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As were watching and theyre taking a quick pause and pouring water, let me bring in holly hughes, defense attorney, prosecutor. weve been listening to the testimony, first, obviously, the ada questioning this lead detective, talking about everything from which way he turned on his way from breakfast that morning to work and would he have seen that rear-facing child seat to the sexts he sent the day of this childs death to the videos he was googling. your takeaway. >> okay. the ada did a great jo...

Also, theres no dna for seth in the house. theres no dna of any of the victims in his car, on his clothing. all of the places it should have been. >> while researching the case behind bars, he becomes aware of a piece of evidence never presented in the prior trials. >> so 2012, we got 50,000 pages of documents we had never seen. in those documents and to seths credit, he had the time to piece, page by page, go through 50,000 pages and found a reward was paid to a witness in this case, and the po...

It. also, theres no dna for seth in the house. theres no dna of any of the victims in the car or his clothing. all the places it should have been. >> and, while researching the case behind bars, he becomes aware of a piece of evidence never presented in the prior trials. >> so, 2012, we got 50,000 pages of documents we had never seen. in those documents and to seth credit, he had to time to piece, page by page, go through 50,000 pages found a reward was paid to a witness in this case and the pol...

Also, theres no dna for seth in the house. theres no dna of any of the victims in the car or his clothing. all the places it should have been. >> and, while researching the case behind bars, he becomes aware of a piece of evidence never presented in the prior trials. >> so, 2012, we got 50,000 pages of documents we had never seen. in those documents and to seth credit, he had to time to piece, page by page, go through 50,000 pages found a reward was paid to a witness in this case and the police ...

Say it was a family member who killed that little girl. here is margaret connolly. >> reporter: a break that caught an alleged killer and revealed baby hopes real name. >> detectives from the bronx violent felony squad apprehended conrado warez age 52 of the bronx and also known as adina wares. in connection with the murder of 4-year-old anjelica castillo. a child victim known for the last 22 years as baby hope. >> reporter: retired detective jerry giorgio had heard from colleagues they were clo...

A relative pleading not guilty to felony murder charges, but cops say he confessed to the crime that he sexually assaulted the 4-year-old girl, suffocated her, and stuffed her body into a cooler. new york city detectives also offering they acted on a tip and dna evidence leading them to that suspect, the relative. the lead detective in the case is now retired and talking about the case today. brian is bringing us some closure after all these years. >> we now know baby hope was 4-year-old anjelic...

With the murder of 4-year-old angelica castillo. >> retired detective jerry georgeio they were close toe solving the case. >> when i got the news, i was just elated. up on cloud nine. >> he was the lead detective in 19 t 1. the decomposed body was stuffed in this cooler. no one ever claimed the body. they had given the name of baby hope. >> there wasnt a dry eye in the bunch.

Also known as adino juarez, in connection with the murder of 4-year-old angelica castillo. a child victim known for the last 22 years as baby hope. >> retired detective georgio heard from colleagues they were close to solving the case. >> when i got the phone call, the news, i was elated. i was on cloud nine. >> he was the lead detective in 1991. the decomposed body of a 4-year-old girl was found stuffed in the cooler discarded by the highway, and her body folded in half and sexually abused, and...

Ncht . >> it was an unthinkable crime. now, after two decades long -- a two-decades long investigation, police say they have found the killer of the child known as baby hope. a lead detective on the case and has waited more than two decades for this arrest. mr. georgeio, thank you so much. how did you hear an arrest was going to be made and what was your reaction? >> well, over the past 22 years, ever since we caught the case, i being the eternal optimist,

That she found him credible, that serino found george zimmerman believable and truthful, and that was something the judge specifically told the jurors to disregard and yet that came out in her interview as being something important about zimmerman and the jurors findings about his credibility. >> here you have this lead detective in this case, right, and this person ultimately in the end seemed to be testifying more on behalf of the defense. we were all watching, right, the states witness that d...