we do not know, say the defense, but it was not rick gagnon. ck weighted with his attorneys, and the woman many felt to be at the heart of it all held her breath. >> coming up, the jury renders its verdict. >> i did not know what to think anymore. >> but it is not the end of the case, because finally, investigators learned who have those mystery blood drops at the crime scene. >> they said they identified the killer. >> when "dateline" continues. >> welcome back. the jury was about to decide rick gagnon's fate. but the verdict would not be the end to this twisted tale. could the resolution to this case finally put a bitter family feud duress? here's dennis murphy with the final chapter of "the deed". >> jurors in rick gagnon's murder case deliberated for only a few hours. when they filed back into the courtroom, he read their faces and new. they had found him guilty. >> two counts of murder. received two life sentences. >> it's called the "pine box sentence". you're going to get out of the system in a pine box, when you're dead. bambi bennett sa