hadleys -- that they had. it proved that michelle was innocent. defense attorney guisti disagreed. he knew it would take skillful legal window to convince prosecutors. >> a district attorney is never going to buy my evidence. a district attorney is going to have to convince themselves that they have evidence which might accidentally coincide with what i have. >> in fact, police and prosecutors were still doing everything they could to link those emails to michelle. >> we have a very skilled detective who's working on the case. he was a constant communication with the district attorney's office and try to piece it together to prove the case and solidify at court. >> problem was -- >> it wasn't coming together. >> his electronic latches were coming from a different place. we can verify it was coming from michelle hadley's device. >> it was a blow to the prosecution's case. but there was more evidence that just ip addresses. there was the bad blood between michelle and ian, the restraining orders, those harrowing attempted rapes of