suddenly it all blew up right in d.a. jerry keane s face. i came into the courtroom thinking the defendant was going to be sentenced and it ended up more my being on trial. reporter: who on earth had the power to make this happen? he did, kevin tubbs. i know she was there, okay? i know she was. reporter: kevin tubbs, a plain spoken rough hewn farm worker back then was hauling hay. why was he so important? because after six years during which tubbs swore he barely registered the fuss over the harris case, he picked up the paper and saw the story of cal s conviction and i seen that and, you know, i started like recalling, you know thinking like oh, my god. reporter: just like that, he suddenly knew, he said, that what he saw the morning after 9/11, the morning michele harris 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
was almost unbelievable. cal harris, convicted of killing his wife, michele, was about to be sent away for 25 to life. and suddenly, it all blew up right in da jerry keene s face. i came into the courtroom thinking that the defendant was going to be sentenced. and it ended up being more of my being on trial. keith morrison (voiceover): who on earth had the power to make this happen? he did, kevin tubbs. i know that she was there, ok? i know she was. keith morrison (voiceover): kevin tubbs, a plainspoken, rough farm worker back then was hauling hay. and why was he so important? because after six years during which tubbs swore he barely registered the fuss over the harris case, he picked up a paper and saw the story of cal s conviction. and i seen that and you know, i started like, recalling, you