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Police reported, gym mcnabb has that story. >> reporter: violence to the forest murder states, murders dont happen here by 31-year-old chris moore ton was found dead in the homes master bedroom. >> like a movie, the big yellow crime scene ribbons all around my house, cop cars everywhere. >> it was discovered by a neighbor. they saw the small child outside the house. >> when the sheriff told me chris was dead, i asked if it was murder, and he said yes. i asked to see her. i wanted -- not proof bu...

Big mustache. did he have daddys gun or mommys purse? yeah. those were the things that were stolen. >> there is a critical question that rita had the sense to ask eric in that conversation. and that question was, where was daddy, eric? was daddy there? no, mommy and eric was there. >> but coming from rita kirkpatrick, chriss mother, talking about eric talking about a monster with red hands, and that person is clearly not michael morton is devastating to the states case. and they sat on this info...

Something about, you know, what was going on. >> michael had an amazing capacity to kcome part mentaliz things so he didnt bring his grief into the office. i dont know what he did with it. >> i didnt think i would be convicted. it was going to be a long-ish trial but it would reveal there can be in there there. there is nothing to convict. there is nothing hard. there is nothing to say look, this guy did it. there is nothing beyond a reasonable doubt and i could not imagine what could possibly b...

But its really nothing new for me. >>. >> its an experience im sure hell tell you he wishes he never had to go through. but as much ace hate to admit it -- and he will, too -- it made me a better person. i think it made him one, too. woke him up. >> michael is in a doubly terrible position, because he not only was wrongfully convicted but hes a crime victim himself. he lost a wife that he loved. he lost his child. unbelievable. >> as a child, if i loved my

This morning norwood stood in court next to his attorney. officials say dna and a crime scene bandanna helped free morton because it belongs to norwoo norwood. >> in williamson county this morning attorneys for the innocence project filed a 140-page report on their investigation of the michael morton case. it alleges that then district attorney ken anderson refused to call chief investigator don wood to the witness stand because he didnt want to turn over kai documents in woods trial toward his ...

But there was that -- that was there. i wasnt going to lie. >> i said, what are you going to say, michael? and he said, all i have left is my actual innocence. and if i have to be in prison the rest of my life, im not giving that up. and when i heard him say that, i felt this -- this rush of emotion come over me. and i said, michael, i promise you i will never quit ever. as long as im breathing air, im trying to get you out of prison. >> hes not on anybodys payroll. i had no money to give him.

As an innocent man, i was almost worthless to my attorneys because i didnt know what had happened. i didnt know what to tell them, and so they couldnt prepare a defense because they didnt know where the prosecutor was coming from. >> michael was a little overwhelmed by the situation he found himself in that but he was not e voktive. he didnt speak a lot. >> i kept looking at mike and will noticing he didnt seem to have a lot of feeling about him. i guess i kept looking for some emotion that woul...

The potential to exonerate the wrongfully convicted as well as find people who really committed the crimes. the truth is that barry and i had been talk about michael morton since the innocence project opened its doors in 1992. >> and bill was one of those people who commands enormous respect among his peers, in texas and across the country. and when he looks you in the eye, you know kind of like that sam elliott character, you know, from "the big labowski" or something and says i think michael m...

Recognized that for whatever reason, they made the decision i was the suspect. >> sometime shortly after christines murder, which was on august 13th, 1986, michael just came into our law office. he felt uncomfortable enough with the pressure that he needed some advice. >> innocent people think that if you just tell the truth, youve got nothing to fear from the police. if you just stick to it, that, you know, the system will work, it will come to light, everything will be fine. >> michael came in...

>> well, when we first got the phone call about the possibility that there was a connection to another case and that dna might be involved, i thought there was a huge mistake. >> bringing this all up again was just a kick in the gut. it was a nightmare, and everything youd ever wanted all at the same time. >> this had been this big hole that never closed for a quarter of a century. we always hoped for closure. and as much as you can get from that. but i -- i hoped it was true. >> when the police...