the person who used noel stevens is george tiaffay. >> reporter: ahh, but -- >> it's a good story, it'steresting, but it's not evidence yet. >> reporter: this is george's defense attorney, robert langford. >> there is absolute reasonable doubt as to george tiaffay's involvement in this case. >> reporter: those surveillance videos, for example, that the prosecution found so damning? none of the hammers they bought was the actual murder weapon. and besides, most of what they bought together was simple --and innocent camping gear. george helping a man in need, as usual. >> he thought he was helping out noel stevens to live out where noel wanted to live, which was outside of town. >> reporter: as for the 87 phone calls the prosecution said proved george and greyhound had conspired to kill shauna, there was nothing sinister there, said the defense, just a man trying to contact his charity case handyman. >> i live out in that area. and cell service is notoriously bad. on top of -- have you ever tried to call a handyman in this town? it is ridiculously difficult to get hold of those kinds of w