he s in control of his businesses. he s in control of his wife. he s in control of his finances, his employees and his children and just kind of a domineering person. reporter: more than that, said the prosecutor, cal harris could be volatile. michele harris began keeping notes about what she said was abusive language and behavior. in fact, she won a temporary order of protection against him. what he said to her was, i wouldn t need a gun to kill you. and if i did kill you, they ll never find your body. reporter: in the heat of passion people say terrible things to each other. doesn t mean they killed them, though. but he went beyond saying terrible things to her. he told her he would put her body in a place where it would never be found. that s like one of the biggest facts of the case. we looked and looked and looked for this woman s body and have not been able to find it. reporter: the harris family baby-sitter, a woman named barb thayer testified she was the one
and have not been able to find it. keith morrison (voiceover): the harris family babysitter, a woman named barb thayer, testified that she was the one who found michele s van parked at the end of the long driveway. she goes into the house, and she yells, is michele here? because her car s at the end of the driveway. and the defendant, without missing a beat, he just said, we d better go get the car. keith morrison (voiceover): according to the babysitter, cal didn t seem surprised. gerald keene: doesn t ask for any questions about the keys, like he knows that the keys were in the van. this is an interpretation of a person s reaction. yeah, you re right. but it s all these hundreds of little things that convinced me that he s just not acting like someone would act if they didn t know what had happened to their wife. keith morrison (voiceover): later that morning, when new york state troopers talked to cal, they too made note of his demeanor. sue malvey: he seemed kind of unconcerned. he
before he disposed of the body. he would have then taken the car back down to the end of the driveway, walked back up to the house and disposed of the body during the seven hours or thereabouts, before he called mrs. thayer. keith morrison (voiceover): the defense attorneys tried to swat it all down. and cal harris himself was adamant he had nothing to do with his wife s disappearance. it s one thing to say look, i m innocent. i didn t do this. but it s another thing to have so many people accusing you and pointing the finger at you. now, look, i m i m not guilty. i didn t do this. i didn t commit this crime. keith morrison (voiceover): there was no body, no murder weapon. and the defense said the forensics were unconvincing, at best. but the jurors weren t having it. it was june, 2007. they came back guilty. cal harris broke down and sobbed. because i knew i was going to not see my kids. i knew i wasn t going home that night. keith morrison (voiceover): yeah. you know? and i knew how