this is dateline. the first time i saw her, i thought she was beautiful. we just loved being together, we were always together. our kitchen back door was opened and the glass was broken. i need an ambulance now. my wife, oh my god. it was him who found her. i said i don t know how to handle that. i wish i could ve been there to protect her. a wife murdered, and later, a husband under suspicion. he was such a nice guy that you would ve never guess that he would ve done something like that. you think he faked that burglary and killed his wife? yes. he wanted the house, he wanted her money, and if he divorced her, he would lose everything. in court, a stunning verdict. this could not be happening, i did not kill my wife. but more stunning still was what came after, a mysterious witness with a secret. this is a woman who essentially says i saw the murderer. and it wasn t tom folly. would her story be the ultimate twist? hello and welcome to dateline.
we were always together. our kitchen that door was open. glass was broken. i need an ambulance now. my wife. oh my god. it was him who found her. i don t know how to handle that. i wish i could ve been there to protect her. a wife murdered, and later, a husband under suspicion. he was such a nice guy, that you would ve never guess that he would ve done something like that. you think you fake that burglary and killed his wife? yes. he wanted the house, he wanted her money and if he divorced or he would lose everything. in court, a stunning verdict. this could not be happening, i did not kill my wife. but more stunning still, was would came after. a mysterious witness with a secret. this is a woman who essentially says, i saw the murderer. and it wasn t tom fully, when her story be the ultimate twist? hello and welcome to dateline. it is a mystery people thought they had the answer to, the murder of a well-loved teacher and a close knit town with an
prosecutor, i wanted to convince the police, i wanted to convince my wife s family. i wanted them to know and look at me and hear me. tom started by answering some still nagging questions, like how did a yellow plastic bag with shotgun shells in it get into tom s basement? did you have dunham s bags in your home? yes. how do you explain the bag in the basement, with the shotgun shells in it? they weren t ours. that bag is probably ours. my fingerprints are on the bag. but three clean shotgun shells in my basement? it just doesn t make sense. you have no idea where those came from? absolutely not. tom said he has never owned or used a shotgun. never. wouldn t know how to operate it. wouldn t know the first thing about it. tom schaeffer then asked why tom failed to call his home when dar didn t show up at the birthday celebration.
inserted in with a few remaining intact, putty of the frame, you can see it fits perfectly. it was compelling evidence that tom may have been telling the truth. but schafer wouldn t lead more than a shred of evidence. he next call this woman, janette moore, the woman who came forward immediately following tom s guilty verdict. and the reason tom was ultimately granted a new trial. moore says she was driving past the foley house right around the time dar had been murdered. as i approached, this white car came racing out forward, and if i hadn t had braked, i would ve hit him. janette moore said she got a good look at the driver. it was a young, 18 to 20-year-old kid. he had real black hair and his face was real white, and he was clenching the wheel, just like this. and i thought, he s crazy, he s going to kill somebody. why didn t you call the police? i didn t because i was afraid. but when janette moore learned about tom foley s guilty verdict, she said she could no longe
or encouraging him? i believe so. coached or not, tom foley s defense team knew from day one that they needed to prove the sound those voice heard was tom dropping a window frame on the back porch, and not the fatal gun blast. four days after tom foley s arrests, schafer took a trip to the farm. a couple of perry mason moments, don t come very often. this is the frame we found. right work tom said he dropped the frame, found this tiny shirt of glass. immediately they try to match the shared with the frame. tom said he dropped. if you take the shard and inserted in with a few remaining intact, putty theories of the frame, you can see it fits perfectly. it was compelling evidence that tom may have been telling the truth. but schafer wouldn t lead more than a shred of evidence. he next call this woman. janette moore, the woman who came forward immediately following tom s guilty verdict.