and misery is evident in his call home. >> hi travis. it's going to be okay. it's going to be okay. >> i don't know. >> i know this is difficult for you, travis. >> it would get even tougher. a little more than a year after his arrest, travis found himself on trial for murder facing the rest of his life behind bars. prosecutor nancion laid out the state's case. >> joel lovelien -- >> a jury would decide travis'fate. >> travis brutally beat joel lovelien while he was down on the ground and did not seek help for him afterwards. left the scene, allowing mr. lovelien to choke to death on his own blood. >> jurors heard joel's fiance heather as she relived it. >> screaming his name at him. he didn't say anything, he