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.
we were always together. our kitchen that door was open. glass was broken. i need an ambulance now. my wife. oh my god. it was him who found her. 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 you fake that burglary and killed his wife? yes. he wanted the house, he wanted her money and if he divorced or 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 would came after. a mysterious witness with a secret. this is a woman who essentially says, i saw the murderer. and it wasn t tom fully, when 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 and a close knit town with an
please state your full name for the record and spell your last name? marianne victoria crandall. out of the presence of the jury, marianne crandall told the court that like carrie zuck, she met tom through dar. and a couples of weeks after dar s murder, marianne stopped by the farm to offer tom support. i don t mean to embarrass you but you had sex with tom in his living room? he tried to. and it was stopped. who tried and who stopped? he tried and we both stopped. you don t have a sexual relationship with somebody within two weeks after your wife s been murdered at the house. but the jury never heard marianne crandall s testimony. because there was no indication of a romantic relationship prior to dar s murder, the judge ruled, just as he did in the first trial, that her testimony was prejudicial and therefore inadmissible.
knew dar was already dead. then members of dar s stepped forward to testify that tom and dar s marriage was troubled, and that tom wanted out. he told me that his wife is a very controlling, and that it was wearing on him. and he did not necessarily want to stay in the marriage anymore. and there was more evidence of an unhappy marriage. according to this woman, back in 2006, tom had a wondering eye. please state your full name for the record and spell your last name. carrie zuck. we carrie zuck thought at the same elementary school as. are known by the name as dee dee. he told me that he was thinking about leaving dee dee. according to carrie, tom also revealed he had feelings for her. and later he tried to kiss her. what was your reaction to that? i didn t want anything to do with it. the prosecution wasn t done. this woman took the stand.
something just wasn t right, that s why i went home. if we had cellphones, i would ve called her on her cell phone. i had to find her. i had to go to see where she was at. then it was time for tom to describe his relationship with dar. it didn t take tom long to lose his composure. we were very close. and go ahead. we were together all the time. tom admitted to the jury he did once flirt with carrie zuck. but he said that happened three years prior to the murder, during a brief time when he and dar were arguing more than they were communicating. at that point, quite a distance bit of distance between us. it also led to intimacy problems between her and i. tom says he eventually told dar about his feelings for carrie.