suburban denver, more than 250 miles away from cotton creek . >> the evidence in this case is that leslie muellerthe prosecution, jurors heard a streamlined version of events and how according to the state, fred mueller told a story of defied logic . >> like most murders, this what is hard to explain. he does not make sense. it does not make sense how or why this could happen. >> the witnesses to that awful day again came forward. neighbor, jennifer sparks, again told how she thought rhett was acting strangely when he pulled up to her house and she added this new detail . >> he was petting my dog. >> he was squatted down, petting the dog? >> the dog was right here, he was petting the dog. >> she felt like that demeanor was displaced. >> for prosecution, this trial was a second chance to explain to the jury how fred's story did not match up with the landscape . >> this area was not fast --cast, it was not huge. it was actually quite tight and small, making the defendant's statement in possible. >> our primary goal in the second trial was to get the jury to the scene. >> the judge considered a visi