but i did it. there s nothing i can do about it. temple bradley who works near the courthouse was there. my heart was breaking. that the person that i have that wholeheartedly i put my trust in for two years had lied to my face. i just can t believe we ve been deceived in that way. we were there for him the whole time. for keith s family and friends, there are so many questions. but one seems to tower above all the others. i want to know why. and i want to know how you go from a loving husband and father and grandfather to driving all that way, killing your wife, then covering it up, and then lying to your family for so long? knowing that we had everybody doubting us, that we still defended him. disgusting.
the dog started to bark. go for them? caused julie to wake up and got scared and shot her. it made perfect sense. but for detective carter, the burglary theory of the crime wasn t panning out. even as they sorted through the rubble, detectives at the scene found untouched valuables, two safes, a cache of guns and julie s purse sitting in plain sight. you would think an intruder would have grabbed it. you would think so. so carter set out to follow the most promising lead he had. who was this woman deanna, the text messenger, who wondered if keith had made it home okay. he had described her as a guy friend. there was just something about that text message that seemed to stick out, and it seemed to create that question of, you know, what s missing here. carter had called ahead to the authorities in the indiana town where deanna lived. they d arranged to bring the woman down to an interview room. she was waiting. my name s matt carter. deanna was about to tell the
whatever issues my mom and dad would have had, i just could not believe that my dad would take my kids away from their nana. then a few months before keith s retrial, detective carter s phone rang. there was news from the jail. an inmate had some information about keith. and it was as eerie as it was chilling. the detective in the bull s-eye. keith had come forward to him wanting to have me killed. put a hit on you? put a hit on me. orchestrating your death? yes. he d drawn a map of what he believed to be my residence. suggested the caliber of weapon to use to kill me. the informant specifically asked him what if my family was present, and his response was one word, and that was tragedy. wow. that does make the hair on your neck stand up. it does. that wouldn t look good to a jury. the development brought aaron to a tipping point. were you no longer wavering at
murder. you care to answer the allegations, sir? he could face the death penalty. he pleaded not guilty. we were all frantic. we had no idea what was happening, how it could have happened. because at that point we knew that there was no way that he had anything to do with it. this is nightmare country? yes. but again, we thought it would all be explained. they would do their job, they would take him, and the truth would come out. i was 100% convinced that he was innocent. and they were taking the wrong person in. meanwhile, the person who actually did it was getting away. family and friends were for sure distressed to learn that keith had another woman on the road. but the revelation wasn t enough to shake their support for him. it was a shock. but it was something that we accepted as a mistake. but that did not mean that he killed julie. there s no way he did it. not to julie, his wife. yeah. kids mother. no way keith did it. but when keith griffith went to tr
you had it installed tuesday? it was a whole new system. keith explained the contractor was a friend of his who had done the work just a few days earlier. they put a rush on it. i mean, you know, that s kind of what friends do for each other. okay. and i hope to god that this problem is not his. but eventually without giving details, the detective revealed julie s death was no accident. the investigation shows that foul play is involved. i do not believe at this point in time that this was any kind of an accident. i want to ask your cooperation on several things. okay? okay. one of the first things detective carter asked about was how keith and julie were getting along. any problems at all that you all had? anything like that whatsoever? she s my best friend. i mean, i know it. that woman loved everybody. the investigator also asked keith for details about his business trip to indiana. what hotel? comfort suites. comfort suites, okay.