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Properties here in morrisville to buy, so -- for us to be together. >> 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? >> you can 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. >> in fact, the detective had let her...

>> with your carousing? >> mm-hmm. >> he said he went to a massage parlor, a bar and couple of strip clubs. but try as he might he never found a hookup. >> i was trying to pick somebody up. wasnt anybody available or interested or whatever, however you want to put it. >> after last call he said he went down to the river to watch the boats before returning to the hotel to catch some shut-eye. as for why he lied to the police -- >> i was embarrassed and ashamed what i was doing the night my wife d...

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 them about getting, making sure they had plenty of life insurance. >> and he argued the footage of ...

Deliberation, the jury was deadlocked. >> im going to declare a mistrial at this time. >> keith would sit in jail for another year as he awaited a second trial. a long time for his family to process the story he told on the stand. >> he left to go to a bar, to go cruising, or something? and then he goes and sits on the riverfront? like, he has never done that before in his entire life. >> so when he stepped down, you thought? your father did this? >> yeah. yeah. i mean, i definitely wasnt saying...

Cast a spell on me?" and im like, i looked down at my phone, im like, what? he says, i was in a party last night and this woman was chatting me up and all i could think about was you. >> deanna, who was in the throes of a traumatic romantic breakup, agreed to start seeing him again for dinners and she says he seemed excited to show off the new post-surgery keith. >> he goes, youre not going to recognize me. he goes, i lost over 100 pounds. i said, you have? >> did he look okay? >> he looked fine...

Hes a monster. >> all i can tell you is that i had a lot of bad thoughts, wrong thoughts, mistakes. >> we sat down with keith hoping for answers. but as many times as we asked him why this all happened -- >> why did you do it? >> i really cant tell you. i dont know. i mean, just a bad decision. >> we never did get a satisfying response. >> so this isnt some kind of delayed midlife crisis here? >> no. >> where youre trying to be with deanna or someone like her to have a final happy chapter in you...

>> shes more like a guy friend. >> no big deal, nothing sexual. >> thats right. >> after that, keith was released to go and grieve with his family. detective carter, meanwhile, set out to verify keiths story. >> he had a receipt where hed stayed. >> so that puts him three hours away from this house fire. >> correct. >> and the death of his wife. >> it showed his check-in time and check-out time. >> a quick check of keiths gun showed he was telling the truth about it as well. the gun looked as th...

Friends do for each other. >> right. >> and i hope to god that this problem is not his. >> but eventually, without giving details, the detective revealed julies death was no accident. >> the investigation has shown that foul play is involved. >> okay. >> i do not believe at this point in time that this was any kind of an accident. im going to ask for your cooperation on several things, okay? >> okay. >> one of the first things detective carter asked about was how keith and julie were getting alo...

Julie griffiths family had hardly had time to absorb the horrific news of her death in a house fire when disturbing rumors started reaching them that investigators thought her death was foul play. they kept details of the murder quiet for days. >> i could not believe it. >> daughter-in-law, ali. >> i couldnt imagine anyone that would ever want to hurt her. much less set the house on fire. the dogs perished. i had no idea what could have happened. >> no enemies, i mean, it meat made no sense, who...

Went and got something to drink and left again about 4:00 and just went and got a doughnut and a coke. like i say, i get up pretty early. >> what about weapons? did keith own a weapon? >> i have a .45 acp in my work truck i just got. its never been loaded. >> as part of standard protocol, the detectives asked for keiths clothes. they would be tested for gunshot residue. >> what youre wearing now, was that fresh clothes from this morning whenever you -- >> yesterday. >> before wrapping up the int...