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>> reporter: the prosecutor set out to dismantle the theory that jaime's death resulted from a botched robbery. first responder, emt stephanie robertson, told the jury -- that to her -- the crime scene just looked off. >> it was a little -- disarrayed. the drawers were pulled out nothing was -- appeared to be missing. >> reporter: and the prosecutor used sandra's own words against her. the jury heard that interview with the defendant -- the one where detectives found her so oddly indifferent. >> do you know what has happened today? >> my husband was murdered. >> reporter: and sometimes her sto...

Unspeakable. >> so imagine the family is waiting for an arrest to be made in this thing. >> yes. we were anxiously awaiting for that day to come. doesn't matter if it's tomorrow or ten years from now. we would like some answers, but law enforcement wasn't exactly forthcoming with the family. might have been a reason. >> reporter: but law enforcement wasn't exactly forthcoming with the melgar family. might have been a reason, they doubted jaime's murderer was a burglar, or even someone else in sandra and jaime's remote orbit. >> there's always a first suspicion of family members, if there's not...

That was once just the melgars' modest home. jaime, they could see, had suffered multiple stab wounds to the torso -- by the looks of it, well over a dozen. the crime scene unit got to work inside collecting evidence -- things like a bloody chair near jaime's body, and a kitchen knife, fished out of the bottom of the jacuzzi. sandra, seemingly in shock from her ordeal, declined to go to the hospital. instead, she went to talk with investigators. >> let's start yesterday. >> reporter: sandra told investigators the last thing she remembered was her anniversary night with jaime. >> went out to ea...

Of the house. but crime scene techs did not find any. when the rest of the forensics came back, the findings had limitations. >> although you have the murder weapon, it's been washed in water for several hours. >> kitchen knife or something? >> a kitchen knife. a large kitchen knife. it was found in the bathtub. and so any dna that had -- could've been on it from the murderer was gone. it was washed away. >> reporter: what's more, no blood was detected on sandra. in fact, no dna or fingerprints linked sandra to jaime's body -- or jaime to sandra's. and while detectives had a hunch about sandra...