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Business dealings, no potential suspects emerge. few people had any ideally had any wealth they were. >> he did not show that kind of wealth to people. it was always kept very quiet. the people he would interact with, as far as selling the gold, they were always very reputable type people. >> and because there was no forced entry to the home, larry offered up the very limited list of people that had access to the house. a handful of local contractors. >> i assume that you are asking the garden g...

The only thing that we could think of, was that he was trying to get away from somebody, that they are grabbing ahold of him. >> or was the killer rifling his pockets for something? a key maybe, a combination? >> and garys office downstairs, the detectives saw jan. >> she was on the ground, she was lying face down. but it was obvious that there was severe trauma to the back of her head. >> so, was this a violent home invasion? shannon gary had more than half 1 million dollars in the house for th...

When he first came to the district, he drove a jaguar. >> nancy worked with both gary and mark. seem to get along very well. worked well together. i thought that they were friends at school and off of school. >> so mark went down to the police station to talk with investigators. >> all right, mr. porter. it is mark correct? do you mind if i call you mark? >> thats good. >> okay. i just want to kind of touch base with you and talk to you about how you know them, how long youve known them. >> ive ...

>> my boss and i took a trip to oklahoma city and we went to employers, spoke with fellow employees, with jessicas boss and we went to the pizza hut to see if we could see some surveillance video. >> would it all check out? or would an unexpected lead send the investigation in a new direction. >> this was a huge bingo moment. >> it was. >> coming up, garys best friend offers detectives some clues. including some texts that he said he saw on garys phone. >> some guy that he had taught in a class....

>> so they bagged them and sent them off for testing. >> and the crime scene text uncovered something else that could be a crucial piece of evidence. a discarded latex glove. >> so, a latex glove on the floor jumped out at you? >> totally out of place and from talking with everybody that there is no way that gary or jan would have left that glove. there it was right in the middle of the floor for everybody to see. >> did it belong to the? victims or the killer? nobody knew. >> so, its collected,...

Early on that his adult life would be all about education, teaching kids in this classroom by day. the history book in his lap at night. he and his wife, gianna, raised two kids, a girl and a boy who sadly died young of a brain cancer. gan kept the house and sold avon products part-time. they lived in guard and in the same house for almost 25 years and they even designed it themselves. life in missouri was good for the two. >> they love each other very much. daughter jessica remembers how extrao...

Leave -- go, and he said my, bad im in kansas city. so i have no clue. >> mark told detectives that gary had stood him up before, no big deal. so, he went back to his office at ibm to do some work. >> now, there were several things about that story that raised some questions. >> like? >> like, why would you wait 45 minutes for someone and not pick up your phone and give them a call and say, hey. whats up. >> and you forget. >> but, what seemed really strange was that marc porter had just admitte...

Crime. that is exactly what mark porters defense attorney seemed ready to argue. >> he has got a spotless record. five college degrees. has got an outstanding past of good reputation. >> at a bond hearing the defense revealed the strategy, arguing there was nothing suspicious about marks d.n.a. inside his best friends house. he was a regular visitor to the house. he would get with gary, put on their gloves and handle the old coins and objects. jurors, benign. do you think that works as a argumen...

Officers were reaching out to others. garys closest friend, mark porter. a former school superintendent. he first came to the district and drove a jaguar. they seemed to get along well. mark went down to the police station to talk with investigators. >> all right mr. porter. its mark, correct. >> yeah. >> do you mind if i call you mark? >> thats good. >> i want to touch base and talk to you about how you know them.

>> remember, gary was shot as well as beaten. could it have been with one of his own guns? >> gary has guns everywhere? he likes his guns. mark gave detectives a detail that took them by surprise. >> he was supposed to meet me 8:00 wednesday and didnt show. >> wednesday, the night of the murders. the first police were hearing of gary having plans that night. what else did the best friend know? >> coming up, mark gives a detailed account. one that troubles investigators. >> there were several thi...