>> it's time for a real investigation that will get us answers. >> i think there was a good thing for us to finally come out and talk about it. >> how did it feel to do it? >> good. >> we all knew this was kind of our time to come out and give our side and do our part in this. >> cal hired new lawyers and they condemned the state for an investigation which they said was blind to any suspect but their client. lead defense attorney bruce barquette. >> they pursued this man for 14 years with scant evidence, evidence that really no prosecutor should bring a case on. >> the defense went back to witnesses the police had interviewed years before, talked to others and heard a whole new story of michele's last hours on earth. earlier trials they said revealed the mother of four had been hanging with an unsavory crowd, co-workers and customers from her waitressing job.