. >> prosecutors believe that from the beginning, andrea intended to rob pat mcrae. he sat on the coach in the living room for what he thought would be some harmless entertainment. instead, andrea pulled a knife and attacked him. he tried to fight back. the fight moved across the living room to the front door. mcrae, weak from blood loss and shock, could no longer fight back. in all, andrea stabbed him a total of six times. she used the knife to cut mcrae's wallet from his back pocket. she also took his keys. a tremendous amount of blood had been spilled. police think andrea's contention that she got a nosebleed during the struggle was probably the only thing about her story which was true. that's how her blood dripped on to the comforter on pat's bed. she walked through the rooms trying to clean up the blood, but there was simply too much of it. blood found on the curtains showed she opened them to see if mars had returned. when he arrived, andrea left through the front door and locked it on her way out, tracking fresh blood across the front porch. several hours lat