but nick hillary did not kill garrett phillips. nick hillary is an innocent man. >> just a few hours after the verdict, nick told us he felt a sense of relief. but would feel the scars of his ordeal for years to come. >> i'm very happy, don't get me wrong. but for 5 years, my family and i have been living underneath this cloud, and the focus right now is to start putting this in the rearview mirror. >> maybe the people in potts dam will also try to put this case behind them. in 2022, nick's civil rights lawsuit went to trial, and a village found were not liable for any alleged wrongdoing. but small towns don't pivot so easily to normal after an epic drama like this one. >> this case has had a lot of the great elements of fiction, and at the heart of it, you have this terrible, terrible tragedy, which is the death of a child. >> that raw hurt never goes away, not to a mother with a broken heart. >> i have pictures in my head that will never go away. i had to watch as people try to resuscitate my son and failed. i'm never going to ha