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She was murdered. it's like having everything ripped open again. >> reporter: the trial finally started in may 2011. >> she has 11 lacerations on the back of the skull. >> reporter: it was paul miovas' first trial as district attorney in cold case homicide, and he was worried. >> i went into it with a heavy heart. i knew it would be a task. >> reporter: because the dna from kenneth dion did not prove he raped and killed bonnie, only that sex took place between them. and beyond the dna, the prosecutor had little to connect dion to the murder. there was no weapon, no motive, no witness to the cr...

In may 2011, one year after the first jury deadlocked, burke strunsky went back to court armed with new evidence for a brand-new panel of hall's peers. jurors heard medical experts testify about the injuries to cristi's head and once again heard lindsay's 911 call. cristi's co-workers testified for the prosecution. and jerry winkel travelled from idaho to tell jurors what he once thought of chris hall. >> i was ashamed to admit he was once a police officer. >> if the prosecution had upped its game between the two years of trial, so had the defense. that's when well-known attorneys steve harmon...

To explain why lindsay patterson didn't see cristi's body when she looked over the wall the second time? >> we were not able to explain to the jury why she didn't see cristi at that point, and i think that allowed the defense to make the argument that cristi hall was inside. >> the prosecution hired a water expert to do a recreation of the hall spa. she's been assisting law enforcement with drowning investigations for 20 years. she got in the spa. >> from the center of the pool and towards where lindsay was standing, anywhere i was laying, you could not be seen from lindsay's viewpoint. so onc...

Chris hall's first trial ended in a deadlocked jury. but with new evidence presented by both sides during his retrial, the jury was able to reach a verdict. now, with the conclusion to our story, here is keith morrison. >> may, 2011. for the second time, 12 men and women of riverside county, california, filed out of the courtroom, a second jury, to make a life decision about chris hall. did he murder his wife? which of the medical examiners should they believe? whose account of the defendant's character and, perhaps most important, what did lindsay patterson see when she peeked three times int...

Assisting nationwide with investigations the past 20 years. she got in the spa and videotaped where lyndsay was watching. >> from the center of the pool and towards where lyndsay was standing, anywhere i was laying, you could not be seen from lyndsay's viewpoint. so once i sank below the surface and hit that bottom, you could not see me at all from lyndsay's viewpoint. >> and now the prosecutor was ready. in may 2011, one year after the first jury dead locked, bert stron ski went back to court with a brand-new panel of hall's peers. he heard medical experts testify about injuries to christy's ...