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Nothing to do with this crime. david strickland, he said, was the man holding the gun. >> shooting both of these girls for no identifiable reason at all, he's certainly a psychopath. >> prosecutor smith never offered the jury a possible motive. kristene says, she's sure it was about her sexual orientation. >> what's the reason for thinking it's a hate crime? >> in the letter that he supposedly tried to send to my dad, said something in the letter like, those [ bleep ]less be -- lesbians. >> reporter: in his interrogation, strickland made a point of saying he had no issue with the gay community...

Used the spell-check/grammar check function, that information is still stored in the community. >> and that's what you found? >> and that's what we found. >> why do you think mr. strickland wrote that letter? he had to know that suspicion would eventually boomerang right back on him. >> that's what most people would think. >> it's a foolish thing to do. >> it's a very foolish thing to do. >> before prosecutor smith rested, he called kristene to the stand, putting her face to face with david strickland. >> i want him to see me and see what he had done, but he would not look at me. >> defense at...

>> very much so a game. he was enjoying this interview. >> reporter: four years after kristene chapa was raped and shot. four years after molly olgin was murdered right next to her. david strickland faced a jury of 12. were you confident? were you worried? >> of course, i was worried. i just felt horrible. i didn't know how it was going to end up coming out. >> when you saw mr. strickland for the first time. what did you think. >> i didn't know what to think. >> he wasn't the monster you imagined? >> no. he wasn't. sometimes, those are the scariest people, though. >> reporter: prosecutor smith...

Last word. dylan stallman, he told the jury, might have been under suspicion but ultimately had nothing to do with the crime. david strickland, he said, was the man holding the gun. >> shooting both of these girls for no identifiable reason at all he's certainly a psychopath. >> reporter: prosecutor smith never offered the jury a possible motive. kristene says she's sure it's about her sexual orientation. >> in the letter that she supposedly tried to send to my dad something like those [ bleep ] lesbians. >> reporter: and in his interrogation, strickland made a point of saying he had no issues...

>> you can delete the letter off of your computer, but if you use the spell check grammar check function, that information is still stored in the computer? >> and that's what you found? >> that's what we found. >> why do you think mr. strickland wrote that letter. he had to know suspicion would boomerang on him. >> that's what most people would think. >> it's a foolish thing -- >> it's a very foolish thing to do. >> reporter: before prosecutor smith rested, he called kristene to the stand, putting her face-to-face with david strikeland. >> i want him to see me and see what he had done but he w...