for me to be there than worry about how awkward i felt. >> reporter: to her surprise, sam's family embraced dianne. >> they all received me well. in fact, they invited me to come up and sit with them. >> she's truly a lovely person. and i think she made him happy. and he deserved to be happy. >> reporter: you've come down pretty hard on danielle for her affair. sam was also having an affair. >> yes. >> reporter: do you condemn him for that behavior as well? >> no. i don't think he intended to meet someone. i don't think he intended to have an affair. he met dianne. he had known her three months. that's a far cry, you know, a world apart from danielle seeking a man on ashley madison and having a long-term affair with him for four years. >> reporter: in the weeks following the funeral, detectives mcdonald and