finally, john lewin, 35 years of getting away with murder had two and. >> he has had his trial.at he did. he is a murderous monster. he needs to be held accountable. thank you. >> we look forward to the jury verdict. >> out of the courtroom, a friend of bradford stop to answer one question. >> are you an innocent man? >> absolutely. >> donna looked forward to, with considerable anxiety. i hope we get some peace of mind, lynn gets her soul, has a chance to rest, and when others as well. we can go on and our lives without a big stone sitting on our chests. >> one day passed. nothing from the jury. then to. still nothing. then finally, on day number three, a decision. >> when they walked out, i studied their faces and i went, oh no. oh no. we have lost, we have lost. >> people of the state of california versus -- >> and then, the verdict was read. >> we the jury find the defendant douglas bradford guilty of the crime of first degree murder of lint might, a felon he -- a felony. >> doug bradford submitted to pan crafts, took a last look at freedom, and was led away. no family here t

in 2004, detective seyler called john lewin, a prosecutor with the l. a.n cold cases. >> they had collected originally the fingernail scrapings. they had collected the blood, and the detective had been unable to get the lab tested. so when i first got on the case i started trying to cash in favors at the crime lab to get it done. >> but a ten-year-old cold case was not a priority. three more years passed before those samples were tested. finally in november, 2007, the fbi crime lab came through. >> what we got was the information that would break this case wide open. >> a new clue triggers a bold move from the cold case prosecutor, and someone close to marie is in for a surprise. coming up -- >> it was very hard. i had to have marcus arrested. >> marcus, marie's own son, under arrest? when "dateline" continues. but her moderate to severe eczema would make her skin so uncomfortable. now i'm staying ahead of it. dupixent helps heal your skin from within. so, they can have clearer skin and less itch. serious allergic reactions can occur that can be severe. te

deputy john lewin believed the man behind it was eric delacruz. eric's motive?t sonia's lawyer office, before he even opens? >> eric delacruz. >> eric delacruz. guess what he wants to know from the lawyer? >> how much am i getting. what am i getting? how much am i getting in the will? >> there was no other questions asked. >> no, that was it. the lawyer said that in his long career, he'd never had anything even remotely close to that. >> but do eric's utter surprise, he got nothing. sonia left her money and her property to her son, john bourdeau. >> he wanted to make sure that john bourdeau didn't get any thing. and what better way to remove him from the problem? having him sit in jail, for a crime he didn't commit. >> then, erik got another nasty surprise. as he played in with the detectives. >> and my partner sent out a picture of fernando romero, and eric goes out to the trails to the point where he can't even speak. he is so spun up >> you think -- [inaudible] >> do you know that guy? >> who was that? [inaudible] >> fernando romero. >> pretty shocked. he's v

lewin, saying why has happened? has that not happened? >> can't secure >> john says we can't secure our borders. expect borders.n secure our prisons as well? is a morale well? and is there a morale problem within within prisons ? problem within within prisons? so there been under austerity, there's been big cutbacks in prisons and things as well. but anyway, this guy, my guess is he's planned this . you don't he's planned this. you don't just suddenly say , here's a van, just suddenly say, here's a van, i'm just going to tie myself to the bottom of it. you sort of have to know what time it comes in, who's there, checking it, what's its undercarriage like , what's its undercarriage like, all that sort of thing. >> we were saying we wouldn't last 10s, would we? >> clinging on to the underside of a van. >> oh, i'd fall off it takes some planning, doesn't it? >> the outfit >> and the. and the outfit you've got to think wears. you got a chef's outfit from. >> was that his within >> was that not his job within the prison. the in the prison. >> well we don't know the detail do we. but one would think who >> well we do