and kevin knoefel's attorneys weren't about to let sabrina leave that courtroom without a fight. >> coming -- the defense tries to undercut the prosecution's whole premise, arguing there was nothing going on between kevin and sabrina. >> there were maybe 12 witnesses that if they see any form of abuse, they have a mandatory duty to report it. >> and none of them did. >> and all of them testified that t >>> kevin knoefel's defense attorney mike connick felt pretty confident as he prepared his counterpunch before the lake county court. >> did kevin have anything to do with lisa's murder? >> no. >> did he have any sexual relationship with sabrina? >> no. >> there was not one scintilla of physical evidence that tied kevin to any of these crimes. >> connick began trying to dismantle the evidence the state did present. he challenged the county employees who had testified they believed kevin was acting inappropriately toward sabrina. asking why they didn't report such behavior before the murder. >> at that time, if you had a serious concern, you would have filed a report, wouldn't you? >> i would