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Body. >> people say terrible things in the heat of passion. >> it went beyond that. he said he would put her body in place it would never be found. thats one of the biggest facts of the case. we have looked and looked for the womans body. and ive never been able to find it. >> reporter: the harris family babysitter a woman named barb thayer said she found michelles van parked at the end of a long driveway. >> she yelled in the house is michelle here? the defendant said without missing a beat sai...

Onto the garage floor, because there is an area three feet by six feet where blood was found. >> reporter: then, said the prosecutor, cal tried to clean up before he disposed of the body. >> he then would have taken the car back down to the end of the driveway, walked back up to the house and disposed of the body during the seven hours or thereabouts before he called mrs. thayer. >> reporter: the defense attorneys tried to swat it all down and cal harris, himself, was adamant he had nothing to d...

And everyone in his life. >> he is in control of his businesses, he is in control of his wife, he is in control of his finances, his employees and his children, and just kind of a domineering person. >> reporter: more than that, said the prosecutor, cal harris could be volatile. michelle harris began to keep notes about what she said was abusive language and behavior. in fact, she won a retraining order against him. >> he said i doned need a gt no kill you. he went beyond telling terrible things...

House and disposed of the body during the seven hours or thereabouts before he called mrs. thayer. >> reporter: the defense attorneys tried to swat it all down and cal harris, himself, was adamant he had nothing to do with his wifes disappearance. >> its one thing to say, look, im innocent, i didnt do this but another thing to have so many people accusing you and pointing the finger at you. look. im not guilty. i didnt do this. i didnt commit this crime. >> reporter: there was no body, no murder...

>> he would have then taken the car back down to the end of the driveway, walked back up to the house and disposed of the body during the seven hours or thereabouts before he called mrs. thayer. >> the defense attorneys tried to swat it all down. and cal harris himself was adamant, he had nothing to do with his wifes disappearance. >> its one thing to say, look, im innocent. i didnt do this. its another thing to have so many people accusing you, pointing the finger at you. look, im not guilty. i...

>> the harris family baby-sitter, a woman named barb thayer, testified she was the one that found micheles van parked at the end of the long driveway. >> she goes into the house and yells is michele here? because the cars at the end of the driveway. and the defendant, without missing a beat, just said, we better go get the car. >> according to the baby-sitter, cal didnt seem surprised. >> doesnt ask her any questions about the keys, like he knows the keys are in the van. >> this is an interpreta...

Driveway, walked back up to the house and disposed of the body during the seven hours or thereabouts before he called mrs. thayer. >> reporter: the defense attorneys tried to swat it all down. and cal harris himself was adamant, he had nothing to do with his wifes disappearance. >> its one thing to say, look, im innocent. i didnt do this. its another thing to have so many people accusing you, pointing the finger at you. look, im not guilty. i didnt do this. i didnt commit this crime. >> reporter...

Though. >> but he went beyond saying terrible things to her. he told her he would put her body in a place where it would never be found. thats like one of the biggest facts of the case. we looked and looked and looked for this womans body and have not been able to find it. >> reporter: the harris family baby-sitter, a woman named barb thayer testified she was the one that found micheles van parked at the end of the long driveway. >> she goes into the house and yells is michele here? because the ...