but for those who knew and loved shele covlin, 2010 began with sadness. ister eve and her husband marc couldn't believe the mother of two was gone. did it kind of hit you later, the more emotional side of things as you think-- oh, for sure. --about your life without her-- right, exactly. --and the children without her? right. you can't even think about the magnitude of it all. andrea canning: shele's in-laws, david and carol covlin, were also in shock. their son rod called with the news. david covlin: he says, shele's dead. i don't think i've ever made it to manhattan faster in my life. did you get any details-- no. --in that first phone call? nothing. no, he just said, shele's dead. when you arrive, what's going on? roderick was sitting on the couch. he was in shock. honestly, i've never seen my son shellshocked and speechless in my life. andrea canning: the next few days were a blur. for religious reasons, the family decided not to have an autopsy performed. my father-in-law obviously made the final decision. he went by his rabbi, who said, don't do the

carol covlin: theyre holding it together as best they could. andrea canning : sheles children are growing up without much contact with sheles side of the family. andrea canning: is there anything that you want the children to know about their mother and how you feel about them? eve karstaedt: their mother, with every breath she took and every ounce of her, she adored them. andrea canning: that's all for this edition of dateline. i'm andrea canning. thank you for watching. craig melvin, and this i something is wrong here.v. the system doesn't want to acknowledge that they made a mistake. but you made a mistake. a detective was like, you're going to tell us who did this. and i'm like, man i ain't did nothing. you hear the judge say, guilty. everything just froze. narrator: two brothers convicted of murder fight back against the justice system. twice is a pattern, a pattern of how to gain a conviction. i knew they were innocent and the question was, do we have enough? you've got several witnesses saying their testimony was coerced. can they all be lying? if i have to die