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A woman convicted of murdering her live-in boyfriend had that conviction overturned 13 years after his death.

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A woman convicted of murdering her live-in boyfriend had that conviction overturned 13 years after his death.

While authorities say they have no other suspects, the California Innocence Project fought for Kim Long's release, arguing she suffered from inadequate counsel.

"I always have to relive it and it's so hard to do, you know? After 13 years, it's just not any easier to explain what happened, because what I saw, I don't think anybody should have to see," Kim Long told ABC News' "20/20."

Long, a former emergency room nurse and mother of two from southern California, was accused of bludgeoning to death her live-in boyfriend Oswaldo "Ozzy" Conde on Oct. 6, 2003.

At the time, Long told police that she and Conde got into a heated argument the night of Oct. 5, and she left their home to cool off with a mutual friend. She said that when she came back home early the next morning, she discovered Conde's body covered in blood.

Prosecutors argued that when Long came home still angry, she beat Conde to death, disposed of the murder weapon, cleaned herself up, and changed her clothes before calling 911.

"I'm not that person. I'm not a mean, malicious person," Long said of the prosecution's portrayal of her.

Long's first trial ended in a hung jury, but she was found guilty at her second trial in 2005. The judge sentenced Long to 15 years to life in prison. But -- in a rare move -- he allowed her to remain free on bail during her appeal.

After Long's final appeal was denied by the California Supreme Court in February 2009, she was ordered to turn herself in.

With the help of attorneys at the California Innocence Project, Long was granted a new hearing for her case. This past June, the same judge who presided over her first two trials vacated Long's murder conviction, saying that the result of her trial would have been different had her defense done an adequate job, and Long was released from prison.

She may be getting used to life in the outside world, but Long still faces the possibility of another conviction. In July of this year, prosecutors announced they were appealing the judge's ruling. She may face a new trial for the murder of a man she said was her first love.

"He was the first person I've ever loved, so I think that always sticks with you for the rest of your life," said Long.

Long first met Conde in middle school, but the two lost touch after her family moved away. They reconnected years later, and then began dating while she was still married to her husband Joe Bugarski, with whom she had a son and a daughter. She eventually kicked Bugarski out of the house and moved Conde into Bugarski's old house.

"We did have some heated arguments when we were together that weren't so pleasant, where I went to bed thinking, 'Man, after that argument, am I even going to be alive when I wake up?' You know? It got pretty bad," Bugarski told "20/20."

On Oct. 5, 2003, the day before Conde was found dead, Long said that she, Conde and friends spent the day drinking and riding motorcycles.

"Alcohol played a huge role in every aspect of a bad decision that I ever made," Long recalled.

By that night, Long said she had as many as two dozen drinks and that Conde was aggravated that she was flirting with other guys. Once home, Long said she and Conde had an explosive argument in their driveway.

"I said some pretty mean things to him," Long said. "[I] started throwing my purse at him, swung my purse at him. I think I had my helmet in my hand. I think I swung my helmet."

Jeff Dills, their friend who witnessed their argument, offered to take Long to his place to cool off, Long said.

"At Jeff's house, Kim had another drink and they decided to get into the hot tub, started fooling around, kissing, and then they took things to the bedroom and they started to hook up," Alissa Bjerkhoel, Kim Long's attorney with the California Innocence Project, told "20/20."

Dills told police he drove Long, who was still drunk, back home on his motorcycle and watched her disappear into her home, according to police interrogation tapes obtained by ABC News. Dills, who was supposed to be the prosecution's star witness, died in a motorcycle accident before the start of Long's trial.

When she went up to the house, Long said, "The door was unlocked and I walked into the house ... I could see Ozzy laying on the couch, and I called his name and I walked over to the light and I turned it on, and I looked and I saw a big bloodstain on the couch."

Long said she could see a gaping wound on his head.

"I ran outside for some reason thinking I could catch Jeff," she said. "I remembered going into the kitchen, getting the phone and calling 911."

Even though she's a licensed vocational nurse by training, Long told the dispatcher she couldn't give him medical attention.

"I'm just panicked and I need somebody to come and help me," Long told ABC News. "To me, he shouldn't be dead. I left him alive, so there's no reason why somebody should be dead on my couch."

Attorney Alissa Bjerkhoel says she believed the jury didn't hear enough evidence to give Long a fair trial. She also called Dills' credibility into question.

"[He was] a man who had died before trial, a man who had never been cross examined thoroughly about this timeline, about how much he drank, about his motivation to distance himself from Kim because he was afraid the cops were going to blame the murder on him," Bjerkhoel said.

And though prosecutors suggested at trial that Long may have changed out of bloody clothing and cleaned up, Bjerkhoel said she found proof she never changed her clothing. During his questioning, Dills described what Long was wearing when he dropped her off.

"In Jeff Dill's statement, he describes exactly what she's wearing and it matches exactly what she has on that night, in her police interrogation videos, collected by the police that were examined for DNA," Bjerkhoel said.

Long said the person who she believes killed Conde is a woman with whom she had been feuding -- Conde's ex-girlfriend and the mother of his child, because Long said she went after them constantly.

"She had just made our lives a living hell," Long said. "She called. She harassed. She threatened. She wanted money from Ozzy. It was a constant battle."

The woman, who ABC News has chosen to call "Cynthia," said there was "no doubt" in her mind that Long killed Conde. ABC News' "20/20" agreed to not refer to her by her real name.

"I know she killed him, and I know she doesn't even f------ care, and it makes me sick. That woman is the devil's child herself," Cynthia said.

Cynthia said she and Conde were together for eight years, and the two were raising a child they had together and her child from another relationship. She said Conde changed when Long entered his life.

Cynthia claims that her son once saw Long punch Conde in the face and that there was a lot of drinking going on at Long's house, so Cynthia stopped allowing her kids to go to the house Conde and Long shared. But Cynthia denies killing Conde and said she didn't hire anyone to do it.

"I didn't want Ozzy dead," Cynthia said. "I don't want anybody dead."

Cynthia took a police polygraph test after Conde's murder, and the results were inconclusive. Police briefly considered her a suspect, but a few days after the murder, they turned their focus to Long. At Long's second trial, Cynthia testified that she was on a date the night of the murder: dinner and a 90 minute rendez-vous at a hotel.

However, Long's defense investigator said that Cynthia's alibi isn't air-tight because there was no record of her or her boyfriend staying at the Days Inn that night. But the hotel manager testified that sometimes when customers pay in cash, their names are not recorded.

As for Long, she said she tries not to think much about Conde these days, and in her mind, his death remains a mystery.

"It still hurts to know the last words I said to him were -- they weren't loving or kind, and I never had a chance to say anything kind to him. [It] will disturb me for the rest of my life," said Long.

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A woman convicted of murdering her live-in boyfriend had that conviction overturned 13 years after his death. While authorities say they have no other suspects, the California Innocence Project fought for Kim Long's release, arguing she suffered from inadequate counsel. "I always have to relive it and it's so hard to do, you know?

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Tori Spelling pregnant with baby number 5

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An ISIS suicide bomber killed 36 people at a wedding party in Northeast Syria. 80 more people got injured in the attack.

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Woman caught having sex with model dinosaur at playground identified

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Lester Holt, moderator for the first presidential debate, was caught on camera to be wearing an ear piece during the election.

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Two hot air balloon crashes in one day.

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Two hot air balloons crashed in two separate incidents during the week-long Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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Hurricane Matthew hit Anglais, Haiti. It hit this morning and is a category 4 hurricane with winds of 145mph. Three deaths have been reported .

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In Syria, 36 dead due to a suicide bomber during a wedding. 80 injured with 16 in critical condition.

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Avery Antill - Police: 2 adults found dead in home along with 3 living kids MCKEESPORT, Pa. –  Two adults have been found dead of suspected drug overdoses after their 7-year-old daughter told school officials in western Pennsylvania that she couldn't wake them up.

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Avery Antill - Police: 2 adults found dead in home along with 3 living kids MCKEESPORT, Pa. –  Two adults have been found dead of suspected drug overdoses after their 7-year-old daughter told school officials in western Pennsylvania that she couldn't wake them up.

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In Flint, they now have an outbreak of infectious bacteria that typically spreads when people don't wash their hands. People in Flint have been generally using baby wipes due to fear of the water problems they have had in the past.

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Well, so much for that. The US has stopped talking to Russia about Syria. The US says Moscow never lived up its commitments, wasn't particularly interested in the ceasefire and, with its Syrian regime ally, bombed "civilian populations into submission." Meanwhile, the slaughter continues: a suicide bomber killed 22 people at a wedding party. Finally, here's several reasons why we should all care about what's going on in Aleppo.

2. Campaign 2016

Donald Trump offended vets by saying people who "can't handle it" commit suicide; questioned whether US airstrikes in Syria were hitting anything, found out his foundation can't operate in New York and learned most of his supporters say paying taxes (something he may not have done) is a civic duty. And that was just Monday. Oh, and his rival has taken a post-debate lead in the polls.

3. Hurricane Matthew

Matthew's bringing its 145-mph winds and torrential rains to Haiti. Early this morning, the storm, which has already killed three people, was south of Port-au-Prince. Later this afternoon, Matthew is expected to make landfall in Cuba. Cruise ships are being rerouted, and states of emergency are in effect in North Carolina and Florida.

First it was the water, now it's an outbreak of the infectious bacteria Shigellosis. It causes bloody diarrhea and fever and typically spreads when people don't wash their hands. And people in Flint haven't been washing their hands or taking baths because they're still scared of contaminated water. They're using baby wipes, but baby wipes don't kill bacteria.

5. North Korea

Don't be surprised if Kim Jong Un and Co. make a little noise right before we all cast votes next month. Turns out trying to create an October surprise for the US presidential elections is something of tradition for the North Koreans, a new study says. So another nuke test soon is a definite possibility.

NUMBER OF THE DAY

The estimated value of a Raphael painting bought for $25 in 1899. Not a bad return on investment.

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Ferrari just introduced the fastest convertible ever, but forget about placing an order for the $2.2-million LaFerrari Aperta. It's already sold out.

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WHAT'S FOR LUNCH

Here's what's coming up later

Yes, it'll lack the excitement (and probably the viewers) of Clinton vs. Trump, but the veep debate is still important. Catch it tonight at 9 ET.

Google takes its latest shot against the iPhone, when it introduces two new smartphones, and a slew of other new products, today in San Francisco.

AND FINALLY ...

A man in a pink tutu moves in sync with the Norwegian Royal Guard in front of the National Palace in Oslo. Just another day in Norway, we guess.

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Well, so much for that. The US has stopped talking to Russia about Syria. The US says Moscow never lived up its commitments, wasn't particularly interested in the ceasefire and, with its Syrian regime ally, bombed "civilian populations into submission." Meanwhile, the slaughter continues: a suicide bomber killed 22 people at a wedding party.

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The eye of Hurricane Matthew made landfall near Les Anglais, Haiti, Tuesday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center. Matthew continues to be a very dangerous Category 4 hurricane with winds of 145 mph. A second landfall is possible later Tuesday as the storm approaches the eastern tip of Cuba.At 5 a.m. ET Monday, the Category 4 hurricane was plodding along at about 9 mph as the eye of the storm approached southwest Haiti, the National Weather Service said. Matthew is expected to either make landfall or skirt the Haitian coast sometime after daybreak.

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Hurricane Matthew made landfall near Les Anglais, Haiti this morning. Matthew is a category 4 hurricane with 145 mph winds.

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Hillary Clinton Pulls Ahead of Donald Trump After First Debate, Poll Shows. Clinton earns 47 percent support vs. 42 percent support for Trump in the CNN/ORC survey released on Monday afternoon.

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The eye of Hurricane Matthew made landfall near Les Anglais, Haiti.Matthew continues to be a very dangerous Category 4 hurricane with winds of 145 mph

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The damage was especially brutal in southern Haiti, where sustained winds of 130 mph continued to punish the impoverished island nation even as the eye of the storm crossed eastern Cuba.

The "extremely dangerous" storm has killed at least seven people, including four in Haiti's neighbor, the Dominican Republic.

Officials feared a high death toll in Haiti.

"We've already seen deaths. People who were out at sea. There are people who are missing. They are people who didn't respect the alerts. They've lost their lives," Interim Haitian President Jocelerme Privert said at a news conference.

Heavy rain throughout the day caused Haitian waterways to swell.

"The river has overflowed all around us," church pastor Louis St. Germain said. "It's terrible ... a total disaster."

St. Germain, who spoke to CNN on the phone from Les Cayes, Haiti, said the storm sheared a wall off his house and tore roofs off many buildings in the area.

And in a significant setback for emergency responders and aid relief efforts, the bridge that connected Port-au-Prince with southern Haiti collapsed.

There are reports of communications towers being affected by downed trees and officials are worried it will hamper the emergency response.

Matthew was moving across Cuba on its way to the Bahamas.

The Category 4 hurricane made landfall near Les Anglais, Haiti, around 7 a.m. ET, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Up to 40 inches of rain could be dumped Haiti, which is still recovering from a devastating 2010 earthquake and a cholera outbreak.

River levels rise

Les Cayes Mayor Jean Gabriel Fortuné said Tuesday morning the storm was slamming into his city. He posted videos on social media that showed wind whipping through trees as heavy rains pelted people on the streets.

The United Nations mission in Haiti shared a photo of people wading through water in a flooded street there.

Witnesses also reported streets flooding in the capital of Port-au-Prince. Leogane was also hit hard.

Along the US East Coast governors in four states declared states of emergency and two told residents to prepare for possible evacuations. Florida Gov. Rick Scott was particularly blunt, telling residents to prepare for the state quite possibly taking a direct hit.

Death toll rising

Seven people have died in incidents connected to Hurricane Matthew within the past week, authorities said.

Four people in the Dominican Republic died, the government announced, without providing any details about how the victims passed away.

In Haiti, Guillaume Albert Moleon, an Interior Ministry spokesman, said one fisherman died on Sunday. A second fisherman is presumed dead, but the body has not been recovered.

In St. Vincent and the Grenadines, a teenager died in a landslide as he was cleaning a drain behind his house, according to Michelle Forbes, deputy director for the National Emergency Management Office. The boy died Wednesday after storms from Matthew passed.

The hurricane could cause further devastation for Haiti as much of the country's infrastructure remains weak after the 2010 earthquake that killed more than 200,000 people.

More than 300,000 people are in shelters across the country, the United Nations said.

After the storm clears Haiti, residents could face risks from another threat: standing water.

"That means a potential spike in cholera cases," said John Hasse, the humanitarian aid agency World Vision's national director in Haiti. "Other mosquito-borne diseases that have been more or less controlled are going to rear their heads."

Haiti is still recovering from a post-quake cholera outbreak that killed 10,000 people.

Collision course for Cuba

Forecasters said Matthew could dump up to 20 inches of rain in Cuba.

The United States, taking no chances, airlifted 700 family members of military personnel stationed at Guantanamo Bay to Florida. The 61 detainees held by the United States as alleged enemy combatants will not be evacuated, officials added.

After skirting Cuba, Matthew is expected to hit the Bahamas and turn toward the United States. It should lose some strength, but still have 115 mph winds.

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More than 350 villagers living in La Yerbabuena and La Becerrera at the foot of the mountain were moved to safety, emergency officials said.
Authorities in neighboring Jalisco state also evacuated some residents.
Colima volcano is known in Mexico as the Volcano of Fire.

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Fresh eruptions from the Colima volcano in Mexico have forced the evacuation of hundreds of people from their homes.

Ash and thick black smoke rose from the volcano, 300 miles (482km) west of Mexico City. A flow of lava could be seen pouring down its slopes.

More than 350 villagers living in La Yerbabuena and La Becerrera at the foot of the mountain were moved to safety, emergency officials said.

Authorities in neighbouring Jalisco state also evacuated some residents.

Colima volcano is known in Mexico as the Volcano of Fire.

Eruptions earlier this year forced similar evacuations. At that time, Mexico's interior ministry said the volcano was threatening its first major eruption since 1913.

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The death toll from a deadly ISIS suicide bombing at a Kurdish wedding party in northeast Syria has risen to 36 people. Eleven women and children were among the dead in Monday's attack.

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Seven bee species native to Hawaii are now in the endangered species list. The yellow-faced bee species were added to the federal list of endangered species after years of research concluding that,yeah,they are endangered.

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In a first for bees in the nation, seven bee species native to Hawaii are now protected under the Endangered Species Act.

The US Fish and Wildlife Service said it added the yellow-faced bee species to the federal list of endangered species Friday night after years of research concluded they are under threat.

The rule is effective October 31.

Bees pollinate plants producing fruit, nuts and vegetables, and are crucial for the nation's food industry.

They have declined sharply in recent years due to various factors, including habitat loss, pesticides, wildfires and loss of genetic diversity.

"Native pollinators in the US provide essential pollination services to agriculture which are valued at more than $9 billion annually," said Eric Lee-Mäder, pollinator program co-director at the Xerces Society, which was involved in petitions calling for the protection of the bee species.

During pollination, insects, birds and bats transfer pollen between plants, which allows them to make seeds and reproduce.

Listing the bees allows authorities to provide recovery programs and get funding for protection.

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Hundreds of buildings evacuated as fire rages in Colorado

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Mr. Kohl- Welcome to the Vice Presidential debate. Tonight, Gov. Mike Pence (IN), who’s on Team Trump, and Sen. Tim Kaine (VA), who’s on Team Clinton, will be playing defense for their running mates.

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Mr. Kohl- Welcome to the Vice Presidential debate. Tonight, Gov. Mike Pence (IN), who’s on Team Trump, and Sen. Tim Kaine (VA), who’s on Team Clinton, will be playing defense for their running mates.

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A 13 year old girl in Virginia asked a person on social media that was posing as a clown to kill one of her teachers. The police say that she asked them to kill a teacher at Davis Middle School. The has been arrested. She was also charged with one count of threatening to kill by electronic message.