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Ruled john out as a suspect because he had an alibi, but the judge didn't allow the alibi or the original fbi files to be presented in court. holly, to you first, what do we know about his alibi, and why wouldn't it be allowed in court? >> well, the short answer is, it would have been straight-up hearsay because the alibi he gave to his parents was that, you know, they alibied him and said he was somewhere else, he was 40 miles away. but they are deceased, so there's nobody to validate that hearsay statement. and additionally, don, the mother on her deathbed told one of john's sisters, johnny ...