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.
now, back to dateline. now, back to dateline. ibly set him free. welcome back to dateline, i m craig melvin. after the jury delivered a guilty verdict, tom foley faced life behind bars. then in a stunning turn just 24 hours later, a witness emerged to possibly set him free. once again, josh mankiewicz. only baseline jumper. he hits it with five seconds. 24 years after the hometown hero named tom foley made coldwater history, the now convicted murderer of the same name sat behind bars awaiting his sentence. are you ready to spend the rest of your life in prison? no, absolutely not. to tom foley s attorney tom schaeffer and his private eye, ken koberstein, the guilty verdict landed like a crushing blow.