this is dateline. the first time i saw her, i thought she was beautiful. we just loved being together, we were always together. our kitchen back door was opened and the glass was broken. i need an ambulance now. my wife, oh my god. it was him who found her. i said i don t know how to handle that. i wish i could ve been there to protect her. a wife murdered, and later, a husband under suspicion. he was such a nice guy that you would ve never guess that he would ve done something like that. you think he faked that burglary and killed his wife? yes. he wanted the house, he wanted her money, and if he divorced her, he would lose everything. in court, a stunning verdict. this could not be happening, i did not kill my wife. but more stunning still was what came after, a mysterious witness with a secret. this is a woman who essentially says i saw the murderer. and it wasn t tom folly. would her story be the ultimate twist? hello and welcome to dateline.
i did not kill my wife. but more stunning still was what came after, a mysterious witness with a secret. this is a woman who essentially says i saw the murderer. and it wasn t tom folly. would her story be the ultimate twist? hello and welcome to dateline. it is a mystery people thought they had the answer to, the murder of a well-loved teacher in a close knit town. within hours police were on the scene, there would be an rerest, a trial and a conviction. case closed, not on your life, because in the story, a bombshell came in after the verdict. here s josh mankiewicz. 9-1-1. i need an ambulance now.
the ground around the farmhouse was unusually wet and muddy. so you would expect there to be muddy footprints from inside the residence from somewhat come through that door? absolutely. and was there anything? there was nothing. but it was the yellow bag found in the basement, the bad containing shotgun shells, that interested carbon in the most. downstairs in the basement, okay, we found a dunham s bag that had some shotgun shells in it. okay. have you ever seen that before? no. the foleys didn t own a shotgun, as far as we know? that is correct. carbon sent the bag to the lab for analysis. and what technicians found on the bag surprised even this veteran detective. tom s fingerprints were on the bag? yes. suddenly, detective carbon felt like he needed to take a closer look at tom folly and his seemingly picture perfect marriage. i think they did a lot of things together, however, i don t consider them the picture perfect couple.