doctor mark wenger who was, standing trial for murder.rs drive from lima ohio. his old house is still there, his sister and brother in law on the family hardware store now. it was a strange homecoming with so much at stake. he seemed so relaxed, >> i haven't worked in here since 1977 and there is some -- [laughter] >> arguing or wanted to see his mother, a chant and then goodbye, was it just for now or for? good >> well i hope this isn't the last one, i hope you get to come back next week. >> well i'm feeling pretty good about it. >> i am too. >> even on this night before closing arguments, esther and mark held to their routine, choir practice at grace baptist. ♪ ♪ ♪ mark winkler never testified on his own behalf. would it matter? , he was as quiet as ever and so hard to read, but not esther, she was a wreck wondering what will happen, what are the jurors thinking, in a courtroom back in lima closing arguments for defense attorney chris mcdowell insisted the prosecution failed to make its case. >> did you hear them explain to you how doct

in this case, he was only following evidence, he says that led to a very said conclusion about mark wenger. >> i think there was a lot of rage in him, although he wanted to live right, war he wanted to have a good marriage. i think he could not, so. >> do you think he didn't see a? way out. >> i don't think he saw way out. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> >>> that's all for this edition of dateline. i'm andrea canning, thanks for watching. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ for watching. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the little girl who hello, i'm craig melvin, and this is "dateline." won the heart of a big city. they call you the miracle baby. why do they call you that? hello i'm craig melvin in this is dateline. >> she's the little girl that one hard in a big -- city >> they called you the miracle baby, why did they call you. that >> shot in the head at point blank range, a crime scene that shocked, even hardened police. >> dorothy explorer pillow and it had blood on it. as she fought to live, this detective vowed to catch whoever left her, soon he turned up a promising lead. >> bells and whistles go off in my head. in the hospital she battled back. >