. >> i read the testimony of james holloway and my head just about spun off my little spindly neck. oway had spent an unusually long period of time at the crime scene before calling the police. >> he goes inside dorothy edwards' house. he sees that wall of blood for the first time, but he doesn't call police. he decides that he is going to go to the other side neighbor and get her to come in the house with him. so he is at the closet door again and he decides to put gloves on. and then opens the door and lo and behold, there she was. really? he put his gloves on before he went to open the door? >> diana was also suspicious that holloway immediately told police who the perpetrator could be. >> he told law enforcement, you know, there was a boy here a couple weeks back who washed her windows. and if you get me her checkbook, i can get his name for you. and that was edward lee elmore. that boy. >> even more surprising was that the police allowed holloway, a possible suspect, to clean the crime scene the day after dorothy's body was found. >> law enforcement turned the crime scene over t

. >> i read the testimony of james holloway and my head just about spun off my little spindly neck. unusually long period of time at the crime scene before calling the police. >> he goes inside dorothy edwards' house. he sees that wall of blood for the first time, but he doesn't call police. he decides that he is going to go to the other side neighbor and get her to come in the house with him. so he is at the closet door again and he decides to put gloves on. and then opens the door and lo and behold, there she was. really? he put his gloves on before he went to open the door? >> diana was also suspicious that holloway immediately told police who the perpetrator could be. >> he told law enforcement, you know, there was a boy here a couple weeks back who washed her windows. and if you get me her checkbook, i can get his name for you. and that was edward lee elmore. that boy. >> even more surprising was that the police allowed holloway, a possible suspect, to clean the crime scene the day after dorothy's body was found. >> law enforcement turned the crime scene over to jimmy holloway t

james holloway. >> i read the testimony of james holloway and my head just about spun off my little spindly i was like, wow! >> holloway had spent an unusually long period of time at the crime scene before calling the police. >> he goes inside dorothy edwards' house. he sees that wall of blood for the first time. but he doesn't call police. he decides that he's going to go to the other side neighbor and get her to come in the house with him. so he is at the closet door again and he decides to put gloves on. and then opens the door and lo and behold, there she was. really? he put his gloves on before he went to open the door? >> diana was also suspicious that holloway immediately told police who the perpetrator could be. >> he told law enforcement, you know, there was a boy here a couple weeks back who washed her windows. and if you get her her checkbook, i can get his name for you. and that was edward lee elmore. that boy. >> even more surprising was that the police allowed holloway, a possible suspect, to clean the crime scene the day after dorothy's body was found. >> law enforcement turn

. >> i read the testimony of james holloway and my head just about spun off my little spindly neck. unusually long period of time at the crime scene before calling the police. >> he goes inside dorothy edwards' house. he sees that wall of blood for the first time, but he doesn't call police. he decides that he is going to go to the other side neighbor and get her to come in the house with him. so he is at the closet door again and he decides to put gloves on. and then opens the door and lo and behold, there she was. really? he put his gloves on before he went to open the door? >> diana was also suspicious that holloway immediately told police who the perpetrator could be. >> he told law enforcement, you know, there was a boy here a couple weeks back who washed her windows. and if you get me her checkbook, i can get his name for you. and that was edward lee elmore. that boy. >> even more surprising was that the police allowed holloway, a possible suspect, to clean the crime scene the day after dorothy's body was found. >> law enforcement turned the crime scene over to jimmy holloway

james holloway. >> i read the testimony of james holloway and my head just about spun off of my neck.! >> holloway spent an unusually long period of time at the crime scene before calling the police. >> he goes inside dorothy edwards's house and sees that wall of blood for the first time. but he doesn't call police. he decides that he's going to go to the other side neighbor and get her to come in the house with him. so he's at the closet door again and he decides to put gloves on. then he opens the door and lo and behold, there she was. >> really? he put his gloves on before he went to open the door? >> that case an african-american man with an iq of only 75 spent half of his life in prison for a crime he said he didn't commit. alberto gonzalez is joining us from national. thanks very much. what's your opinion? the man got the death penalty and spent half of his life in prison. i know you support the death penalty, but do you agree there serious problems with this entire system? >> i agree that we have problems, wolf. no question about it. i applaud efforts to ensure that in fact whe

james holloway, and my head just about spun off of my little spindly neck. was like, wow. >> holloway had spent an unusually long period of time at the crime scene before calling the police. >> he goes inside dorothy edwards' house. he sees that wall of blood for the first time. but he doesn't call police. he decides that he's going to go to the other side neighbor and get her to come in the house with him. so he's at the closet door again, and he decides to put gloves on. then he opens the door. and lo and behold, there she was. really? he put his gloves on before he went to open the door? >> you know, you think about that, and you just have to wonder, why didn't investigators look at this man originally? isn't the person who finds the body usually one of the first suspects that's questioned? >> that's accurate. in fact, he was the first suspect. but, again, there was no investigation. mr. holloway is the one who did -- who laid out all the clues and then fed them to police that same day. and they were -- all the clues were set for a time when he had an ali

dorothy's neighbor james holloway told police that edward lee elmore, a 23-year-old handyman worked for dorothy from time to time. although elmore had never been convicted of a felony, police matched his fingerprints from other misdemeanor arrests and issued a warrant to bring him in, accusing him of murder and rape, among lesser charges. greenwood police went looking for elmore 36 hours after dorothy's body was found. >> i was working second shift with the detective division and the call came in saying the suspect was at his girlfriend mary's apartment. i went up and knocked on the door. >> the encounter was not what detective vandenburgh expected. >> i told them that we had a warrant for his arrest. and i told him it was for murder. his demeanor at that time was so nonchalant. oh, okay. which is totally out of context for anybody i've ever dealt with before in a situation like that. no outburst or violent behavior. just like oh, well. >> police took hair and blood samples and placed them in the county jailhouse. even elmore's public defender had doubts about his innocence. >> many peo

james hollowway. >> i read the testimony and my head just about spun off of my little spindly neck. i was like, wow. >> hollowayeriod of time at the crime scene before calling the police. >> he goes inside dorothy edwards' house. he sees that wall of blood for the first time, but he doesn't call police. he decides that he's going to go to the other side neighbor and get her to come in the house with him. so he's at the closet door again. and he decides to put gloves on. then he opens the door. and low and behold there she was. really? he put his gloves on before he went to open the door? >> does diana holt? find out who really killed dorothy. you can find out by watching "death row stories" on sunday on cnn at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. the executive producer, one of them, is the very famous robert redford. here he is explaining why death row stories intrigued him in the first place. >> so death row stories is not just about people who are innocent in prison falsely. it's about people who are there because they belong there. and they were guilty. but what about their stories? when they tell you i did this, here's