opportunity, the only person with the motive to take brian ryan out of this world, he committed this crime masterfully. did he, or didn t he? this was an incredibly tough case. the jury s decision, what would it be? i went down on the, table and i cried. when dateline continues. hen dateline continues
myself. and know you ain t gonna do that, it s spite with a gun. i can see all that happening. and then we got an accident. you know? we have a tragic accident. is that what happened? no. makes sense though doesn t. it makes sense but it didn t happen like that. it didn t happen like that. not much more they could accomplish at that point. in those days, dna took its sweet time getting tested with the results? with evil or of those men at the crime scene firing the gun a doctor wry? and maybe it was time for something hands on. or. nose on if you will. enter, calamity jane. well named, that dog. coming up! that was the closest thing that we had to a link. calamity jane smith out a clue. and a sister s discovery is about to change the case. i said, well where is the gun case? the gun case was missing.
thinking, can we not just let this go? and be done with it? so you weren t excited at the possibility that finally justice would be done? nope well a tough case to be sure. said prosecutor. i just might be a, a prosecutor like himself could not be in the courtroom. he had another fight on his hands. young cancer. so he handed the file to two trusted deputies. dan and mary. it was murder! it was murder that was planned, it was a murder that was premeditated. and it was a murder where no evidence would be left. the big evidence, was of course, tom s behavior in the weeks after and broke up with him and began dating doctor ryan. his friend testified. i thought that bryan just
back to dateline it was dusk that monday in montana, after the weekend murder of doctor brian ryan. when investigators drove out to a farm, 11 miles east of geraldine. here, agent can thompson of the local under sheriff contented to confront 23-year-old tom. the young man who was lost in love. and didn t take it well. when you arrived, what was his durham meaner? i think his demeanor was to be helpful. he was welcoming, very polite. when my mom told me about brian, the first thing that i thought was oh they re gonna suspect me. the ex-boyfriend. that is not the case at all. tom admitted loving an, and being upset when he heard another man, dr. ryan, leave a phone message for his live in girlfriend. so what i did is, i called and said right away.
mind? it was always on my mind. and you know. that s. to solve it. there were times that he would call us and say we are working on it. or we just don t have anything. it just laid there. two years, five, ten, 13. to file, it s a rare down from the shelf like an accusation. but of course, we wouldn t be telling the story if something did not happen. now would we? but what? turned out to be quite a surprise! coming up! this is a homicide. we owe it to the family to go forward. another chance to solve the case. i said, what is going on here? when dateline continues! continues