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As was the defense request to separate the financial charges from the murder charge. defense argued that the embezzlement charges were unfairly prejudicial. >> they wanted to make him look like a bad person, a person who would take money from his kids would be likely to murder his ex-wife. >> in fact, the prosecution would say dave' fear that debbie was about to reveal in open court his theft of the kids' trust funds was a powerful motive for murder. >> the fact of the matter was that was already exposed. it had already been filed in open declarations in court. >> meaning he would have gained ...

Painting him as an evil man who decided to eliminate his ex-wife when he knew the misuse of the trust funds was about to be exposed. enough? well, we shall see. >> there's a number of other explanations for what could have happened other than dave. dave was a convenient ex-husband. >> coming up -- one of his children is convinced he's not guilty, but can dave hawk convince a jury? >> i told them i wanted to testify. >> when "dateline" continues. to get excited about things ind like concert tickets or a new snowboard. matt: whoo! whoo! jen: but that all changed when we bought a house. matt: voi...

>> which is why just hours after the kids discovered debbie was missing it was 2:20 a.m. by then. police called dave, woke him up. asked him to drive down to police headquarters for a talk. the phone call was curious, thought investigator madison because dave didn't ask why. >> i've received calls in the middle of the night. my first thought for me is family. what's going on, especially if it is the police department. he didn't. >> and when he arrived in the interview room. >> what's going on? >> dave didn't seem to have much of a reaction at all to learning his ex-wife, the mother of his thre...

After the samples she kept in the van. all of the pharmaceuticals in her van were missing. somebody took them. >> that was a ludicrous idea, countered the prosecution. debbie carried very few samples. anyway, if drug theft was behind it why didn't the thief take any jewelry or electronics. no. it seemed to come down to dave. his character, his behavior and his own words and a conversation with a friend police recorded when dave speculated what might have happened to debbie. the defense played it in court. as an unguarded indication that dave had no idea what happened. >> hey. >> he basically o...

And presumed death. >> sandy brown is dave's longtime pastor and friend. >> this person who is portrayed as such a monster just simply isn't. he is a man who has worked hard in the church. he is a good father. >> as their son prepares to face serious financial charges, dave's parents took over the custody of chelsa and savannah. not the way they expected to spend their 80s. any more than they expected to have to defend their son. >> he made some mistakes, but nothing of the scope that is generally accepted in the community. >> stan established those trusts for his grandchildren and said dave h...