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Manufacture and consistency of that glove that walmart sold on the day that daniel purchased those gloves. >> reporter: that was huge -- real evidence linking daniel to the crime scene. >> when all these facts comes together, theres no other suspect. and the reason that shelley was killed is because she stood in the way of a romantic rendezvous that he so desperately wanted with nathan. >> reporter: on november 4, 2009, eight weeks after shelleys murder, they arrested daniel willyam. the arrest ...

>> the opening line, i think, for the prosecutors was, "there are two people on the face of the earth who couldve done this." they said up front that its about these two -- these two men. >> reporter: nathan and daniel. a boyfriend incapable of murder, the prosecutor would say, and that boys roommate, driven by jealousy. >> we couldnt just go in and say, "heres the -- heres the physical evidence, and the circumstantial evidence, and you know he did it." we had to then show all the evidence that ...

Project. and so then the other lie, though, was in that he then told the detectives about going straight home. and when the detectives started to look at the cell phone records of his location after we believe he committed the offense, he went to an entirely different location. >> reporter: didnt go home? >> he did not go home. he went 30 minutes north of town, stayed up there for some period of time before coming back. >> reporter: getting rid of his bloody clothing and the murder weapon and ot...

Happen? this -- this is -- this is crazy." >> i didnt want to be in the middle of the case and them trying to figure out, "wait, whats going on, and why are we looking at this guy and not that guy?" >> reporter: then the prosecutor presented his theory, a story of how it went down. shelley, a known night owl, had been up all wednesday night into thursday morning on her computer until 6:00 a.m., when she went to sleep. ashley left for school. then daniel entered the apartment, possibly with ashle...

Men. >> reporter: nathan and daniel. a boyfriend incapable of murder, the prosecutor would say, and that boys roommate, driven by jealousy. >> we couldnt just go in and say, "heres the -- heres the physical evidence, and the circumstantial evidence, and you know he did it." we had to then show all the evidence that we had that showed nathan didnt do it, because we knew that was gonna be the defense. >> reporter: and as for daniel -- >> i told them in opening statement, it is bizarre as it is bru...

Though, was in that he then told the detectives about going straight home. and when the detectives started to look at the cell phone records of his location after we believe he committed the offense, he went to an entirely different location. >> reporter: didnt go home? >> he did not go home. he went 30 minutes north of town, stayed up there for some period of time before coming back. >> reporter: getting rid of his bloody clothing and the murder weapon and other evidence, the prosecutor figured...

In my mind, he was texting her to see whether or not she was gonna leave that classroom. she repeatedly told him no, that she was in class, that she wasnt interested. and the fact that he kept asking just showed that he really wanted to make sure he could get away with what he was about to do. and that she wasnt home, also. >> reporter: right. so that was key. he had to make sure that there was nobody in the apartment. >> absolutely. >> reporter: then daniel stopped texting her for almost two ho...

But of course he didnt have to. his attorney did it for him. it was not a surprise to prosecutor dewey mitchell. >> they said it couldve been nathan, and it couldve been a random person, and that by the time the states done with its case, youre not gonna be able to know who did this crime. they just dont have evidence. i think it was a pretty good strategy. >> reporter: yeah. >> i think it was the only strategy. you know, this wasnt a self-defense case and it wasnt an insanity case so it had to ...

The way of a romantic rendezvous that he so desperately wanted with nathan. >> reporter: on november 4, 2009, eight weeks after shelleys murder, they arrested daniel willyam. the arrest was, for shelleys family, a double edged thing. they were relieved, of course. but until then, the police had not told them that shelley had been stabbed 42 times. >> oh my god, i almost passed out. 42 exact. and i just thought, "oh my god." >> reporter: prosecutor dewey mitchell got the case then, and right away...

The crime scene. >> when all these facts comes together, theres no other suspect. and the reason that shelley was killed is because she stood in the way of a romantic rendezvous that he so desperately wanted with nathan. >> reporter: on november 4, 2009, eight weeks after shelleys murder, they arrested daniel willyam. the arrest was, for shelleys family, a double edged thing. they were relieved, of course. but until then, the police had not told them that shelley had been stabbed 42 times. >> oh...