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Was not cooperative. >> what is the big deal. i heard there's a fight. >> listen to me. i'll tell you what the big deal is, someone's dead because of this fight. your name specifically has come up as being [ bleep ]. now, that's what i think -- >> the clown told police he had nothing to do with any murder and was crying because of a domestic argument. >> that night he explained to us that, you know, he had had a bad argument with his girlfriend. that's not real clear and convincing to us. >> police say the clown then asked for a lawyer. >> you shouldn't accuse me. >> no, no. >> i want an attor...

But the defense countered that the broken drum security tape proved just the opposite. on that same tape was something important that police and prosecutors apparently missed, the clown. everyone agrees the clown was on the bus when it left, but here he is still in the bar after joel leaves, which means as long as the clown was in the bar the bus was still in the parking lot. >> you can see joel leave the bar? >> absolutely. >> and you can see the clown leave the bar? >> no doubt. >> three-and-a-half minutes later? >> right. >> plenty of time for any of the people in that crowd to have confron...

>> the bus was there at the time. had to have been. the bus was there longer than the prosecution was saying. >> reporter: jurors were also troubled by the clown. remember, he was found crying soon after joel was murdered. >> and that just struck me as completely odd. out of character for a young guy on a halloween night. >> they were also concerned by what the clown told police that evening. >> it was pretty important that he would say things got out of hand. >> yes. >> and they questioned why only travis stays' lion costume was tested for blood. >> why didn't they examine any of the people's...

>> travis stay was -- >> the defense team tried to prove that. they conducted a withering cross-examination of the man who was wearing the cowboy costume that night. the cowboy admitted he had lied to police the night of the murder about not witnessing the fight between travis and the man in the hunter's costume. the defense wanted the know what else he might be lying about. >> what is it that we can look for that will help us determine when you're telling the truth? >> i don't know. >> well, if you don't know who does? i don't know. >> the lawyer's strategy was to hammer away at the partygoer...