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On the scene, he knew he was in for a long night. >> we don't have a lot of homicides that happen in and around branch county. because of her position as a school teacher, just for the number of people that knew her, that put it in a much more serious type investigation. >> detective carbon and his team of state troopers scoured the crime scene, taking pictures and seizing evidence of what appeared to be a home burglary gone wrong. the first clue? the broken glass coming from the kitchen door window. >> it appeared that a beer bottle was used to break that particular window. >> according to to...

The boy feels his mother's in jeopardy. >> yes. >> it was getting late on a frigid february night. the deputies put the son and mother in a patrol car. >> they asked him where the shotgun was. there was some mention of it being in the garage. >> reporter: after securing the weapon, they made their way to the second floor. in the home office they found the victim. >> the father is behind the desk? >> spent shotgun shells are right there in that doorway area. >> the detective would quickly learn more about jim tan, father, husband and businessman. >> he owned his own company. they had lived in c...

Weapon, everybody in the house says i don't know. >> a ghost? >> yeah. that's what it feels like because you have no idea. >> was it possible melissa hadn't seen the person who'd shot ben? she'd been lying right next to him. why was she unharmed? >> a little red flag started popping up, this doesn't seem right. >> had craig melissa's teenage brother, truly slept through the whole thing as he claimed? >> i opened my eyes. right in my face was a bunch of barrels from guns. >> it was police guns, police who had discovered shotgun shells on craig's dresser. >> here comes another red flag. is this ...

A heated conversation about ben oxley. james asking dawn if she wants to have him killed? but that's where the stories diverge. dawn, remember, says she told james, no, don't do it and fell asleep on the couch. but that's not james macklian's story. >> she was ecstatic about what was happening. she was happy that i was going to kill somebody. >> reporter: it was after midnight. dawn drew him a diagram of ben's house so he could find his way to the bedroom. then he went to the 7-eleven. and drew $40 out of the atm and then they went to the walmart. dawn waited in the car while james did the sho...

Jeopardy. >> yes. >> it was getting late on a frigid february night. the deputies put the son and mother in the patrol car. >> they asked him where the shotgun was. there was some mention of it be being in the garage. >> reporter: after securing the weapon, they made their way to the second floor. in the home office they found the victim. >> the father is behind the desk? >> spent shotgun shells are right there in that doorway area. >> the detective would quickly learn more about jim tan, father, husband and businessman. >> he owned his own company. they had lived in canada and moved to the un...