mary, paul s cousin and pete s sister, got a barrage of texts at work. it was bitter sweet. there was a part of me that was relieved that it was over for pete or that he wasn t, you know, mixed in with it. and at the same time i was sad because it was my cousin that we grew up with, you know, and part of my family. my youngest sister mary called me on the phone and she said they just arrested paul for the murder of robert ayala. i was in the middle of the parking lot and i fell to my knees and just started screaming. reporter: but human nature is a funny thing. suspicion once embedded is remarkably resistant to actual evidence that might disprove it. when paul moore was arrested and charged with the murder of roberto ayala, his cousin peter began to experience that particular phenomenon quite personally. around town people still seemed to believe that pete was the murderer.
took time off on a sunday afternoon and detective salm asked paul directly. do you have a prior criminal record? yes. i was into drugs and stuff when i was younger. reporter: committed felonies in fact. then he said he just grew up and wanted to help now any way he could even if it meant informing on his beloved cousin peter. i think pete is a little envious of robert. i think he felt his dad treated robert better than pete got treated and he worked there. he said something about his dad taking him out of the will. reporter: one thing, though. paul, like his second cousin dave, didn t think that pete was capable of making that bomb. somebody must have helped him. i just don t think pete has the technical ability to do it. unless he seriously had some help.
suspicion once embedded is remarkably resistant to actual evidence that might disprove it. when paul moore was arrested and charged with the murder of roberto ayala his cousin peter began to experience that particular phenomenon quite personally. around town people still seemed to believe that pete was the murderer. ironic, perhaps, but for all his bluster, pete has never been in arrested, never been in trouble with the law, runs his own business, has been a good father, and over the years has taken in wayward teens to give them a better start. kids like nick. in other foster homes they do it for the money. pete didn t ask for any money in return. he fed me. clothed me. he gave me a car to drive. and now i look at pete like a
younger. reporter: committed felonies in fact. then he said he just grew up and wanted to help now any way he could even if it meant informing on his beloved cousin peter. i think pete is a little envious of robert. i think he felt his dad treated robert better than pete got treated and he worked there. he said something about his dad taking him out of the will. reporter: one thing, though. paul, like his second cousin dave, didn t think that pete was capable of making that bomb. somebody must have helped him. i just don t think pete has the technical ability to do it. unless he seriously had some help. okay. so the type of thing that was done by somebody who is very intelligent, maybe has some know how. that s kind of what you guys said and i think that s right. who do you think is capable
on his beloved cousin peter. i think pete is a little envious of robert. i think he felt his dad treated robert better than pete got treated when he worked there. he said something about his dad taking him out of the will. reporter: one thing, though. paul, like his second cousin dave, didn t think that pete was capable of making that bomb. somebody must have helped him. i just don t think pete has the technical ability to do it unless he seriously had some help. okay. so the type of thing that was done by somebody who is very intelligent, maybe has some know-how. that s kind of what you guys said, and i think that s right. who do you think is capable reporter: but remember, paul s ex-in-laws told detective salm that paul was more likely the guilty party. probably 90% paul. reporter: so now the