like they knew what must have happened. >> i received a telephone call from my husband. what he said to me was, well, it finally happened. steve finally killed her. >> steve killed her? >> my wife's been killed. i just got home from work. >> was his frantic voice on that 911 call the equivalent of crying crocodile tears? brad benson, remember, was a rookie back then, didn't take part in the investigation. but, before long, his colleagues seemed to feel that steve was indeed the murderer. and they had their reasons. >> well, there were some reports of domestic violence in his past. >> in fact, it turned out, karin had left steve. why was she even in the house that night? a couple of months after karen's death, steve was arrested and charged with his wife's murder. what did steve strom do?