until a brand new judge was appointed, so they could pick up with testimony right where they left off. and that s when the jurors finally got to hear what became of the missing golf cover. go ahead and open your evidence bag please. reporter: detective theresa kennedy showed it to the jurors and the judge explained a stipulation made by the attorneys. on july 5, 2008. reporter: turned out, days after carol s murder, steve gave the golf sock to his attorney, john sears. who kept it in his locked office until steve s arrest. that s when sears turned it over to law enforcement. reporter: so was the curious case of the migrating club sock an attempt to cover up a murder, or a bit of confusion. an investigative dead end? prosecutors weren t done, mind you. they next tried to tie steve to the crime scene. they didn t find any of steve s dna or fingerprints at carol s house, but they did see those tire tracks. a criminalist compared them with
appointed, so they could pick up with testimony right where they left off. and that s when the jurors finally got to hear what became of the missing golf cover. go ahead and open your evidence bag please. reporter: detective theresa kennedy showed it to the jurors and the judge explained a stipulation made by the attorneys. on july 5, 2008. reporter: turned out, days after carol s murder, steve gave the golf sock to his attorney, john sears. who kept it in his locked office until steve s arrest. that s when sears turned it over to law enforcement. reporter: so was the curious case of the migrating club sock an attempt to cover up a murder, or a bit of confusion. an investigative dead end? prosecutors weren t done, mind you. they next tried to tie steve to the crime scene. they didn t find any of steve s dna or fingerprints at carol s house, but they did see those tire tracks. a criminalist compared them with the tires on steve s bike. the tread on this tire is similar to th
between two and five. and you haven t received any kind of criminalistics training have you. do you know what criminalistics is? no ma am. you do not know the condition of the lawn at the kennedys estate, do you. no. are you a forensic criminalist. no, i am not. what is your area of expertise. my expertise is in plant identification in particular grasses. now that we have all these new facts, your opinion has changed, hasn t. my opinion to what thematic penetrations are. let me make my conclusions and my opinion very clear. based on the hypothetical, i maintain and i will continue to maintain, and if you want i ll say it all over again,
between two and five. and you haven t received any kind of criminalistics training have you. do you know what criminalistics is? no ma am. you do not know the condition of the lawn at the kennedys estate, do you. no. are you a forensic criminalist. no, i am not. what is your area of expertise. my expertise is in plant identification in particular grasses. now that we have all these new facts, your opinion has changed, hasn t. my opinion to what thematic penetrations are. let me make my conclusions and my opinion very clear. based on the hypothetical, i maintain and i will continue to maintain, and if you want i ll say it all over again,
appointed, so they could pick up with testimony right where they left off. and that s when the jurors finally got to hear what became of the missing golf cover. go ahead and open your evidence bag please. reporter: detective theresa kennedy showed it to the jurors and the judge explained a stipulation made by the attorneys. on july 5, 2008. reporter: turned out, days after carol s murder, steve gave the golf sock to his attorney, john sears. who kept it in his locked office until steve s arrest. that s when sears turned it over to law enforcement. reporter: so was the curious case of the migrating club sock an attempt to cover up a murder, or a bit of confusion. an investigative dead end? prosecutors weren t done, mind you. they next tried to tie steve to the crime scene. they didn t find any of steve s dna or fingerprints at carol s house, but they did see those tire tracks. a criminalist compared them with the tires on steve s bike. the tread on this tire is