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"go on in if you want. " >> yeah, they released the house. "you can go in. " >> and they put their hand to -- at the door, "you can all go in now. " >> how can you be done with your investigation that quick? >> odd. not exactly normal protocol, especially since once people start walking in and out, the scene becomes highly compromised. did you go into the house that day? >> yeah, when -- when they said, "you can go into the house, " we went in. >> they were hoping to find some sign or clue to ex...

>> clues would be hard to come by. >> i thought it was over. she was just dead and nothing was ever going to be done about it. >> not if this family could help it. >> we started looking and looking for what happened. there was still water in the tub. we pulled the drain and saw black scuff marks. >> a case that would see the suspect leave town. and unearthed dark deeds from the past. >> she would wake up and he was be standing over her. >> thats creepy. >> she told me that he was following her. ...

>> reporter: they also noticed a small palm tree in their front yard had been damaged along with the decorative bricks around it. >> and then there was tire tracks. >> reporter: what, across the lawn? >> across the lawn. >> reporter: how close do those tire tracks come to the house? >> it wasnt a big yard, but -- >> no, it wasnt a big yard. >> reporter: they went up to the door. and they found two ribbons, the kind tara wore in her hair, outside their front door, and scuff marks on their bedroom...

>> reporter: they went up to the door. and they found two ribbons, the kind tara wore in her hair, outside their front door, and scuff marks on their bedroom dresser. tell me about the -- what those scuff marks look like. like somebody moved it or rubbed something against it? >> if you took your shoe and you kicked something and you left a mark. >> reporter: okay. >> like, if, you know, if you walk on a floor and you drag your feet, it leaves a mark? >> reporter: yeah. >> well, that was on the d...

Left-hand side was sticking in the dirt. >> did you see anything on the ground? >> 4 foot from the glasses there were what appeared to be scuff marks as if somebody had slipped and had moved the dirt. >> and on the stand this witness, the coroner. >> those are the gloves that leslie was wearing. >> trying to connect those scratches on freds face to the plastic bumps on leslies gloves. however after a defense objection the judge ruled the coroners statement conjecture and told the jury to disrega...

Fred had to be lying. >> what you see here, andrea, this is -- >> reporter: we went back to cottonwood creek with the sheriff in may, 2014, the same month leslie died. >> we got a late snowstorm this year. >> reporter: a spring storm had just blanketed the woods and rocks. i have to say, im honestly nervous just standing here. >> its -- >> reporter: this is very steep. >> thats a sheer drop-off. >> reporter: it was up here where they had posed for pictures, that sheriff bruce showed me what he t...

The decorative bricks around it. >> and then there was tire tracks. >> reporter: what, across the lawn? >> across the lawn. >> reporter: how close do those tire tracks come to the house? >> it wasnt a big yard, but -- >> no, it wasnt a big yard. >> reporter: they went up to the door. and they found two ribbons, the kind tara wore in her hair, outside their front door, and scuff marks on their bedroom dresser. tell me about the -- what those scuff marks look like. like somebody moved it or rubbed...

>> then eventually we found the -- >> we found -- >> -- another one. >> yeah. >> and -- >> and then the third one. >> reporter: like, ground into the carpet? >> yeah, right -- >> oh, yeah, just-- >> -- we had to pull them out. >> reporter: they also noticed a small palm tree in their front yard had been damaged along with the decorative bricks around it. >> and then there was tire tracks. >> reporter: what, across the lawn? >> across the lawn. >> reporter: how close do those tire tracks come to ...

Come to the house? >> it wasnt a big yard but they went up to the door. >> and they found two ribbons, outside their front door, and scuff marks on their bedroom dresser. >> tell me what those scuff marks looked like. like somebody had moved it or rubbed something against it or? >> if you took your shoe and kicked something and left a mark. if you walk on the floor and drag your feet, it leaves a mark. that was on the dresser drawers in our bedroom. >> one of the missing pieces of jewelry was a ...

>> reporter: like, ground into the carpet? >> yeah, right -- >> oh, yeah, just-- >> -- we had to pull them out. >> reporter: they also noticed a small palm tree in their front yard had been damaged along with the decorative bricks around it. >> and then there was tire tracks. >> reporter: what, across the lawn? >> across the lawn. >> reporter: how close do those tire tracks come to the house? >> it wasnt a big yard, but -- >> no, it wasnt a big yard. >> reporter: they went up to the door. and th...