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Looked -- she looked a little funny. but when she took them off, i thought she was beautiful. >> reporter: it was a classic case of opposites attracting. >> i think we both went into the relationship knowing that we really love spending time with one another. >> reporter: tom was the laid back, easy going type. dar, an elementary school teacher, was more type a. and she didn't hide what she was thinking. >> she had opinions and she let those be known. that's one of the reasons i loved her. i still love her today. >> reporter: still, when dar's sisters, ladonna, lynn, and marla, learned that da...

>> i was more concerned about heath at that point. because i knew his father killed his mother. and i couldn't imagine having to go back and live with the man that killed your mother. >> reporter: tom has regained custody of heath. he treads very carefully when discussing that tragic day with his boy. >> from him i at least want to know, 'why do you think i did this?' i deserve that answer. and all he could say was, "i don't know who else it could have been." >> reporter: tom says he will never forget dar. >> i still think she's beside me. i'm going to continue to raise our son the way that we...

>> what is it that you found in the basement? >> i found a yellow dunham's bag located inside the dunham's bag were three shotgun shells. >> reporter: norris also showed the jury the foley's home phone records from around the time dar was killed. >> uh, there were no calls that either came in or left. >> your wife doesn't show up somewhere, why not call home and say, you know, "have you left yet?" "where are you?" "we're waiting for you." >> that's what i'd do. >> reporter: according to detective karbon, tom didn't bother calling dar at home because he knew dar was already dead. then, members ...

Dar still needed to shower. so tom, heath, and one of his friends left without her. the plan was for dar to follow in her own car and meet them at the party later that afternoon. but dar never arrived. >> reporter: that gave you some sort of sixth sense that somethin' was wrong? >> yes. she was always on time or early to events. >> reporter: so tom left the party and headed back home in search of his wife. >> our kitchen backdoor was opened, and i noticed that the glass was broken, and there was glass all over our kitchen floor. so i looked through the rest of the house for her, and ended up f...

One in coldwater could comprehend what had happened -- including steve and joanie pierce, close friends of both tom and dar who learned of the murder from tom himself. >> i said, "the three of you were always together!" and he was crying. he said, "i know, i know. i should've been there for her." and then i said, "if you would've been, the three of you would be dead now, instead of just dar." >> reporter: but just 24 hours into the investigation, detective jim karbon had almost abandoned the theory that this was a random act of violence. >> it appeared to me that this was a staged breaking and...