Juju Chang

Have you been contacted by anyone recently from the Miami State Attorney's Office at all?

Just before the murder trial for Brian Potter is about to start, a key witness is found who police thought was dead.

It wasn't the police that discovered this key witness wasn't dead.

So this is courtroom 4-1.

It's really only used for the big trials.

It's the same courtroom where Ted Bundy was tried.

And they knew that the media would be interested in this case.

The first day where testimony is scheduled to begin, here comes the Pata family in force into the courtroom.

His brothers and sisters and his mom, Jeanette, who is in a wheelchair.

We've been preparing for the unknown because this is the hardest thing.

We've never gone through this before.

And to see them all come in and fill up, you know, two full rows in the gallery, it was powerful.

They sat down and I think they bore witness.

I mean, that's the best way to put this to what they hope is justice.

State prosecutors say over the 15 or so years of this case, all evidence really pointed to the defendant.

Rashawn looked, as he's sitting at the table, very professional.

He didn't really glance over at the family.

He really kept his focus on his counsel.

For 15 years, the police interview Rashawn along with other teammates and other students, but they never really treat him like a suspect.

They don't bring him in for a sworn statement for 15 years after he's already been arrested for this horrible crime.