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Crouched down either between the two cars or crouched down between the first car and the door. >> so she said, i got to go. and -- so she went out. and i came out behind her. and as soon as we stepped out the door, derwin was laying right there to the left of the door. >> i knelt down to derwin and i told him, just hold on. you know, just hold on. and that was when i really recognized that he was bleeding from both sides of his mouth and his eyes were open. and that inner part of me knew he was gone. >> the 46-year-old brown was dead. hit with 12 of the 16 bullets fired. coming up, one of th...

It all on patrick cuffy. >> no evidence that sidney dorsey's involved and then telling a murderer, we know you're involved, but you'll walk out of here if you say the name sidney dorsey. >> the only person who had the motive to kill derwin brown is none other than sidney dorsey, himself. >> and through it all sat phyllis brown, the final witness. >> i'm sorry. i looked to my left on the ground, and derwin was lying there. >> then j. tom morgan asked her one final question. >> did you ever hear from sidney dorsey expressing any condolences? >> no. >> after a three-week trial then two days of ju...

Then came the case for murder. one of dorsey's friends testified dorsey told him that derwin brown would never assume the office of sheriff. >> he made the statement, words to the effect that derwin brown would never assume the office of sheriff, that there would be a special election. first there would be an interim sheriff appointed. there would be a special election. he would enter the race and he would win. >> co-conspirator paul skyers described the murder weapon which he said was dismantled and thrown in a drain. and patrick cuffy once again described being ordered by dorsey to strangle ...

Himself, made, he could be walking the streets right now. >> it is widely believed that had dorsey decided to be tried in dekalb, he may have easily been acquitted, like walker and ramsey. >> dorsey was still a popular, well-known figure in dekalb county. and i think a dekalb county jury would have been very skeptical of the evidence against him. >> i'm going to be in prison on the outside, but i'll be free on the inside. >> before his sentencing, dorsey steadfastly maintained his innocence. >> i do not have the blood of derwin brown on my hands. >> derwin brown's brother, ron brown, was at th...

Mystified. >> do you have any idea who did this? >> no. >> any suspects in your mind? >> no. ♪ >> more than 4,000 people attended derwin brown's funeral. brown's wife and five children watched as hundreds of officers passed by the flag-draped coffin. michael brown is the son who saw his father in the driveway the moment before he died. >> because i know he's watching and i know he can hear me. and i love you, dad. >> do you swear or affirm -- >> on january 1st, 2001, thomas brown, no relation to derwin, was sworn in as interim sheriff. and prosecutors began to interview hundreds of people. >...