and only richie wilder!red that the murder weapon was never found. and suggested richie was somehow set up. >> i think there's reasonable doubt here and i ask that you find richie wilder not guilty. >> reporter: and the jury went out. and returned in less than an hour. >> i've had simple theft cases that have taken longer to decide than this case did. >> we the jury find the defendant, richie edwin wilder jr., guilty of the crime of murder. >> reporter: guilty. richie's wife, cyndi, dissolved in tears in the courtroom. and then again later, in the hallway. >> he's a good man, he's a good husband. he would never do anything that would hurt his kids. none of it makes any sense to me at all. i know that i was home that night. i got up on a couple occasions with my kids. when i got up, he was at home. >> reporter: sad. still so loyal. still clinging to that long-demolished alibi. not so uncommon, really, for a spouse to refuse to accept an awful truth about her man. anyway, cyndi was left to pick up the pieces.