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For much of his life paul moore had found ways to charm the folks around him. get away with bad behavior. at his trial in sacramento, paul's defense attorney followed what was a familiar script. she accused peter of murdering roberto aiello. >> peter moore has a lifetime of making threats. paul doesn't make threats to roberto, paul works with roberto. >> which is how parise presented paul to the jury. as you know, paul had a deeply troubled history with the law, violent sexual offense in his background, but the jury didn't get to hear about that. nor were they told about the dna that was found...

Incident. >> and there was more. paul showed detective salm texts he received from peter sent from the very ricefield where roberto was killed. >> the text was dated the time and day before. coming up, the focus shifts from the nuts and bolts of electrical explosions to an explosive personality. >> he was always the one that had something mean to say. he was always the one that hated him. that was the only person i could think of. >> why did you hate him? >> he was arrogant. he flaunted stuff in my face. >> pete had a reputation for being a real hot head. without hardly an effort, pete could...

Stand. >> a sense of betrayal deeply felt by the man who speaks his mind. >> everybody pretty much threw me to the wolves. >> for three days, you were essentially on trial i mean, your cousin was on trial for murder. but it was like you were on trial for murder. >> i was on trial. i was. i was on trial basically for my life. and i had no protection. >> with pete off the stand, the prosecution team still had a case to make, but with limited evidence. they couldn't mention the dna found on the stand. not conclusive. nor could they tell the jury about paul's previous assault and intent to commit ...

The whole time. answer whatever questions i had. it it was no hesitation. >> brandy called 91 1. passed along details as relayed to her by the little boy. >> brandy, what is the little boy saying exactly that his dad -- >> okay. he's saying his dad turned something on for the water, i'm guessing an irrigating pump. >> uh-huh. >> and it blew up like a bomb. >> as they waited for the fire department to arrive, brandy began tending to the boy. fabian. >> gave him some water to drink then i took the water and rinsed all the mud off and checked under his shirt to see if there was any major injuries...

You, mr. moore? coming up, the defense says it was pete who had the motive to kill one man and implicate another. a master plan that would give him everything he wanted. >> peter is the one who has indicated, i've been in landscaping for 20 years, i'm broken down, i want to be in the farming operation. what better way to take out roberto and to take out paul. >> when "dateline" continues. chd when we bought a house. matt: voilà! jen: matt started turning into his dad. matt: mm. that's some good mulch. ♪ i'm awake. but it was pretty nifty when jen showed me how easy it was to protect our h...