an intruder. their home so deep in the woods now shrouded in a mystery even deeper. police had suspects. i remember kelley not wanting to be home alone. they also had a problem. why would this guy go up and kill this woman? her family had questions of their own. something is not right here. something is wrong. and then someone remembered a phone call and a fib. i pulled out my phone. i m like that s strange. a killer living two lives. it hurts when you thought you knew was all a lie. hello and welcome to dateline. kelley and tom clayton seemingly happy life together came to an abrupt end when she was found brutally murdered. investigators set out to uncover the truth, finding stories of bestral and betrayal and a witness who may have seen everything, the clayton s daughter, charlie. in this case, not everything was what it seemed. here with the house in the woods is andrea canning. these ones are not fun to do. finally he found it. down a secluded driv
when it happened. he said something about his kids telling him that there was a robbery. all they told us was there was an intruder. their home, so deep in the woods, now shrouded in a mystery even deeper. this is a real whodunnit? very much so. the police had suspects. i remember telling them they want to be alone. they also had a problem. why would the sky go up and kill this woman? her family had questions of their own. something is not my right here, something is wrong. and then, someone remembered a phone call and a fib. i pulled out my phone, and i m like, that is strange. a killer living two lives. everything that you thought you knew was all a lie. hello, and welcome to dateline, kelly and tom clayton s seemingly happy life together came to an abrupt end when she was found brutally murdered, investigators set out to uncover the truth, finding stories of betrayal and a witness who may have seen everything. the clayton s daughter, charlie
if kelley s sister had any doubt about tom s guilt, it was erased when she saw him in court for the first time. i was there at his bail hearing. he had a bullet proof vest on, shackles, no emotion. he doesn t look. he doesn t cry. and he gets out on $250,000 cash bail. that s pretty low. and he s been out ever since. and he seemed determined to profess his innocence to anyone who d listen. he said, i d like to tell you my side of the story. i said, i really don t want to hear it. i don t want to get any more involved. and he s, like, partially crying and he s saying, you know, i wouldn t do that. months went by as the state prepared the case against each man. michael beard was the first to go to trial. in court, he recanted his confession and changed his account of the murder. but prosecutor weeden wetmore said evidence put beard at the crime scene.