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Linda's phones records. and there was, the number tom dialed about an hour before the murder, a number they didn't recognize. investigator johnny lewis took it from there. >> so what i did was i got the number put it into actually facebook on my phone, and as soon as i put that number in the profile that pops up is michael beard. >> michael peered, the ex-employee he'd been so cooperative with investigators. suddenly, he didn't seem so innocent. now police had to reconsider their theory of the crime. maybe it wasn't tom good beaten kelly to death. maybe his daughter's description of the killer...

Video proof of a conspiracy. that's beard. they say, in a red truck that tom loaned him. just hours before the murder. and that's tom, following, it is green truck. >> we also know that during the time period, beard turned his phone off. turned it on, turned it off. again >> why do you think he did? that >> well, the inference to be drawn from that is they're not that naive. they know there's a possibility of being tracked with their phones. >> then, after the murder. the video shows what looks like beard returning to tom's business, to drop off the truck. there are its headlights and during t...

But. the prosecutor knew he could not use beard to testify against tom. >> even if he came forward and said i want to testify now, he had lied so many times, he had line in his own trial. >> bearded changed his story so much of his own trial that he once have been a credible witness. >> tom and his lawyer pounced on that. telling reporters that beard acted on his own. >> this is purely mr. beards doing. what we do know is that mr. clayton had nothing to do with the death of his wife. >> and tom's lawyer did not stop at michael beard. he won after the investigators. he said they had tunnel visi...

Serve pro. >> so there are some issues? they're >> right. >> but beard was polite and cooperative with investigators knocked on his door. >> we said, hey can you give us you know a ride to the barracks. and he said yeah legislating let my wife. no >> and he already knew it was? about >> we told him that we wanted to talk about the murder of kelly clayton >> -- he said he was home, he's all four of your run. he actually kind of alibi himself at that point saying that he was at the store the night before, and that it was the same clerk working she. she could prove that he was in the night to soa...

Who had been grilling beards wife. she mentioned a dramatic piece of information, something about a big payment beard was expecting to get from time. $10,000. the investigators confronted beard. >> at that point, he was just defeated. i looked at him and said, 10,000 dollar, is that why you killed kelly? and he looked at me and said, yes. >> this was your big moment? >> that was the win. >> michael beard was arrested for murder. and tom, already in custody, was now accused of orchestrating the crime. but tom's newly hired defense attorney wasn't having. it >> he wants to be reunited with his c...