an intruder. their home so deep in the woods now shrouded in a mystery even deeper. police had suspects. i remember kelley not wanting to be home alone. they also had a problem. why would this guy go up and kill this woman? her family had questions of their own. something is not right here. something is wrong. and then someone remembered a phone call and a fib. i pulled out my phone. i m like that s strange. a killer living two lives. it hurts when you thought you knew was all a lie. hello and welcome to dateline. kelley and tom clayton seemingly happy life together came to an abrupt end when she was found brutally murdered. investigators set out to uncover the truth, finding stories of bestral and betrayal and a witness who may have seen everything, the clayton s daughter, charlie. in this case, not everything was what it seemed. here with the house in the woods is andrea canning. these ones are not fun to do. finally he found it. down a secluded driv
when it happened. he said something about his kids telling him that there was a robbery. all they told us was there was an intruder. their home, so deep in the woods, now shrouded in a mystery even deeper. this is a real whodunnit? very much so. the police had suspects. i remember telling them they want to be alone. they also had a problem. why would the sky go up and kill this woman? her family had questions of their own. something is not my right here, something is wrong. and then, someone remembered a phone call and a fib. i pulled out my phone, and i m like, that is strange. a killer living two lives. everything that you thought you knew was all a lie. hello, and welcome to dateline, kelly and tom clayton s seemingly happy life together came to an abrupt end when she was found brutally murdered, investigators set out to uncover the truth, finding stories of betrayal and a witness who may have seen everything. the clayton s daughter, charlie
tom had recently fired beard. michael beard was fired september 17th. and then kelley was murdered the, like, night of the 28th, 29th. so it wasn t long at all. was it possible that beard was angry about losing his job and that kelley s murder was some kind of revenge? molly went through her cell phone and her facebook contacts and gave investigators beard s address. i gave that to them. and they were just like, okay, thank you. the steuben county sheriff s office needed all hands on deck and called in the new york state police for assistance. i was contacted by investigators the day of the homicide. investigator matt lambert was assigned to run down the michael beard lead. what did you know about michael beard s background? he actually was a pretty well-respected employee until september 17th, when when tom had fired him. why did tom fire him? stealing from jobs and drinking, i think, on the job and that he fired him on the
fired him. why did tom fire him? stealing from jobs and drinking, i think, on the job, and he fired him on the 17th because there were maybe some complaints from other employees at servpro. so there were issues there? right. but beard was polite and cooperative when the investigator knocked on his door. we said, hey, can you take a ride with us up to the barracks. he said yeah, let me let my wife knew. he already knew what it was about? we told him we wanted to talk about the homicide of kelley clayton. the investigator asked beard where he was the night of kelley s murder. he said he was home except for a beer run. he actually kind of alibied himself at that point saying he was at the store the night before and it was the same clerk working, that she could prove he was in the store the night before. did he express he knew anything about kelley s murder? no, he didn t say he knew anything with the murder. is he telling you anything about tom clayton? no, jus
the 28th, 29th, so it wasn t long at all. was it possible that beard was angry about losing his job and that kelley s murder was some kind of revenge? molly went through her cellphone and her facebook contacts and gave investigators beard s address. i gave that to them and they were just like, okay, thank you. the steuben county sheriff s office needed all hands on deck and called in the new york state police for the assistance. i was contacted by investigators the day of the homicide. investigator matt lambert was assigned to run down the michael beard lead. what did you know about michael beard s background? he actually was a pretty well-respected employee until september 17th when tom had fired him. why did tom fire him? stealing from jobs and drinking, i think, on the job, and he fired him on the 17th because there were maybe some complaints from other employees at servpro. so there were issues there? right. but beard was polite and cooperative when the inve