you would know that. >> what are you trying to tell me? >> that we made love that morning. >> reporter: but even as the seemingly confident fred grew clearly irritated, the agent wasn't deterred. what about those scratches on his face the day leslie died? >> so these vertical scratches, you're saying you got from bushes? >> bushes or that ground or running down this hill. falling a few times, which i did fall, but it had to have been from some of that. there's no other explanation. >> okay, well then -- >> that's factual. >> there was no altercation up there? >> no, ma'am. no, ma'am. >> 'cause it looks -- >> check underneath her fingernails if you think there's something under her nails that's missing off my face. it didn't happen. there was no altercation. write it down. none. >> reporter: for now it seemed that was all the agents could do. document fred's story and let him leave. >> i'm sorry to be a crude open book. >> time is 11:23. i am turning off the recording.