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Forensics. >> this really becomes a case about science, doesnt it? >> if the science didnt work, if the jury didnt understand it or didnt buy into it, it was gonna be a not guilty. >> reporter: dr. diane scala barnett, the coroner who had performed the autopsy on danas exhumed body told the jury shed been able to get a better look at danas skull than the first coroner. >> i saw separate fractures and the pattern of fractures only after the bone was cleaned. >> there were three impact patterns, t...

So, its very important that cooler heads prevail. its going to cool the rhetoric here, start talking and find some way to get some resolution here. but president trump is correct that we have to find a way to deal with some of these unfair trade practices of china. i think china understands that. and china is going to give in just enough. thats my experience in dealing with them, just enough to get america off its back. >> all right, ambassador max baucus, good to see you. thank you for your tim...

Heard it, his head spun. >> i was overwhelmed with, you know, here i have two women that appeared to die the same way. two women that are associated with michael peterson. >> reporter: detectives wanted to dig a little deeper. what would they find? coming up -- for investigators, a risky move. >> a lot of people were very antsy about that. >> will it pay off? >> im just thinking that my case is getting a whole lot better. lets talk about haribo goldbears. aloha. i cant stop eating this orange ...

>> everywhere they went, people noticed. michael looking at kathleen with the kind of pride that you just dont fake. >> reporter: under cross-examination, even brad the escort said peterson had told him how much he loved his wife. >> in his e-mails unlike most of my clients he indicated that he had a great relationship. most clients dont want to say anything about the relationship. he indicated he had a warm relationship with his wife and nothing would ever destroy that. >> reporter: michael had...

Did i know he lied about his military awards? no. hes a writer of fiction, and thats what i found. he makes things up as he goes to suit the situation. >> reporter: when the case went to the jury, three days passed without a verdict. finally on day four -- >> they came out and one of them said, you know, "we have a verdict." your heart stops. >> reporter: a hush, then, the clerk began to read -- >> we the twelve members of the jury, unanimously find the defendant to be guilty of first-degree mur...

Casket to open. once it was raised you could see part of elizabeth ratliffs face and hair. it was remarkable. >> reporter: they were stunned. the body was practically intact. >> her fingernail polish was still on. her dress was still perfectly in place. >> reporter: the m.e. took a closer look at the injuries to elizabeths head. she was finding lacerations, deep gouges in the scalp. seven of them. >> seven lacerations. you could -- black: it was amazing -- >> count them. >> it was uncanny. the l...

>> do you recall any case where someone died falling down steps and there were multiple lacerations? >> no. >> were you able to determine in your opinion what the manner of her death was? >> the manner of death in this case is homicide. >> reporter: injuries that were eerily similar to those suffered by the peterson family friend from germany all those years before, elizabeth ratliff. and the jury, almost in a trial within a trial, heard that story. the long-ago friends from germany testifying t...

First moment. i mean, you know, is there surreal beyond surreal? i dont know. >> reporter: reporter julia sims covered the proceedings in court. >> every single day of that ial e courtroom was packed, and not packed with just media, annot packed with just lawyers, but people off the street. people took vacation to come in and watch that trial. >> reporter: and michael peterson didnt shy away from all the attention. in fact, he allowed a documentary crew to film him every step of the way. but the...

>> what do you think? >> well, its a much greater possibility -- ripe im surprised to hear -- >> that i did it -- >> reporter: im surprised to hear you saying its not as ludicrous as everybody made it. >> no, no, no. i -- because i -- ive seen the photographs. so, is it possible? well, certainly its possible. i dont know. did an owl do it? i cant tell you that. >> reporter: in the summer of 2009, petersons attorney neighbor helped him file a motion requesting a new trial based on the owl theory....

Say officers should have de-escalated but did not. baton rouge police will release four more videos including body cam, dash cam, and surveillance footage. the former boss of disgraced usa gymnastics doctor larry nassar denying charges that include criminal sexual misconduct. william strampel faces five years in prison. the complaint alleges he used his power to sexually assault, harass, and solicit nude photos from female students at michigan state. about 50 photos were found on strampels com...