mary brumback, anthony garcia finally faced a jury. there to witness it all, friends and family of the victims. thomas hunter's mom claireblic eye, and shirlee sherman's brother dan were two of the first people outside the courtroom. >> it's been eight years. you know? it's been going on for a long time. a lot of this stuff's a blur. >> reporter: douglas county attorneys don kleine and brenda beadle had been prepping this case for more than three years. you prosecuted all four murders. >> yeah. >> you ever think about, "maybe we should just take the last two. that's easier? >> sure. that was a discussion that we had many times but the evidence, i think, would still come in. especially with the 2008 case. so, it seemed like the most logical thing was, if we're gonna do these, let's do 'em together. >> reporter: their theory was whoever killed the brumbacks also killed thomas hunter and shirlee sherman. prosecutors summed up their case in a word, revenge, and they pointed to something they found on garcia's tablet. >> one of the searches was just an interesting quote that had the word revenge in it, so we were interested t