testimony of one witness. does she have the motive to lie? here again is chris hansen. >> maryann shore's story of the torture and murder of brenda schaefer horrified all those who heard it. >> commonwealth of kentucky versus maryann shore. >> in return for her testimony against ignatow, prosecutors agreed to charge her only with tampering with evidence in her role in helping to bury the body. she was later sentenced to five years in prison. ignatow was in jail, too, awaiting trial. he turned to religion, claiming to be a born-again christian. he was also going broke, paying his legal bills. he sold his house and his boat. >> accused murderer mel ignatow. >> all of the publicity made holding the trial in louisville impossible. it was moved north to kenton county. just before christmas 1991, more than three years after brenda was murdered, the trial began.