he was certain of it, was michele harris. i know it was her. reporter: was it true? if kevin tubbs really did see michelle 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. an innocent man had just been convicted and so the judge tossed out the verdict, called for another trial and sent cal home to his kids. many, including michelle s family, thought tubbs story was bogus. everybody knew he was lying. it was the most bizarre story you could have ever told. reporter: and, of course, when trial number two opened in 2009, the prosecution attacked tubbs crediblility. why wait six years to come forward? still for the defense tubbs was pure gold and a man to create reasonable doubt. there simply isn t enough evidence to convict cal harris of murder.
the morning, he said, he was hauling a load of hay. as i was going by the harris property, there was a blond woman out there and a young gentleman, you know, in his early 20s. reporter: standing by a pickup truck. my lights were right on them. reporter: hardly more than ten feet away, he said he looked straight at the young man, saw he was dark haired and muscular and visibly angry. he looks at me like this, like what do you want? reporter: and the woman? she was looking down. just by her face, looked like she was crying. she was either upset or wasted. reporter: the woman he said, he was certain of it, was michelle harris. i know it was her. reporter: was it true? if kevin tubbs really did see michelle 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. an innocent man had just been
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.
disappeared was important. it was between 5:30 and 6:00 in the morning, he said. he was hauling a load of hay. as i was going by the harris property, there was a blond woman out there and a young gentleman, you know, in his early 20s. standing by a pickup truck. my lights were right on them. and hardly more than ten feet away, he said, he looked straight at the young man. saw he was dark haired, muscular and visibly angry. he looks at me like this, like what do you want? and the woman? she was looking down. just by her face, looked like she was crying. she was either upset or wasted. the woman, he said, he was certain of it, was michele harris. i know it was her. was it true? if kevin tubbs really did see michele on the early morning hours of september 12th, then the prosecutor s case was in ruins. because cal harris couldn t have
was it true? if kevin tubbs really did see 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