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Herweyer learned juanitas insurance policies would net tom nearly a quarter of a million dollars. that wouldnt make him rich, but it would free him from the pile of debt theyd wracked up building that expensive new home. and a tip led investigators to another possible motive. her name, kelli brophy. she worked at a convenience store on toms fedex route. >> he spent a lot of time with kelli brophy. >> do you think they had an affair? >> yes, i do. >> kelli says it never happened. did you have an ...

That murky relationship with kelli brophy, who on the stand walked a narrow line between defending tom and helping the prosecution. >> did he indicate also that he wanted to take care of you? >> yes, i think that was brought up. >> and did you find that concept appealing? >> yes. >> she didnt want to testify at all and only came here under subpoena, still denying she and tom ever had an affair. >> do you recall telling the investigators that tom had asked you that if you werent married, if you t...

Kelli brophy, the life insurance, and tom richardsons three different tales of how juanita died. >> we had three uniformed troopers approach him first to arrest him. >> it came on february 6th, 2007. the charge? first-degree murder. but with only circumstantial evidence, could the prosecutor make the charge stick? coming up -- a husband on trial as prosecutors present disturbing pictures from a not-so-perfect marriage. >> ive heard him call her a dumb b-i-t-c-h. >> he always acted like he just...

Financial plan was the prosecutions fantasy, what about that other woman, kelli brophy? >> it was the prosecutors number one motive to support her motive of the case. >> what was the evidence? >> there wasnt any, zero. >> did you ever have sex with tom? >> no. >> did you ever kiss him? >> no. >> ever hold hands? >> no. >> did he ever tell you that he was going to leave his wife for you? >> no. >> as for that mysterious double bruise on juanitas thigh, newmanen had an explanation. it came not fro...

If im calling somebody 383 times, one of us thinks somethings going on. >> but i didnt. i just was a friend, just being a friend. >> was kelli just a friend? shed tell investigators she believed tom was innocent, but then shed keep talking to them for hours. >> i compared kelli brophy to wringing water out of a dish rag. we would gain a little more each time we interviewed her. >> like when kelli told them that tom had given her a pair of earrings for christmas and then the revelation that shock...

This plan i had, you know, he planned on killing his wife. he planned on having a relationship with kelli, blah, blah, blah. none of thats true. >> so what is true? is tom richardson a cold-hearted killer or just a broken-hearted husband? >> i was with juanita since 1981. and when you lose somebody like that, its like you have this big hole in the side of you. and nothing will ever replace that. >> it would now be up to the jury to decide his fate. coming up -- a dramatic demonstration as juro...

And i believed him. >> shortly after juanita died, tom showed up at kellis house with another gift, a plant from juanitas memorial service. he didnt tell you why he was giving you the plant? >> no. >> but it meant something to you, didnt it, that plant? >> no, not really. >> juanitas sister jeannette thinks it means a lot. >> what kind of a girl would -- if she knew where it came from, would accept a gift like that? i think that is a disgrace to my sister. >> whatever had been going on between t...

>> i do. >> fbi financial expert bill vos did the math for the jury. >> there was four different life insurance policy, life annuity types of policies. >> for a total of how much? >> roughly $243,000. >> and would that have been sufficient to retire the debt? >> they had a total debt of roughly $235,000. >> miss brophy, would you come forward. >> financially secure, she said, tom might then be able to pursue that murky relationship with kelli brophy, who on the stand walked a narrow line between...

Rag. we would gain a little more each time we interviewed her. >> like when kelli told them that tom had given her a pair of earrings for christmas and then revelation that shocked investigators. tom had also told kelli that juanita would soon be dead. tom told you that his wife wouldnt be alive by christmas. >> right. >> he told you juanita had cancer. >> yes. i believe that he thought she had cancer. >> juanita had found a lump in her breast but there was no cancer. was tom telling the truth t...

A month later, juanitas sister, jeannette, spoke for her family at the sentencing. >> two years ago, you chose to take her from us. not only did you take our daughter, our sister, and our aunt, but you also took the mother from your very own children. >> tom has filed an appeal. he remains defiant. >> the truth is the truth. and making me a villain doesnt change anything. >> weve been through a trial. dont we know the truth? >> no. >> isnt the truth that you killed your wife? >> no, that is not ...