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Sherwood, paul's partner from work, to the stand. they told the jury he had been interrogated by police and showed them the tape. >> let's go from the beginning. paul. you meet paul where? >> i met paul at his house in glen cove. >> reporter: jurors heard him tell police his version of what happened the night of the murder. >> so he gets in your red blazer. who's driving, you or him? >> i was driving. we were driving up toward where his residence was. where catherine still lived. >> reporter: sherwood said paul told him to park about a mile away from catherine's house and wait in the car. >> h...

Eventually, the case grew cold. until this witness came forward with a tale of love and lust gone wrong. >> he took the sweatshirt and wrapped it around her neck. >> but could she be believed? >> i was sleeping around. i think i slept with half the town. >> was she out for justice or revenge? >> is it a perfect world? no. will she get hers? yes. when she dies. >> what was the lie, and what was the truth? >> how could you miss it? he wasn't there! hello. and welcome to "dateline." paul and kathryn novak wanted to escape the hustle and bustle of the big city. they found peace and quiet when th...

Defendant used tape to tape up his scrubs, he had a hat and gloves on when he went and came back from the house. >> reporter: and there was more physical evidence to back up sherwood's account. he told police he and paul crossed the george washington bridge on their way back to paul's place the morning of the murder. >> was it a toll you guys went through? >> i would assume so. we went through i guess it was the lower level, but there was no booth -- there was no attendant. >> reporter: no attendant saw them pass, but detectives wondered could digital eyes help place the car at the toll booth?...

Paul went to catherine's house to move his things out and paul unlocked the basement doors. >> so that he can go up the next time we had the kids, which would be a week later, and that way he can sneak into the house and she wouldn't know. >> reporter: according to michelle, paul wasn't with her on the night of the murder. that alibi was a lie. instead, she said he was with a fellow paramedic named scott sherwood, who drove paul to narrowsburg. >> as far as i know, scott was left in the car, and paul walked down to the house. >> reporter: michelle said paul told her he went inside, set off the...

Forward. >> michelle la france has been described as a scorned ex-girlfriend, a woman looking for revenge. did all that go through your mind? >> no. i don't believe that it did because after she leaves paul in january, february of 2011, it's 14 months before she gets up the courage to come forward to the police to tell the police what she knows, fully expecting that she's going to be arrested. >> do i need a lawyer? >> reporter: as paul waited for his trial to start, he told us he wasn't worried. >> there's really nothing that puts you at that crime. >> no. >> there's no eyewitnesses. do you t...