mel ignatow found not guilty of the murder of his fiancee, brenda schaefer. ignatow's perjury trial was only a few weeks away. though ignatow never took the stand at his own trial, prosecutors hopeda conviction based on ignatow's pretrial testimony before grand jury. >> i'd certainly like to get these proceedings over with and get on with my life. >> mel ignatow had been freed to walk the streets of louisville. for many, it was a difficult sight. >> i feel like i had let the schaefer family down. i know i had let the schaefer family down, and i let myself down. >> but across town, events were in motion that would change everything. steve dougherty was a carpet installer. one day he got a call from a customer who wanted to replace some carpet in her family room. >> just an average day. >> regular day, yeah. >> going to the house, pull out the old stuff, lay down the new stuff. >> quick as i could. >> what he didn't know is that his job was at mel ignatow's former house, the one ignatow had to sell while he was in jail to pay his league bills. the job of removing the old carpet was going smoothly, until he reached an area behind a wet bar behind a set of french doors that led to th