ralph s story about what happened to pam had to be true. remember those two men fingered as possible killers? they had records, drug offenses, burglaries. she walks in on a burglary. burglaries aren t uncommon in walsenburg especially with all the drugs around. reporter: then, said the defense, one of the bad guys saw pam and he hits pam in the head hard. he s standing there in the kitchen, fire poker in his hand, wondering what to do. the robbers must have thought pam and ralph had already left on vacation. this family was supposed to be gone. that was the talk around town. so, for the jury it came down to whose story to believe. prosecutors said the police cleared those suspects right back at the beginning. but nothing could clear ralph. and nothing could soften a truly shocking allegation ralph murdered pam because divorce would get him disfellowshipped, cast out, from his church. pam wasn t leaving. and so he had only one option left. if he became a widower, he
i m going to get my neighbor to help me here. [ knocking ] ralph, we re getting help for you, ralph. okay? reporter: the police arrived, went into the house with guns drawn. and there at the entrance to the kitchen, still in her nightgown, lay pam candelario, her head covered in blood. i knew she was dead when the ambulance showed up because they didn t go into the house. they just stayed and were working on ralph. reporter: ralph wasn t shot, but he was hurt. and he was airlifted to the nearest trauma hospital. walsenburg, as local reporter eric mullens knew, was not equipped to handle an investigation of this magnitude. you have small town departments with five, six, seven people, you don t have murder cops on staff. you don t have forensic professionals on staff. reporter: so by the time shannoarrived at thepital looking for her mother an agent of the colorado bureau of
how are they doing? he s not good. crying. he told me to go help her. she s in the kitchen. i m going to get my neighbor to help me here. ralph, we re getting help for you, ralph. okay? the police arrived. went into the house with guns drawn. and there at the entrance to the kitchen, still in her nightgown, lay pam candelario. her head covered in blood. i knew she was dead when the ambulance showed up, because they didn t go into the house. they just stayed, and were working on ralph. ralph wasn t shot, but he was hurt. and he was air lifted to the nearest trauma hospital. walsenburg, as local reporter eric mullens knew, was not equipped to handle an investigation of this magnitude. you have small town departments, five, six, seven people. you don t have murder cops on staff. you don t have forensic professionals on staff. so by the time shannon arrived at the hospital looking
she s in the kitchen. i m going to get my neighbor to help me here. [ knocking ] ralph, we re getting help for you, ralph. okay? reporter: the police arrived, went into the house with guns drawn. and there at the entrance to the kitchen, still in her nightgown, lay pam candelario, her head covered in blood. i knew she was dead when the ambulance showed up because they didn t go into the house. they just stayed and were working on ralph. reporter: ralph wasn t shot, but he was hurt. and he was airlifted to the nearest trauma hospital. walsenburg, as local reporter eric mullens knew, was not equipped to handle an investigation of this magnitude. you have small town departments with five, six, seven people, you don t have murder cops on staff. you don t have forensic professionals on staff. reporter: so by the time shannon arrived at the hospital looking for her mother an agent of the colorado bureau of
i knew she was dead when the ambulance showed up, because they didn t go into the house. they just stayed, and were working on ralph. ralph wasn t shot, but he was hurt. and he was air lifted to the nearest trauma hospital. walsenburg, as local reporter eric mullens knew, was not equipped to handle an investigation of this magnitude. you have small town departments, five, six, seven people. you don t have murder cops on staff. you don t have forensic professionals on staff. so by the time shannon arrived at the hospital looking for her mother, an agent of the colorado bureau of investigation was there to meet her. along with aaron. how did she take it? about as well as you expect