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Show that they've had been at the murder scene. everybody in town had a theory, apparently the prosecutor did to. but is that proof? >> so the state tried to build a bridge from dave's alleged financial crimes to the murder. painting him as an evil man, who decided to eliminate his ex-wife when he knew his misuse of the trust funds was about to be exposed. enough? well, we shall see. >> there is a number of other explanations for what could have happened, other than dave. dave was that convenient ex-husband. >> coming up! one of his children is convinced that he is not guilty. but could they'v...

Happened. >> i tell you, if i was a bad guy, i go through somebody off a bridge. that's what i do believe it or not. i toss them in and they float downstream and they go away. >> he basically offered, i don't think she ever is going to be found. >> did it work? >> listened prosecutor lori crouch. >> he went, oh no why are they bringing that in. it was horrible. >> what the jury thought, no one could say. then there was inevitably a conversation about whether or not dave would testify. >> i told them that i wanted to testify. >> bad idea said dave's attorney, they did not like it one day. >> da...

Understand? >> which part did i not understand. i understood that you bought an expensive car using trust fund money. you took a trip to hawaii with your girlfriend. you paid off your divorce attorney fees and money you took from the first set of trust by taking $60,000 out of the kid second trust fund. >> the money was used for the children. >> which child drove the lexus? >> all three children were driven in the lexus. >> which child went to hawaii on vacation? >> perhaps that money was my own money. prosecutor never bothered to figure out what dollar went where. >> you made it hard because ...

Limbo, now it was may 2008, two years after debbie's disappearance, her body still hadn't been found, and there was no new evidence tying dave to her murder. but prosecutor larry crouch heard disquieting reports from his investigators. >> they started surveilling the office, the police offices and eventually started driving by investigators home. it was getting pretty concerning. >> time to move. on may 29th 2008, dave hawk was arrested and charged with first degree murder and the special circumstance, murder for financial gain. he pleaded not guilty. when the trial finally began more than a y...

I'm craig melville. even though investigators looking into the homicide of debbie hogg had no physical evidence tying her husband dave to the crime, they did uncover some information about possible financial wrongdoing on his part. police considered it strong enough to warrant an arrest, but, could they get the prosecutor to agree. here with more of our story is keith morrison. >> they kept pushing and pushing. and we kept setting back. >> the prosecutor at the time, larry crouch told the investigators that he would not charge dave hawk with the murder of his ex-wife even though it was obvious...