russ faria struggled to maintain his composure. >> it was devastating. but i was trying my best to hold it together because my family's >> the worst part of it was looking at russ's face. he was in shock. he couldn't believe it. and i haven't lost sleep in a long time over something in this business and i lost sleep. >> reporter: russ's attorney was convinced that a terrible injustice had just occurred. but betsy's family did not agree. >> they wanted to blame somebody and the police were telling them that it was me. >> reporter: which was exactly right, said betsy's mother, all the more convinced that justice had been done. no matter what any of russ'sma2&ceiek"t(jju t)qpconvencido que supporters might tell her. >> if somebody were to come to you with evidence, strong evidence, that it wasn't russ, but it was some other person, is that something that you would accept? >> i would still feel it's russ, 100%. >> reporter: a month after his trial, just before christmas 2013, russ faria was sentenced to life in prison. he filed an appeal. and sat in his cell,

featuring new dishes loaded with flavor, >>> reporter: not long after russ faria found his wife dead, the police took him in for a long night of questions and a polygraph test the following afternoon. though, said russ, when he saw the machine -- >> honestly, i don't even know if the thing was on or not. >> reporter: but after it? they told him he failed it miserably, so he must have done it, they said. time for him to confess. >> the fact of the matter is you >> no, i did not. i wasn't even there. >> russ, you were there. >> no, i found her like that when i came home. >> repororr: russ denied it again and again. >> i did not do this. >> reporter: but investigators didn't buy it and much of the reason for that t they were hearing from this woman. pam met betsy years earlier when they both worked in the insurae industry and she had a lot of things to say about russ, including what sounded like a big fat motive -- moy. >> he makes comments about how much money he'll have after she's gone. i've never seen their financials, but he has life insurance on her at work. >> reporter: pam told i

but the state wasn't quite finished with its case against russ faria. in her closing argument to the jury, prosecutor leah askey proposed a complex theory of how the crime occurred, a theory for which she did not present and it was big. russ's alibi, she told the jury, was carefully staged for the precise intention of hiding a murder and that russ's game night friends were in deep, co-conspirators who helped russ hatch the murder plan, waited for the right night to carry it out, then lied about it on the stand. an accusation mike corbin wasn't in court to hear. but later? >> i thought it was beyond the pale. i mean, we're innocent people. there is absolutely no evidence that we did anything wrong that night. there never will be because it didn't happen. >> reporter: and despite what the prosecutor argued, neither mike corbin nor any of the others have ever been charged with conspiracy, nor have they been connected in any way to betsy's murder. so, according to the prosecutor, how did russ do it? without getting a single drop of blood on the clothes he wo

but there were plenty of people in town who thought the idea that russ faria killed his wife was utter. and they said they could prove it. >>> coming up, what sounds like a slam-dunk alibi from russ' game night buddies. >> we knew that he could not have committed this crime. >> reporter: impossible? >> it's impossible. a man cannot be in two places at the same time. ♪ ♪ ♪ why fit in when you were born to stand out. the 2016 nissan altima has arrived. ♪ switch and get a brand new cricket wireless! lg risio for $19.99, or take a spin with the samsung galaxy grand prime for $29.99! cricket wireless. something to smile about. isuave professionalsof is a beautiful blend. moroccan infusion for shine, keratin infusion for smoothness, sea mineral infusion for volume, and discover new coconut oil infusion for repair. find the blend you need for the hair you love. suave professionals works as well as salon brands. ♪ live beautifully suave feel the spark of emotion lifeel warm inside. of you. feel our big beautiful new candle. feel glade. sc johnson. >>> reporter: in the days after betsy faria di

russ faria would get a new trial. >> it was very overwhelming.ke you had a huge victory. er trial. >> reporter: russ would remain in jail awaiting trial, though unless someone could come up with bond money. mary was determined to make that happen. supposed to come up with $50,000 plus property. >> plus property? >> plus property as collateral. >> to guarantee the -- >> correct. >> that's not so easy to do.all. and i didn't know if we could do it. >> reporter: but mary had been fighting for her cousin since the day he was charged and -- somebody i know set me up with a bondsman that knew the story, nt man should be sitting there, and he worked with me. >> reporter: mary put up her home as collateral. >> i'm that positive in his innocence and that he's not here. >> reporter: and less than two weeks after the hearing, mary, relatives and friends all piled into a bus provided by a upporter and showed up unannounced at the jail, where russ, who'd been behind bars for d no >> the look on his face was priceless.ust trying to call you. >> it was just very emotional. feel like you

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