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Registered sex offender. there may be no better illustration of lowery's loss than his relationship with his daughter. >> my name is amanda marie galvan. i am eddie james lowery's daughter. >> amanda was 3 years old when he went away. now she's 33. in the past few years, eddie and amanda have tried to establish a father/daughter relationship that never was. >> it's very hard. it feels like a completely different world. >> today amanda has flown in from her home in california to visit lowery for a weekend. >> hey, sweetie. how are you? >> hi, dad. >> oh, man. it's good to see you. come on in. >...

Outside you hear that is being closed on you and you know you're staying now. >> i sat there for a few minutes and malugani walks up to the table where i was sitting and he goes, i got you now. i know you did this. he started pointing his fingers in my face. you'd better confess to this crime because i've got ten more years on this force. i'm going to prove you did this. he slammed his hands down on the desk and goes, i know you did this, mr. lowery. come clean with me. >> detectives doug johnson and harry malugani have colorful nicknames. johnson was mad dog and malugani was known as dirty ha...

>> raised in covina, california, in a family with eight children, lowery had a conventional childhood. he played football in high school and graduated before entering the army. he had never been inside an interrogation room. >> in a case like eddie's where all of a sudden they tell you you can't have a lawyer, hey, gee, i thought that was part of the constitution. no, you can't have a lawyer. police officers in these situations can be extremely intimidating to the ordinary citizen. >> i was just trying so hard to prove -- convince them i didn't commit this crime that i went along with them and...

He gets a job at a ford motor plant on the assembly line. he marries teri and starts a new family. buys a house in the suburbs. but still, he's a man with a past. >> my prison number is 37839. i know it like my social security number. you know, was known so long for that name. my first name was lowery. my last name was 37839. >> though lowery is out of prison, he's not free. in 1996, congress passes megan's law. it requires that the names and addresses of sex offenders be made available to the public. >> i was like, another bombshell to me. you know, i was like, now neighbors are going to find...

The only clear evidence linking him to the rape, prosecutor pat caffey knows it's the best type of evidence to put before a jury. >> most of them are going to be thinking just like i think. i can't imagine a circumstance where i would admit to a rape. coming up, if lowery is innocent as he claims, why would he confess to a rape? latte or au lait?