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Herweyer learned juanita s insurance policies would net tom nearly a quarter of a million dollars. that wouldn t make him rich, but it would free him from the pile of debt they d wracked up building that expensive new home. and a tip led investigators to another possible motive. her name, kelli brophy. she worked at a convenience store on tom s fedex route. he spent a lot of time with kelli brophy. do you think they had an affair? yes, i do. kelli says it never happened. did you have an affair with tom richardson? no. did you think he was cute? didn t give it a thought. kelli says she and tom were just close friends who talked on the phone while they both worked at night. and what would you guys talk about during these calls? usually bible studies. if true, there was a lot of bible study going on. investigators learned they talked on the phone 383 times in less than ten months. ....
And i believed him. shortly after juanita died, tom showed up at kelli s house with another gift, a plant from juanita s memorial service. he didn t tell you why he was giving you the plant? no. but it meant something to you, didn t it, that plant? no, not really. juanita s sister jeannette thinks it means a lot. what kind of a girl would if she knew where it came from, would accept a gift like that? i think that is a disgrace to my sister. whatever had been going on between tom and kelli ended after that visit. with juanita dead only a month, tom started asking friends to fix him up. we always said tom was pretty much our best witness throughout this whole investigation. tom could not keep his mouth shut. so herweyer had an idea. he d arrange to set tom up with a new woman who also happened to be a michigan state trooper. that worked. ....
Wasn t so perfect. seven years earlier, tom had an affair with another woman. you knew your parents had trouble in their marriage, your father had an affair? earlier on, yes. did your mother ever talk with any of you about divorcing your father? vows, that when she made her vows for better or worse, that is what she meant, till death do us part. and she was the one talking about trying to reconcile. and within a year, the couple did reconcile. tom had told investigators they d been happy together ever since. but detective herweyer learned otherwise. tom told people he wished he hadn t reconciled? right. so this wonderful sort of indian summer of their marriage, fantasy? major fantasy. i didn t buy it. but even if tom were unhappy, what motive could he have for killing juanita? for one thing, money. ....
Vows for better or worse, that is what she meant, til death do us part, and she was the one talking about trying to reconcile. and within a year, the couple did reconcile. tom had told investigators they had been happy together ever since. but detective herweyer learned otherwise. tom told people he wished he hadn t reconciled? right. so this wonderful sort of indian summer of their marriage, fantasy? major fantasy. i didn t buy it. but even if tom were unhappy, what motive could he have for killing juanita? for one thing, money. we learned juanita s insurance policies would net tom nearly a quarter of a million dollars. that wouldn t make him rich, but it would free him from the pile of debt they d wracked up building that expensive new home. and a tip led investigators to another possible motive. her name, kelli brophy. she worked at a convenience store on tom s fedex route. ....
Thinks it means a lot. what kind of a girl if she knew where it came from would accept a gift like that? i think that is a disgrace to my sister. whatever had been going on between tom and kelli ended after that visit. with juanita dead only a month, tom started asking friends to fix him up. we always said tom was pretty much our best witness throughout this whole investigation. tom could not keep his mouth shut. so herweyer had an idea. he d arrange to set tom up with a new woman who also happened to be a michigan state trooper. that worked. tom was quite taken with her. yes, he did. he bit big-time on her. and investigators got one of their meetings on videotape. my primary love language is personal touch. ....