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Anything about what had happened. >> as far as evidence could see, the case was a maybe at best. she had no reason to kill teresa. >> so to bring a case against her would be pretty tough, i would think. >> the case with dawn is puzzling. when youre working with a circumstantial case, every piece of evidence is definitely important. >> how could corporal boyd and sheriff ellis thought they were wrong. they believed dawn was the killer. they told the prosecutor not only that dawn murdered teresa b...

Raising these kids. she was the one who got them to practice on time, got them to ball games on time. >> when sheriff ellis walked up to the podium, he looked at teresas mother reba and vowed hed get justice yet. >> miss reba, i wont quit until we find out what happened to miss teresa. >> in fact, even as he spoke, the sheriff, along with the corporal, were facing down their first honest to god lead in, what, over a year? didnt seem like much at first, just an overheard story from a guy in a bar...

Something he wasnt telling them. here again with secrets in a small town is keith morrison. its a funny thing about secrets. they can only stay hidden for so long. especially in a little place like moundville. and it didnt take very long for sheriff ellis and boyd to stumble across more. >> scott had a young lady to come pick up the boys. >> it was only later when the fog of grief lifted that one of teresas relatives wondered to police who was that woman hanging around the day teresa died? ell...

Important clue the killer left behind. >> we noticed that the only window down was the drivers window. so we figured that she had to have known the person because she had letdown her window. we had to ask ourselves, who could get her to this location and why was she murdered. >> reporter: someone in moundville had to know something. from there the iestigation went where? >> invesgating her inner circle, trying to find a motive. >> reporter: and usually, so im told in cases like this, the husband...

Bad things that they had to say about him. i knew my dad was never capable of doing something like that. you know, i was going to have his back regardless. >> reporter: but to investigators, scotts affair and the fact he lied about it to police certainly was suspicious. ellis and boyd asked the girlfriend to help them out by recording her conversations with scott. maybe hed let something slip. >> hey. >> hey. >> are you oka >> yes, im okay. they just left. look, all i want to know, did you do it...

Long. especially in a little place like moundville. and it didnt take very long for sheriff ellis and corporal boyd to stumble on the secret scott had been keeping. >> while we was out at the crime scene, scott had had a young lady pick up the boys. >> reporter: it was only later when the fog of grief had lifted that one of teresas relatives wondered to police, who was that woman hanging around the day teresa died. ellis and boyd tracked her down and what they discovered, well, that changed ever...

>> she was kind of in a jam herseland she wanted us to try to help her. you know, we can put a word in to the d.a. and to the jury. >> reporter: that was enough to get cooperation from her? >> right. >> reporter: the objective was simple, get dawn talking, wran gel from her something that at least sounded like a confession. ellis and boyd fitted the cell mate with a digital recorder no bigger than a matchbox. and on a friday afternoon, as an unsuspecting dawn was looking over her case file, her ...

She was the one who had got them to practice on time, ball games on time. >> reporter: when sheriff ellis walked up to the podium, he looked at teresas mother reba and vowed hed get justice yet. >> miss reba, i wont quit until we find out what happened to miss teresa. >> reporter: and, in fact, even as he spoke, the sheriff along with the corporal were chasing down their first honest to god lead in over a year. didnt seem like much, really, not at first, just an overheard story from a guy in the...

Happened. she just knew that she had taken some pills, i believe. >> how did she get them? >> i believe dawn gave them to her. >> reporter: remember how teresa was stressed out the last few weeks of her life, the night of the casino trip dawn gave her z xanax just to calm her down and it certainly did that. out like a light calm for two whole days. >> i looked at her and i said, teresa, you need to stay away from that woman. she is no friend of yours. >> reporter: and how did teresa respond to t...

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