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Murder and the attempted murder of her own daughter. she was sentenced to a minimum of 50 years in prison. >> youre not just a danger to the general public. youre a danger to the people who love you and are closest to you. >> prosecutors could still charge stacey for the murder of her first husband michael wallace, but with stacey serving a 50-year prison term, there doesnt seem to be much need. ashley wallace has no contact with her mother. >> i hate her. i hate her. i dont understand. i dont g...

And that may be the difficulty part of this case so i think theres more to it than just guessing what was on the fathers mind because the police in any case like this, the death of any person, a death investigate is required. they have to do the autopsy, all the forensics and interview family members, friends, colleagues, workmates and try to determine if theres something suspicious. has this parent been accused of child abuse in the past? has there been other cases when someone came forward, a ...

Something of that magnitude but theres a lot of deceives in the world. >> with this type of crime scene the way it was laid out and amount of evidence that was left for us, it was a home run. you couldnt ask for anything better. up next -- >> my husband has locked himself in our bedroom. >> the death certificate came back as a suicide. >> or was it murder? >> what in the name of heaven is he doing committing suicide by a turkey baster. >> the evidence at the scene confounds investigators. >> t...

Authorities had plenty of suspicion, but no evidence, to charge elmen with his half-sisters murder. but after 17 years, there was plenty of dna evidence to charge him with julie estes rape and murder. >> it just was unbelievable that it would be the socks that would hold the true identity of her killer. >> faced with a possible death penalty, elmen decided to plead no contest to julie estes rape and murder. in return, he was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole. >> how do yo...

Investigators. >> shes laying on the floor and theres blood everywhere. >> wheres the blood coming from? >> i dont know. >> tim permenter was tried and convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole. interestingly, he wasnt grateful that the judge spared his life. >> tim told us that he wanted to go to the electric chair, that he did not want to spend the rest of his life in prison. >> it was a textbook case of someone who thought he could outsmart investigators....

Hiatus coming up, but well be back next month with a whole new slate of supposed of "unguarded," where the end of the game is just the start of the story. good night. up next, a young boy witnesses a terrible crime. >> she was gagged! shes been tied. her hands were tied and everything. >> the chief suspect virtually turns himself in. >> he appeared exactly like the composite sketch. >> we have him with no alibi. >> but forensic tests failed to tie him to the crime. >> it was not a cheerful day...

Michelles death was an accident, and luke hasler was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. his version of what happened almost seemed plausible until the evidence showed it was all a lie. >> a lot of people are either killed or seriously injured in car accidents, so theres a lot of data about what type of injuries those cause. those were nowhere like michelles injuries. so the medical examiners report was critical to say, no, this was not a car...

Retrieved was recycled and destroyed -- >> so it was physically destroyed? >> thats my understanding. >> was it melted down? >> i have no idea what the recycler does with it. this was three years ago. >> reporter: they said learner herself worked with it, even an irs criminal forensics lab to restore the e-mails but they couldnt. beyond the question who happened to learners missing e-mails, is whether the irs purposely kept congress in the dark. fueling gop acquisitions of coverup which they fla...

>> was it melted down? >> i have no idea. this was three years ago. >> reporter: the irs commissioner said that learner, herself worked with i.t. and an irs criminal forensics lab to restore the e-mails but they couldnt. beyond the question of what happened is whether the irs purposefully kept congress in the dark that e-mails were lost. fueling g.o.p. accusations of coverup. >> there has been no attempt to keep it a secret movement position has been that when we provide information we should pr...

Said lerner herself worked with i.t., even an irs criminal forensics lab to restore the e-mails but they couldnt and noted the irs did find 24,000 lerner e-mails elsewhere. >> so you withheld the information? >> we did not withhold the information. >> beyond the question of what happened to her missing e-mails is whether the irs purposely kept congress in the darking that e-mails were lost fueling gop accusations of cover-up which he flatly denied. >> theres been no attempt to keep it a secret. ...