>> i've had several low points in my life. there is no scale for this. this changes you forever. >> reporter: the next chapter was not a lift from the book of genesis. more like the story of job. >> one thing that is kind of unique especially about colusa county is every time i've ever had a big case i can go into almost any coffee shop or restaurant and they're solving it for me. >> reporter: those things can get twisted very fast. >> they get twisted really fast. in this case it was constantly you know pete moore did it. you know pete moore did it. my response was, well, that's not the direction i'm going in. >> reporter: not the direction at all. in fact, d.a. pointer was about to put pete on the prosecution team. as a key witness against paul. making pete work with the same people who at one point were hoping to put him in prison. that uncomfortable fact was