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One. >> reporter: a trial date was set for seven months later, october, 2013, and trial number two would be heard in a new courthouse. there had been a change of venue to the town of mt. pleasant, making it even tougher on the caldwell the. the daily treks to court, lives disrupted. the new courtroom had a distinctive layout that put the caldwell family directly behind the defendant. >> he's literally sitting right in front of me. like you are. >> reporter: which only made it more frustrating for presley who was trying for any kind of connection to someone she once loved like a brother. >> i'm...

So, all the attention is heading across the fence to ryan tate? >> it is. >> reporter: they armored up and got out their long guns, not knowing what their suspect might do. you're ballsy enough to walk in and shoot lisa, you're ballsy enough for just about anything. did you put your body armor on? >> yes. had the red dot turned on. if things popped off, we were ready. things popped off, we we ready. to severe crohn's disease. then i realized something was missing... ...me. my symptoms were keeping me from being there for her. so, i talked to my doctor and learned humira is the #1 prescribed bi...

The state. they just said we forgot to do it. >> reporter: but the centerpiece of the defense case against the cops was something else they didn't do. they'd been so busy investigating seth, who'd been behind bars since his arrest two years before, that they never really paid attention to lisa. the new defense team would change all that starting with her cell phone and the secrets it held. you found out the story told by the phone, that there was some guy, co-worker -- >> right. >> reporter: it was a bombshell. lisa was having an affair with a fellow jailer. her lover was a married man, a fath...

Rubbed her belly and i just said my lisa, my leashau. >> todd, did you go into the houses to help her? >> yeah, i did. i went in there and i seen her laying there and i seen the amount of blood that was on the bed and i knew, from my experience, that was too much blood to sustain life. when i listen on the tape recording of it, i hear myself bellowing. i don't know how to describe it. i don't even remember doing that. >> what happened? [ crying] >> it was a heartbreaking scene but deputy marty wonderland had a job to do. you're in the barrel here. >> got to start working it. >> there was an im...

In the hometown otumwa. february, 2013, can you see yourself going into the courthouse? >> yeah. i remember. >> reporter: what do you two say to one another? >> we got to stay strong. >> reporter: the caldwells never wanted to believe seth killed lisa, but heading into trial, they were all now convinced that he did. even presley, once his staunchest supporter. >> there's really no other explanation for what has happened. >> when you left the techel residence, who was there? >> reporter: two prominent families, the caldwells and techels, once close in-laws, were now fiercely divided, camped on ...