sweet victory. it was like the weight of the world was lifted off our shoulders. he s guilty. amazing, amazing. ken dion did not kill bonnie craig and did not rape her. reporter: are you telling me that you believe your client is innocent? i am. reporter: you don t think he committed this crime? i don t. we re asking for the maximum sentence. reporter: at the sentencing in october 2011, as the prosecutor argued for 124 years, the maximum sentence, and no chance of parole because dion hadn t shown any sign of remorse mr. dion, as the family has pointed out, has never taken responsibility for what he s done. and i never will because i didn t do it! and that answers your question, judge. nothing further. reporter: kenneth dion, as if on cue, denied it all. the judge gave him the maximum but also the chance at parole when he s about 80. is it possibleacally didn t remember doing it?
seconds and not leave blood on the rocks. reporter: what s more, not one person could place kenneth dion with bonnie or at the creek that day. there s no witnesses to say that they saw ken and bonnie together that day. reporter: yeah. there were no witnesses placing him near her, along her route. reporter: the case went to the jury in mid-june. it was not for long. karen and the family were on their way to do a tv interview and as i m pulling up to the interview, i see the cameraman and the reporter taking off. and they circle around. they said, the jury s back! reporter: the jury deliberated so fast, just several hours, they thought it had to be guilty. it was incredibly exciting because we knew that it was going to happen. we just were dying to hear the words. reporter: and when you did. we the jury find the defendant, kenneth dion, guilty of murder in the first degree as charged in count one of the indictment. praise god.
when the body tumbles, we don t know how it tumbles. injuries can occur in micro seconds and not leave blood on the rocks. reporter: what s more, not one person could place kenneth dion with bonnie or at the creek that day. there s no witnesses to say that they saw ken and bonnie together that day. reporter: yeah. there were no witnesses placing him near her, along her route. reporter: the case went to the jury in mid-june. it was not for long. karen and the family were on their way to do a tv interview and as i m pulling up to the interview, i sigh the cameraman and the reporter taking off. and they circle around. they said, the jury s back! reporter: the jury deliberated so fast, just several hours, they thought it had to be guilty. it was incredibly exciting because we knew that it was going to happen. we just were dying to hear the words. reporter: and when you did. we the jury find the defendant, kenneth dion, guilty
of murder in the first degree as charged in count one of the indictment. praise god. it was like the weight of the world was lifted off our shoulders. he s guilty. amazing, amazing. ken dion did not kill bonnie craig and did not rape her. reporter: are you telling me that you believe your client is innocent? i am. reporter: you don t think he committed this crime? i don t. we re asking for the maximum sentence. reporter: at the sentencing this past october, as the prosecutor argued for 124 years, the maximum sentence and no chance at parole because dion hadn t shown any sign of remorse mr. dion, as the family has pointed out, has never taken responsibility for what he s done. and i never will because i didn t do it! and that answers your question, judge. nothing further. reporter: kenneth dion, as if on cue, denied it all. the judge gave him the maximum but also the chance at parole when he s about 80.
when the body tumbles, we don t know how it tumbles. injuries can occur in micro seconds and not leave blood on the rocks. reporter: what s more, not one person could place kenneth dion with bonnie or at the creek that day. there s no witnesses to say that they saw ken and bonnie together that day. reporter: yeah. there were no witnesses placing him near her, along her route. reporter: the case went to the jury in mid-june. it was not for long. karen and the family were on their way to do a tv interview and as i m pulling up to the interview, i sigh the cameraman and the reporter taking off. and they circle around. they said, the jury s back! reporter: the jury deliberated so fast, just several hours, they thought it had to be guilty. it was incredibly exciting because we knew that it was going to happen. we just were dying to hear the words. reporter: and when you did. we the jury find the defendant, kenneth dion, guilty