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
left tom furious, not at his son, but at his accusers. the people who had cared for heath while tom was incarcerated. that s somebody coaching him or encouraging him? i believe so. coached or not, tom foley s defense team knew from day one that they needed to prove the sound those boys heard was tom dropping a window frame on the back porch and not the fatal gun blast. four days after tom foley s arrest, schaeffer and koberstein took a trip to the farm to do just that. a couple of perry mason moments, don t come very often. this is the frame we found. right where tom said he dropped the frame, they found this tiny shard of glass. immediately they try to match the shard with the frame. tom said he dropped. if you take the shard and
its case of her in hopes of convincing what middle way through tom foley s trial, the top at cold waters focus on tom s own son heath. heath was the strongest part of your case. the boys, the testimony of the voice. they heard the gunshot. but the defense was about to argue that overtime, both boys testimony had changed. and in significant ways. heath is now stating that a sounds like a gunshot. it s something he didn t say in the first interview. the same thing with skylar. heath s courtroom testimony left tom furious. not at his son, but at his accusers. people who had cleared for heath while tom was incarcerated. that somebody coaching him
midway through tom foley s trial the talk around coldwater focused on the damaging testimony from skyler watty and tom s own son heath. what did you think was the strongest part of your case? the boys. the testimony of the boys. they heard the gunshot. but the defense was about to argue that over time both boys testimony had changed and in significant ways. heath is now stating that it sounds like a gunshot? it s something that he didn t say in the first interview. the same thing with skyler. heath s courtroom testimony left tom furious, not at his son but at his accusers, the people who had cared for heath while tom was incarcerated. that s somebody coaching him or encouraging him? i believe so. coached or not, tom foley s defense team knew from day one that they needed to prove the sound those boys heard was tom dropping a window frame on the back porch and not the fatal gun blast.