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Anyway, police scoured the place, didn't see any murder weapon lying around. and they were about ready to take dave's body off to the morgue when some instinct told the lead detective to look here. he cracked open the doors of the grandfather clock in the dining room, looked down inside, and there it was. >> this is more than likely the murder weapon. >> a ruger six-shot revolver. surely no prowler would have dropped a weapon right here in the dining room clock. >> the prowler theory did not make any sense whatsoever. with a hidden gun inside the house. >> and so it wasn't long before investig...

Alleged victims will also be speaking during this bail hearing or might have already spoken. how might that affect the judge's decision and how unusual is it for that to happen during a bail hearing? >> it's extremely unusual during a bail hearing to have victims or witnesses talk or testify beyond a lead detective or fbi agent who might want to relate incriminating facts to give the judge context about the ruling he or she will have to make. stephanie brings up a really important point that i think we should address, and that is that epstein's defense attorneys are arguing that the non-prosec...

>> reporter: the investigation began the very day chanin's body was found. as luck would have it, among those just beyond the yellow police tape that night was a man that police surely would have looked up sooner or later, didn't have to. chanin's ex-husband clay was clearly looking for them. what was going on, he wanted to know. his ex-wife was missing. was she okay. >> he was asking to talk to the lead detective, he wanted some answers. >> reporter: first responders at the scene wouldn't tell them anything about what was found inside the house, not even that chanin was dead. an ex-husband af...

King county sheriff's office was the lead detective at the time. he paid a visit to her husband, david pietz, at the condo he and nici shared. >> how long have you been married? >> almost four years. >> david agreed to be audio taped and told detectives that nici had struggled with chemical dependency in the past. he then revealed something disturbing. recently, nici had again started taking prescription pills. >> is nici still struggling? but she hurt her back right before thanksgiving. she slipped a disc. >> because of a severe painful back injury, david explained, nici had reluctantly agree...

Cruel? well, of course, it's the homicide detective's job to figure that out. >> it could mean many things, it could mean somebody very close to her that was very upset and angry with her, or it could mean somebody else. >> reporter: the investigation began the very day chanin's body was found. as luck would have it, among those just beyond the yellow police tape that night was a man that police surely would have looked up sooner or later, didn't have to. chanin's ex-husband clay was clearly looking for them. what was going on, he wanted to know. his ex-wife was missing. was she okay. >> he wa...