the family lived in the sprawling patch of wilderness, where the private lake in the backyard. living in paradise. it seems like. yeah. the kids have still have a lot of happy memories out here. it s just a very unique and special place that we were fortunate enough to purchase years and years ago. you can make a special place that only a prosperous person could afford. like the prominent car dealer cal harris. he loved it out here to, he said. and taught his kids to love it. you went hunting with the kids here? hunting, the shooting, you name it. we swim in the lake. we get ski and alike. we water ski. mike i d like to bring their friends out and really enjoy just if you like to be authoritative on place. christmas was always fun. i can imagine. opening presents, playing with them all the things you got. i can t think of a more idealogue sort of place to have christmas. does it feel like that at the time?
dubbed identified that man from a photograph. his physical appearance, his facial hair, his height, his age, and the type of. dobbs that the man he saw was standing beside a black truck. stacey stewart owns the black truck, same kind. and it s a new model, and as a chevy. and you look at everything up and it s all coming together. stacey stewart has denied any involvement in michelle s disappearance. he has denied he ever had a relationship with michelle. said he was never even alone with her. still, cal s side was convinced that stuart and a friend of his, played some role in michel s disappearance. in 2015, trial number three opened at the town of schoharie. a change of venue necessary said the defense because the case was too well-known in tioga county. 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
she is very pretty, she is always smiling. she seems like a very happy person. so it makes me feel good that people see me and her. and even with that terrible loss, said the kids, they have grown up happy and contempt for the most part. all thanks to one person. just tell me about your dad. what kind of guy as he? funny. , funny? he can be he s funny, he s the most caring guy in the world. he is nice and, we are his whole world, and he is protected by just loves us so much. once the best for us. protective dad who said he try to shield them the best he could from the not so happy times. michelle was really struggling with those kids at a young age. which i totally understood. when i notice was that she was just drifting away from being a stay at home mom. and i understood that. there was certainly friction in the harris marriage. he loved order.
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. 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, 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. not an eyewitness and ear witness. none of this direct evidence is present in this case. the prosecution argued that cal showed how unfeeling he was
the third trial has been ruled a mistrial by the judge. a mistrial. it was the outcome nobody wanted. we got closer to justice, but we re not there yet. michele s family, convinced they knew the truth, that cal murdered michelle, left the courthouse without comment. not right now. and tioga 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. how are you? judge richard. when cal waived his right to a jury trial, the new judge suddenly had a starring role in trial number 4. he would decide the case. he d also decide whether