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Fire, the dogs perished, i had no idea what could have happened. >> no enemies. i mean, it made no sense. it -- just who would wanna kill her? >> reporter: after keith was released the night of his interview with detectives, he headed straight to his friends, the bradleys. they were floored to hear the line of questioning that he recounted. what was up with his marriage, his alibi, the gun he owned? >> he had been questioned to the point that he almost felt like that they thought he did some -- that he had done this. >> reporter: son aaron also got called down to the station that same evening ...

>> 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 ...

"well, this is gonna be a nightmare." >> reporter: when aaron and zach flew the nest, the griffith's lives seemed to get only busier. they joined a motorcycle class through their church and frequently were a golf foursome with friends craig and temple bradley. >> everybody that knew keith loved him. great guy. >> reporter: did he become your best friend? >> yeah, definitely. one of my very best friends. >> reporter: temple felt that way about julie, too. >> she had a heart of gold. she would do anything for you. but she also wasn't afraid to tell you exactly how it was either. >> reporter: did...

>> they would leave and go to down and leave for a long time because cleo was the guard dog. >> reporter: fulfilled as the griffith's lives seemed to be, keith and julie were transformed when aaron and ali brought into the world their first daughter, aria. >> when i had that first child, it was the greatest day of her life, i think. >> julie lived for my little girl. she wanted to be a part of everything that she did. >> reporter: and julie was there for ali when she went into labor with their second daughter, analiese. her white knuckled dash to the hospital earned julie the affectionate nick...

>> reporter: what had they all missed? >> a monster. a liar. a cheater. >> he's destroyed my entire family. ♪ >> reporter: before it became charred rubble, the house was home to a longtime paducah couple, keith and julie griffith. church going, golf playing high-school sweethearts 36-years into a marriage that had produced two sons. aaron, the older. >> they were very supportive parents. they were loving. they loved my kids. >> reporter: aaron took after his dad, athletic, easy going, level-headed. younger brother zach was more of a firecracker like his mom. there was the time, for instance,...