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Her desire from the very beginning was to go back to help her own country and the churches there, how to use music for the lord. >> reporter: that sponsorship started in the fall of 2010, when aina came to the u.s. to study at a christian college in florida, where nathan would occasionally visit her. what did denise think about that? >> i asked her more than one time, i said, "well, aren't you jealous that he's traveling around with this young girl?" and she was like, "no," she wasn't jealous at all. >> this is a girl that they'd wanted to help. >> exactly. and she trusted nathan. >> reporter:...

Consistent with what the defendant did, hiding in that cubicle to kill her the moment she walked through the door. >> reporter: the state's theory -- nathan put his plan into action when denise left the house to take their daughter to day care. first he drove his car to the park down the street. >> parked his car in robinson park, you know, somewhere close to 12:15, to 12:20. walked up to the house. went into the house. the burglary probably was already staged. if not, he went ahead. and then he knew that denise would be coming back. stood in the doorway, and as soon as the door opened, denise...

Goes beyond what i ever fathomed hearing from anyone. and to say that i had an affair is absurd. >> i think nathan was being tested by god about his faith. i just thought, you know, nate, you got to be strong, man. we'll get through this. >> reporter: nathan's lawyer was hugh toner, a former prosecutor turned defense attorney, who argued that the investigation was faulty. >> there were certain preconceived notions of who did it, for lack of a better term, that never went anywhere. and for that reason, i'm going to ask you to find nathan not guilty. >> reporter: toner insisted the cops zeroed i...