walk, and we were best friends. they were a great family, and we all loved them so much. reporter: just three days after the harveys death, jittery friends and neighbors gathered for a candlelight vigil, not knowing if the killer was among them. the community was on edge. but one friend in particular who was noticeably absent from the vigil was about to become truly frightened. i felt scared, but i also felt like i wanted some answer. i wanted somebody to tell me something. bad or good. reporter: johnny hott was not among the many mourners because by then, hott says, he d been through quite an ordeal himself. i got a call from the detective, and he wanted to know if i could come down there. i said, sure, i ll come down there. reporter: hott says he d been talking to police to help them out. first at the crime scene, the day of the harvey killings. and again that night down at police headquarters. the next day he was summoned for a third interrogation. but this time, he say
for this thing. and i m not that sure that it won t happen, because i know that innocent people get convicted. reporter: and he knew how much fear was penetrating the city, how much pressure there was on police to close this case. hott says he looked out his window with dread as an unmarked police car pulled up across the street. he and his wife were sure they were coming for him. and kristen from upstairs, they re coming, they re coming, they re coming, here they come. oh, my gosh. i got the cell phone out, and i had stephen s number in there, you know, scrolling through that. oh, my gosh. and they had some papers in their hand, too. and they had issued subpoenas for kristen and for my daughter, my 4-year-old daughter. reporter: but hott s wife and daughter never had to speak to authorities. a few days later he was finally able to prove he had an alibi on the morning of the murders. and that left police with only one option. we were able to eliminate him, but it was a proces
the harvey home. some left flowers and stuffed animals for the girls, while others simply came to pay their respects to bryan harvey, his wife, and children, to try to understand why this had happened. the family was so beloved in their hometown no one could imagine the harveys would have enemies who would want to murder them. in an outpouring on the web, kathryn was recalled as a favorite in the richmond business community, loved by her employees and customers alike. and those who knew bryan, like musician johnny checca, say he was a devoted father and a dependable friend. i told them one time he was the kind of friend that if you were on a wagon train with him in the old west and something had happened to me i would want him to take care of my family. i thought he was a really good, upstanding guy, somebody you could count on. reporter: the idea that someone could have had a problem with little ruby or her sister stella was unthinkable. i knew stella since i could
the investigators worked with him long and hard trying to help johnny explain where he was, what he was doing. i think in this process, johnny started to get frustrated. he started to get angry. i felt like i was being targeted. reporter: coming up, johnny hott goes on the offensive. why did i get a lawyer? i said, you guys are scaring me. just one phillips colon health probiotic cap a day helps defends against occasional constipation, diarrhea,
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