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He couldn't. the case dragged on for months. >> people all over the community are saying why hasn't there been an arrest. yes. i was hearing that a lot. >> as the case dragged on, the whodunit became the talk of the town. >> people are very, very aware of the killing in this community. >> bruce rushton covered the case for the springfield "register." >> any time we write about this in the newspaper, it's the most clicked on thing, or close to the most clicked on thing. it's a puzzler. it's almost a game of three card monte. >> rushton said no one thought stephen instigated the violence. ever...

The case dragged on for months. >> people all over the community are saying why hasn't there been an arrest. yes. i was hearing that a lot. >> as the case dragged on, the whodunit became the talk of the town. >> people are very, very aware of the killing in this community. >> bruce rushton covered the case for the springfield "register." >> any time we write about this in the newspaper, it's the most clicked on thing, or close to the most clicked on thing. it's a puzzle her. it's almost a game of three card monte. >> rushton said no one thought stephen instigated the violence. everyone the r...

Pointed at jennifer as the one with the motive to kill steve. didn't argue she pulled the trigger, but only no hard evidence shirley did. what did jennifer have to say to the jury. nothing. she didn't even attend the trial. defense called no witnesses of its own. so what did jurors think of the case? >> when i first walked in there, i thought she was one of the attorneys. i had no idea she was actually the one who was on trial. >> what did you think of the police investigation. >> left something to be desired. >> a lot of holes in it. a lot of mistakes made. i would have liked to seen pictures...

Outside, and we will take whatever measures necessary to protect that family unit, that is the other side of the contradiction. >> how dark is that side? >> murderous. >> that went to the heart of the state's theory, that shirley had fired a fatal shot to rid the family of a son-in-law they no longer welcome and didn't want in baby sydney's life. >> are you convinced shirley skinner acted alone? >> i believe shirley skinner pulled the trigger. do i think she acted alone? no. it's been a family conspiracy, family plan. they were not going to allow them any further contact with that little baby....

Her great grand bay by do offer money to kill him. >> the trial lasted less than four days. the state made its case that shirley killed steven to eliminate a family problem. prosecution had no physical evidence to prove she was the shoot err. no dna. no fingerprints. no gunshot residue. no splatter. no photos of the scrapes on shirley's hands. all they had were descriptions of the hand and statements from first responders that shirley told them she had shot steven. >> now it was time for the defense to make its case to the jury. lawyers for shirley emphasized the fact there was no physical evi...