Interviewing Catherine News Today

In the daylight, they found this mother of two young children dead. Michael lane she lived a very courageous life. She was very bold in the things she did. Craig melvin but after the smoke cleared, a mystery lingered. Steve lungen we knew she did not die in that fire. She died before the fire. Who do you look to as the suspect . Obviously, the spouse is the first person you look to. Craig melvin but her husband had a clear alibi, and he passed a lie detector test. Eventually, the case grew cold ...

it felt like "law & order". >> the fire broke out before dawn. in the daylight, they found this mother of two young children dead. >> she lived a very courageous life. she was very bold in the things she did. >> but after the smoke cleared, a mystery lingered. >> we knew she did not die in that fire, she died before the fire. >> who do you look to as the suspect? >> obviously the spouse is the first person you look to. >> but her husband had a clear alibi and he passed a lie detector t...

>> call was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, but michel, who knew about the murder plan from the beginning, walked away a free woman. >> a lot of people will be angry and think, this woman knew about a murder that was going to happen and didnt do anything. is it a perfect world, no. will she get hers? yes. when she dies. >> as for cat, she will continue to stand by paul. the couple married in 2018. the future for the children will be decided by the people who love t...

Asking questions. choosing instead to accept they might never know what really happened to her. >> to take catherines perspective, she would look for the positive side, the good things. and she would want us to move on. and thats what we try to do. we made our peace with it. and we went on living. >> but as time went by, in the last little town of narrowsburg, dark suspicions were whispered from neighbor to neighbor. and one name kept coming up, catherines estranged husband paul novak. her close...

>> yes. we had a fire and we had a death. the question of how the two of those items were going to come together would not play out for a couple days later and actually years later. >> reporter: the police, as they often do, began by interviewing catherines soon to be ex-husband paul novak. >> what happened in the interview as far as the way they treated you, the questions -- >> they were nice. they asked about catherines last known whereabouts, if she had any boyfriends, who may have been in th...