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Governments numbers. why the gap? >> because thats what i said before, i work on factual. i cant work on i believe. >> reporter: so we described pepes case. gentleman is at a home, he has a stroke, the person with him calls 911, 911 says we cant get to him in time because 150-mile-per-hour winds are pounding us right now, is that a hurricane-related death in. >> absolutely. >> reporter: okay. allow me to introduce you to jose. that was his case. a case not included in puerto ricos death toll. th...

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I cant work on i believe. >> reporter: we described pepes case. gentleman is at home. he has a stroke. the person with him calls 911. 911 says, we cant get to him in time because 150 mile per hour winds are pounding us right now. is that a hurricane related death? >> absolutely. >> reporter: allow me to introduce you to jose pepe. that was his case. a case not included in puerto ricos death toll. the discrepancy begins here. the death certificate. a doctor marked the death natural. cases marked ...

They were married when she was 20. families trying to make sense of a tragedy and death toll. >> according to forensics after hurricane maria they sent people to funeral homes and cemeteries and hospitals to look into suspicious cases, and those were false claims and called rumors, and the secretary said we were the first to bring him cases. an update since last night, all funeral homes on the island were to be forwarding information about possible hurricane-related deaths to them. >> and it als...

Him. he said he gave us his word he will look into them, investigate them and if justified add them to the official death toll count. we checked in with forensics. they told me they sent people to funeral homes, cemeteries, hospitals to look into suspicious cases. each time according to forensics, they were false claims. even went so far as to call them rumors, john. >> another important element down there, getting power restored. i know you spoke to the ceo of whitefish today, that had the cont...

>> absolutely. >> allow me to introduce you to jose. that was his case. >> a case not included in puerto ricos death toll. the discrepancy begins here, and the cases marked natural is not supposed to go to forensics, and if it doesnt go to forensics theres no way to investigate it. >> will they be obligated to do it by law? no. i submit theres a moral and ethic spopb ethic responsibility to do that. thats not the only issue, he admits he needs people to flag cases, too. >> and you are the first ...

Cnn was the first to bring specific cases to him. he say he gave us his word. hes going to look into them and investigate and if justified, add them to the official death toll count. we also checked in with forensics they say that you told me they sent people to funerals, hospitals to look into cases and each time, according to forensics they were false claims. >> another important element down there. getti getting power restored still a huge element. you spoke to white fish today what did the t...

And jim, according to forensics, they visited secemeteriries, funeral homes, and they said many of them were not true, they called them rumors. you heard the secretary in our piece was the first to flag specific cases that could be hurricane related. he has given us his word that he will be looking into them, investigating them, getting back to us and adding. >> so important that the death in puerto rico be certified properly and that we get a proper accounting of how many people died there. it ...

Detective bratton told jurors about adkins story version number one: that hed been a good samaritan whod stopped to help dana. >> he stated that he was driving south and seen something in the roadway. >> reporter: then came adkins story number two, the detective testified. dana had been in his car, but had fallen out. the detective told the jury he didnt buy it -- hed checked out that car for himself. >> and what did you observe in doing that? >> i didnt observe any problems. >> reporter: finall...

>> the district attorney 100% was willing to go to trial. they felt they had a strong case. >> reporter: but as the trial approached, michael found himself rethinking a possible plea deal and how it would affect his family. >> and im all the time thinking, you got some responsibility. i got two grandsons now, four and six. >> you didnt want to spin that wheel again? >> exactly. my son -- claytons the one who said it perfectly. he said, "dad, youre playing a game at a crooked table. youre never g...