidence askew. After all, in his mind, Barbara deserved it. But now Dr. Shaku Teas, who has performed some 6,000 autopsies, would examine Barbara Kendhammer's medical records and autopsy photos. Which contradicts state investigators who, from the beginning, had suggested that a pipe slamming through Todd's windshield was next to impossible. Jordan Kendhammer: If he wanted to kill ma, why the hell would he go through all the work and trouble to find a pipe, drive all the way out to the middle of a busy road — Dr. Lindsey Thomas: I've never seen a fractured cricoid in strangulation. … I wouldn't say it absolutely can't happen, but certainly I haven't seen it, I haven't read about it, I haven't heard about it … it seems more consistent with the kind of thing that would happen — in a weird car crash.Jessica and Jordan were stunned when Gerianne Buchner Wettstein, their mom's cousin, spoke out against Todd and read a letter signed by several other cousins. LA CROSSE, Wis. (WEAU) - A West Salem man serving a life sentence is hoping for another opportunity to take his case to trial. Gruenke grilled Kendhammer over his version of events surrounding the pipe allegedly crashing through his windshield and injuring his wife. He asked Kendhammer whether one of his wife’s shoes was outside his car, while the other was inside. Kendhammer said it was not a sign of a struggle.