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It was very difficult. reporter: how could she? go back to the lover who gary was sure stabbed his father, her husband, and left him to die in the driveway? when i first found out, all ties were cut. i wrote her a letter. dropped it in her mail slot. as far as i m concerned, our relationship is over. reporter: mary ann accused yanos of murder the day it happened. confronted him in jail. now here she was back with him. they didn t actually move in together. they were certainly a couple, passion apparently undimmed. i just believe that in her own mind, that it was okay to go back with him because there was really no proof that he did it. reporter: how much mary ann knew, if anything, about yanos role if her husband s murder she wasn t saying. certainly not her son, gary. the rift in the relationship between mother and son now seemed irreparable. for gary, it was like he had lost both his parents. ....
that s all i recall. i don t know. i misunderstood your question. watching all this with mixed watching all this with mixed emotions was mary ann s son gary even after all these years their relationship has never fully recovered. it was tough on her. i know she felt like she was on trial. but a lot of the stuff they went over and they pinned her on was to explain the mindset of janos and the whole circumstances that led to this. and it was necessary, but it was tough. finally, after three weeks, it was up to the jury to decide. then, after just two hours. has the jury reached a verdict? yes, we have. we the jury in the above entitled action find the defendant, janos kulcsar, guilty of the crime of murder. it was just relief. it was like a big weight was lifted off my shoulder. janos got a free 25-year ticket ....
Here is keith morrison. reporter: what a time it was. the year he turned up in that crazy little car. what a sweet, impossible, unexpected last chance. that love, that red passionate sin. just for mary ann. it was 1985. and it was magic. and now here she was, 2011, in a courtroom of all places. forced to confess her forbidden love, account for her sins. this grandmother, widow, penitent. what story would she tell? the main thing going through my mind is to tell the truth. and let the chips fall where they may. reporter: the truth. such a difficult word. especially when it bubbles up from a past which mary ann ....
i didn t kill him. i did not kill him. and i don t know anybodyho d. i hate you with all the passion i can dig up. reporter: mary ann s tirade seemed authentic. of course, the cops weren t sure at least at this point if she knew more than she was saying. did you ever think, mary ann has to have been involved in this somehow? i don t think she could have been directly involved. but she could have thrown out some ideas to him and he might have taken them on his own. reporter: but yanos guilt seemed clear enough. so he took his case to the d.a. and got a big surprise. without a confession, a witness or a murder weapon, the d.a. s office refused to gamble on such a circumstantial case. so no charges were filed against yanos. what was it like watching him walk out of jail? it hurts. because you know he s the guy that did it. ....