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The flashlight while shooting her husband. if jane was the killer, this was about as cold-blooded as it gets. investigators said dave had been shot six times. >> we came up with a fairly logical explanation of how it was done. >> reporter: shot one was from a distance of several feet. then the bullet hit the wall. that shot brought him to his knees where the killer fired shots two and three into his face at close range. >> one goes into his cheekbone. it goes down the side yard and bounces off t...

Often slept because dave had a bad back. she said it was about an hour later, she said, about 11:00. dave came down the hall, she said, worried about the dog. so 11:15, she said, she and dave crept over to a sliding glass door to a side yard.

She said, about 11:00. >> reporter: dave came down the hall, she said, worried about the dog. >> reporter: so 11:15, she said, she and dave crept over to a sliding glass door to a side yard. >> reporter: and the gunshots -- >> reporter: as jane talked to investigators into the early morning hours, the awful news was getting around. >> we got a call about 5:00 in the morning. >> reporter: what happens to a person when you go to bed at night and everything is fine? then the phone rings at 5:00 in

Then the bullet hit the wall. that shot brought him to his knees where the killer fired shots two and three into his face at close range. >> one goes into his cheekbone. it goes down the side yard and bounces off the concrete. it nicked the fence, and that bullet we matched out on the sidewalk. >> reporter: shots four, five, and six hit the upper arm, the back, and the back of daves head. >> we believe the final shot was the shot to the back of the head. >> reporter: from the very beginning, jan...

She said it was about an hour later, she said, about 11:00. >> dave came down the hall, she said, worried about the dog. >> so 11:15, she said, she and dave crept over to a sliding glass door to a side yard. >> the gunshots?

It had been a perfectly normal evening, she said. they were in bed by 10:00. dave in the master bedroom, she in michaels room, where she often slept because dave had a bad back. she said it was about an hour later, she said, about 11:00. >> dave came down the hall, she said, worried about the dog. >> so 11:15, she said, she and dave crept over to a sliding glass door to a side yard. >> the gunshots?

His attorney. hey, this makes me nervous. tonight, i might wash my car in my own driveway after having a couple of pops. what happened to you? >> i was listening to music in my vehicle in my backyard, side yard, garage, and my private property, and became a victim of ouil charge. >> camella, he never left the property, right? never pulled out of the driveway? >> that is correct. he had no intention of doing so. as he indicated, he was just sitting in his own driveway, essentially located in the ...

My vehicle, in my backyard, side yard, garage. my private property. and became a victim of can dwl charge. >> kamela, he never left the property, right. he never pulled out of the driveway? >> that is correct is, he had no intention of doing so. he was sitting in his own driveway which was essentially in the back yard listen to music there there is no evidence that he attempted to leave. police came out a few times and had contact with him. he wasnt arrested initially, it was only on the third t...

Dave crept over to a sliding glass door to a side yard. >> the gunshots? >> what did it sound like? >> it sounded like pop, pop, pop. like quick. >> how many pops did you hear? >> three. >> describe them to me, how fast they were. >> pop, pop, pop.

Something very difficult to get right because of the enormous amount of effort, thinking, persistence, push back, removal of ideological baggage and sure luck that is required, not to mention some unnatural humility. underlying everything reporters do in pursuit of the best obtainable version of the truth, whatever our beat or assignment is the question what is news? what is it that we believe is important, relevant, hidden perhaps or even in plain site and ignored by conventional journalistic w...