Question H

[Jonetta]

Bentz is skeptical that Cole had anything to do with the murders but Montoya is doggedly determined to prove he’s the killer. Was Montoya’s perspective biased at all or was Bentz’s experience driving him to see things more clearly?

[Anita]

All Montoya saw was a chance to take down a hotshot lawyer and he was going to do his best make the charge stick. He was biased at best and borderline obsessed. Bentz believed Cole guilty at first too, but reevaluated as more bodies dropped. He was definitely the more analytical of the two.

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Does play into the characters of the two detectives. Montoya and Cole were similar in character I think, so it was a battle of the two alpha, machismo dogs. Montoya took an instant dislike to Cole and wanted to take him down. As Anita said, Bentz although he thought him guilty on Eve's evidence initially didn't let his prejudices sway him from evaluating what was happening as the case went along.

[Jonetta]

I don’t see Montoya as an alpha dog. He doesn’t show up that way with Abby. I see him more as being resentful of Cole because he’s a smug defense attorney and is biased from that perspective. He wants him to be guilty just because.

Bentz has a lot more experience and is paying attention to the clues. It’s become obvious that too much doesn’t fit Cole and isn’t going to make the clues fit the suspect. Much more of an open mind as he doesn’t seem to be offended by Cole.