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I would never have hurt her. >> i started crying because i just felt so bad for him. >> theres just no chance he had anything to do with it. >> three trials, three juries. >> were scared that the truth may not come out. >> reporter: sometimes the shades are drawn early in a marriage even for a young couple so in love like newlyweds sarah >> reporter: sometimes the shades are drawn early in a marriage even for a young couple so in love like newlyweds sarah and ryan. everything in life was still f...

Filed his motion, his fax machine started humming. it was a letter from a juror. >> he was having problems living with himself. he said it was a moral dilemma to let it go without bringing it to somebodys attention. >> the juror claimed there had been forbidden monkey business during deliberations, over nothing less than the biggest issue in the trial. damp head, dry body. >> he said that two or three of the female jurors had done home experiments where they had showered and air dried. >> they w...

>> i expected something to be wet. i expected there to be water on the floor. >> things were not adding up. >> something was screaming to me, "somethings bad, wrong." >> could this death have been deliberate? >> she was murdered. >> i love sarah. i would never have hurt her. >> i started crying because i just felt so bad for him. >> theres just no chance he had anything to do with it. >> three trials, three juries. >> were scared that the truth may not come out. >> the bathtub mystery. hello and...

She was stopped for drunk driving. she had pleaded not guilty to the driving under the influence charge. but police say they found two open bottles of vodka in her car. >> she broke down, hospitalized. a terrible toll on her. i lived with it. all three of us are together and you could just feel her going deeper and deeper into this. >> but it seemed for every person that came out to support ryan widmer, there were those who believed just as strongly on the other side that he had deliberately dro...

That implicitly raised a question for the jury. is it possible that this young woman who drowned had never been in the tub in the first place? >> the bottom line is there would have been water everywhere. if there wasnt, it was cleaned up. if there was a cleanup, then there was something to hide. that was her murder. >> an expert witness for the prosecution spoke to the issue of whether a person can actually fall asleep and drown in a bathtub. her testimony was no, that cant happen. >> it would ...

>> in fact, as ryan widmer got processed into the ohio prison system, his case was far, far from over. the day after defense attorney rickers filed his motion, his fax machine spit out some shocking information. >> the fax was a letter from the jury. >> he was having problems living with himself. he said it was a moral dilemma for him to allow it to go without bringing it up to somebodys attention. >> the juror claimed there had been forbidden monkey business during deliberations, monkey busines...

Room. >> said that two or three of the female jurors had done home experiments where they had showered and then air dried. >> home experiments. what was that all about? ryan widmer was about to get a break, "when the bathtub mystery" continues. (burke) parking splat. and we covered it. talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ heartburn and gas? ♪ fight both fast tums chewy bites with gas relief all in one reli...

>> something was screaming to me, "somethings bad, wrong." >> could this death have been deliberate? >> she was murdered. >> i love sarah. i would never have hurt her. >> i started crying because i just felt so bad for him. >> theres just no chance he had anything to do with it. >> three trials, three juries. >> were scared that the truth may not come out. the bathtub mystery. hello and welcome to "dateline" extra. im craig melvin. sarah and ryan witmer were newlyweds. sarah stee sar sarah myste...

The appeals process can take forever. >> as ryan widmer got processed into the ohio prison system, his trial was way from over. >> the day after the attorney filed his motion, his fax machine started humming. the fax was a letter from a juror. >> he was having problems living with himself. he said it was a moral dilemma to let it go without bringing it to somebodys attention. >> the juror claimed there had been forbidden monkey business during deliberations, over nothing less than the biggest is...

Mandatory sentence, 15 years to life in prison. >> he said two or three of the jurors had done home experiments where they showered and dried. >> home experiments, what was that all about? >> ryan widmer was about to get a break when the bathtub mystery continues. a break when the bathy continues. of our camping trips. but with a range of sizes, depend fit-flex is made for me. with a range of sizes for all body types, depend fit-flex underwear is guaranteed to be your best fit. get stronger... g...