the defense pointed out the only forensic evidence investigators uncovered excluded him after the second autopsy, investigators had sent dana s fingernail clippings to the state crime lab. the male dna found under her fingernails was not mr. adkins ? that s correct. reporter: far more believable the defense said was adkins story of an accident. he has insisted since september of 1982 he didn t do anything, she fell from his car. that has that has not changed at all. lots of other evidence has vanished, witnesses have disappeared or died that s the one thing that has not changed. reporter: and even if you didn t believe russell adkins words, the defense said, his actions that night seemed to speak for themselves. frankly, it doesn t make sense that someone who has just murdered someone is then going to go door to door at 3:00 in the morning, pounding on doors, trying to get them to call someone to come help her. putting yourself at the scene? correct.
reporter: what s more, it wasn t just that there was no evidence linking russell adkins to the murder. the defense pointed out the only forensic evidence investigators uncovered excluded him after the second autopsy, investigators had sent dana s fingernail clippings to the state crime lab. the male dna found under her fingernails was not mr. adkins ? that s correct. reporter: far more believable the defense said was adkins story of an accident. he has insisted since september of 1982 he didn t do anything, she fell from his car. that has that has not changed at all. lots of other evidence has vanished, witnesses have disappeared or died that s the one thing that has not changed. reporter: and even if you didn t believe russell adkins words, the defense said, his actions that night seemed to speak for themselves. frankly, it doesn t make sense that someone who has just murdered someone is then going to go door to door at 3:00 in
them test the material that was found on the stick, and you became aware it was not blood, negative for blood? negative for blood. negative for hair. yes. reporter: and there was nothing linking the pool cue to russell adkins either. zip. you can t tell this jury that that pool cue came from russ adkins vehicle on september 5th of 1982, can you? no sir, i can not. reporter: what s more, it wasn t just that there was no evidence linking russell adkins to the murder. the defense pointed out the only forensic evidence investigators uncovered excluded him after the second autopsy, investigators had sent dana s fingernail clippings to the state crime lab. the male dna found under her fingernails was not mr. adkins ? that s correct. reporter: far more believable the defense said was adkins story of an accident. he has insisted since september of 1982 he didn t do anything, she fell from his car. that has that has not changed at all. lots of other evidence has vanish
the defense pointed out the only forensic evidence investigators uncovered excluded him after the second autopsy, investigators had sent dana s fingernail clippings to the state crime lab. the male dna found under her fingernails was not mr. adkins ? that s correct. reporter: far more believable the defense said was adkins story of an accident. he has insisted since september of 1982 he didn t do anything, she fell from his car. that has that has not changed at all. lots of other evidence has vanished, witnesses have disappeared or died that s the one thing that has not changed. reporter: and even if you didn t believe russell adkins words, the defense said, his actions that night seemed to speak for themselves. frankly, it doesn t make sense that someone who has just murdered someone is then going to go door to door at 3:00 in the morning, pounding on doors, trying to get them to call someone to come help her. putting yourself at the scene? correct.
mika. this is interesting. in that core number that barely went up, it may have gone down if it weren t for this jewelry prices. jewelry prices were up 4.9% from last year. that is the biggest gain in jewelry prices in the united states since september of 1982. wow. isn t that something? look into that. i don t know. stuck out to me. interesting. ha! fascinating. international superstar erin burnett, thanks a lot. i tell you what, i am cautiously optimistic on this economy. i think it s turning around. i yes. it seems slowly, stubbornly. seems to feel like it might be. discretionary spending. that s discretionary. producer prices are 6%. if that indicates where consumer prices are going, that would indicate where the fed would be going, which would be tightening. if it follows. all right. coming up next, morning joe has a first look at the new cover of time magazine. plus more with pat buchanan.