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He said, "yep, thats the vehicle that i saw." >> reporter: and that wasnt the only thing the witness noticed, says assistant d.a. david saacks. >> he remembers a patch or some kind of something, you know, on the shirt. >> reporter: a patch like on the uniform shannon wore as a 911 dispatcher. and there was more. investigators discovered shannon clocked in at about 10:00 a.m., some two hours after denita smith had been murdered. more than enough time for the 55-mile drive from durham to her job a...

>> reporter: word of shannons reported rape traveled quickly to durham, where detective shawn pate and assistant d.a. saacks were now preparing for her trial. they wondered if shannon was certain the attacker was jermeir. >> i asked her, "well, how did he know you were going to be walking a dog at 3:00 in the morning?" and i guess he just stalked the house and saw his opportunity. so for four hours he raped her. so if it was 3:00, then when does the sun start to come up? four hours. you know, yo...

Judiciary committee for its investigation. remember, all those letters went out. while the committee says it has received or expects to receive tens of thousands of documents, the daily beast reports trumps lawyers have refused to send anything. tonight, in this very studio, committee chairman jerry nadler warned that could mean future legal action. >> seeing if he can reach accommodations with them, but ultimately people have to respond to us unless the president personally invokes an executive...

President personally invokes an executive privilege. >> for more we welcome two new faces to this broadcast. jeffrey cramer, former district attorney for the northern district of illinois. former manhattan assistant d.a. now with the berkeley research group. and tessa berenson, white house correspondent for "time" magazine. welcome to you both. tessa, interesting interview tonight with nadler. he talked about the volume they are receiving including a couple of thousand documents from steve banno...

Trump associates and entities to submit documents to the house judiciary committee for its investigation. remember, all those letters went out. while the committee says it has received or expects to receive tens of thousands of documents, the "daily beast" reports trumps lawyers have refused to send anything. tonight, in this very studio, committee chairman jerry nadler warned that could mean future legal action. >> seeing if he can reach accommodations with them, but ultimately people have to r...

Would possibly be. >> reporter: but that didnt happen. not to say, though, her behavior wasnt suspicious. remember the vigil the le family held a week after michelles disappearance, the one attended by giselles ex-boyfriend, scott? it turns out giselle was there too -- sort of. the tracking device showed giselle circling the block as michelles family pleaded for help. and later it showed her driving past scotts house. why? ritchie was all but sure now. giselle had something to do with michelles ...

>> im not sure i took it all in at first. >> that this is over. >> it was super exciting. everyone was so happy. everyone was in tears. >> not quite everyone. assistant d.a. bill gargen was fuming. >> you were willing to get arrested over this. >> absolutely. i was more than willing to have handcuffs placed on me to argue my point. i didnt cross any lines. >> what recourse do you have? >> theres no appeal. that i know of. >> so charlie tan is free. >> thats it. there is no appeal as of from this...

Exceptional young man in prison. these are lawyers and surgeons and big powerful people in new york state who are behind this kid. >> oh, yeah. >> we wish that hadnt happened but the kid deserves a break. >> the community felt that very strongly. >> so when the trial began less than a year after the shooting, the sworn representative of the people with a murder case to prove found herself in an odd spot. >> the biggest problem was the defendant himself, because he did appear to be, you know, an ...

>> apparently, he can. >> well, he did it. he did it. >> reporter: youre convinced that was jermeir. >> oh, it was jermeir. >> reporter: so whose voice would ultimately ring true? a three-year investigation was now in the hands of 12 people. two families now waited anxiously inside the durham county courthouse. as did assistant d.a. david saacks. >> im never confident when a case goes to the jury. >> reporter: youve been slapped in the face by juries before. >> too many times. thats the lesson h...

>> reporter: word of shannons reported rape traveled quickly to durham, where detective shawn pate and assistant d.a. saacks were now preparing for her trial. they wondered if shannon was certain the attacker was jermeir. >> i asked her, "well, how did he know you were going to be walking a dog at 3:00 in the morning?" and i guess he just stalked the house and saw his opportunity. so for four hours he raped her. so if it was 3:00, then when does the sun start to come up? four hours. you know, yo...