the prosecution made the case that karlsen killed christina for the same reasons he killed levi. >> thee insurance. life insurance on his wife for $200,000. >> reporter: just three weeks after karl took out that policy christina was dead. this was his plan, the d.a. said. this was karlsen's deadly m.o. but now it was the defense's turn to fight back. karl's attorneys told jurors they couldn't draw any conclusions based on karl's guilty plea in levi's death. >> does karl karlsen deserve a fair trial? now, some people would say, well, he admitted to killing his son in new york, he doesn't deserve a fair trial. and to that i'd say if you believe that today based just on that fact, you have an obligation to let the court know that you can't be fair. >> reporter: now it was up to the jurors. deliberations lasted two days. and then the verdict came in. >> we the jury find the defendant, karl holger karlsen, guilty of murder in the first degree. >> reporter: inside the courtroom christina's family clung to each other in relief. her sister colette was there too. >> when they read it, it was --