were certainly the inferences that were drawn from the fact that he was buying clothing in downtown gunnisonhelle wallace's vehicle at that time, which told us he knew she was dead and he knew she was not around to make a report of a stolen vehicle. he was brazen about that particular fact. >> by this time, roy melanson was serving time in a kentucky prison for burglary, but was extradited to colorado to face trial for murder. melanson pleaded not guilty and even refused to attend the trial. instead, he listened to the proceedings from his prison cell. >> we are not required to prove motive. the issue got raised, however, during the course of the trial in closing argument. because the defense said, where's the motive? after the defense raised that issue, i asked the jury to look at the zipper that was recovered from the levis, because it was torn. >> in september of 1993, a jury found roy melanson guilty of first-degree murder. he was sentenced to life in prison. >> see these bastards, the devastation they leave behind, nobody knows. they think they killed an individual, but they killed doze