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The estranged husband you know you are a Person Of Interest . The ex. The brandnew boyfriend. Somebody knew that we were seeing each other and didnt like it. And the unbelievable thing that, they were all there in the morning of the murder. So who did it . My stomach was in my throat. All of us were a little taken aback. It was really hard for my brain to wrap around that. It was early morning, still dark. The spring air was a cold blanket around the pick up parked and running near the main stre...

>> police started with the men in her life. was one of them behind her death? >> everybody was a suspect. >> the estranged husband -- >> you know you are a person of interest? >> the ex. >> the brand-new boyfriend. >> somebody knew that we were seeing each other and didnt like it. >> and the unbelievable thing that, they were all there in the morning of the murder. so who did it? >> my stomach was in my throat. >> all of us were a little taken aback. >> it was really hard for my brain ...

her front door. she never made it. >> we cant explain what happened in those 20 steps. >> it just didnt make sense to me. >> a working mom murdered. >> it was hard to imagine that anybody would be capable of something like that. >> reporter: police started with the men in her life. was one of them behind her death? >> everybody was a suspect. >> the estranged husband. >> you know you are a person of interest. >> the ex. >> oh susie where are you? >> the brand new boyfriend. and the unb...

By all accounts, Tom Jaraczeski didn’t take his breakup well.

Six weeks, and i want you to get on this and read all this stuff, and were going to talk about how were going to do this. >> thisis brand light, who before he showed up at olivias door was appointed as the a.g.s prosecutor. they often handled big cases. >> how did you get involved in this particular case? >> well, i had come to the attorney generals office. there was another chief prosecutor at that time simply didnt think there was enough evidence. i took her position and i told my team, lets l...

Arkansas and stayed. never found out that tom moved away. >> i didnt feel like i could go back home to montana. >> reporter: why? >> because tom was there, and i thought if he was willing to kill somebody to be with me, i didnt know what hed do. >> reporter: corrosive. thats what it was. but then, 13 years after dr. reins murder, this man got a new job. this is brant light, who in 2009 became the top prosecutor in the montana attorney generals office. and one of his duties was to help small coun...

Families. >> i remember having a huge sinking feeling in my heart, thinking, can we not just let this go and be done with it? >> reporter: well, a tough case, to be sure, said prosecutor brant light. but -- >> to just throw up your hands and say, well, this is too tough or i dont want to lose a case, thats just not right. >> reporter: mind you, prosecutor light himself could not be in the courtroom. he had another fight on his hands against lung cancer. so he handed the trial to two trusted depu...

The family of a former prosecution services bureau chief for the state Department of Justice has created an endowed scholarship fund in his honor to help a student at the