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>> firemen searched the area around the home, but there was no sign that jim had escaped. >> and i just thought my dad would come walking out, but, no. >> the longs' home was attached to a workshop jim used to store the equipment for his tree-trimming business. it, too, was on fire. after the fire was put out, the firefighters cut through the metal siding. they found the body of 53-year-old jim long. jean was taken to the hospital where she was treated for minor scrapes and bruises. one of the bruises was on her chin. she told police that her husband tried to fill their kerosene heater with fu...

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 michael overbey believed that the position of jim's body was inconsistent with most fire victims. >> it appeared his arms were outstretched and over 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 thing that i noticed. they were not in a fetal-type position that you se...

James long had been lying on the floor and gasoline or accelerant had been poured over him intentionally and he had been set afire. >> and jim's autopsy revealed even more evidence. he was unconscious before the fire started. [ male announcer ] every day, your mouth is building up layer upon layer of bacteria, so destroy these layers with listerine®. its unique formula penetrates these layers deeper than any other mouthwash. for a cleaner, healthier mouth, #1 dentist recommended listerine®. power to your mouth™.

Long mistakenly filled the hot 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 th...

Marriage agreed. >> i was glad that he met someone and that he was happy and that he wasn't going to be alone. >> any time you seen jim, you seen jean. 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 a nationally known fire investigator, john len...