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>> you know, once the posters started going up around town, you'd kind of go, what's that about? someone who knew her would say, you know, oh, her ex, there was a problem, she needed to keep the little girl away, and, you know, the courts weren't cooperating. >> we knew mary was getting to the teenage age. in today's modern technology, kids got phones, kids got facebook, kids have twitter, and we wanted to talk to mary. we wanted mary to see that i hey, there is a life over here and it may not be what you were told, so we established an internet site. >> mary, it's your father, mark, and your sister, madeleine. >> hi. >> and your brother, dave. >> hi. >> and the dog you never met, harry. >> then we establish a special phone line.
>> you know, once the posters started going up around town, you'd kind of go, what's that about? someone who knew her would say, you know, oh, her ex, there was a problem, she needed to keep the little girl away, and, you knows, the courts weren't cooperating. >> we knew mary was getting to the teenage age. in today's modern technology, kids got phones, kids got facebook, kids have twitter, and we wanted to talk to mary. we wanted mary to see that i hey, there is a life over here and it may not be what you were told, so we established an internet site. >> mary, it's your father, mark, and your sister, madeleine. >> hi. >> and your brother, dave. >> hi. >> and the dog you never met, harry. >> then we establish a special phone line.
you'd kind of go, what's that about? someone who knew her would say, you know, oh, her ex, there was a problem, she needed to keep the little girl away, and, you knows, the courts weren't cooperating. >> we knew mary was getting to the teenage age. in today's modern technology, kids got phones, kids got facebook, kids have twitter, and we wanted to talk to mary. we wanted mary to see that i hey, there is a life over here and it may not be what you were told, so we established an internet site. >> mary, it's your father, mark, and your sister, madeleine. >> hi. >> and your brother, dave. >> hi. >> and the dog you never met, harry. >> then we establish a special phone line. >> i love you very, very much and you know how to get ahold of us.
started going up around town, you'd kind of go, what's that about? someone who knew her would say, you know, oh, her ex, there was a problem, she needed to keep the little girl away, and, you knows, the courts weren't cooperating. >> we knew mary was getting to the teenage age. in today's modern technology, kids got phones, kids got facebook, kids have twitter, and we wanted to talk to mary. we wanted mary to see that hey, there is a life over here and it may not be what you were told, so we established an internet site. >> mary, it's your father, mark, and your sister, madeleine. >> hi. >> and your brother, dave. >> hi. >> and the dog you never met, harry. >> then we establish a special phone line. >> i love you very, very much
started going up around town, you'd kind of go, what's that about? someone who knew her would say, you know, oh, her ex, there was a problem, she needed to keep the little girl away, and, you knows, the courts weren't cooperating. >> we knew mary was getting to the teenage age. in today's modern technology, kids got phones, kids got facebook, kids have twitter, and we wanted to talk to mary. we wanted mary to see that, hey, there is a life over here and it may not be what you were told. so we established an internet site. >> mary, it's your father, mark, and your sister, madeleine. >> hi. >> and your brother, dave. >> hi. >> and the dog you never met, harry. >> then we establish a special phone line. >> i love you very, very much
adult prison? apparently, the judge had his own misgivings. a month later, he threw out their convictions and the lawyers worked out a deal. the boys pleaded guilty to third degree murder. alex was sentenced to seven years, derek, eight. they would end up serving time in separate florida juvenile detention centers. and rick chavis? his jury didn't like him. but they didn't think there was enough evidence that he swung the bat. so -- >> as to count i of the indictment, not guilty. >> chavis was acquitted. the courts weren't through with chavis. a few months later he was charged with lewd and lascivious battery involving alex. but again he was acquitted. but chavis faced more charges related to the murder because he had hidden the boys and washed their bloody clothes that night. this time, he was convicted of accessory after the fact of first-degree murder and tampering with evidence.