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Against her cheek, and you pulled the trigger, did you love your mother? >> yes. >> and was that an act of love, mr. menendez? >> it was confusion and fear. >> you were afraid of her at that point? >> yes. >> they slaughtered their mother in a way that was so cruel she got up to run, and they went out, and they reloaded, and they put the gun up to her cheek, and blew her brains out. i'm sorry, that is the height of cruelty. >> reporter: what's more, observed reporter alan abrahamson -- >> let's count how many seconds it might take to go out to the car. walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, grab the sh...

The man had access to shotguns and a bow and arrow and these weapons were all seized by police.

We wanted the jury to think that you're going to shoot your wife for this. >> reporter: the attorneys then went on the attack, characterizing the work of investigators as woefully shoddy. >> inconsistent, incompetent, incomplete -- >> reporter: the new deficit thrust was on what investigators did not do. the state criminalist had to ad mist they did not test for gunshot residue on seth techel. >> how many times did you testify that gunshot residue was evidence of the crime? >> a lot. >> but in this case, we can't argue because we don't have it. >> yeah. exactly. we'll never know. >> never know...

>> it was confusion and fear. >> you were afraid of her at that point? >> yes. >> they slaughtered their mother in a way that was so cruel she got up to run, and they went out, and they reloaded, and they put the gun up to her cheek, and blew her brains out. i'm sorry, that is the height of cruelty. >> what's more, observed reporter alan abrahamson -- >> let's count how many seconds it might take to go out to the car. walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, grab the shotgun shell, put the shotgun shell in, run back in. remember, time is ticking. time is ticking. you put the barrel of that shotgun agains...

The deep routes or trip. then there was a reflection in the water, in one of the puddles. on a closer look, it showed it was a cell phone. >> reporter: it was chacey's cell phone, she apparently dropped it in the mud when she fell. that's why her 9-1-1 call was cut off. for the down the mighty road, and around the bend, was chacey's jeep, with robert poynter's body behind the wheel. burke took a close look. >> was he robbed or ...? >> no, chacey's we still on the for full board of the vehicle,. >> the fatal shot had apparently been fired at close range. >> big thing for us was what the weapon ...