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Something by the defendant. >> reporter: she went down on the kitchen rug, he said. was struck again. that blood spatter. >> so this would put her down either on her knees or on her bottom as she's being struck and the blood spatters on the door and on the carpet. took her back out into the garage and laid her down on the garage floor. she must have bled some on to the garage floor because there's an area three feet by six feet where blood was found. >> reporter: then, said the prosecutor, cal tried to clean up before he disposed of the body. >> he would have then taken the car back down to th...

Life. >> he's in control of his businesses. he's in control of his wife. he's in control of his finances, his employees and his children and just kind of a domineering person. >> reporter: more than that, said the prosecutor, cal harris could be volatile. michele harris began keeping notes about what she said was abusive language and behavior. in fact, she won a temporary order of protection against him. >> what he said to her was, i wouldn't need a gun to kill you. and if i did kill you, they'll never find your body. >> reporter: in the heat of passion people say terrible things to each other...

House and disposed of the body during the seven hours or thereabouts before he called mrs. thayer. >> reporter: the defense attorneys tried to swat it all down. and cal harris himself was adamant, he had nothing to do with his wife's disappearance. >> it's one thing to say, look, i'm innocent. i didn't do this. it's another thing to have so many people accusing you, pointing the finger at you. look, i'm not guilty. i didn't do this. i didn't commit this crime. >> reporter: there was no body, no murder weapon, and the defense said the forensics were unconvincing at best. but the jurors weren't ...

>> he's in control of his businesses. he's in control of his wife. he's in control of his finances, his employees and his children and just kind of a domineering person. >> reporter: more than that, said the prosecutor, cal harris could be volatile. michele harris began keeping notes about what she said was abusive language and behavior. in fact, she won a temporary order of protection against him. >> what he said to her was, i wouldn't need a gun to kill you. and if i did kill you, they'll never find your body. >> reporter: in the heat of passion people say terrible things to each other. does...

And have not been able to find it. keith morrison (voiceover): the harris family babysitter, a woman named barb thayer, testified that she was the one who found michele's van parked at the end of the long driveway. she goes into the house, and she yells, is michele here? because her car's at the end of the driveway. and the defendant, without missing a beat, he just said, we'd better go get the car. keith morrison (voiceover): according to the babysitter, cal didn't seem surprised. gerald keene: doesn't ask for any questions about the keys, like he knows that the keys were in the van. this is ...