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>> they arrested him then -- for murder. but before the news went public, becky heard about it, and this was an added shock. the friend who told her about daniels arrest, a woman named jessica, also worked at olgas kitchen, and has a son with, of all people, daniel clay. daniel had called jessica before he was taken to his cell. >> jessica, its dan. im going to jail for a while. a long while. >> and shes crying hysterical. she took a big breath, and she said her sons dad had killed chelsea, and ...

About chelsea bruck except us and her mother, is that she had brittle bone disease. brittle bone disease is a simple -- >> [inaudible] >> -- a touch, a tap where [bleep] breaks. >> like my bones, i break my fingers a lot because of it. >> so thats what happened. it was an accident. >> i had to do something to relax daniel clay and open him up to talk to me and tell me what happened. so this is where the brittle bone disease came in. and at that time, i think, in the interview, is where the turni...

They kept talking. and then daniel admitted he did have sex with a woman at the party. could it have been chelsea? well, maybe. >> when i ask you about chelsea bruck and having sex, theres a possibility? >> there is a possibility. >> so that means -- >> i had sex with someone that night. like i was out in the car and -- somebody and then not long after i talked to my baby mama, got in the car, and left. >> okay. >> so, time to reel in the fish. >> this is the thing. hear me out, i have been nice...

>> daniel, figured detective preadmore, must have assumed they found semen dna, so he told that consensual sex story. but then det. preadmore revealed a little more -- that dna, he told daniel, wasnt semen. it was skin cells, recovered where chelseas costume had been violently ripped at the straps and the crotch. >> i have your dna where her stuff was torn. nobody others, nobody elses. no one. >> okay. >> either something happened where it was intentional, unintentional, accidental, so listen to...

A backyard halloween bash in 2015. july 2016, 21 months and 1,037 tips after the untimely death of chelsea bruck. detective mike preadmore confronted daniel clay, the ladiesman whose dna was on chelsea brucks halloween costume. >> you never had sex with chelsea at the party? >> no. >> before the party, after the party? >> nothing. i didnt even know her. >> like a patient fisherman, the detective flicked lures around his suspect. >> youre a lucky man. i wish girls just -- >> be confident. just ta...

But could choking have killed her so quickly? >> it is not a ten-or 20-or even a 30-second process. >> no, said the medical examiner. and certainly not by accident. >> and with constant pressure placed on their neck, a person will loose consciousness within 20 to 30 seconds. after that point, the constant pressure has to be maintained on the neck of an unconscious person for an additional two to two and a half minutes before that victim is dead. >> if the jury couldnt believe daniels choking sto...

It just got -- it just slipped, it got out of control? >> no, i didnt do that to her. >> or was it an accident? >> i had sex with a girl. thats it. >> it was like -- it -- for a split second, time stopped for daniel clay because now hes thinking in his head about all them lies that he just told me prior to, that he dont know her. never had contact with her, nothing, nothing. no contact with chelsea, nothing. now im telling him that dna was recovered on her costume, his dna. so daniel clay now ha...

>> and all those strands of evidence, said the prosecutor, from daniel clays lies to the dna, the broken facial bones, the blood inside the torn costume added up to first-degree murder. but daniels defense attorney russell smith countered, huh-uh, his client killed chelsea, yes, but this was no murder. >> its a tragedy that this young lady is no longer with us, but the fact that these two people got together and one of these people passed away is not proof of murder. >> he argued it was just a h...

>> no. >> did you have intention but it just slipped, it got out of control? >> no, i didnt do that to her. >> or was it an accident? >> i had sex with a girl. thats it. >> it was like for a split second time stopped for daniel clay. because now hes thinking in his head about all them lies that he just told me prior to that he dont know her, never had contact with her. >> nothing. >> nothing. no contact with chelsea, nothing. now im telling him that dna was recovered on her costume, his dna. so ...

Her so quickly? >> its not even a 10 or 20 or 30 second process. >> no, said the examiner and certainly not by accident. >> and with constant pressure placed on the neck the person will lose consciousness within 20 to 30 seconds. after that point the constant pressure has to be maintained on the neck of an unconscious person for an additional 2 to 4 minutes before that victim is dead. >> if the jury couldnt believe daniels choking story, what would they think about this? >> in this case chelseas...