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Worried. >> and how was her health at that time? >> she had started having seizures. and you know she was traumatized. she had post-traumatic stress, she had anxiety, she had depression. she was a mess. >> reporter: lizz clung to the hope that one of those leads she gave detectives would eventually pan out. but for now anyway it looked as though law enforcement was playing its cards close to the vest. according to prosecutor colleen barnett of the harris county district attorney's office, that was because they'd made some early observations about the crime scene. >> officers have investigated ...

Why wouldn't you at least test it? >> reporter: the defense ticked off more examples of what they regarded as inept detective work, they never brought lizz's ex-husband in for questioning. ex-husband in for questioning.

Of the house. but crime scene techs did not find any. when the rest of the forensics came back, the findings had limitations. >> although you have the murder weapon, it's been washed in water for several hours. >> kitchen knife or something? >> a kitchen knife. a large kitchen knife. it was found in the bathtub. and so any dna that had -- could've been on it from the murderer was gone. it was washed away. >> reporter: what's more, no blood was detected on sandra. in fact, no dna or fingerprints linked sandra to jaime's body -- or jaime to sandra's. and while detectives had a hunch about sandra...