and matt murphy's wrong. i will tell you, right now, moin children.ght wrong. >> did eric kill bill mclaughlin, did he conspire with nanette or was matt murphy in over his head. up to a jury soon. >>> coming up, first they had to face trial where nanette's lawyer had an unusual defense. >> in court, you called your client a slut. >> i'm sorry. >> because you -- does no make >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> 17 years after bill mclaughlin's life was brought to a violent epiearly end, eric naposki went on trial here in the orange county courthouse. >> what i want to do is take you folks through an overview of the evidence. >> prosecutor matt murphy told the jury eric naposki volunteered to be nanette johnston's deadly killer. >> he expensed a model 92-f. >> then a few months later it was nanette's turn. murphy told the second jury that nanette's groed was insatiable. that she wrongly thought as trustee of bill's trust she controlled the money and her stealing escalated as the murder date ghost got closer. >> she steals $48,200 in the monday of oc

and matt murphy's wrong.i'm tell you right now on my children, he's just straight wrong. >> reporter: did eric kill bill mclaughlin? did he conspire with nanette? or was matt murphy in over his head? >>> coming up -- first, they had to face trial where nanette's lawyer had an unusual defense. >> in court, you called your client a slut. >> i'm sure i did. >>> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> reporter: 17 years after bill mclaughlin's life was brought to such a violent early end, eric naposki went on trial here in the orange county courthouse. >> what i want to do at this point, i want to take you folks through kind of an overview of the evidence. >> reporter: prosecutor matt murphy told the jury eric naposki volunteered to be nanette johnston's deadly triggerman, that he had been copying keys in november, doing target practice, and -- >> on august 2nd, mr. naposki purchased a very expensive beretta 9 millimeter 92f. >> reporter: then, a few months later, it was nanette's turn. murphy told the second jury

murphy to fly out. the orioles win it 5-1. they face the yankees in the al division series. matt cane will take him on this the giants division. first pitch and cane had the highlight of the year. the perfect game in june and won 16 games last season. tim lincecum used to be the giants' ace and the number one starter, but he was clearly the best pitcher this year. >> that's definitely an honor and it is something i am excited about in game one, but it is something i am also trying to stay even keel with. >> the a's will send rookie jarod parker to start game one against the tigers tomorrow. that's at 3:00 p.m. in detroit. the task for parker is out diewlg the reining mvp justin verlander and find a way to contain the triple crown winner, miguel cabrera. >> they have a guy that won the triple crown and they got us leading off. we have great hitters and great players. we have to stay in ourselves and do the same thing we have done all year. >> abc7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. >>> "nightline" is up next. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. thanks for joining us.

murphy to fly out. the orioles win it 5-1. they face the yankees in the al division series. matt perfect game in june and won 16 games last season. tim lincecum used to be the giants' ace and the number one starter, but he was clearly the best pitcher this year. >> that's definitely an honor and it is something i am excited about in game one, but it is something i am also trying to stay even keel with. >> the a's will send rookie jarod parker to start game one against the tigers tomorrow. that's at 3:00 p.m. in detroit. the task for parker is out diewlg the reining mvp justin verlander and find a way to contain the triple crown winner, miguel cabrera. >> they have a guy that won the triple crown and they got us leading off. we have great hitters and great players. we have to stay in ourselves and do the same thing we have done all year. brought to you by river rock casino. >>> "nightline" is up next. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. thanks for joining us. abc7 news continues tomorrow morning starting at tiff:00. starting at 5:00. >> from all of us here, we appreciate your

murphy paul. she's backed up by matt siegel, president of ourtime.org and civil rights attorney maya riley.uld i as the parent of a fifth grader and take away, and maya the parent of a third grader, what should we take away from this piece telling us that third grade is the critical moment? >> the first thing to realize is that it's never too late to help a student who is struggling in school. it's just that third grade is a particularly important year to intervene, to make sure that students are reading at grade level. because as you mentioned, this is the year when students go from learning to read, learning to decode, learning to apply their knowledge of the alphabet, to make sense of words on the page, to reading to learn, which means that they are reading these fact-filled books about the solar system, native americans, the civil war. they're learning from what they're reading. if at that point they haven't been able to make the leap to fast, fluent reading, they're not going to be amassing the knowledge, that background knowledge that their classmates are getting and they're not going

murphy flies out. orioles win, 5-1. they will face the yankees in the american league division series. mattll face reds ace john cute tonight at atkins and park. mccain has been the giants best start pitcher this year. >> it's an honor and something i'm excited about, throwing game one. but it's something that i'm also trying to stay even keel with, thinking i have to go out there and make another start. >> the a's will send rookie jared parker to start game one of their series against the tigers. that's a 3:00 p.m. pacific start. the task for parker, out duel the reigning mvp and cy young winner justin verlander and get miguel cabrera. >> they are a dangerous lineup, obviously. they have a guy who won the triple crown and they have austin jackson leading off. they have a lot of weapons and great hitters and great players. we have to stay within ourselves and do the same thing we have done all year. >> don't forget, we have college football this afternoon on abc7. nebraska versus ohio state. a 5:00 p.m. kickoff followed by all the football and baseball highlights on lexus after the game at

murphy flies out. orioles win, 5-1. they will face the yankees in the american league division series. mattmccain has been the giants best start pitcher this year. >> it's an honor and something i'm excited about, throwing game one. but it's something that i'm also trying to stay even keel with, think by immediate to go out there and make another start. >> the a's will send rookie jared parkerrer to start game one of their series against the tigers. that's a 3:00 p.m. pacific start. task for parker, out duel the reigning mvp and cy young winner justin verlander and get miguel cabrera. >> they have a guy who won the triple crown and they have austin jackson leading off. they have a lot of weapons and great hitters and great players. we have to stay within ourselves and do the same thing we have done all year. >> don't forget, we have college football this afternoon on abc7. nebraska versus ohio state. a 5:00 p.m. kick off followed by all the football and baseball highlights on lexus after the game at 8:30. hope to see you then. have a great weekend. i'm larry beil. >> obviously pennant fever