our relationship was mutual. >> reporter: but heald has an alibi for the night paige disappeared.his ex-wife says for once, he was where he belonged -- at home with her. >> you have every reason to basically throw him under the bus, wouldn't you say? >> yes. and i would have. >> reporter: but if anyone might give this jury reasonable doubt, defense attorneys say it is this man -- another client - george coralluzzo. a painter, with a colorful past. theft, burglary, dui and kidnapping. phone records show in the hours before paige goes missing, coralluzzo is robo-dialing her something like 20 times trying to set up a massage date. >> it boiled down to lester jones or coralluzzo and i was the stick in the mud, frankly saying, "yeah, i think we have a case against lester jones, but i'm not convinced that we can prove it beyond a reasonable doubt until coralluzzo has been effectively eliminated. >> reporter: two days after paige disappears, an acquaintance of george coralluzzo, meghan williams says he came to her in a panic. claiming he had to leave town in a hurry because his family ha