A woman who testified she overheard Christopher Tapp admitting to killing Angie Dodge now claims she lied under oath after police fed her details on the case and pressured her to testify.
In 1998, Destiny Osborne, then 18 years old, told a jury she was at a party and overheard Tapp and Benjamin Hobbs, another suspect in the murder who was never charged, talking about the killing. In an exclusive interview with the Post Register on Wednesday, however, Osborne alleged Idaho Falls Police Department officers told her what to say and told her she had suppressed memories through her drug use.
Recently, Brian Dripps of Caldwell was charged in Dodge’s murder based on a DNA match and a confession, in which he said he acted alone.
The Idaho Press reports, Osborne said the officers would have her repeat her testimony and correct her. She claims police told her if she did not testify, she would disappoint the victims mother, Carol Dodge, and let a murderer walk free.
