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You've gone as far as you can. and that door closes. >> and another door opened. dave became a high school biology teacher, coach, and athletic director. >> and he was even better at being a teacher and coach than even throwing. >> if dave missed his former glory, his family said he never showed it. and of course, remained a legend to his niece and nephews. >> i think one phrase that could best describe him is a gentle giant. >> yep. >> he had so much patience, so much kindness. >> at home, dave and jane struggled to have children. >> she wanted to have a family really bad. i felt bad when i w...

But more disturbing -- >> there were times when she would come in, and i noticed on her face, it looked swollen. and she would never comment how it happened. >> there were several times that i saw bruising on her. one time on her face. her arms, her lefgs. several places. >> this is a monster. just a monster. >> ron bammier is jane's defense attorney. and according to him, dave laut is far from the hometown hero so many believed him to be. the real truth about dave laut, for nearly three decades, he subjected his wife to horrific abuse. >> like all abuse, it's about power and control. we have ...

>> son michael, 10 at the time, slept through it all. and jane's brother took charge of him while jane went down to the oxnard police department to offer a more complete statement. it had been a perfectly normal evening, she said. they were in bed by 10:00. dave in the master bedroom, she in michael's room, where she often slept because dave had a bad back. she said it was about an hour later, about 11:00. >> dave came down the hall, she said, worried about the dog. >> so 11:15, she said, she and dave crept over to a sliding glass door to a side yard.

Dramatic turn. back now, keith morrison, with the hometown hero, and the homecoming queen. >> jane laut told the police a harrowing story, of a backyard prowler, and gunshots right outside her door. and now her husband, olympic bronze medalist, dave laut, was dead. but some things seemed a little off. for example, said the investigator, when police were still questioning jane at the house, she stepped into the laundry room. >> she actually tried to keep one of the police officers out of the laundry room. she tried to close the door, with her in the laundry room and him out. >> why? well, jane ...

>> when the officer doing the test began getting the test ready, she did go into the bathroom and either wash her hands or wipe her hands on a towel, one of the two. before coing back to the table and before the test was done. >> so odd things. anyway, police scoured the place, didn't see any murder weapon lying around. and they were about ready to take dave's body off to the morgue when some instinct told the lead detective to look here. he cracked open the doors of the grandfather clock in the dining room, looked down inside, and there it was. >> this is more than likely the murder weapon. >...