know. i should have been there for her. and then i said, if you would have been, the three of you would be dead now instead of just dar. but just 24 hours into the investigation, detective jim carbon had almost abandoned the theory that this was a random act of violence. it appeared to me that this was a staged break and entering to hide a homicide that took place. but according to detective carbon, whoever staged the burglary didn t factor in the weather that day. it got really warm. we had a huge snow meltoff. the ground around the farmhouse was unusually wet and muddy. so you would expect that there would be muddy footprints from inside the residence where somebody would come through that door? absolutely. was there any footprints, anything? there was nothing. but it was the yellow bag found in the basement, the bag containing shotgun shells, that interested carbon the most.
hurt mommy. and he goes, is she in heaven? and i said yes. it seemed that no one in coldwater could comprehend what had happened, including steve and joanie pierce, close friends of both tom and dar who learned of the murder from tom himself. i said, the three of you were always together, and he was crying, and he said, i know, i know. i should have been there for her. and then i said, if you would have been, the three of you would be dead now instead of just dar. but just 24 hours into the investigation, detective jim carbon had almost abandoned the theory that this was a random act of violence. it appeared to me that this was a staged breaking an entering to try to hide a homicide that took place. but according to detective carbon, whoever staged the burglary didn t factor in the weather that day. it got really warm. we had a huge snow meltoff.
hurt mommy. he goes, is she in heaven? and i said yes. it seemed that no one in cold water could comp helped what had happened, including steve and joni pierce, close friends of both tom and dar, who learned of the murder from tom himself. i said, the three of you were always together and he was crying and he said, i know, i know, i should have been there for her. and then i said, if you would have been, the three of you would be dead now instead of just dar. but just 24 hours into the investigation, detective jim carbon had almost abandoned the theory that this was a random act of violence. it appeared to me this was a staged breaking and entering to try to hide a homicide that took place. but according to detective carbon, whoever disturbed the burglary didn t factor in the weather that day.
he goes, is she in heaven? i said yes. reporter: it seemed no one in cold water could comprehend what had happened. including steve and joanie pierce, close friends of both tom and dar who learned of the murder from tom himself. i said, the three of you were always together. he was crying. he said, i know, i know. i should have been there for her. and then i said, if you would have been the three of you would be dead now instead of just dar. reporter: just 24 hours into the investigation, detective had almost abandon the theory that this was a random act of violence. it appeared that this was a staged breaking and entering to try to hide a homicide that took place. reporter: according to the detective, whoever staged the burglary didn t factor in the weather that day. it got warm. we had a huge snowmelt. reporter: the ground was
the birthday celebration. something just wasn t right. that s why i went home. if we had cell phones, i would have called her on the cell phone. i had to find her. i had to see where she was at. reporter: it was time for tom to describe his relationship with dar. it didn t take tom long to lose his composure. we were very close. we were go ahead. we were together all the time. reporter: tom admitted he did once flirt with carrie. he says that happened three years prior to the murder during a brief time when he and dar were arguing more than they were communicating. that put distance between us. it also led to intimacy problems between her and i.