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The fact that we had powerful evidence from these phone tapes of important people who appeared to be implicated in a plot to detain you and physically assault you, and yet for many, many years, nothing happened. and at the same time, we were seeing journalists being threatened, intimidated and murdered every month, every year, inside mexico. what conclusions were you drawing at that time about the inability of the state to protect journalists like you? well, the fact that the inability of the st...

>> reporter: all told, more than 30 minutes of conversations were put on tape. did you think this is the evidence thats going to -- >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: thats going to turn everything around? >> sure did. >> yeah. because that was the whole purpose of them -- >> reporter: that once police and prosecutors hear this, theyre going to drop the charges? >> theyre going to drop the charges. >> i got away with it once. ill get away with it again. >> i think theres one part of a conversation where ...

>> reporter: all told, more than 30 minutes of conversations were put on tape. did you think this is the evidence thats going to -- >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: thats going to turn everything around? >> sure did. >> yeah. because that was the whole purpose of them -- >> reporter: that once police and prosecutors hear this, theyre going to drop the charges? >> theyre going to drop the charges. >> i got away with it once. ill get away with it again. >> i think theres one part of a conversation where ...

Theyre going to drop the charges? >> theyre going to drop the charges. >> i got away with it once. ill get away with it again. >> i think theres one part of a conversation where he said, "i killed her. and ill kill you, too." how much more proof do you need? >> reporter: to her family and to shannon, this was an audio smoking gun that should convince the d.a. to exonerate her and prosecute him. >> you know god is all-seeing and all-knowing. remember that. how many times did i pray with you? >> e...

Watching her? >> yeah, she was afraid. >> reporter: all told, more than 30 minutes of conversations were put on tape. did you think this is the evidence thats going to -- >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: thats going to turn everything around? >> sure did. >> yeah. because that was the whole purpose of them -- >> reporter: that once police and prosecutors hear this, theyre going to drop the charges? >> theyre going to drop the charges. >> i got away with it once. ill get away with it again. >> i think t...

Those phone tapes to see if they were the conclusive evidence shannon said they were. while that was happening, investigators were looking at one other phone call. this one especially intriguing because it happened on the day denita was murdered. shannon had arrived at the 911 call center for her shift, when a personal call came in for her, from a man who did not identify himself. >> he asked to speak to shannon. when they said hold on, shannon said "hello," and the phone went click. i asked jer...

Ill get away with it again. >> i think theres one part of a conversation where he said, "i killed her. and ill kill you, too." how much more proof do you need? >> reporter: to her family and to shannon, this was an audio smoking gun that should convince the d.a. to exonerate her and prosecute him. >> you know god is all-seeing and all-knowing. remember that. how many times did i pray with you? >> every day. >> you remember that. >> shannon? >> yes. >> im sorry. >> bye. >> reporter: the d.a.s off...

>> i think theres one part of a conversation where he said, "i killed her. and ill kill you, too." how much more proof do you need? >> reporter: to her family and to shannon, this was an audio smoking gun that should convince the d.a. to exonerate her and prosecute him. >> you know god is all-seeing and all-knowing. remember that. how many times did i pray with you? >> every day. >> you remember that. >> shannon? >> yes. >> im sorry. >> bye. >> reporter: the d.a.s office would now listen careful...