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Was, had left the house unseen and left it behind fairly clean. >> and the crime scene techs are not getting lucky at the crime scene, are they? >> with forensics no. fingerprints, there were some recovered. they turned out to be paul duncsaks, and several of the fingerprints are unknown at this time. >> no hair, fibers, fingerprints, dna, no murder weapon? >> no murder weapon. >> so all of the good csi stuff is mostly absent from the scene, huh? >> thats correct. >> but brian hoof, a detective ...

Jurors say, well, hes indicted. the prosecution and the police believe he did it. lets find out how guilty he is. what i had to show the most was scientific fact that he could not have done it. >> the attorney began his argument at the crime scene itself where the defense claimed the detective who so meticulously went over every piece of evidence collected there failed to come up with anything, not so much as a fingerprint or a fiber to connect ed ates to the crime. >> youre going to see a lot o...

What the detectives told her it was. they told her the truth is thursday. they told her we drove and followed ed down. we followed him from ramsey all the way to selby. we know exactly when he got there, it was thursday. and she said well, you know, sir, youre a smart detective, and im just a simple lady who gives people baths in a nursing home. if thats what you say, it must be true. >> but the defense was about to tell the jury something really surprising. sister brenda hadnt been the only one...

And left it behind fairly clean. >> and the crime scene techs are not getting lucky at the crime scene, are they? >> with forensics no. fingerprints, there were some fingerprints recovered. they turned out to be paul duncsaks, and several of the fingerprints are unknown at this time. >> no hair, fibers, fingerprints, dna, no murder weapon? >> no murder weapon. >> so all of the good csi stuff is mostly absent from the scene, huh? >> thats correct. >> but brian hoof, a detective with the local pol...

Was. they told her the truth is thursday. they told her we drove and followed ed down. we followed him from ramsey all the way to selby. we know exactly when he got there, it was thursday. and she said well, you know, sir, youre a smart detective, and im just a simple lady who gives people baths in a nursing home. if thats what you say, it must be true. >> but the defense was about to tell the jury something really surprising. sister brenda hadnt been the only one who got it all wrong about when...

The prosecution and the police believe he did it. lets find out how guilty he is. what i had to show the most was scientific fact that he could not have done it. >> the attorney began his argument at the crime scene itself where the defense claimed the detective so meticulously went over every piece of evidence collected there failed to come up with anything, not so much as a fingerprint or fiber to connect ed ates to the crime. >> youre going to see a lot of what i call hum. well, thats interes...

The prosecution had painted edward ates as a liar, a schemer, and worst of all, a cold-blooded killer, but as his lawyer was about to assert, those were just words. where was the hard evidence of ates guilt in the murder of paul duncsak? >> well, first of all, i knew walking into the courtroom every one would presume he was guilty. the myth that everyone is innocent unless proven guilty is false. we walk in knowing that the jurors say, well, hes indicted. the prosecution and the police believe h...

Duncsaks, and several of the fingerprints are unknown at this time. >> no hair, fibers, fingerprints, dna, no murder weapon? >> no murder weapon. >> so all of the good csi stuff is mostly absent from the scene, huh? >> thats correct. >> but brian hoof, a detective with the local police department says the victim had been shot at least seven times. to investigators, that suggested hatred. now the officers were eager to speak with the ex-wife to learn where she had been at about 6:30 that night. t...

The defendants initial alibi, which his sister seemed to smash to bits. she told the court her brother had asked her to lie to police, to say he arrived in louisiana on tuesday, one day before the murder of paul duncsak instead of one day after on thursday. on cross, the defense lawyer tried to show that brenda, a nice woman, was easily confused. >> if i told you that the detective sat where you are and said that brenda ates told me she gets confused, would that be true? >> occasionally, i do. i...