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
gone wrong. the first clue: the broken glass coming from the kitchen door window. it appears that a beer bottle was used to break that particular window. according to tom, jewelry and credit cards were missing, the family desk had also been disturbed and financial documents inside were gone. and then there was the medicine cabinet. it looked like someone had gone in and scooped of a shelf off of the medicine cabinet and its contents. maybe they were looking for prescription drugs? potentially. but to detective carbon, the items missing weren t nearly as missing as what was left behind. expensive electronics were untouched, as was dar s purse, found sitting on a hallway chair. it didn t make a lot of sense. neither did the use of a shotgun. it s large, potentially bulky. if you re going into break into something, you have to carry
neither did dar s sister lynn, in whom dar once confided. she said that tom doesn t love me anymore, he s going through his change of life his midlife crisis? yes. dar s sisters were becoming increasingly suspicious, especially they said after watching tom s behavior at dar s funeral. it s almost like he was relieved. there were a number of people that came up to me after the service that were really offended by his demeanor, his joyfulness. these were things that i have heard, and it is ridiculous. i mean taking care of heath was on my mind, wondering who killed my wife was on my mind. they don t know the things that i have been through. maybe so, but detective carbon was keeping a very watchful eye on tom foley. he decided to interview the other fully he was at the farm
it seemed like no one in coldwater could comprehend what had happened, including steve and joni pierce, close friends of both tom and dar who heard from the murder from tom himself. i said the three of you were always together and he was crying and said i know, i know, i should ve been her for her. and then i said, if you would ve been the three of you, maybe you would ve all been dead instead of just dar. just 24 hours into the investigation, detective jim carbon had almost abandoned the theory that this was a random act of violence. it appeared to me that this was a staged breaking and entering to try to hide a homicide that took place. but according to detective carbon, whoever staged the burglary didn t factor in the weather that day. it got really warm and there was a huge slow melt off.