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>> we should have been the next in line. it wasn't fair. it was a slap in the face. >> reporter: and to make matters worse, roberto brought his brother eduardo in as his assistant. the cousins, their birthright withheld, fumed. >> paul would come over and tell me horrible stuff about ed and robert, that robert was saying about me, like he said that robert was -- robert told paul that he was going to get my share of what my dad was going to leave me of the ranch. >> reporter: fair to say though that your nerves were a little bit raw about ed and robert. >> oh, no. i was mad. i'm going to be hon...

Peter moore, whose family owned the farm, did not like roberto. he even admitted he had challenged roberto to a fight. investigators were zeroing in on peter. then a mysterious clue would land right on their doorstep. it was a letter. and whoever wrote it had serious inside information. here again is keith morrison. >> reporter: the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms has become something of a legend at solving puzzles, these little bits and pieces, fragments of this and that were about all that was left around roberto ayala's body the day of the explosion. a story in there somewhere thoug...

Pete's first day on the stand. >> he said, you're a murderer, aren't you, mr. moore? >> the defense points the finger at pete, who they say has the motive to kill one man and implicate another. a master plan that would give him everything he wanted. coming up -- >> 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 "family business" continues. billions of mouths.

This, did the suspicion seem plausible? >> yes. >> reporter: yeah. >> it did. we knew pete didn't get along with his family. we knew pete had a hot head. we knew pete had access to the property. >> reporter: and for paul to denounce peter, who was like his brother, sad perhaps, but made sense to the d.a.'s office, which signed off on the warrant to have pete's house searched. it was just a few blocks away. >> went out to grab a bite to eat. when we came home, we saw them all at the house searching the house. >> mary ellen is peter moore's wife. >> couldn't believe it. >> reporter: did you thin...

Well, as pete tells it, his cousin paul planned the whole thing. set out to frame him. first by lying to him, telling him that roberto or robert as pete calls him was out to steal his birthright. >> paul would come over and tell me horrible stuff about ed and robert. like he said robert told paul that he was going to get my share of what my dad was going to leave me of the ranch. so paul would come over and say stuff to me, and he knew he was going to make me want to go say something or fight with somebody. >> reporter: and pete? said he was simply blind to paul's manipulation. >> when you're ...