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I don't know if that's going to happen. >> neither brenna douglas nor her attorney had responded to "dateline's" request for a statement, in a lawsuit filed on an insurance company to collect on one of the life insurance policies, brenna said i categorically state that i was not involved in the death of my husband in any way. and yet, even after the conviction of jim huden and peggy thomas, questions remain and brenna douglas remains a person of interest. >> you anticipate ever charging her? >> that's something i'm not going to talk about today. we still have questions. ♪

And the only reason i picked him out of that crowd was i heard through the grapevine that his brother's car was used. >> what are you telling me this now for? what do you think this is going to accomplish now? >> nothing. i'm just trying to come clean, i mean. >> reporter: now, that was a bombshell. livers' own attorney had never been told by authorities that he'd recanted his confession. so basically from the official story, his recantation simply disappeared? >> right. >> reporter: the cass county sheriff's department declined "dateline's" request or interviews or explanations of how this ha...

Door and take off. >> they forget everything. it's innocent. they're so innocent. >> i'm very curious about how today is going to go. >> important advice that every parent can use. >> we need to teach our kids to be assertive, be strong and learn how to say no from an early age. >> we put kids to the test, including my own. >> i'm like, partly almost crying but at the same time i can't believe that. >> it's "dateline's" my kid would never do that. the stranger safety edition. welcome to "dateline." how many times have you told your kids not to trust a stranger? think they're listening. we wa...

Criminal assistance, peggy thomas was agreeing to being an accessory after the fact. >> thomas, do you make this plea freely and voluntarily? >> i do. >> if you'd gone to trial against peggy thomas, do you think you would have won? >> uh -- >> if you say yes, my next question is why didn't you? >> we had a 50/50 chance of guilty versus not guilty and so it was a roll of the dice. >> today, just a few hours ago peggy thomas was formally sentenced to four years in prison. the sentencing was delayed so the family of russel douglas could attend. conspicuously absent, however, was russel's widow, b...

>> reporter: how long was that second tape withheld? and by whom? months and months and months after because he said those things the day after his confession. >> right. >> i don't know that nick is involved in this because we never -- i mean, you can check my phone records. we never talked on thursday or friday about this. and the only reason i picked him out of that crowd was i heard through the grapevine that his brother's car was used. >> what are you telling me this now for? what do you think will accomplish now? >> nothing. i'm just trying to come clean, i mean. >> reporter: now, that wa...