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Melissa oxley and james matlean's attorney kent stover firmly agreed, only half a measure of justice since dawn is protected by that immunity agreement she signed with the d.a. >> james is not the type of boy who's going to go out and commit a murder in the hopes that dawn will find it acceptable. he didn't do this as a surprise gift. >> reporter: dawn herself declined our request for an interview. but her mom, the retired deputy sheriff, has remained in her corner. >> i know that a lot of people believe that. that it was a blatant conspiracy on her part. but i don't think dawn really wanted b...

>> james is not the type of boy who is going to go out and commit a murder in the hopes that dawn will find had acceptable. he didn't do this as a surprise gift. >> dawn herself declined our request for an interview. her mom, the retired deputy sheriff, has remained in her corn corner. >> i know that a lot of people believe that. that it was a blatant conspiracy on her part. but i don't think dawn really wanted ben dead. i don't think dawn was there. >> hold it all together. >> all the way along and even now. >> you got to understand, ben was a good guy. they had their problems. everybody love...

Hopes that dawn will find it acceptable. he didn't do this as a surprise gift. >> dawn declined a request for an interview, but her mom, the retired sheriff remained in her corner. >> i know a lot of people believe that it was a blatant conspiracy on her part. but i don't think dawn really wanted ben dead. i don't think dawn was there. >> you are trying to hold it all together. all the way along and even now. >> you got to understand. ben was a good guy. they had their problems. everybody loved him. he didn't deserve to die. >> so for the time being, it's a he said she said story. and the da's...

>> could she have been the killer or was someone keeping a secret? >> i said what did you do? what did you do? >> tell us the truth. >> while they were sleeping. >> welcome to "dateline extra." i'm craig melvin. ben oxley was deeply in love with his second wife, melissa. they were building a life together with his young daughter, alyssa, at the center. a gunshot tore through the dark and left ben dead. no one else was hurt, including melissa. suspicious, police thought. investigators would discover more red flags and to uncover what would happen in the middle of the night, they had to look dee...

Immunity agreement she signed with the d.a. >> james is not the type of boy who's going to go out and commit a murder in the hopes that dawn will find it acceptable. he didn't do this as a surprise gift. >> reporter: dawn herself declined our request for an interview. but her mom, the retired deputy sheriff, has remained in her corner. >> i know that a lot of people believe that, that it was a blatant conspiracy on her part. but i don't think dawn really wanted ben dead. i don't think dawn was there. >> you're trying to hold it all together. all the way along, and even now. >> you've got to un...