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Investigation, and this investigation involves what we believe to be a homicide of his wife. >> i was in shock. i was like, "oh my gosh." i couldnt believe what he just said to me. i had no idea. >> reporter: so you believed she had been played by this guy? >> i believe that she had. >> reporter: so detective carter wondered, if keith griffith had manipulated and lied to this woman -- had keith lied to him, too? maybe it was more about what keith hadnt said. rewind to that moment when the detect...

That there was -- there was no way that he had anything to do with it. >> so this is nightmare country? >> yes. but again, we thought it would all be explained. you know, they would do their job, they would take him and the truth would come out. >> i was 100% convinced that he was innocent and that they were taking the wrong person in. meanwhile, the person who actually did it was getting away. >> reporter: family and friends were, for sure, distressed to learn that keith had another woman on th...

Tape? >> going through, going through. >> and then whend your bingo moment come up? >> he finally arrived back at the hotel six hours and 34 minutes after he had left, initially. >> reporter: gone for more than six and a half hours. was that enough time for keith to drive all the way back to his house in kentucky, commit the crime, and return? so what did you and your partner find, when you put a clock to it? >> driving the speed limit to and from, it wouldve allowed approximately 20 minutes, at...

To buy, so, for us to be together." >> reporter: for the detective, deannas story put a whole new spin on the investigation. keith griffith now seemed like a man with a very big secret. or, thinking like a homicide detective, was she the one with the secret? >> reporter: you could spin it another way and say, "maybe shes driving events here. maybe she wants to get rid of the wife"? >> thats correct. we were open for that, being an idea or a possibility. >> reporter: in fact, the detective had le...

>> on january 17, 2014, keith griffith decided that he could kill his wife. >> reporter: a cornerstone of the case was that hotel security video. not only did it show keith gone for enough time to commit the crime, the prosecutor said, it also caught him in a lie. remember, in his interview, keith told police he hadnt swapped clothes that night. >> not at any point changed clothes? >> no. >> reporter: but a look at the security footage showed he had. >> he left wearing one set of clothes. it was...

>> reporter: as for the why question, "how could keith, a man who by all accounts loved his wife, actually do it?" the prosecutor turned to two age old motives. >> almost every case involving a husband and a wife, its lust and greed. one or the other, and this one had both. >> reporter: the lust part of the equation, he said, was deanna. she took the stand and told the jury that not only was keith house hunting for them, he was also making plans to bring her down to paducah for a concert and int...

Was a botched break-in. they had heard about the neighborhoods recent rash of burglaries. maybe thats what happened to julie. >> they come in, and they startled cleo. >> the dog started to bark. go for them? >> caused julie to wake up and got scared and shot her. >> it made perfect sense. >> but for detective carter, the burglary theory of the crime wasnt panning out. even as they sorted through the rubble, detectives at the scene found untouched valuables, two safes, a cache of guns and julies ...

Keith, the defense argued the police had gotten it wildly wrong. yes, he conceded keith wasnt the husband of the year. but he said deannas story that keith was pursuing her for a long-term commitment was nonsense. rather -- >> what he wanted was a port in every storm. >> as for the life insurance, $250,000 was far from a financial windfall, he said. even the bradleys knew that the reason keith and julie bought that new policy was because of a friends recent tragedy. >> she had been nagging him a...

Friends. they stayed in touch but didnt see each other for a while. then just a few months back, he sent her a flirty text message. >> the text just said, did you cast a spell on me? and im like, i looked down at my phone, i was like, what? he said i was in a party last night and this woman was chatting me up. and he said all i could think about was you. >> deanna who was in the throes of a traumatic romantic break-up agreed to start seeing him again for dinners. and she says, he seemed excited ...