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And a snack? well, unhappily for keith's alibi, when the detective hit play on the hotel security video, it told a vastly different story. keith is seen leaving as he claimed around 11:00 p.m. but -- >> i think within 15 to 30 minutes, he's going to be returning. that never happened. >> you're scrolling through the tape. >> going through, going through. >> and then when did your bingo moment come up? >> he finally arrived back at the hotel six hours and 34 minutes after he left initially. >> gone for more than 6 1/2 hours. was that enough time for keith to drive all the way back to his house i...

>> he would sit in jail r for another year. a long time for his family to process the story. >> he left to go to a bar to go cruising then goes an sits on the river front? he has never done that before in his entire life. >> so, when he stepped down, you thought your father did this. >> yeah. i wasn't aing it out loud. i wasn't ready to accept it, but i was moving in the direction, the only thing that makes sense is that he committed the crime. >> after months of wrestling with his thought, zack decided it was time to send his dad a letter. i put in the letter, my opinion was that you did it. ...

The only person who could answer that was keith himself. >> he was very adamant about taking the stand. >> he wanted to talk to the jury? >> he did. >> what would he say? and would the jury believe him. it was roll the dice time. coming up, keith's eyebrow-raising alibi. >> i was embarrassed and ashamed of what i was doing the night my wife died. >> and then what keith revealed to us. >> that's what i've told everybody, when they hear the story, they're not going to believe it. >> why even a jury couldn't end this case, when "dateline extra" continues. ♪ ♪ is it a force of nature? or a s...

No way keith did it. >> when keith griffith went to trial in february 2015, prosecutor raymond mcginty laid out a formidable circumstantial case. >> on january 17th, 2014, keith griffith decided that he could kill his wife -- >> a cornerstone of the case was that hotel security video. not only did it show keith gone for enough time to commit the crime, the prosecutor said, it also caught him in a lie. remember in his interview, keith told police he hadn't swapped clothes that night? >> did not at any point change clothes? >> no. >> a look at the security footage showed he had. >> he left weari...

Look at keith's cell phone. >> while i'm reviewing his phone, i see that he obtains a text message, an incoming text message, from a lady by the name of deanna james. >> ping, up comes a text message? >> that's correct. >> the message read, did you make it home okay? keith was quick to point out his relationship with deanna was completely platonic. >> she's more like a guy friend. >> no big deal? nothing sexual. >> no big deal. that's right. >> after that, keith was released to go and grieve with his family. detective carter, meanwhile, set out to verify keith's story. >> he had a receipt wher...