Son spent all of his inheritance money to prove his father was guilty of murdering his mother

Weeks before her passing, researcher Uta von Schwedler made a major leap forward with her exploration into adolescence leukemia. 

She was making strides to win care of her kids and had discovered new love after she separated from her spouse of 16 years, John "Johnny" Brickman Walls . 

At that point she was discovered dead in a shower. 

The world was robbed of a great talent and four children lost their mum. 

Uta's demise was ruled as suicide, yet her child Pelle declined to trust his mom would take her own life, so he spent the greater part of his inheritance attempting to demonstrate it was murder.

Not just that, he guaranteed he knew who the executioner was – his dad. 

In 2011, German-conceived Uta, 49, lived in Salt Lake City and was attempting to win full care of her youngsters. 

Four years prior she had separated from their dad Johnny. They'd met as understudies in California, and Johnny had turned into a very much loved and regarded pediatrician. 

Uta had initially gone into HIV research and had the "most influential scientific papers published in the first 30 years of HIV research". 

Then she moved into the field of leukaemia where she was making serious progress.


Uta was given to having any kind of effect, yet her kids were her need. 

She set aside a few minutes to run outdoors with them, or trekking in the mountains, and she invested hours making scrapbooks loaded with photographs and recollections. 

In any case, when the marriage ended, Uta was blamed for taking part in an extramarital entanglements with another researcher and she moved out of the family home, leaving the children with Johnny. 

Custody battle

By 2011, Pelle was 17 and living with his father and younger siblings Johnny had remarried and separated again, however when it came to Uta, strains were as high as ever. 

Uta was cheerfully dating Nils Abramson and by September that year she'd gone to court to win essential care of her youngsters. 

It was concurred that the case would be assessed and Uta was cheerful for a change. Be that as it may, Johnny felt as though he was losing control. 

On September 27, Uta was due to see her boyfriend, Nils. But when he arrived at the house, he heard the bath running and found Uta submerged under the water.

As he hauled her out, he knew she was dead. Nils was upset. Had she fallen and hit her head? 

There was no indication of a break-in, only a kitchen blade and one of Uta's cherished photograph scrapbooks in the water. 

It proposed suicide, yet Nils and Pelle declined to trust it. 

When it came to foes, she just had one – Johnny. He was addressed straight away. 

"I was sleeping," he demanded, saying he was no place close to the house. Be that as it may, when questioned further, he got to be dubious or said he couldn't recall. 

At the point when Johnny told the kids their mum was dead, rather than ameliorating them, he separated about being a suspect and meandered on. 

"Imagine a scenario where I did it and don't recollect that?" he said, sobbing while curled up like a baby

Right from the beginning  Pelle knew his father was to blame 

A coroner finished up the reason for death was suffocating, yet it was undetermined. 

Johnny told the youngsters it was suicide however it neglected to clarify the shallow blade wounds on her body or the abnormal state of hostile to nervousness drug Xanax in her blood. 

They were sufficiently high to make Uta sleepy and it was a medication she never took. 

Prior to her passing, Johnny had composed a medicine for the same medication for his mum – who never got it. 

Pelle additionally saw his father had a scratch on his eye. Johnny said it had been brought about by their pet puppy Molly, however 

Pelle didn't trust him and he began to fear for the security of his siblings.

He thought the police would capture his dad, so when they didn't, he took matters into his own hands. 

In January 2012, Pelle left home and moved in with his closest companion and her family, then begin securing his siblings. 

When he turned 18, he went to court and they were in the long run all put in the guardianship of family companions. 

Closer to equity 

Extraordinarily, Johnny sued Pelle for the arrival of the family scrapbooks that were so cherished in their family. 

Thus, Pelle utilized his legacy to sue his father with a wrongful passing suit. 

It implied that legal counselors could address Johnny under pledge about Uta's passing – and it was a disclosure. 

Johnny's story changed and he even conceded he'd seen Uta the day she died.

On April 25, 2013, Johnny was captured and accused of Uta's homicide. 

Pelle had spent almost all his inheritance and was one step closer to justice.

The trial started in February this year and Johnny argued not liable.

The resistance recommended the blade wounds were self-dispensed and Uta had taken the Xanax herself. 



Pelle, now 21, was a witness for the prosecution and recalled finding out his mum was dead.

"I was in my bedroom getting my stuff ready to go and my dad came in trailed by my three younger siblings. They were all crying, obviously very distraught, very upset... and my dad said, 'Uta’s dead and they think I did it,’" Pelle said.


He told the jury his father was acting abnormal. 

"He was somewhat prattling and meandering. Be that as it may, he was stating things along the lines of, 'Am I a creature?' and 'Imagine a scenario where I did it and I can't recollect that?' 

I think he additionally said, 'I need my mother or I need my mama,' at a certain point.

One master witness said Uta 'battled to live' and there were indications of a battle. 

The arraignment proposed Johnny had pounded the Xanax pills, blended them with liquor and infused them into Uta.

But was the whole scene staged to look that way? Uta had four kids, a meaningful career and a new love. She had no reason to kill herself.

"He resented her efforts to see the children, to talk with the children, to text the children, to email the children," the prosecution argued. "He just couldn’t stop talking about how much he hated her."

Finally, the jury had a verdict. Johnny was found guilty of murder and was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. 

Johnny’s family claim it’s an injustice, and say he’ll appeal, but outside court, Pelle felt relief.

"We have spent the last three and a half years seeking justice for my mother, and today that quest is finally at an end."

Pelle knew his mum loved her children too much to leave them, and his dad was hiding something. 

So he devoted his life to making sure everyone knew the truth.