duckett's trial began on april 25th, 1988. assistant state attorney steve hurm prosecuted the case and sought the death penalty. >> that little girl died in the most traumatic, terrifying way, in the dark, alone with a monster. >> hurm called an eyewitness 17-year-old gwen gurley to the stand. gurley testified that she saw teresa talking to duckett. moments later she saw duckett leave the scene with a small person in his police car. >> were you able to see the car? >> yes. >> were you able to see inside the car? >> yes. >> how many people did you see? >> two. >> prosecutors also called three women who each testified that officer duckett had made sexual advances while he was on duty. >> they were all accosted by duckett when he was on duty in uniform in his patrol car on the midnight shift and taken by him to wooded areas. >> it took jury less than 90 minutes to find james duckett