andrea canning: johnny palomba was five at the time. i vaguely remember getting walked to my grandmother's house in the middle of the night and being told that it was a problem with the-- a gas leak, i believe in the house, is what i was told. a andrea canning: short time before the trial started, the palombas told johnny and his older sister, sarah an abridged version of what happened with no mention of donna's rape. they basically just said, you know, that night, we told you there was a gas leak. there was actually a home invasion. i don't think they used those words. but somebody had broken into the home. and that it wasn't handled properly by the police, and that's why they were going to court. andrea canning: the trial lasted a month. donna was on the stand for two days testifying as jane doe. you had this torturous experience on the stand. and then you kind of had your knight in shining armor take the stand, neil o'leary, who was finally someone who was willing to back you up? yes. and that meant so much. i mean, that was not easy