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Negotiations. the prosecution went first. >> well, cindy's not coming home, cindy's dead. this man not only killed her, but he deprived the family of a burial. >> and then closing from the defense. >> if you've got reasonable doubt, you can come back with a verdict, and that verdict is not guilty. >> then the jury went behind closed doors to deliberate a first-degree murder case. and to the surprise of nearly everyone, they were back after just two hours. >> all right. mr. foreman, have you reached a verdict? >> yes, we have, your honor. >> would you please give it to my deputy? >> i remember ...

>> a mandatory life sentence. art ream had overplayed his hand. >> it took us 22 years to bring justice to her. >> but it was a bittersweet victory for the zarzyckis. they'd lost their cindy and now they'd lost their leverage with ream to get her remains back for a proper burial. >> and i told my wife, i said, we'll never know now. i probably would go to my own grave not knowing where she was. >> except for one thing. the zarzyckis still had detective mclaughlin on the case, and it wasn't over for him. coming up -- >> he says, ed, i'm going to find cindy. >> the detective won't rest until he...

Prosecutor, to make a deal. >> my first inclination was, hell, no, i'm going to make sure he goes to prison for the rest of his life. the idea that the defendant thinks he can take control of this process and use this poor 13-year-old girl's body as a bargaining chip, may be the lowest thing i've ever seen in a criminal case. >> ream held one trump card, cindy's body. and the zarzyckis wanted that above anything else, even a conviction. the family found itself taking art ream's side in the plea talks. >> it was all about finding cindy. that was the thing right from day one. >> they'd had no ch...

The glove save no one in cindy's family could remember -- a gold necklace with a charm on it, an anchor. >> found it around her neck area. >> and her family didn't know what to make of that. >> exactly. we asked them if they could i.d. this, and nobody could. >> but linda bronson, one of art ream's ex-wives, said she knew what it was. art had worn that anchor chain all the time. >> we're thinking after he put cindy in the grave he put his necklace around her neck. >> what do you make of that? >> a possession type of thing. >> just as he kept a missing persons flyer of cindy as a trophy. >> it ...

>> i think the only thing that i got from it was it was a very peaceful spot, you know, by the íg river. and when we left, it almost felt like her spirit went with us. and she was with family again. ♪ he is holy good and just and so we trust in god ♪ >> in november 2008, with dna lab results finally confirming what everyone knew, cindy's remains were returned to her family for a memorial service. hundreds of mourners filled with funeral home in eastwick. her pastor from the 1980s remembered cindy. >> a great girl, just right on the edge of being a kid sometimes and being a young lady some...