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outside the town of darby. plucked down years and years ago. a few miles as the crow files from the montana, idaho border. jenny was a reporter around here. >> it's a really beautiful place, i think, that attracts a diverse group of people. you have retirees and young families. >> then there is kind of another side to the police, to, right? >> right. there's an interesting group of people in the west. i think that prefer to live on the boundary of wilderness. >> and in this side of the place, bill bought 20 acres on the road and built this house with its very own hands. you remember anything about that move? >> i wasn't pleased about it. so, i was a strong dissenter in our move. some of my earliest memories were of my dad telling bedtime stories about montana mike, who would live these adventures. when he moved there, he said, he was going to be montana mike. he was telling the stories as much to himself as he was to me. it was always his dream to live
>> was and wondering if bill, given his past affair, had been cheating on her, again? we'll, know, the detectives found where he stop, and confirmed, he had one beer. apparently, alone. a few hours later, 7:55 pm, the marshals cameras caught bill riding south through darby, back towards home. which meant, he would have arrived a few minutes after 8 pm. which comported, exactly, with what ann had told them. she said she was grilling steak for dinner. >> so bill drove up, right when i was barbecuing, right when i was taking it off the grill, and turning it over. i gave it to matthew, and told bill, his would be a second. then i put broccoli on their, because matthew won't eat broccoli. >> okay. did you have a potato? >> yes, baked potatoes. >> well, bill and and we're in for the evening, matt had
>> i got the best cameras you can get. >> there are video cameras everywhere cameras from flowerpots, storefronts, platter barrels. how many cameras? 60 i asked? >> no, more than that, so the marshall. he is always watching. >> he monitors speed through the little main street of darby, it is often a useful tool during investigations. >> kind of unusual for a little town like darby. >> it's a little unusual. >> so, if the marshals cameras could verify madden and had indeed driven up to that morning. they'd be in the clear. >> matthew and i had just planned, the night before, to just go first thing in the morning, and do things in missoula. >> and sure enough, there were an and matt driving bills truck
so, the detectives went back to pay a visit to the marshal of it darby and his cameras. and had told detectives, on the day before he was murdered up, sunday, june 9th, bill went for a ride on his harley. he was going to missoula. sure enough, 1:58 pm, saturday afternoon, there is bill. riding his motorcycle through town, heading north. then, 3:31 pm, detectives found bill walking into the harley store and missoula, and walking back out, ten minutes later, 3:41. but, from there? for several hours, it wasn't knowable. writing his harley, maybe? did he see anyone? he told his wife he stopped, and had a beer. which, according to an, was out of character. >> anyone who knows him would know that he never drinks during the day. never.
's life was cruelly ended, his family, and friends, gathered in darby to say their goodbyes to a man who loved montana. >> it was packed. people shared a lot of nice memories i had not heard of. things like, i was in need, and your dad fixed my house for free and say, don't worry about it. things like that. so many people care about you, your family. it was a day i will never forget. >> but, investigators were right back at square one. their initial suspect, barbara miller, now, ruled out. the person who killed bill in his bed, unknown. now, there seem to be so many red flags about her. how could bill have been so wrong? >> up to the day he died, bill, actually, believed that barbara miller was stalking him, and had ill intent. >> so, if barbara did not kill bill, who did? detectives cold in bill's