this is dateline. the first time i saw her, i thought she was beautiful. we just loved being together, we were always together. our kitchen back door was opened and the glass was broken. i need an ambulance now. my wife, oh my god. it was him who found her. i said i don t know how to handle that. i wish i could ve been there to protect her. a wife murdered, and later, a husband under suspicion. he was such a nice guy that you would ve never guess that he would ve done something like that. you think he faked that burglary and killed his wife? yes. he wanted the house, he wanted her money, and if he divorced her, he would lose everything. in court, a stunning verdict. this could not be happening, i did not kill my wife. but more stunning still was what came after, a mysterious witness with a secret. this is a woman who essentially says i saw the murderer. and it wasn t tom folly. would her story be the ultimate twist? hello and welcome to dateline.
we were always together. our kitchen that door was open. glass was broken. i need an ambulance now. my wife. oh my god. it was him who found her. i don t know how to handle that. i wish i could ve been there to protect her. a wife murdered, and later, a husband under suspicion. he was such a nice guy, that you would ve never guess that he would ve done something like that. you think you fake that burglary and killed his wife? yes. he wanted the house, he wanted her money and if he divorced or he would lose everything. in court, a stunning verdict. this could not be happening, i did not kill my wife. but more stunning still, was would came after. a mysterious witness with a secret. this is a woman who essentially says, i saw the murderer. and it wasn t tom fully, when her story be the ultimate twist? hello and welcome to dateline. it is a mystery people thought they had the answer to, the murder of a well-loved teacher and a close knit town with an
prosecutor, i wanted to convince the police, i wanted to convince my wife s family. i wanted them to know and look at me and hear me. tom started by answering some still nagging questions, like how did a yellow plastic bag with shotgun shells in it get into tom s basement? did you have dunham s bags in your home? yes. how do you explain the bag in the basement, with the shotgun shells in it? they weren t ours. that bag is probably ours. my fingerprints are on the bag. but three clean shotgun shells in my basement? it just doesn t make sense. you have no idea where those came from? absolutely not. tom said he has never owned or used a shotgun. never. wouldn t know how to operate it. wouldn t know the first thing about it. tom schaeffer then asked why tom failed to call his home when dar didn t show up at the birthday celebration.
some still nagging questions like, how did a yellow plastic bag with shotgun shells and it get into tom s basement? did you have guns and bags in your home. yes. how do you explain the bag in the basement, with a shotgun shells in? they were hours. that bag is probably hours. my fingerprints are on the bag. but three clean shotgun shells in my basement? it just doesn t make sense. you have no idea where those came from? absolutely not. tom said he has never owned or used a shotgun. never. we wouldn t know how to operate it. wouldn t know the first thing about it. tom schafer then asked why tom failed to call his home when dar didn t show up at the birthday celebration. something just wasn t right, that s why i went home. if we had cellphones, i would ve called her on her cell phone. i had to find her. i had to go to see where she was at. then it was time for tom to