While we were away. Clear the steeple. To spartan. Martino . The tightest race of the season got even tighter as comeback kids and team grit jostled for position at the steeple run. Nice and calm. Martino and free spirits scramble to keep pace. Its downhill. Jones as we rejoin the action, free spirits are 54 seconds behind the leaders. Keep going. I got her. You got this. Grants gonna catch you, okay . Big jump. And plant and go. Jones and martinooh youre okay. Jones ryan woods just throws tiffany across the creek. Martino what a tough position for tiffany nguyen. Jones and its a sea of red and black up ahead. Comeback kids captain ian deyerle out in front followed closely by team grits Monica Gilmore. Martino theres ninja lance pekus. And look at grits captain Spencer Mahoney. This course brings elite athletes to their knees. Oh, my. Look at kevin bull. Hes exhausted. Hell need to catch his breath before the dunk walls. Jones what a race. Remember, the only way to guarantee a spot in the championship is to win this heat. If you dont, you got to beat American Dream teams time from semifinal heat 1 to capture the wildcard. Come on, guys. Jones kevin bull is still at the first dunk wall, kyle. Martino hes struggling. Jones with bull slowed up, comeback kids need to carpe diem and jump into the lead. Martino kevin has been powerhouse, but hes not moving. Keep pushing. Keep pushing. Jones here come the free spirits. Theyre gaining on us jones ryan woods wont let tiffany quit. What a leader. Give him a shove. Martino crazy craver dives head first. Jones i love it. Martino and finally, kevin bull dives under that narrow, 18inch gap. Well see if that delay cost team grit. You okay . Jones you could hear kevin apologize to spencer. Meanwhile, ian deyerle goes under the second wall. Comeback kids in the lead. Martino and kevin bull, the last to go again for team grit. Jones and here come free spirits at wall number two. Incredible. All three teams are just seconds apart, and evan dollard has the best seat in the house. This is it. The comeback kids are coming out of the dunk wall and onto the final obstacle of the slip wall. It is slick. It is wet. This is gonna be an incredible challenge at the end of our extended course. And neckandneck with them is team grit. Theyre building their human ladder right how. This is an incredible finals. This is what the spartan race is all about. And here comes grant mccartney of the free spirits. All three of our teams are on the slip wall at the same time. Martino comeback kids place 61 beni and 57 lynnae in the middle of their ladder, and matt climbs right up to the top. Dhani, grant mccartney needs reinforcements. Hes slipping. Jones and just in the nick of time. Oh martinowatch out. Dollard neil craver comes tumbling down all the way from the top, and hes quickly back up. That is a ninja response right there. Martino lets see that again. Ouch right there neil just spring boarded right off tiffanys back to get up. Jones apologize later. Martino up top comeback kids Laura Messner, trading spots with matt campione as they hold on to a very slim lead. Jones and kevin bull got his second wind. He summits for team grit. Martino but 61 beni giffords about to make his move. Dollard he leaps. He grabs. Hes got it. Step on my foot martino it looks like tiffany and the free spirits may have hit a wall here. You really have to wonder how they wouldve faired with a healthy joy cox. Jones benis ready for their captain ian deyerle to grab his legs. Come on. Get up here jones boom martino thats big. Jones got both of benis feet. Hes on his way up. crowd chanting climb that wall cheering martino using the arms of his teammate like monkey bars. This takes complete trust, and comeback kids clearly have it. No one is letting go. Grab my shirt. Go jones comeback kids have done it again. They just beat out two of the most formidable opponents weve seen all season long. Martino i didnt see that coming. Jones spartans take down the ninjas martino comeback kids living up to their name. They were in 3rd place at the lake crossing and trailed free spirits most of the race. chanting comeback kids what an amazing victory. crowd cheering yeah martino this group of friends helped each other overcome hard times and now they get to celebrate all theyve accomplished. Jones and theres team captain ians dad enjoying the moment. We stashed em martino lets get back to the slip wall where the last remaining spot in the finals is still up for grabs. Both teams are well ahead of the pace set by heat 1 runnersup American Dream team, so, barring a disaster, whoever crosses the line next, will earn the wildcard and still has a shot at 250,000. Jones free spirits and team grit each have three at the top. Martino lance pekus sizing up the jump for grit. Jones and on the left, grant mccartney fighting to lift up ryan woods. Come on, grant martino lance is up. Look at him climb up Spencer Mahoney. crowd chanting go go go jones grit is in the home stretch. They have to pull spencer over. This could be it. Give me your other foot. Relax it, relax give me your other foot. Relax jones desperation setting in for free spirits. cheering move down jones so team grit finishes ahead of fellow ninjas, free spirits, and faster than the runnersup from our first semifinal, American Dream team. Martino so kevin bull and lance pekus earn bragging rights over grant mccartney and neil craver. But more importantly, they still got a shot at the 250,000 grand prize. Jones they crossed the finish line only 43 seconds after the winners. And dont forget, theyve been here before. Martino and just a few weeks ago. Jones grit didnt win their first heat in qualifying either, but came back to win the final. Martino these two teams battled with team grit jumping out to an early lead. But when they stepped on their fellow ninjas at the lake crossing. I love you, ninjas, but get out of the way. Theyd open the door for comeback kids to do just that. And at the slip wall, comeback kids were just a little faster and reached the finish line first. Jones lets check in with mj acosta whos standing by with the winners of the second semifinal. Comeback kids living up to your name. You beat both american Ninja Warrior teams. I mean. all cheering . How are you feeling about that . Im im just gonna say, this is a spartan race. This is Obstacle Course racing. This isnt Ninja Warrior. I wouldnt come out cocky into a Ninja Warrior tournament. Thats for sure. This is spartan race, and we are spartans. Acosta keep that up, cause you got to do this again. In the final you got team grit there, so got get em, guys. Were bound to. See you guys jones coming up. The final three teams are set. Grit grit comeback kids all best team ever Hunter Mcintyre were not the youngest team. Were not the strongest team, but we love each other. And thats why we will be champions. Were going to encourage one another, and support each other, and help each other. And, guys, thank you so much for joining me on this. If we were to win this race. It would represent overcoming all the struggles that weve been going through. Yeah were gonna go win this thing. I love you guys, man. This piece is so you. I saw it and i was just like oh, i have to have it. State farm knows that every one those moments, theres one of these. This piece is so you. I saw it and i was just like i have to have it. From renters insurance. To rewards credit cards, state farm is here to help life go right. Never underestimate the power of energizer. 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Martino in tonights championship final, each team will have to hit five spears at the spear throw. Plus tackle the vicious log traverse requiring immense arm and leg strength to walk a 200pound log down 60 feet of wall. There you see the muddy minglers getting ready for the championship final. Earlier today in semifinal heat 1, stephanie buech of the minglers had some problems on the giant tire swing. Yeah, yeah okay jones she cleared the water, but crash landed hard on that pad. crying jones and badly twisted her left ankle. Now the minglers did have an opportunity to replace stephanie like the free spirits replaced joy cox, but even with 250,000 on the line, theyve decided to stick together. You gotta win together or lose together. Mj acosta is standing by with the minglers now. Mj. Muddy minglers. What a tremendous journey to get you guys here to the championship heat. But now without its hardships. Stephanie, your ankle bothering you a lot almost made you doubt whether or not you were gonna run this with your team. But, they stood behind you. They did. They did. Um, i didnt what to be the reason that we lose, because i know that we can take this entire competition. But they said we stand behind you 100 . Uh, they said it would not be the same without you, and they cared more about running for me. Acosta how quick were you guys to tell her, um, thats not an option. If i have to choose between splitting 250,000 between people and running with her, im running with her. Win together. Lose together. Thats what its all about. All right, good luck, you guys. Well see you out there. Back to you guys. Thanks, mj. Thank you. Jones thanks, mj. True Spartan Spirit showing there. You dance with the one who brought you. Martino well have to see how much stephanies ankle slows em down. The race is ours. All right. Together yeah. Martino i dont know if any can slow down comeback kids. But, honestly, i couldnt be more proud of the team that i have right here. Ive been looking around at the other competition, and ian truly does have the best hair. All right. Campione thats what keeps us going. All right, ready . All one, two, three, comeback kids whoo jones kyle, these guys just need to do what theyve done every race. Win. Martino the team in black, team grit, failed to win their qualifying heat. You dont get a Second Chance on ninja. You know theyre going to make the most of this opportunity. Pekus we lost by 45 seconds, we know where we can pick up some time. Lets go out and do it. Guys, thank you so much for joining me on this. I. For real. I couldnt be happier with the team that ive got here. And im really excited to do this last race with you. So. Its been an honor. For real. Amen. Lets do it for the team. Grit. On three. All one, two, three. Grit jones this crowds fired up. And our racers are almost ready to go. Martino in these final minutes you can see team grit captain, Spencer Mahoney, better known on instagram as spartan spencer, setting his tomtom fitness watch to track his heart rate and calories burned throughout the race. Jones so here we go. These three teams are as ready as theyll ever be and theyre hungry for that 250,000 prize. Three teams left and only one will win the championship. Theres really nothing else left to say. Martino actually, there is. Together blow. That. Horn air horn blowing jonesand theyre off. Team grit in black, muddy minglers in blue, and the comeback kids in red sprint up the hill towards the walls. yelling hunter no surrender, team. Martino no surprise. Hunter is pushing his team as grits lance pekus is quickly up and over. Help her up. Jones wow, stephanie buech already limping here. Its gonna take a real team effort to get her to the finish line. My feet, my feet. Hold me up. Jones all season long weve heard their rallying cry. Everything youve got no way stephanies going down without a fight. Martino meanwhile, the ninjas of team grit are sailing through this obstacle. Cattle rancher lance pekus singlehandedly boosting his entire team up the tenfoot wall. You got it. Come on. Way to go, vinnie. Jones they have a slight lead here over comeback kids. Martino finally, hunter getting his team cover the first wall. The minglers fall behind early. Good. Jones grit and comeback already moving on to that imposing 16foot wall. Martino lets watch the strategies here. Who goes first and who goes last for each team. Lock, lock. Jones both teams send their Team Captains up first. Spencer mahoney for grit, and ian deyerle for comeback kids. Martino wow. Dhani, both teams making it look easy. Matt campione and kevin bull fly up the wall, followed by monica for grit and lynnae for comeback kids. Keep going. Keep going. Martino lynnae is a Software Analyst and credits spartan racing with turning her life around. Lynnae kettler i got married young and things werent healthy. When i decided to to get a divorce, i was going through a really rough time and i needed an outlet other than drinking, and spartan helped me with that. As i started getting more into spartan races, i started running with a coworker of mine, and we really got along well. Our relationship progressed. He asked me to marry him. crowd cheering and were now married. giggles so, thats how we met. I just want people to realize that even if youre down or or somethings going wrong in your life, that you can come back from it. Martino lynnae, looking strong as her team keeps pace with team grit. Dani good job. Come on, up, up, up, up, up. Jones back at the 16foot wall, ken martin is last up for the minglers as stephanie makes her way down. Oh, my god. Okay. stephanie crying martino you can hear the agony shes in, dhani. Hold me. Hold me. Martino ian and spencer are first to the lake swing for comeback kids and grit. Hold on. Lets go, girls. Jones and theyll go with the same strategy, women first. One, two, three, go go go jones oh and lynnae lands in the water. Shell have to stay there until her whole team is across. Martino ian and matt glide together. Good job. Jones and the ninja men fly three across. Oh and lance gets soaked in that freezing water. Now hes already out and onto that pad. Martino this is so tense, dhani. These two are very evenly matched. Grit and comeback kids battling for 1st. Nice steady pace. Good job. Martino the rematch is just as tight as the original. And finally, the muddy minglers are at the lake. Stephanies ankle becoming a major factor. Great job, crew. Keep it up, guys. Youre doing great. Jump, go swing just let go just let go martino you can hear hunter, just let go but they should be going two at a time. Nice swing. And you both, lets go. Jones oh and dani stratmans short. Together three, two, one, go martino there they go. Jones now theyve got it. Ryan and ken make it across together oh. Watch out martinothere goes hunter. Not even waiting for ken to clear the pad. Jones hes a beast martino almost all the muddy minglers are soaked. Go go go go keep going. Jones comeback has a slight lead over grit as they approach the shore. Pull pull pull pull jones muddy minglers getting on their raft. Lets see if they can make up some time, kyle. grunting row row come on row at the same time martino listen to hunter barking orders and willing them across the lake. Row like you mean it, ryan. Give it some bleep muscle lets row were okay. Almost. Jones matt campione out front for comeback as they hoist that 200 pound log. Your front. Your front. Jones 250,000 to the winner, kyle. Martino and id carry you on my shoulders for that kind of money. Howre you guys doing . Both good. Good. Jones look at this. Hunters already pulled the minglers 300 feet across the lake. Martino that guys a machine. Jones theyve just made up about 15 seconds. Yeah. Guide us. Martino comeback kids putting the shorter teammate matt up front and taller beni gifford in the back. To get them up those steps. Even the smaller strategies make a difference in a race this close. All right. Jones comeback locked into the brackets first. Okay, up. Jones now grits locked in. One, two, three. Jones comeback kids with a clean dismount. Drop. Jones and theyre both across quickly. groaning martinohere come the muddy minglers. Man, they really made up some time on the lake crossing, dhani. Jones and now the log traverse. You need to Work Together to walk that log down 60 feet of walls. Martino ian deyerle out front, and beni gifford in the back. Theyre like the engine and the caboose. Push it, push it. Jones and Monica Gilmore just hanging there for grit. And thats dead weight. Come on, guys. Push push, you guys. Jones wow. Look at beni. Martino the caboose is doing pretty good. Jones using his long legs to get them across. 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Theres a whole lot of race left, you guys. Martino 34yearold former beauty pageant winner maggi thorne pushed the ninjas to keep pace with the leaders. We gotta move. Martino while the over40 muddy minglers stalled out on the log traverse. groaning you arent. Oh, god. Jones as we pick up the action, comeback kids have a 45 second lead over team grit. Theyre closing in on that 250,000 prize, and for beni gifford, the big guy in the middle, the money would go right to his best friend. His dad. Beni gifford my dad and i have always been really close. We would bike all the time eight, nine hours a day just him and i. All right, keep up, beni. Yeah, right. laughing last year, my dad came across some health issues, and he lost his job that hes had his entire life as head of it for a Major International company. It was hard. So my dad took a job bagging groceries and stocking shelves at a grocery store. You could tell there was pain there, because, you know, he doesnt want his son to see his superman like that. Ever since then, ive always wanted to surprise him with a huge check and just saying, dad, youre done. So, if we were to win the prize money, thats not enough to retire somebody, but it could say, dad, if you want to spend your time looking for a job that you like, thats great. Youre taken care of. I got you, dad. Jones benis dad couldnt make it here today, but comeback kids are making all of their families proud right now. They fought so hard for this opportunity. Martino theyre first to the spear throw. And dont forget in the final, teams must hit five spears to move on instead of the usual three. Jones beni will go first. Nice. Jonesand thats one. Four to go. Martino ninjas team grit, really need to pickup the pace here. Stay positive. Yep. Yeah. Still a lot of race left, you guys. Martino up next for comeback kids, 33yearold team captain ian deyerle over two years of spartan competition, dhani, ian hasnt missed a single spear throw. And he keeps the streak going. Jones up next, singer and dancer, Laura Messner. She wanted to be the next britney spears. I think shes got more of a pat benatar thing going. Martino youre totally dating yourself right there, dhani. Take your time. Jonesfurniture mover matt campione. Take your time. Jones thats two misses in a row. Lynnae, youre up. This is a good one. We got this, guys. Get on the other side. Other side. Martino lynnae kettler up next. Go, lynnae, you got it. Martino thats three straight misses, and comeback kids lead is evaporating. Grit can see comeback kids have only made two spears. Remember, they need to hit five to move on. Jones and beni gets the leaders back on track. Restaurant manager, ian deyerle. Order up martino got it jones theyve got that fire again, and theyre just one away. Martino first up for grit, mother of three, maggi thorne. Nice try. Martino they needed that one. grunts smack jones and Laura Messner closes it out for comeback kids. Martino kevin bull gets grit on the board. Nice, kevin. Martino but they need to be perfect the rest of the way. Nice, lance. Jonesoh, wow. Martino the cowboy connects as comeback kids start the totem climb. Jones matt, the moving man, campione headed up first. Look at that. Martino hes flying. Jones hes moving fast. Matt, to the top. Martino back at he spear throw, team captain Spencer Mahoney, smack grits heating up. Go, monica. Jones former College Track star, Monica Gilmores turn next. Martino should keep this momentum going. Jones oh those javelin skills are a little rusty, kyle. Solid grip, no slip. Martino beni giffords gonna be the third comeback kid to mount the rope. And kevin bull comes through again jones i love it martino pekus lines it up. Hes got it jones hes a beast martino here they come. Jones and the ninjas are heading to the totem climb. They closed the gap by 11 seconds at the spear throw. Every team pushing themselves to the limit. Go, go, go, go, go martinoand look at this. The muddy minglers are still in it, dhani. Can the over40 underdogs make one last push for the title . Pull, pull, pull, pull come on jones Laura Messner is the last comeback kid out of the water and she sends up their flag just as team grit arrives. Martino ninja kevin bull headed up first. No surprise there. Jones matt campione of comeback kids is having trouble with that clip. Martino clip in it, matt. Jones every second counts, and hes gotta hook that flag on. Martino hes got it. But the ninjas are flying up that rope making up time. Go, go, go good job, lance. Great job, lance. Martino as comeback kids move on, lets check in with evan dollard down at the timber drop. Dollard thanks, guys. Now at the semifinal, they didnt have to tackle this thing wet. Now this obstacle is hard enough when youre dry. When youre soaking wet, it can be a beast. Ready . All one, two, three, pull ian deyerle and beni gifford taking the base. The lock their shoulders out and they are walking that thing up. Strong legs. One, two, three. One, two, three. One, two, three. Dollard one more final push, it reaches the tipping point. And it is down. clicks crowd cheering dollard team grit, meanwhile, has finished the totem climb and theyre trying to make up some ground here on the timber drop. Jump, kev. Come on, come on. cheering youre doing a good job. Dollard lance pekus and Spencer Mahoney of team grit hoisting that giant log skyward with all theyve got. crowd chanting go go go crowd whoa dollard but right next to them comeback kids have all five teammates moving up 25 feet of Timber Holding onto that slim lead. Guys, back to you. Go jones thanks, evan. Look at lance pekus fly up that log right past the comeback kids. Ride em, cowboy. Do it nice and easy. Dont slip. Martino spencer being a little more cautious. And that allows the leaders to get up and over with team grit still on the log. But this is anybodys race, dhani. Go, beni. Jones and both teams know that anything can happen on our next obstacle. The giant tire swing. Martino this is only the second time these teams have had to grapple with this physical and mental challenge. Sorry, matt. You ready . Go one, two, three go grunts let go. Martino team grit arriving 23 seconds after the leaders, but in heat 2, they completed this obstacle 22 seconds faster than the comeback kids. So this could decide the championship. Jones well, they better get moving. Okay, here we go. Jones comeback kids look very well organized. Theyll be sending lynnae kettler airborne first as team grit arrives on the scene. Martino remember, if you dont make it on the pad, you have to go back and try again. Jones there goes lynnae. lynnae grunts jones and she makes it on the first try. Martino good start. Team captain ian deyerle up next for comeback kids as grit works hard trying to get that massive 400pound tire moving. Big push by beni gifford yes jones nice. Martino thats two for comeback kids. Jones team grit sends maggi thorne. And she sticks it two to one grit is closing the gap. And now monica to tie. Martino this is crucial. Oh, no jones oh, my gosh way short martino and more from comeback kids. Sticks are landing. Now its three to one. And lets take a look at those two jumps one more time. The key is to jump when the tire is still moving forward. Monica just hesitates for that little moment, and it steals all of her momentum, and comes up short. Then laura lets the tire fling her forward and gets a strong pushoff textbook technique. Matt you got it jones comeback kids looking to stretch their lead here martino now, matt campione hesitates as well. Go quickly. Quickly. 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The muddy minglers threw in the towel. We are all champions out here. We are all champions. sobbing martino this group has been so inspiring. Look how close theyve become during this incredible journey. Walk on strong. You can do this. Lets do it. Jones that means either comeback kids or team grit are going home with 250,000. Martino comeback kids team captain ian deyerle leading the charge towards the creek jump with a 30second lead. Every stride putting them one step closer to victory and 250,000. Lets get it, guys martino less than 100 yards behind them, ninja, kevin bull, trying to motivate his team. Great, job, grit. Come on. Martino team grit desperately trying to stay in this race. Jones it all comes down to the final two obstacles martino this is it. Jones beni gifford looking a little winded. Matt and laura, quick to go under as beni lags behind. Wait for beni. Wait for beni. Go. Okay, one, two, three. Go, girls. Martino working together as a team right till the end. The three men lift the wall for lynnae and laura. You guys, dont give up. Anything can happen. Martino team captain Spencer Mahoney keeping grit motivated. Were doing good. Martino only 28 seconds behind now. Jones grits closing the gap. But comeback kids, theyve emerged from the dunk walls. Crowd chanting comeback kids comeback kids martinothis is it, dhani jones sensational martino to the final slip wall of the season a place in history, and 250,000 wait on the other side of that wall. Jones theres ians dad, david, cheering him on. You heard him, no mistakes, and theyre the first ever spartan champs. Martino and here comes grit led by ninja kevin bull. Theyll need fast time in the dunk walls if they want to beat comeback kids. There you go, guys. Martino laura holding ians ankles for extra support as beni gets into place. Lynnae. Martinoand again, dhani, theyll put their height in the middle 61 beni, followed by 57 lynnae. Go easy on me. Jones look at matt. Already climbing into position. As soon as lynnae gets set, matt will already be there. Martino remarkable teamwork and trust as team grit working their way under the second 250pound dunk wall. Jones matt to the top of comeback, and he immediately spins around to pull up lynnae. Oh, in the eye. crowd chanting jones wow and lauras already getting a lift martino execution. Jones . By beni, and matt has her up. Martino ians slipping, and he has to see team grit coming under that third wall. Jones ian recovers and prepares for his jump. Go, ian, go martino grits really got to hold it here as ians about to make his leap. And hes got it jones he got it jones i dont think they need any luck, kyle. Martino no. Come on, guys. Jones look how fast grit is building their ladder martinoyeah, they have to. Yeah, climb, spencer. Jones its not over yet. Jones its not over yet. I got you. I got it. Go, beni martinoand ians made it to the top. Jones ians at the top. I got it, beni. Crowd climb that wall jones sensational and beni turns and grabs matts shirt. Martino grab his shirt, grab his hair, grab his face. Anything to get to the top jones get up there. The entire team. Martino oh and as the comeback kids go up and over, down goes grit. Jones and thatll do it. Comeback kids are about to be the first champions of Spartan Ultimate Team challenge. all cheering screaming whoo i love you guys i love you guys so much i love you guys. We did it martino dhani, there isnt a more deserving group. Jones no question. Martino with all that theyve been through. Just incredible. Number 1 im so proud of you you did it, man. Martino and a great fatherson moment as ians dad said, you never give up on family. You did so good. We all did. We all did. I love you. Jones throughout the season, comeback kids attacked every course with coldblooded efficiency. What started off as five individual journeys to overcome lifes obstacles, resulted in a collective victory that will bond these five together forever. Mj speaks with the first ever spartan champions. Comeback kids, you guys have been solid this entire season. What a championship heat. My goodness. Ian, what about you . I mean, this journey has just been tremendous for you. Oh, i cant believe were actually here, let alone, standing right here. Believe it, bud, believe it. Beni, if you could talk to your dad who we understand is going through some tough times hes watching you right now what do you have to say to him . Ever since i was a little kid, i always wanted to walk into my dads office cause hes worked so hard and just walk in with a i dont know a big fat check and say, dad, youre done. And, uh, this may be a first step towards, uh, towards getting him there. Acosta money is nice, but you got these, too. You guys have made history. Our first ever spartan champions. all cheering jones what a truly inspiring victory. For kyle martino, evan dollard, and mj acosta, im dhani jones. Congratulations to the comeback kids. Our first ever champions headed home with 250,000. And memories that will last a lifetime. Well see you all next year for another season of Spartan Ultimate Team challenge. Good night. The fight carrie told him that she and justin had that saturday morning. Reporter did she say what the fight was over . Romantic issues. I guess thatd be the best way to put it. Reporter of a sexual nature . That was my impression, yes. Reporter and then what happened after that . There was some throwing. A couple of things had gotten broken. There was a little bit of a physical altercation between the two of em. Reporter tim said the last time he saw carrie was when he drove her back to her house, just before he went to the airport. She was walking into the garage at her house alive, happy, as well as could be. Reporter tim said he still loved carrie, even though theyd broken up. But how could he explain the seemingly damning lyric i used to love her but i had to kill her that he sang at the karaoke bar while she was still missing . Maybe not the best choice of song given oh, i agree with that. Actually, i i told my brotherinlaw he was with me that night. I said, why didnt you slap me when i put that song in . Thats kind of a bonehead move. Just but it had nothin to do with carrie. It was nothin to do with anythin. It was a song. Reporter but to prosecutors, it was more than a song. It was a look inside the mind of a killer. And they were determined to prove that in court. Tim mcvay was about to stand trial for murder. Coming up, a showdown in court. One boyfriend accused and another on the stand. She stormed out of the door. And i thought maybe if i upset her. What really happened to carrie. Reporter tim mcvays murder trial started in june of this year. There was no jury. Judge Michael Meersman would decide. Mcvays Defense Attorneys believed they held the winning hand. He had passed the polygraph. So we thought this could be the truly innocent accused here. Reporter prosecutor john mcgehee knew he was facing a tough test. You had no cause of death. You had no weapon. You had no ironclad forensic evidence. I did feel that it could be an uphill battle. It was gonna be a real challenge. Reporter as the trial began, mcgehee presented the prosecutions theory as to how tim did it. Even though there was no official explanation for how carrie died, the state presented something called burking a method of suffocation designed to leave no marks by sitting on someones chest and covering their nose and mouth. To support that scenario, the state called one of mcvays exgirlfriends, cati smiddy. Are you a little bit nervous today . Yes, i am. Why are you nervous . Im scared of him. Reporter cati described an incident one night in 2013. She said she was startled awake by mcvay sitting on her chest. I couldnt breathe, he had cut off my air, i couldnt he was, hes a big man and im not a very large woman i couldnt, i couldnt inhale. You moved out after that . Yes. Reporter the evidence in prosecutor mcgehees case was largely circumstantial, but he still felt it was strong. He believed mcvay was the last one to talk to carrie. He had her car, used her debit card, and her body was found just minutes from where he parked her car at his girlfriends house. And the prosecution had the test results for the carpet fibers found in carries hair. They matched that rolledup carpet in mcvays house. How does a piece of carpet get lodged in someones hair and remain in her hair . Her head mustve been on tim mcvays floor at the time of her death. Reporter the prosecutors also used mcvays internet searches to show how he was constantly checking the website of the newspaper in the distant town where carries body was found. He knew that he had concealed her body in hastings. So he started accessing the hastings stargazette in january, wanting to know the headlines when her body would be discovered. He accessed that website 100 times. That is an action of a guilty man. What were you looking for . You dont live in hastings. Its kind of a long ways away. A newspapers a newspaper. But im not gonna answer any questions about that. Reporter and why not . All i can say is a newspapers a newspaper. I dont have any other comments about that. Just interested in hastings . Move on to your next question. Reporter finally, prosecutors called to the stand carries boyfriend justin mueller. He testified about the last time he saw carrie. Did you say goodbye . I didnt really have a chance to say goodbye. The way she left. I tried to say goodbye, yes. Reporter justin acknowledged that she was upset with him. The way she stormed out of the door, and i thought maybe i upset her in maybe some minor way or, cause i wasnt paying attention to her somehow. Reporter as the hours of carries unexplained absence and silence grew, so did justins concern and his texts. Prosecutors had him read them in court baby, come home. I love you. Im sorry for whatever i did. I love you. Kolby and i miss you. Is everything okay . I gave kolby his pill. Did you get a response . No. Now its sunday night at 8 10. Were you starting to get worried then . Yes. Reporter although there was no evidence presented about mcvays motive for murder, in closing arguments the prosecutors offered their theory he killed carrie in a twisted fit of rage, because he demanded her car to get to the airport and shed said no. We see it all the time that people are murdered for sometimes the smallest little things. And youre just surprised that another human being can do this to another human being. But thats what happened. Reporter mcvays attorneys aaron dyer, dan dalton and john ruud argued that the prosecutions theory of motive was preposterous. The idea that he could kill her and take her car to just get a ride to minnesota, i think is laughable. They didnt have a cause of death, so how do you point the finger at somebody . Reporter the defense didnt produce any witnesses of their own. Instead, they aggressively challenged the states witnesses, like that former girlfriend. The defense tried to show mcvay was more playful than violent. You said when i finally did get him off me, he said he was just playing around, but you didnt find it funny . Yes. He wasnt striking you, right . No, he wasnt striking me, hes never struck me. Reporter Defense Attorneys also attacked detective bill thomas, who traced that kids shovel to a Big Lots Store in wisconsin. You have no videos of that transaction, right . No. You have no receipts with tims name on any of em for that date, right . No, its paid by cash. Reporter the defense confronted justin mueller. Police had said he was spotted in the town where carries phone last pinged, but he wouldnt admit it. You remember being in the milan area at all during that week . No. His phone records put his phone, at the very least, in milan. Another person indicated to the police that he was seen in milan. Reporter what do you make of that . I think its a huge hole in the prosecutions case. Reporter the defense also challenged the states evidence like the carpet fibers found in carries hair that investigators said matched the carpeting in mcvays house. She worked in a carpet store. So just because it happened to be in her hair certainly doesnt indicate anyone intentionally killed anybody. Reporter they even challenged the idea that a crime had been committed at all. How did she get there . We dont know. How did she die . We dont know. Its one of the biggest mysteries that not even sherlock holmes, i dont think, could solve. Reporter tim mcvay declined to take the stand in his own defense, but he maintains that hes a family man who loves his kids, not the violent thug described in court. Im just not that kinda person. I couldnt inhale. You were accused by cati smiddy though of well, that was a lie. Reporter getting violent. That was a lie. Reporter did you kill carrie . I did not. Reporter theres a lot of coincidences there are. Reporter going on. Terrible there are. Reporter coincidences for you. I agree, yeah. Reporter what do you say to those people watching who just maybe dont believe you right now . All i can say is what i know. I know that i did not kill carrie. She was a beautiful person, a wonderful friend, a lover, a confidante. She was she meant the world to me. Its been the end of a long trial. Reporter after more than two weeks of testimony and argument, judge meersman was ready to give his verdict. Timothy mcvay, im finding you guilty of count one murder, count two concealment of a homicidal death. I jumped out of my seat. I was so excited and happy. Reporter tim mcvay was stoic, showing no emotion. And three months later, he was just as stoic when the judge sentenced him to 45 years in prison. I believe you killed her. And the saddest part is, you killed her for a car and some money. Reporter for justin mueller, the cloud of suspicion finally lifted. For carries family and friends, the verdict meant justice and bittersweet relief. I just bowed my head and started crying. And it felt just like this huge weight was gone. Reporter but justice for carrie still couldnt explain the why. If it was over a ride to minnesota, a car, and money, its not a very good why. Reporter what will you miss most about carrie . What i ultimately miss is shes not there, pulling in that driveway, honking, you know, announcing that shes here. She had a heart of gold. She was there for everybody. She had a lot of hope for her future. She had everything to live for. Thats all for now, im lester holt, thanks for joining us. Next at 11 00, Donald Trumps unlikely supporter from silicon valley. And the burglar who targeted only the worlds most expensive wines. Near 100 degree temperatures on the way. My forecast is next. Outcue. nats of cheering trt 09 my pledge reads, im with you, the american people. Right now at 11 00, donald trump makes his plan loud and clear. His fiery speech setting the stage for a fight to the finish. The news at 11 00 starts right now. Good evening, everyone. His vision for the nation clearly outlined in a speech that lasted more than an
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