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>> in a panic, jean said she ran from the workshop into their home to call the fire department. at the fire scene, investigators found the remnants of the kerosene heater. but the plastic fuel can was found outside the workshop door in perfect condition, inconsistent with jean's story. and major mike overbey believed that the position of jim's body was inconsistent with most fire victims. >> it appeared his legs were outstretched and his arms were above his head. it appeared to me the way someone would be positioned if they had been dragged into a particular spot or carried. that was the first...

Kerosene heater with gasoline, causing the explosion. jean frantically tried to put it out, and when she couldn't, she ran to call for help. at some point, jim struck his head on the workbench, which fractured his skull and caused his death. the defense offered no explanation for why jean locked the door on her way out of the house, except that it was force of habit, something she did every time she left the house. jean long, herself, took the stand in her own defense. >> she came across as completely genuine, terrified about the prospect of what she was going through and terrified at reliving...

Jim was angry with his wife for spending so much time in kansas each year visiting relatives. there were also rumors that jim may have been planning to leave jean. major overbey believes on the night of the fire, the couple may have been discussing a divorce, which prompted an argument. >> it's our theory that there's a domestic situation between mr. long and his wife. i believe that the abrasion on her chin came from him possibly slapping her. and his skull fractures, i believe, was a result of her striking him in the head with some hard object. >> overbey believes jean poured an accelerant o...

Jean long's family hired defense attorneys wade crumbly and barbara moon for what they feared would be a long, difficult trial. barbara moon met with jean in the county jail. >> she was a very broken woman. sort of, just, twiddling her hands and shaking unbelievably. i thought she was very genuine, and i believed in her. it's just that simple. >> a week later, jean's church managed to raise the money for her bail. jean's family insisted that her marriage to jim was a happy one. jim's daughter from a previous marriage agreed. >> i was glad he met somebody and that he was happy and that he wasn'...

Was laying on his back with his arms stretched over his head and his legs straight out, that he had been placed there. >> but jean had always contended that while her husband was on fire, he was flailing about. was it possible that jim struck his head on the metal table nearby causing the fractured skull and knocking him unconscious? lentini believes the charge of arson and murder had been a rush to judgment and that the kerosene heater was to blame. >> basically, what you do is you fill this up with kerosene or diesel fuel. you throw a wick of some kind down in there. what happens when you ha...