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an intruder. >> their home so deep in the woods now shrouded in a mystery even deeper. police had suspects. >> i remember kelley not wanting to be home alone. >> they also had a problem. >> why would this guy go up and kill this woman? >> her family had questions of their own. >> something is not right here. something is wrong. >> and then someone remembered a phone call and a fib. >> i pulled out my phone. im like thats strange. >> a killer living two lives. >> it hurts when you thoug...

when it happened. >> he said something about his kids telling him that there was a robbery. >> all they told us was there was an intruder. >> their home, so deep in the woods, now shrouded in a mystery even deeper. >> this is a real whodunnit? >> very much so. >> the police had suspects. >> i remember telling them they want to be alone. >> they also had a problem. >> why would the sky go up and kill this woman? >> her family had questions of their own. >> something is not my right here...

Wrongfully accused and police rushed to judgment and that therefore led to an incomplete investigation. >> and in fact, investigators never found evidence that tom paid beard for a hit. >> as far as time plea, and there was no conversation overheard. there was no money exchanging hands. you could not even used a confession from michael beard. so there were a lot of things you did not have. >> right, but if you look at toms cleans conduct. he never mentioned michael beard. everybody says michael ...

>> reporter: investigators also pulled surveillance footage from outside toms business. they believed this was video proof of a conspiracy. thats beard, they say, in a red truck that tom loaned him just hours before the murder. and thats tom following in his green servepro truck. >> we also know that during that time period beard turned his phone off, turned it on, turned it off again. >> reporter: why do you think he did that? >> the inference that would be drawn from that is these guys are not...

And that therefore led to an incomplete vision. >> and in fact, investigators never found evidence nad tom paid beard for a hit. >> as far as tom clayton, there was no conversation over heard. there was no money exchanging hands. you couldnt even use the confession from mike beard. so there were a lot of things you didnt have. >> right, but if you look at thomas claytons conduct, he never mentioned michael beard. everybody says michael beard should be an immediate suspect. he never mentioned mic...

Clandestine meetings. >> investigators also pulled surveillance footage from outside toms business. they believed this was video proof of a conspiracy. thats beard, they say, in a red truck that tom loaned him just hours before the murder, and thats tom following in his grown servepro truck. >> we also know that during that time period, beard turned his phone off, turned it on, turned it off again. >> why do you think he did that. >> the inference to be drawn from that is these guys are not that...

Hands. you couldnt even use the confession from michael beard. so, there were a lot of things you didnt have. >> right, but if you look at thomas claytons conduct, he never mentioned michael beard. everybody says, "michael beard should be an immediate suspect." he never mentioned michael beard to the police. to me, thats -- theres a reason for that. >> reporter: as they prepared for trial, investigators kept digging. they discovered a flurry of calls and texts in the weeks leading up to the crim...

Just rushed to judgment and that therefore led to an incomplete investigation. >> reporter: and in fact, investigators never found evidence that tom paid beard for a hit. >> reporter: as far as tom clayton, there was no conversation overheard. there was no money exchanging hands. you couldnt even use the confession from michael beard. so, there were a lot of things you didnt have. >> right, but if you look at thomas claytons conduct, he never mentioned michael beard. everybody says, "michael bea...

>> reporter: and in fact, investigators never found evidence that tom paid beard for a hit. >> reporter: as far as tom clayton, there was no conversation overheard. there was no money exchanging hands. you couldnt even use the confession from michael beard. so, there were a lot of things you didnt have. >> right, but if you look at thomas claytons conduct, he never mentioned michael beard. everybody says, "michael beard should be an immediate suspect." he never mentioned michael beard to the pol...

Investigation. >> reporter: and in fact, investigators never found evidence that tom paid beard for a hit. >> reporter: as far as tom clayton, there was no conversation overheard. there was no money exchanging hands. you couldnt even use the confession from michael beard. so, there were a lot of things you didnt have. >> right, but if you look at thomas claytons conduct, he never mentioned michael beard. everybody says, "michael beard should be an immediate suspect." he never mentioned michael b...