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I want to know what happened. can you tell me anything? >> yeah, the only thing you know that i know is that a lot of stuff was stolen from the house. >> okay. >> reporter: ralph stuck to his story. a deadly home invasion. >> and then i found her. >> yeah. >> and that's you know -- >> yes. >> and i try to deal with that. >> reporter: shannon pressed ralph for details. >> the one guy that hit me that i saw from the front was taller than me. >> okay. >> and he had a dark complexion. you know, he had marks on his face. >> reporter: and then, something that didn't sound quite right. >> and i don't...

Burglaries aren't uncommon in walsenburg especially with all the drugs around.d. >> reporter: then, said the defense, one of the bad guys sar pam and --nd >> he hits pam in the head hardv he's standing there in the kitchen, fire poker in his hand, wondering what to do. wondering what to do. >> reporter: the robbers must have thought pam and ralph had already left on vacation.h >> this family was supposed to be gone. that was the talk around town. >> reporter: so, for the jury it came down to whose story to believe. prosecutors said the police cleared those suspects right back at the beginning....

>> her head and her -- there's just blood over her and there's blood on the floor. i touched her cheek. and she was cold, cold, cold. and i ran out of the house. >> reporter: and that, said ralph, is when he saw his neighbor fahry and yelled for help. but who did it? robbers or someone else? normally, said walsenburg police captain vince suarez -- >> you're always going to look at the closest people to the victim. >> reporter: except, in this case, ralph was also a victim and clearly wanted to help find the killer or killers. cbi agent jodi wright -- >> he was very cooperative, absolutely. >> ...

And where. >> and he grabbed me with the other hand on my hip right here and he proceeded to assault me. >> reporter: so that was the whole awful story. but if ralph thought that sharing his new, more detailed recollections would clear the air, he was wrong. what did you think when you saw it? >> i was pretty blown away by what was written. coming up -- back at home with detectives, ralph gets his own surprise. >> what happened to all the knobs? >> he was very upset that they were missing. >> when "dateline" continues. yad is in the back. at lowe's, we'll help you find the lawn care products...

Protecting her mother, read the letter and began to have thoughts that were much more disturbing. >> i didn't get through more than page and a half and i threw it. and i was like, this is [ bleep ]. this is the worst. i could barely stomach to finish it. >> reporter: and aaron? shannon's ex-husband? ralph's son? aaron went to a very dark place indeed. oh, you have no idea. you were 11 years old when your mother disappeared. >> yes. coming up -- secrets in the basement. >> i had been going through some of my dad's stuff in the basement. i found a box of stuff that supposedly she had taken wit...