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No, i didnt do that. she fell out of my car. >> do you know that, in fact, was the pool cue that he carried -- >> we cant say 100%, but circumstantial evidence and coincidence is he goes down to that location, turns around, and, in a field, nearby, a pool cue just happens to show up. >> reporter: so, nearly 34 years on had the prosecution painted a clear enough picture for the jury of what happened that night? >> did they do it in your opinion as you sat there? or were you worried? >> i was a li...

They wanted the jury to hear about. they called a former patrol officer to the stand. two days after danas body was found, hed stumbled on something a few feet from the place where adkins said hed turned his car around. >> i found the back side, the back end, whatever, of a pool cue and it appeared to have a substance on it that i thought possibly could have been blood. >> reporter: could a pool cue have been the murder weapon? the prosecutors asked the jury to listen to what adkins had to say a...

>> i wasnt going to let them leave the building. i just had this fire in my belly as a husband and father and business owner that i just had to do this. >> the friends of the two attackers apparently unaware of the robbery plans come out from playing pool and realize whats going on. for a moment it looks as if each try to stop the fight. but both give up. instead of helping t.j., they flee the bar. the three-way throwdown rages on. at one point a tap handle is knocked into the on position. what ...

Installed by the previous owner after an earlier robbery. >> i think it would have been difficult to get a true understanding of what occurred or what the assailants had actually attempted to do with the bartender until we saw that footage and saw what occurred. >> the two customers who fled the scene are not charged. lucky for t.j. his stab wound is superficial. no stitches necessary. but the blow from the pool cue requires 13. >> i think t.j. is lucky to be alive after this. >> t.j. has no reg...

He now goes on the offensive fighting to keep the assailants there until police arrive. >> i wasnt going to let them leave the building. i just had this fire in my belly as a husband and father and business owner that i just had to do this. >> the friends of the two attackers apparently unaware of the robbery planes come out from playing pool and realize whats going on. for a moment it looks as if each try to stop the fight. both give up. instead of helping t.j., they flee the bar. the three-way...

Owner at closing time. >> i was mugged. i was stabbed. i was hit over the head with a pool cue. >> but the robbery goes awry when this barkeep takes a stand and fights back. >> they thought i was going to give them all my money. but thats not what happened. >> january 15th, 2010, lakewood, colorado. its just before 1:30 early friday morning. last call at the cordial lounge. security cameras roll as behind the bar 32-year-old owner t.j.sazima is closing up shop. >> i was cleaning glasses, putting...

He now goes on the offensive. fighting to keep the assailants there until police arrive. >> i wasnt going to let them leave the building. i just had this fire in my belly as a husband and father and business owner that i just had to do this. >> the friends of the two attackers, apparently unaware of the robbery mans, come out from playing pool and realize whats going on. for a moment, it looks as if they each try to stop the fight. but both give up. and instead of helping t.j., they flee the bar...

Essential to the case, the video recorded by security cameras installed by the previous owner after an earlier robbery. >> i think it would have been difficult to get a true understanding of what occurred or what the assailants had actually attempted to do with the bartender until we actually saw that footage and saw what occurred. >> the two customers who fled the scene are not charged. lucky for t.j., his stab wound is superficial. no stitches necessary. but the blow from the pool cue requires...

Essential to the case, the video recorded by security cameras installed by the previous owner after an earlier robbery. >> i think it would have been difficult to get a true understanding of what occurred or what the assailants had actually attempted to do with the bartender until we saw that footage and saw what occurred. >> the two customers who fled the scene are not charged. lucky for t.j. his stab wound is superficial,no stitches necessary. but the blow from the pool cue requires 13. >> i t...

I was stabbed. i was hit over the head with a pool cue. >> the robbery goes awry when the bartender takes a stand and fights back. >> they thought i was going to give them all my money, but thats not what happened. >> january 15th, 2010, lakewood, colorado. its just before 1:30 early friday morning, last call at the cordial lounge. security cameras roll as behind the bar, 32-year-old owner t.j. is closing up shop. >> i was cleaning glasses, putting things away. it got to a point where i began co...