client's story of mickey dying after some sort of accident sounded like the cover-up for a cold-blooded murder and therefore that toni's testimony could send kody who was still facing trial, to death row. >> part of toni fratto's statement and what she said that at some point in time at this killing micaela sat up in the grave and said to kody, am i still here? can i go home? >> devastating. >> yeah. >> which is why, just weeks before the trial kody decided to plead guilty to first-degree murder. >> that was the safest way to go. that was the way that would present at least a possibility that kody would see daylight again, and that would take the death penalty off the table. >> at kody's sentencing in front of a packed courtroom he made his case for eventual parole, pleading with the judge for mercy and begging mickey's family for forgiveness. >> the unimaginable pain.