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Two people trying to cope with mental health issues. on top of that, ann soon contracted lyme disease, an infection contracted by ticks. >> i have permanent nerve damage in my hands and feet. the infection passed the blood barrier so it is in my spinal cord and in my brain. >> it was 2002, the beginning of what would become an eight-year downward spiral for both of them. an unraveling that ended with john dead. >> he had severe depression, triggered by a particular bird he was taking care of. >>...

Pizzaro then urged her to go to the hospital because he said she was emotionally and physically frail. >> he said to me, you need to go to the hospital. and i argued with him. i said no, i want to go home. he said you need to go to the hospital. >> ann would spend the next six months at the hospital in san jose. coming up. >> the cause of death was homicide. >> prosecutors dont buy anns story. >> ann intended or had planned to kill john bender that night of january 8th. 2010. four-wheel steering...

Her fate, i asked about her future. if you are again acquitted at the retrial and it ends there -- >> yes. >> -- what do you want to do with the rest of your life? where do you go from here? >> i know what john wanted me to do with the refuge and a lot of that will depend on the resources that are left. he wanted me to start helping people and create the refuge and retreats for people with mental illnesses. >> what do you want for you? >> i want peace for john. because i know hes not at peace no...

Guilty. the defense attorney fabio believes this john bender e-mail was key to anns acquittal. >> translator: in an e-mail john sent ann months before he passed away said he wanted to kill himself and everyone around him after discovering issues with his finances. >> issues like getting money from the man who managed the benders financial trust. john wrote, i am such a total [ bleep ] loser forever getting involved with the total scum bags. for ann, the verdict was relief and vindication. >> you...

Pizzaro then urged her to go to the hospital because he said she was emotionally and physically frail. >> he said to me, you need to go to the hospital. and i argued with him. i said no, i want to go home. he said you need to go to the hospital. >> ann would spend the next six months at the hospital in san jose. coming up. >> the cause of death was homicide. >> prosecutors dont buy anns story. >> ann intended or had planned to kill john bender that night of january 8th. 2010. its the little thin...

>> when john did not move they fired between his feet and held the gun under which up to his head. >> and a decline into depression, paranoia, and what ann claims were suicide motives. >> had i been in my right mind i would have behaved differently. nineteen years ago, we thought, "wow, how is there no way to tell the good from the bad?" so we gave people the power of the review. and now angies list is revolutionizing local service again. you can easily buy and schedule services from top-rated p...

He is also the man they turned to when they decided to funnel most of their fortune, about $70 million, into a trust, which he established and controlled. >> the purpose of setting it up was to ensure that the refuge would have a structure that would protect it after we were gone. >> in the event of john dying first it was also meant to provide financial security for ann. but that is not how things went, according to milton jiminez, an alvarez employee who helped to manage the trust. >> after jo...

>> virginia is where she would meet john, the man she would one day be accused of killing. >> and so when you first met him, what was your first impression? >> i knew, absolutely, right away. >> that very first meeting, ann tells john that she is bipolar. >> and he started telling me about his issues with mental illness in his own family and we started to talk about that. >> and about his own history with depression, which his parents say started at a young age. >> john would get depressed. not ...

Told the prosecutor that she had lost her grip on johns hands, started falling back and the gun went off. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> on the fifth day of trial, testimony ended and closing arguments began. the prosecutor demonstrated how easy it was to shoot the gun.

>> that very first meeting, ann tells john that she is bipolar. >> and he started telling me about his issues with mental illness in his own family and we started to talk about that. >> and about his own history with depression, which his parents say started at a young age. >> john would get depressed. not unfrequently. >> he would go through times of everything is going wrong, usually it got over quickly. >> they say that young john enjoyed nature, animals and. >> he got into minerals, almost i...