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Case and, in particular, that piece of evidence was not exactly truthful. >> reporter: the defense attornies spent a lot of time talking about the gun found on the side of the road and the ammo magazine at the brumback house. >> in light of the fact that we have the very damaging magazine evidence, we want to cloud it up by talking about a bunch of [ bleep ] that doesn't matter. >> that's the only thing that i want to say. >> there's sound on this so "f" words probably -- >> hey, you want real life? you got real life. you're flys on the wall, man. edit it out, dude. i am who i am. >> reporter:...

Murder. so, we had similarities in that weapons were taken from her home and used against her and left at the scene. >> but you had somebody you liked for that. >> the detectives that investigated that case had identified a suspect very early on. somebody who was a family member of hers whom she had had a falling out with. >> and who didn't seem to have any connection with the hunters. >> none whatsoever. >> reporter: there comes a time in every homicide investigation where detectives have to focus on the victim's family and friends. as far as the detectives knew, the hunters were a well respe...

>> reporter: sometimes justice is not what happens in a courtroom but rather what comes out of it. on the day lawyers finished their closing arguments in the anthony garcia murder case, a lot of people showed up to see what kind of justice would come out of courtroom 316. among those waiting were the families of tom hunter, of shirlee sherman and, yes, of anthony garcia. it was late afternoon when the jury got the case. then the waiting began. huddled on benches outside the courtroom were reporters and spectators, the family and friends of the victims. >> reporter: prosecutors retreated to the...

Investigating homicides in our jurisdiction, and mr. garcia immediately asked for an attorney. >> that's it? >> and that's it. i mean, at that point as an investigator, i can't continue questioning. >> reporter: later that afternoon, omaha police chief todd schmaderer stepped before the cameras to make the announcement that his city had been desperately waiting to hear. >> arrested this morning was dr. anthony joseph garcia for four counts of first degree murder and use of a weapon to commit the murders. >> reporter: for the families of roger and mary brumback of tom hunter and of shirlee sher...

That he was anywhere other than there. >> reporter: which is not an ironclad alibi, but it's not bad. >> it's not bad. and sometimes that's just the reality of our work. >> reporter: that seemed to be the end of the line. dr. belenky had been the investigators' last best lead. unwilling to see the case go cold, shirlee sherman's family pooled their money and offered a reward. >> there were a number of contributions. i think there were some other people contributing as well. >> reporter: which made it how big? >> $50,000. >> reporter: so it was $50,000 in all counting everybody's contributions?...