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On her and she screamed very loudly and he struck her with something more than once. at that point, i assume he suffocated her. >> then, said the prosecutor, he must have dragged debbie's body to the garage, put her in her own van, disposed of her somewhere and drove to fresno. how did he get back home? that accomplice, said the prosecutor, must have picked him up and driven him the 40 miles back to his farm. but really, there was no body, no dna, no forensic evidence to show dave had even been at the murder scene. everybody in town seemed to have a theory, apparently the prosecutor did, too. ...

Not yet, anyway. >> we're going to wait until we find the body or give the body more time to come up. >> instead, a year after debbie vanished, dave was charged with em bezling, stealing more than $300,000 from his own childrens' trust funds. he pleaded not guilty, was released on bail. >> dave, how does it feel to be out of jail? >> and waited for the other shoe to drop. now, imagine this, the police, not to mention most of the town, believed their father killed their mother leaving three children caught in the middle. conrad had no doubt his dad killed his mom, a dad he began referring to as...

>> his response was to ask for half custody. the percentages were 65 with debbie and 35 with dave. he wanted to make it an even 50-50. and that is when the battle moved to these, trust funds set up for the childrens' futures the mon came from dave's father but dave controlled the funds and debbie was sure dave was stealing from them to support his own lifestyle. why would she think that? well, this was actually the second set of trusts established for the children. several years before a judge caught dave's hand in the cookie jar of the first trust which listed both dave and debbie as trustees...

>> for the last time, no. i'm getting tired of answering that question. no means no. but the fools at the hanford police department don't seem to understand that. they are on a witch hunt is what is going on. they are on a witch hunt. >> whatever they were on, they couldn't find the evidence to arrest him. dave remained a free man, something that made his own son, conrad, very nervous. >> my suspicion was growing stronger and stronger. >> conrad told the police about the night after his mother was found missing his dad was sharing a bottle of wine with his girlfriend. >> i didn't want to jump ...

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. ans through contact. no biting required. [ director ] cut! i'm not feeling the no biting required line. bah. [ growls ] somebody get this guy a muzzle. k9 advantix ii from bayer. wise choice. living healthy is a balancing act. that's why i love light & fit greek non-fat yog...