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>> his brothers wife, ali, had started to feel that way about keith, too. >> it seemed like he was fabricating everything that came out of his mouth. >> but there was a split in the family. despite doubts of his own, her husband aaron, the one closest to his father, was still a supporter. >> whatever issues my mom and dad would have had, i just could not believe that my dad would take my kids away from their nana. >> then a few months before keiths retrial, detective carters phone rang. there wa...

To ksh the perpetrator may have been somebody julie knew. >> not ruling anybody out or in, going through the motions, speaking to immediate family first and working your way out. >> the sheriffs debarment did not tell the griffiths julie had been murdered. >> we were not told anything by the police at that point. >> but anyone at the scene might have guessed foul play was somehow involved. >> there was just cops all over the property. >> so you said why are -- >> yep. >> naturally, the first per...

Was life insurance money. two policies on julies life worth $250,000. one of them, the prosecutors said, had taken effect just eight days before julie died. >> keith griffith got to the point in his life he just wanted to start something new and he didnt want to give julie griffith what she would have needed in a divorce and being entitled to. >> keiths daughter-in-law, ali griffith, listened to the entirety of the prosecutions case. all she heard was theories. >> they spun a story, told the sto...

Ally, when the detective hit play on the hotels security video, it told a vastly different story. keith is seen leaving as he claimed around 112:00 p.m. but -- >> within 15 to 30 minutes hes going to be returning, that never happened. >> youre scrolling through the tape. >> going through, going through. >> whered your bingo moment come up? >> arrived back at the hotel 6 hour and 34 minutes after he had left initially. >> gone for more than 6 1/2 hours. was that enough time for keith to drive all...

Let her tell her story without ever explaining the reason for his visit. now, he laid out his cards. >> was he not divorced? >> no. >> he says, first of all, keiths not divorced. according to him, hes been married to his high school sweetheart for 36 years. and i just broke down because i couldnt believe it. >> but of course, there was more. >> were conducting an investigation, and this investigation involves what we believe to be a homicide of his wife. >> i was in shock. i felt like, oh, my go...

>> but when keith griffith went to trial in february 2015 -- >> all rise. >> -- prosecutor raymond mcgee 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 prosecutors said, it also caught him in a lie. remember in his interview, keith told police he hadnt swapped clothes that night. >> any point...

Still seemed unusually bound to a woman he called his ex-wife. from the very beginning, deanna says, keith told her that he was dw divorced. >> very first conversation. >> im a divorced guy. >> right. >> by the time she was sitting across from detective carter in that interview room, deanna said she and keith had never been intimate but they were dating and keith was talking long term. house hunting for them. >> he said i dont want to scare y you, but i want you to know im looking for properties...

Through their church, and were a foursome with friends. >> everybody loved him. >> did he become your best friend? >> yeah, definitely one of my very best friends. >> temple felt that way about julie, too. >> she had a heart of gold, would do anything for you but she also wasnt afraid to tell you exactly how it was, either. >> did she get peoples feathers ruffled? >> oh, yeah, but everybody loved her. >> after early retirement from the water company, keith found a second career as a traveling la...

First daughter, aria. >> when i had that first child, it was the greatest day of our life, i think. >> julie lived for my little girl. she wanted to be a part of everything that she did. >> and julie was there for ali when she went into labor with their second daughter, annalese. her white knuckled dash to the hospital earned julie the affectionate nickname, nascar nanny. >> the flashers were going, she was honking the horn. >> what was she saying? >> dont have a baby in my car, keep your legs c...

Sadness. id never seen him cry, you know, in my life. >> but even as the griffith family mourned, zach and his brother were feeling uneasy about the investigation which seemed to be focused exculusivey on their father. >> i was angry. i felt that the detectives, the sheriffs department, were on a manhunt and they were after my dad. >> because the husbands always do it. >> yep, husbands always do it and they just seem like they just zeroed in on him and were going at it 110 miles an hour and were...