Turn to infinite terror. I just heard, help, someone is in trouble. I was scared. I was scared. A husband found murdered in a closet. A wife, tied up in another. They found her on the ground with her hands by hundred back. She had bruising on her arms and on her face. Inconsolable. Screaming, crying. Who could be behind this . Well their only daughter desperate for justice for her dad. Be careful what you wish for. Everybody gasped. Nobody could believe it. This terrifies me because this can happen to anybody. Hello, and welcome to dateline. She was his teenage crush, then, Puppy Love turned into a lifelong love affair. Eventually, High School Sweethearts Jamie Melgar and sandra got together and had a daughter. They celebrated a 32 years together when jamie was brutally murdered. To crack the case, they had to investigate a allusion where the of the great houdini. Here is Dennis Murphy with unspeakable. The scented candles were lit. The jacuzzi jets turned on high. It was a belated anniversary evening, but not some big blowout. Sandra and jaime were just not that kind of couple. There were so kind to each other, so respectful. It was really the start of a Life Love for the two. They raised a daughter, did all the usual things that families, do and now the time for jimmy was right around the corner they sat there and talked about the future and what they were looking forward to. But the future for these two would last no longer than the flame on that candle. By the next afternoon, there would be blood, lots of it. Somehow, someone had turned a cozy celebration into a monstrous Crime Scene. It was just there was horrible. But in the world have happened in that . House i have no idea. The story of the two begins as High School me cute. Sandra, the new girl from morocco, assigned a seat and her classroom just in front of Jamie Melgar. Their daughter doesnt know how many times she heard that story. He used to pull her hair in the middle class. Apparently, one time, he invited her eye skating. And he told her that a bunch of friends were going, when she shows up, it was just him and one friend who eventually. Left so a bit of a scheme going on . There yes. But it went well. And that was. That sandra and jaime were a done deal. An inseparable couple. Sandra studied Nursing And Jamie juggled a job as a Computer Programmer while investigating in real estate. A happy family . Definitely. I was a Daddies Girl growing up. And jamie carried himself as a goofy guy . Was he an easygoing guy . Yes very easygoing. He would crack the worst jokes. They were so bad that you would just stop and grown and they got known as john jokes. Melissa and sarah would roll her eyes and say, oh uncle jim. We the Melgars Life revolved around church too. They joined the jehovahs witnesses in the relationship. But by the her early twenties, Daughter Liz left the church. She rushed into a marriage. A bad one. He was involved in heavy . Drugs yes. That was the end of . It that was it. I did not want to live that kind of life. But her Parents Marriage just kept going through sickness and health. In fact, in recent years, was jaime looking younger than ever on a vegetarian diet and he was on the exercise regiment. He just wanted to make sure that he was in good physical shape. Your mother had a cluster of problems . Yes. Lupus, chemotherapy got involved too . She also had a beloved sea. Did you ever have seizures . Yes she did. Then December 2012 world around. Their 32nd anniversary. Sandra was ill on the actual day, so they went out to get ten days later, on december 22nd. She was finally feeling better to go have dinner. The next day, the 23rd, the Marissas Family would join them to have a late lunch. On the way there i remember texting him. Texting your . Uncle yes. I didnt get a response. Was it unusual that Heat Index . You back. Yes they got to the house around 4 pm and knocked on the front door. Nothing. No answer. One marissas father, Jamies Brother herman, went to the back of the. House no sign of them. We thought maybe the left, maybe they want to go that get something. And my dad, said no his truck is up there. And finally you thats when my dad said, okay will go inside. Herman walked into the Garage Door and allowed himself into the front door. The visitors huddled in the entrance hall. Expecting a greeting from sandra and jamie, but not. Came just as they got ready to leave, they heard something that sounded like sandra. It was mumbling. Where was the voice coming . From we did not know. My dad, i remember, ran straight into the master bedroom. What Marissa Race after her father. I just heard him saying, help, some is in trouble. Ways get out . This point yes i was. Scared the voice was coming from inside the walkin closet attached to the bathroom. Herman moved closer, Nudged A Cross The Doorknob was a dining chair. He opened the door, and there was sandra, on the floor, tied by her arms and angles alive. He said that she did not look well at all. As Marissa Wes Mom cut sandra loose. Her dad spoke. Where is your dad, wears your uncle . The answer to that. Unspeakable. What had happened to we Jamie Melgar and to his wife . Coming up. She looked like she had aged ten years overnight. Broken, and lost. Sandra melgar, the only possible witness to a terrible night. But what you remember . When dateline continues. When dateline continues. I know a thing or two about cars. And, sometimes, buying them can make you tight in the chest. But with carvana, i can finally breathe easy, buying my car 100 online without any tense negotiation. Smells like the internet. Shop now at carvana. Com. When im not racing, im personalizing, just like how carvana lets you personalize your financing. You can customize your Down Payment and monthly payment in a matter of minutes for some truly dazzling results. 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Yes, i didnt even know what had happened to him. I just know his ankles were tied up. It was horrible. There was jaime, naked, covered in blood on the floor. Not far from his safe. A red robe encircled his jets. A Phone Cord looped around his ankles. Sandra, now freed of her ties, sprang from her closet captivity. A former nurse, she checked for his pulse and found none. Your and is distraught, shes crying . Yes, yes. Marissa, What In The World had happened in that house . I have no idea. Im not sure who couldve done something like that to him. To them. First responders werent exactly sure what they had been dispatched to either. They told us that theres possibly two victims. And thats all we knew when we got. Their emt Stephanie Robinson was the First Responder on the scene. She checked on jaime. He was clearly dead . Yes, clearly. You know gunshot Rooms Front you couldnt tell. There was so much trouble i dry blood. I didnt notice the gash on his neck. Next Emt Robertson far found her way to sandra, by then collapsed on a tear in the bathroom. A Family Member by her side. She was bold up a little bit and she was crying hysterically. The emt started to assess sandra, who said her head her. But she said she has no injuries. Still, sandra seemed disoriented. What time was . It Morning Or Afternoon . Then, between gulping sobs, sandra said she simply could not remember what happened the night before. Shed been unconscious. Maybe had one of her seizures. She said after a seizure that its not uncommon that she falls asleep for several hours. By now, Harris County sheriffs investigators had descended on a Crime Scene that was once just the millibars modest home. Jamie, they could see, had sub suffered multiple Stab Wounds to the torso. By the looks of it, well over a dozen. The crime Scene Unit got to work inside. Collecting evidence. Things like a bloody cheer near jaimes body. And a Kitchen Knife fished out of the bottom of the jacuzzi. Sandra, seemingly in shot from her ordeal, declined to go to the hospital. Instead, she went to talk with investigators. Lets start with yesterday. Sandra told investigators the last thing she remembered was her Anniversary Night with jaime. We went out. And what time was that . Im going to say about 8 00. I mean, im just guessing. I dont know. Sandra told them they stopped for mixers at a cvs on the way home. What time did you get home, do you think . Probably midnight. She said the intended to share some late night romance. Candles, strawberries. We made some drinks. Then we went and got in the jacuzzi. In your Master Bathroom . Right. And then what . Stayed there for about maybe two hours. Talking and drinking. But the intimate jacuzzi was disrupted by their Dogs Barking outside in the yard. He got out and said hes more was moving the dogs to the office. Because they were too loud. We dont want the neighbors to complain. And he just, you know, was talking taking a while. So, i got out and was going to get dressed or change in my closet. Maybe thats when she had the seizure. Thats all i remember, until i woke up. As they talked, sandra broke down. Who could have done this, she wondered . She recalled for the detectives the scary moment on their way home. I think when we left cvs, there was a car following us, because when we came in our neighborhood, it was still behind us. And he was really close. Something for the detectives to check out. After sandra was done talking, her Cousin Diana who had rushed into town to help, met her at a friends house. She looked like she had aged ten years overnight. She couldnt stop shaking. So, i didnt want to ask for too many questions. Liz, remembered now, was an ocean away. Living in europe when she finally got her mother on the phone. What did you hear in her voice . She was just broken. And lost. She was just devastated. And at that point you had very fragmentary information . I knew my dad was killed in a Home Invasion and thankfully my mom was still a life. Thats not any kind of news you should ever hear. Its shocking. It really doesnt sink in for a while. You just kind of go into crisis mode. Liz booked the next flight back to texas. I just knew i had to get there. Had to get back. Back to a new reality with a murdered father and a traumatized mother. Grieving would have to take a number while the daughter held everyone together. Nothing made sense. Coming up were you worried about your mother . Whoever this person was my come back for her . Absolutely. She was traumatized. Tips begin to trickle in. Who could have done this . Youre getting information right a way about a sketchy neighbor. Thats right. Just got out of jail. Who was suspicious. When dateline continues. Families. Businesses. Every customer. From these bakers to these bakers. Hello new 5g Phones when you trade in your old ones. Cracked, busted, sticky buttons and all thank you. Upgrade your phone. Upgrade your network. laughter show me the olympics. [ Buglers Dream playing ] two days after the bloody discovery of in her childhood home, Liz Melgar landed in houston. A Daddies Girl, shake and even more by the face that was missing. I think at that time it really hit me that i was not going to see him anymore. He was not going to be there to pick me up from the airport. Still very Rookie Sandra came to pick up her daughter. We both just broke down at the side of each other. She had been through a terrible ordeal, you dont even know the full story yet . But did you see the injuries on . Her she had bruising on her arms and on her face. Did she have a bump on her head . She did. She told me her head was hurting and i could feel it back there. Liz insisted her mom get some rest. So the next day, when it detectives came by the house where listen center were staying, the daughter was the one to field their questions. And you flew in yesterday . Thats. Right okay. And lewis thought it prudent to record the conversation. Shes just a complete shock and she has Retrograde Amnesia and she has a hard time remembering things as they are because of the seizures. This had witnessed her Mom Seizures before. And she theorized thats whats mightve kept her alive during the Home Invasion. I think she probably had a seizure and that probably figured out whoever was there. And maybe they thought the the detectives asked liz to keep them updated on her recovery. Because if she could ever remember because right now at this point we have nothing. Ive been asking. Ive been asking her. And then the detectives asked liz if she could pay a visit to her Parents House . Anything is missing . Because we have to start searching for the eye victims that are missing. I cant imagine you going to the house repairs at happy times and then its a Crime Scene. Absolutely, it is the one place you are supposed to be safe and it has just been its been tainted. She went through the House Room by room. Cataloguing which he thought was missing. A tv set, jewelry, cash, and medication. Last stop, the garage. The garage was full of things that could easily be stolen and pond. Yeah. There, this Fight Something back to her eyes, was out of place. Her middle School Backpack sticking out of it, an xbox consul. Could this have been the killers loop, dropped in a panic as he ran from the scene . This calls investigators, they return to the house, snapped even more photos, and collected the backpack as potential evidence. They later find beneath that xbox some of sandras jewelry. And liz realized she had an idea for detectives, to. A possible suspect. Is it true that is that you told your investigators to take a look at your acts . Yes, i tried to give them as much in formation as they. Could during the last years of his rocky marriage to, liz the we melgars suspected that they never reported their suspicions to authorities, but now this told to tactics, talk to the ex. By now, the Murder Breakin Story was all over the news. Deputies tell the melgar dont they were starting to offer crime stopping tips. Number one, check out for the guy caught outside lurking outside the house. Kprc tv cover the mel g. A. R. Murder. You have information and hes up the block and maybe at the scene that night . Thats right, a neighbor who had just gotten out of jail, he was suspicious. Liz thought add him to the list of potential suspects. Did you have ideas for them . I did. She also suggested they talk to one of her parents tenants. Someone who had disputes with her dad. And it was a coworker of jayme she got a bad vied from. And, again, liz says she urged detectives to look at her ex. He had a record of drug arrests. If not him, what if people in his circle . Months dragged by without a word on the investigation. You believe someone is out there who got away with killing your father . Absolutely. It was hard to sleep at night. Every little noise was it had me on edge. Were you worried about your mother . Oh yeah. That whoever this person was would come back for her . I was constantly. Word and how is her health at that time . She had started having seizures and we, you know, she was traumatized, she had posttraumatic stress, shedding zaidi, she had depression. She was a mess. This climb clung to the hope that one of the detectives for the moment, it looked as though Law Enforcement was playing their cards close to the best. According to colleen barnett, from the district attorneys office, that was because they made some early observations about the Crime Scene. Officers had investigated burglaries and robberies burglaries and robberies and they thought and they thouh they were open a little Bit But Nothing was tossed. But what about those items that were lost detectives took careful notes of those notes. Cameras, the bicycle, there was some Painting Equipment that were easy to take that were not taken. And the stuff that was taken and put in a backpack was left in the garage. Did make sense. The home, to investigators, should no sign of forced entry. The Garage Door was the only way in for the intruder. But it looked as though it couldve been stage. Now to investigators, this didnt look like a burglary gone bad, but more like a targeted killing. And they theorize their suspect. It was somebody who is already inside the house. Coming up. My memory is so bad. How murky was her memory, really . And vested gaiters are about to listen very carefully to Sandra Story. When dateline continues. When dateline continues. Here. New aspercreme arthritis. Full prescriptionstrength . Reduces inflammation . Thank the gods. Dont thank them too soon. Kick pain in the aspercreme. 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Here again is Dennis Murphy with unspeakable. December 23rd, 2013. The day before christmas eve. Also the first anniversary of Jamie Melgars death, was impossibly hard for his family. Thats all we really think about. Should be holiday season, but its an awful memory. Yes, yes. So imagine the family is waiting for an arrest to be made in this thing. Yes. We were anxiously waiting for that. Data come. That doesnt matter if its tomorrow, for ten years from now, but we would like some answers. But Law Enforcement wasnt exactly forthcoming with the melgar family. Might have been a reason. They doubted Jamies Murder was a burglar or even someone else in the center and jamies remote orbit. Theres always a first Submissions Suspicion of Family Members. If there is nothing that really makes sense. And that suspicion had narrowed down to the person inside the house with jamie. Sandra. Her account of a blacked out 14 hours after their Anniversary Celebration i wish i could recall. To investigators, was just too weird to be believed. My memory is so bad. It seemed implausible to them that sandra really heard nothing the entire night. This is happening in a very small space. The husband is stopped today eight and found in one closet. Shes been tied up in another. Thats right. The investigators constantly studied that interview they conducted with sandra. They found her more indifferent than distraught. Do you know what has happened today . My husband was murdered. How . I dont know. And when sandra broke down crying, though detectives couldnt recall seeing any tiers. Detectives believe Sandras Story morphed overtime. For instance, the part about how long she waited to get out of the tub after jayme left to fetch the dogs. At first, she was vague. And he just, you know, was taking a while, so i got out. The then, more specific. About 15 minutes, 20 minutes. Later, another revision. Maybe about five minutes. And detectives were perplexed by what senator claimed she did and did not hear that night. Hear Anybody Scream . No. Hear the dogs . Well you could hear the dog sparking . Yeah, because they were right outside the window. But after almost two hours, as investigators pushed her, sandra seemed to tweak this key element of her story. Actually, i dont even remember hearing the dogs. My husband was the one that sees hes got better hearing than i. Of course, the changes in Sandra Story could be attributed to shock. But as the detectives unit, sandra was being deliberately evasive. Enhancing her story to align with a conjured up Crime Scene. A sounds like a bloody event. Was it . It was bloody in the area that he was in. There was blood in the carpet. There was blood on a chair. He, himself was very bloody. And the closet, but nowhere and else In The House was there any. Blood to investigators we are thinking, Home Invaders wouldve dragged at least a trace of blood on their way out of the house. But Crime Scene techs did not find any. When the rest of the forensics came back, the findings had limitations. Reporter, amanda orr. Although you have the murder weapon, its been washed and in water for several hours. Kitchen knife . Kitchen knife. A large Kitchen Knife. Was found in the bathtub. So, any dna that could have been on it from the murderer, was gone. It was washed away. Whats more, no blood was detected on sandra. In fact, no dna or fingerprints linked sandra to jamie somebody. Or jamie to sandras. And while detectives had a hunch about sandra, the evidence did seen didnt seem quite there yet for an indictment. As more time went by, it became clear to members of sandras family, like her Cousin Diana, that Law Enforcement was eyeing her. Okay, its okay for you to think that. Investigate her and then youll see that there is nothing there and move on. That, as the investigation dragged into july of 2014, their worst fears were realized. Liz and her mom found out in a most unusual way. I went to the mailbox and it had been absolutely filled with flyers from lawyers, trying to get our business for a pending case. Did you know what that was about . I had no idea what that was about. So, i got on to the Harris County website and i entered my moms name, and i saw that she had been charged with my fathers murder. A few days earlier, a Grand Jury had quietly voted to indict her. She turned herself in and posted bond. And then she hired veteran Attorney Max Secrest to defend her. Quite frankly, i can smell bs from across the room. And when i sat down and spoke with her, her story was plausible. I didnt hear anything that rang kind of a false. Note alison secrest, max needs, served as counsel. Shes a sweet person. She doesnt have a temper. And it was really apparent to us that she had a good relationship with her husband. They couldnt fathom how sandra was under suspicion for a crime that defied physical possibilities. After all, she was found tied up, barricaded in her closet. She believed shes had a seizure. Or maybe, she was actually hit in the head and was knocked unconscious. To these attorneys, the case seemed suspiciously thin. Where is the beef . Worse the crime . I guess more importantly, was the investigation . It had taken more than a year and a half to indict sandra. So, what were the detectives doing all that time . Well, thats an involved story. Investigated by Nbc Affiliate Kprc tv. The Lead Detective on the case, ruben had become the center of a scandal. A controversy is going tonight over a document falsified by a Harris County detective now working for the district attorneys office. The detective got himself into serious trouble for falsifying a Search Warrant in a case not connected to sandras. And that cast a shadow on his other investigations. That became a really big issue for the prosecution. And something that the defense would be able to definitely use against them. After the story broke, the detective left the sheriffs department. Would a and the case against sandra, to . Did your lawyers tell you this thing may never go to chart a trial . This thing has got so many holes in it . Thats what we believed. Absolutely. By the summer of 2017, it had been three years since sanders arrest. She had a right to a speedy trial. It was put up or shut up time for the das office. When you read all your stuff you, step back, you said, what do i have here . What was the biggest problem . The biggest problem was that i didnt have that many affirmative acts from her standpoint. What do you mean . I couldnt put the knife in her hand. I didnt have any eyewitnesses that she killed him. She didnt confess. What did you have going for you . First story. It was ridiculous. 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And i lost my father, and here i am in a way losing my mother. This is supposed to be the Justice System that is just completely broken. Prosecutor the colleen Barnetts Message for the jury was simple, sandra, and only Sandra Couldve done this. There is zero evidence we no evidence that anyone else did this. The prosecutor set out to dismantle the idea that Jaymes Death resulted from a botched robbery. First responder, emt we told the jury that to hurt the Crime Scene looked off. It was disarrayed, the draw has rippled out, nothing appeared to be missing. And to the the Prosecutor Used Sandras own words against her. The jury heard the will interview, where the defendant looks so indifferent. What happened that day . My husband was murder the. And sometimes her story to the detectives didnt seem to win follow the facts. She was telling a tale so she could go on with her life so she would have to go to prison . For instance, her story of jamie going out to quiet the barking dogs. There is a neighbor who lived next to the melgars who constantly complained about the Dogs Barking. She didnt hear the dogs that night, she slept wonderfully. But of course, the was we Home Invaders were slashing your husband to death, just feet away from you, and you remember nothing . Really . Nobody running . Nobody saying anything . Shouting . No. Nothing. Sandras explanation was that she had suffered from seizures and Memory Loss for years. Reporter amanda we went into sandras medical history, refuting that. She did go to the Doctors Office that she wasnt having seizures, that her medication was controlling it very well. So if sandra was lying and didnt have a seat, or she had the time to what she had a lifetime to get rid of the clothes. To wash yourself up. We to get ready for the one big finale. Though not required to prove a motive, the prosecutor offered one up to the jury anyway. There was no evidence of infidelity or typical marriage troubles. Still, she suggested that sandra wanted out, but there religion made it impossible to split up the usual. Way Jehovah Witnesses do not allow you to get divorced. Unless jimmy gets we starts cheating, which he wasnt. We so wasnt sandra too frail to commit a close quarters crime . Maybe not. The medical 37 shot wounds. So stab, stab, 20 injuries . Maybe not forced used, maybe a weaker person. So how did the attack go down . The prosecutor had a vivid scenario of a lethal seduction. The prosecution things that the Sandra Melgar lured jamie to the Bedroom And Allure of sex play. So she gets jamie to sit down on a chair, and maybe shes massaging his neck. And then she pulls it out and while he isnt looking she makes a strike, straight up, all the way up to his neck. It was a traumatic show intel, for sure. Then it was showtime for the defense. The Prosecutions Case was all invented non said, they said. Very strong, the and yet this case, on we secrest said that sandra was the victim of a myopic bumbling investigation. This lady falsely accused. And the defendant said that sandra attacked herself. Shes been tied up. Shes been left in the closet for 14, 16, 17 hours. They show these photos in court and said we sent her to a doctor and confirmed her injuries. When sandra went to the doctor, they the blinkers detectives Thought Sandra was guilty from the getgo. Would you want us to find the killer . Of course. We have, i dont think you do. And they said in the most trying of circumstances, sandra remained consistent and composed. I had a seizure and, usually i Cant Move anyway. Another point, a forensic one, the defense told the jury of Dna Evidence that have been collected, but not presented by the prosecution. There is unknown male dna in various Drawer Pulls in the master bedroom, and the door handles, and also on that backpack. So its huge. Because it points to a possible other suspect. And the csis had photographed a bloody swipe from the safe in the closet. The defense told the jury how detectives never went for possible printed nor headed swapped for dna. Isnt that the kind of evidence you want to have available to consider . Why wont you at least test it . The defense ticked off more examples as what they regarded as inept detective work. They never brought Analysis Exhusband for questioning, or that neighbor with this history of petty burglaries. The police are approach, knock, and he doesnt answer. And they leave. And they never followed up on it. And the defense thought they knew just how the investigation got so bungled. Look at the man who let it. What kind of Murder Investigation would you have where you knowingly, intentionally, and will fully, dont bring the Lead Investigator to court . The defense, not the prosecution, called the one time Lead Detective. They werent allowed to tell the jury of the scandal involving that are the case. But they asked him to account for a litany of proceed informers in this investigation. Case in, point a pair of centrist socks found not in the evidence room, but instead in her filing cabinet, long after he had left the job. Its a really horrible investigation, its inept. Theres no physical evidence in this case that points to her at all. But there was another key element to this prosecutors case. She knew the jury had one big question, was sandra a Houdinilevel Escape Artist . Coming up. How do you tell a Tie Up yourself up with . All you have to do is a lucky clever bag of tricks . Could Sandra Melgar really pull something like this off . The jurors will have a stunner of an answer. When dateline continues. When dateline continues. Crest 3d white brilliance. 100 stain removal, 24 Hour Stain Resistance to lock in your whitest smile. Crest. The 1 Toothpaste Brand in america. Trelegy for copd. 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But, perhaps their most persuasive argument was sandra herself. She didnt testify. But Houston Chronicle reporter Brian Rogers said her muted appeared spoke volumes. Theres an old adage indefensible if you can make your client look like a school mom, do it. And she kind of come so cross that. We kind of . Frail small. You have a hard time believing she could even yell. Much less stab anyone. And how could that seem petite women have managed, as the prosecution contended, to which nature beneath the doorknob of the closet that she was already inside . And beyond that, find her own hands and feet . The prosecution had an answer for those houdinilike skills. She definitely prepared for this. Im sure she practiced the chair behind the door. The prosecutor said sandra had come up with an ingenious way to wedge that youre under the doorknob from the inside. By sliding a Pillow Sham along the floor. How is that, you ask . Well, she played the jury this video of investigators recreating the process. The detectives videotaped themselves putting their chair on the Pillow Sham and pulling the Pillow Sham underneath the door, so you can pull it close. From the inside. So you can pull it from inside the closet . Thats. Right Prosecutor Barnett said it wouldnt be all that hard for sanders to tie her own hands behind her backs. She showed us what she showed the jury. So, how do you tie yourself up in that figure eight pattern . Its pretty simple. All you do is just put it on your tie, turn in the back, and you just mess around with it. Any kind of way. The point is, that it looks legitimate. Not that it is legitimate, but it looks legitimate. The prosecutor argued sandra did this, just minutes before the family discovered her. Which explained what the emt said she did not see on sandras wrist. She had no bruises. No ligature marks. Nothing. But the very thought that sandra could have come up with these elaborate tricks and executed them, thats sheer speculation, said the defense. Thats a theory, folks. There is no evidence of that. A theory that the defense said investigators who didnt even try to cooperate with the eye witnesses who had found sandra. Doctor liz said after that night, investigators never came back to ask the family what they saw. They never really spoke to your family again, is that right . Yes, they never reached out to anybody. They could have asked them about the theory of the chair and the math under that year. You know . They could have asked them about the surroundings. And they wouldve heard how the family said they needed scissors to cut sandra free. Her wrist so tightly bound. I have a big problem where they are not following through. Theyre talking to witnesses who had personal knowledge. The prosecution said It Investigators followed the evidence and did a thorough job. It was now up to a Harris County jury to decide sandras feet. The first day of deliberations ended with no decision. The jury said you have to go back to your office and how to go back and protect work . You cant work. You try to do other stuff, but you really cant. Finally, on day two, there was a verdict. We were all saying is going to be fine. This is a joke. No worries. Surely the jury will see it with the family see it . Exactly. Sandra melgar stood to learn her fate. We the jury find the Defendant Sandra Jean melgar, guilty as charged with the indictment. Sandra collapse into her chair, sobbing. Liz, the on devastated, grasped for her mother as she was led away. It sucked the life out of me. I just felt the room spin. And i just felt like my world was collapsing. We just could not believe. It could not believe it was happening to her. To Prosecutor Barnett, this was justice. Both for the state and for Jamie Melgar. Shes committed a crime and they found her guilty. Im glad. Ive done my job. And justice has been served. The Jury Sentence Sandra to 27 years in prison. Her lawyers have begun the years long appellate process. From behind bars, sandra wrote us this letter saying shes at peace because she knows shes innocent. Her family supports her, so, shes not giving up. Analysts . Well, she and her kids do their best to carry on without jamie or sandra. My daughter just loved her loved her nana so much. And it was too heartbreaking to tell her that Nana Wasnt coming home. What do you miss about your dad the most . Every day when i look at my kids, because i know what a wonderful grandfather he would have been. The jokes and the games. Probably the choice he would have made for them. They never got a chance to roll their eyes at a Gym Joke . Yeah, yeah. Thats all for this edition of dateline. Im craig melvin. Thank you for watching. Im craig melvin. And im natalie morales. And this is dateline. Is your Husband Michael . Okay, im sorry to tell you man, hes been killed. No, there god. No. Shes like poison candy. Attractive on the outside, but deadly on the inside. She was pure evil. If he fell in love with her. She thought the she was the end all, the