received by authorities in 1996. >> three years after she went missing, an anonymous letter was sent saying the body is buried in the back yard. >> so, as a result of that anonymous letter do they come back again -- >> no, they don't. and that is the problem. >> attorney tom fallas suggested maybe that letter was sent by the real killer. >> now, our theory of defense was that she was killed somewhere else and then somebody else came and buried the body. >> to point the blame at the husband? >> yeah. >> the last witness called by the defense was to everyone's surprise mike haim himself. after 26 years in the bonnie haim case it would truly boil down to jurors believing either father or son. composed and speaking in a monotone, mike described his wife's state of mind the night she disappeared, and told the same story he told all along, that bonnie walked out on him. >> she'd been unhappy for maybe