my name is michiel oakes. task as michiel oakes took my name is michael oakes. >> the task, has michael oakes took the stand was not going to be easy. he seemed to know it. he had to admit he did in fact kill dog whisper, mark stover. somehow persuade the jury it was only in self-defense. you've heard what he told us, his allegations that stover confronted him, threatened his children. he told the jury about what he claims was stover's where determination to get those wedding photos. hoax version of the deadly event. after a series of meeting he demanded folks come to his house and october 28th. and he obeyed. drove in the middle of the night across the state to stovertown's. he admitted buying all the supplies through the walmart. >> i was very very concerned about possibly needing to make some sort of on foot escape. >> he bought the anchor lying and waits, he claimed, to help him scale up and thereby water tower in case he found himself runaway from mark's watchdogs and those shin guards there weren't armor