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But even after Detective Stepp reveals Cleo Hines has accused Paul White of being the gunman, Paul White doesn't blink.

Finally, the dam breaks. Paul White starts talking.

Finally, the dam breaks. Paul White starts talking.

Paul White describes a chilling scene of a panicked Bob Eidman trying to comply with his assailant's demands for money with that notoriously sticky desk drawer, you know, where Bob kept his money instead of in a safe.

Paul White describes a chilling scene of a panicked Bob Eidman trying to comply with his assailant's demands for money with that notoriously sticky desk drawer, you know, where Bob kept his money instead of in a safe.

Cleo Hines told police he never even got out of the car at Bob Eidman's office. But Paul White wants police to believe that it was always Hines who had fired the bullets that killed Bob Eidman.

Cleo Hines told police he never even got out of the car at Bob Eidman's office. But Paul White wants police to believe that it was always Hines who had fired the bullets that killed Bob Eidman.

At the climax of a more than three-year investigation that at one point involved 37 officers, cops finally learned the details of what was stolen the day of Bob Eidman's murder.

At the climax of a more than three-year investigation that at one point involved 37 officers, cops finally learned the details of what was stolen the day of Bob Eidman's murder.

With Paul White and Cleo Hines now both charged with Bob Eidman's murder, it now falls to Detective Stepp to break the news to Diane Eidman, who had long been in his crosshairs.

With Paul White and Cleo Hines now both charged with Bob Eidman's murder, it now falls to Detective Stepp to break the news to Diane Eidman, who had long been in his crosshairs.

Was she angry at you?

Was she angry at you?

Here, some five years after Bob Eidman's murder, Paul White and Cleo Hines are set to stand trial in this courthouse. Two trials, two defendants with two totally different accounts of the crime.

Here, some five years after Bob Eidman's murder, Paul White and Cleo Hines are set to stand trial in this courthouse. Two trials, two defendants with two totally different accounts of the crime.

As for Cleo Hines, he decided not to put his fate in the hands of a jury. Before his trial, he entered what's known as an Alford plea.

As for Cleo Hines, he decided not to put his fate in the hands of a jury. Before his trial, he entered what's known as an Alford plea.

The investigation into Bob Eidman's murder had cast a shadow of suspicion on his widow, Diane. Now, she stood in court and gave her own account of all she had lost. Were you there for Diane's victim impact statement?

The investigation into Bob Eidman's murder had cast a shadow of suspicion on his widow, Diane. Now, she stood in court and gave her own account of all she had lost. Were you there for Diane's victim impact statement?

Their boat was moored in Newport Harbor right off 15th Street, and they would use their small boat to travel back and forth from the dock to the well-deserved.