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
it was a huge blow to the prosecution s case. it supports the position that they weren t this deeply in love couple that he kept trying to present. that would ve proven that. but norris still had her two key witnesses, tom s own son and heath s friend, skylar. both two years older and now more certain than ever about what they saw and heard. the day dar was killed. last year at church camp, we went for one of our activities. we fired shotguns. and it most resembled that sound. then it was time for heath to take the stand. the last time tom had seen his boy was at a hearing, also in court, almost a year earlier. while you re in the barn, do you hear something? yes. i thought it was maybe skylar kind of ran into a wall. either that or a gunshot. you think the boys actually were, if not eyewitnesses, then
card to play, in the form of a surprise rebuttal witness who could unravel tom s alibi. please state your full name for the record. amber out of the presence of the jury, dar s neice told the court that one week before dar was murdered she went to the farm to babysit heath. she told us not to go on the back porch without shoes, because tom had dropped a frame and they might still be some glass out there. but the judge ruled that amber s testimony was hearsay and therefore inadmissible. the jury never heard her challenge tom s claim that while the boys heard the day dar was murdered was him dropping the window frame. that should ve been included and it was not. now with the evidence that was admitted, and for the second time in two years, a jury was about to decide tom foley s faith. coming up. he collapsed to the floor and wept for 20 minutes.
out of the presence of a jury, dar s he s told the court that one week before dar was murdered. she went to the farm to babysit heath. she told us not to go on the back porch before without shoes, because tom had dropped a frame, and they might still be some glass out there. but the judge ruled that amber s testimony was hearsay and therefore inadmissible. the jury never heard her challenge tom s claim that while the boys heard the day dar was murders, was him dropping the window frame. that should ve been included and it was not. now with the evidence that was admitted, and for the second time in two years, a jury was about to decide tom foley s faith. coming up. he collapsed to the floor and wept for 20 minutes. unbelievable. when dateline continues.