things are not right. reporter: tammi says that even though toni seemed to adore her daughter haley, she often gave up mommy time, staying late at the office instead. we would be done. patients gone, staff gone. and she would still be on her computer. but it wasn t work-related. it was playing games. and so we thought, that s so odd. why does she stick around the office? we started to think that maybe she just didn t want to go home and maybe because of harold. reporter: if there was trouble in the marriage toni never said so directly. not to friends, not even to family. todd and rhonda worried maybe she was afraid to say too much. i think he had held control over toni with haley, you know? his parents heard conversation that they weren t meant to hear that he held, you know, divorce over her head. i ll divorce you. yeah. and you won t see haley and, you know, that kind of thing. reporter: that s probably the one thing that would cut the deepest with her. right. repor
this is a spot that most people would be too nervous to approach. the investigation begins. it was supposed to be the perfect weekend in the rockies, but the tragedy struck during a hike. toni henthorn tumbled off the edge of a steep cliff. 8:41 mountain time, her husband harold texted her family two horrible words. she s gone. i d never seen my dad cry. never. and i d say for probably the next two weeks all the time. just constant. reporter: she was his little girl. uh-huh. i can tell you it doesn t matter, you know, what age they are, you know, a parent can never accept it. reporter: toni s friends at work couldn t believe it either. i got a call from christy at our office and all she said is, tammi, toni fell. reporter: what did you think when she said she fell?
and she s like, what s going on? and he says, you know, we re going away for the weekend, happy anniversary. and she s like, no, no, no, no. i can t do that. and he says, you can. tammi fixed the schedule so you re ready to leave. reporter: this was well orchestrated. yes. reporter: this anniversary plan. yes. reporter: harold thought of everything. he hired baby-sitters for haley. he d even packed toni s clothes. she couldn t say no. i mean, she just, you know, he had it all worked out, so off they went. reporter: harold henthorn, the consummate planner, had pulled it off. now the perfect anniversary weekend could begin. the couple left denver on a friday afternoon and headed north. harold booked a room at the stanley, a historic beautiful hotel in estes park. my name is jack torrance. reporter: famous for inspiring stephen king s the shining. thank you. reporter: he scheduled an early dinner so they could turn in early. it was a romantic weekend, after
going, that this had to be incredibly stressful. and she said, her exact comments i ll never forget these words. life with harold is hard. reporter: brother todd and sister-in-law rhonda also looked back and thought how difficult it could be to get toni on the phone without harold listening in. you call their home number, you call her cell phone number, and you could call his cell phone number. reporter: and he would answer? he would answer. when we spoke to her it was never just her. it was always him and her in the background. reporter: tammi recalled how harold used to come into toni s office as if he owned the place and how in his presence, toni, the self-confident doctor, seemed to melt away somehow. she said i ve just learned long ago it s just better to let harold be right. reporter: did that make you kind of sad? that made me very sad, and that s when i really thought
tammi, nice to see you again. thanks for being back with us. thank you for having me back, rachel. how does today s ruling, in fargo, what does this mean for your clinic? come august 1st, at this point we still have one more hurdle but this was a big one. since we ve gotten over this one, we re going to be able to still be able to see our patients and our patients are not going to have to rush in and make an appointment, try to get to us prior to that six-week mark. it s going to give women time to make their decisions. it s going to keep our doors open. what do you think happens next in the legal battle? you say there are continuing hurdles. what happens next and what do you expect you re going to have to continue to do in order to stay open? it seems like this north dakota legislature, just like legislatures in other states, seem determined to pass laws that are blatantly unconstitutional, just like the judge said. it is going to have to be the courts.