but, here they were, back in costa mesa, with their new recorder.d lynne had once been close. how he liked to buy her presents. >> i'd given her a, um, necklace. detective: what type of necklace was it? >> um, well, actually i didn't give it to her. i, um, helped her buy it. okay, she picked it out. >> reporter: now that caught the cops' attention. a necklace, which just happened to be the one piece of jewelry that appeared to be missing from lynne's apartment. pendant and clasp were collected. but no chain. interesting. but now the real reason they were here, to find out where doug was the night lynne was murdered. >> last week, on wednesday night, could you tell me what your activities were? >> well, i was here most of the evening, and, uh, i went up to, uh, long beach for a little bit. i went sailing and i came back, uh, right back here, uh, little after three. >> reporter: sailing in the wee hours of the morning? in the dark, alone, out there on the pacific ocean? odd, maybe, but, after all, doug belonged to a local sailing club, so he had acces

they'd taken him back to a transmission shop from santa ana to costa mesa.vine. that didn't just happen spontaneously. >> reporter: all of them pleaded not guilty. it took a long time, but gonzalo's family felt they were finally getting some answers, and possibly justice. >> we tell the prosecutor, we tell the detectives, "we trust in you. we trust you guys." i hope these guys gonna get what they deserve for the crime they did. we still trust in the laws of california. >> reporter: now authorities had to consider the fate of patricia esparza. on the one hand, her cooperation made the case against the other defendants. on the other, she had admitted to playing a role in the murder. investigator dean fulcher. >> did any of the details surprise you about what patricia had to say when she finally broke her silence? >> yes. i knew she was the catalyst for this whole thing, i knew she had some involvement. i didn't realize she was involved as deep as she was. >> reporter: just how deeply? as you'll see, that would become a matter of dispute. but in return for her