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Keith morrison: mark stover was a bit like one of his well trained dogs. heasofabit. always on time, never missed an appointment, in bed early, up with the sun. and every wednesday, mark hit the road for the hour mark stover was a bit like one of his well-trained dogs. he was a creature of habit. never missed an appointment. in bed early. up with the sun. and every wednesday mark hit the road for the hour-and-a-half drive south to seattle for sessions with his loyal clients, a schedule which emp...

Put on the bullet proof best in show the jury where he claimed happen next. the courtroom show intel. >> mr. stove or is pulled the gun out when he fired at you. >> what do you do. >> that was amazingly fast mr. oakes. is that the way you did the? >> thats how i was trained. >> mark stover we shot with his own gun. >> yes he was. >> so now mark stover, was dead in the hallway of his home and soon after michiel oakes went outside and was confronted by marks dog, ding. >> i shot a couple of times ...

>> and the witness left the stand. "dateline" wanted to talk to linda opdycke, but she did not respond to our interview requests. and as for her father wally opdycke, his lawyer e-mailed this statement. "wallace opdycke had absolutely no involvement or prior knowledge of michiel oakesmurder of mark stover. rumors and innuendo to the contrary are baseless and unfair." >> mark stover was a domestic violence terrorist. >> john henry browne closed with a powerful recitation of his theme, that mark s...

On that that has a threaded end that i can put a suppressor on. >> silencer, that is. then an expert matched bullet casings found outside stovers house to michiel oakesgun. >> i was able to identify all three fired cartridges as have been been fired from the browning pistol. >> proof that michiel oakesgun was fired at mark stovers house where dna showed more of marks blood was found. blood but no body. to try to answer the question of what michiel oakes might have done with marks body, prosecuto...

See is kids before, as he said heds assumed to be arrested. then he said he tucked marks gun into his vest pac get, carried the body into the station wagon, put his head on his head and went down the driveway. >> i drove around for a while and just stopped a couple of places and sat there thinking about how the heck can i get to my kids. >> he said he thought maybe he leave marks car in the body behind the hall, but there was a lock chain. so he went and bought the bull cutter return to the gran...

About the possibility of needing to make and on foot escape through the woods from him and his dogs. >> he bought the anchor line in, waits he claimed, to help scale up a nearby water tower, and casey found himself running away from marks watchdog. and notion guards, they werent armored to fend off a watchdog, he claimed, but just a gift to his ex-wife jennifers young son. at 7 am, he testified that he knocked on mark stover door, he said mark ordered him to stand in the hallway bathroom and he ...

Was interested in taking. about a woman and an ex-spouse that was harassing her. the father of the woman was initiating the job. >> a father with a daughter named linda, and it seems there was a plan in store for lindas ex-husband. >> that they would basically use linda as sort of bait to lure the, um, ex-spouse toward her, and then they would -- they were to show signs of hurting her, killing her, then they would take him out. >> okay. and by taking him out, you meant -- or you understood that ...

Relationship that i had been seeking my whole life, just putting it together, and in the middle of this im supposed to say, hey, i would really love to look at your wedding pictures with your ex who is stalking you and driving you crazy. where would you have those? i would like to look at those. >> wait a minute. you didnt tell her that he had confronted you and asked you for those wedding photos? >> oh, no. oh, no, no, no, no. >> instead, he says, he armed his own daughter, trained her, if anyo...

When he was confronted by lindas ex, mark stover. >> i was approached by mark stover out of the clear blue. i had never met the gentleman prior to that, never spoken to him before. he did not introduce himself and he -- >> take your time. >> i got up every morning, you know, and took my kids to school. >> right. >> i had my son in grade school. and my daughter in middle school. >> yeah. >> and -- >> it was a long pause while oakes composed himself. >> sorry.

Threatening voice mail messages said the defense, many with a similar theme. mark seems strangely obsessed with getting his wedding photos back from linda. just one of many transference of these calls the attorney red. from >> send those staying pictures of the wedding. i know youre into the wedding. you dont give it about me. i dont want anything showing we were married or anything else. >> the defense told the jury that lindas attorney told mark to stop contacting her directly. only go through...