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Purely ccumstantial case. would this be enough to sway the jury? here with the conclusion of our story is keith morrison. >> dave hawk on trial for the murder of his ex-wife debbie did not testify, didn't tell the members of the jury what he was thinking, but he had a sinking feeling he knew what they were thinking. >> always blame the ex-husband first. >> it was an awful problem, as he saw it, had been from the day his ex-wife, debbie, disappeared through a trail of her own blood. the number one suspect was him. that's what the police had been saying all along. and that's apparently what a gr...

>> a guilty man or not? the jury did not take very long to decide. >> we, the jury, find the defendant david martin hawk guilty of the murder of debbie hawk. >> guilty of murder and nine financial crimes. dave hawk was sentenced to spend the rest of his life behind bars. but was that the end of this story? not in the least. his defense attorney appealed the case as high as he could, even trying the supreme court, th which declined review. then in march 2016, ten years after debbie hawk disappeared, a farm hand found her remains in a field in the neighboring town where dave grew up. debbie's fa...

The judge, they had already decided dave hawk was guilty. >> the judge asked them, well if i order you to set those opinions aside, can you do it. well, i guess so. >> still, the defense application for a change of venue was denied. as was the defense request to separate the financial charges from the murder charge. defense had arked the embezzlement accusations 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 that dave's fear that debbie was abou...

Police swept it under the rug, apparently. it was an ex-boyfriend. >> of course, investigators say they did look into that and other leads too, but they all came back to dave. and one primary motive. so some cross-examination. prosecutors said you killed your ex-wife because she was going to expose your embezzlement of the children's trust fund. were you afraid your father was going to find out what you were doing with that money from the trust fund? your father who lovingly put the money into the trust fund before you kind of siphoned it out. >> i really don't like the way you're characterizi...

Limbo. now may, 2008. two years after debbie's disappearance. her body hadn't been found. no new evidence tieing dave to her murder. prosecutor larry crouch heard disquiting reports from his investigators. >> they start surveilling our office. police offices. eventually starts driving by investigators home. it was getting pretty concerning out there. >> time to move. on may 29, 2008. dave hawk was arrested. and charged with first degree murder and a special circumstances. murder for financial gain. he pleaded not guilty. when the trial finally began more than a year later. dave faced murder an...