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After paige vanished, police arrested lester ralph jones for her murder. but did they know the whole story now? oh, no, they certainly did not. they didn't know where or how paige was killed. >> it would have been nice to have that additional piece of evidence or additional puzzle piece to put into the jigsaw. >> reporter: help you tell the story, too. >> exactly. >> reporter: even telling the story is an important thing for a prosecutor to do. >> it's really the entire thing. i don't have to prove motive, for example, but i usually try to anyway because the jury wants to know, why did this pe...

>> not enough evidence for them to get past a reasonable doubt. >> reporter: the prosecutor said, in a way, he understood. >> the biggest weakness of the case, in my opinion was, there were no eyewitnesses that placed him with miss birgfeld that night. >> reporter: he conceded defense did an admirable job protecting jones. >> the point they were trying to make is a good one, it could be anyone. it could be somebody we never thought of. >> reporter: so the seasons slipped by and now with the leaves gone and snow falling, a retile. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. >> reporter: with time ...

Suspects. so it wasn't surprising during deliberations the jury came back with one question after the other. the prosecutor -- dan rubenstein. >> i started to get worried and the question popped into my mind, "is it possible to ever convince 12 people beyond a reasonable doubt unanimously as to an answer on this case?" and i started to worry about that. >> please rise for our jury. >> reporter: by day three, the judge called the jury into his courtroom to ask -- >> is there a likelihood of progress towards a unanimous verdict? >> reporter: after getting this far, was the prosecution's case com...

It wasn't surprising during deliberations when the jury came back with one question after the other. prosecutor, dan rubenstein. >> started to get worried. the question popped into my mind, is it ever to convince 12 people beyond a reasonable doubt as to answer answer on this case. day three, the judge called the jury into his courtroom. and asked, is there a likelihood of progress towards the unanimous verdict. >> after getting this far, was the prosecution's case coming undone. >> coming up. jurors speaking out saying the case went wrong from the start with the original lead detective. >> sh...

Being dishonest. >> yes. >> the same witnesses. >> did you kill miss bergfeld. >> the same testimony. >> i have never been able to run a dog on a trail that's a-month-old. >> the same alternate suspects. >> in your opinion, did the sheriff's office conduct an objective investigation. >> the same closing argument from the defense. >> this man is innocent and stays that way unless the people can convince you otherwise beyond a reasonable doubt. >> what is different is rubenstein's closing argument, taking the alternate suspect seriously, i went through each theory one by one with attitude. >> to...