Editing Bob Crane (section)

===Trial===
At the 1994 trial, Crane's son Scotty testified that Crane had repeatedly expressed a desire to terminate his friendship with Carpenter in the weeks before his death. He said that Carpenter had become "a hanger-on" and "a nuisance to the point of being obnoxious."<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 4, 1994 |title=Bob Crane's son testifies in trial |page=A–2 |work=The Telegraph |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XqJdAAAAIBAJ&pg=2022,5749978&dq=bob+crane+john+henry+carpenter+son&hl=en |access-date=December 15, 2012}}</ref> "My dad expressed that he just didn't need Carpenter kind of hanging around him anymore," he said.<ref name=two/> Scotty further testified that Crane had called Carpenter the night before the murder to end their friendship.<ref name="philbin">Philbin, Tom (2012). ''The Killer Book of Cold Cases: Incredible Stories, Facts, and Trivia from the Most Baffling True Crime Cases of All Time''. Sourcebooks, Inc. {{ISBN|1-402-25356-7}} p. 191</ref>

Carpenter's attorneys attacked the [[prosecution]]'s case as circumstantial and inconclusive. They presented evidence that Carpenter and Crane were still on good terms, including witnesses from the restaurant where the two men had dined the evening before the murder. They noted that the murder weapon had never been identified or found; the prosecution's camera tripod theory was sheer speculation, they said, based solely on Carpenter's occupation. They disputed the claim that the newly discovered evidence photo showed brain tissue, and alleged that the police work had been sloppy, such as the mishandling and misplacing of evidence—including the crucial tissue sample itself.<ref name="three">Rubin, P. (May 5, 1993). The Bob Crane Murder Case, Part Three. [http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/film/the-bob-crane-murder-case-part-three-6425779 ''Phoenix New Times'' archive], retrieved November 4, 2015.</ref> They pointed out that Crane had been videotaped and photographed in sexual relations with numerous women, implying that any one of them might have been the killer.<ref name=philbin/> Other potential suspects proposed by Carpenter's attorneys included angry husbands and boyfriends of the women, and an actor who had sworn vengeance after a violent argument with Crane in [[Texas]] several months earlier.<ref name="two">Rubin, P. (April 28, 1993). The Bob Crane Murder Case, Part Two. [http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/the-bob-crane-murder-case-part-two-6425966 ''Phoenix New Times'' archive], retrieved November 3, 2015.</ref>

Carpenter was [[acquittal|acquitted]],<ref>{{Cite news |title=Actor Bob Crane died a gruesome death. Anchor's book takes another look |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/13/new-book-actor-bob-cranes-bloody-murder/99145724/ |access-date=May 4, 2018 |work=USA Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=France |first=Lisa Respers |title=We still don't know who killed Bob Crane |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/14/entertainment/bob-crane-murder/index.html |access-date=May 4, 2018 |website=CNN|date=November 14, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Cold Case: Bob Crane's Secret Life Implicated |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Hogans-Heroes-Bob-Crane-Murder-Cold-Case-Hollywood-Star-Kept-Secret-Celebutantes-Now-Flaunt-150263225.html |access-date=May 4, 2018 |website=NBC Los Angeles|date=May 5, 2012 }}</ref> and he continued to maintain his innocence until his death in 1998.<ref name="Newton">Newton, Michael (2009). ''The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes'' (2nd ed.). Infobase Publishing. {{ISBN|0-8160-7818-1}}</ref> 

After the trial, Crane's son Robert David speculated publicly that Patricia Olson might have had a role in instigating the crime. "Nobody got a dime out of [the murder]," he said, "except for one person," alluding to Crane's [[will and testament|will]], which left his entire estate to Olson while excluding him, his siblings and his mother. Robert David repeated his suspicions in the 2015 book ''Crane: Sex, Celebrity, and My Father's Unsolved Murder''.<ref>Crane R, Fryer C. ''Crane: Sex, Celebrity, and My Father's Unsolved Murder''. University Press of Kentucky (2015), pp. 200–209. {{ISBN|081316074X}}</ref> Maricopa County District Attorney [[Rick Romley]] responded, "We never characterized Patty as a suspect," adding, "I am convinced John Carpenter murdered Bob Crane."<ref name=people/> Officially, Crane's murder remains unsolved.<ref name=Newton/>