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him only got stronger. his dna was found all over nick's bedroom, and nick's blood was on the pants recovered at the lapan home. with the overwhelming dna evidence plus serena's testimony and the firearms analysis evidence, jurors didn't need much time to reach a verdict. >> we, the jury, do find the defendant james lapan guilty of the offense first-degree murder. >> you're not required to offer a motive, but what do you think the motive was here? >> obsession and hatred. that's all tied up around nick and jessica. >> jessica stillwell, james lapan's mistress and nick's former girlfriend. prosecutor mosher called her as a witness, but his interest in her was not so much about what she said as what she might have done. >> i can't prove that she had involvement, but i can't rule it out either. we have these texts from the evening of the murder that are really pretty disturbing. >> reporter: at 6:36 p. m., james lapan sent this text to jessica. pitbull. to which jessica replied, his dog. his name is smokey. and then james instructed jessica to delete all their texts. >> why are you talking about nick's pit bull the night he's murdered? >> jessica testified she and james had talked about her getting a dog like smokey for her daughter. that said, investigators still wonder if jessica was feeding james information about nick. remember, after the murder,
claudia saw him the night after nick was murdered. >> i got to circle s at 6:00, and then at midnight i ended up leaving. >> when you left, where did you go? >> home. >> video from the circle s confirmed justin's presence until midnight. however, his story that he'd then gone home was somewhat harder to prove. >> his roommate stated that he wasn't quite sure if he was actually in his room or not. >> and then there was this. >> i'm seeing a few scratches on your arm. how did those happen? >> landscaping. >> when she asked to photograph those scratches and take a dna sample, justin said no. that had to make you sit up a little straighter. >> yes. >> coming up -- >> your loved one had just been murdered. we wanted answers, and we just weren't getting them, not quickly enough for us anyways. >> nick's brother is about to turn detective. could he give
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>> hello and welcome to "dateline. " a woman found nick gunned down in his own home. investigators would wade through a deep pool of suspects before a boost from nick's brother helped reveal the true killer. here is josh mankiewicz. with stone cold. >> put people in a work space together and things can develop. friendships, rivalries, and love. usually it is not a problem. in this case, it was deadly. >> 9-1-1 what is your emergency? >> he is laying there with a bullet hole in his head. >> a man who left a trail of bruised egos in his
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him only got stronger. his dna was found all over nick's bedroom, and nick's blood was on the pants recovered at the lapan home. with the overwhelming dna evidence plus serena's testimony and the firearms analysis evidence, jurors didn't need much time to reach a verdict. >> we, the jury, do find the defendant james lapan guilty of the offense first-degree murder. >> you're not required to offer a motive, but what do you think the motive was here? >> obsession and hatred. that's all tied up around nick and jessica. >> jessica stillwell, james lapan's mistress and nick's former girlfriend. prosecutor mosher called her as a witness, but his interest in her was not so much about what she said as what she might have done. >> i can't prove that she had involvement, but i can't rule it out either. we have these
was found all over nick's bedroom, and nick's blood was on the pants recovered at the lapan home. with the overwhelming dna evidence plus serena's testimony and the firearms analysis evidence, jurors didn't need much time to reach a verdict. >> we, the jury, do find the defendant james lapan guilty of the offense first-degree murder. >> you're not required to offer a motive, but what do you think the motive was here? >> obsession and hatred. that's all tied up around nick and jessica. >> jessica stillwell, james lapan's mistress and nick's former girlfriend. prosecutor mosher called her as a witness, but his interest in her was not so much about what she said as what she might have done. >> i can't prove that she had involvement, but i can't rule it out either. we have these
was found all over nick's bedroom, and nick's blood was on the pants recovered at the lapan home. with the overwhelming dna evidence plus serena's testimony and the firearms analysis evidence, jurors didn't need much time to reach a verdict. >> we, the jury, do find the defendant james lapan guilty of the offense first-degree murder. >> you're not required to offer a motive, but what do you think the motive was here? >> obsession and hatred. that's all tied up around nick and jessica. >> jessica stillwell, james lapan's mistress and nick's former girlfriend. prosecutor mosher called her as a witness, but his interest in her was not so much about what she said as what she might have done. >> i can't prove that she had involvement, but i can't rule it out either. we have these texts from the evening of the