positive he was responsible for it this. he kept insisting he had nothing to do with archie mcfarland s murder and crime lab tests didn t find a speck of blood on his clothes, or him, no scratches on him. was it possible janos wasn t the killer? detective kroenke had an idea. mary ann wanted to see her former lover in jail. what if they taped the conversation? so the two met for the first time since archie s murder, as the tape rolled. how could you do such a horrible thing and think you re a man. if you get out of here alive, i ll kill you. do you know what you ve done? you ve destroyed me. i didn t do what you re accusing me. i did not do it. if i had a gun, i d blow your damned brains out right now. at one point mary ann became so enraged she even spat on him. love? you did this in the name of love?
unless you call me back, i m going to get you. the next day janos showed up at the mcfarland s house carrying a small pouch. mary ann was in the shower, so he let her in. the two started talking, then mary ann entered the room. janos says darling, come sit over by me and mary ann puts the hammer down and says it s over. janos perhaps upset, went to the bathroom. mary ann was curious about that pouch he brought with him. took a peek. and inside is a loaded semiautomatic firearm, ready to go. and an extra magazine. janos later told mary ann that his plan, if she refused to come away with him, was to go outside and kill himself with that gun. our theory was that if you re planning on killing yourself in the front yard, you don t need to bring the gun into the house. you don t need to have an extra magazine with you. i believe that something much more sinister was going to
thought at the beginning, of course. difference was, where some d.a. s avoid circumstantial cases, lewin loves them. especially the riddles of cases gone cold. he called a regular partner, a veteran detective jim wallace. in almost every case there s something you can do. if nothing else, an opportunity to look at the evidence anew. reporter: wallace and lewin began by digging into the love triangle. by re-interviewing mary ann, asking about her relationship with both archie and yanos. and about the events that preceded the murder. typically, when these murders occur, behaviors start to fall apart. you see the behavior of the murderer become more and more aggressive and the murder occurs.
an nbc news consultant on other stories, loves them. especially the riddles of cases gone cold. he called a regular partner, a veteran detective jim wallace. in almost every case there s something you can do. if nothing else, an opportunity to look at the evidence anew. you see if anything was missed. reporter: wallace and lewin began by digging into the love triangle. by re-interviewing mary ann, asking about her relationship with both archie and yanos. and about the events that preceded the murder. typically, when t murders occur, behaviors start to fall apart. you see the behavior othe murderer become more and more aggressive and the murder occurs. reporter: so to the beginning, which was, of course, the love story or the betrayal, call it what you will. mary ann as they discovered was frankly a little bored with archie, but he loved her unreservedly. she knew that. but passion, excitement, not so much.
veteran detective jim wallace. in almost every case there s something you can do. if nothing else, an opportunity to look at the evidence anew. reporter: wallace and lewin began by digging into the love triangle. by re-interviewing mary ann, asking about her relationship with both archie and yanos. and about the events that preceded the murder. typically, when these murders occur, behaviors start to fall apart. you see the behavior of the murderer become more and more aggressive and the murder occurs. reporter: so to the beginning, which was, of course, the love story or the betrayal, call it what you will. mary ann was frankly a little bored with archie. he loved her unreservedly. she knew that. but passion, excitement, not so much. she was a vibrant woman still and attractive. but 47 and in need of something.