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.
we were always together. our kitchen that door was open. glass was broken. i need an ambulance now. my wife. oh my god. it was him who found her. 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 you fake that burglary and killed his wife? yes. he wanted the house, he wanted her money and if he divorced or 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 would came after. a mysterious witness with a secret. this is a woman who essentially says, i saw the murderer. and it wasn t tom fully, when her story be the ultimate twist? hello and welcome to dateline. it is a mystery people thought they had the answer to, the murder of a well-loved teacher and a close knit town with an
please state your full name for the record and spell your last name? marianne victoria crandall. out of the presence of the jury, marianne crandall told the court that like carrie zuck, she met tom through dar. and a couples of weeks after dar s murder, marianne stopped by the farm to offer tom support. i don t mean to embarrass you but you had sex with tom in his living room? he tried to. and it was stopped. who tried and who stopped? he tried and we both stopped. you don t have a sexual relationship with somebody within two weeks after your wife s been murdered at the house. but the jury never heard marianne crandall s testimony. because there was no indication of a romantic relationship prior to dar s murder, the judge ruled, just as he did in the first trial, that her testimony was prejudicial and therefore inadmissible.
he also says he went to counseling to work on their communication problems. after those sessions, did things get better? absolutely. but then why was it so easy for tom to become intimate with marianne crandall so soon after dar s death? just three weeks after dar died, and you re in the house were dar died what am i to think of that? think that i don t care about what just happened to my wife. that s not true. if i go back and change it, i would. but i can t. this was an event that involved grief and a reaching out and it happened. do you love your wife? i love her very much. did you love her on february 7th, 2009? very much so. did you have anything to do with her death? not at all. before closing arguments, the prosecutor had one more
marianne crandall so soon after dar s death? just three after dar died, and you re in the house were dar died what my to think of that? i think that i don t care about what just happened to my wife. that s not true. if i go back and change it, i would. but i can t. this was an event that involved grief and reaching out and it happened. do you love your wife? i love her very much. did you love her on february 7th, 2009? i very much. did you have anything to do with her death? not at all. before closing arguments, the prosecutor had one more car to play. in the form of a surprise rebuttal witness who could unravel tom s alibi. please state your full name for the record. amber