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Inside the kitchen area and made its way down the hallway into the doorway of the office. and then right there in the office is where the final struggle took place. >> it appeared stephen tried to make it into his office and shut the door. there were actually stab marks on the door. >> there was a large concentration of blood on that door. there was a huge amount of blood on the floor. the victim very well may have slipped on his own blood. >> there were dozens of foot prints made by the killer....

And his blood drops near the sink. >> you had feet print leading to the managers office and shoe prints leading from the office to the kitchen. >> now the case is coming full circle. >> prosecutors believe wilson saintil was desperate for money, and believed his only recourse was to rob the restaurant where he worked. as the maintenance man, he stopped by after hours, knowing the cash receipts would be in the safe. saintil probably made some noise in the kitchen. stephen walked out of his office...

Fully roll each and every finger of each and every employee. >> in a stunning development, the print matched the last person anyone expected, especially stephen holmes family. it belonged to wilson saintil, stephens best friend, the restaurants maintenance man and prep cook. stephens family couldnt believe it since the two often worked late together. >> stephen would bring in cds specifically that he knew was the type of music that wilson liked so that they could put it in and it would go throug...

Restaurant with his own key. >> that is when he saw all the bloody footprints and he saw and found mr. holmes lifeless body. >> stephen holmes had been stabbed to death. >> ive never seen a crime scene this horrific. it was a pretty bad scene. >> in a clear case of overkill, stephen was stabbed more than 40 times. >> when you think of a murder, you sometimes think, okay, somebody is shot or stabbed. this was a vicious, vicious attack. he was almost decapitated. >> robbery appeared to be the moti...

Then, they got a devastating setback. the witness now said he made the whole thing up. >> he was trying to score points with his girlfriend is what it basically boiled down to. thats a weeks worth of work and its down the tubes and its very disappointing. >> as family and friends mourned stephen holmes, police wondered who would want him dead. >> nobody who knew him, as far as i was concerned at that time, could have hurt him, especially like that. >> we interviewed a lot of his friends, a lot o...

>> its a different point for every person. everybody hits bottom. and youve got to know when your bottom comes. >> reporter: for 23-year-old stephen, an ex-marine and aspiring tattoo artist, it was when he found himself fleeing from police. the course was a condition of probation. >> made me realize that a lot of people have a lot worse off than i imagine myself having it because it puts it in perspective. >> reporter: steves daughter became the star of the class, filled with men like keith. as ...

To his students. drug, prison, the hope of redemption. is this about giving people another chance? is this about giving people a first chance? or about what the sign says, we want our men back? >> about family reunification and we want our men back. >> reporter: 90% of those in the program are ex-cons, not a rekwirmt, just a reality. out of the 110 guys who applied last semester, only 32 graduated. the majority quit even before classes started. a what point does a man decide enough, i want to st...