>> i didn't sit up looking at him all night. [ inaudible question ] >> i think i would have, yeah. >> so their alibis were each other. detectives kept prodding. >> would you have done anything for him? >> within reason. would i lie for him? no. because you know what? if he made his bed, he's got to lay in it. >> for almost a month, detectives went back and forth between ron and cindy and stephanie's husband, dale. who, by that time, had been advised by a friend -- better get a lawyer. so, i called. and my attorney said, you don't know the onslaught, the tidal wave that's coming toward you, do you? you have no idea. i said apparently not. >> oh, yes. and what a tidal wave it was. >> "dateline" returns after the break. break.concentrated power.