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Bit by bit, asking around about paul, one of them noticed something a little odd. paul told a friend, also a policeman, by the way, two slightly different stories about his whereabouts the day of the fire. first conversation, day of the fire, reported the cop friend, paul said he wasn't home all day. then, second conversation, next day, paul said he stopped briefly at home en route to his hookah cafe. as we say, odd. but people's memories can be tricky. was that one little difference enough to add up to suspicion of murder? police apparently thought so, especially once they added that to the r...

What caused the fire, and i don't care about this. i just want to know about jennifer right now. >> i'm not sure i know anything more than you do. my job is to talk to you and find out what exactly you know because you probably know more than me at this point. >> no. no. >> so, together, police and zumot talked about the hours before the fire. where had she been? what had she and paul been doing? >> well, yesterday was my birthday. we went out, and everything was fine, you know. >> who's "we"? >> me and her and all of our friends. >> who is her? >> jennifer. >> your girlfriend? >> yeah. >> pau...

The other was at fry's electronics and home depot 20 minutes away. we have videotape and receipts from both of those locations. >> so once the ghanma brothers were in the clear, cops do what they always do in cases like this. it's practically police work 101. they took a closer look at the victim's boyfriend paul. and there was a curious moment in that police interview the day of the fire when paul admitted he wasn't always the best sort of boyfriend. >> me and my girlfriend were broke up, and thanks to palo alto pd, put a restraining order on me because they said paul threatened me, blah, bla...

Lied to us by the hard evidence that we had with the phone records and with the video surveillance and those items. and i just -- to me, that hurt him very badly. >> if he hadn't testified, i can't say for sure, but i don't think i could have convicted him. >> at his sentencing, an angry paul zumot again protested his innocence but he was sent away 25 years to life for murder, plus eight years for arson. the cottage was repaired. young people were still coming to the cafe to smoke hookah. >> i can still hear her voice and see her smile. i know she's -- i know she's

Evening. >> there was traffic, i got to the cafe because that's when they open. i had to log into the computers. as soon as i sat down -- i have a hookah lounge. my landlord calls and says your house is on fire. i flew through the red lights and i'm here. i'm really frustrated and confused and exhausted and i want to know what happened. i care less about the house but jennifer's safety. i cannot think anything right now. i just cannot think anything. >> then in the middle of his conversation with detectives, paul's phone rang. it was jennifer's mother who told him she hadn't seen or heard from...