if eric abshire was acquitted, double jeopardy kicked in.> no. >> the prosecution's theory was that justine had been strangled but was clinging to life when eric ran her over and placed her in the road as part of an elaborate plot to stage a hit and run for the insurance money payout. the problem with this theory is it raised as many questions as it answered. reporter courtney stewart covered the trial. >> you don't really even have a crime scene. if she did not die on that road, where did she die? they don't know. they were never able to determine where this happened or even exactly what happened. they're just quite certain that she's dead and he did it. >> the prosecutors called their witnesses. the medical examiner told the jury what he believed had caused justine's death. other witnesses testified about cell phone records and insurance policies while justine's friends and family talked about the troubled marriage and there was that parade float builder who said he helped eric get his wife's car out to the crime scene that night. at the e