Tiffany McInnis

Back at the Rose property, investigators continued to dig into the early morning hours to make sure they recovered all of the remains.

So the whole excavation process took about 13 hours.

So we were there through the night.

We found her completely skeletonized.

She had been wrapped in a blanket, so luckily she was all there.

We found all of her.

And there was also a very obvious gunshot wound to the back of her head.

Is there an emotional component for you at this moment?

It is.

It's very, it's kind of hard to describe the room, but it was very quiet.

And we all knew that this was a grave site, somewhere that she had been buried and imprisoned for years.

And it was a great moment knowing that we're finally getting her out of this house to bring her home to her family.

Weeks later, the results from DNA testing and dental records verified what everyone already knew.

that the remains were in fact Kim's.

We were very excited about going to trial on this case.

Jefferson County Prosecutor Luke Nichols was also confident.

They found a murder victim's body under a man's floor.

So as far as proving it, it was a great case, strong case.

Nichols was ready to share with jurors his theory of what happened to Kim Langwell

The evening she was murdered.