sisters. >> reporter: except that some of those who knew the couple best say the story isn't just shocking, they don't believe it's true. maria sanchez has known the couple for five years, often baby-sitting the victim's child, she even attended the child's baptism family. >> happy. >> in five years she never said anything, says sanchez. she adds, he was a loving husband and she lived freely. >> none of this is true whatsoever. >> reporter: garcia's defense attorney calls the victim's story a blatant lie. >> like all marriages, they have problems. people break up. people say things aren't true. in this case that's probably what happened. >> they both had jobs. we went to the company where garcia worked for five years. his employ didn't even know his real name because he had a fake identity and fake papers. they both worked night jobs at