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Oakes guy was that was seen behind the grange by the two witnesses. >> 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 chief, not knowing if michiel was hav...

2009, the day after mark stover disappeared. skagit county sheriff's detective dan luvera stood in the dark and looked it was evening, october 29th, the day after mark stover disappeared. >> there's a little bit of blood here and there. >> of course, marks protection, dog thing, was clearly injured. that could explain those bits of blood. but in here, earlier that day, just inside the car port door the investigation team had knocked back by an overwhelming order of bleach. and here in the bathroom off the whole, they found clorox bottles. looked like someone tried to wash away evidence. this h...

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. >> coming up ...

And she was obviously hurt. she was growling. and so i started talking to her nicely thinking, oh, my god, what is she doing here and what's going on? and i backed down the driveway. >> at about the same time the phone rang in the kennel. it was mark's fiancee, teresa. >> when they told me ding was out, there was blood. ding is never out, ever. she is either in the house or she's with mark. she's not just out barking at people. >> no mark. injured dog. teresa, frantic now, called the skagit county sheriff's department. >> all of those circumstances were very suspicious. >> this is detective da...

This time the defense would lie in wait while the prosecution made its case that michiel oakes was a first-degree murderer. here's how their story began. with this video. a security camera about 5:30 a.m., the mt. vernon walmart. there's michiel oakes. it's the morning mark stover disappeared. receipts found in oakes'car showed he'd purchased ankle weights, anchor line, shin guards, camouflage clothes. also found in his car, that bulletproof vest. prosecutors argued oakes arrived at stover's house a little later that morning. mark's employees were called to testify about what they saw and hear...