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 hours police were on the scene, there would be unrest, a trial and a conviction. case closed, not on your life, because in the story, a bombshell came in after the verdict. here s john michael with. 9-1-1. i need an ambulance no
i wish i could have been there to protect her. a wife murdered. and later, a husband under suspicion. he was such a nice guy. you would have never guessed he did something like that. you think he faked that burglary and killed his wife? yes. he wanted the house. he wanted her money. if he divorced, he lost everything. in court. a stunning verdict. this cannot be happening. i did not kill my wife. more stunning still, was what came after. a mysterious witness. with a secret. this is a woman essentially says i saw the murder. and it wasn t tom. would her story be the ultimate twist? the murder of a well loved teacher. within hours police were on the scene. there would be an arrest. a trial. and a conviction. case closed? not on your life. because in this story, a bomb shell came in after the verdict. here s josh mankiewicz with mystery at heath bar farm. 911. i need an ambulance now. reporter: february 2009, coldwater, michigan. what s the prob
their own. something is not right here. something is wrong. and then someone remembered a phone call, and a fib. i pulled up my phone and i thought, that s strange. a killer living two lives. everything you thought you knew, was all a lie. hello, and welcome to dateline, kelly and tom clean seemingly happy life together, came to an abrupt and, 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 cleans daughter, charlie. but in this case, not everything was as it seemed. here with the house in the woods, is andrea canning. it wasn t exactly sure the house was, or what had happened there, but he knew it was bad. these winds are not fun to do. finally he found it down a secluded driveway, a man on the front lawn waving him in. and the. neighbor inside the deputy could see signs of his struggle. there s blood on the wall, blood on the steps. a broken w
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
Is absolutely no i was going to have anything to do with this. 12 jurors didn t share that feeling. we the jury find the defendant guilty of first degree murder. i was just what, i was shocked. what was wrong with the jury? what they did they know that i didn t know. how could they convict a man on what they had. i knew that the conviction was meant for me, it meant a life without the possibility of parole. my sister is still dead. it still didn t bring her back. but i had a little bit of faith in the justice system. in the hours following the verdict it seemed like everyone in cold water was relying on faith. i said to myself, god isn t going to let me go to prison for the rest of my life something out to turn around. then less than 24 hours after the verdict, tom foley s defense team got a phone call from a woman. this is a woman who essentially says, i saw the murderer and it wasn t tom