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.
gone wrong. the first clue: the broken glass coming from the kitchen door window. it appears that a beer bottle was used to break that particular window. according to tom, jewelry and credit cards were missing, the family desk had also been disturbed and financial documents inside were gone. and then there was the medicine cabinet. it looked like someone had gone in and scooped of a shelf off of the medicine cabinet and its contents. maybe they were looking for prescription drugs? potentially. but to detective carbon, the items missing weren t nearly as missing as what was left behind. expensive electronics were untouched, as was dar s purse, found sitting on a hallway chair. it didn t make a lot of sense. neither did the use of a shotgun. it s large, potentially bulky. if you re going into break into something, you have to carry
when michigan state police detective james carbon arrived on the scene, he knew he was in for a long night. we don t have a lot of homicides that happen in and around branch county. because of her position as a school teacher, just for the number of people that knew her, that put it in a much more serious type investigation. detective carbon and his team of state troopers scoured the crime scene, taking pictures and seizing evidence of what appeared to be a home burglary gone wrong. the first clue? the broken glass coming from the kitchen door window. it appeared that a beer bottle was used to break that particular window. according to tom, jewelry and credit cards were missing. the family desk had also been disturbed and financial documents inside were gone. and then there was the medicine cabinet. looked like somebody had gone in and basically scooped a shelf off the medicine cabinet and its contents.
number of people that knew her, that put it in a much more serious type investigation. detective carbon and his team of state troopers scoured the crime scene, taking pictures and seizing evidence of what appeared to be a home burglary gone wrong. the first clue? the broken glass coming from the kitchen door window. it appeared that a beer bottle was used to break that particular window. according to tom, jewelry and credit cards were missing. the family desk had also been disturbed and financial documents inside were gone. and then there was the medicine cabinet. looked like somebody had gone in and basically scooped a shelf off the medicine cabinet and its contents. like maybe they were looking for prescription drugs? potentially. but to detective carbon, the items missing weren t nearly as telling as what was left behind. expensive electronics were left untouched as was dar s purse
we don t have a lot of homicides that happen in and around branch county. because of her position as a school teacher, just for the number of people that knew her, that put it in a much more serious type investigation. detective carbon and his team of state troopers scoured the crime scene, taking pictures and seizing evidence of what appeared to be a home burglary gone wrong. the first clue? the broken glass coming from the kitchen door window. it appeared that a beer bottle was used to break that particular window. according to tom, jewelry and credit cards were missing. the family desk had also been disturbed and financial documents inside were gone. and then there was the medicine cabinet. looked like somebody had gone in and basically scooped a shelf off the medicine cabinet and its contents. like maybe they were looking for prescription drugs?