whole life. . beth burcham is a friend of teresa s who grew up with teresa s daughter, sara. the three women all went to meet ray on the first date she was, like, well, i m going to go meet him. do you guys want to go with me? reporter: so what did she think about him? oh, i really like this guy. i m going to see him again. reporter: and see him again she did. soon teresa was driving two hours to be with ray on weekends. teresa s son josh was a high schooler when his mom and ray got together. he made my mom happy. she definitely had a smile. she hadn t smiled like that in years. . things were clearly clicking for josh s mom and ray. in may 2004 they got married. friends and family say ray couldn t do enough for teresa, starting with an elaborate wedding. your dad kind of doted on teresa? yeah. spent a lot of money on her? yes. did whatever she wanted. absolutely. took her out. absolutely. pampered her. absolutely. sounded like he was an old