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You seen one, you seen both of them. they went everywhere together. >> and jean had no financial motive. jim's life insurance amounted to less than $40,000. but local prosecutors were convinced this was an open-and-shut case. >> the theory was she saw the opportunity to get rid of him and poured him and lit it, and then made it seem or tried to tell everyone that it was an accident. the defense asked john lentini, a nationally known fire investigator, for his opinion. >> with respect to the quality of the fire investigation, it ranks up there with the worst that i've ever seen. and i've seen a...

The year. but in january of 2003, there was an unusual cold snap with temperatures below freezing. . citrus growers used kerosene heaters to save their orange crop. and jean and jim long used a kerosene heater in the workshop of their home so the pipes wouldn't freeze. but something went terribly wrong. when firemen arrived, the house was totally ablaze. jean long had escaped the fire, but her husband, jim, was trapped inside. >> my father-in-law came to the door to wake us. he said that -- he said there's a fire at your dad's house, and it's bad. >> it was engulfed in flames. a very shocking ...

Around jim's body, the type of patterns which result from the use of an accelerant. >> to him, it suggested that james long had been lying on the floor and gasoline or an accelerant had been poured over him intentionally, and he had been set afire. >> and jim's autopsy revealed even more evidence. that he was unconscious before the fire started.

Circumstantial case. felt like we had eliminated any other reasonable hypothesis for this death. >> the day after her husband's funeral, jean long was charged with arson and murder. jean told her lawyers there was an explosion in that workshop and that there must be evidence in the ashes to prove it. where you also find her. ♪ a romantic fumble at this romantic chateau ... leads to these fine humans. who you take to this eco-lodge ... to get seriously close to nature. then you check in with her at this tropical paradise. before soaring over this castle resort with your father-in-law. who fin...

In this situation, a suspect will often say something incriminating. [ sobbing ] >> in this case, she said something else. [ sobbing ] >> oh, god, help me. help me to explain to him. you know i didn't do it. >> what major overbey had hoped to happen, i think, worked against him. i think he was in hopes that she was going to say something to hurt herself -- incriminate herself. and what she did, she reached out to god and started begging for help to give her the strength to endure that hostile interview. >> the defense claimed that the fire was accidental, that jim long mistakenly filled the ho...