something by the defendant. >> reporter: she went down on the kitchen rug, he said. was struck again. that blood spatter. >> so this would put her down either on her knees or on her bottom as she's being struck and the blood spatters on the door and on the carpet. took her back out into the garage and laid her down on the garage floor. she must have bled some on to the garage floor because there's an area three feet by six feet where blood was found. >> reporter: then, said the prosecutor, cal tried to clean up before he disposed of the body. >> he would have then taken the car back down to the end of the driveway, walked back up to the house and disposed of the body during the seven hours or thereabouts before he called mrs. thayer. >> reporter: the defense attorneys tried to swat it all down. and cal harris himself was adamant, he had nothing to do