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Jury. prosecutor strunsky also needed to explain why lindsay patterson didn't see cristi's body when she looked over the wall the second time? 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. once i sank below the surface and hit the bottom, you could not see me at all from lindsay's viewpoint. >> and now the prosecutor was ready. i...

It's like having everything ripped open again. >> reporter: the trial finally started in may 2011. >> she has 11 linear lacerations on the back of the skull. >> reporter: it was paul miovas' first trial as district attorney in charge of cold case homicide, and he was worried. >> i went into it with a heavy heart. i knew it would be a difficult 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 ...

Body when she peeked over the wall a 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 ordered a water expert. andrea is assisting law enforcement nationwide with drowning investigations for 20 years and got in the spa and videotaping from the spot ind si was watching. >> center of the pool and towards where lindsey was standing, you could not be seen. once i sank and hit that bottom, you could not see me at all from lindsey's viewpoint. >> no...

>> if true -- and it was only an if -- it might well persuade a jury. but also prosecutor strunsky needed to explain what lindsay patterson saw or didn't see. why didn't she see cristi's drowned body when she peeked over the wall a 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 re-creation of the halls' spa. andrea zafaris has been assisting law enforcement nationwide in drowning investigations for the past 20 y...

Reach a verdict. now, with the conclusion to our story. >> may 2011. for the second time, 12 men and women of riverside, california filed out of the courtroom, a second jury to make a life decision about chris hall. did he murder his wife? which medical examiner should they believe? the defendant's character? perhaps, most important, what did lindsey patterson see when she peeked three times into the hall's backyard. >> do you have dark moments of the soul where you think, i may have misinterpreted, misremembered? >> i say that every day. whether i misinterpreted, whether i thought i saw somet...