The closing statements in the murder trial of Alan Smith, who accused of killing his estranged wife Susann Smith in Feb. 2012, were heard in a Snohomish County courtroom today.

Deputy Prosecutor Craig Matheson spoke to the judge, who will decide the verdict instead of a jury, and a courtroom packed with friends of Susann’s and members of the police who investigated the case.

Photographs of evidence against the defendant were viewable on a courtroom screen, including bloody footprints, the crime scene, medical examiner photographs, and more, highlighted by Matheson showing how Alan Smith could have killed his wife.

“Ultimately she succumbs not to the injuries to her head, but because she drowned,” Matheson said. “He wanted her dead. This is no random act, this is a targeted attack on Susann Smith.”

Through text messages, Matheson shows the court how Alan’s communications before and after the murder were suspicious. One text to Susann’s phone, was sent the day the police found her body and after the police had already informed Alan Smith of the murder.

“Hi Susi,” Alan texted her phone, with no evidence of him ever calling Susann ‘Susi’ previously.

Along with a forgotten purchase of a $600 bicycle, requesting $30,000 from his father the day after the purchase, and the many odd incidents of the case point to Alan Smith as the murder, according to Matheson.

“Someone went to great lengths to kill her,” Matheson said.

Around 11 a.m., the defense team took their turn with closing statements.

During the vast majority of the trial, Alan Smith has sat ‘meditating’ with his eyes closed – a peaceful yet distant expression on his face. The only time he was seen actively looking at what happened in the courtroom for more than a few moments was during the closing statements of his defense attorney Caroline Mann.

The defense attorney discussed the washcloth that was found with Susann’s body, the temperature of the water where Susann was found changing the timeframe of the murder, the fact that Alan Smith is an individual who didn’t carry a knife, let alone one that the medical examiner says created the sharp force trauma, and that the mallet allegedly used to bludgeon Susann Smith was purchased months prior to the murder.

“They know that there was a tremendous amount of blood from the crime scene, but no blood was found in Alan’s apartment, on his clothes, in his Mercedes, on his motorcycle, on his shoes, or when the … [bicycle] was found. Not one drop of Susann’s blood,” said Mann.

The defense also stated it’s unlikely Alan Smith got home from a business trip to Ireland, picked up his kids and murders their mother a few day later, as the kids sleep soundly at his apartment a few miles away. They also doubted that Smith forgot the fill the gas can allegedly to be used to burn Susann’s house down.

“You don’t forget the gas when you go to burn a house down,” Mann said.

“The state says he has motive, but anyone going through a divorce has motive,” Mann stated. “…Why does he wait until after he returns from Europe? I’d rather be on the other side of the Atlantic when my wife’s body is found.”

The defense and the prosecution rested at 2 p.m., in front of a packed courtroom.

A verdict is not expected until Feb. 4 at 1:30 p.m. – almost two years from the time Susann was killed.