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The prosecution planned to argue that andrea's motive was to get back at her husband for perceived wrongs, like living in a bus, homeschooling and the inconveniences of a simpler life style. the defense knew better than to bring rusty in to the equation. >> had i gone after rusty, as people wanted me to do, then the jury could be told by the prosecutor in summation or at the end, she in effect by killing the kids, she was getting back at rusty for the various things that she had done and would give her an ulterior motive. >> the trial began in february 2002. both sides brought in pre-eminent p...

And would give her an ulterior motive. >> the trial began in february 2002. both sides brought in pre-eminent psychiatrists to testify. dr. phillip rennick led for the defense. hi counter part was dr. park deets, renowned for testifying in the hinckley case and also a consultant on the hit series "law & order." on several points, the experts agreed. >> we both agreed she had a severe mental disease when she drowned her children. we both agreed she believed she was doing what was in the best interest of the children and we both agreed that she knew what she was doing against the law. where we d...

Thought that she was dead but now she has suddenly turned up in florida. gary tuchman has the story. >> reporter: this is what brenda heist looked like when she mysteriously disappeared in 2002. from the outside looking in, everything seemed normal enough. but things were about to get, well, strange. she was about to walk out on her life and just simply vanish. this is her today, 11 years later after resurfaced without warning. her family thought she was dead. she was declared legally dead. how did this person transform so dramatically to this? it started in february, 2002. brenda and her husb...

Their shock. gary tuchman reports. >> reporter: this is what brenda heist looked like when she mysteriously disappeared in 2002. a pennsylvania mother of two with a steady job. from the outside looking in, everything seemed normal enough. but things were about to get, well, strange. brenda heist was about to walk on her life, just simply vanish. this is brenda heist today 11 years later after she resurfaced suddenly, completely without warning. her family thought she was dead. she was, in fact, declared legally dead. how did this person transform so dramatically to this? it started in february...

Third tallest in the world. this next story simply stunning. a 53-year-old mother of two from pennsylvania has been found living as a homeless person in key largo, florida. brenda heist disappeared on february, 2002, developing two children off at school. heist was worried about financial issues and an impending divorce when she left her family behind. >> i was shocked. our department was shocked. because i will tell you, i was convinced something horrible happened to her years ago. she said she thought of her family and children every day and her parents. however, she never acted on that an...