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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...

Lindas phones records. and there was, the number tom dialed about an hour before the murder, a number they didnt recognize. investigator johnny lewis took it from there. >> so what i did was i got the number put it into actually facebook on my phone, and as soon as i put that number in the profile that pops up is michael beard. >> michael peered, the ex-employee hed been so cooperative with investigators. suddenly, he didnt seem so innocent. now police had to reconsider their theory of the crime...

>> more than a little suspicious, the millers kept digging. they went online to check lindas phone records and there it was, the number tom dialed about an hour before the murder, a number they didnt recognize. investigator donnie lewis took it from there. >> so what i did was i got the number and put it into actually facebook on my phone, and as soon as i put that number in the profile that pops up is michael beard. >> michael beard, the ex employee who had been some cooperative with investigat...

I said, greg, can you look at my phone. >> and i says, theres -- theres nothing. >> is part of you thinking, oh, maybe he just decided not to make the call? >> no, because i heard him talking. you could hear like the mumbling, just a voice speaking of sorts, but nothing intellingible. >> as the millers struggled to make sense of that they called the other men who had been at their house that night. the poker players recalled the same detail. toms phone was always with him. >> he had his phone at...

>> more than a little suspicious, the millers kept digging. they went online to check lindas phone records and there it was, the number tom dialed about an hour before the murder, a number they didnt recognize. investigator donnie lewis took it from there. >> so what i did was i got the number and put it into actually facebook on my phone, and as soon as i put that number in the profile that pops up is michael beard. >> michael beard, the ex employee who had been some cooperative with investigat...

>> reporter: as the millers struggled to make sense of that, they called the other men whod been to their house that night. the poker players recalled the same detail. toms phone was always with him. >> he had his phone at the poker table? >> thats what poker players are saying. yes. it was -- it was there. yes. yes. >> so he has his phone at the poker table, but hes telling you hes left his phone in the car? >> uh-huh. thats what he told me. >> reporter: more than a little suspicious, the mille...

>> so there should be a number if -- >> should be a number he called -- >> he called somebody on the phone. >> right, and im like, "thats strange." and i said, "greg, can you look at my phone?" >> i says, "theres -- theres -- theres nothing." >> is part of you thinking, "oh, maybe he just decided not to make the call"? >> no, because i heard him talking. youd hear the -- like, the mumbling, just a voice speaking of sorts, but nothing intelligible. >> reporter: as the millers struggled to make se...

Called -- >> he called somebody on the phone. >> right, and im like, "thats strange." and i said, "greg, can you look at my phone?" >> i says, "theres -- theres -- theres nothing." >> is part of you thinking, "oh, maybe he just decided not to make the call"? >> no, because i heard him talking. youd hear the -- like, the mumbling, just a voice speaking of sorts, but nothing intelligible. >> reporter: as the millers struggled to make sense of that, they called the other men whod been to their hous...

And i said, "greg, can you look at my phone?" >> i says, "theres -- theres -- theres nothing." >> is part of you thinking, "oh, maybe he just decided not to make the call"? >> no, because i heard him talking. youd hear the -- like, the mumbling, just a voice speaking of sorts,ut nothing intelligible. >> reporter: as the millers struggled to make sense of that, they called the other men whod been to their house that night. the poker players recalled the same detail. toms phone was always with him...