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>> what was it like to break that news to people at the office? >> it was -- it was heartbreaking. >> diane's company put her picture up on their landmark tower in atlanta. all the while, police were trying to figure out what exactly had happened in that car that night. three days after the shooting, tex and his attorney steve maples went to answer their questions. maples offered a preview. >> his only recollection is he had the -- the brown paper bag -- i mean, plastic bag and he's holding it down like this. and he said he didn't play with the hammer and he didn't pull it back to full coke. >...

In line to get into the building. >> so the notoriety helped. >> the notoriety definitely affected the sale, yeah. >> did you tell him that unloading all of diane's stuff so soon after she died would be seen by some people as sort of callous? >> no, and i don't think it was callous. >> and more than that, tex's sister dixie says, it was necessary. diane was wealthy by any standard, but her estate was cash poor. selling her belongings raised money for diane's bequests. >> she left money to people that she didn't have. so the estate attorney said the quickest way to raise the cash is sell her th...

Tower in atlanta. all the while, police were trying to figure out what exactly had happened in that car that night. three days after the shooting, tex and his attorney steve maples went to answer their questions. maples offered a preview. >> his only recollection is he had the -- the brown paper bag -- i mean, plastic bag and he's holding it down like this. and he said he didn't play with the hammer and he didn't pull it back to full coke. >> this is tex's attorney saying the gun wasn't cocked. you'll want to remember that part. tex himself entered shortly after and went over the whole story, ...

Cocking the gun, it requires a lot of effort. once it is cocked is somewhat easy. firing it uncocked require morse effort. >> about six times the effort. >> the obvious question, was tex's gun cocked or not? >> if it was, then it could fairly easily been done on accident. >> the jury again asked to see the video from the texas police interview. steve mabl, texas attorney answered the question. >> he didn't play with the hammer. >> the only evidence they could find that the gun would not cock, came from tex's own attorney. even that didn't do it. after five days of deliberation, jurors sent a m...