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Guilty of the lesser charge of passion provocation manslaughter. he was sentenced to eight years in prison. prosecutors, friends and family were appalled. >> instead of getting a divorce, you can just kill your wife. i dont think thats a good -- you know, a lesson to learn from this story. >> the jury has to believe that he was indeed provoked. and also, that between the provocation and the murder he had no time to calm down. >> after you already know about the affair, if thats still passion pro...

>> but police found evidence that jonathan knew michelle had resumed her love affair with the gardener. on his desk was this poem jonathan had written. >> your stainless steel heart like a knife rips open my soul to bleed, unattended, dying. you call me on the telephone, and tell me not to worry. when, oh, when will my dying end? >> with a warrant, investigators search the nyces home. although they didnt find any shoes that matched the impressions found in the snow near michelles car, they did f...

And jonathan filed charges against dejesus for the alleged extortion attempt. >> the story she told me this guy was following her, stalking her. and that since he realized they have a big house and stuff that he wanted to get some money from them. >> a local magistrate issued a restraining order. >> the gardener and michelle were not to have any contact with each other again. >> the judge even asked dr. nyce, how far does he have to stay away from her, and dr. nyce just clearly and coldly said, ...

He also removed the soles he glued to the bottom of his loafers, cut them up and tried to hide pieces around the house. police arrested dr. nyce and charged him with his wifes murder. >> he just started to sob uncontrollably and admitted to causing the injuries to michelle. >> jonathan claimed that michelle attacked him first with a knife. but investigators found no evidence of a knife like the one he described. >> you had told me she was holding something. i need you to describe this action and...

And he, for a couple months, tried to keep up with that. he even said, i took viagra. he was just trying to keep up with his younger wife. >> jonathan said michelle never came home after work. he said he was home with the children and never left. armed with warrants, police searched dejesus apartment and the nyces home looking for shoes or boots that matched the shoe impressions or clothing with the victims blood. >> the search went on for a number of days. and there was actually talk of knockin...

Or represent to her a better way of life for her, it was a better way of life for her family. he sent money back to the family. helped some of her nieces and nephews go to school. >> michelle and jonathan married in the philippines, moved to the united states, had three children and lived a life of comfort and affluence. >> i know there was an age difference. i know he worked long hours, but other than that, basically, you know, you know, they are married with kids. >> but after 15 years of marr...

This case being solved and being successfully prosecuted. without it, who knows? we might have a cold case on the shelf, plain and simple. but with the forensics, everything came together. a beautiful mail-order bride, her millionaire husband, and the gardener. as unusual a love triangle as you will ever find, until one of them died in a suspicious car crash. was this truly an accident or something more sinister? ♪ jonathan nyce, a 53-year-old pharmaceutical executive, entrepreneur and milli...

Soles he had glued on, cut them up and tried to hide the pieces throughout the house thinking that no one would ever suspect what he did. >> i think it was very crucial. it was a pretty good circumstantial placement of the shoes at the scene of the crime leading away from the crash site. >> lastly, scientists found tiny spatters of blood on the garage wall. >> and they also found bloody towels hidden in the chimney. dna testing identified the blood as michelles. based on the forensic evidence, p...

Anymore. >> in the garage the forensic evidence suggests the fight turned violent. jonathan grabbed a baseball bat and struck her repeatedly in the head. to cover up the crime, jonathan pushed the drivers seat of michelles car all the way back, put her body inside, grabbed a pair of her shoes and the suitcase, then drove one mile to the nearby creek. he maneuvered the vehicle down the slight embankment and staged the accident. the foot impressions leading away from the car tied jonathan nyce to ...

The snow near michelles body. >> the problem is, its snow and snow melts. so very quickly the detail will disappear and thats what happened in this case. >> still, some detail remained in the photograph. >> there was enough detail to say it was the same manufacturers design and size. >> but why were the soles to a pair of boots glued on to a pair of loafers? >> dr. nyce had a pair of moccasins and he had gotten a pair of work-type boots and he had somehow used a saw to shave the sole off the boo...