he was a convicted murderer. he had strangled to death a young woman and thrown her body into a canal. >> san bernardino police waited 11 months before questioning lee furrow and when they did, they never asked him about his missing axe. they seemed to accept that he didn't own any overalls. tom parker thinks he knows why. >> the cover alls had been destroyed. deputy took them in to get rid of them because it was unfounded they were connected to the case. of course, there had never been any blood testing or whatever to come to that conclusion. >> heil now raised the destruction of evidence with judge hough. >> in a criminal prosecution, the prosecution is required to turn over to the defense any evidence that might be considered exonerating. it's a rule that if the