her. this gets her out of herschel and gives her somebody to do fun things with. harold was a widower and told the bertolets he waited a long time for a chance at love. his wife died in a car accident. he deserves happiness. if it s with tony, it s awesome. he said he had been lonely. harold s friend kim la fair ire had been friends with harold s first wife lynn. what did harold tell you about this new woman in his life, tony? he didn t tell me a lot, but he did tell me that he really likedme her. died, kim and harold remained close. now he wanted kim to meet the new woman inan his life. i felt like i couldn t talk about lynn anyke more, which i understood that. but i was happy that he had moved on and i felt like it was time. and that he was starting a new life. so now harold, the planner, as he said in his dating
countryside. came around a bend and there was a flare in the street and a man trying to flag cars down. the man was herald henthorn, and he was in a panic. herald was at the driver window asking us for help because the car was here and it had fallen on top of his wife. and looking over to the area you could see her legs coming from underneath. lynn, his wife of 12 years was under their jeep. it was a horrible scene. we asked him what happened and he said they had stopped to fix a flat and his wife somehow went under the car possibly to get a lug nut and the jack fell from underneath the car and she got pinned. lynn was face down with the brake rotor resting on her back. the montoya s carefully lifted
to judgment. reporter: the former coroner says there was no rush to judgment. he didn t remember the case, but reread the coroner s report at dateline s request and says, quote, hindsight is a wonderful thing, but at the time everything fit. there were no suspicions raised and no reason to drag our feet. nevertheless, after toni s death and mccormick s review, the douglas county coroner changed the manner of lynn s death from accidental to undetermined. still, harold henthorn hadn t been charged with anything not in toni s death or his first wife lynn s. so sheriff s detectives called on lynn s old friend, kim. what did they ask you to do? they asked if we were willing to be wired. reporter: best friend under cover. what would she find out about harold? coming up you re taking a call from herald in front of the police. my husband and i were looking at each other going, i can t believe this. were you a little scared?
the jeep. all four of us got her out and gently flipped her over and her lips were already turning colors and she wasn t breathing. it was a cold night. the montoyas piled coats on lynn. so at that point the two gentlemen i was with, they started cpr. and i said i got to get her some help. time was ticking down for lynn henthorn. no one had cellphones so patricia raced towards the nearest town nearly two miles away. it was late, it was desolate. and a man came out and i asked him if he could please call 911. the man quickly went inside and made the call then he came back out and said help was on the way. i asked him if he could bring a
you move from one plan to another. lynn and harold started their new life together in colorado where he had a job as a geologist. lynn got a job as a social worker. kim was happy for lynn, of course, but she also felt like her friend was slipping away. maybe it was the distance, maybe it was her commitment to her marriage, but just like it would be with toni years later, kim could never seem to get lynn on the phone without harold listening in. many times i didn t know he was on the phone, but i would sense that he was on the phone. and i would say, before i said something personal, lynn, is harold on the phone? and he would always say, hey, kimmy. reporter: kim couldn t even get alone time with lynn when she went to visit her in colorado. he was always with us. and he was always involved in every conversation.