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>> reporter: investigator matt lambert was assigned to run down the michael beard lead. >> reporter: what did you know about michael beards background? >> he actually was a pretty well-respected employee until september 17th, when -- when tom had fired him. >> reporter: why did tom fire him? >> stealing from jobs and drinking, i think, on the job and that he fired him on the 17th because theres maybe some complaints from other employees at servpro. >> reporter: so theres some issues there? >> ri...

Not wanting to be home alone if he was there. you know, he -- he was civil. he was nice. but id -- i dont think she wanted to be left home alone. >> reporter: now, molly told investigators that her uncle tom had recently fired beard. >> michael beard was fired september 17th. and then kelley was murdered the, like, night of the 28th, 29th. so it wasnt long at all. >> reporter: was it possible that beard was angry about losing his job and that kelleys murder was some kind of revenge? molly went t...

The prosecutor knew he couldnt use beard to testify against tom. >> even if he came forward and said, "i want to testify now," he had lied so many times. he had lied at his own trial. >> beard had changed his story so much at his own trial that he wouldnt have been a credible witness. >> reporter: tom and his lawyer pounced on that, telling reporters that beard acted on his own. >> this is purely mr. beards doing, what we do know is that mr. clayton had nothing to do with the death of his wife. ...

>> did that seem odd to you? >> that did seem odd. he denied having any type of conversation. he said he didnt even remember receiving it, and he wouldnt have answered a call that wasnt -- that he didnt know the number. >> reporter: and when investigators looked at beards phone, there was no sign of a call from linda millers cell. >> it had been, uh, erased. he explained that away by saying that he, the night before, had to recycle his minutes on his phone. it was a little bit suspicious to me. ...

>> reporter: and he seemed determined to profess his innocence to anyone whod listen. >> he said, id like to tell you my side of the story. i said, i really dont want to hear it. i dont want to get any more involved. and hes, like, partially crying and hes saying, you know, i wouldnt do that. >> reporter: months went by as the state prepared the case against each man. michael beard was the first to go to trial. in court, he recanted his confession and changed his account of the murder. but prose...

>> thats pretty low. >> and hes been out ever since. >> reporter: and he seemed determined to profess his innocence to anyone whod listen. >> he said, id like to tell you my side of the story. i said, i really dont want to hear it. i dont want to get any more involved. and hes, like, partially crying and hes saying, you know, i wouldnt do that. >> reporter: months went by as the state prepared the case against each man. michael beard was the first to go to trial. in court, he recanted his confes...

Afghan kids saw an american crawling through the reeds. they saw some guy. i dont know how many americans might have been in that neighborhood, but it was probably this guy. then there was a lot of chatter on the radio where an american was looking for somebody in the taliban who could speak english. thats curious. heres his commander. >> looking for someone who spoke english so he could talk to the taliban. when we heard that, it told us, okay, hes actively seeking out the taliban following his...

Intuitive. things are laid out pretty well. it is not difficult to tell whats what or what you need to do. its just like going from driving a small sedan to driving a pickup truck. the steering wheel is still a steering wheel. a throttle still a throttle. >> you were backing up the copilot. was the copilot pleatly sure about what -- completely sure about what she was to do? >> she is an absolute professional. to be clear, she did all the flying. i was only on the radios and i was only backing he...

Voice auto correct is the worst. >> send us some of your favorite auto corrects and well share them with our vast-viewing audience and with tim. >> or tom. >> in the meantime 25 minutes after the top of the hour. heather, you want to do the news? come on over here. she is on her computer doing auto correcting. >> you know it is hard when your kids hack into your phone with their little kid hand and then they send a message that you dont intend to someone. that is the ultimate auto incorrect. >> ...

Time. the decision to turn the plane around and get to the nearest suitable airport, she couldnt have done a better job. >> youve given her credit. did the passengers on board, once they realized, wait a minute, were landing and that guy from 23-b just helped up there. did they give you a round of applause or anything? >> after we landed and we got the captain off the airplane, we got him directly to the ambulance on the ramp, and there was some applause initially after that for the nurses. and ...