Tiffany McInnis

Something that Kim said or did brought home to Terry Rose that he lost, that he lost her, that she was moving on with her life.

She had a new boyfriend that she was getting serious with.

She did not need him anymore.

And that set him off.

I think once he killed her and made the decision to put her body under his floor, it was just a sick, twisted way of maintaining physical control over her body.

But just a week before the trial was to begin, Rose's defense attorney approached Nichols about a plea deal.

Nichols offered a maximum sentence of 40 years without the ability to appeal in exchange for a guilty plea from Terry Rose.

With a guilty plea, he's admitting guilt for the first time since this happened.

More importantly, we can't promise that a jury of 12 people is gonna always get it right.

When presented with the deal, Tiffany and Susan had mixed feelings.

I wasn't happy, you know, at first.

What I had to think about is the fact that we have lived and breathed this situation for 25 years.

And if I can walk away from this courtroom and I don't have to come back for any kind of appeals, that's a good day.

Rose's attorney agreed to the terms.

Now, Prosecutor Nichols would have to persuade the judge to give Terry Rose the maximum 40-year sentence.

We had this horrible story of what he had done to this family, and I thought it was important to get all that out there.

Nichols would present crucial evidence at the sentencing hearing, including testimony from his star witness, David Wiley.

What I told him was, this is your chance to make it as right as you can at this point.

Let's take off, David Wiley.

I'm anxious, I'm nervous to have to look at him.