Andre Jackson

Compelling.

Damning.

But it turned out the defense had a star witness, too.

You think Andre was going to take the stand?

No, I was very surprised.

I would say shocked.

Andre's defense attorney got right to the point with his first question to his client.

Then Andre gave his innocent account of the day his wife disappeared.

For starters, he said, though he and Marie may have argued six weeks earlier, they didn't fight the day she vanished.

When you got home, did you greet Marie?

I approached her in the bedroom and embraced her and kissed her.

Then, he said, he left Marie at home and drove to his son's football game.

As for witnesses who said he had a bruised lip that day, Andre said it happened at the game where he and his son accidentally collided.

As I approached him, he was jumping around and he wasn't aware that I was near him.

Andre told the court he didn't know Marie was missing until he returned home after the game.

As for his decision to post flyers at the very beach where Marie's car was later found?

I was in the area, picked up some lunch, and went down to sit down by the beach and just pray and try to figure out, put things together of what was going on at the time.

Of course, Prosecutor Lewin thought Andre was lying about everything.

On cross-examination, he pointed out that when Andre left the beach, he had to drive right past Marie's car.

Is that fair to say?