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Then hes the biggest coward i know. >> youll notice gene davis emphasis on the word "if." well, he says this time around hes not taking any chances. >> i dont truly believe hes dead until i see the body. >> davis wasnt the only one who needed reassurance. mike franks, the same homicide detective who investigated bennetts fake death five years earlier, personally attended the staff sergeants autopsy. >> i went down and looked at him, checked the prints and dentals and everything. its him. >> for ...

His suicide to escape court-martial is about to face a military court again. hes charged with raping his own daughters and sexually molesting other young girls. hes also charged with murder in the state of nevada. returning to our crime files investigation, arthur bennett has another escape plan, and as youre about to see, this time theres nothing fake about it. again, heres keith morrison. >> the davis and brisco families gathered in las vegas for arthur bennetts court-martial. >> i was finally...

Yourself. >> gene davis wondered, too. >> my exact words when i was told were, how do we know its him? >> so did arthur bennett perish in that camper fire? bennett may be gone, but he would not be easily forgotten. and there were still lingering questions about him. did he actually commit suicide? when we come back -- >> i read the autopsy report. i read the investigation. and for someone to sign off on that, thats pathetic. >> so you didnt believe he was dead. >> no. >> did you make a practice ...

Behind bars before he faked his death at lake mead. when bennett was granted leave in yuma, says the colonel, there was no evidence he was a risk to others or himself, or that he might flee. so according to the rules, the commanding officer had no choice but to let him go. and in okinawa, davis says the base commander decided there wasnt enough evidence to make a criminal case against bennett stick. the family of this girl understood that the charges had been substantiated, that their story was ...

That must have seemed pretty amazing to you. >> i couldnt believe it. >> but bennett may have understood military rules better than davis. as the commanding officer said later, everyone followed the rules. three psychologists examined bennett and concluded he was neither suicidal nor homicidal. the commander decided there was no proof he might flee. so when bennett asked to go on leave, the commander felt he had no choice but to let bennett go. >> you know, i understood the fact that he had righ...

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