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she walks in on a burglary. burglaries aren t uncommon in walsenburg especially with all the drugs around. reporter: then, said the defense, one of the bad guys saw pam and he hits pam in the head hard. he s standing there in the kitchen, fire poker in his hand, wondering what to do. reporter: the robbers must have thought pam and ralph had already left on vacation. this family was supposed to be gone. that was the talk around town. reporter: so, for the jury it came down to whose story to believe. prosecutors said the police cleared those suspects right back at the beginning. but nothing could clear ralph. and nothing could soften a truly shocking allegation ralph murdered pam because divorce would get him disfellowshipped, cast out, from his church. pam wasn t leaving. and so he had only one option left. reporter: if he became a widower, he d be free to marry again. it was, said the prosecutors, one of the more disturbing ....
i filed for divorce. accommodating to the end. to the end. and now, the police were calling. and i told them i d be more than happy to talk to them. if they come up to nebraska. i said if you ve got about six hours, you can be here to talk to me. nebraska? jerry had moved far away. which cleared him for sure. of course, they would need to look at shannon and aaron, too, given their falling out with pam and ralph. but they were cleared almost immediately, because they were nowhere around? yeah, they were not involved. dead-end. the crime scene people did find some things, mind you, including a bloody fireplace poker that turned out to be the murder weapon. the marking on her head was the exact replica of the shape of the fire poker, the end of the poker. ....
Which cleared him for sure. of course, they would need to look at shannon and aaron, too, given their falling out with pam and ralph. but they were cleared almost immediately, because they were nowhere around? yeah, they were not involved. dead-end. the crime scene people did find some things, mind you, including a bloody fireplace poker that turned out to be the murder weapon. the marking on her head was the exact replica of the shape of the fire poker, the end of the poker. they cataloged everything they found. broken glass in the backdoor. they even took the knobs off drawers and sent them to the lab hoping the intruders left dna or fingerprints on them. and then quite unexpected. then, quite unexpected, something remarkable turned up. and right through the front door of the local newspaper so what did you think when you first read that document? ....
Two men who could have been possible killers? they had drug offenses, burgl y burglaries. she walked in on a burglary. and then she says one of the guys saw pam. he hits pam hard. he stands this with a fire poker in his hand thinking what to do. they must have thought they already left on vacation. this family was suppose to be gone. that was the talk around town. so for the jury, it became down to whose story to believe. the prosecutor said they cleared t them at the beginning. they couldn t disprove ralph. pam wasn t leaving, and so he ....
Asked him to file. since as a jehovah s witness, she wasn t allowed to. so then you filed for divorce. i filed for divorce. accommodating to the end. to the end. and now, the police were calling. and i told them i d be more than happy to talk to them. if they come up to nebraska. i said if you ve got about six hours, you can be here to talk to me. nebraska? jerry had moved far away. which cleared him for sure. of course, they would need to look at shannon and aaron, too, given their falling out with pam and ralph. but they were cleared almost immediately, because they were nowhere around? yeah, they were not involved. dead-end. the crime scene people did find some things, mind you, including a bloody fireplace poker that turned out to be the murder weapon. the marking on her head was the exact replica of the shape of the fire poker, the end of the poker. they cataloged everything ....