this is dateline. the first time i saw her, i thought she was beautiful. we just loved being together, we were always together. our kitchen back door was opened and the glass was broken. i need an ambulance now. my wife, oh my god. it was him who found her. i said i don t know how to handle that. i wish i could ve been there to protect her. a wife murdered, and later, a husband under suspicion. he was such a nice guy that you would ve never guess that he would ve done something like that. you think he faked that burglary and killed his wife? yes. he wanted the house, he wanted her money, and if he divorced her, he would lose everything. in court, a stunning verdict. this could not be happening, i did not kill my wife. but more stunning still was what came after, a mysterious witness with a secret. this is a woman who essentially says i saw the murderer. and it wasn t tom folly. would her story be the ultimate twist? hello and welcome to dateline.
in that he couldn t me man. it ate at him and he couldn t take it anymore. people get divorced for that reason all the time. he didn t divorce her because he s a selfish coward. he wanted the house, he wanted heath, he wanted her money and if he divorced or he would lose everything. in november 2009, tom foley s trial began. the prosecution argued that only tom had a motive to kill dar, but the defense claimed police had rushed to judgment. defense attorney tom schaffer and defense investigator ken coberstein. in their mind is always the boyfriend or the husband. or the person who tried to find the body? and in this case it was the husband. they wanted me bad. because what is easier for them, to go after someone that they can physically see or go after someone that they cannot physically see? what is wrong with the idea that the money was a motive? absolutely not. we had a mortgage. to move on after all this, it
ear witnesses? ear witnesses saw happened. tom schaeffer knew that if he had any hope of getting tom foley acquitted, he d need to prove the sound the boys heard was anything other than a gunshot. just two weeks before trial began, while inspecting crime scene photos, schaeffer found what may be the key to his client s freedom. has a tiny piece of evidence given tom s defense team a glimmer of hope? coming up. i said, ken, is that what i think it is? it was one of these, holy crap. it was to us just a perry mason moment. when dateline continues.