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But now, police weren't so sure. >> we believe there were a lot more checks that she probably forged, but we tried to limit them to the checks that we thought we had the best evidence on. >> forensic document examiners determined ten checks were forgeries, although it was impossible to say conclusively that miriam was the forger. police now believed that the attempted bombing of alan's car was miriam's work. she was conveniently away from the car, inside the store, when alan found the lighted wick sticking out of his gas tank. to investigators, it reminded them of the car bombing scene in the ...

In western colorado, a successful land developer, alan helmick, and his wife, miriam, were going through difficult times. professionally, alan's real estate ventures weren't what they once were. on a personal level, someone had recently tried to take alan's life. >> while alan is waiting for miriam, he notices smoke coming out the back end of his car. >> it was right in the middle of a parking lot in broad daylight. >> apparently, someone had placed a lit fuse in the gas tank. fortunately, alan saw the smoke and got out in time. >> for whatever reason, the conditions weren't right for an explo...

Miriam helmick with murder. prosecutors believed miriam was systematically stealing money from alan's business accounts, and that, at some point, alan found out about it. thinking their relationship was soon to end, prosecutors believe miriam tried to kill alan, first by giving him an overdose of his prescription medicines. when that didn't work, prosecutors believed miriam placed a lighted wick in the gas tank of the car while alan waited for her in a shopping center parking lot. but prosecutors believe miriam knew about the family heirloom .25-caliber pistol alan kept in his sock drawer, and...

She showered, changed her clothes, and drove to the chinese restaurant in order to set up her alibi. she left a message on alan's voicemail asking where he was. >> hey, alan, this isn't funny anymore. i've been sitting here in front of the chinese dragon or the chinese place for 15 minutes and you're never late. >> no one knows where she disposed of the murder weapon and her clothes. but presumably, she did so on her way to or from the chinese restaurant. when miriam returned home, she called 911, saying she had just found alan's body in a pool of blood. >> my husband is dead! it looks like so...

Were misspelled, including alan's name. there was no postmark on the envelope, which meant it had been hand delivered. >> miriam is frantic about this. she is convinced that the killer is now out to get her. >> the simple block lettering made handwriting analysis impossible. there were no fingerprints on the envelope or the letter. the envelope wasn't sealed, so there was no saliva on the envelope flap and no dna to recover. and the barcode on the back of the card was missing. >> it had been cut out, and -- as if somebody knew we might want to try to trace that greeting card and find out where...