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>> for two long months attorneys hammered at the question who murdered nancy cooper. the defense charged the police more than dropped the ball, their investigation was dishonest. the erasing of nancys blackberry, for one thing, had to be intentional, said the defense. nonsense, said the prosecution. besides, they said they already found what they needed from that phone through other sources. >> we had her phone records so we knew everything she had done. we had the billing so we could tell how m...

And thats when he strangled her. >> the closest thing the prosecution had to a smoking gun, a google map search. prosecutors alleged he typed in the numbers 27518. the zip code for cary and then zoomed into the exact location that nancys body was found. when do they claim he did this? 1:15 in the afternoon on friday july 11th, 2008. the day before nancy went missing. proof of intent? maybe. maybe not. it one much of a search. it lasted just 41 seconds. >> he didnt look anywhere else. he searched...

The house. they searched the house. and they have not once introduced any evidence that the router was in the house. >> hard drives dont lie. or do they? that was the question the defense raised when it came to those apparently damning results of the fbis search of brads computer. >> you are talking about a computer that we know was tampered with. >> youre alleging what? >> im not alleging. im stating as a fact, the computer was tampered with. there were significant anomalies that we found in th...

Found. when do they claim he did this? 1:15 in the afternoon on friday july 11th, 2008. the day before nancy went missing. proof of intent? maybe. maybe not. it wasnt much of a search. it lasted just 41 seconds. >> he didnt look anywhere else. generally you search a whole bunch of different places, and this is one place and its only 41 seconds long. >> i dont think it would take very long if you look at the map and immediately recognize this desolate area, this beige area in a sea of green and t...

>> as for john pearson whose indiscretion should have made him a suspect, had an alibi. he spent the night with heather, the very same woman behind brad and nancys break up. >> at the beginning of the case -- >> still, as the long trial finally wound down, the defense hammered home its claim that the police and prosecution bought into a whispering campaign by nancys friends against brad. >> it made it easier for them to simply let the gossip about brad become their reality, even when the facts a...

I only had two. >> and you never got that 3825 router back? >> no. >> cisco doesnt have it back. where did it go? it was never returned. >> but it was brads own computer examined by the fbi which coughed up the most accusing evidence of all. evidence hed already lied under oath. >> the kids fell asleep around 9:00 p.m. i fell asleep soon after. >> in his deposition, brad said he was asleep with his daughters when nancy came home from that party friday night. but brads computer said otherwise. he...

Ultimately, he had the potential to make that phone call. >> in testimony that was frankly mind numbing -- >> that leverages something called either tapi or jtapi. >> an expert from cisco brads former company, explained about ten different ways someone as accomplished as brad could have remotely made that call. >> the main ways are using a computer where you can program something into your computer and delay it so that a phone call can be made from your computer, from the computers modem. >> but...

>> i say yes. if i had a paid attorney, somebody who could -- somebody like o.j. simpson had, i wouldnt be here right now, id be out. >> the problem here is not that youre guilty, its that you dont have enough money? >> exactly. seems like money talks. if i had money, i would not be here. >> k.c. joy was sentenced to 15 years to life for killing maribel ramos. what do you think happened? >> i think she went to bed, and i think what he did is he got a pillow and smothered her. and as hes got this...

>> reporter: hard drives dont lie. or do they? that was the question the defense raised when it came to those apparently damming results of the fbis search of brads computer. >> youre talking about a computer that we know was tampered with. >> youre alleging what? >> im not alleging. im stating as fact the computer was tampered with. there were significant anomalies that we found in the computer itself. >> reporter: meaning, he says, that brads computer was hacked. the 41 second google map searc...

I only had two. >> and you never got that 3825 router back? >> no, sir. >> cisco doesnt have it back, where did it go? we know it was never returned. >> reporter: but it was brads own computer examined by the fbi which coughed up the most accusing evidence of all. evidence he had already lied under oath. >> the kid fell asleep about 9:00. i probably fell asleep soon after. >> reporter: in his deposition, brad said she was asleep with his daughters when nancy came home from that party friday nigh...