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>> but there was one 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 let down her window. we had to ask ourselves, who could get her to this location and why was she murdered? >> someone in moundville had to know something. >> from there the investigation went where? >> investigating her inner circle, trying to find a motive. >> usually, so im told, in cases like this the hu...

When youre working with a circumstantial case, every piece of evidence is definitely important. >> not that corporal boyd and sheriff ellis thought for a second they were wrong. they believed dawn was the killer. they told the prosecutor not only that dawn murdered teresa but that they were convinced she tried and failed to kill her with a xanax overdose at the casino. >> the sheriffs department believed that that was an attempt on her life. but we had nothing to really support that. >> but if t...

>> 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 chasing down their first honest to god lead in, what, over a year? didnt seem like much really, not at first. just an overheard story from a guy in a bar, something about they ran into someone with a gun. not so terribly uncommon around here,...

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 let something slip. >> hey. >> hey. >> are you okay? >> yes. im okay. they just left. look, all i want to know, did you do it? >> of course not. they told me on the get-go, i ...

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 on a secret he scott had been picking. >> while we was 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 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, w...

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 simple. get dawn talking, wrangle from her something that at least sounded like a confession. ellis and boyd outfitted dawns cellmate with a digital recorder no bigger than a matchbox. on a friday afternoon as an unsuspec...

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

>> 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 but they were convinced she tried and failed to kill her with a xanax overdose at the casino. >> the sheriffs department thought that was an attempt on her life, but we had nothing to really support that. >> if tim evans was to get a conviction, he needed more evidence, some concrete proof that dawn had pulled that trigger. you can b...

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? 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. >> she ...

Window. so we figured that she had to have known the person because she had let down her window. we had to ask ourselves, who could get her to this location and why was she murdered? >> someone in moundville had to know something. >> from there the investigation went where? >> investigating her inner circle, trying to find a motive. >> usually, so im told, in cases like this, the husband has got to be a person of interest. >> yes. >> so as the family gathered to mourn the loss of their beloved t...