he wanted the jury to hear about the night that margie grondin told him a secret. >> margie did cometo my house, knock on my door. she did told me in the beginning of the investigation that the little girl was saying, no, that didn't happen. i said, margie if this is -- this is serious. she's changing the story. you need to -- you need to speak up. >> the prosecutor, however, objected, and the judge threw that testimony out. >> they said, no, this is hearsay stuff. we don't want to hear this. as a matter of fact, i think i was, i got kicked out of that bench so fast that it -- i -- it wasn't, it wasn't right. >> so much monday morning quarterbacking, regret, and recrimination, and yet as it turned out, perhaps the most potent piece of evidence available to defense attorneys had been literally hiding in plain sight all along. >> when we come back, at a lineup, the children were asked to point out their alleged abuser, but why was this parent doing all of the pointing? >> anybody else you want to take a closer look? >> him. >> when "haunted memories" continues. you want to save money o