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Woman who had been shot through the hand. inside, police found three dead bodies shot execution style -- and one man clinging to life. in the center of the living room was a harley davidson motorcycle. the two survivors were rushed to broward general hospital. >> my job was to get more information, so i went into one of the surgical rooms where david bostick was. >> narrator: 42-year old bostick had been shot twice in the back. >> he had been checked by doctors and they pretty of said theres not...

Pushy it almost became an interrogation, you know, what happened? who shot you? who was there? all of a sudden yankee comes out, the name yankee. so i said, "yankee? yankee shot you?" "i dont know." "he was there?" "yes, he was there." and i could not get him to say yankee shot him, but hes putting yankee at the scene. >> announcer: bostick would die just minutes later. detectives next turned to the lone survivor, penny reed. >> penny was alternating between crying, and you could tell she was al...

>> announcer: with bridgett gone, smittys alibi looked flimsy and prosecutor rick garfield now turned to the death bed statement of david bostick. >> smitty put himself in the presence of yankee that night. so if he was present with yankee and if bostick was positive that yankee was there, that kills his alibi. >> announcer: with the death penalty hanging in the balance, smitty made a risky move and demanded to take the stand. >> when a defendant testifies in a criminal case, you are hitting the...