bonnie dumanis. >> once he was arrested, we knew that there was going to be a prosecution. >> dumanise. >> the circumstances were such that we felt it was a murder case and a potential death penalty case. >> thus, the meeting with homicide detectives. what case are you going to present? >> we charged him with murder, and we still didn't have a body. >> and then mid-meeting, that's when it happened. >> the detectives were presenting the case when everybody's pager went off, and everybody's heart sank. >> it was chelsea. rescue divers had found her body. >> one of the dive personnel was in a boat and beached the boat literally right here. and then him and his partner actually started walking this way, and shortly thereafter noticed an area a little bit further this way. and that's when chelsea was found. >> it was that small area which had been searched so many times, the place the shoe was found, 15 feet from the edge of the water, a shallow grave. a little shrine was created there, a patch of decorated earth. sheriff gore delivered the news. >> that was probably the longest drive i've

dumanis was faced with a choice, proceed only in the chelsea king case or make another deal to get some kind of justice for amber. you could have won pretty easily a death penalty case in the chelsea king case. why not just do that, get the death penalty for that one? >> the question was for the mily. so the family i talked to was chelsea's family because we had no cas on amber, and we talked about the fact that the end result with a life without possibility of parole is he'd die in prison and there would be no appeals. >> so the kings were faced with a decision. would amber's parents ever learn what, in fact, happened to their daughter? would they see her killer pay for this cri e? april 16th, the day after mo and carrie learned about the plea deal. >> this is a special news report. >> san diego television stations interrupted their afternoon programs. >> a hearing is scheduled in the courthouse for john gardner. >> there was news, a lot of it, all at once. di >> let us take you live. there's john gardner right thmaere. >> the truth of that allegation? >> yes. >> a stunning admission o