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Murder, you know, what are you going to pick. you're going to pick a gun, you're going to pick a knife. you're going to pick some sort of weapon that you can dispense with somebody fairly quickly. "okay, what are we going to do this murder with? let's get a hammer and a bat." that seems crazy. >> how did you feel about your case, jacque? >> oh i felt great. i felt like this was a very winnable case. >> reporter: they did what lawyers do. they went through the case file, pestered the state to turn over evidence, and then they saw it. >> and it was devastating. >> it made it much more difficult,...

And romantic rival kay parsons. and they'd hired a pair of veteran attorneys to prepare a vigorous defense. >> it was a tough situation. >> reporter: brothers vic and jacque hawk saw a prosecution case full of titillating soapy drama. but when they started looking at the actual evidence, they were unimpressed. no forensics linked their clients to the murder. >> when you think about it, there were -- they did all kinds of, um, csi type of testing within the house. nothing connected either becky sears or chris to the offense. >> reporter: no dna, no fingerprints, no eyewitnesses. and that one ha...

>> how did you feel about your case, jacque? >> oh i felt great. i felt like this was a very winnable case. >> reporter: they did what lawyers do. they went through the case file, pestered the state to turn over evidence, and then they saw it. >> and it was devastating. >> it made it much more difficult, yes. >> reporter: the piece of evidence in the case file was a recorded interview with becky. a surprise to the defense. >> i mean, i was floored. because, i was under the impression that she hadn't made a statement. and then, we find out not only was it a statement, it was a five-hour stateme...

Veteran attorneys to prepare a vigorous defense. >> it was a tough situation. >> reporter: brothers vic and jacque hawk saw a prosecution case full of titillating soapy drama. but when they started looking at the actual evidence, they were unimpressed: no forensics linked their clients to the murder. >> when you think about it, there were, they did all kinds of, um, csi type of testing within the house. nothing connected either becky sears or chris to the offense. >> reporter: no dna, no fingerprints, no eyewitnesses. and that one hair recovered from under kay's fingernails didn't match either...

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