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Sergeant joe snodgrass was sentenced to life in a military prison without parole. lucy was convicted by a philippine court and sentenced to only one year in prison. her two uncles served similar sentences. the third man involved in the murder has never been found. >> this was the first case where digital evidence and the term forensics were put in the same sentence. computer crime investigation was not a forensics discipline until we put these diskettes back together. >> our cyber guys broke ground in the field of forensics, they really did. >> this case not only made forensic history but chan...

It corroborated her story and added credibility to her story and the story of her uncle who gave full statements. >> and how much money did joe pay to have his wife killed? >> what's the cost of a life? it was 150 bucks u.s. and 1,000 pesos for transportation. next to nothing. >> the information taken off the disk was absolutely critical. it was crucial. it put the nail right in the middle of the coffin. >> when confronted with the information from the disks, sergeant snodgrass pled guilty soliciting his wife's murder. >> he said it was borne of marital turmoil but he did not admit -- it is me...

Investigators found two floppy disks which they thought might hold evidence of his complicity with his wife's murder plot. but, before they checked the disks, investigators wanted to make sure that they actually belonged to joe snodgrass and weren't someone els. so they asked him to come to the investigation room. >> he was a law enforcement official. if someone's investigating, well, naturally, try to cooperate. try to help. there are pieces of this disk on the floor. i'll tell you, a couple things go through your mind at this point.

>> they've got mosquitos the size of dogs there. it's huge. you see spiders as big as your head. you see weird stuff. stuff that you never seen before. >> the nicest woman you could have ever met. there wasn't a bad bone in her body. >> julie, as warm as she was to the american community, she wasn't crazy about the philippines. there were some people, probably not surprising, that drnt like the philippines. >> on february 25th, 1991, joe snodgrass called police to report his wife missing. he said they had an argument. >> he says i thought she was going to go cool off. this sort of thing happen...

Very attractive. very young. much younger than joe. i would say early 20s? possibly? >> my impression is that it was common knowledge that there was a very close, maybe relationship, beyond the housekeeping relationship. >> lucy had been the snodgrass's housekeeper for more than a year and was practically a member of the family. >> she also wanted to be my mom. to some degree, that's what i felt all of the time. she would say i'm your mom. i would say you're not my mom. i'm going to be your mom. no, i've got a mom. you're not going to be my mom and stuff like that. >> during questioning, lucy ...