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>> keith was about to take the stand and explain the most damming piece of evidence against him. but if he wasn't perpetrated the crime during that time, where was he? >> tell us your name, please, sir? >> keith's explanation came with an embarrassing situation. his lawyer argued ta ever since becoming a traveling sales man, keith had struggle wd addiction to sex. >> keith, ide until you u got o ott on the road, did you have this kind of a sexual addiction? >> no, sir. >> the night julie, he said he spent the night out prowling for women. >> didn't like people to put my job with mika rousing. ...

Yep. >> naturally the first person detective carter interviewed was julie's husband, keith. >> first of all, we are sorry for your loss. >> appreciate that. >> at first, keith talked about what everyone perceived was the cause of the inferno, an accidental fire set off by a new newly installed heating unit. >> you had it installed tuesday? >> it was a whole new system. >> keith explained the contractor was a friend of his who had done the work just a few days earlier. >> they put a rush on it. i mean, you know, that's kind of what friends do for each other. >> okay. >> and i hope to god that t...

>> nothing like that whatsoever. she's my best friend. i mean, that woman loved everybody. >> the investigator also asked keith for details about his business trip to indiana. >> what hotel? >> comfort suites. >> didn't leave the hotel? >> i did leave the hotel about -- about 11:00. i went and got something to drink. and i left again about 4:00 and just went and got a doughnut and a coke. like i say, i get up pretty early. >> what about weapons? did keith have a gun? >> i have a .45 acp in my work truck that i just got. it's never had any -- it's never been loaded. >> as part of standard proto...

Welcome back. life seemed so full for julie and keith griffith. they had a loving family and an active social calendar. then a devastating fire left their home in ruins. and when investigators searched for a cause, they made an awful discovery. here again, dennis murphy, with "consumed." >> daybreak revealed the grim aftermath of the blaze at 307 tudor boulevard. wisps of smoke rose from was -- the black wreckage that was once the griffith home. detective matt carter. >> this entire structure had crumbled. it was a pile of ashes that was on the ground. we didn't even know if anyone was home or...

>> he had been questioned to the point that he almost felt like they thought he had done this. >> son aaron also got called down to the station that same evening. he, too, was questioned about his parents' marriage. >> notice anything lately in their relationship as far as any problems or anything like that? that you're aware of anything? >> no. nothing. was there any money troubles, was there any relationship things that we knew of. >> but to a person in the griffiths' circle, the very idea that keith might know something about julie's death was, well, just flat-out crazy. >> i knew he didn't...