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And, you know, how gossip can be. scott went from sympathetic figure, grieved widower to cad, and maybe worse. >> you must have been aware of the fact that there were people suspicious of him. it bothered me hearing the bad things that people had to say about him. and i knew that my dad was never capable of doing something like that. you know, i was going to have his back regardless. >> but, to investigators, scotts affair and the fact that hed lied about it to police was certainly suspicious. e...

>> he came willingly. >> yes. >> did he ask for an attorney or anything? >> no, he did not. >> corporal boyd chatted with scott for three long hours and during the whole time he was cooperative and helpful. >> you know, the standard questions that we would ask is, you know, is anyone having an affair? are you having an affair? no. was she having an affair? no. >> good marriage, happy marriage? christian marriage? >> yes. i asked him did they argue. he said no. >> scott answered all of their ques...

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 inescapable conclusion. but the pros...

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. >> everybody who knew teresa knew that, even sheriff ke...

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...

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. >> 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 tr...

>> you must have been aware of the fact that there were people suspicious of him. >> it bottered me hearing the bad things that people had to say about him. and i knew that my dad was never capable of doing something like that. you know, i was going to have his back regardless. >> but, to investigators, scotts affair and the fact that hed lied about it to police was certainly suspicious. ellis and boyd asked the girlfriend to help them out by recording her conversations with scott. maybe hed let...

>> corporal boyd chatted with scott for three long hours and during the whole time he was cooperative and helpful. >> you know, the standard questions that we would ask is, you know, is anyone having an affair? are you having an affair? no. was she having an affair? no. >> good marriage, happy marriage? christian marriage? >> yes. i asked him did they argue. he said no. >> scott answered all of their questions about what teresa was supposed to be doing that morning. he said he phoned her from a ...

>> 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...

>> the corporal and the sheriff were only too happy to explain how one clue led to another and eventually an inescapable conclusion. but prosecutor evans had questions, pointed ones. >> you could tell it was going to be difficult. >> where was the smoking gun? where was the murder weapon? where was one single fingerprint tying dawn to the crime? >> as far as physical evidence, we really didnt have any. it was truly circumstantial because we didnt really know anything about what had happened. >> ...