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>> theyre saying it was a homicide. >> then police found something else. revealing recordings. >> everything changed like instantly. its weird. >> brittany is essentially speaking from the grave. >> you could see the emotions she went through. >> could she point police to her killer? >> i am scared to death. all at once just in a flash your life just changed. >> hello, welcome to "dateline." it started with a little flirtation in the office and bloomed into a full-blown romance. proble...

>> the prosecutor had been on the case from the very start. >> when baby zeke was born clark was going to be exposed for exactly who he was. the birth of this baby threatened his way of life and that solution to that problem was murder. >> she was very emphatic that norman clark was not only guilty but was kind of a sleazy human being. >> did you worry that the jury would just not like norman because of his lifestyle? >> that was a big worry and i addressed that from the beginning and all the wa...

>> the prosecution told the jury norman clark strangled and stabbed brittany because he didnt want her to have his baby. reporter jamie satterfield. >> she believed it was the baby that was the target, that this baby was going to ruin normans life and so he killed brittany more to kill the baby and she was collateral damage. >> prosecutor leslie nassios painted an ugly portrait of clark. a man having trouble paying his bills trying to juggle relationships with more than a dozen women. >> what is...

Attacked the states case and witnesses. starting with leeanne hawn. the question was when did he get to her house? >> you have no idea when you saw him at 10:35 as to what time he arrived. >> correct. >> you were asleep with your television on. >> yes. >> the defense drove home the point. since leeanne was sleeping her testimony was meaningless. isaac said clark arrived much earlier and watched monday night football alone before getting into bed. the defense argued there was no way clark could h...

After an eight-day trial that question left the jury deadlocked and the judge declared a mistrial but prosecutors were determined to see norman behind bars. and so it was time for trial number two. here with the conclusion of "deadly circumstances" is andrea canning. >> norman clarks second trial began in september 2017. it had been six long years since brittany had been killed. trial two would play out a lot like trial one but with one big change, clark had a new court appointed lawyer, kit rog...

Of referring to a part of your anatomy? >> yes, maam. >> what did he say? >> ownership. it was his. >> he must have been stretched so thin to be attentive to 15 different women. >> that is one of the reasons that the prosecution said he was -- he broke and now heres this baby and brittanys saying im going to take you to court. >> next the prosecution established a time line to place clark at brit anys apartment at the time she was killed. heres brittany leaving work at 8:05:00 p.m. the medical e...

That he was at a friends house the night of the murder. that friend, leeanne was one of his many girlfriends. her testimony seemed to shred his alibi. >> your testimony is that he comes into your bedroom without calling you, without any notice and you recognize the time as -- >> around 10:30. >> the prosecutor said if clark was at brittanys at 8:30 and arrived at leeannes two hours later that gave him plenty of time to commit murder, stage the crime scene to look like a burglary and clean himsel...

They charged norman clark with the murders of both brittany and their unborn son. clark was arrested on may 14th, 2014. he pleaded not guilty. >> when youre arrested for something you didnt do and then theres no evidence to even show that you should have been arrested thats when things hit hard. thats when i really got scared. >> norman clark had reason to be scared. if convicted, he could spend the rest of his life behind bars. >> coming up -- >> theyve taken a good young man and theyve destroy...

Would prove normans innocence. irrefutable physical evidence. >> there were two unknown dna samples on the lingerie that covered brit anys body in her bedroom. dna from an unknown male contributor, not norman clark. >> at 12:34 they cussed on norman clark. >> as the trial drew to a close defense attorney isaacs told the jurors to focus on the evidence, not norman clarks womanizing? >> this is not a place for judgments. theres guy upstairs that does that in a different court, more majestic than t...

Welcome back. did norman clark kill his lover, brittany eldridge and their unborn son? after an eight-day trial that question left the jury deadlo deadlocked and the judge declared a mistrial but prosecutors were determined to see norman behind bars. and so it was time for trial number two. here with the conclusion of "deadly circumstances" is andrea canning. >> norman clarks second trial began in september 2017. it had been six long years since brittany had been killed. trial two would play out...