>> in fact, police and prosecutors were still doing everything they could to link those e-mails to michelle. >> we have a very skilled dee terkti -- detective working on the case. he was in constant communication with the district attorney's office to piece it together and prove a case and solidify it for court. >> problem was? >> it wasn't coming together. these electronic messages were coming from a different place. we couldn't verify that it was coming from michelle hadley's device. >> it was a blow to the prosecution's case. but there was more evidence than just ip addresses. there was the bad blood between michelle and ian. the restraining orders. those harrowing attempted rapes of ian's new wife angela. and that fire and brim stone language of the threatening e-mails so distinctive and seemingly in michelle's voice. that language of religious retribution -- >> made it appear to be michelle. >> you stand before god on this thing. >> that's right.