a fire chief murdered. his wife the only witness. this detective knew them both. >> she started telling me about a young man coming into their home, and shooting keith. >> her job now, solve this crime. clue number one was a doozy. >> she said ■çafter he shot keith, he turned to her and said i'm sorry, ma'am. >> i'm sorry? a killer who apologized? that was just the start. a gun stashed in a dryer. a man's glove, but whose dna? a woman with a whole lot to reveal. >> she tossed her top to me. >> she just ripped it off? >> i was shocked. chief who spent his career helping those in trouble. hello and hello and welcome to dateline. keith bryan was a devoted fire chief who spent his ■çcareer helping those in trouble. then one night a gunshot shattered the life they had built and exposed scandalous secrets at the heart of a complicated crime. here's andrea canning with mystery in mustang. >> reporter: just about 20 miles of southwest downtown oklahoma city sits a town called mustang. once farmers and ranchers dominated the land. it's bigger now, but folks hold tight to their roots. >> pretty quiet community for the most part. >> reporter: faith connects community here and people stay lifelong friends. >> it's a small town feel, neighbors helping neighbors. >> reporter: in a place like mustang, neighbors know almost all there is to know about each other for better or worse. ■ç >> 911, what's your emergency? >> so when the unthinkable happens, it would be all the more startling when the secrets came tumbling out. >> i heard a lot of things that shocked me that i would have never imagined. >> evil invaded mustang? >> it created a lot of fear for a lot of people. >> and that is my first real who had done it? >> keith bryan was oklahoman to the core. proudly raised in the sooner state. he married his wife, becky, at 19, and they settled in mustang. pam woodard, an old friend of keith, rolled out the welcome mat to the bryans ñiwhen they move into town. >> they become a very integral part of our church. very active, very grounded. >> reporter: they had two boys. >> becky was a good mom from what i could tell. >> reporter: keith worked as a fireman, his dream job in the well-to-do city of oklahoma. and jerry hamilton served alongside keith. if the firemen were like brothers, the wives were like sisters says terry's wife, kim. >> we became all families together. >> keith had a good sense of humor. he was outgoing, and he was really driven to succeed. >> which he did, promoted to fire chief. but keith never lost his personal connection with the people he served. >> he waqone of the first responders to the oklahoma city bombing. >> he was. that's when he worked on the lady who was programmed forever. >> oh, i think so. i was pretty proud of him for a friend. >> reporter: as for becky, she was a force in the community too, working in real estate. her business often seemed more about the people. >> becky had a selfless side to her too. there are people that i know of that were upside down. she even at times was known to take her own money to closing and help like that. >> reporter: keith was elected city councilman in mustang. becky's business was thriving. and their marriage, an example to others. >> they ■çdid some pre-marital counseling for several years. >> they were counseling other couples? >> yes, on how to have a good marriage. >> reporter: so it came as a surprise when in 2010, keith and becky hit a rough patch. the becky moved out. david reddick, becky's brother, remained clothe to keith during the separation. >> he wanted to know how to change to show that love to her in a greater way. >> what advice did you give keith? >> i told him to talk to her about it. that she was sensible. >> reporter: keith worked hard to win becky back with dates, >> he was telling people what he had made him that much better as a understand. >> reporter: in the years that fold, keith kept up with the romance. becky was at a real estate conference in tulsa. keith texted her sweet messages throughout the day. becky arrived home around 8:30 p.m. a friend came over to chat. keith, now ever attentive, made iced tea. after the friend left, becky said she and keith settled down in front of the tv. on the bill that night, a classic scary movie, clinic. it was becky. >> a young man. >> and then ■çthe phone cut out dispatchers sent police to the house. becky called back. >> i just called 911 on my cell phone. are you coming to my house? >> reporter: she said an intruder shot keith in the head. >> my husband and bleeding and the intruder. he's in an itty bitty pickup. it's a dark color. >> reporter: the brave fire chief who dedicated his life to saving others was in urgent need of help himself. >> okay, i got to go. >> reporter: ems and police sped to the bryan. who was the shooter? this intruder ■çon the loose an could he be found. fear. coming up after he shot keith, he turned to her and said i'm sorry, man. a gunman? when dateline continues. long lasting eylea hd could significantly improve your vision and can help you go up to 4 months between treatments. if you have an eye infection, eye pain or redness, or allergies to eylea hd, don't use. eye injections like eyla hd may cause eye infection, separation of the retina, or rare but severe swelling of blood vessels in the eye. an increase in eye pressure has been seen. there's an uncommon risk of heart attack or stroke associated with blood clots. the most common side effects were blurred vision, cataract, corneal injury, and eye floaters. and there's still so much to see. if you are on eylea or a similar type of treatment, ask your retina specialist about eylea hd today, for the potential for fewer injections. billy: one second, grandma. this guy is going to buy my car. okay? 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>> yes, i did. cammy mcneil was dispatched to the bryan's house last night. and mustang being mustang, the victim and his wife were no stranger to the detective. what's your reaction when you hear it's keith? >> it was concerning to me because i knew this family. >> reporter: becky seemed relieved to see a familiar face. >> she called out ■çmy name and asked me to come sit by me. then she started telling me about a young man, possibly 25 years old, coming into their home. and shooting keith in the head. >> what did the young man say according to becky? >> she said after he shot keith, he turned to her and said i'm sorry, man. >> reporter: this apparent apology and explanation. becky also recounted it to 911 dispatchers. >> he said ma'am, i'm so sorry, but your husband should have hired me. >> do you have a gut reaction about that story? >> it was concerning ■çmaybe because we're a small community. my first. how are we going to find him? >> reporter: becky described the shooter as a man in his 20s with a big nose and wearing a hoodie. >> i tried to get as much information out to the other law enforcement agencies and as well as our officers to start looking for him. >> is it possible that keith might have known the man? and at hospital, hopeful news. he was clinging to life. keith made it through surgery, still in terrible shape, but alive in the icu. when becky arrived, the halls of the hospitals were filled ■ç with friends, loved ones. >> how hard was it for you to see keith in that condition? >> it was very, very hard. you know, i would tell myself, you never know. i've heard so many stories of people, you know, haven't had injuries. and i know prayers are so powerful. and i know that he had so many people praying. the first thing that happens when you see becky in the hospital? >> we come up and hug each other and she's crying. i mean she started crying immediately when i grabbed her. >> reporter: by morning it was clear. keith would not pull through. those closest to him sense it was time to say their good- byes. what did you ■çsay to him? >> just -- i said you didn't deserve this, and i love you. good-bye. that was it. >> reporter: at keith's bedside, becky, keith's wife of 33 years, wept. and as keith slipped away along with the sorrow was the lost hope that he could shed any light on who had done this to him. no one believed keith bryan had an enemy in the world. so as the search for the apologetic intruder got underway, one clue was a simple as the victim's name. coming up. >> there was a theory ■çout the that perhaps this intruder was looking for a different fireman. >> when dateline continues. e absording layer. time for a bite! if your mouth could talk it would ask for... poligrip. ♪♪ some people just know that the best rate for you is a rate based on you, with allstate. because there's a right way to. stop! and the speed limit definitely isn't. 700 million mph. so why would you pay a rate based on. a terrible boss with a terrible haircut! save with, ooh. save with drivewise and get a rate based on you. you're in good hands with allstate oooh! i can't wait for this family getaway! shingles doesn't care. shingles is a painful, blistering rash that can last for weeks. ahhh, there's nothing like a day out with friends. that's nice, but shingles doesn't care! 99% of adults 50 years or older already have the virus that causes shingles inside them, and it can reactivate at any time. a perfect day for a family outing! guess what? 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>> it was very significant. i was nervous. i wanted to, of course, do a good job and make sure the right person went to jail for that crime. >> reporter: to find ■çthat person, detectives needed to comb through every detail of becky's eyewitness account. mcneil and an agent from the oklahoma state bureau of investigation interviewed her again at the hospital the night of the shooting. >> 1:23 in the morning, what's your first name? >> becky talked about how close she and him were. >> and he really came to play. >> reporter: investigators went over step by step how the shooting went down. what are you looking for when you go into that conference room to interview becky? >> how does this person know keith? can she describe him better, things like that. ■ç and the door opened and we were watching a loud movie, "carrie." this young kid about 25 years old walks into the house and comes over to the carpet and my husband department even have time to turn around. i turn -- i looked just in time to see. then he came out from here and he shot him in the head right here. >> point-blank? >> point-blank right here. >> reporter: it was then becky said that the shooter turned and spoke. >> and he said i'm sorry, ma'am, but he should have hired me. >> a polite shooter? >> yes, she did describe him that way, yes. >> ■çreporter: there it was again. that odd, but clearly important detail. along with his polite apology, the shooter seemed to give away a motive. was he someone vying for a job in keith's fire department? keith's deputy, terry hamilton, didn't think so. >> i was never concerned about that. >> reporter: why not? >> for one thing, it would have been four years since we had hired anybody. no one will sit and stew for four years and then go and shoot the guy. >> reporter: there was another possibility. one that neighbors of the bryan's wondered about. keith often did projects on the house. was the killer someone who wanted ■ça construction job and didn't get it? he also remembered seeing a similar truck the night of the shooting. >> are you asking people if they saw anyone suspicious in the neighborhood, if they saw a truck in the neighborhood? >> yes, all of that was going on. >> were they yielding anything? >> very little. very little. >> reporter: and then among the firefighters and their wives, a third entirely different idea was band-aid about. no one said anything about it first, but some were won"ring if keith had not been the intended target as well. >> perhaps this intruder was looking for a different fireman. >> why would anyone think that? not far from the bryan's home in mustang lived the oklahoma city fire chief. his name, keith bryant. bryant with a t at the end. the whole keith bryant theory that maybe they got the wrong fire chief? >> you know, that did not hit me until somebody brought it up. >> reporter: and the buzz reached the back of the fire house. center that story did come out that possibly the person who done this, it could have been anyone's theory as to what happened. >> too farfetched? >> yes. it is real competitive to get hired on as a firefighter. so i just can't see somebody not getting hired and then killing the fire chief. the oklahoma city fire department, i don't think the fire chief really has anything to do with the hiring process. >> so around ■çmustang, the questions were many. the answers few. people were watching. >> i found myself wanting to close blinds early. >> did you have a moment of panic? 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>> i anticipated her needing comfort and i went to hug her and she just held her arms down straight and didn't seem to need that type of consoling. >> reporter: instead of sticking close to keith's bedside and last hours, they thought it was strange that becky was often outside. >> she was just sitting with her legs crossed up on the bench, out with her friends. smoking, just very casual. it was just completely bizarre. >> reporter: becky's brother, david, says he knows his sister best. what the friends saw was just becky's ■çway of coping. >> in becky acting the way she did after a random actless shooting. >> becky would act as if someone came in and shot her husband and she was there. she was panicking, she didn't know what to do. she was doing everything that she could to get control of her emotions. >> was becky known for saying inappropriate things? >> stupid things. >> maybe the wrong thing? >> yes. and i mean becky wanted to control. she did not want her to cry. she didn't want to be out of control for herself. >> reporter: but becky's friends weren't the only people who found her demeanor odd that night. detective mcneil says their taped interview with becky was full of jarring moments. for example, after telling police how much she "jud keith, she had this to way about her fatally injured husband. >> i bought a condom, moved out. and for 31 years. >> she described keith to us in what i thought was an inappropriate manner. >> reporter: as a matter of routine, they already tested becky's hands at the crime scene for gunshot residue. in the interview, they asked her what she was wearing at the time of the shooting. a tube top and panties that she still had on under new clothes, and that, says the detective, is which the interview took a revealing turn. just wait ■çuntil we finish. >> she grabbed the bottom of the top she was wearing, pulled it over her head. exposing her breast and then she tossed her top to me. >> was she wearing a bra? >> no. >> you didn't ask her for the top? she just whipped it off? >> that's right. >> what did you think? >> i was shocked. >> to investigators, her behavior was more than odd, it was suspicious. >> so you walk into this interview still giving becky the benefit of the doubt? >> absolutely. >> and you walked out of the interview thinking that there is a possibility she's going to become an official suspect? >> at that time there was definitely a possibility, yes. >> when the interview ended. detective mcneil went back to the house and where they ■çmade key discovery in the utility room, a gun. >> that must have been moment. >> that was a big moment for all of us. not only was the gun in the the dryer, but it was wrapped in a blanket. a shell casing was in there as well and also a glove. >> did you immediately think about the logistics of becky's story as far as where this man came in and exited? >> she told us he came into the house, shot keith, and walked directly back out the same way that he had come in. she made no mention of this man going into her laundry room. placing anything in the dryer. >> could there have been ■çany explanation for why the gun was found in the dryer? different route than the route she described? >> if there was, i didn't know what has with a. >> investigators suspected becky of lying about details big and small, but they wanted more. as they analyzed evidence from the scene, a call came in from someone in becky's phone contacts nicknamed becky's prodigy. they noticed it. she's a customer and a realtor, broker. >> actually becky's prodigy was a man named mark holbrook. when he learned of keith's murder, he called investigators. he wanted them to know that ■çh and becky had an affair. when it ended 19 months before the shooting, he apologized to keith and promised to never see becky again, but he wanted cops to know she had been in touch with him recently and a lot. >> and whether he wanted to be with her or not. >> the affair had been a reason behind becky and keith's brief split. and now investigation fors and the ex-lover hatched up a plan. record a conversation between becky and her so-called prodigy. three days after keith was shot, becky's ex dialed her up. >> becky, how are you doing? >> thank you for calling me. >> becky seemed concerned about covering up the affair. ■ç >> and if you could say that you knew it and a realtor by that name and went to broker school with. that's it. >> while she stuck to her story about the intruder who shot keith, she said she had knews about him. >> the guy that shot keith, he killed himself yesterday near the city. so i'm no longer in danger. >> oh, that's good. that's good news. >> i know. so everything is good. >> we didn't have any information like that. law enforcement had not given her any information. >> the call rang all kinds of alarm bells for investigators. but they didn't yield a lot in the way of hard evidence. but cops thought they had the goods on becky in another way. by now they had examined that weapon found in the dryer ■çand concluded it belonged to becky. on september 23, the day before keith's funeral, becky. >> an open and shut case? becky's brother said far from it. >> law enforcement here let us all down because what i want is the truth. >> reporter: in court, evidence would be examined and the truth? 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>> sure. she had a lot of bad circumstances, but i do believe somebody shot keith and ran from the house. >> reporter: her attorney said there was a rush to judgment and as a result the state didn't have the proof to back up the charge. >> i do believe law enforcement agencies in this day and age have the ability to do a lot of things that were not done in this case it was a huge part of our defense. >> he's in a little itty bitty pickup. >> you know becky better than anybody else. when you listened to that 911 call, you truly believe becky is being truthful? >> yeah. i really do. it's because ■çshe's a very detailed person. she's not being panicky. she is trying to describe and to think through the process. she's very analytical. >> in early may 2013, 19 months, becky's trial began. if half the town rushed to prey for keith, many have flocked here. >> no cameras were allowed inside the courtroom. becky bryan wanted out of her marriage, so she shot her husband. >> he shot my husband in ■çthe head. >> becky. two men received explicit texts and pictures days before the. testifying they had sex the day of the crime. pam woodard told me. >> she said i had sex with a 29- year-old client this morning, and i have a picture of his private area on my phone. that's not the word she used. and keith had made me a tea. >> it was the oddest conversation. >> reporter: but pam and some of becky's other girlfriends weren't brought to court to just talk about that. what was the ■çpurpose of you taking the stand and what was that experience like? >> i did not want to take the stand. i was made to take the stand. i was subpoenaed. by prosecution. they wanted her to testify about becky's obsession. becky confided in him months earlier when becky and keith appeared to be happier than ever. >> i said to them, becky, you and keith seem to be really committed to making this work? and she said to me, oh, i'm a great faker. once i made my mind up about something, i'm a great faker, and my heart kind of sank. >> the prosecution argued ■çthi was becky's motive for murder, allegedly scheming to get her back. >> she proceeded to tell me that she was going to tell the ex-lover that she was pregnant. >> she's saying she's pregnant with his baby? >> yes. i said becky, you're 50 plus. how does this happen? i've never heard of this. her reasoning had just kind of gone out the window at that point she wanted somebody that could provide her with a pregnancy test that was positive. she had a name picked out. >> mark, ■çthat object of becky obsession. and the day keith was shot, becky left him a voicemail saying she planned to buy a house near him because she was about to inherit some money. and to many in court, the implication is that beck cay was insurance. and both testified briefly for the prosecution. as did a parade of investigators and forensic experts laying out the physical evidence. there were two micro scopic components tested on becky's hand. and the dryer that belonged to becky, a blanket with holes in it. a shell casing, and ■ça love. a forensic biologist testified. >> i tried to be as open minded as i could to wait and hear all the evidence. as soon the state argued it was premeditated by a woman living a double life. but becky's brother wasn't buying it. >> do you feel the evidence was overwhelming against becky? 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>> reporter: the defense had happen explanation for how they could have easily used her gun to commit that crime. she usually left it in her purse, which investigators found in her car in the garage. >> do ■çyou believe the perpetrator that she spoke of came through the garage and then went in and shot keith. >> that is what i thought happened. what's more that glove with becky's dna on it had someone else's. but the csi couldn't narrow it down, not to keith or anyone else. >> and it was a large man's work glove. >> was there gunshot residue on the glove? >> yes. >> it was the theme of the defense's case. csi investigators from the state had been so quick to zero in on becky that had committed crime scene malpractice. >> they did not have. that's a very simple process. they ■çdidn't do any gunshot residue testing on her clothes. they didn't do a gunshot residue test on her face. it would be very telling. and there are things that would have given us a reasonable doubt. >> and becky's neighbor came to court with that story about the handyman he had seen in the neighborhood and the truck spotted speeding around the night keith was shot. >> and it was something that we felt maybe the perpetrator had been canvassing the area or spying on what was going on in the neighborhood. >> another witness testified he told police at the time that he saw a truck matching the one becky described, driving aggressively near the bryans the night of the shooting. >> that was ■çthe key to the case. he had a person in a matching truck speeding, driving erratically that had come up on him and almost hit a vehicle and all within blocks. >> but that statement only surfaced a few weeks before trial. >> and they did not follow up on it. there were cameras at two different businesses right there at that intersection. >> and one additional detail to contradict the prosecution's case, becky's brother, david, testified that there was an innocent explanation for that inheritance she mentioned to her ex-lover. she wasn't talking about life insurance. becky was about to inherit a diamond ring. >> it was my aunt's ring. >> was it an ■çexpensive ring? >> very expensive. two full carats. and $19,000, some years earlier. and so obviously it had a little more value. >> and more than enough reasonable doubt said the defense. but would a jury agree? and the wait for a verdict began. >> i was so nervous waiting for it. my hands were shaking. >> i was holding out hope that the jury would recognize the mistakes that were made and understand that because of those mistakes, we may never really know who did it. and then the news. the jury was back. >> very nervous, very anxious. my thoughts were with keith's family. >> the verdict, guilty of first- degree murder. >> ■çand then when he read guilty, i really didn't feel a whole lot. i didn't feel happy. >> how was your first meeting with becky after her conviction? >> she cried. she said she couldn't believe it. >> what has becky told you? >> that she didn't do it. that i still don't know the truth. there are either one or two people on the face of the earth that knows the truth. if becky did it, she's the only one that knows. if somebody else did it, she knows it and that person knows it. if one of those two people come forward and say i did it, then we'll know the truth. other than that. >> on july 9, 2013, becky was sentenced atz jury. had recommended to ■çlife in prison without parole. for keith's friends, the trial and its conclusions were only one sort of an ending, tangible reminders of their friend and hero live on especially in the fire department keith led for so many years. what is life like now without your friend, without your chief, without keith? >> we still talk about him. some of the funny things he did. he's a part of our history here now and he always will be. and we miss him. >> and if keith was listening, what would you say to keith? >> that i know he's in a great place. and keith would tell us to forgive becky. not to say that she doesn't have to be held accountable, that she doesn't have to suffer consequences because that's a given and that's the right thing. but keith would ■çactually want us to forgive becky. and i know that. and i would just tell keith well done. your time on earth was well done. >> that's all for this edition of dateline. i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. and this is "dateline." i'm craig melvin. this is dateline. >> they were high school