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Nowhere. until late in the afternoon on february 2nd, 2009. >> sit. >> reporter: when christine ross decided to take her dog ruca for a walk. >> okay. >> reporter: they strolled out of her new subdivision, one of many that had recently sprouted up in the desert west of albuquerque, and then over to an abandon construction site, where christine let ruca off the leash to run. >> she ran up ahead of me, and she was messing with something on the ground. and then she left it. we came upon it, and it ...

At the time. >> confused or not, they stayed together and a few years later they married and then ellen became pregnant. they began to bald 4,000 square foot house in an upscale subdivision in the foothills of albuquerques mountains. >> that house was our dream house. it was ready just in time for the baby. only mike wasnt ready are. he wanted to stay at work on the day ellen was giving birth. >> i called his boss and said im in the hospital having a baby and he said, well, mikes here and i said...

Lost the first weapon. >> reporter: it looked like the little league mom was beaten with her own son dereks baseball bat. >> it really touched my soul knowing how much derek loved baseball. and im like, "how in the world could someone take a baseball bat and, you know, beat her?" >> reporter: an old-fashioned dragnet remained drawn around the subdivision. >> you got a crazy guy on your hands. >> yeah, yeah. i mean, he -- he beat that woman severely, and we need to find who it was and where he wa...

Valentines day. ellen chalked it up to simply mike not being the most sensitive of man. >> it made you sad. >> im not sure sad is the right word for it. i think i was a little confused at the time. >> confused or not, they stayed together and a few years later they married and then ellen became pregnant. they began to bill a 4,000 square foot house in an upscale subdivision in the foot hills of albuquerque. >> that house was our dream house. >> it was ready just in time for the baby. only mike w...

When he was running around the field because they knew he was going to put on a show for him. >> he lived with his host parents randy and kate in the prospect neighborhood. a hilly subdivision. >> just such a terrific kid. you could see that right off the bat. >> he called you mom and dad? >> he did. he became our son. theres no doubt about it. >> but he was more than just a fun kid. he was engaged in the world. >> this was not your typical american teenager that wants to talk about sports stars...

Frequently dump things they no longer have any use for, was simply too big an area to launch a search based on just a rumor. and so this case was going nowhere. until late in the afternoon on february 2nd, 2009. >> sit. >> reporter: when christine ross decided to take her dog ruca for a walk. >> okay. >> reporter: they strolled out of her new subdivision, one of many that had recently sprouted up in the desert west of albuquerque, and then over to an abandon construction site, where christine le...

Even the bradleys knew that the reason keith and julie bought that new policy was because of a friends recent tragedy. >> she had been nagging him about getting -- making sure they had plenty of life insurance. >> and he argued the footage of the suv pulling into the subdivision was far too blurry to i.d. it as keiths ford expedition. besides -- >> if a guy is going to go to this much trouble to kill his wife, why would he drive an expedition that everybody knows he has? >> but the big question ...

>> all i can tell you is that i had a lot of bad thoughts, wrong thoughts, mistakes. >> we sat down with keith hoping for answers. but as many times as we asked him why this all happened -- >> why did you do it? >> i really cant tell you. i dont know. i mean, just a bad decision. >> we never did get a satisfying response. >> so this isnt some kind of delayed midlife crisis here? >> no. >> where youre trying to be with deanna or someone like her to have a final happy chapter in your life? >> no. ...

>> welcome to "dateline." julie griffin was a mother and a plays ripped through her home and she was gone was this an accident, a bungled burglary, or something else entirely? heres dennis murphy with "consumed." >> the canterbury hills subdivision in paduca, kentucky, tiny homes by neighbors living ordered lives. as the porch lights winkd out on another day, what happened one cold january night in the wee hours was especially alarming. a roaring, all consuming fire was destroying the homes. >> ...

Kill his wife -- >> a cornerstone of the case was that hotel security video. not only did it show keith gone for enough time to commit the crime, the prosecutor said, it also caught him in a lie. remember in his interview, keith told police he hadnt swapped clothes that night? >> -- change clothes? >> no. >> but a look at the security footage showed he had. >> he left wearing one set of clothes. one of his work shirts. he came back dressed in all black. >> the prosecutor also showed security vid...