i think that was what he wanted to do. >> reporter: and far away in ohio, rene waring, twitchell's oldor artistic reasons. >> reporter: artistic reasons? >> sure. i think he wanted to see how someone died so maybe he could make a better story. and so intentionally or not, he offered a dismal reason for murdering a perfect stranger. it was a single line at the end of that horror movie of his, "house of cards," when the killer tells his wife. >> the best way to succeed is to write what you know. >>> you're watching iraqi state television -- your only alternative. [ laughter ] >> hello, and welcome back to continuing coverage of the 2002 iraqi presidential election. whoo! we have a wild one on our hands tonight. [ laughter ] and so far, it shows few signs of settling down.

. >> reporter: down in ohio, rene waring wiwas following ala ihis online. >> i watched the live blog that they had and i was screaming my head off, "you liar." >> reporter: were you afraid the jury would believe him? >> oh, yeah. >> you're looking for that one person you can convince on a panel of 12 people to just have that doubt and, nou know, take that doubt back to the deliberation room. >> reporter: gilles tetreault was in court the day the case row and altinger'slpom was in e first row. she looked back and saw me and i and she just turned around. she looked at me. she smiled. she grabbed my hand and she said, "i'm so happy that you're still with us." and that meant so much to me. reporter: what aws that like? oerjt)q''t know what she'd feel toward me, and so when she did that, it was wonderful. almost another closing moment for me. >> reporter: but not for others in the courtroom. and apparently not for the jury as deliberations dragged on. >> the time rolled on. some people were thinking oh, maybe there is a holdout. maybe there's someone out there who actually does believe ma