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Joan Bauer thought she was through with politics.

FRIDAY, Jan. 5 — With the candidate filing deadline for the Lansing Charter Revision Commission just 18 days off, only seven people have done so.

Odell, lynnes one-time fiance. odell described his last call with lynne. her call waiting beeped as she put him on hole. she said it was her ex-husband, clifford, on the other line asking her to come over to his house and pick up some money he owed. >> so when you hung up with her, that was the last time you ever spoke to her? >> that is correct. >> what did you do when you didnt hear from her? >> i tried to call her and did not get through. >> did you call her -- >> excuse me a minute. >> mr. o...

Remembers in his life. >> i am mom and he calls me mom. he understands i am not his biological mother. >> what kind of dad was cliff to christian? >> he was a great dad. they went and played ball together. they went fishing together. they went on travels together. cliff is a phenomenal father. >> meanwhile, up in tennessee, lynnes one-time fiance ed odell, had moved on with his life, too. married now with children. the dwindling friends of lynne thought they would never see a resolution to the c...

Himself. >> the 20-year-old case was now in p the hands of jury. they deliberate all evening. around 9:30 they announced a verdict. >> christian and i were together, holding hands. i told him no matter what happened, we would hold our hands high. >> we the jury find clifford brent friend guilty of second-degree murder. >> second-degree murder. the jury apparently believed golds story but not that the crime was premeditated. at sentencing a few weeks later, lynnes long ago fiance ed odell spoke d...

She was a mom. >> so disappointed abounded but baby christian was not part of it. >> he was her number one priority in life. she lived for him. >> consumed with being a mom meant men were out of the picture for the foreseeable future. but then along came ed odell. he was a consultant from nashville working on a construction project at her hospital. >> he set eyes on her right away. he was a southern gentleman, and he would walk in and he would say hi and then hed leave. and that went on, i think...