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Kerosene heater with gasoline, causing the explosion. jean frantically tried to put it out, and when she couldn't, she ran to call for help. at some point, jim struck his head on the workbench, which fractured his skull and caused his death. the defense offered no explanation for why jean locked the door on her way out of the house, except that it was force of habit, something she did every time she left the house. jean long, herself, took the stand in her own defense. >> she came across as completely genuine, terrified about the prospect of what she was going through and terrified at reliving...

But in january 2003, there was an unusual cold snap, with temperatures below freezing. citrus growers used kerosene heaters to save their orange crop. jean and jim long used a kerosene heater in the workshop of their home so the pipes wouldn't freeze. but something went terribly wrong. when firemen arrived, the house was totally ablaze. jean long had escaped the fire. but her husband, jim, was trapped inside. >> my father-in-law came to the door to wake us. he said that -- he said there's a fire at your dad's house and it's bad. >> it was engulfed in flames. a very shocking moment.

>> with what container? >> it was red. >> yet, the red plastic fuel can was found outside the workshop. >> all right. how did it get back outside? >> i don't know. >> and overbey noticed that jim's arms and legs were outstretched when he was found. underneath jim's body were several aerosol cans. >> there was one under his head, there was one under his right leg and another one up under his back. and that appeared odd. that appeared, to me, something that could be used to accelerate the damage of the body in a fire. >> patterns on the concrete floor around the body were also

But lentini discovered that the workshop housed containers of fuel for jim's tree-trimming equipment. >> in the shop, we had vehicles and we had tanks of acetylene. we had tanks of propane, we had containers of liquid fuels. >> you had chainsaws in there, lots of papers, clothing, lots of combustibles. and when it went up, it just really went up. >> and lentini disputed police claims that there were pour patterns around jim's body. he said the heat of the fire made such a determination impossible. >> once you get to full-room involvement, you're going to get all kinds of patterns that are easi...

>> in a panic, jean said she ran from the workshop into their home to call the fire department. at the fire scene, investigators found the remnants of the kerosene heater. but the plastic fuel can was found outside the workshop door, in perfect condition, inconsistent with jean's story. and major michael overbey believed that the position of jim's body was inconsistent with most fire victims. >> it appeared his arms were outstretched and over his head. it appeared to me the way someone would be positioned if they had been dragged into a particular spot or carried. that was the first thing that...