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Your top stories. donald trump making his first major decision as president-elect choosing reince priebus as chief of staff. the chairman is a washington insider who steadfastly stood by trump through the general election. at the same time naming breitbart executive steve bannon trump campaign ceo as his chief strategist and senior counselor. in a statement both men vowed to work closely together. for now back to "dateline extra." welcome back to "dateline extra." i'm tamron hall. when ralph candelario's account of the home invasion was published, it became the talk of the town. everyone won...

He originally thought. and it lasted nearly two days. he woke up on thursday morning. i thought my nightmare was over. but i looked down the hall, and i could see pam's legs in the kitchen. that's when he ran out of the house and found his neighbor who called 911. of course, the "world journal" printed all that though the police weren't too happy about it. and eric mullens? >> i remember taking it home and reading it and putting it down and thinking, no, it didn't say that. and picking it back up again. >> but remarkable as ralph's letter was, it still wasn't the whole story. a few weeks after...

Ralph was on vacation or maybe on the run. >> i initiated some phone calls with ralph so that we could try to track him down. >> they tracked his cell phone and caught up with him. >> driver, get your hands in the air. >> in northern california. >> walk back to the sound of my voice. back to me. >> you all right? >> yeah. >> charged him with first degree murder. pam's daughters were relieved when they got the news. >> all i could think to myself was finally. >> what was that like? >> it was like yea, then it was like oh, my god, this is reality all over again. it's starting. >> meaning, of cou...

Welcome back to "dateline extra." i'm tamron hall. pam candelario was found murdered in her home. her husband, ralph, was badly beaten. ralph told police his version of the events. then a letter arrived at a local newspaper. was the news fit to print or an exercise in creative writing? that's what investigators wanted to know. continuing with "tangled," here's keith morrison. >> it's a grand name perhaps for a weekly paper in an out of the way little town, the world journal. but then walsenberg was a hub of the county, thriving coal mines offered endless promise. now antique stores like pam an...

>> reporter: suicide attempt, delaying tactic, whatever it was it didn't work. a day later the judge ordered ralph back to court. >> people versus ralph lee candelario sentencing. >> and ralph, bandaged up, got another day in the spotlight. >> your honor, i have maintained that i have been innocent through this whole process. >> and then, a keen observer might almost have heard the jaws drop around the courtroom. >> pam will be resurrected. we will be able to see her again. we will be able to watch her laugh and sing and do all the things that made her such a special person. and in that regard...