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and circumstantial evidence is often enough to get you a conviction. but we knew we had to have a lot of it. reporter: to investigators, these tests confirmed their suspicions. to them, fred s story of leslie s accident was impossible. they said there was no way that her body could have ended up under that log, unless it had been placed there. that the forces of nature would not have put her under there. reporter: but were these tests enough to make a full-fledged criminal case? the first person they d have to convince was the local district attorney. he was quickly brought on board as to what we were investigating and what our thoughts were. reporter: it turned out to be a hard sell. for whatever reason, we could never pique his interest. he never said no, but he just i didn t find the enthusiasm. reporter: even after those tests, the d.a. wasn t ready to press charges. months went by, then a year.
reporter: investigators had their theories, but did they have a case? fred went home to texas where his family thought would that be the end of it. his entire philosophy through all of this was, it was an accident. i m telling the truth. and he wanted to cooperate. he wanted to help them see that. reporter: but investigators hadn t seen that. not at all. and if fred couldn t answer their questions, they d head back to cottonwood creek and hope that the water could. coming up, fred has always said that water carried leslie away to here, where her body was found. now, investigators put that story to the test. we had to go back and try to duplicate the water flow as it was that evening. they said there was no way her body could have ended up under that log unless it had been placed there.