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Countys d.a. office had so far declined to issue a warrant for howards arrest. dee dees son michael wanted answers. there was a lot of time erwin was walking around free. >> seemed like decades. so painful and emotional. >> reporter: jimmy gates was feeling the same way. soon his hard work had paid off. the red tape found on dee dees body. a specially trained dog found erwins consent on it and similar evidence at at the hanger at l.a.x. what about his ten-hour shift? the more the detectives dug ...

That he was calling her every name under the sun. >> reporter: dee dee told the same story to her friend linda. >> i said do you realize that erwins behavior is escalating, dee dee? and she said yes. >> reporter: you said call the police? >> no. i said have you changed your locks? she said, no, ill do it on the way home and, of course, she never did. >> reporter: investigators soon learned that in those conversations with her friends, dee dee had left something out. a detail she mentioned only t...

Michael, just 3 years old at the time, wearing a fire helmet. and now, with those remains 18 years later, his family again. his daughter, kiersten, his widow, his son, michael, right there again. hes now 21 and in uniform, saluting. hes a corporal in the marines. the firefighters presenting michael with his fathers helmet. tonight, we honor that firefighter and his family and all of the families forever changed by 9/11. we remember all of those who were lost on 9/11 and we honor their families. ...

One time on her face. her arms, her legs. several places. >> this is a monster. hes just a monster. >> ron bamieh is janes defense attorney. and according to him, dave laut is far from the hometown hero so many believed him to be. the real truth about dave laut, said bamieh, for nearly three decades, he subjected his wife to horrific abuse. >> like all abuse, its power and control. we have verbal abuse, over a long period of time. emotional abuse. the way he treats her. we have physical abuse, t...

To kill michael? >> yeah. >> so she made a decision to fight. >> jane had taken michael to the beach that day, said bamieh. they were late getting home. >> dave was upset. started screaming and yelling, nobody respects me. i dont get any attention around here. nobody cares about me. >> jane put michael to bed, got into pajamas herself and waited for daves anger to subside. >> but he wasnt calming down. so about 10:30 or 11:00, he comes out of the room, and hes upset and hes angry. >> and thats w...

Utmost cruelty at the hands of her husband. >> he is not the hero of the olympics. he is the monster who abused her for 27 years. >> the defense called family and friends and neighbors who all testified jane was an abused spouse. but attorney bamieh said the most important witness was the defendant herself. >> if youre going to get a not guilty, which is what were shooting for, she has to testify. >> the judge would not allow cameras to roll when for the first time publicly through tears jane to...

Knife to her throat and demanded money. >> and i said, well, did you call the police? did you yell? she says, oh, no, i just -- i just came home. i just wanted to get home. and i said, this was in the middle of the day and nobody else saw? she said, no. >> and then there was her claim that somebody was leaving threatening notes on her car. >> but then you would ask her, and probe her, like what kind of notes? but she wouldnt really tell you. >> so the implication is somebodys after her, shes in ...

Play baseball. >> all those years jane was afraid to report dave. said bamieh, afraid of what he might do to her loved ones. so she covered up her abuse and her injuries. we obtained this summary of a police report from the 1980s in which jane reported that an intruder attacked her while she was alone at work. at the time, police found the injuries consistent with janes story. in fact, said bamieh, dave inflicted those injuries. then ordered jane to lie, and blame a nonexistent intruder. a patte...

>> ventura countys investigator mike palmeiri arrived, there was no sign of a prowler. but they did find dave laut. >> he had been shot multiple times. he was on the ground, face down, with very obvious gunshot wounds to his back and to the back of his head. >> jane was a mess. she told investigators she had no idea who would do this. >> is there anybody who would want to harm him at all? >> no. >> son michael, 10 at the time, slept through it all. and janes brother took charge of him while jane...

Also the person whos broken in and fatally beaten miss parsons? >> of course that comes to mind. i mean, of course it does. its just too much of a coincidence. >> reporter: and nothing about this shooting took the heat off beckys son michael. >> whats the working theory? >> the working theory still is, michaels still pretty high up on the list. somebodys looking for some money. somebody owes somebody some money. >> reporter: edmunds had some tough, personal questions for becky about her son mich...