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Is you talk about domestic violence terrorist. the person who's dead here is mark stover. >> yeah. >> reporter: he is the one against whom the violence was committed. >> here is something that we have learned in this country, haven't we? you don't negotiate with terrorists. michiel didn't know that, michiel 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. >> reporter: mark's friends and clients had by now gathered around the courthouse here in mt. ve...

He'd be arrested. he tucked mark's gun into his vest pocket, carried the body into the station wagon, got in the driver's seat, put his hat on and drove down the driveway. >> i drove around a while, sat there and thinking about how can i get to my kids? >> reporter: he thought maybe he'd leave mark's body in the car behind the grange hall. but it was locked chain. he returned to the grange and those ladies saw him transferring his body to his own car and called the cops. >> when that police officer pulled you over, was mr. stover in the back of your suzuki? >> he was. >> reporter: he went to v...

>> reporter: so instead he said he ditched mark's car at that casino, looked around for a place to dump his body. >> there's a dilapidated looking dock thing. and i got my car as close to that as possible and muscled him out and dropped him in the water. >> reporter: an area investigators had searched but never found anything. then he said he drove across the state not to his kids but to linda's house. though, he insists he did not tell her any of what just happened. didn't tell her what he'd done. >> i just said i had had a really bad day. >> reporter: when police showed up the next night, he...

Then, and as the hours became a day and then two and then three, it seemed perhaps they were having trouble making up their minds. mark stover's loyal friends and clients kept vigil, hoping for conviction, eager to tell whoever would listen that mark was never the abusive villain the defense contended. michiel oakes, his children and extended family were joined by linda opdycke. they waited in a rented waterfront house. and of course, neither they nor anyone knew what drama was coming with the reading of the verdict. >> i understand the jury has reached a verdict. >> yes, we have, your honor. ...

He had dozens of guns. he loved his guns. >> it was a passion for him. he loved his hunting. >> reporter: no guns. no contact with linda. and mark agreed. here's what teresa says mark told her. >> this will make it all stop. >> reporter: in other words, he was telling you, i'm going to let her win? >> he said that was important that she needed to win. >> reporter: was he afraid of her? >> oh, yes. >> reporter: still, after that, things seemed to settle down. mark's business thrived in its new location here in anacortes. he continued to service his clients in seattle. and of course, by then, he...