did you cause your death? it was more about catching him in lies and inconsistencies? right, right. reporter: then harold said something which didn t make sense to kim, that he d put his career on hold when haley was born and he and toni decided to keep that a secret. he told us the reason he didn t work and didn t tell us is that toni had asked him not to. he couldn t tell us because he was afraid that if we ever met up with the bertolets, that we d tell him that he s a stay at home dad. i m like, we would never see them. and he goes, well, i couldn t take that chance. reporter: then there was a technical glitch. at one point my wire wasn t working. reporter: how did you know it wasn t working? they called me on the phone and reporter: so you were taking a call in front of harold from the police? and they told me to get in the bathroom and they would fix it. reporter: wire fixed, kim went back to the table. harold, who was never shy about anything, launched into
this go. so he called the park rangers and basically just said, we re close with toni. we have suspicions. please investigate this, please. he begged them. i felt immediately upon hearing the news that we had to find out exactly what was what happened, and that we had to be her voice because the only story we were going to get was going to be his story. reporter: but they all soon discovered even getting harold s story wasn t easy. did you ask harold, tell me what happened? several times. i said, what happened, harold? and he blew me off. reporter: when harold came to mississippi for toni s memorial service her family thought he was more interested in watching a football game than talking about toni s last day on earth. he announced to us that day that he wanted to sit down with us and talk. and he said, oh, he totally brushed off. it will take about ten minutes. i want to watch the game.
the good samaritan, also remembers thinking that harold was acting strangely that night. for one thing, even though harold flagged down her family s car, patricia says he didn t seem to want their help. we started to get her out from underneath the car, and that s when he started telling us, you know, get away from her. don t touch her. reporter: she also noticed that although the night was chilly lynn was wearing just jeans and a t-shirt. harold, on the other hand, had a nice, warm coat. he didn t even attempt to take his coat off and cover his wife with it. so we all covered her with our coats. reporter: then when the emts got lynn s heart started, roxanne said harold said something she never forget. when we put her in the ambulance and she did have a heartbeat, he said, really? she has a heartbeat? he was more surprised than thankful. reporter: now that harold had lost his second wife toni in a second strange incident, the douglas county coroners office which had origina
and that was he was more angry than anything else. reporter: friends and family were suspicious of harold for many reasons, including that he couldn t seem to get his story straight about what happened to toni. the night she died, harold told toni s older brother barry on the phone that toni had lagged behind on the trail and he lost sight of her until he saw her at the bottom of the cliff where she fell. but later, when he spoke to toni s younger brother todd, harold added several new details. toni was taking a picture and he had gotten received a text. it was that haley was playing in a soccer game and it was a picture of haley playing soccer. and then when he looked up, my sister was gone. and she had fallen off the cliff. reporter: harold told many people toni was taking pictures of wild turkeys while the ranger recalled harold saying toni was
was he very supportive? i asked her how this was going, that this had to be incredibly stressful. and she said, her exact comments i ll never forget these words. life with harold is hard. reporter: brother todd and sister-in-law rhonda also looked back and thought how difficult it could be to get toni on the phone without harold listening in. you call their home number, you call her cell phone number, and you could call his cell phone number. reporter: and he would answer? he would answer. when we spoke to her it was never just her. it was always him and her in the background. reporter: tammi recalled how harold used to come into toni s office as if he owned the place and how in his presence, toni, the self-confident doctor, seemed to melt away somehow. she said i ve just learned long ago it s just better to let harold be right. reporter: did that make you kind of sad? that made me very sad, and that s when i really thought things are not right.