made its case that michiel oakes was a first-degree murderer. here s how their story began, with this video, a security camera about 5:30 am, the mount vernon wal-mart. there s michiel oakes. it s the morning mark stover disappeared. receipts found in oakes car showed he d purchased ankle weights, anchor line, shin guards, camouflage clothes. also found in his car, that bullet-proof vest. prosecutors argued oakes arrived at stover s house a little later that morning. mark s employees were called to testify about what they saw and heard. i was woken by the dogs in the barn next door. keith morrison: they saw the spots of blood, smelled the bleach, saw mark s car racing down the driveway. both back ends were open to each other. keith morrison: and then the trespassing incident at the grange hall near mark stover s house, as called in by those two concerned women, now witnesses. there was a guy standing between the
after michiel left on the 24th he told her in an e-mail he d be back in the area later that week. and sure enough, on oct. 28th, not long after that deputy pulled him over to investigate the trespassing incident, oakes called again, said jennifer. came to meet her. he asked her to drive to a spot near the water, she said, where they could talk. yeah, because he was just sitting there in a frenzy just stressed out. he just seemed very agitated. and he mentioned that he may be in trouble. reporter: and then another reference to a job, a job gone bad. he said, well, i made an error doing the job. i made an error. and when i realized the error, i tried to get out of there. but when i was getting out of there, two old biddies saw me. i said why is this a problem? and he said well now, when the
from michiel just days before mark stover disappeared, when he talked about a job he was supposed to do. and then there was her meeting with him on the 20th of october, not long after that trespassing incident when a police officer pulled him over. jennifer said he looked a little frumpy. and what was that on his jeans? jennifer thompson: there is a a rusty, reddish stain on his right knee. to me it looked like blood. i just said, it looks like you have a dirty knee there. and he took his finger and he touched it. and he said, yeah. keith morrison: but most startling in jennifer s testimony, all those things she claimed he said, that he was doing a job and something went wrong, that he wanted to sterilize his car, and his fears about what would happen if the cops questioned him. jennifer thompson: something that was not planned happened. he said, and if there s a trial, it s not going to be good. keith morrison: all very methodically. the prosecution appeared to have cornered michiel
from michiel just days before mark stover disappeared, when he talked about a job he was supposed to do. and then there was her meeting with him on the 20th of october, not long after that trespassing incident when a police officer pulled him over. jennifer said he looked a little frumpy. and what was that on his jeans? jennifer thompson: there is a a rusty, reddish stain on his right knee. to me it looked like blood. i just said, it looks like you have a dirty knee there. and he took his finger and he touched it. and he said, yeah. keith morrison: but most startling in jennifer s testimony, all those things she claimed he said, that he was doing a job and something went wrong, that he wanted to sterilize his car, and his fears about what would happen if the cops questioned him. jennifer thompson: something that was not planned happened. he said, and if there s a trial, it s not going to be good. keith morrison: all very methodically. the prosecution appeared to have cornered
he told her in an email he d be back in the area later that week. and sure enough, on october 28th, not long after that deputy pulled him over to investigate the trespassing incident, oakes called again, said jennifer. came to meet her. he asked her to drive to a spot near the water, she said, where they could talk. jennifer thompson: yeah, cause he just was sitting there in a frenzy just, just stressed out. and he just seemed very agitated. and he mentioned that he may be in trouble. keith morrison: and then, another reference to a job, a job gone bad. jennifer thompson: he said well, i made an error. i was doing the job and i made an error. and when i realized the error, i tried to get out of there. but when i was getting out of there, two old biddies saw me. i said why is this a problem? then he said, well, now when the [bleep]