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Police had convinced themselves that dave was responsible, prosecutor crouch would not bite, not yet anyhow. >> were gonna wait, until we find the body or get the body more time to come up. >> instead, a year after debbie vanished, dave was charged with embezzlement, stealing more than $300,000 of his childrens trust funds. he pleaded not guilty, was released on bail. >> how does it feel to be out of jail? >> and waited for the other shoe to drop. now imagine this, the police, not to mention mos...

Debbies wife killed her. why? they learned that he took $3,000 from their childrens pension. dave hawks action were about to force the decision. here is keith morris. >> they kept pushing and pushing. we kept on sitting back. >> reporter: the prosecutor at the time, larry crouch, told investigators he would not charge hawk even after it is obvious that this single mother had been murdered. after months searching around hanford, california, turns out no signs of her anywhere. prosecutor crouch wo...

Ex-wifes murder. yet they were convinced he killed her. why? because they learned she was about to expos him for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars for a trust fund set up for his kids. now they had to convince the prosecutor to take the case to trial. and dave hawks actions were about to force a decision. here wen is keith morrison. i kept pushing and pushing and we kept sitting back. >> the prosecutor at the time, larry crouch, told his investigators he would not charge dave hawk wi...

Anywhere, and after police had convinced themselves that dave was responsible. prosecutor crouch would not budge. not yet, anyway. >> were going to wait until we find the body or give the body more time to come up. >> instead, a year after debbie vanished, dave was charged with embezzling, stealing more than $300,000 from his own childrens trust funds. he pleaded not guilty, was released on bail. >> dave, how does it feel to be out of jail? >> and waited for the other shoe to drop. now, imagine ...

Agree? here with more of our story is keith morrison. >> they kept pushing and pushing and we kept sitting back. >> prosecutor larry crouch told his investigators he would not charge dave hawk with the murder of his ex-wife debbie, even after it was obvious this popular single mother had been murdered, even after months of searching around hanford, california, turned up no sign of her anywhere and police convinced themselves dave was responsible. prosecutor crouch would not budge. not yet, anywa...

Convinced themselves dave was responsible. prosecutor crouch would not budge. not yet, anyway. >> were going to wait until we find the body or give the body more time to come up. >> instead, a year after debbie vanished, dave was charged with em bezling, stealing more than $300,000 from his own childrens trust funds. he pleaded not guilty, was released on bail. >> dave, how does it feel to be out of jail? >> and waited for the other shoe to drop. now, imagine this, the police, not to mention mos...

Prosecutor crouch would not budge. not yet anyway. >> were going to wait until we find the body or give the body a more time to come up. >> instead, a year after debbie vanished. dave was charged with embezzling. stealing more than $300,000 from his own childrens trust funds. he pleaded not guilty. was released on bail. >> dave, how does it feel to be out of jail. >> and waited for the other shoe to drop. now, imagine this, the police not to mention most of the town, believed their father killed...

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