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and dreams. and it's so real, it feels like her. and she just gives me a hug. why did it have to happen to our family? >> why did it have to happen to michelle? why that they? >> a young nursing student disappears. she was still dressed in my hospital scrubs. something drew her out to her car. >> the cousin she grew up with. the brother she raised. desperate to find her. >> they were able to do what a lot of other families have never been able to do. >> text messages, security monitors, surveillance videos. were they sons that she was trapped, reaching out for help? >> one of the thi...

Of passion. michelle, she claimed, was a lying schemer who had been busy stealing wet little giselle had left in life, her family. mark class watched from the back of the courtroom. he was disgusted. >> i don't think character is as a nation is a defense. if you are going to defend against the indefensible, i think you have to find a better way of doing it then to vilify the victim. >> reporter: but ford was worried, the defense might just work. >> if i come in as a defense lawyer, and we are going to tell you, my client did it, even though the prosecution has the burden of proof. but we are g...

It? >> yes. i could not believe she would allow her defense to be "i did it." >> reporter: but there was a reason, said the defense -- giselle had been provoked. she killed michelle in the heat of passion. michelle, she claimed, was a lying schemer who had been busy stealing what little giselle had left in life -- her family. marc klaas watched from the back of the courtroom and was disgusted. >> i don't think character assassination is a defense. i think that if you're going to defend against the indefensible, you have to find a better way of doing it than to vilify the victim. >> reporter: b...

Giselle admitted she did it. >> so you're putting all of these building blocks together to show that she had to be responsible for this. >> yes. >> and then she goes and admits it? >> yes. i could not believe she would allow her defense to be "i did it." >> reporter: but there was a reason, said the defense -- giselle had been provoked. she killed michelle in the heat of passion. michelle, she claimed, was a lying schemer who had been busy stealing what little giselle had left in life -- her family. marc klaas watched from the back of the courtroom and was disgusted. >> i don't think character...

She killed michelle in the heat of passion. michelle, she claimed, was a lying schemer who had been busy stealing what little giselle had left in life -- her family. marc klaas watched from the back of the courtroom and was disgusted. >> i don't think character assassination is a defense. i think that if you're going to defend against the indefensible, you have to find a better way of doing it than to vilify the victim. >> reporter: but ford was worried the defense just might work. >> if i come in as a defense lawyer and i say, "we're going to tell you that my client did it, even though the di...