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Inside the hangar, but he could also leave whenever he wanted, by walking out the large doors and catching an employee shuttle back to the parking lot. there would be no record of his leaving. jimmy gates discovered that on the night of the murder, erwin used his key card to swipe into the parking lot, at a 8:24 pm, nd again at 10:21 pm. and for a third time at 1:27 am. which completely blew apart his alibi that he had been at work the whole time. so that blew apart his alibi that he could swipe his card to get back and, after there was no record of him leaving? >> right. >> by now you're conv...

>> the killer did leave a clue, in the tape wrapped around didi's body. >> it appeared to us to be consistent with red duck to. >> that started gates in one direction, but he also looked closely at the way deede's had been placed in that car. >> someone took great care to place her in that car, and that indicated to us that someone cared deeply about her. >> so, part of this says professional and part of this says someone who knew her? >> that is exactly correct. >> but the suspicions that said professional, soon fell away in favor of those that said someone who knew her. not her children, but...

Da's office had declined to issue a warrant for howard's arrests. deede's son michael wanted answers. >> there is a long time when erwin was walking around free. >> it was so frustrating, painful, emotional. >> jimmy gates was feeling all of those same things, and soon his hard work started paying off. that unusual red tape found on deede's body, a special trained dog found erwin's scent on it and detectives found similar tape at erwin's workplace, that american airlines hanger at l. a. x.. but what about his alibi? computer records showing him at work in that same hanger the night of deede's ...

>> it would take three years for the case against erwin howard to come to trial. cameras were not present in the courtroom that day when trial began in the fall of 2008. john lewin laid out his case in a devastatingly thorough, two and a half hour long power point presentation to the jury. >> opening statements are like a check, i'm writing a check, jury hears it, and if i do my job right after opening? all they're waiting to see is if there are funds in the bank. >> in other words, if you deliver during your case, what you say you're going to deliver in the opening statements, you're gonna ge...

>> that was one more key piece of evidence, the day after the murder, a witness saw a mercedes on the street in el segundo, she thought it belonged to a friend. so she sped up to catch her, -- >> she see it's not her friend and she sees a male hispanic driving the car and she remembers that license plate. >> the license plate belonged to the mercedes owned by deede keller. the man driving? the witness helped a police artist draw this sketch. who does it look like? >> it looks like erwin. >> the witness was then shown a photo lineup and she picked out erwin howard. that is like lightning striki...