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At lowe's. keith morrison: september 2010, michiel oakes was set to stand trial for the murder of his girlfriend's ex-husband, mark stover. and as the proceedings started, no one really knew where things were headed here. even john henry browne quite deliberately broke were headed here in september 2010 as trial began. even john henry browne quite deliberately broke one of his own cardinal rules. he decided not to make an opening statement to the jury. >> i have what i call my famous ten rules of trial, and i think it's rule number three is never, never, never, ever waive an opening statement....

And not being in debt for it for the rest of our lives. but we're only as strong as our community. who inspires and pushes us to go further than we could ever go alone. sofi. get there sooner. [train whistle] keith morrison: jennifer thompson just told police a story that, if she was telling the truth, would seem to implicate her ex-husband in the murder of mark stover. detective dan luvera thought her story sounded believable, but in his line of work, that's rarely enough. assumptions are not the same thing as evidence. and-- but assumptions are not the samt

Find out who this michiel oakes guy was that was seen behind the grange by the two witnesses. >> reporter: once police had michiel oakes' i.d., they discovered he was spending time with linda opdycke, mark's ex-wife. so now two officers from the okanagan county sheriff's department paid a visit at linda's house, here in winthrop, washington. and sure enough, there was michiel oakes' suv in her driveway. once in the house, the officers asked to speak to oakes. he agreed. but then he said he needed to find his pills. >> he became agitated or frustrated. kept on asking for his medication. and the...

About possibly needing to make some sort of on-foot escape in the woods from him and his dogs. >> reporter: he bought the anchor line and weights, he claimed to help him scale up a nearby water tower. and those shin guards, they weren't armor to depend off a watchdog but just a gift for jennifer's young son. at 7:00 a.m., michiel testified that he knocked on mark stover's door. mark ordered him stand in his hallway bathroom and oakes simply obeyed. and then when he told mark he couldn't find any wedding pictures -- >> he got more and more animated and got very close to me and was very angry an...

>> you know, divorce is never pleasant. >> reporter: right. >> but their's just became very visible and fighting involved the business and -- >> reporter: he is afraid of losing it? >> very much so. >> reporter: after the garbage incident, linda came up with a whole slew of accusations, that mark had been harassing her ever since she left him. a domestic violence protection order was issued against mark in april 2008. mark was later charged with criminal stalking. he swore up and down that many of the allegations were not true, but he was caught going through her garbage. he eventually took wh...