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She started yelling at me. >> k.c. said it was just a drunken misunderstanding. >> i dont like you, im not attracted to you. i said, maribel, we had a great time tonight. whats the problem? >> what was the problem? detective ramirez heard from maribels family something very interesting. k.c. joy had wanted to be more than just roommates with maribel ramos. lucy told us the same thing. >> when did it become apparent to you that k.c. sort of had a crush on your sister? >> he called me, and then he...

Enough for the jury. >> we the jury in the above-entitled action find the defendant, kwang choi joy, guilty of the crime of felony to wit -- >> k.c. joy was convicted of second-degree murder, after which he told me the jury got it wrong. >> are you dangerous? >> me? im the perfect, most honest guy there is, most trustworthy. im a gentleman. >> k.c. says he wants a new trial to prove he couldnt have killed maribel. his, quote, best friend. >> you had a crush on her. >> no, we are absolutely not. ...

>> 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, 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 pillow ...

Two-way radio, detective brian stanley was rewatching k.c.s google search trying to give detective hayden better directions. k.c. focused on an intersection and then moved over to the tree. >> in the center of the shot theres one tree that looks like the bush out in the middle of the wash. i told him to look for that tree and then in the wash from that area. >> maden and his partner found the tree then moved off the road and past the barbed wire fence. and then they knew they were close. >> as w...

Was missing. now ramirez knew it was time for one last meeting with k.c. joy. >> well, thanks for coming down here voluntarily, i really appreciate it. >> if you give me a ride back to library ill have to walk -- >> ramirez didnt tell k.c. that maribel had been found. he just tried for the final time to get k.c. to be the one who would say what had happened. >> k.c., i think that you have the answers in your heart, that you do and that you should share them -- >> ill go. >> so once again k.c. jo...

I will explain. >> k.c. explained he was walking the dogs when he saw a fishing line in a bush. worrying about the ducks in the park getting caught in the line, he reached in to remove it and got all those scratches. >> youve been around long enough, you can tell the difference between scratches that a person might get, you know, reaching into a bush or from an animal and scratches somebody would get during a, you know, actual fight with another person? >> right. some of the scratches on his arm...

Maribel vanished, he went on trial for her murder. >> miss maribel ramos. maribel is no longer with us. >> the prosecution laid out the evidence against k.c. the unrequited love. the scratches. the 911 call. and finally the computer searches. >> hes wondering how close is maribels body to where theyre doing that awareness search? thats why he goes to google maps. >> the defense pointed out there was no dna, fingerprints, cell phone info, or standard forensic evidence that tied k.c. joy to maribe...

>> now the woman k.c. told lucy he wanted had told him not only did she not love him, but he had to basically get out of her life. despite that, k.c. continued talking with police. >> mr. joy was being cooperative. >> he was. >> talking to officers, let you guys take stuff out of the house? >> he did. >> and never showed up with a lawyer? >> he did not. >> doesnt sound like that did a lot to set aside your suspicions? >> no, it didnt. >> suspicions, sure. but no proof a crime had even occurred. ...

That morning things werent right. >> i got a text from casey, at 10 am, and it said her sister didnt come home. it said>> theyd been roommater more than a year now. k.c. felt protective of maribel. he told lucy he had already called police to report her missing. >> orange police -- >> this is not an emergency. i have a roommate. shes 36 years old, and she didnt come home last night. >> so what i did, i texted her at 11:00. i said, happy friday. because we usually text each other anyways. that wa...

Told k.c. he was too old for her and he responded by getting plastic surgery. >> $12,000 later, hes got a different face. >> correct. >> and he says the reason he got it is because of the woman whos missing? >> correct. >> now here was k.c. at the public library google mapping a remote wilderness area. since the dawn of detective novels, killers have returned to the scene of the crime. but these days theres no need for the bad guy to even get in his car. now it can be done with the click of a mo...