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>> stephen smiths body was found in the middle of this road. a pathology said it appeared to be a hit and run. but the highway patrols incident report noted they didnt find any vehicle debris, skid marks, or injuries on stephens body consistent with someone being struck by a vehicle. according to the case notes, stephen died from blunt force trauma to the head. he had a dislocated shoulder, but there were no visible injuries on him other than a gaping head wound. sandy has never accepted her son...

Supporters have been hoping for good news and they couldnt know it, yet but help was just around the corner. >> hes very gentle and very loving. >> sandy is averys longtime friend and one-time fiancé. convinced of his innocence, she said she searched for years to find the right attorney to take on his complicated case. during a call from prison, a re-told her to watch dateline. >> he heard there was going to be this right in ferguson case on dateline, and he told me to watch it just to see the ...

During one audio interview in the case file released by highway patrol to cnn, the investigator, state trooper todd proctor says this. >> foster was on our radar. the murdaughs know that. >> reporter: why exactly he was on their radar is still unclear. our attempts to reach buster and proctor were unsuccessful. sandy smith also says randy murdaugh, alexs brother and a personal injury lawyer, tried to insert himself into the case by calling stephens dad before the parents had even seen stephens b...

>> did your son know the murdaugh family? >> he went to school with buster, yeah. and they played, like, little legal ball together. >> buster murdaugh, alex murdaughs surviving son, is mentioned during witness interviews. during one audio interview in the case file released by highway patrol to cnn, the investigator, stroop, todd proctor, says this. >> foster was on our radar. the murdaughs know that. >> reporter: why exactly he was on their radar is still unclear. our attempts to reach buster ...

>> i said, thats the woman thats going to get steven out of prison! >> zellner specializes in wrongful conviction cases and says she is freed many defendants, including ryan ferguson. sandy contacted her, and she joined the case not long after making a murderer came out. we caught up with zellner at a correction no correctional institution when she paid a visit to a bring in 2016. >> million dollar question, do you think you have new evidence that could free steven avery? >> we do, yes. >> zelln...

Stephen smith was killed july 8, 2015. a passer by on sandy run road in hampton county called 911 about 4:00 a.m. >> on the road or side of the road. >> in the roadway. >> stephen smiths body was found in the middle of this road. a pathology said it appeared to be a hit and run. but the highway patrols incident report noted they didnt find any vehicle debris, skid marks, or injuries on stephens body consistent with someone being struck by a vehicle. according to the case notes, stephen died from...

Also, if stephen had car trouble, his car was located a couple of miles from the scene with his gas cap off, sandy says he would have used his cell phone, which was found on his body, to call for help. >> he was literally left on the side of the road like a piece of trash. >> reporter: mike hemlap is sandy smiths lawyer. he too believes her son was murdered, and heres why. >> being hit by a car is a brute brutal and violent act, and you would have lots of injuries all over your body. ive never s...

>> and then layed in that road hoping somebody was going to run over him. >> reporter: for sandy, much doesnt add up. she says her son would have been too afraid to walk alone in the middle of the night. if he had car trouble, sandy says he would have used his cell phone, which was found on his body to call for help. >> he was literally left on the side of the road like a piece of trash. >> reporter: mike hem lap is sandy smiths lawyer. he too believes her son was murdered, and heres why. >> bei...

Spring is my favourite time. i love colour and all the colours watching life come. sorry, im going to cry. watching life come back in the spring is a wonderful thing after being shut in through the winter. and i cant see that — im not part of it. when the sun was shining last week and the sky was blue, i couldnt be part of that, and everyone on facebook — everyone was posting where they were out and about and so if i had a chair to get me down the stairs, i could get myself slowly to the fro...

Theres swiss chard, rhubarb... sandy spends most of her days outside on her allotment. being out of her home is just one way shes reducing herfuel bills. we should have retired at 60. i was given about three months notice that in fact, theyd actually put the retirement age up to 65, so not a lot i could do. so i was made redundant as well, which was nice, and so i had to use all my savings basically to plug the gap. so there is no fat on the any more, itsjust bone. —— so there is no fat on t...