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The phone? how often do they call home? how often do they post on social media? and then all of a sudden, all of those contexts just stop abruptly, that lends itself to the idea that this person didn't voluntarily go missing. this person is likely dead, and the cause of death is homicide -- or manner of death is homicide. so, again, they have to establish the fact that here's somebody that's vibrant, communicates all the time, 24/7, and now it just stops, consistent with the timing, for example, of the internet searches. >> has there been a murder in quincy recently? other than this case? >> r...

Think they can walk, but not all defendants walk. i think a victory is relative, and in this case it's about reducing the degree of crime and looking at mitigating factors. >> mark, would you see this going to trial? if it's about sort of mitigating factors and managing the defendant's expectations of not going to walk but, you know, what sort of a reduced sentence he could actually get, does that argue for some sort of plea agreement? >> if you think about it, you don't get to argue a lot of litigation to a jury. you can't walk in and go, well, he had this going on. that's really not relevant...

Investigation that's ongoing, so despite all of the horrific details that we heard in court today that you've been listening to, expect to get even more details about the prosecution's case, as this case proceeds. and of course we're going to learn more about what the defense will be. we can also tell you that the next court date is scheduled for february 9th. anderson. >> thanks very much. again, this hour we're going to be covering all the aspects of this case. there are so many details we le learned today. i want to talk about the investigation that's going on right now. joining us for that...

And alibi him up. the more he talked and the more he gave them fraudulent information, bad information, he painted himself into a corner that led prosecutors to focus on his actions and activities and start looking at him as a primary suspect in this case. >> danielle, as somebody who's been in law enforcement for a long time, you've seen a lot, what do you -- what's -- is this -- i mean, have you ever seen google searches like this? >> i've seen similar google searches, not quite this intense and this in time. this is, you know, very damning evidence. but as attorney jamie coakley said, all w...

Others around the nation wait to hear the conclusion, it may be a grim one. nothing is proven in this case, not even the death threat brian walshe allegedly made to his wife nine years ago. it is worth noting intimate partner abuse affects some 10 million people in this country each year. one in four women are victims. so are one in nine men. this is far from the only case in which a husband is accused of killing a spouse they vowed to love and cherish. >> at this point, we're not ruling in or out. >> reporter: modesto police talking about scott peterson and his possible connection to the disa...