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>> and it's a tape. >> a mix tape. prosecutor smith approached the zarzycki family, who had now gathered on the fringe of the dig. >> i said, well, there were certain things in her purse that were pretty distinctive. and they didn't say anything. and i said, homemade tapes of music. >> when he said the word "cassette tape," i laughed and cried all at the same time. and i said, that's cindy. >> mac promised you results, and he got them. >> yes, he did. he promised me. he said, i will not give up until we find cindy. >> i still can't believe it. it was like -- we weren't supposed to find her tha...

Talking about, isn't there? >> yes. there's no remorse. there's not an ounce of remorse. >> in his closing argument, the prosecutor brought the jury back to the bedroom as the murder occurred. the medical examiner had testified that tara likely went unconscious after 15 seconds of strangulation. but then, it probably took another three minutes and 45 seconds of grant choking her before she actually died. prosecutor smith took out a stopwatch and set it ticking for four minutes. plenty of time, he said, to think about going through with the murder and just as significantly, plenty of time to ma...

This case, i had a daughter that was 13. the same aged daughter that cindy was when she disappeared. >> now it was up to prosecutor smith. >> it was a lot of heated discussions about this. >> and you've got this delicate situation of trying to broker the people's interests versus the family's passionate desire. >> and you can't say no. they've lived this for more than 20 years. so with myself and the father and the family came to sort of a middle ground, and i agreed to reduce it from first-degree murder to second-degree murder. >> smith was also willing to downsize the sentence from mandatory...

>> and it's a tape. >> a mix tape. prosecutor smith approached the zarzycki family, who had now gathered on the fringe of the dig. >> i said, well, there were certain things in her purse that were pretty distinctive. and they didn't say anything. and i said, homemade tapes of music. >> when he said the word "cassette tape," i laughed and cried all at the same time. and i said, that's cindy. >> mac promised you results, and he got them. >> yes, he did. he promised me. he said, i will not give up until we find cindy. >> i still can't believe it. it was like -- we weren't supposed to find her tha...

>> when you hear it, there's a remoteness from the things he's talking about, isn't there? >> yes. there's no remorse. there's not an ounce of remorse. >> in his closing argument, the prosecutor brought the jury back to the bedroom as the murder occurred. the medical examiner had testified that tara likely went unconscious after 15 seconds of strangulation. but then, it probably took another three minutes and 45 seconds of grant choking her before she actually died. prosecutor smith took out a stopwatch and set it ticking for four minutes. plenty of time, he said, to think about going through ...