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Wallace knew the crime lab never found a trace of blood in 1985. now he needed to know why not. >> he does the murder. where did he go next? i know this. when they got to his house, he had wet clothing hanging in his bathtub. one pair of pants, one shirt. in other words, its one outfit that needed washing that day on the day he told us he was going to his brothers to do the wash. what is it about that one outfit that needed a washing that day? >> back in 1985, those clothes were tested for blood...

>> it was just relief. it was like a big weight was lifted off my shoulder. janos got a free 25-year ticket that most people who commit a murder dont get. >> conspicuously absent on the day that finally brought justice for her late husband and a conviction for her lover was mary ann mcfarland. >> she does not want to believe he did this, for a lot of reasons. if mary ann were to accept that he committed this crime, she admitted that she would hold herself morally responsible. so some people deci...

Breathing air, and has all the freedoms that you and i have. it just didnt seem right. >> perhaps not. but the cops were simply stuck. >> the murder weapon, the confession, or an eyewitness, we didnt have any of that. >> so the case went cold. not much more detective kranke could do. >> you put it away and then let some fresh eyes look at it later on down the line and see if theres something you missed. >> and then a very strange development. not a police issue. but for gary, it was awful. it wa...

>> could you kiss me last time? >> no. >> please. >> no, this is the end. this is good-bye. do you understand that? its good-bye forever. >> and that was that. but, of course, you know how it is with lovers, ex or otherwise. what may sound like the end isnt always. why dont we check back in, say, 20 years. >> a new detective and a new prosecutor turn up the heat, and suddenly a cold case is red hot again. coming up -- >> as soon as i looked at it, i said, this guy is good for this murder. jano...

More sinister was going to happen that day. >> in fact, nothing happened. janos went home. but he came back here to mary anns house a few days later, lewin and wallace learned. it was on the friday before the murder. he met with mary ann alone and had an epiphany. it was something he referred to in one of the conversations the police recorded between janos and mary ann. >> remember that morning that i left, friday? i remember. it never clicked until i came home. sometimes im slow on things, you ...

So under oath, what would mary ann mcfarland say about janos kulcsar now? >> mrs. mcfarland, step up, please. >> d.a. lewin didnt believe mary ann was involved in the murder, but now would she help protect her lover or prosecute him? for two days, the two duel over the relationship with janos. >> let me make it very simple. are you in love with him? >> no. >> youre not? over the past 30 years have you been involved with anybody else? >> no. were friends and companions. >> maam, during that 30 ye...

Lost both his parents. and years passed. the silence continued. gary got married, started his own family. but the loss of his father still haunted him. >> he never got to see me be successful in my career. never got to see me get married. never got to be the grandfather. >> 17 years went by. 17 awkward christmases. detective kranke retired. but remember that fresh set of eyes he was hoping for? it was 2002 and an aggressive deputy d.a. named john lewin read about archie mcfarland. >> and as soon...

>> if you are washing these pants, what is the goal? arent you trying to wash the dirt out? >> you would think. >> in this case the dirt was still present, except there was luminol glowing in two areas. >> luminol, the chemical police used to detect blood and body fluid. this didnt make sense. with no blood on the pants, the luminol was still highlighting something else on two very specific areas of the pants. >> one on each side, right at about the area of the knee, in front of the pants. >> if...

Did, indeed, get away with murder. after all, detectives retire, witnesses forget. the trail goes cold, never to warm up again, until one day it does. heres keith morrison. >> what a time it was. the year he turned up in that crazy little car. what a sweet, impossible, unexpected last chance. that love, that red passionate sin. just for mary ann. it was 1985, and it was magic. and now here she was, 2011, in a courtroom of all places. forced to confess her forbidden

Cases, lewin who has served as an nbc news consultant on other cases, loves them. especially the riddles of cases gone cold. lewin called a regular partner, a veteran detective jim wallace. >> in almost every case theres something you can do. if nothing else, an opportunity to look at the evidence anew. and maybe see the thing that was missed. >> so wallace and lewin began by digging into the love triangle, by re-interviewing mary ann, asking about her relationship with both archie and janos, an...