one more doubt removed, said the prosecution. but for steve s defense team, it was further proof of a shoddy investigation. contamination. we found out not only potential contamination, there was actual contamination in this case. how can you trust anything after that? exactly. defense attorney craig williams said the case against steve had an even bigger flaw. you cannot put steve democker in that house where there was a horrific murder, a bloody murder, you can t put him in the house. no dna at all. no dna, no blood. you don t find any dna of carol s on him anywhere. you don t find any dna, fingerprints, blood, anything of his in the house. how can you convict him of murder? but in july 2013, by this time a full five years after carol s death, steve was still in jail, and the case finally went to trial again. new defense attorneys. a new prosecution team. who, it soon
those search warrants by the indiana state police that shortly after he returned to terra haute after the brumback homicides, that he had purchased another firearm, another handgun. in july 2013, investigators were ready to make their move. one team of detectives was sent to indiana to arrest anthony garcia. another flew to california to simultaneously search his parents home. it was all supposed to be a coordinated operation, but on the morning of the planned arrest, the indiana team suddenly discovered their suspect had put them behind the eight ball. coming up, manhunt. their hope was in the morning he would get up and go home and we would grab him there. but that morning, of course, when the fbi agents got up, he, again, was on the move.
mystery solved. one more doubt removed, said the prosecution. but for steve s defense team, it was further proof of a shoddy investigation. contamination. we found out not only potential contamination, there was actual contamination in this case. how can you trust anything after that? exactly. reporter: defense attorney craig williams said the case against steve had an even bigger flaw. you cannot put steve democker in that house where there was a horrific murder, a bloody murder, you can t put him in the house. no dna at all. no dna, no blood. you don t find any dna of carol s on him anywhere. you don t find any dna, fingerprints, blood, anything that he s in the house. how can you convict him of murder? reporter: but in july 2013, by this time a full five years after carol s death, steve was still in jail, and the case finally went to trial again.
we also had learned through those search warrants by the indiana state police that shortly after he returned to terra haute after the brumback homicides, that he had purchased another firearm, another handgun. reporter: in july 2013, investigators were ready to make their move. one team of detectives was sent to indiana to arrest anthony garcia. another flew to california to simultaneously search his parents home. it was all supposed to be a coordinated operation, but on the morning of the planned arrest, the indiana team suddenly discovered their suspect had put them behind the eight ball. coming up, manhunt. our hope was in the morning he would get up and go home and we could grab him there. but that morning of course when the fbi agents got up he was on the move. they re going 100 miles an hour.
how can you convict him of murder? reporter: but in july 2013, by this time a full five years after carol s death, steve was still in jail, and the case finally went to trial again. new defense attorneys. a new prosecution team. who, it soon became clear, had, during the long delays, spent some quality time honing their argument against steve. carol kennedy had no enemies. this was not a burglary or a robbery, no valuables are missing. the overwhelming evidence in this case points to the defendant and at the close of that evidence we will ask you to return verdicts of guilty on all charges and especially first-degree murder. reporter: and now the prosecution had more evidence. like steve s google searches during the month before carol s death. damaging, to say the least. there was some information for the term how to kill and make it look like suicide, and there was some information on the term how to make a homicide