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Courtroom, i was thinking in my head, 50/50 chance, this is the way it could go. >> there he was, the onetime delta airlines maintenance worker theyd had in their sights for years. yvonne, this is your first chance to really see him, huh? >> well -- you know, the -- the old saying, if -- if looks could kill, he would have been dead on the spot. >> dekalb county prosecutor john petrey had a daunting task ahead, the first case in georgia with no crime scene, no body. >> the absence of a body doesn...

And he actually punched me. and i somehow managed to connect with his thumb and i bit him. and then he recoiled because he was in pain bleeding. and his wife came running down the stairs behind him. she sees me. she says, whats going on? i said, gail, its me, tammy singleton. he tried to rape me. and she breaks down into hysteria and is crying and -- and immediately hes like a chastised little boy. and she takes control -- >> so his demeanor -- >> of the situation. >> has changed again, huh? >> ...

An airline maintenance worker, when he wasnt umpiring at the softball field. you dont take these stories at face value, you go to this guy butch and say, "lets talk about saturday. whats your story? what were you doing that day?" >> so we did talk to him on april 4th. >> hinton told police he was aware shannon was missing. and he said nothing unusual happened during the game. still -- >> he had a number of inconsistencies that just didnt add up. >> hinton told different stories about where he wa...

>> one of them remembered an eerie late night conversation. >> butch had waked up in the middle of the night and said, "i didnt do this. the demon inside of me killed that girl." and then went back to sleep. >> and yet, jailhouse snitches, as theyre called, get a lot of side-eye. >> oh, yes, they do. >> what is -- what is this guy getting in exchange for sitting here, telling us a story? >> right, right. >> but the state had other witnesses to bring in stories of his criminal past. tammy singlet...