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>> i just found the romantic relationship that i had been seeking my whole life, just putting it together, and in the middle of this i'm supposed to say, hey, i would really love to look at your wedding pictures of your ex who is stalking you and driving you crazy. where would you have those? i would like to look at those. >> reporter: wait a minute. you didn't tell her that he confronted you and asked you for those wedding photos? >> oh, no. oh, no, no, no, no. >> reporter: instead, he says, he armed his own daughter, trained her, if anyone comes into the house, keep firing until they stop. >...

Lot in a town called kenniwick washington when he was confronted by linda's ex, mark stover. >> i was approached by mark stover out of the clear blue. i had never met the gentleman prior to that, never spoken to him before. he did not introduce himself and he -- >> reporter: take your time. >> i got up every morning, you know, and took my kids to school. >> reporter: right. >> i had my son in grade school. and my daughter in middle school. >> reporter: yeah. >> and -- >> reporter: it was a long pause while oakes composed himself. >> sorry. he said he needed me to do

Alive. >> reporter: and then you went and shot him? >> i went and i got shot. and i won. so because i won the gunfight, i know that i will not be standing on the side of my children's graves and people aren't going to be patting me on the back and saying, there's nothing you could have done. i did. >> reporter: oakes claimed mark stover shot first. thus the claim he now made. it was self-defense. even though no evidence ever surfaced to suggest stover was in possession of any firearm at all or that stover had ever arranged any meeting with oakes. and as for the story that he was a hired gun fo...

Asked her she took the fifth on. >> reporter: so there was one defendant in the murder of mark stover. michiel oakes. but he certainly didn't look the part of a hired killer. all 5'6" of him. soft spoken, understated, articulate. father of four, grandfather of one. >> yeah, he is not your hollywood casting for hitman. >> reporter: but cast as defense attorney? seattle's colorful and irrepressible john henry browne. >> he's a really kind, compassionate, loving guy.

>> i have no liability in this case. >> nothing further. >> reporter: and the witness left the stand. "dateline" wanted to talk to linda opdycke, but she did not respond to our interview requests. and as for her father wally opdycke, his lawyer e-mailed this statement. wallace opdycke had absolutely no involvement or prior knowledge of michiel oakes' murder of mark stover. rumors to the contrary are baseless and unfair. >> mark stover was a domestic violence terrorist. >> reporter: john henry browne closed with a powerful recitation of his theme, that mark stover was the bad guy. but even so, ...