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Guilty of the lesser charge of passion provocation manslaughter. he was sentenced to eight years in prison. prosecutors, friends and family were appalled. >> instead of getting a divorce, you can just kill your wife. i don't think that's a good -- you know, a lesson to learn from this story. >> the jury has to believe that he was indeed provoked. and also, that between the provocation and the murder he had no time to calm down. >> after you already know about the affair, if that's still passion provocation, i just -- i don't think it fit in this case. >> but prosecutors say without the forensi...

>> but police found evidence that jonathan knew michelle had resumed her love affair with the gardener. on his desk was this poem jonathan had written. >> your stainless steel heart like a knife rips open my soul to bleed, unattended, dying. you call me on the telephone, and tell me not to worry. when, oh, when will my dying end? >> with a warrant, investigators search the nyces' home. although they didn't find any shoes that matched the impressions found in the snow near michelle's car, they did find some suspicious items in the garage. one was a baseball bat that looked clean, but it was tes...

And jonathan filed charges against dejesus for the alleged extortion attempt. >> the story she told me this guy was following her, stalking her. and that since he realized they have a big house and stuff that he wanted to get some money from them. >> a local magistrate issued a restraining order. >> the gardener and michelle were not to have any contact with each other again. >> the judge even asked dr. nyce, how far does he have to stay away from her, and dr. nyce just clearly and coldly said, stay way from my wife. >> but the story didn't end there. five months later, michelle nyce was found...

He also removed the soles he glued to the bottom of his loafers, cut them up and tried to hide pieces around the house. police arrested dr. nyce and charged him with his wife's murder. >> he just started to sob uncontrollably and admitted to causing the injuries to michelle. >> jonathan claimed that michelle attacked him first with a knife. but investigators found no evidence of a knife like the one he described. >> you had told me she was holding something. i need you to describe this action and what she was holding to the best you can. >> a stiletto. it was just, you know, a straight shot ri...

And he, for a couple months, tried to keep up with that. he even said, i took viagra. he was just trying to keep up with his younger wife. >> jonathan said michelle never came home after work. he said he was home with the children and never left. armed with warrants, police searched dejesus' apartment and the nyces' home looking for shoes or boots that matched the shoe impressions or clothing with the victim's blood. >> the search went on for a number of days. and there was actually talk of knocking in walls and vents to see where these shoes could be. >> investigators now had two suspects. th...