he chose the door marked cooperation. stetson in hand alan gold limped into court with a certain bravado. he passed by his former friend clifford moments away from telling his version of the fateful night 20 years before. he testified that when he went to clifford's house, the son, christian, who was supposed to be spending the weekend with his father, wasn't there. it turned out clifford had dropped the boy off at a babysitter's. and then gold said he right away noticed a large canvas bag on the floor. >> and when he pointed to the bag or told you about the bag, who did he tell you was in the bag? >> lynne. >> gold says clifford told him he and lynne had argued and then things got out of control. >> the next thing he knew, it was over. he had lost it. he knocked her down and choked her out. >> what did you take that to mean? >> it means that she was in the bag. she wasn't coming back, and that was the end of lynne.