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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 would be number one prime suspect. >> i know. >> because im the husband. ...

>> i believe dawn gave them to her. >> remember how teresa was stressed out the last week weeks of her life? the casino trip, 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 teresa respond to that? >> she said ive learned my lesson. >> or maybe she didnt. because the morning of the murd...

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 cell mate with a digital recorder no bigger than a matchbox. on a friday afternoon as an unsuspecting dawn reviewed her case file, her cell mate...

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 about they ran into someone with a gun. not terribly uncommon around here. except it happened around the same time and not far from where the murder oc...

Figure, grieved widower to cad, and maybe worse. >> 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 reco...

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...

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 prosecutor had questions. where was the smoking gun? where was the...

>> when i went to the house, mama was sitting in her recliner, i knelt down on my 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 kn...

>> 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 questions about what teresa was su...

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 tracked her down, and what they dis...