Steves attorney said the killing was a result of a Drug Deal gone wrong with carols neighbor jim knapp. Steve said he was told a similar story. Steve said somebody was communicating to him through the Ventilation System in the jail and told him a story about how a Drug Ring out of phoenix had been trying to collect money or seek some retribution against jim knapp for involvement in a prescription Drug Ring. The attorneys arranged for a meeting. Opportunity for steve to tell Law Enforcement what they heard so they could investigate it. They showed him the mysterious email. Listen to his reaction. The dna the Medical Examiner . There was more than the email to Go On. Remember the dna the Medical Examiner found under Carols Fingernail . Turned out it wasnt steves. Or jim naps. Police called the Dna Evidence Item 603. To the Investigator Robertson it didnt represented more. A became mr. 603. A Males Dna found mixed in with Carols Blood under the fingernails of her left hand. This wasnt a s
By how steve s family supported him. it s a large family. very educated, very tight-knit group. how uniformly did they support steve through this process? i d say very uniformly. they re all behind him? yes. reporter: but one thing after another. as steve s second trial approached there was another, huge, surprise. the source of the dna found under carol s fingernails was finally identified. that would be mr 603. coming up we had exhausted so many man hours and looked at any and all alternatives. we finally were able to discover and verify who mr. 603 is. the mysterious pl 603, not who anyone expected.