it was moved north to kenton county. >>> two hours north.fore christmas 1991, more than three years after brenda was murdered, the trial began. but there were two people who were not there, both brenda's mother and father had died, waiting for the trial to start. >> as far as i'm concerned, melvin ignatow murdered our parents as well as our sister. >> but tom and mike, brenda's brothers, were there every day. and so was jim wesley, the homicide detective who had been on the case from the start. >> he was as guilty as homemade sin. >> louisville's prosecutor sought the death penalty for ignatow. >> this was a very strong case. we found the exact spot. >> the prosecution went in confident. after all, they had a body, a motive and an eyewitness, maryann shore. >> do you solemnly swear -- >> who told the jury the same story she told in the u.s. attorney's office, that ignatow sexually assaulted brenda. >> he told her to lay on the coffee table and then he tied her hands and legs. >> and forced her to take pictures. that he took brenda's jewelry