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the scene. >> he identified himself, wanted to know what happened in the store. >> lead the text of donald then of clinton county pd testified that michael said his wife was working at comics world. >> i advised him that there has been an incident at the store and his wife had been injured. >> did he ask you about her condition? >> no. >> did he ask you about how it happened? >> no. >> he told the husband that then lieutenant don brook would be driving him to the hospital where he could find out about his wife. the former lieutenant testified that michael started training without prompting. >> he made a statement that i thought was noteworthy. >> what was a statement? >> something must have felt or dropped on her in the back room. >> why is that statement interesting to you. >> because i never told him that mrs. george was in the backroom. of the store. >> he knows things he shouldn't know? >> he knows evidence that only the shooter would know. not realizing how unique that information is.

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husband. >> meaning? >> it's an intimate hug. >> the following saturday as was their custom, teresa and her son stopped by comics world, michael slipped her a note -- >> would you read the note for the jury. >> you look very, very, very, very pretty today. thanks for coming in, sincerely, michael. >> scornful of his wife, hitting on other women and now a longtime friend of barbara's was testifying that her friends and family were all well aware with a capital t trouble in the marriage. she had a call from barbara weeks before the murder. >> she was crying, very upset. mike wanted a divorce. >> did she convey to you that you would agree to that? >> she did not want to divorce. >> prosecutor fox as the witness about seeing the defendant at barb's funeral. >> i overheard mike saying to his mother yelling out, mom, did you call the insurance company? it didn't sound good. because of the phone

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would have. >> your first name is kim? >> yes. >> prosecutors called this witness who worked at a nail salon in the same strip mall as comics world. >> i would say that i witnessed 30 to 35 arguments. >> she testified she heard many heated arguments between michael and barber that summer but the one she overheard that afternoon friday the 13th sounded even uglier. >> it was louder he was much angrier. much more violent. >> then in the past? >> yes. >> less than four hours later barber george could be discovered by customers on the floor in the back of comics world. yet in this public place in the strip mall, customers coming and going no witness remembers hearing gunshots, the two have been fired. >> no one remembers seeing anyone leave the store. no witness shot michael george at the store from the time he left after 4:00 until he drove at 8:00 for what would be his birthday party. >> by then police were all over

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mining town. they had open a new shop, comics world. with his new kids and grenades five being raised together in a spacious new home, they found friends, among other parents involved in their case sport team. michael coach brad westover stock daughter in law school. he never missed a game. >> it was a family man. respected business person. >> we had electrical supply shop three blocks down from comics world. >> as life was for the kids, and i have to say, as life was for winning. he treated her like goal. >> they endured themselves to a town where families go back generations by raising money for the make a wish chair, and giving comics for the public library. besides his good works, as france said he was just plain fun. >> the guy always had a smile on his face, always joking. everybody enjoyed being around him. >> michael george had all but

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was that he left his clinton town ship shop, sometime after 4 pm, to go to his mother shows. she lived in hazel park, about half hour away. it's michael george's alibi that he was at his mother's house from about 4:30 to 7:30. a little after he arrived, his mother said she took her grandchildren to the park, and he was sleeping on the couch when they got back, sometime after 6:00. barb was murdered a little after 6:00. if michael george's account is true, he was at his mother at that time, and therefore, could not be the killer. but, according to prosecutors, michael george wasn't napping on the couch at all. they contended, he returned to comics world and sneak into the storage room with a gun, when barb left to order pizza for his birthday party. and about what time was that? >> between five and 5:30. >> that's the timeframe when this -- as a friend of barbs came to the store. it was locked and she had to wait for barb to return to the pizza place. >> if she's not in the store at

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>> yes. >> less than 4 hours later, barbara george would be discovered by customers on the floor in the back of comics world. yet, in this public places strip mall, customers coming and going, cars, no witness remembered hearing gunshots, though to have been fired. no one remembered seeing anyone leave the store. and no witness saw michael george of the story from the time he left, after 4 o'clock, until he drove up at 8 o'clock, for what was to be his birthday party. by then, police were all over the scene. >> he told us we was, identified himself, and wanted to know what happened in the store. >> lead detective, donald -- then of clinton township pd, testified that michael said his working at comics world. >> i advised him, there had been an incident at the store, and his wife had been injured. >> did he ask you about her condition? >> no. >> did he ask you about how it happened? >> no. >> he told the husband that then lieutenant donald brooke would be driving into the hospital where he could find

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jury? >> i think motive is important. and it was easy. $130,000 in insurance proceeds. and the fact that he really didn't want to be married, he didn't like his wife, he found her completely unattractive. >> he wanted a new life. >> in his opening argument, prosecutor steve fox told jurors that a 1990, michael george was having a torrid affair with a shop assistant. renee. now his 2nd wife. >> he wanted to get rid of his overweight wife, and move on to something better. >> before the murder, the husband wasn't bothering to hide his disdain for his wife barbara. according to this prosecution witness. >> raise your right hand. >> teresa testified that she anderson went to comics world the saturday before the murder. michael, barbara and their 2 young daughters were in the store when teresa walked in. >> i had remark to him how beautiful his little girls were. >> what did you? say >> that if it wasn't for his daughters, that he would not have been with his wife.

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>> michael george. looks like. >> on what? >> 7 18 of 90 -- >> july tint of 1990? >> yes sir. >> real where that they got married on july 17th 1990? >> womanizer, scoundrel, the prosecution dissected michael georgia's character. and referred to him as the only possible killer. >> our concentration was to show that he was the only guy that he was the one that had to have done it, because no one else on earth would have. >> speak loudly, your first name is? kim >> yes. >> prosecutors called this witness, who work at a nail salon in the same strip mall as comics world. >> i would say that i would witnessed about 30 to 35 arguments. >> she testified she heard many a heated arguments between michael in barbara that summer. but the one she overheard that afternoon, friday the 13th, sounded even uglier. >> it was much louder, he was much angrier. seemed much more violent. >> then once in the past?

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5:30, she couldn't possibly into the phone in 5:30, correct? >> correct. >> so, if somebody into the phone at 5:30, enough to be someone other than her? >> correct. >> now, prosecutors questioned the one witness they said who could identify who answered the phone, -- >> michael renaud. >> mike renaud. in 1990, a decade before his disabling accident, yet he was married at a young daughter and was holding down two jobs. >> we also attending school? >> yes, i was going to whiteside. >> how old you do there? >> i graduated come loud a. >> the prosecution wanted the jury to regard him as both a serious person and a knowledgeable comic book collector. >> before july 13th, 1990, how frequently would you go to the store? >> at least once a week. >> the day of the murder, he testified, he actually stopped by comics world before work. but renaud critical story for the jury had to do with the phone call he made later in the day to the shop. he had a collectors question about a spider-man comic he

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