listen to prosecutor larry crouch. >> you're going, oh no, why are they putting that? it was harmful. >> though what the jury thought no one could say. then there was inevitability a conversation of whether or not dave would testify. >> i told them that i wanted to testify. >> an idea that dave's attorneys did not like one bit. >> dave is a combative individual, he's very prideful. he's offended easily. >> he thinks he's smart and hates for anybody to think he's not smart. i mean, he'd be just perfect fodder for a trained prosecutor. >> and so, dave held his tongue in court. he saved his story for us. so you don't think they had any useful evidence against you at all? >> can you, can anybody name anything? >> coming up, dave hawk speaks out and so does the jury. >> we the jury find the defendant david martin hawk -- >> when "the >>> dave hawk on trial for the murder of his ex-wife debbie did not testify. didn't tell the members of the jury what he was thinking. he had a sinking feeling he knew what they were thinking. >> always blame the ex-husband first. >> it was an

. >> prosecutor larry crouch told his investigators he would not charge dave hawk with the murder ofwas obvious this popular single mother had been murdered, even after months of searching around hanford, california, tued up no sign of her anywhere and after police convinced themselves that dave was responsible, prosecutor crouch would not budge. not yet anyway. >> we're going to wait until we find the body or give the body a more time to come up. >> instead, a year after debbie vanished, dave was charged with embezzling, stealing more than $300,000 from his own children's trust fund. he pleaded not guilty, was released on bail. >> dave, how does it feel to be out of jail? >> and waited for the other shoe drop. >> now, imagine this. the police not to mention most of the town believed their father killedheir mother. leaving three childen caught in the middle. conrad had no doubt his dad killed his om, a dad he began referring to as dave. >> i tried to cut all ties that i had with him as much as i could. he was nothing to me now. >> but chelsa has been and is her father's staunchest de