the jury anyway. there was no evidence of infidelity or typical marriage troubles still she suggested that sandra wanted out. but their religion made it impossible to split up the usual way jehovah s witnesses don t allow you to divorce. unless someone s cheating, and it s very clear that jaime was not that guy. if i get divorced, i get ostracized and i can t talk with my friends. but if i kill him, and nobody finds out, i m not ostracized. reporter: but wasn t sandra too frail to commit such a violent, close-quarters, crime? maybe not. the medical examiner s report concluded jaime suffered 31 sharp force wounds but none very deep. so kind of stab, stab, taunting kind of injuries or how i don t how do you read it? or maybe not much force used. or maybe a weaker person. reporter: so how did the attack go down? the prosecutor had a vivid scenario of a lethal seduction. the prosecution thinks that sandra melgar lured jaime to the bedroom under the guise of se
the bedroom under the guise of sex play. so she gets jaime to sit down in the chair, and maybe she s massaging his neck, and then she pulls it out, and while he isn t looking, she makes a strike straight up all the way to his neck. reporter: it was a dramatic show and tell for sure. then, it was showtime for the defense the prosecution s case was all invented nonsense, they said. theory strong, evidence light. this case oughta scare the hell outta all of you. reporter: attorney mac secrest told the jury that sandra was the victim of bumbling, myopic investigation. now we ve got jaime butchered, this lady falsely accused. reporter: and, the defense said, sandra was so clearly attacked herself, barricaded and bound. or so she s been tied up. she s been left in a closet for 14, 16, 17 hours. reporter: they showed these photos in court, and told the jury sandra went to a doctor who confirmed her injuries. when sandy went to the doctor
there was no evidence of infidelity or typical marriage troubles still she suggested that sandra wanted out. but their religion made it impossible to split up the usual way jehovah s witnesses don t allow you to divorce. unless someone s cheating, and it s very clear that jaime was not that guy. if i get divorced, i get ostracized and i can t talk with my friends. but if i kill him, and nobody finds out, i m not ostracized. reporter: but wasn t sandra too frail to commit such a violent, close- quarters, crime? maybe not. the medical examiner s report concluded jaime suffered 31 sharp force wounds but none very deep. so kind of stab, stab, taunting kind of injuries or how i don t how do you read it? or maybe not much force used. or maybe a weaker person. reporter: so how did the attack go down? the prosecutor had a vivid scenario of a lethal seduction. the prosecution thinks that sandra melgar lured jaime to the bedroom under the guise of sex play.
taunting kind of injuries or how i don t how do you read it? or maybe not much force used. or maybe a weaker person. reporter: so how did the attack go down? the prosecutor had a vivid scenario of a lethal seduction. the prosecution thinks that sandra melgar lured jaime to the bedroom under the guise of sex play. so she gets jaime to sit down in the chair, and maybe she s massaging his neck, and then she pulls it out, and while he isn t looking, she makes a strike straight up all the way to his neck. reporter: it was a dramatic show and tell for sure. then, it was showtime for the defense the prosecution s case was all invented nonsense, they said. theory strong, evidence light. this case oughta scare the hell outta all of you. reporter: attorney mac secrest told the jury that sandra was the victim of bumbling, myopic investigation. now we ve got jaime butchered, this lady falsely accused. reporter: and, the defense said, sandra was so clearly attacked her
sandra melgar lured jaime to the bedroom under the guise of sex play. so she gets jaime to sit down in the chair, and maybe she s massaging his neck, and then she pulls it out, and while he isn t looking, she makes a strike straight up all the way to his neck. reporter: it was a dramatic show and tell for sure. then, it was showtime for the defense the prosecution s case was all invented nonsense, they said. theory strong, evidence light. this case oughta scare the hell outta all of you. reporter: attorney mac secrest told the jury that sandra was the victim of bumbling, myopic investigation. now we ve got jaime butchered, this lady falsely accused. reporter: and, the defense said, sandra was so clearly attacked herself, barricaded and bound. or so she s been tied up. she s been left in a closet for 14, 16, 17 hours. reporter: they showed these