ray crone is a 34-year-old bachelor in the prime of his life. after a serving seven yearses in the air force he s received an honorable discharge and has begun to establish himself. i like it out there. sunny. easy to meet people. i got a job with the post office, bought a home, doing well. living a good life. crone frequents the cbs is restaurant and lounge where he plays in a dart league. he meet it is bar manager, 36-year-old kim ancona. she was a nice girl. i talked with her at times. i guess she liked me and talked to her girlfriends about me. it never went any farther than that. on the morning of december 29, 1991, kim s body is found in nen s restaurant of the restaurant and lounge. she has been raped and stabbed to death. her body was nude, spread eagle. the clothing was cut off and was
as the jury is polled, the victim s mother cries in relief. krone remains stoic. everything just dropped out of me. i mean, i have never been hit that hard. emotionally, physically, just to stop breathing. i m like, whoa, back up, rewind. start this over. this didn t happen, did it? it was the hardest day of my life. reporter: judge james mac maddow gag sentences krone to life in prison. in light of the dna evidence admits to having doubts about the verdict. he said it was the most troubling case of his career. so even the judge recognized there may be problems. reporter: plord vows to continue to fight for krone s exoneration. ray krone are returns to prison to begin serving his life term.