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No, i didn't do that. she fell out of my car. >> do you know that, in fact, was the pool cue that he carried -- >> we can't say 100%, but circumstantial evidence and coincidence is he goes down to that location, turns around, and, in a field, nearby, a pool cue just happens to show up. >> reporter: so, nearly 34 years on had the prosecution painted a clear enough picture for the jury of what happened that night? >> did they do it in your opinion as you sat there? or were you worried? >> i was a little worried and i don't know if it was just because it was my first time hearing everything, and ...

They wanted the jury to hear about. they called a former patrol officer to the stand. two days after dana's body was found, he'd stumbled on something a few feet from the place where adkins said he'd turned his car around. >> i found the back side, the back end, whatever, of a pool cue and it appeared to have a substance on it that i thought possibly could have been blood. >> reporter: could a pool cue have been the murder weapon? the prosecutors asked the jury to listen to what adkins had to say about it. >> did you used to have a pool cue that you used to carry in the car? >> well, yeah, i s...

>> i wasn't going to let them leave the building. i just had this fire in my belly as a husband and father and business owner that i just had to do this. >> the friends of the two attackers apparently unaware of the robbery plans come out from playing pool and realize what's going on. for a moment it looks as if each try to stop the fight. but both give up. instead of helping t.j., they flee the bar. the three-way throwdown rages on. at one point a tap handle is knocked into the on position. what comes next puts t.j. on the short list for bar owner of the year. >> i'm not sure exactly what the...

Installed by the previous owner after an earlier robbery. >> i think it would have been difficult to get a true understanding of what occurred or what the assailants had actually attempted to do with the bartender until we saw that footage and saw what occurred. >> the two customers who fled the scene are not charged. lucky for t.j. his stab wound is superficial. no stitches necessary. but the blow from the pool cue requires 13. >> i think t.j. is lucky to be alive after this. >> t.j. has no regrets about fighting back. >> when things that are valuable to you are threaten, i think just about a...

He now goes on the offensive fighting to keep the assailants there until police arrive. >> i wasn't going to let them leave the building. i just had this fire in my belly as a husband and father and business owner that i just had to do this. >> the friends of the two attackers apparently unaware of the robbery planes come out from playing pool and realize what's going on. for a moment it looks as if each try to stop the fight. both give up. instead of helping t.j., they flee the bar. the three-way throwdown rages on. at one point a tap handle is knocked into the on position. what comes next pu...