his children, then staging the scene as a humiliating sex crime, premeditated murder said the state. and as evidence of clay starbuck s twisted state of mind, the prosecution offered this final piece to the puzzle. detectives said they found chanin s death certificate on a wall in clay s house pinned up like a trophy. as a reminder, she s no longer in my life, she s no longer going to cause me any misery or pain. reporter: so no smoking gun but a pile of circumstantial evidence deep enough, the prosecution hoped, to bury any chance of acquittal. at the heart of this killing and i would submit the motive greed, anger, obsession and jealousy. reporter: and, through it
mm-hmm. reporter: yes, it had been an intimate act, an angry ex-husband killing the mother of his children, then staging the scene as a humiliating sex crime, premeditated murder said the state. and as evidence of clay starbuck s twisted state of mind, the prosecution offered this final piece to the puzzle. detectives said they found chanin s death certificate on a wall in clay s house pinned up like a trophy. as a reminder, she s no longer in my life, she s no longer going to cause me any misery or pain. reporter: so no smoking gun but a pile of circumstantial evidence deep enough, the prosecution hoped, to bury any chance of acquittal. at the heart of this killing and i would submit the motive greed, anger, obsession and jealousy. reporter: and, through it
reporter: yes, it had been an intimate act, an angry ex-husband killing the mother of his children, then staging the scene as a humiliating sex crime, premeditated murder said the state. and as evidence of clay starbuck s twisted state of mind, the prosecution offered this final piece to the puzzle. detectives said they found chanin s death certificate on a wall in clay s house pinned up like a trophy. as a reminder, she s no longer in my life, she s no longer going to cause me any misery or pain. reporter: so no smoking gun but a pile of circumstantial evidence deep enough, the prosecution hoped, to bury any chance of acquittal. at the heart of this killing and i would submit the motive greed, anger, obsession and jealousy. reporter: and, through it all, clay and his defense waited to tell an entirely different
yes, it had been an intimate act, an angry ex-husband killing the mother of his children, then staging the scene as a humiliating sex crime, premeditated murder said the state. and as evidence of clay starbuck s twisted state of mind, the prosecution offered this final piece to the puzzle. detectives said they found chanin s death certificate on a wall in clay s house pinned up like a trophy. as a reminder, she s no longer in my life, she s no longer going to cause me any misery or pain. so no smoking gun but a pile of circumstantial evidence deep enough, the prosecution hoped, to bury any chance of acquittal. at the heart of this killing and i would submit the motive greed, anger, obsession and jealousy. and, through it all, clay and his defense waited to tell an