lack of evidence. you will not hear of a single shred of forensic evidence of any kind linking this man or anybody else to that murder. reporter: after three weeks, the jury had the case. but it took less than a full day of deliberation to deliver a verdict. we the jury find the defendant, daniel blizzard, guilty of the crime of first degree murder. yes. y know, what we wanted and what was right happened. it was a huge, huge relief that the jury found the truth. reporter: the judge sentenced daniel blizzard to more than 34 years in prison. a month later the trial of luis gomez-mongez. he testified that it was not he but adriana mendez who had slashed vern holbrook s neck and struck him.