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>> robert told paul that he was going to get my share of wet my dad was going to live me. >> your intention was to fight him? >> yes. it settles. thing >> the investigations continue as explosives experts try to determine what exactly happened to roberto. >> he came across this metal, that middle told him that something was going on. >> the first clue unearthed. when "dateline" continues. "dateline" continues.

Irrigation pump had apparently shorted out and exploded, with such intensity that metal fragments blew out the windows and cover the passenger side of roberto ayalas. miracle that fabian wasnt killed two. >> we received information at something happened. >> robertos wife. >> it was when we received a call from the police department, and they said that we have our son, and that he was okay. but they couldnt tell us what happened to roberto. we thought he was in the hospital. >> you didnt know wha...

At his trial here in sacramento pauls defense attorney followed what was by now a familiar script. she accused peter of murdering roberto ayala. >> peter moore has a lifetime of making threats. paul does not make threats to roberto. paul works with roberto. >> which is how parisi presented paul to the jury. of course, as you know, paul had a deeply troubled history with the law. violent sexual offense in his background. but the jury didnt get to hear about that. nor were they told about the dna,...

What if pete did it? >> peter has animosity towards roberto. peter has made threats to roberto. peter is the one that wants in to the farming operation. >> reporter: linda parisi, paul moores attorney, presented in court a mirror image of the states case acknowledging that one cousin was out to frame the other, only in her version of the story paul was the stooge and peter the mastermind. >> peter is the one who has indicated, ive been in landscaping for 20 years. im tired. im broken down. i wan...

Found on the stand, not conclusive. nor could they tell the jury about pauls previous assault and intend to commit rape convictions in san francisco, not relevant. in addition, linda parisi claimed there was no motive, no reason for paul moore to kill roberto ayala. >> for all of law enforcements investigation, they could not come up with anyone who said, i heard paul moore say he wanted to hurt roberto. >> reporter: no. but they did find this document on pauls computer titled "my life" a rambli...

>> we should have been the next in line. it wasnt fair. it was a slap in the face. >> reporter: and to make matters worse, roberto brought his brother eduardo in as his assistant. the cousins, their birthright withheld, fumed. >> paul would come over and tell me horrible stuff about ed and robert, that robert was saying about me, like he said that robert was -- robert told paul that he was going to get my share of what my dad was going to leave me of the ranch. >> reporter: fair to say though th...

Peter moore, whose family owned the farm, did not like roberto. he even admitted he had challenged roberto to a fight. investigators were zeroing in on peter. then a mysterious clue would land right on their doorstep. it was a letter. and whoever wrote it had serious inside information. here again is keith morrison. >> reporter: the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms has become something of a legend at solving puzzles, these little bits and pieces, fragments of this and that were about all ...

Petes first day on the stand. >> he said, youre a murderer, arent you, mr. moore? >> the defense points the finger at pete, who they say has the motive to kill one man and implicate another. a master plan that would give him everything he wanted. coming up -- >> peter is the one who has indicated, ive been in landscaping for 20 years, im broken down, i want to be in the farming operation. what better way to take out roberto and to take out paul? >> when "family business" continues. billions of...

This, did the suspicion seem plausible? >> yes. >> reporter: yeah. >> it did. we knew pete didnt get along with his family. we knew pete had a hot head. we knew pete had access to the property. >> reporter: and for paul to denounce peter, who was like his brother, sad perhaps, but made sense to the d.a.s office, which signed off on the warrant to have petes house searched. it was just a few blocks away. >> went out to grab a bite to eat. when we came home, we saw them all at the house searching ...

Well, as pete tells it, his cousin paul planned the whole thing. set out to frame him. first by lying to him, telling him that roberto or robert as pete calls him was out to steal his birthright. >> paul would come over and tell me horrible stuff about ed and robert. like he said robert told paul that he was going to get my share of what my dad was going to leave me of the ranch. so paul would come over and say stuff to me, and he knew he was going to make me want to go say something or fight wi...