Host / Investigative Reporter

But the defense insists there is no evidence of premeditation in this case, and that's what's required for a first-degree murder conviction.

I certainly submit to you that that is evidence of conflict, of violent conflict.

But what the state does not

There's nothing to counter the theory that this had been a mutual combat, a fight, I mean a physical fight between two women that ended up in one of the women dying.

And that's just not first-degree murder.

The prosecution believed that they had, beyond a reasonable doubt, enough evidence to prove that this was first-degree murder.

With closing arguments done, Kimberly Kessler's fate rests in the hands of the jury.

It had been about two hours, maybe two and a half hours, and we got a call that said the jury's back with a verdict.

It brought her some closure.

It was an emotional moment.

It's been a long three years.

We miss Jolene every second of the day.

Jolene's family feels they finally found justice.

But with Kimberly Kessler's trail of deception and mayhem, police have a lingering question.

Could there be more victims out there?

Every single time you try to make something better, you end up making it so much worse.

Why are you doing this?

It's a tale of two women, Jolene Cummings, hairdresser and mom, who disappeared on Mother's Day, never to be found.

And Kimberly Kessler, also a mom, who spent years crafting multiple identities and was convicted of murdering Jolene.

Now, Kessler is about to be sentenced.