mrs. mueller.n ear pinch, and the dog is looking totally off in another direction. >> to the defense, it was clear, fred's story was entirely plausible and the prosecution's was not. >> why would he do this? why would i got married 27 years, with no history of violence, no history of any sort of domestic disputes, all of a sudden decide on his vacation that he was going to murder his wife with his bare hands? it just seems, that part of the case seems so far-fetched . >> friend after friend arrived from texas to support fred . even his in-laws took the stand. leslie's own mother, jenny, vouched for her former son-in- law's character . >> all those years, any signs of fred being abusive or violent to leslie? >> no, i never saw a sign of fred being violent to anyone. >> and each of fred's children also faced the jury to tell them about their parents' long and happy marriage. ariel described one nightly routine . >> mom and dad would walk to the pond about 200 yards from our house, holding hands and t