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>> it was unbelievably hideous. bu kw he wasn't going to hurt me, but he said, i'm sorry, ma'am, but he [ bleep ] have hired me. >> so a polite shooter? >> she did describe him that way, yes. >> there it was again, that odd but clearly important detail. along with his polite apology, the shooter seemed to give away a motive. was he someone vying for a job in keith's fire department? keith's deputy, terry hamilton, didn't think so. >> i never was concerned about that. >> why not? >> well, for one thing it had been four years since we had hired anybody, so nobody's going to sit and stew for four...

Who-done-it. >> keith bryan was oklahoman to the score, proudly raised in the sooner state. he married his wife, becky, at 19 and they settled in mustang. ma' pam woodard, an old friend of keith's, rolled out the welcome mat for them when they moved to town. >> they became an integral part of our church, active and grounded. >> they had two boys, trent and kent. >> becky was a good mom fr. from what i could tell she was a good mom. >> keith worked as a fireman, his dream job in the well-to-do enclave of nichols hills. terry hamilton served alongside keith, and if the firemen were like brothers...

Nothing sexual? >> no big deal, that's right. >> reporter: 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 where he had stayed. >> reporter: so that puts him three hours away from this house fire. >> correct. >> reporter: the death of his wife? >> it showed his check-in time and check-out time. >> reporter: a quick check of keith's gun showed he was telling the truth about it as well. the gun looked as though it had never been fired. so maybe he's not the guy? >> he may not be. >> reporter: so th...

>> reporter: the news hit zach griffith particularly hard. since coming out to his mother, his relationship with her had been strained, and now this -- i guess you're just beating yourself up something terrible, that you'd been sideways with her? >> yeah. and i know that if we were just given more time, that we would've been close again, that we would've been, you know -- that mom and son duo that we were. but we just -- we didn't have the time. it was ripped away from us and never get it back. >> reporter: aaron, the elder son, had more of a "take charge" reaction. >> i gotta take care of my ...

To buy, so, for us to be together." >> reporter: for the detective, deanna's story put a whole new spin on the investigation. keith griffith now seemed like a man with a very big secret. or, thinking like a homicide detective, was she the one with the secret? >> reporter: you could spin it another way and say, "maybe she's driving events here. maybe she wants to get rid of the wife"? >> that's correct. we were open for that, being an idea or a possibility. >> reporter: in fact, the detective had let her tell her story without ever explaining the reason for his visit. now, he laid out his cards...