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Freeman and laura wynn argued on the night of her murder. laura accused sam of hustling some young boys in a game of pool. afterwards, freeman had a few more drinks and asked the bartender if he could have the empty galliano bottle for his collection. at 10:45 the bartender announced that it was the last call for drinks because the bar was closing at 11:00 p.m. according to witnesses, that's when sam freeman left the bar with the galliano bottle since he knew laura would have to leave at closing time. laura lived only a short distance from the bar. when she got home around 11:15, prosecutors b...

From the jukebox. >> he was sitting at the bar and staring me right in the eyes singing "only you know and i know." hairs stood up all over my body. ♪ only you know and i know >> i was convinced -- i was convinced that he'd gotten away with murder and was flaunting it in front of me. >> now, 12 years later, freeman was married with two children and worked as a supply sergeant for the national guard. >> he was even attempting to run for city council. i thought that all was a bit brazen with the way i felt and the things i knew. >> with a warrant, investigators found a galliano bottle in freem...

She just didn't seem interested at all. so i think there was a little jealousy. she just put him in his place. >> and shipman recalled something else that night that she never forgot. she remembered that sam freeman was drinking an italian liquor, galliano. >> he collected bottles, odd shaped bottles. when she poured the last of the galliano, he asked for the bottle because it's an odd-shaped bottle, and she gave it to him. >> witnesses reported seeing freeman leave the bar with the galliano bottle. this was significant because of the wounds on laura's head. >> just a pattern that was consiste...

Her apartment and readied her apartment when she moved in. >> police interviewed laura's african-american friend. and he had an airtight alibi. he was with friends on the night of the murder. with no solid leads, police turned their attention to the bar laura visited before she returned home. when investigators questioned patrons of the bar, they found laura got into an argument with sam freeman, a 26-year-old veteran of the u.s. army. >> laura accused him of hustling these two young men playing pool. whatever happened wasn't something that came to blows, but there was a disagreement over a po...

He stated no, no, no, to all these questions. >> but the dna from sam freeman's saliva sample matched the skin cells on the ligature and the mucus on the tissue. >> the only way possible that sam freeman's dna could have been at the scene in the home was the fact that sam freeman was there and was the killer. >> after 12 long years in september of 2005, sam freeman was arrested and charged with laura wynn's murder. prosecutors believe the motive was clear. >> here she is, this woman -- small woman -- dressing him down in front of all these guys and here he is mr. military, mr. macho man. he wa...