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>> it was a little blurry. it was a few seconds long, but it sure looked like keith griffiths car. >> and another circumstantial bit. who else but keith, the prosecutor said, could have gotten by the griffiths aggressive great dane cleo? >> the dog and keith were very close. a burglar couldnt have come in. a family member could have. >> 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...

Julies murder, the grieving husband got a text that sparked their interest. it was from a woman. but was she just a friend as keith explained, or was the traveling salesman hiding a secret? here again is dennis murphy with "consumed." >> julie griffiths family had hardly had time to absorb the horrific news of her death and house fire, when disturbing rumors started reaching them that investigators thought her death was foul play. the sheriffs department kept details of the murder quiet for days...

Honking the horn. >> what is she saying to you? talking to you. >> dont have a baby in my car. keep your legs crossed. dont have the baby in the car. >> everything seemed to be going great for the griffiths in 2013. keith had weight loss surgery and dropped more than 100 pounds. julie was over the moon with two granddaughters. but also that year came the rift. zach disclosed to his very religious conservative parents he is gay. >> was definitely hard. we went from my mom was my best friend and g...

Woman down to an interview room. she was waiting. >> my names matt carter. >> deanna was about to tell the detective a story that would dramatically reshape his investigation. >> is she a guy friend? >> no. it was more than that. >> deanna shared the same story with us. >> he wanted me to love him. >> deanna said she and keith first met years earlier at a vendor fair. she was the cfo of an i.t. company, keith the road warrior lawnmower salesman had a booth there. >> keith was sitting there. i gu...

For answers. but as many times as we asked him why this all happened. why did you do it? >> i cant tell you. i dont know. just a bad decision. >> we never did get a satisfying response. >> so, this isnt some kind of deplayed midlife crisis here? where youre trying to be with deanna or someone like her to have a final happy chapter in your life? >> no. >> new house. >> we were happy. >> do you see how perplexing it is? its confounding. >> thats what ive told everybody. when they hear the story, t...

And a snack? well, unhappily for keiths alibi, when the detective hit play on the hotel security video, it told a vastly different story. keith is seen leaving as he claimed around 11:00 p.m. but -- >> i think within 15 to 30 minutes, hes going to be returning. that never happened. >> youre scrolling through the tape. >> going through, going through. >> and then when did your bingo moment come up? >> he finally arrived back at the hotel six hours and 34 minutes after he left initially. >> gone f...

>> he would sit in jail r for another year. a long time for his family to process the story. >> he left to go to a bar to go cruising then goes an sits on the river front? he has never done that before in his entire life. >> so, when he stepped down, you thought your father did this. >> yeah. i wasnt aing it out loud. i wasnt ready to accept it, but i was moving in the direction, the only thing that makes sense is that he committed the crime. >> after months of wrestling with his thought, zack d...

The only person who could answer that was keith himself. >> he was very adamant about taking the stand. >> he wanted to talk to the jury? >> he did. >> what would he say? and would the jury believe him. it was roll the dice time. coming up, keiths eyebrow-raising alibi. >> i was embarrassed and ashamed of what i was doing the night my wife died. >> and then what keith revealed to us. >> thats what ive told everybody, when they hear the story, theyre not going to believe it. >> why even a jury ...

No way keith did it. >> when keith griffith went to trial in february 2015, prosecutor raymond mcginty laid out a formidable circumstantial case. >> on january 17th, 2014, keith griffith decided that he could kill his wife -- >> 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? >> did not at...

Look at keiths cell phone. >> while im reviewing his phone, i see that he obtains a text message, an incoming text message, from a lady by the name of deanna james. >> ping, up comes a text message? >> thats correct. >> the message read, did you make it home okay? keith was quick to point out his relationship with deanna was completely platonic. >> shes more like a guy friend. >> no big deal? nothing sexual. >> no big deal. thats right. >> after that, keith was released to go and grieve with his...