three and five minutes to suffocate an individual. after a minute or two, the person would only be unconscious. it was entirely possible that nyhuis put his wife into the freezer while she was still alive. richard nyhuis was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 50 years. >> it was great forensic science, and of course that's how it's supposed to work. you get a button, you get a hair, and i admire that. i think it is wonderful. >> it took all the different scientific and forensic people to make this thing happen. any one piece of which could have stopped the investigation. >> one of the unique things about the case was actually having the remains to do the trial, and bunchee nyhuis actually came alive in her own trial.