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Oakes guy was that was seen behind the grange by the two witnesses. >> once police had michiel oakesi.d., they discovered he was spending time with linda opdycke, marks ex-wife. so now two officers from the okanagan county sheriffs department paid a visit at lindas house, here in winthrop, washington. and sure enough, there was michiel oakessuv in her driveway. once in the house, the officers asked to speak to oakes. he agreed. but then he said he needed to find his pills. >> he became agitated ...

2009, the day after mark stover disappeared. skagit county sheriffs detective dan luvera stood in the dark and looked it was evening, october 29th, the day after mark stover disappeared. >> theres a little bit of blood here and there. >> of course, marks protection, dog thing, was clearly injured. that could explain those bits of blood. but in here, earlier that day, just inside the car port door the investigation team had knocked back by an overwhelming order of bleach. and here in the bathroom...

The hours became a day and then two and then three, it seemed perhaps they were having trouble making up their minds. mark stovers loyal friends and clients kept vigil, hoping for conviction, eager to tell whoever would listen that mark was never the abusive villain the defense contended. michiel oakes, his children and extended family were joined by linda opdycke. they waited in a rented waterfront house. and of course, neither they nor anyone knew what drama was coming with the reading of the ...

And she was obviously hurt. she was growling. and so i started talking to her nicely thinking, oh, my god, what is she doing here and whats going on? and i backed down the driveway. >> at about the same time the phone rang in the kennel. it was marks fiancee, teresa. >> when they told me ding was out, there was blood. ding is never out, ever. she is either in the house or shes with mark. shes not just out barking at people. >> no mark. injured dog. teresa, frantic now, called the skagit county s...

This time the defense would lie in wait while the prosecution made its case that michiel oakes was a first-degree murderer. heres how their story began. with this video. a security camera about 5:30 a.m., the mt. vernon walmart. theres michiel oakes. its the morning mark stover disappeared. receipts found in oakescar showed hed purchased ankle weights, anchor line, shin guards, camouflage clothes. also found in his car, that bulletproof vest. prosecutors argued oakes arrived at stovers house a l...

Make do with just part of jennifers story. the judge would not allow her face to be filmed in court as she told the jury about her visit from michiel just days before mark stover disappeared, when he talked about a job he was supposed to do. and then there was her meeting with him on the 28th of october not long after that trespassing incident when the police officer pulled him over. jennifer said he looked a little frumpy, and what was that on his jeans? >> there was a rusty reddish stain on hi...

Business. >> you know, divorce is never pleasant. >> right. >> but theirs just became very visible and fighting involved the business and -- >> he is afraid of losing it? >> very much so. >> after the garbage incident, linda came up with a whole slew of accusations, that mark had been harassing her ever since she left him. a domestic violence protection order was issued against mark in april 2008. mark was later charged with criminal stalking. he swore up and down that many of the allegations we...

>> noticeable. and i proceeded towards the house and tried to go through the back door, and it was locked, which was very, very odd. >> then not long after, stephanie arrived and noticed perhaps a hundred yards from where she stood down in the field marks station wagon was backed up to the carport area of his house. >> i was kind of surprised that it was parked where it was parked because it was never parked there. it was really hard to get it into that position to begin with. >> anyway, why had...

He was off somehow. >> he was very different, and he told me that he was very paranoid. hed actually been locking his doors. >> even though, as everyone knew, marks highly trained guard dog, ding, would have protected him from anything. >> i asked him why he was locking his doors because he had ding. and he said, i dont know. im just a little weirded out about something. >> he didnt say what? >> no, he didnt say what. and mark, it would take a lot to spook someone like mark. he was always very a...

And i had to get them to him or else. >> what did you say? >> you know, i was -- my head was spinning. i was so much in shock, i didnt say much. i listened to him. i think i nodded several times. i dont remember saying anything. >> but michiel oakes, the security, weapons, and hand-to-hand combat expert, the trainer of police s.w.a.t. teams did feel something, he said. >> for six months of 2009 i lived in a perpetual state of fear. >> too afraid even to call the police. >> i didnt have video pro...