penalver. >> seth penalver was also charged with three counts of first-degree murder and three countsth two suspects now in custody, prosecutors did not hesitate to push for the ultimate penalty. >> if there's any case that deserves the death penalty, that is the worst of the worst cases, the most egregious cases, the most heinous, the most atrocious, the most cruel, that would be the crime that fits. and should deserve the death penalty. >> but as prosecutors and police confidently prepared for trial, there remained a major hole in their case. >> we were still unable to get any physical evidence that would actually put any one of them at the scene. >> no fingerprints, no hair, no blood, nothing other than a heart-stopping videotape. >> the mere fact that no prints are there in the home, doesn't mean that person wasn't there. we believe that from what we could see in the videotape that some sort of latex gloves were being worn. >> then in july 1997, two weeks after the trial had begun, a new witness emerged, unexpectedly, with an incriminating story about seth penalver and pablo ibar.