it felt like law & order . the fire broke out before dawn. in the daylight, they found this mother of two young children dead. she lived a very courageous life. she was very bold in the things she did. but after the smoke cleared, a mystery lingered. we knew she did not die in that fire, she died before the fire. who do you look to as the suspect? obviously the spouse is the first person you look to. but her husband had a clear alibi and he passed a lie detector test. eventually, the case grew cold until this witness came forward. with a tale of love and lust gone wrong. he finally just took the sweat shirt and wrapped it around her neck. but could she be believed? i was sleeping around. i think i slept with half the town. was she out for justice or revenge? is it a perfect world, no? will she get hers, yes? and she does. what was the lie? and what was the truth? how could you miss it? he wasn t there! hello and welcome to dateline . paul and c
came forward. pointing a finger at catherine s estranged husband, paul. so, who was this mystery witness? a woman from paul s past? his ex girlfriend, michelle. michelle, who was the defendants alibi in 2008, has now come forward and said paul was not home. and that paul went to narrows burke, and paul killed katherine. what was that phone call like? it was now time to get to work. this man was the district attorney. he teamed up with the former da, steve. didn t feel good that you had a break? it s a break, again be we needed more information. investigators sat michelle down to hear her story. let s start back in the beginning. okay. during a six hour interview michelle laid out which he claimed was the true story of how paul killed katherine. she said he started plotting