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He was a big blond kid with a blond mustache. >> it just fit. it just fit like a glove. >> during the retrial richardson kept his discovery from the prosecution. timing the mystery walkers entrance for maximum impact. >> the back doors burst open, defense calls john ropa and at 3:30 in the morning you couldnt help but think, could that be who patrick cone saw on the road. >> heres another tall white guy, blond, walking down the street. it was effective. >> it was just one of those magical moment...

Eastburn home on the night of the murders? >> billy was going door to door, interviewing every neighbor. why dont you talk to that kid that walk the street. >> i see that fella all the time. he walks the neighborhood all the time. >> they didnt know who he was. so billy did a vigil, became this quest for the mythical figure of the walker. >> you cannot win your case sitting in your office so i sat out there for six weeks. >> richardson even hoped he might find the real perpetrator but he came up...

Cheating because it turns out the prosecutors knew exactly who john ropa was. >> the state had found the guy and it basically hid him from us. >> as the jury began deliberating, richardson told the judge what he discovered about the prosecutions conduct. >> deputy sheriff went to john ropa, and they brought him in, and they had him bring his jacket and his hat and they took it from him and put it in the trunk of one of the detectives cars. and they returned it to john ropa after tim hennis was o...