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But that doesnt mean she wasnt talking. >> we had another young lady that was getting out of jail and she came to us and said that dawn had been talking about the murder. >> but that could have been just gossip, mind you. from a jailhouse snitch who couldnt back it up. but dawn did have a cell mate. >> she was kind of in a jam herself. she wanted us to try to help her. we can put a word into the d.a. or into the jail. >> that was enough to get cooperation from her. >> right. >> the objective was...

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...

>> no, he did not. >> corporal boyd chatted with scott for three long hours. during the whole time, he was cooperative and helpful. >> you know, the standard questions that we would ask is, is anyone having an affair? are you having an affair? no. >> was she having an affair? no. >> good marriage, happy marriage, christian marriage? >> right. i asked them did they argue? no. >> scott answered all their questions about what teresa was supposed to be doing that morning. he phoned teresa from his m...

They wondered if there was 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 ar...

Scott when from sympathetic -- maybe worse. he must have been aware of the fact that people were suspicious of him. >> it bothered me hearing the bad things people had to say about him. i knew my dad was never capable of doing something like that. i was going to have his back regardless. >> 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 ...

>> 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 everything, or seemed to. the person they were talking to was scotts mistress. >> he was under the impression that scott was not married at that time. >> what did you make of that when you heard it? >> we knew that wasnt correct. >> a love triangle? jealous home ...

Had been very cooperative with investigators, they wondered if there was 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 corporal boyd to stumble onto a secret scott had been keeping. >> while we was out at the crime scene, scott had had a young lady to come pick up the boys.

Once again, heres keith morrison. on june 11, 2010, almost lee -- three years to the day teresa was killed, the sheriff and boyd drove to the wire factory where dawn worked. they told her she was under arrest for the murder of her friend theresa may field. >> she first wanted to know why we were arresting her. then when she got to the jail she said this was wrong, we made a mistake. >> the corporal and sheriff were only too happy to explain how one clue had led to another and eventually to an ...

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. >> ms. reba, i wont quit until we find out what happened to ms. teresa. >> and in fact, even as he spoke, the sheriff along with the corporal will chasing down their first honest to god lead in what, over a year? didnt seem like much, not at first, just an overheard story from a guy in a bar, something abo...

Knees, and i grabbed her, and i said, mama, shes gone. shes gone. do you have any idea how hard that was? >> teresas daughter kelsey had spent a sleepless night, waiting in vain for her mother to come home. >> how did you find out? >> my dad came and told my brothers and i. it was just awful realizing that your worst nightmare had come true. for a brief second, i thought she had committed suicide, just because i knew how stressed out she was. but then, i also knew how much she loved her family. ...