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and dreams. and it's so real, it feels like her. and she just gives me a hug. why did it have to happen to our family? >> why did it have to happen to michelle? why that they? >> a young nursing student disappears. she was still dressed in my hospital scrubs. something drew her out to her car. >> the cousin she grew up with. the brother she raised. desperate to find her. >> they were able to do what a lot of other families have never been able to do. >> text messages, security monitors, surveillance videos. were they sons that she was trapped, reaching out for help? >> one of the thi...

Out the evidence for the jury, what he could not do -- and this turned out to be a big hole in the case -- was tell the jury how the murder took place. michele's remains were so decomposed that the coroner could not determine the cause of death. >> the pathologists report indicated that they not only visually examined my shelves remains but also examined it using an x-ray to look for any sort of trauma to her skull, her bones, anything of that nature. they couldn't locate any. >> and while the camera recorded just about everything before and after the murder, they did not capture the crime its...

>> exactly. and it has an air of credibility. >> reporter: and thus it's not first-degree murder. >> yes. a voluntary manslaughter. and then you get out in nine years. >> reporter: so that was the big fight? >> yes. >> reporter: and there was another problem. even as ford methodically laid out the evidence for the jury, what he couldn't do -- and this turned out to be a big hole in his case -- was to tell the jury how the murder took place. michelle's remains were so decomposed the coroner couldn't determine the cause of death. >> the pathologist report indicated that they not only visually ex...

Out the evidence for the jury, what he couldn't do -- and this turned out to be a big hole in his case -- was to tell the jury how the murder took place. michelle's remains were so decomposed the coroner couldn't determine the cause of death. >> the pathologist report indicated that they not only visually examined michelle's remains, but also examined it using an x-ray, to look for any sort of trauma to her skull, her bones, anything of that nature. and they couldn't locate any. >> reporter: and while security cameras seemed to have recorded just about everything before and after the murder, t...

And then you get out in nine years. >> so that was the big fight? >> yes. >> and there was another problem. even as ford methodically laid out the evidence for the jury, what he couldn't do -- and this turned out to be a big hole in his case -- was to tell the jury how the murder took place. michelle's remains were so decomposed the coroner couldn't determine the cause of death. >> the pathologist report indicated that they not only visually examined michelle's remains, but also examined it using an x-ray, to look for any sort of trauma to her skull, her bones, anything of that nature. and the...