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"they made an arrest in the case." and i think i forgot about 20, 30 items on my grocery shoppin' list 'cause i was, like, real happy. i just -- the carton, rushed out of the grocery store and wanted to go home and watch the news. >> reporter: with anthony garcia's arrest, jeff hunter says he and his parents felt as if they could finally stop looking over their shoulders. >> i mean, for five years they were super paranoid because that -- i mean, for all we knew, for all i always thought about was someone was still trying to find my dad because that was always my hunch, that someone was after e...

So obviously i knew something was up, and i couldn't get a hold of my dad, couldn't get a hold of my mom. one of my friends called me, and he told me to call my brother. >> it was your older brother. >> yeah. >> what did he say had happened? >> just somebody killed tom, and i need to go find my dad, talk to my dad, get to omaha. >> how long a drive is that? >> it's, like, 45 minutes. >> reporter: those miles between lincoln and omaha seemed longer than usual that night. it's hard for jeff to remember exactly what happened when he got home, who told him what or when. >> that whole thing is a bl...

Different varieties. >> feeding me was probably expensive so she'd make her own spaghetti sauce. she canned her own cucumbers and made pickles out of them. >> reporter: after a lifetime of hard work on her hands and knees,jeff and kelly say their mom had cut back. the hunters were among the few clients she had left. >> so, she wanted to clean just a couple houses that would allow her to pick up the grandkids from school in the afternoons and spend time with them. >> reporter: spending time with the grandkids, it turns out, was relatively easy to do. >> she lived right next door to me. >> so yo...

>> rate, yeah, there was none of that. >> reporter: once everyone had crowded inside, the verdict was announced. guilty on all counts. >> i just breathed a sigh of relief. you just feel that rush of emotion. >> reporter: it was a moment a long time coming for shirlee sherman's brothers brad and dan and her son jeff. reaction to the verdict? >> relief. lots of relief. >> you guys feel better? >> i think my sister deserved that her killer be brought to justice. >> reporter: jeff hunter was sitting with his mother and brothers while that verdict was read. in that moment of joy and gratitude, he s...

>> honestly, i've been just racking my brain. i mean, i -- we live a peaceful existence, uh, almost ridiculously simple. >> reporter: dr. william hunter, known as bill to friends and colleagues, ran the pathology residency program at nearby creighton university. his wife, claire, also a doctor at creighton, was in hawaii that day attending a conference. her husband had to break the awful news to her from the police station. >> how is your wife? crushed? is she going to be okay? >> she has a work mate that's with her. >> so she's not alone? >> no. >> that's -- that's -- that's good. >> reporter...