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Ten-year-old Rebecca Baptiste died to death no child should ever know alone abused and broken found on a remote Arizona highway her body bore the horrifying signs of torture bruises starvation and unimaginable cruelty her toenails had been torn off. Her eyes blackened, her tiny frame

ravaged. Despite desperate calls from her school, no help came in time. Now her father and his girlfriend

faced murder charges and tonight we have the 911 call made to police by the father's girlfriend. But first,

Did you kill your wife, Mindy Cosodas?

I absolutely did not. I've never put my hands on a woman. I've never heard a woman. I would never have

never have hurt Mindy. Kosotis was a Navy

JAG a trained prosecutor after divorcing his first wife he was hit with a 1.5

million dollar divorce judgment then Nick and his wife Mindy went on the run but

what were they running from was it the seven-figure judgment or was someone out to do them harm? Mindy ended up

murdered and dismembered. Prosecutors say it was Nick who did it, but the defense is pointing the finger

somewhere else. Where is the truth in this case? Where are the lies? Tonight we take a look at the dramatic testimony as the defendant

himself nick cosotis takes the stand in his own defense will the jury believe him i'm

vittipotan thank you for joining us tonight here on closing arguments and And when witnesses are sworn in, you know, the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth.

You sit down and do interviews with police. You're supposed to tell the truth if it's an investigation.

Otherwise you can be charged for those lies. You obviously have the right to remain silent.

But if you do choose to speak, you need to tell the truth or you are supposed to tell the truth.

But through the years here at Court TV, obviously we've come across some people who don't tell the truth.

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