Im thinking to myself, this cant be true. Youre just like in disbelief. What had happened to her last husband . Its very evil. The hurt. The anger. It makes you question everybody. It seems alive somehow. Here in the foothills of tennessees appalachians. The creeping tendrils of mountain mist, that snake and swirl like lies. Theres gold in there somewhere, so they say. The sort of place where you could strike it rich. Or maybe a very scary. Shocking and devastating. Reporter so, after that mysterious death here, who could anyone trust . Dearest friends . The word, betrayal, come to mind . Oh, absolutely. Reporter brothers in arms . Its beyond disturbing. Reporter closest family . She looked at me as if she wished i was dead. Reporter maybe no one. We were always looking over our shoulder. Reporter might still be, had it not been for him. Pretty shocking stuff. I dont think ill work anything like this again, just because of the the different twists and turns. Reporter yes, in that toxic swamp of secret identities. Of heroes and villains driven by greed and lust and power. Whoever set this up and reporter oh, so many lies. Everything that you were taught as a kid was a lie. Reporter this place, where the story begins, seems created not for lies, but for love. The tranquil waters and soft sunsets of bradenton, florida and though the local Sheriffs Office may seem an unlikely place to find love, heres where it struck a county detective named bob mcclancy. Got anything to say, bobby . I got a lot to say. How many hours do we have left on the tape . Reporter a funny man. Welcome to pasquales kitchen. Reporter and very kind, said his nieces. Not just to people. Wed be so excited to go over there to see, like, what new animal he got or, you know, like, he would be like, oh, i got a new bird, come over and see it. Gimme kiss. He had got us little turtles as kids. He was a real animal guy, he was, yes. Reporter loved his nieces, too. He used to take us out on the boat. He just always took care of us. Reporter just like he took care of his sister kathy when they were kids. It was always like the two of us doing everything, uhhuh. Causing havoc. Reporter as a sheriffs deputy, said his sister kathy, he once faced down a violent gang. They had knocked him to the ground and took his gun and everything and beat him up. As a matter of fact, i believe that they fired a shot, but it missed. So he barely made it through that one. Yeah. Reporter his marriage couldnt take it. Bob mcclancy sought love elsewhere. And then, a Southern Belle at the Sheriffs Department, an aloof secretary known as the office whiz caught his eye. Her name was martha ann. Was he crazy about martha ann . Yes, he was. He was really smitten. Yeah. Reporter martha ann had two sons. She was very charming, highly intelligent. Reporter sean was adopted as a baby, met jen as a teenager and she became his wife. Where sean was from was not discussed at home. But then, he had her. The only mother hed ever known. A mother is the the sun and the moon and the stars to a little kid. Did it feel like she was . I was always told since a young age that the only people you can trust completely are your parents. Reporter in the mid 90s, seans mom martha ann was going through a painful divorce, and then fell for the detective bob. Bob was very down to earth. And he taught me a lot of things. Like what . How to be a man. How to be a real person. Sounds like you liked bob. I liked bob a lot. Reporter in 1995, bob and martha ann got married. Kathy got closer to martha ann. Wed go out shopping, that was our big thanksgiving. You know, bobby would stay home and the girls would just take off and go shopping. Reporter bob and martha ann retired in the late 90s, left florida and bought a big secluded hillside cabin in coker creek, eastern tennessee, in the shadow of the smoky mountains, not far from where martha ann grew up. Place where a man could forget about being a cop and all that violence. By then, sean and jen had their own family and visited from time to time. Bob especially would oh yeah. Treat our kids great. He was fond of them. He liked them. He was the real deal. Reporter martha ann went back to work, accounting job. She loved numbers. And they made time for friends, too, like debi hartman. We met at church. Bob and martha ann just became very dear friends. Found her soul mate. She was what i would refer to as the quintessential southern lady. She was like a sister to me. We had the same type of of upbringing, the same type of morals. We had fun together. We enjoyed sharing recipes together. She had two boys, i had two girls. Wed talk about our children. We just were very, very close. Reporter over the years, they shared cookouts, road trips, church events. Just like two peas from the same pod. Reporter and you could just see, said debi, how much bob and martha ann loved each other. Never once did i hear them argue or have a sour word against one another, never. Just very loving. The perfect couple. Reporter and then, may 2006, when martha ann was at work, a family friend stopped by to see bob at home. And, in front of him, well. 911, where is your emergency . In coker creek. I cant get a pulse and he appears to be cold to the touch. Reporter martha ann got home, then called for her friend debi. And shes screaming, and shes like, bobs dead. And and im like, bobs dead . Reporter what had happened to bob mcclancy . I cried for ten hours. I couldnt believe we lost such a great man. Shocking. The two of us just cried our eyes out. The next thing you know, the sheriff comes out. Im like, what in the worlds going on . And shes like, i dont know new mucinex clear cool. Feel the menthol burst. While powerful medicine clears your worst cold symptoms. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Lets end this. Because it knew an ordinary wastissue was near. Ar. 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Discover the story only your dna can tell. Order your kit now at ancestrydna. Com. Reporter it was the 15th of may, 2006 in coker creek, eastern tennessee. 5 00 p. M. 911, where is your emergency . I just walked into the residence. Its the mcclancy residence. The, uhm mr. Mcclancy appears to be, uh, expired. Reporter bob mcclancy, 56 years old, was lying in his favorite recliner. The caller, a family friend, said the body was already cold. Alright, well theyre on their way out there, okay . Thank you, sir. Reporter the friend hung up and waited for first responders. I was a detective. Id been a detective for almost a year. Reporter detective travis jones of the Monroe CountySheriffs Department was one of the first to go into the house. Whatd you see when you got there . I found Robert Mcclancy in a recliner. He had a pistol in one hand, and a empty bottle of pills in the other hand. Have you ever seen such a thing before . No. Reporter the gun hadnt been fired. But there were pills strewn all over bob mcclancys body. A white foam around his mouth pointed to an overdose. And a do not resuscitate order signed by bob mcclancy and left in the kitchen said he wanted to die. Did you see this do not resuscitate order . I did. Reporter it looked like suicide. And nieces in florida. Were just, like, in disbelief. Its like a nightmare. Shocking. I cant imagine when she told me he took an overdose and killed himself. Do you still remember that moment . Yes, i do. You know, it it affected me quite a while. Reporter sean too was grief stricken when he heard about his stepdads death. That must come as a shock. I think i cried for ten hours driving from florida to tennessee. I couldnt believe we lost such a great man. Reporter but shocking as it was to those who knew bob intimately, it was not a complete surprise. Why . Four letters ptsd. Post Traumatic Stress disorder. Back when the vietnam war was sinking into its bloody depths, bob volunteered to go as a marine. It took its toll. As did lifethreatening career. Bob had been on heavy medications, but still suffered flashbacks, nightmares, depression. Martha ann told debi she was very troubled. And she said, im trying. But, you know when im at work, you know, hell get in his pills and she said, bob is abusing it. Reporter bobs sister kathy had also seen warning signs. How did you become aware that p. T. S. D. Was really beginning to become a factor in his life that had to be dealt with . We had been up for thanksgiving, and he had explained to me that right after the holidays that there was a program, and he was going to enter it. Reporter bobs new years resolution for 2006 was to finally beat ptsd. And in january, he set off to nashville for an intensive sixweek program run by the va. Soon after he got there, he called his sister kathy, with hope in his voice. Hed made a new friend, his roommate Charles Kaczmarczyk went by chuck. He had told me that he finally found somebody to talk to that understood what he went through in vietnam, because chuck was there. Yeah, you kinda need somebody whos been through the same thing i guess. Yeah, right, yeah. So, he was happy. Reporter bobs new veteran friend chuck was no average grunt, he was the very model of a war hero, special forces airman, citations for valor earned in the most daring operations. And such a big shot he was invited to the president ial inauguration. Chuck was the sort of tonic bob seemed to need. This relationship continued after the program was over, right . Yes. Reporter after they got out of the program in february, bob spent most of his time with chuck who lived not far away in knoxville as they did handyman jobs at each others homes. Bob had, you know, kinda replaced everybody else with chuck. You know, chuck was everything. Reporter but bobs ptsd persisted. Martha ann did what she could to pick up bobs spirits, though that seemed to backfire when she got a makeover. She had had her hair cut short and blonde. Big change . Big change. And im like, oh, my god, you look beautiful, and she says, well, im certainly glad you like it. She said, because bob doesnt like it all. He had a fit that i had that i cut my hair off. But i said, but then, a lotta men like ladies with long hair. So, you know, give him time, hell come around. Reporter when martha ann was at work, chuck kept an eye on bob. Chuck was right there. Reporter but bob was in a downward spiral. Martha ann complained that bob was abusing his antidepressants and martha ann and chuck found themselves managing one painful scare after another. In one episode they rushed bob to the va hospital more than three hours away, passed out in the car. Out of it. I understand they had to stop the car because they thought they were gonna have to do cpr on him. Reporter bob was stabilized, and after he was deemed well enough sent home. Reporter two days later on that monday in may, martha ann got up early and went to work as usual, shed arranged for chuck to check in on bob that afternoon. It was he who found bob, called 911. Reporter debi arrived later to find police cars and ambulances and a frantic martha ann. And so the two of us just sat there and and just hugged each other and bawled. And and you know, just cried our eyes out. It was horrible. Bob was dead. And the next thing you know, the sheriff comes out with chuck in a tshirt and and im like, what in the worlds going on . And shes like, i dont know. They drove off with with chuck. Reporter police have some questions for chuck. To come in, find your friend dead. He wasnt rushing around, upset . No. He was calm and that was suspicious in itself. Maybe you got a crime here . Yes. Want powerful relief. Only new alkaseltzer plus free of artificial dyes and preservatives liquid gels delivers the powerful cold symptom relief you need loudspeaker clean up, aisle 4. Alkaseltzer plus liquid gels. Hey, hang in there. Thanks. Kleenex. Someone needs one. Reporter martha ann was a mess. Her husband bob dead of an overdose of ptsd medications. And she couldnt even get back into her own house. So her best friend debi and her husband took her in. And you know, the three of us just you know, why . What happened . You know crying, you know, all night long, just up all night long, just sobbing and and and in disbelief that that bob was gone. To be there for my mom, i left immediately, and drove through the night. Reporter and sean was filled with a flood of sorrow and guilt that he hadnt been there for his stepdad bob, as bob had been there for him. Bob took care of me every day. Reporter thatll make you feel close to a person. It did. Reporter debi tried, in vain, to ease marthas grief. I would bring up, you know, fun things that we had done with bob. Reporter you have a cry about it . It would be like and now were not gonna have that anymore. You know, and then then id start bawling. And, of course, then shed start bawling with me. Reporter and to make it even worse, bobs best friend chuck had been taken away by sheriffs deputies. And so debi watched as martha ann tried to cope with her own sorrow, as she planned her husbands funeral anxious at the same time for her friend that those small town cops had the wrong idea about chuck. I thought, you know, okay, this was bobs best buddy now. You know, youre grieving for bob. And you now youve gotta take care of chuck. Reporter a tough situation for her to be in . A tough situation. Reporter which was about to get tougher, courtesy of that small town sheriffs deputy, travis jones. Something strange here, he thought. He and the other detectives. So they held chuck for questioning. For one thing, why was he so cool . His best buddy was lying there dead. He wasnt kinda rushing around, and all upset, or anything like that . No. Reporter calm . He was calm, which was kinda suspicious in itself. To come in, find your friend dead. And he was calm. Reporter as he had been calm and kind of strange on the 911 call. Mr. Mcclancy appears to be, uh, expired. Reporter the operator suggested chuck might try to revive bob. If you want to try to do some type of cpr on him, i can give you instructions if you want to. Um, im cpr qual we do have a do not resuscitate order on him. Okay. Reporter chuck didnt seem to want to save his own best friend. And to the detective that do not resuscitate order seemed maybe just a little too convenient. Reporter maybe you got a crime here. Yes. Reporter travis jones wasnt alone. Bobs sister kathy had her doubts, too. Th she refused to believe her brother would kill himself. I mean, he could have part of his finger hangin off, he would duct tape it up and and keep goin. You know, so reporter thats the kinda guy you saw too . Yeah. Reporter huh. So a pill popping brother didnt make any sense to you no, it did not. No. Reporter suspicions deepened a week later when they traveled to bobs funeral in eastern tennessee. Deep in their grief, they met the friend whod reported bobs death to the police, and who was back in the community as police continued to look into him. His name was chuck kaczmarczyk. How would you describe the guy . He was very creepy. There was just something about him, like, when he looked at you, it was almost like he could just stare through you. Reporter sean and jen saw the same. He seemed like a tough military guy. There was a look about him. The cold stare. Yeah. Reporter then kathy got a copy of the 911 call, and what she heard sounded like the verbal equivalent of a thousand yard stare. Mr. Mcclancy appears to be, uh, expired. And i played the tape. I played it over and over and wrote it word for word what was in the tape. And it didnt make sense, a couple of things. First he said he didnt touch the body, then he told the 911 operator when he asked about cpr he said he didnt need it, he was already gone. Well, if you didnt touch the body, how would you know he was gone . Reporter how do you go on after that when youre full of these doubts and suspicions . You go on. You dont have a choice. You know, but i knew i i would not let it drop. Reporter but in the end, even though chuck was questioned at length, everything he did put under a microscope, the suspicion appeared to be unfounded. The coroner actually ruled it reporter and then in the weeks and months after bobs death, as suspicions dissipated like the mists in the surrounding hills, chuck could once again walk with his head held high. When we did the veterans parade in knoxville, they put him on the top because he was the most highly decorated. 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