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Judge asked tony if he wanted to testify. >> closing arguments. prosecutor said all the evidence pointed to tony. the pepper spray. cell phone records and the dna. the jury now had the case. outside the courtroom, debra saw melissas family for the first time in eight years. >> all these years later and it was just washed over me like it just happened. you know, that i had caused these people kind of pain thats

He voluntarily answered them. he had been released from prison -- in the past. >> reporter: so you havent ruled him out yet? >> not yet. >> reporter: with the list of possible suspects shrinking, detectives shifted their focus to something that might provide their first break in the case. with melissas iphone missing, detectives put in an emergency request to the phone company to see if it could help track her cell. when he got the report, detective kendall couldnt believe what he saw. melissas ...

Eight years after the murder, tony went on trial. >> tony, the defendant in this case. >> prosecutor argued that tony, fuelled by a jealous rage, waited in the bushes for melissa to come home. followed her in the garage and launched a brutal attack on his wifes best friend. >> its a hands on, personal murder. it takes time, it takes premeditation and why, because she was a friend. >> but the residue of pepper spray all over the garage was evidence that melissa had fought back and some had appare...

>> reporter: it was 38-year-old melissa lewis. the missing persons case was now a murder investigation. >> still a whodunit. we have no idea. >> reporter: the news media quickly picked up on the story. >> my husband told me. he saw it on the news. >> reporter: how did -- how did he tell you? what was the -- >> he came to my work and told me. and i just broke down. i couldnt believe it. >> reporter: police called the victims best friend, debra. >> when they told me that they had found her body, i...

2010, he was sentenced to 50 years in prison. but one big question emerged, speculation about that woman in the firm whod been killed. >> whether melissa knew about the ponzi scheme is one of those great mysteries. >> reporter: scott had started his ponzi scheme three years before melissa was murdered. >> is it time to take a fresh look at the whole melissa lewis murder? is there something more sinister? >> reporter: detective brian kendall now had a whole new problem with his fairly straightfor...

2010, he was sentenced to fifty years in prison. but one big question emerged, speculation about that woman in the firm whod been killed. >> whether melissa knew about the ponzi scheme is one of those great mysteries. >> reporter: scott had started his ponzi scheme three years before melissa was murdered. >> is it time to take a fresh look at the whole melissa lewis murder? is there something more sinister? >> reporter: detective brian kendall now had a whole new problem with his fairly straight...