chuck room. reporter: she told friends and family he had a temper, a controlling way. once back in 1996 she called her sister-in-law from a closet, terrified. he had the gun outside the closet and she was inside, hiding. reporter: what did you hear about that? he was out there with a pump gun, i guess, and he was racking the pump action up and down and telling her to come out. reporter: cal later denied it was true that he had been fighting or threatening michele with a gun. then in 1999, michele learned cal was having an affair. she was devastated, but not ready to end the marriage. and cal said he wasn t either. michele said we can work through this, but, you know, you ve got to get rid of the girl. she worked up at one of the dealerships. reporter: they did what they could to salvage the marriage. it didn t work. she told her family he cut off her spending money. she took up with a young man in november 2000. a month later she told cal she
she, not so much. she had a room downstairs. and she called it the chuck room. if there was going to be a party or a picnic or whatever, she d throw it, take it down in the chuck room. keith morrison (voiceover): and she told friends and family he had a temper, a controlling way. once back in 1996, she called her sister-in-law from a closet, terrified. he was had the gun outside the closet. and she was inside, hiding. keith morrison (voiceover): what d you hear about that? he was out there. it was a pump gun, i guess. and he was racking the pump action up and down and telling her to come out. keith morrison (voiceover): cal later denied it was true that he d been fighting or threatening michele with a gun. then, in 1999, michele learned cal was having an affair. she was devastated, but not ready to end the marriage. and cal said he wasn t either. michele said that, you know, we can work through this. but you know, you got to get rid of the girl. she worked up at the cortland dealershi