the estranged wife of gary schara is the hero in this. with her concerns back in the early '90s, he might not have come up any other way. andrea canning (voiceover): sadly, joyce wasn't there. she died in 2014. my sister knew all along. she was unfairly painted as just a person with struggles that was just trying to blame him. you were the 12-year-old boy who followed this case. and now more than two decades later, you're the district attorney who helped solve the case. surreal, just an incredibly gratifying moment as i realized that this was coming to an end, and a very gratifying process to bring justice to the ziegert family. andrea canning (voiceover): there was one more ordeal for dee that day, after all the years of speaking out, thanking law enforcement and rallying the community. it was her turn to talk publicly in court about her private pain. she is gone. i'll never hold her, talk with her, laugh with her, or share important occasions with her. this never gets better. we just handle it better. one does not get over the death of a