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>> i dont have anything to live for. except maybe forgiveness. >> from who? >> from my boys. >> thats why youre talking to me today? >> exactly. yes. >> well, its between you and them. ill tell you, my take on it is youve got some distance to make up. >> i know i do. ive got a lot to make up. >> of the countless things keith stole from his family, resilience was not among them. aaron and zach are closer than theyve been in years. and now that they know what happened to their mother, they say the...

>> temples husband immediately tracked down keith as he was making the three-hour drive home from indiana. >> he said, im on my way. im probably, you know, two hours away. i said, are you all right? he said, yeah, yeah. i could tell he was in shock. >> the news hit zach griffith particularly hard. since coming out to his mother, his relationship with her had been strained. and now this. >> i guess youre just beating yourself up something terrible that you had been sideways with her. >> yeah. and...

But keith never worried for her well-being in a safe neighborhood. their own door watched over by their beloved great dane. aarons wife, ally. >> they didnt even lock their door. they would leave and go to dinner, or go to town, and leave the door unlocked, because cleo was the guard dog. >> keith and julie were transformed when aaron and alli brought into the world their first daughter. >> when i had the first child, it was the greatest day of her life, i think. >> julie lived for my little gir...

Point that he almost felt like they thought he had done this. >> aaron got called down to the station that same evening. he, too, was questioned about his parents marriage. >> notice anything lately in their relationship as far as any problems or anything like that? >> no. >> or anything on -- >> nothing. >> was there any money troubles, was there any relationship things that we knew of. >> but to a person in the griffiths circle, the very idea that keith might know something about julies death ...

Marshals investigation into cause. there would be a probe into the deepest roots of a treachery beyond most peoples comprehension. >> thats not true. no way. >> what had they all missed? >> a monster, a liar, a cheater. >> hes destroyed my entire family. >> before it became charred rubble, the house was home to a longtime paducah couple, keith and julie griffith. high school sweethearts, 36 years into a marriage that had produced two sons. the older -- >> they were very supportive parents. they ...

But keith never worried for her well-being in a safe neighborhood. their own door watched over by their beloved great dane. aarons wife, ally. >> they didnt even lock their door. they would leave and go to dinner, or go to town, and leave the door unlocked, because cleo was the guard dog. >> keith and julie were transformed when aaron and alli brought into the world their first daughter. >> when i had the first child, it was the greatest day of her life, i think. >> julie lived for my little gir...

>> that wouldnt look good to a jury. the development brought aaron to a tipping point. >> were you no longer wavering at this point? had you come down on the side of, oh, my god, my father killed my mother? >> yeah. >> now aaron, too, wrote his dad a letter. if he was guilty -- >> its time. its time to man up and do what you should have done two years ago. >> keiths defense attorneys went to the prosecutor to hammer out a plea deal. they agreed on 30 years in prison for the murder and for solici...

What was up with his marriage, his alibi, the gun he owned? >> he had been questioned to the point that he almost felt like they thought he had done this. >> aaron got called down to the station that same evening. he, too, was questioned about his parents marriage. >> notice anything lately in their relationship as far as any problems or anything like that? >> no. >> or anything on -- >> nothing. >> was there any money troubles, was there any relationship things that we knew of. >> but to a pers...

Ashes was far more than the fire marshals investigation into cause. there would be a probe into the deepest roots of a treachery beyond most peoples comprehension. >> thats not true. no way. >> what had they all missed? >> a monster, a liar, a cheater. >> hes destroyed my entire family. >> before it became charred rubble, the house was home to a longtime paducah couple, keith and julie griffith. church going, golf playing, high school sweethearts, 36 years into a marriage that had produced two s...

Shovel and started digging a hole for a coy pond in the backyard. >> they said, what are you doing? i said im building a pond. >> were they fine with it? >> they were fine. they were like, this is going to be a nightmare. >> when aaron and zach flew the nest, the griffiths lives only grew busier. they were a foursome with their friends. >> everybody that knew keith loved him. great guy. >> did he become your best friend? >> definitely. one of my very best friends. >> temple felt that way about j...