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A big roll of plastic. >> that someone, michiel oakes, as identified by his license plate. and that wad of plastic? the suggestion was, of course, that it shrouded mark stover's body. and remember, there was a chain behind the grange that appeared to have been cut that morning. and here were receipts, found in oakes'car, showing he bought and later returned a bolt cutter from a lowe's hardware store the day mark stover disappeared. a state dna expert testified mark stover's blood was found in the back of his car and in the back of defendant oakes'suv. >> are you aware that mr. oakes purchased ...

>> i mean, the fact of the matter is, you talk about domestic violence terrorist. the person who's dead here is mark stover. >> yeah. >> he's the one against whom the violence was committed. >> here is something that we've learned in this country haven't we? you don't negotiate with terrorists. michael didn't know that. or michael felt he could negotiate with a terrorist. linda felt she could negotiate with a terrorist. the reality is, you can't negotiate with a terrorist. and mark stover was a domestic violence terrorist. >> mark's friends and clients had now been gathered around the courthou...

After mark stover disappeared, the moment had come, the verdict. the courtroom was packed. on one side mark's supporters, on the other michiel oakes'. his children, his grandchild and his love linda opdycke. all waiting to hear oakes'fate. >> we, the jury, find michiel glenn oakes guilty. >> guilty. not self-defense. murder. the oakes children, the ones michiel claimed that he had been trying to protect when he killed mark stover, cried, screamed, fell apart. as they watched their father taken away in handcuffs. >> all rise, please. >> and then the next month in a more ordered courtroom, the c...

Victim, marks dover. remember, mark's friends in clients and nothing but good to stay about him. but w that oaks attorneys would use whatever evidence they could to paint the dog trainer as a threatening, gun loving predator. someone michael oakes would have feared. in here, the real work of the defense began. they focus to a large degree on silver's behavior, with his ex-wife. linda opdycke, said brown was stalking harassed for years. after leaving silver. it wasn't just the incident in which are ex-husband was caught rummaging through her garbage. he made a habit of showing up at her house, ...

Was quite a surprise. linda opdycke, defense witness. i felt this was an important part of the story that i could tell, about a dangerous stalking situation. and if there's any information that i could offer up, i wanted to do so. keith morrison: and as she began, it was clear she was here to join the defense's campaign against victim mark stover's character. would you agree that mark stover was dogged in pursuit of his prey? yes, i would. keith morrison: the defense claimed michiel oakes knew linda opdycke had been stalked by her ex-husband. and that went to his state of mind when he acted in...