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Night. there was no one to support any part of the story boney had just told. >> there is not one shred of evidence that puts those two people together. >> richard kammen was a new face on the defense team. >> and the reason there's flog is because it didn't happen. >> the defense insisted boney was the sole killer in the garage that night and that back in 2000, investigators ignored evidence pointing to the convicted felon. to make that point, the defense called damon fay, a veteran homicide detective who now trains police in how to conduct murder investigations. >> i don't like testifying ag...

>> and now the defense had fresh scientific evidence that boney actually put his hands on two of the victims. >> boney's story, of course, was "i ran in." "i -- i did this." "i never touched anybody." clearly not true. >> there is something in the field of dna analysis called touch dna. lab experts use human cells to make an identifying hit on a suspect. touch dna from boney's skin cells was found on kim camm's sweater, her underwear, and on her daughter, jill's shirt. >> the dna conclusively proves that he absolutely fought with kim, that he touched jill. >> and the defense hoped its cross ex...

Then who? was >> the defense had its answer. it was the person who owns that gray sweatshirt. the one that was lying by brad's body the night of the murders. defense attorney mike mcdaniel had recognized a sweatshirt as prison issue. >> in the color of this sweatshirt is the word "backbone" and i'm thinking, okay, that's a nickname. >> tests on that sweatshirt reveal dna from various people, including an unknown male. but the prosecutor said there was no match. that male dna was run through the national database. still, it seems to be a breaking point. proving that someone else was in the gara...

Moving inside the house. >> and it clicked into my head, he's going for a weapon. i mean, this guy is a former indiana state trooper. >> at which point he bolted from the scene. >> had i stayed there any longer, there's no doubt he would have killed me and he would have just lied and said to his buddies at the indiana state police, "i came home and i found this black guy." >> after listening to boney testify, the defense was ready to pounce. >> that's his story. and it makes absolutely no sense. but it explains away all the evidence that they had against him at the time. but what boney didn't ...

Hand print on the vehicle? >> i -- i leaned in to check on the children, what i seen there was horrifying. i'm not worried about that palm print, i didn't even realize i left a palm print. do you think that if i had have known i wouldn't have taken the time to wipe it off? i wanted to just get out of there. >> did you touch any of the victims, charles? >> no, i did not. >> so how does he explain his touch dna on kim and jill camm's clothes? >> i've touched david camm, we've shook hands, and he handled my sweatshirt. my skin cells are clearly on him. so anything that he touches can be transferr...