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Having an attack of conscience. the neighbor told the detective she had seen erwin on june 30th, the day erwin had confronted and slapped dee dee. >> she said the conversation lasted 15, 20 minutes he articulated he was mad enough to strangulate her with work gloves. >> reporter: what dee dee's neighbor told you? >> right. >> reporter: why do you think she did not tell you for six months? >> i don't know why a neighbor during a murder investigation wouldn't simply tell the cops the truth that he wanted to kill her. >> reporter: armed with that new and threatening statement, detective gates was...

>> police have a suspect and a case that was about to take an unbelievable turn. >> one of the most shocking things i've ever seen in a courtroom. >> hello. dee dee keller was a successful realtor in southern california and lived in a charming neighborhood where she was surrounded by family and friends. then, suddenly, dee dee disappeared. as her loved ones launched her frantic search, investigators would follow the trail of clues to a suspect with a dark obsession. but the final twist in this case would leave the courtroom stunned. here is "betrayal of trust." >> reporter: southern california...

>> i didn't know at that point. i just knew something was very, very wrong. >> reporter: mike called his best friends linda and cindy. cindy who had last spoken to dee dee three days before as dee dee prepared for a date rushed to the house. >> you could tell just the dogs had been, you know, running around for days, but the way the tv was on and the way the shades were, i felt like thursday night had never ended. i felt like friday morning never came. >> reporter: cindy immediately phoned dee dee's new boyfriend car salesman bobby lowe. he reported they had dinner on thursday at a local resta...

Lowe have to want dee dee dead or out of the picture? >> there was no motive that i could determine whatsoever. >> reporter: and lowe provided investigators with two important clues. first, he said, while he was at dee dee's that night, her dogs had all started barking at something outside as if someone were lurking. and the next morning, he discovered someone had keyed the side of his ford explorer, leaving a long scratch. >> reporter: which suggests somebody is following them on that date? >> absolutely. that's what it meant to me. >> reporter: but who was following dee dee and bobby? who wa...

County's d.a. office had so far declined to issue a warrant for howard's arrest. dee dee's son michael wanted answers. there was a lot of time erwin was walking around free. >> seemed like decades. so painful and emotional. >> reporter: jimmy gates was feeling the same way. soon his hard work had paid off. the red tape found on dee dee's body. a specially trained dog found erwin's consent on it and similar evidence at at the hanger at l.a.x. what about his ten-hour shift? the more the detectives dug into that alibi, the less solid it seemed. detective gates painstakingly