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>> keys daughter in law, ali griffiths, listen to the entirety of the prosecution's case. all she heard were theories. >> they spawn a story, and they told the story how they wanted to go. they had facts that supported their story, but did not prove it. >> and that's what's keith's defense attorney, mark bryant, hammered home to the jury. >> what's no evidence mean? >> they didn't have dna, they didn't have any kind of forensics, they didn't have a confession. they had nothing. they had circumstantial evidence. >> in their haste to arrest keith, the defense argued the police had gotten a wildly wrong. yes, he conceded keith wasn't the husband of the year, but he said, diana story that keith was pursuing her for a long term commitment was nonsense. >> rather, what he wanted was a port in every storm. >> as for the life insurance, $250,000 was far from a financial win fall, he said. even the bradley's new, the reason keith and julie bought that new policy was because of a friend's recent tragedy. >> she had been nagging them about getting -- making sure they had plenty of life insurance. and, he argued, the footage of the suv pulling into the

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subdivision was far too blurry to idea as keith's ford expedition. besides, -- >> if a guy's gonna go through that much trouble to kill his wife, why would he drive an expedition that everybody knows he has. >> but the big questions still remained, if keith hadn't driven back to paducah to kill julie, where had he gone the night of the murder? the only person who could answer that was keith himself. >> he was very adamant about taking the stand. >> he wanted to talk the jury? >> he did. >> what would he say, and with 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 what keith reveal to us. >> it's one of told everybody when they heard the story, they're not going to believe it. >> why even a jury could not in this case. when dateline continues.

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man perusing outfit. >> i didn't like people to -- >> with your arousing? >> he says he went to a massage parlor, bar and a couple of strip clubs, but try, as you might, he never found a hook up. >> i was trying to pick somebody up and there wasn't anybody available or interested, or whatever have you. >> after last call, he said he went down to the river to watch the boats, before returning to the hotel to catch some shut eye. >> as for why he led to the police -- >> i was embarrassed in ashamed of what i was doing the night when my wife died. >> you tell your wife? >> no, sir, i did not. i love my wife. >> did you -- >> know, sir. >> did you kill those dogs? >> know, i love those odds. >> when the case went to the jury, keith's friend, craig bradley, they did know which way the jury would fall. >> i didn't know if you get acquitted, but i didn't think he'd get convicted. i really felt like it would be a hung jury. >> it turns out, he was right. after six hours of deliberation, the jury was dead lined. >> we were going to declare a mistrial at this time. >> keith would sit in jail for another year, as he awaited a second trial. a long time for his family to process the story he told on the stand.

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keith brother kevin along enforcement veteran had careful in the house monday morning with his eight year old parents expecting to search for missing person the sheriff broke the news. >> so now i've got my mother go and cover him up. with a blanket because he's cold. try that sometime it's a crime scene mom you can't go up there it's tough. >> as the reed family struggled to make sense of the horror, investigators would put the question to keith's daughters. did they know of anyone who had a reason to hurt their dad? >> we could not think of anyone to tell them. no one. >> everyone was just... no. >> but a name had occurred to their uncle kevin. of the leads to sort through, he suggested investigators looked at keith's on again off again girlfriend of many years, kimberly roush. >> i said, first thing you need to do is talk to kimberley. >> where did that come from in you? >> experience, and knowing the relationship. >> the investigators learned

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for better, or for worse. >> 9-1-1, state your emergency. >> so when the unthinkable happened. >> my husband is laying hair, gasping for air. >> it would be all the more startling when the secrets came tumbling out. >> there were more things that shocked me than i ever would've imagined. >> had evil invaded must stay? >> i'm in mustang, america. the -- >> or come from within? >> it created a lot of fear for a lot of people. >> that was my first real whodunnit. >> keep bryan was oklahoma to the core. proudly raised in the state. he married his wife, becky, at 19. and they settled in mustang. pam, an old friend of keith's. rolled out the welcome mat for the bryan's when they moved to town. >> they became an in trickle part of our church. very active, very grounded. >> they had two boys. trent and can't. >> becky was a good mom.

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have been targeted because of his work leading the district? an angry student, a disgruntled parent? was any of that even remotely possible? >> i'm thinking and going back through. did he have any enemies. who possibly could have been upset enough crazy enough to do something like this? you know? >> did you come out with any possibilities? >> there was one incident that i know of that the family was very upset with him. >> school related beef of some kind? >> school related. but, you know, nothing out of the ordinary. nothing that should have ever rose to this level. >> neighboring districts were understandably on edge, too. were they next? >> my phone blew up from other schools. are we in danger? is this beginning of something bigger? there was a lot of people worried. >> and concern only heightened, the sheriff said, when word spread that an unknown man had stopped by keith's school around noon that friday, asking to see mr. reed. >> had told him that he was applying for a job as a substitute teacher. that he

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i'm natalie morales. police discovered that kimberly roush and her on again off again boyfriend keith reed were going through a rough patch around the time he was shot dead. detectives had their eye on kimberly, but they were about to hear from another woman in keith's life who would change the course of the investigation. once again, here's dennis murphy with "at close range". >> of the many details concerning the homicide of well liked school superintendent keith reed, perhaps none was more perplexing them be murdered man's cell phone. why was the phone company reporting its location as harrisburg, pennsylvania, four hours south of the crime scene? >> i thought maybe it was a mistake. you know? no one knew of anyone that he would know in harrisburg. >> in the hours after keith's, i body was found, relatives frantically called that phone, desperate to get a voice on the other end. the sheriff was shocked on monday when one of them hit pay dirt. >> he said, i just call keith

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question to keith's daughters. did they know of anyone who had a reason to hurt their dad? >> we could not think of anyone to tell them. no one. everyone was just, no. >> but a name had occurred to their uncle kevin. of the leads to sort through, he suggested investigators look at keith's on again off again girlfriend of many years, kimberly roush. >> i said, first thing you need to do is talk to kimberley. >> and where did that come from in you? >> experience, and knowing the relationship. >> the investigators learned from kevin and others that the superintendent's relationship with kimberly had a time spin rocky. they had been engaged to be married, but keith recently called off the wedding. >> by the time some was over, who was like, no, we are not doing this. >> was this what's the crime scene was all about? a deadly confrontation between a man and his lover, upset over a canceled wedding? kimberly, who lived almost two hours away raced to the house.

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countryside damaged. jasmine gardner has the latest from that region. after extreme heat and dry ground, fires are still breaking out. this in norfolk this morning. it follows days of incidents across our region, leading to services having to declare major incidents. yesterday near wroxham, declare major incidents. yesterday nearwroxham, keith's declare major incidents. yesterday near wroxham, keith's home of 30 years caught light because of a field fire nearby. it years caught light because of a field fire nearby.— field fire nearby. it was dinnertime, _ field fire nearby. it was dinnertime, i— field fire nearby. it was dinnertime, i was - field fire nearby. it was i dinnertime, i was reading field fire nearby. it was - dinnertime, i was reading the field fire nearby. it was _ dinnertime, i was reading the paper, i kept the curtains drawn to keep the heat out. i went upstairs wondering what was going on because i didn't have anything on upstairs, i didn't have anything on upstairs, i opened the curtains and there was loads of smoke. ﬁx, i opened the curtains and there was loads of smoke.— loads of smoke. a school had to be evacuated- — loads of smoke. a school had to be evacuated- a _ loads of smoke. a school had to be evacuated. a fence _ loads of smoke. a school had to be evacuated. a fence fire _ loads of smoke. a school had to be evacuated. a fence fire that - loads of smoke. a school had to be evacuated. a fence fire that spread j evacuated. a fence fire that spread to nearby buildings were the cause. in bedfordshire, one of many field fires in the area, several crews

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$250,000 was far from a financial win fall, he said. even the bradley's new, the reason keith and julie bought the new policy was because of a friend's recent tragedy. >> she had been nagging them about getting -- making sure they had plenty of life insurance. and, he argued, the footage of the suv pulling into the subdivision was far too blurry to idea as keith's ford expedition. besides, -- >> if you guys gonna go through this miserable to kill his wife, why would he drive an expedition that everybody knows he has. >> but the big questions still remained, if keith hadn't driven back to paducah to kill julie, where had he gone the night of the murder? the only person who could answer that was keith himself. >> he was very adamant about taking the stand. >> he wanted to talk the jury? >> he did. >> what would he say, and with the jury believe him? it was roll the dice time. >> coming up, keith's eyebrow raising --

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