nbc bay area's monte francis is live in lafayette with pamela vitale was killed back in 2005 and scotteski was convicted of this murder years ago. these accusations seem to be coming out of the blue now. >> reporter: well, jessica, daniel horowitz is calling these allegations nonsense, but attorneys claim that they have compelling evidence to show that scott dyleski is innocent. daniel horowitz says defense attorneys for scott dyleski are grasping at straws, using lies to cast doubt on their client's conviction for the brutal murder of horowitz's wife, pamela vitale, in 2005. >> this is a run-of-the-mill set of allegations, fake as can be. all of the facts that i've read are false. >> reporter: among the so-called new evidence are allegations of domestic abuse, which dyleski's mother says were never presented to the jury. >> this information was buried in the boxes that were turned over to these women and never even looked at by either counsel. >> this evidence was ignored. it was ignored by the police, it was ignored by the prosecution, and it was ignored by defense counsel. >> report