private eye hired by the defense that she remembered very little from that time. bob motta hammered at hoffman s credibility on cross-examination. the concept of that is just so insane to me, that this guy who s gotten away for essentially murder is now gonna confess to a stripper that he knows that there s no way is ever gonna hook up with him and that s your come-on line? oh, yeah, i killed people. i killed an old lady and a young boy. i don t know. reporter: after three weeks both sides summed up their cases for the jury and hit all the familiar themes, then they placed anthony garcia s fate in the jury s hands. coming up, a toast from the defense before the verdict. what would the jury do? seeing my brother cry, seeing my mom cry, seeing the district attorney cry was a tough moment.
victims families met privately with the people responsible for bringing this case to an end. we basically gave em a round of applause when they came in because they did a hell of a job. tough to be there, or you were glad you were there? my family, we re not really emotional, so seeing my brother cry, seeing my mom cry, it s hard and seeing the district attorney cry, it was a tough moment. reporter: while garcia s defense team faced a gaggle of cameras outside the courtroom. in terms of what we did, we did the best we could. reporter: anthony garcia s parents who d spent much of their life savings on their son s defense spoke briefly with reporters. rough for everybody. i know it s difficult for the other families too, but it s very difficult for us too at this time. reporter: one last set of victims. he never once turned around and looked at em. not once.
moment came later that afternoon behind closed doors when the victims families met privately with the people responsible for bringing this case to an end. we basically gave em a round of applause when they came in because they did a hell of a job. tough to be there, or you were glad you were there? my family, we re not really emotional, so seeing my brother cry, seeing my mom cry, it s hard and seeing the district attorney cry, it was a tough moment. reporter: while garcia s defense team faced a gaggle of cameras outside the courtroom. in terms of what we did, we did the best we could. reporter: anthony garcia s parents who d spent much of their life savings on their son s defense spoke briefly with reporters. rough for everybody. i know it s difficult for the other families too, but it s very difficult for us too at this time. reporter: one last set of victims.