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County's d.a. office had so far declined to issue a warrant for howard's arrest. dee dee's son michael wanted answers. there was a lot of time erwin was walking around free. >> seemed like decades. so painful and emotional. >> reporter: jimmy gates was feeling the same way. soon his hard work had paid off. the red tape found on dee dee's body. a specially trained dog found erwin's consent on it and similar evidence at at the hanger at l.a.x. what about his ten-hour shift? the more the detectives dug into that alibi, the less solid it seemed. detective gates painstakingly

That he was calling her every name under the sun. >> reporter: dee dee told the same story to her friend linda. >> i said do you realize that erwin's behavior is escalating, dee dee? and she said yes. >> reporter: you said call the police? >> no. i said have you changed your locks? she said, no, i'll do it on the way home and, of course, she never did. >> reporter: investigators soon learned that in those conversations with her friends, dee dee had left something out. a detail she mentioned only to her daughter julie that during that argument, erwin howard had also slapped her. >> i said, mom,...

Michael, just 3 years old at the time, wearing a fire helmet. and now, with those remains 18 years later, his family again. his daughter, kiersten, his widow, his son, michael, right there again. he's now 21 and in uniform, saluting. he's a corporal in the marines. the firefighters presenting michael with his father's helmet. tonight, we honor that firefighter and his family and all of the families forever changed by 9/11. we remember all of those who were lost on 9/11 and we honor their families. thank you for watching here on a wednesday night. the democratic debate with all the leading cand...

One time on her face. her arms, her legs. several places. >> this is a monster. he's just a monster. >> ron bamieh is jane's defense attorney. and according to him, dave laut is far from the hometown hero so many believed him to be. the real truth about dave laut, said bamieh, for nearly three decades, he subjected his wife to horrific abuse. >> like all abuse, it's power and control. we have verbal abuse, over a long period of time. emotional abuse. the way he treats her. we have physical abuse, that's everything from the punching to the kicking to the slapping to the hitting, throwing her do...

To kill michael? >> yeah. >> so she made a decision to fight. >> jane had taken michael to the beach that day, said bamieh. they were late getting home. >> dave was upset. started screaming and yelling, nobody respects me. i don't get any attention around here. nobody cares about me. >> jane put michael to bed, got into pajamas herself and waited for dave's anger to subside. >> but he wasn't calming down. so about 10:30 or 11:00, he comes out of the room, and he's upset and he's angry. >> and that's when she saw the gun, said bamieh. >> he's holding it and he starts talking about michael, how ...