she still loved him and that she would be moving so that she could be near him whether he wanted to be with her or not. the affair had been a reason behind becky and keith s brief split. now investigators and the ex-lover hatched a plan, record a conversation between becky and her so-called prodigy. maybe becky would give something up to him. three days after keith was shot becky s ex dialed her up. becky, how are you doing? thank you for calling me. becky seemed concerned about covering up the affair. you could say that he knew, seem to remember a realtor by that name you went to broker school with and that s it. and while she stuck to her story about the intruder who shot keith, she said she had news about him. and the guy that shot keith, he killed himself yesterday so i m no longer in danger. oh, that s good. that s good news. i know. everything is good.
chief in 1991, but keith never lost his personal connection with the people he served. he was one of the first responders to the oklahoma city bombing. he was. that s when he worked on that lady that was trapped forever underneath the rubble, and keith wouldn t leave her. was he a hero in your eyes? oh, i think so. i was pretty proud of him as a friend for that. as for becky, she was a force in the community, too, working in real estate. her business often seemed more about the people than the money. becky had a very selfless side to her, too. there were people that i know of, that they were upside down. she even at times was known to take her own money to closing and help like that. keith was elected city councilman in mustang. becky s business was thriving and their marriage an example to others. she and keith did some pre marital counseling for several years in our church. so they were counseling other
yourself, why? detective camie mcneil was no rookie but it was the first case of its kind she had ever seen in mustang. that was my first real whodunnit homicide case. what significance does that have for you? it was very significant. i was nervous. i wanted to, of course, do a good job and make sure that the right person went to jail for that crime. to find that person detectives needed to comb through every detail of becky s eyewitness account. mcneil and an agent from the oklahoma state bureau of investigation interviewed her again at the hospital the night of the shooting. the time is 1:23 a.m. in the morning. what s your first name? becky bryan. becky talked about how close she and keith were, especially after they made it through that rough patch. we were quite in love. i didn t even know he loved me until i filed for divorce, but he really came to the plate. and investigators went over step by step how the shooting went down. what are you looking for when
and i love you. good-bye. that was it. at keith s bedside becky, keith s wife of 33 years, wept, and as keith slipped away along with the sorrow was the lost hope that he could shed any light on who had done this to him. no one believed keith bryan had an enemy in the world. so as the search for the apologetic intruder got under way one clue was as simple as the victim s name. coming up there was a theory out there that perhaps this intruder was looking for a different fireman. when dateline continues. to protect people. to help them save. with a home and auto bundle from progressive. ahh. i was born for this. and now it s prime time.
other than that on july 9th, 2013, becky was sentenced as the jury had recommended, to life in prison, without parole. for keith s friends, the trial and its conclusions were only one sort of an ending. tangible reminders of their friend and hero live on. especially in the fire department keith led for so many years. what is life like now without your friend, without your chief, without keith? we still talk about him. some of the funny things he did. and he is a part of our history here now. and he always will be. and we miss him. if keith was listening, i would say to keith, that i know he is in a great place, and keith would tell us to forgive becky, not to say that she doesn t have to be held accountable, and she doesn t have to suffer consequences, because that s a given, and that s the right thing, that keith would actually want us to