because i ended up getting a second job at a hospital in queens, for which i was high-paid. then he had his most crucial witness, paul s landlord. the defense wanted to use him to undermine a key point in the prosecution s case. scott and paul drove home to paul s house. you went straight to paul s house when you came back? yes. but on the stand, paul s landlord disputed that, he said he was setting up fora photo shoot did not lay eyes on any of them. how could the man be out there and never sees scott sherwood or paul. there s only one way, it did not happen! the lawyers testimony less proof that scott sherwood had made up the story. we the prosecution had not proven beyond a reasonable doubt that paul was a killer.
they had no idea if anyone was still inside. does anyone live there? yes, yes, the kids! are they out of the house? i don t know. neighbors knew paul wasn t there. he wasn t living in an apartment three hours away with his new girlfriend. that morning he got a call from catherine s pastor. i picked it up and it was pastor phyllis she goes, where are the kids, where are the kids? i m like, they re with me. what s going? she goes, the house is on fire. firefighters worked for hours dousing the flames. when catherine s friend sue muller arrived, the fire was still we raging. she stood vigil for hours, waiting to hear news of her friends. all of a sudden, the firemen were all concentrated in one area looking down into the basement. and then the local funeral home was there with the body bag. and i saw them bring the body
and then i remember him, he s the guy that grilled me. the one that got my face. how are you feeling? oh my gosh, these people are back in my life four years later? at that point, i still didn t know what they wanted from me. i knew this guy was yelling at me. and then i just looked at him and said, i would like to speak to a lawyer. paul had already been interviewed by police several times. he thought this was all behind him. you knew it had to be about catherine? well, yeah, obviously it had something to do with that. later that day, the police went back to paul s house. and i went outside in the driveway with them and they said, we re sorry to have to bring this to you but paul novak is under arrest . i said, for what? they said, this is for his involvement in his wife s murder four years ago. what cat and paul didn t know that was that a witness had come forward telling police and evil tale. and in that story paul was the villain. they arrested you they put
and life became routine again. soon paul s eyes wondered to a much younger woman. someone from work. they had an affair and paul moved out, leaving catherine and the kids alone in the house. she was beside herself. she was absolutely hysterical. catherine s good friend and neighbor, sue muller, remembered when the marriage ended. she couldn t even get her breath. she was sobbing so hard. but catherine s family, who considered her the eternal optimist, watched her move on with her life. pouring all of her love and attention into her children. she was very focused on them. very engaged in their lives. did everything with them. sounds like that s what was important in her life anyway? absolutely. she was working at her children s school and had even been on a few dates. catherine was creating a life without paul. then, in december 2008, some time in the early morning hours, somewhere in her house, a fire started. a house is totally on fire. it s on fire. when firefight
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