from a photograph. his physical appearance, his facial hair, his height, his age and the type of vehicle he drove. tubbs said the man he saw was driving beside a black truck, stacy stewart drove a black truck, same kind. it s a new model and it s a chevy and it s all coming together. stacy stewart denied any involvement in michele s disappearance. he denied he ever had a relationship with michele that he was never even alone with her. still, cal s side was convinced that stewart and a friend of his played some role in michele s disappearance. in 2015, trial number three opened, a change of venue necessary said the defense because the case was too well known. and the defense managed to get some of the prosecution s case thrown out. the state wasn t allowed to suggest, as it had before, that
her family deserved better. we all want to know what happened to her. it s time to look elsewhere. there was a new prosecutor this time. kirk martin. he made the same arguments as the previous d.a., saying the evidence pointed to cal harris killing his wife. killing his wife. the trial took three months. finally, late april, the jury got it. and the waiting began. michelle s family still convinced that cal was guilty. is there a corner of your brain that thinks, god, maybe it was somebody else. not at all. not at all. well, cal and his family hope the jury had been persuaded otherwise. you know, you have been confident before when you ve gone on trial because you have said, i didn t do it. i should be acquitted and, yet, you weren t. so how does that impact your thinking now? just by what bruce and his
in september, 2005, four years after his wife michele vanished, cal harris was charged with murder. well, it hurts, absolutely. you know, i had a good standing in the community. yeah. had a successful business, donated my time and money and resources to a lot of good causes in the community, raised my kids in that community and, you know, all of it was just taken away. but, the county d.a. had become convinced that cal killed his wife, late on the night of 9/11. and as the children slept, disposed of her body. the more i met with the people that were close to michele and that knew something about the case, the more convinced i became that he really did this. the trial began in may, 2007,
michele in the early morning hours of september 12th, then the prosecutor s case was in ruins because cal harris couldn t have murdered her some seven hours before and an innocent man had just been convicted, so the judge tossed out the verdict. called for another trial and sent cal home to his kids. many including michele s family thought tubbs story was bogus. everybody knew he was lying. you know, it was the most bizarre story that you could have ever told. then of course when trial number two opened in 2009, the prosecution attacked tubbs credibility. why did he wait six years to come forward? he was pure gold. a man to create reasonable doubt. there simply isn t enough evidence to convict cal harris of murder. bill easton was one of cal s attorneys. there s not an eyewitness to it, an earwitness it to, he didn t confess to it, none of this direct evidence is present in this case.
harris trial is ruled a mistrial. it was the outcome nobody wanted. we got closer to justice but we re not there yet. michelle s family convinced they knew the truth that cal murdered michelle. left the courthouse without comment. not right now. and the county prosecutor kurt martin vowed to do it again. there have been two guilty verdicts in this case and i eagerly await the earliest possible trial date that fits with the court s schedule. a fourth trial? really? yes, indeed. in march 2016, deja vu all over again. same courthouse, same cast of characters with one notable newcomer. good, how are you? judge richard moss. when cal waived his right to a jury trial, the new judge had a starring role in trial number four. he would decide the case. he d also decide whether to hear