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Was held on the 13th, friday the 13th. those unlucky enough to be sharing their grief over the woman they'd loved and lost poured into union city high school auditorium. no church, it turned out, was big enough to accommodate the more than 500 people who came to honor and remember dar. >> she was so full of life, and she he had a lot more to give. >> we can't bring her back. >> your wife's been killed and you've got a 10-year-old son. >> yeah. >> what did you tell him? >> i told him that someone had hurt mommy. and he goes, is she in heaven? and i said yes. >> it seemed that no one in coldwate...

>> reporter: and earning young tom a place in coldwater's basketball hall of fame. >> i get goose bumps talking about it. >> like victory was snatched from the jaws of defeat, and he came through with it. >> to what extent were you sort of known around here for being the kid who hit the game-winning shot? >> that went on for a long time. maybe someone might come up, hey, tom, remember when you hit that shot? i say, of course i remember. >> in 1991, the hometown hero started dating another local standout named darlene weber. dar, as she was known, had a personality as big as her smile. >> the f...

Increasingly suspicious, especially, they said, after watching tom's behavior at dar's funeral. >> it was almost like he was relieved. >> there were a number of people that came up to me after t rvice that were really offended by his demeanor, his joyfulness. >> these are things that i've heard. and it's ridiculous. i mean, taking care of heath was on my mind. wondering who killed my wife was on my mind. they don't know the things that i've been through. >> maybe so, but detective carbon was keeping a very watchful eye on tom foley. he decided to interview the other foley who was at the farm t...

Carbon was with keeping a very watchful eye on tom foley. he decided to interview the other foley who was at the farm the day dar was killed, tom and dar's son, heath. >> heath, like i told you, i'm detective sergeant carbon. >> on that day, heath and his friend skyler watty were inside the house playing video games, waiting to be driven to heath's birthday celebration. >> did you see anything different or out of the ordinary or anybody walking around, anybody come up to the door, anything that you could think of? >> not really. >> okay. >> the detective also interviewed skyler watty who said ...

Hurt mommy. and he goes, is she in heaven? and i said yes. >> it seemed that no one in coldwater could comprehend what had happened, including steve and joanie pierce, close friends of both tom and dar who learned of the murder from tom himself. >> i said, the three of you were always together, and he was crying, and he said, i know, i know. i should have been there for her. and then i said, if you would have been, the three of you would be dead now instead of just dar. >> but just 24 hours into the investigation, detective jim carbon had almost abandoned the theory that this was a random act ...