immediately that he would be high on the list of suspects, as, of course, he was. so he wasn't surprised when agent ken thompson and the local undersheriff showed up at the family farmhouse. >> i was nervous. i mean, both guys had guns on their hips and came into my house, and you know, i proceeded to tell them all these things that i was doing as far as the phone calls and the stalking. and when i told them all about that, then they totally changed their tune and started accusing me of killing bryan. i was scared to death. i was worried that they were going to charge me that night. >> reporter: but they didn't. while it was true, as we said, that the crime scene was compromised, there were hairs and fibers and fingerprints and blood samples yet untested. so the investigators said their goodbyes and told tom they'd be back. all these years later.