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i dont think they knew exactl what had happened other than that he was covered in blood she was just broken and lost there is a murderer out ther and it is terrifying >> it was supposed to be a anniversary celebration. 32 years together. >> they were in love even afte all those years. they were very happy together. >> suddenly, an intimate momen turn to infinite terror. >> i just heard, help, someone is in trouble. i was scared i was scared >> a husband found murdered in a closet a wif...

terror. >> i just heard, help, someone is in trouble. i was scared. i was scared. >> a husband found murdered in a closet. a wife, tied up in another. >> they found her on the ground with her hands behind him back. >> she had bruising on her arms and on her face. >> inconsolable. screaming, crying. >> who could be behind this? >> its me up inside -- >> their only daughter, desperate for justice for her dead. be careful what you wish for. >> everybody gasped. nobody could believe it. th...

i dont think they knew exactly what had happened other than that he was covered in blood. she was just broken and lost. there is a murderer out there and it is terrifying. >> it was supposed to be an anniversary celebration. 32 years together. >> they were in love even after all those years. they were very happy together. >> suddenly, an intimate moment turned to infinite terror. >> i just heard, help, someone is in trouble. i was scared. i was scared. >> a husband found murdered in a ...

Defendant sandra jean melgar guilty as charged with the indictment >> sandra collapse into he chair, sobbing liz, the on devastated, graspe for her mother as she was le away >> it sucked the life out of me i just felt the room spin. and i just felt like my worl was collapsing >> we just could not believe it could not believe it wa happening to her >> to prosecutor barnett, this was justice. both for the state and for jamie melgar >> shes committed a crime and they found her guilty. im glad ive d...

Offered one up for the jury anyway. there was no evidence of infidelity or typical marriage troubles. still, she suggested that sandra wanted out. but their religion made it impossible to split up the usual way. >> jehovahs witnesses dont allow you to divorce, unless someone is cheating. its very clear that jaime was not that guy. -- divorce target ostracized, i get -- can talk with my friends. but if i kill him, and i will find out, im not ostracized. but >> reporter: wasnt sandra too frail to ...

Any kind of way. the point is, that it looks legitimate. not that it is legitimate, but it looks legitimate. the >> prosecutor argued sandra did this, just minutes before the family discovered her. which explained what the emt said she did not see on sandra s wrist. >> she had no bruises. no ligature marks. nothing. >> but the very thought that sandra could have come up with these elaborate tricks and executed them, thats sheer speculation, said the defense. >> thats a theory, folks. there is no...

Chair behind the door. >> the prosecutor said sandra had come up with an ingenious way to wedge that youre under the doorknob from the inside. by sliding a pillow sham along the floor. how is that, you ask? well, she played the jury this video of investigators recreating the process. >> the detectives videotaped themselves putting their chair on the pillow sham and pulling the pillow sham underneath the door, so you can pull it close. from the inside. >> so you can pull it from inside the closet...

Dismantle the idea that jaime -- s emt stephanie robertson told the jury that to her the crime scene looked off. >> it was a little disarrayed, the drawers were pulled, out nothing appeared to be missing. >> and to the the prosecutor used sandras own words against her. the jury heard the will interview with the defendant, the one where detectives found are so oddly different. >> do you know what has happened today? >> my husband was murdered. >> reporter: and sometimes her story to the detective...

Collapsing. >> we just could not believe it. could not believe this was happening to her. >> to prosecutor barnett, this was the process. >> shes committed the crime. they found her guilty and im glad. ive done my job and justice has been served. >> the jury sentenced sandra to 27 years in prison. her lawyers are working on her case. from behind bars, she wrote this letter. she is at peace. >> the kids try to carry on. >> my daughter loves her so much. it was so heartbreaking to tell her she was...

Behind the -- the door. >> reporter: the prosecutor said sandra had come up with an ingenious way to wedge that chair under the doorknob from the inside. by sliding a pillow sham along the floor. hows that, you ask? well, she played the jury this video of investigators re-creating the process. >> the detectives videotaped themselves putting the chair on the pillow sham and pulling the pillow sham underneath the door so you can pull it closed from the inside. >> reporter: you have to be inside th...