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Was asking me. i didn't know what was going on and i gave the story now is gave. so when i had to sit there and think about, i had to be honest with myself and it wasn't the answer i wanted. i wish i could say, i really do wish i could say, yes i remember her, or no i know i didn't see her. >> but you cannot say? that >> but i cannot say. that >> this is not you getting back at your dad, who you're very sideways at this. point >> no because it hurts my brothers to. for me not to honestly say i saw her. but i'm going to say what i can remember, which is nothing. it's a black hole. it's a trauma...

It's a traumatizing event. and when kids go through traumatizing events, they block things out. and losing my mother was the worst day of my life. >> reporter: how are we to understand what's going on with -- with lyndsay, christine, because she has told the story that -- she, like her brothers, remembers seeing her mom alive, but then she backs away from it and says, "i think -- i can't remember really." >> i don't know what's in lyndsay's head and in her heart. one day she was happy and then everything changed. >> reporter: the prosecution still had to explain why the two oldest boys were ad...

And i had never taken time to actually think about it. i -- >> reporter: well, detective gibson did, a couple of years before, when he took your statement, right? >> but it -- again, i didn't know why he was askin' me. i didn't know what was going on. and i gave the story i always gave. so when i had to sit there and think about it, i had to be honest with myself. and it wasn't the answer i wanted. i wish i could say -- i really do wish i could say, yes, i remember her, or, no, i know i didn't see her. >> reporter: but you cannot say that? >> but i cannot say that. >> reporter: and this is not...

Into trial, on the stand, and then kind of stepping back from all of that? >> it was the fact of no one had honestly asked me, sincerely, what had happened that day. and i had never taken time to actually think about it. >> reporter: well, detective gibson did, a couple of years before, when he took your statement, right? >> but it -- again, i didn't know why he was askin' me. i didn't know what was going on. and i gave the story i always gave. so when i had to sit there and think about it, i had to be honest with myself. and it wasn't the answer i wanted. i wish i could say -- i really do wis...

>> it was the fact of no one had honestly asked me, sincerely, what had happened that day. and i had never taken time to actually think about it. i -- >> reporter: well, detective gibson did, a couple of years before, when he took your statement, right? >> but it -- again, i didn't know why he was askin' me. i didn't know what was going on. and i gave the story i always gave. so when i had to sit there and think about it, i had to be honest with myself. and it wasn't the answer i wanted. i wish i could say -- i really do wish i could say, yes, i remember her, or, no, i know i didn't see her. >...