she was all sick and i was like, i ll stay home with you and she wouldn t let me stay home. reporter: the two older boys, unlike their sister, stuck to the story they told police. did she ever get out of bed. yes, i think she did. reporter: if jurors believed them, it blew apart the prosecution s timeline that cory was murdered the night before. they said the same thing that they had told baird in 2006 and detective gibson in 2014. reporter: and the defense had its sights on detective gibson. they claimed in 2013, he was an over-eager, newly promoted detective, primarily assigned to work crimes against seniors. this was his first murder case. he transferred from k9 officer to elder service officer. and around the same time he went to a one week course on being a lead detective in a homicide case. and he embarked on this investigation that led to my indictment. reporter: finally, the
did she ever get out of bed. yes, i think she did. reporter: if jurors believed them, it blew apart the prosecution s timeline that cory was murdered the night before. they said the same thing that they had told baird in 2006 and detective gibson in 2014. reporter: and the defense had its sights on detective gibson. they claimed in 2013, he was an over-eager, newly promoted detective, primarily assigned to work crimes against seniors. this was his first murder case. he transferred from k9 officer to elder service officer. and around the same time he went to a one week course on being a lead detective in a homicide case. and he embarked on this investigation that led to my indictment. reporter: finally, the defense s medical expert concluded there was only one plausible explanation for cory s death. she had a history of drinking and falling and that caused that abrasion and cut. the bottom line: she was an
it was even connected by an extra door that was usually left slightly opened. she was all sick and i was like, i ll stay home with you and she wouldn t let me stay home. reporter: the two older boys, unlike their sister, stuck to the story they told police. did she ever get out of bed? yes, i think she did. reporter: if jurors believed them, it blew apart the prosecution s timeline that cory was murdered the night before. they said the same thing that they had told baird in 2006 and detective gibson in 2014. reporter: and the defense had its sights on detective gibson. they claimed in 2013, he was an over-eager, newly promoted detective, primarily assigned to work crimes against seniors. this was his first murder case. he transferred from k9 officer to elder service officer. and around the same time he went to a one-week course on being a lead detective in a homicide case. and he embarked on this