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Spend the money as he saw fit. any way that would benefit the children. >> the money is to be used for the health, education, support and maintenance of the children. and thats exactly what it was used for and i acted legally in that respect. >> and then since they didnt have any evidence against him, said dave, prosecutors made a case based on misinterpreting things he said. like the time he said to a friend, if i was a bad guy, i would throw somebody off a bridge. >> my point was they havent l...

$27,000 lexus and took her on vacation to hawaii and using 50,000 to pay off the divorce costs. >> reporter: here was the heart of the motive for murder. debbie, if she had not disappeared is about to expose all that in court. >> he steals $300,000 and about to be exposed for it. >> certainly one more piece of the puzzle. >> reporter: another straenge. remember that mess around debbies desk. sitting right on top of the pile was a record from the childrens first set of trusts. the one that debbie...

Up and asked him to drive down police headquarters to talk. the phone call was curious. dave did not ask why. >> i have received calls in the middle of the night. my first thought for me is family. whats going on? especially if it is the police department. >> he didnt. >> reporter: when he arrived in the interview room -- dave did not seem to have much of a reaction at all to learning his ex-wife, the mother of his three kids was missing. >> reporter: what did you expect? >> more surprise. i did...

Crazed animal and i thought he was going to kill me. not too long after that she had said to me, you know, if anything ever happens to me, you know where to look. >> reporter: dave said the choking thing never happened and he was never violent with her. >> i never choked anybody. >> reporter: things settled down. there were always some disputes. the things conrad heard his dad say about his mom is awful. she needs a taste of her own medicine and shes going to get hers and whats coming to her. >>...

Court and she was fighting back. >> the issue she was dealing with was custody and support. >> reporter: dave asked the court for a reduction of his $553 child a month support came up. he claims he only earns $6,000 a year. his salary and from his dad who pays him 500 a month to work on his farm. his only income apparently, debbie found it hard to believe. >> he lives in a nice home and drove a late model suburban. thats hard to do on $6,000 a year. >> reporter: debbie asked the court for more t...

Relationship was not as close to my dad. they were not home or not awake when i was awake. they were not around him the next day like i was around him. >> reporter: chelsa said dave was acting perfectly normal and nothing suggesting that hes up all night committing a terrible crime. >> the thing that convinced me of his innocence, are not there to convince them. theyre going to point to the most obvious suspect. chelsa was not the only one in this small town that dave hawk is innocent. >> i beli...

Explanations for what could have happened other than dave. >> dave was an ex-husband. one of his children was convinced he was not guilty but could dave hawkins convince the jury? >> coming up. >> i told him i wanted to testify. when the disappearance of debbie hawk continues. hawk continues ♪trelegy. ♪the power of 1-2-3. ♪trelegy 1-2-3 trelegy. with trelegy and the power of 1 2 3, im breathing better. trelegy works 3 ways to... ...open airways,... ...keep them open... ...and reduce inflam...

Change oven yu f venue is denie. >> they wanted to make him look like a bad person. a person who would take money from his kids would be likely to murder his ex-wife. >> the prosecution would say dave feared that debbie was about to reveal an open court and give steph the kids trust funds. >> that was already exposed and already been filed in an open declaration in court. >> he would have gained nothing buy getting rid of her. >> no. >> we have that great, old american saying, if it walks like a...

Then said the prosecutors, he must have dragged debbies body in the garage and dispose of her some where and drove them out to fresno and left it in a high crime zone. >> how did he get back home snl. >> the prosecutors must have picked it up and driven 40 miles back to his farm. >> there was no body and dna and no forensic evidence to show that dave had been at the murder scene. >> everybody in town seems to have a theory and the prosecutor, did, too. >> was that proof? >> the state tried to bu...

>> perhaps that money was my own money. prosecutor never bothered to figure out what dollar went where, did they? >> you made it hard because you were mixing up the trust fund money and your money all the time. frankly, that is what scam artists do. >> im not a scam artist. >> why didnt you get a job. >> i had a job. >> im talking about a job that pays enough to support a family which is what a dad does. >> you are reading from a script the prosecutor has given you because none of these things a...