now, eight years after the ohlemachers were murdered, ronald santiago's fate is in the hands of the jury. >> this was a case we put our heart and soul into for seven and a half years. everything that we had worked for could've been a success or an utter and complete failure. >> i was prepared for the worst. >> reporter: and what was the worst? >> guilty. >> reporter: and going to prison for how long? >> forever. i would never get out. it was life. it was a life sentence. >> i said, "don't be surprised, if... if you're convicted, they handcuff you immediately." >> reporter: three days passed with no word, and then... >> ladies and gentlemen of the jury, has the jury arrived at verdicts in this matter? >> the judge read through the counts. >> let mr. santiago please stand? >> time stopped. i couldn't breathe. >> "we find the defendant not guilty of count one." >> "we find the defendant not guilty of count two." >> second degree, not guilty. >> reporter: what were you thinking at that moment, ron? >> my mind went, i don't know, blank. i didn't know what to think. i mean, did i go in into a

now, eight years after the ohlemachers were murdered, ronald santiago's fate is in the hands of the jurycase we put our heart and soul into for seven and a half years. everything that we had worked for could've been a success or an utter and complete failure. >> i was prepared for the worst. >> reporter: and what was the worst? >> guilty. >> reporter: and going to prison for how long? >> forever. i would never get out. it was life. it was a life sentence. >> i said, "don't be surprised, if... if you're convicted, they handcuff you immediately." >> reporter: three days passed with no word, and then... >> ladies and gentlemen of the jury, has the jury arrived at verdicts in this matter? >> the judge read through the counts. >> let mr. santiago please stand? >> time stopped. i couldn't breathe. >> "we find the defendant not guilty of count one." >> "we find the defendant not guilty of count two." >> second degree, not guilty. >> reporter: what were you thinking at that moment, ron? >> my mind went, i don't know, blank. i didn't know what to think. i mean, did i go in into a state of shock?

now, eight years after the ohlemachers were murdered, ronald santiago's fate is in the hands of the jurya case we put our heart and soul into for seven and a half years. everything that we had worked for could've been a success or an utter and complete failure. >> i was prepared for the worst. >> reporter: and what was the worst? >> guilty. >> reporter: and going to prison for how long? >> forever. i would never get out. it was life. it was a life sentence. >> i said, "don't be surprised, if... if you're convicted, they handcuff you immediately." >> reporter: three days passed with no word, and then... >> ladies and gentlemen of the jury, has the jury arrived at verdicts in this matter? >> the judge read through the counts. >> let mr. santiago please stand? >> time stopped. i couldn't breathe. >> "we find the defendant not guilty of count one." >> "we find the defendant not guilty of count two." >> second degree, not guilty. >> reporter: what were you thinking at that moment, ron? >> my mind went, i don't know, blank. i didn't know what to think. i mean, did i go in into a state of shock