while he wasn't involved in the trial, he knows the facts of the case. >> jason payne committed this yond a reasonable doubt. >> reporter: in january of 2010, jason went to trial. prosecutors told the jury they thought he shot both nichole and taylor in the morning. they then think he placed the rifle on taylor's body to frame him for the murder of his mother. lt. miles tucker testified he believed taylor died first. >> his body was getting stiff. so -- which is normally an indication of -- a body being deceased for several hours. and her body was warm to the touch. to me, that gave me a conclusion that he had been killed before her. >> reporter: prosecutors argued one motive for jason to commit the murders was money. there was a $100,000 life insurance policy on nichole. and, investigators said, they discovered the paynes were having financial troubles. >> the defendant was running out of cash, running out of liquid money. he had assets, his house and a car. but his bank account had gone down to virtually nothing. >> reporter: prosecutors pointed to financial documents that showed th