couples on how to have a good marriage? they were counseling others on how to have a good marriage. it came as a surprise when in 2010 keith and becky hit a rough patch. the boys were grown and the empty nesters separated. becky moved out. david raddico remained close to keith during the separation. he said he wanted toorn to know, how could he change to show that love to her in a greater way. what advice did you give keith? i told him to talk to her about it, that she was sensible. keith worked hard to win becky back with gifts and dates and loving notes. becky came home. he was telling some people that what all he had been through was worth it because it had made him even that much better of a husband. in the year that followed keith kept up his campaign of romance. september 20th, 2011 was no different. becky was at a real estate
with a t at the end. the whole keith bryant theory that maybe they got the wrong fire chief? you know, that did not occur to me until i got to the hospital, and that s the first time somebody had brought up maybe mistaken identity. the buzz reached roger straka back at the firehouse. that story did come out that possibly the person that had done this got the wrong chief. it could have been anyone s theory as to what had happened. surely the oklahoma city chief hired and fired many more people than keith did. had the shooter been angry with him? a friend reached him by phone. he was safe and sound at a conference on the east coast the night of the shooting. but there were problems with the mistaken identity theory. the two chiefs didn t look much alike, and the more keith s firemen brothers thought it over the less likely it seemed. i still didn t think that story made sense. too far-fetched? yes.
that s the way she was? i mean becky wanted to control she did not want to cry. she didn t want to be out of control for herself. but becky s friends weren t the only people who found her demeanor odd that night. detective mcneil says that their taped interview with becky was full of jarring moments. for example, after telling police how much she loved keith she had this to say about her fatally-injured husband. i bought a condo, moved out, and he he s [ bleep ] for 31 years. she described keith to us in what i thought was an inappropriate manner. as a matter of routine they had already tested becky s hand at the crime scene for gunshot residue. in the interview they asked her what she was wearing at the time of the shooting. so you were wearing the shirt and the panties. yes, yes.
has to come out from all of his darkness. i m craig melvin. and i m natalie morales. and this is dateline . oh, my god! a fire chief murdered. his wife the only witness. this detective knew them both. she started telling me about a young man coming into their home and shooting keith. her job now, solve this crime. clue number one was a doozy. she said after he shot keith, she said he turned to her and said, i m sorry, ma am. i m sorry? a killer who apologized? that was just the start.
a gun stashed in the dryer. a man s glove, but whose dna? a woman with a whole lot to reveal. no, no, no, no, don t take it off. she tossed her top to me. she just whipped it off. i was shocked. hello and welcome to dateline . keith bryan was a devoted fire chief that spent his career helping those in trouble. the local hero had the job of his dreams and the wife he adored. then one night a gunshot in the couple s home shattered the life that they had built and exposed scandalous secrets at the heart of a complicated crime. here is andrea canning with mystery in mustang. just about 20 miles southwest of downtown oklahoma city sits a town called mustang.