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"go on in if you want. " >> yeah, they released the house. "you can go in. " >> and they put their hand to -- at the door, "you can all go in now. " >> how can you be done with your investigation that quick? >> odd. not exactly normal protocol, especially since once people start walking in and out, the scene becomes highly compromised. did you go into the house that day? >> yeah, when -- when they said, "you can go into the house, " we went in. >> they were hoping to find some sign or clue to explain what happened to cassy. but they never imagined they'd find evidence that the deputies just le...

>> clues would be hard to come by. >> i thought it was over. she was just dead and nothing was ever going to be done about it. >> not if this family could help it. >> we started looking and looking for what happened. there was still water in the tub. we pulled the drain and saw black scuff marks. >> a case that would see the suspect leave town. and unearthed dark deeds from the past. >> she would wake up and he was be standing over her. >> that's creepy. >> she told me that he was following her. >> yet justice was anything but certain. >> you want that smoking gun. >> uh-huh. >> and there's ju...

>> reporter: they also noticed a small palm tree in their front yard had been damaged along with the decorative bricks around it. >> and then there was tire tracks. >> reporter: what, across the lawn? >> across the lawn. >> reporter: how close do those tire tracks come to the house? >> it wasn't a big yard, but -- >> no, it wasn't a big yard. >> reporter: they went up to the door. and they found two ribbons, the kind tara wore in her hair, outside their front door, and scuff marks on their bedroom dresser. tell me about the -- what those scuff marks look like. like somebody moved it or rubbed ...

>> reporter: they went up to the door. and they found two ribbons, the kind tara wore in her hair, outside their front door, and scuff marks on their bedroom dresser. tell me about the -- what those scuff marks look like. like somebody moved it or rubbed something against it? >> if you took your shoe and you kicked something and you left a mark. >> reporter: okay. >> like, if, you know, if you walk on a floor and you drag your feet, it leaves a mark? >> reporter: yeah. >> well, that was on the dresser drawers in our bedroom. >> reporter: one of the missing pieces of jewelry was a ring tara had...

Left-hand side was sticking in the dirt. >> did you see anything on the ground? >> 4 foot from the glasses there were what appeared to be scuff marks as if somebody had slipped and had moved the dirt. >> and on the stand this witness, the coroner. >> those are the gloves that leslie was wearing. >> trying to connect those scratches on fred's face to the plastic bumps on leslie's gloves. however after a defense objection the judge ruled the coroner's statement conjecture and told the jury to disregard it. so even though the prosecutors were not allowed to tell the jury how they thought the murd...