1 00:00:07,273 --> 00:00:11,277 - I'm Kate Snow and this is 2 00:00:07,273 --> 00:00:11,277 "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered". 3 00:00:12,780 --> 00:00:14,714 He was well liked; 4 00:00:12,780 --> 00:00:14,714 he was well loved. 5 00:00:14,748 --> 00:00:17,317 He was smart, he was fun. 6 00:00:17,350 --> 00:00:22,455 I had the most senseless 7 00:00:17,350 --> 00:00:22,455 empty feeling. 8 00:00:22,489 --> 00:00:26,126 This is how it ends? 9 00:00:22,489 --> 00:00:26,126 Why would somebody do it? 10 00:00:26,159 --> 00:00:28,940 Now what? 11 00:00:28,128 --> 00:00:30,296 - White hat, wide open smile. 12 00:00:30,330 --> 00:00:34,401 A handsome young veterinarian 13 00:00:30,330 --> 00:00:34,401 in Big Sky country. 14 00:00:34,434 --> 00:00:36,136 - He loved helping animals. 15 00:00:36,169 --> 00:00:38,972 - He asked me out that night. 16 00:00:36,169 --> 00:00:38,972 I was excited. 17 00:00:39,500 --> 00:00:41,574 - Then they found him 18 00:00:39,500 --> 00:00:41,574 dead on the floor. 19 00:00:41,608 --> 00:00:42,776 - Two shots went off 20 00:00:42,809 --> 00:00:45,545 and then the third shot 21 00:00:42,809 --> 00:00:45,545 into his chest. 22 00:00:45,578 --> 00:00:48,782 - Three gunshots that launched 23 00:00:45,578 --> 00:00:48,782 a long-running mystery. 24 00:00:48,815 --> 00:00:50,884 Who killed the veterinarian? 25 00:00:50,917 --> 00:00:52,652 - I think 26 00:00:50,917 --> 00:00:52,652 the perpetrator stood there 27 00:00:52,686 --> 00:00:54,621 and watched him die. 28 00:00:54,654 --> 00:00:58,425 - There were so many 29 00:00:54,654 --> 00:00:58,425 different leads and rumors. 30 00:00:58,458 --> 00:01:00,326 - I felt like 31 00:00:58,458 --> 00:01:00,326 if it wasn't for me, 32 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:02,620 it never would have happened. 33 00:01:02,620 --> 00:01:05,498 - Jealousy, rage, revenge. 34 00:01:05,532 --> 00:01:07,467 - It was your classic 35 00:01:05,532 --> 00:01:07,467 "who done it". 36 00:01:07,500 --> 00:01:09,235 - Could anyone solve it? 37 00:01:09,269 --> 00:01:11,571 - Look at what 38 00:01:09,269 --> 00:01:11,571 it's done to our family. 39 00:01:11,604 --> 00:01:13,506 - It was hard. 40 00:01:13,539 --> 00:01:17,210 - I wanted justice 41 00:01:13,539 --> 00:01:17,210 for my brother. 42 00:01:17,243 --> 00:01:24,317 ** 43 00:01:24,351 --> 00:01:27,454 - Hello and welcome to 44 00:01:24,351 --> 00:01:27,454 "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered". 45 00:01:27,487 --> 00:01:30,900 Bryan Rein was smart 46 00:01:27,487 --> 00:01:30,900 and good looking, 47 00:01:30,900 --> 00:01:32,920 a veterinarian 48 00:01:30,900 --> 00:01:32,920 who moved to Montana 49 00:01:32,125 --> 00:01:34,694 to set up a practice 50 00:01:32,125 --> 00:01:34,694 and stumbled into 51 00:01:34,728 --> 00:01:36,763 a messy love triangle. 52 00:01:36,795 --> 00:01:39,199 Then the doctor 53 00:01:36,795 --> 00:01:39,199 was gunned down. 54 00:01:39,232 --> 00:01:42,402 Clues at the crime scene 55 00:01:39,232 --> 00:01:42,402 led detectives to a young man 56 00:01:42,435 --> 00:01:45,905 with a secret obsession 57 00:01:42,435 --> 00:01:45,905 but the trail went cold. 58 00:01:45,939 --> 00:01:48,708 Then years later 59 00:01:45,939 --> 00:01:48,708 a surprising detail 60 00:01:48,741 --> 00:01:51,311 would turn their cases 61 00:01:48,741 --> 00:01:51,311 upside down. 62 00:01:51,344 --> 00:01:56,116 Here's Keith Morrison with 63 00:01:51,344 --> 00:01:56,116 "Mystery in Big Sky Country". 64 00:01:59,319 --> 00:02:01,488 There was a broad swath 65 00:01:59,319 --> 00:02:01,488 of prairie 66 00:02:01,521 --> 00:02:04,570 where the cattle 67 00:02:01,521 --> 00:02:04,570 outnumbered the people 68 00:02:04,570 --> 00:02:06,159 and a sad summer breeze 69 00:02:04,570 --> 00:02:06,159 sang around 70 00:02:06,192 --> 00:02:09,362 the modest dwelling 71 00:02:06,192 --> 00:02:09,362 in the grass. 72 00:02:12,232 --> 00:02:14,934 - They called it the bunkhouse, 73 00:02:12,232 --> 00:02:14,934 though it was really 74 00:02:14,968 --> 00:02:17,704 just an old single-wide trailer. 75 00:02:23,643 --> 00:02:26,346 - A nondescript little place 76 00:02:23,643 --> 00:02:26,346 out on the Montana prairie 77 00:02:26,379 --> 00:02:29,820 a bit worn around the edges. 78 00:02:34,788 --> 00:02:36,956 - The sort of place 79 00:02:34,788 --> 00:02:36,956 a young vet could live cheap 80 00:02:36,990 --> 00:02:39,692 while he built his business. 81 00:02:45,999 --> 00:02:47,534 - When the local sheriff's 82 00:02:45,999 --> 00:02:47,534 deputies arrived, 83 00:02:47,567 --> 00:02:50,103 they found a body in the middle 84 00:02:47,567 --> 00:02:50,103 of the kitchen floor 85 00:02:50,103 --> 00:02:53,373 lying on its back, 86 00:02:50,103 --> 00:02:53,373 blood had pooled under its head. 87 00:02:53,406 --> 00:02:55,108 On one foot was a shoe of 88 00:02:53,406 --> 00:02:55,108 the sort 89 00:02:55,141 --> 00:02:57,877 people wear in the water; 90 00:02:55,141 --> 00:02:57,877 the other was bare. 91 00:02:57,911 --> 00:03:00,146 A .357 magnum was on the floor 92 00:03:00,180 --> 00:03:02,649 not far from 93 00:03:00,180 --> 00:03:02,649 the dead man's left hand. 94 00:03:02,682 --> 00:03:04,718 Marlene Protsman 95 00:03:02,682 --> 00:03:04,718 saw all this too, 96 00:03:04,751 --> 00:03:06,653 same time as the deputies. 97 00:03:06,686 --> 00:03:08,154 But she could tell right away, 98 00:03:08,188 --> 00:03:10,900 as apparently, 99 00:03:08,188 --> 00:03:10,900 they could not, 100 00:03:10,123 --> 00:03:13,930 that she'd been wrong 101 00:03:10,123 --> 00:03:13,930 on the 911 call. 102 00:03:13,126 --> 00:03:15,295 The man did not shoot himself. 103 00:03:15,328 --> 00:03:21,735 - Bryan had a cut on his nose 104 00:03:15,328 --> 00:03:21,735 and the way his shirt was ripped 105 00:03:21,768 --> 00:03:24,671 and just the blood on the floor, 106 00:03:21,768 --> 00:03:24,671 it just... 107 00:03:24,704 --> 00:03:25,638 - It looked like a struggle. 108 00:03:25,672 --> 00:03:28,475 - Yeah. 109 00:03:25,672 --> 00:03:28,475 It wasn't a suicide. 110 00:03:28,508 --> 00:03:30,910 - But the deputies 111 00:03:28,508 --> 00:03:30,910 went about their work 112 00:03:30,944 --> 00:03:36,516 as they saw fit and thus, 113 00:03:30,944 --> 00:03:36,516 on Sunday, July 14, 1996, 114 00:03:36,549 --> 00:03:38,618 they clouded a mystery 115 00:03:38,651 --> 00:03:41,888 that has come down 116 00:03:38,651 --> 00:03:41,888 all the way to us. 117 00:03:41,921 --> 00:03:44,424 - There were so many 118 00:03:41,921 --> 00:03:44,424 different theories, 119 00:03:44,457 --> 00:03:48,862 different suspects and 120 00:03:44,457 --> 00:03:48,862 so much conflicting evidence. 121 00:03:48,895 --> 00:03:50,630 It was your classic 122 00:03:48,895 --> 00:03:50,630 "who done it". 123 00:03:50,663 --> 00:03:52,999 - Or perhaps 124 00:03:50,663 --> 00:03:52,999 your classic nightmare. 125 00:03:53,990 --> 00:03:55,769 - I'd lay awake at night 126 00:03:53,990 --> 00:03:55,769 and ask God 127 00:03:55,802 --> 00:03:57,137 to give me some insight here. 128 00:03:57,170 --> 00:03:58,672 Where do I go now? 129 00:03:58,704 --> 00:04:00,730 - The victim, 130 00:03:58,704 --> 00:04:00,730 the man on the floor, 131 00:04:00,106 --> 00:04:03,810 was Bryan Rein, veterinarian, 132 00:04:03,843 --> 00:04:06,279 Charlene and Teresa's 133 00:04:03,843 --> 00:04:06,279 big brother. 134 00:04:06,312 --> 00:04:07,647 - He was my brother; 135 00:04:06,312 --> 00:04:07,647 he was my best friend; 136 00:04:07,681 --> 00:04:09,916 he was my business partner. 137 00:04:09,949 --> 00:04:12,919 - They grew up together 138 00:04:09,949 --> 00:04:12,919 in Scott City, Kansas. 139 00:04:12,952 --> 00:04:16,890 - We shared bedrooms, 140 00:04:12,952 --> 00:04:16,890 we shared clothing. 141 00:04:16,122 --> 00:04:17,656 Everybody shared. 142 00:04:17,690 --> 00:04:19,692 - Bryan was the eldest. 143 00:04:19,726 --> 00:04:21,628 - So, what kind of 144 00:04:19,726 --> 00:04:21,628 an older brother was he? 145 00:04:21,661 --> 00:04:24,698 - Protective, ornery. 146 00:04:21,661 --> 00:04:24,698 - Ornery? 147 00:04:24,731 --> 00:04:26,232 - We were always playing pranks 148 00:04:24,731 --> 00:04:26,232 on each other, 149 00:04:26,266 --> 00:04:29,690 and especially Teresa because 150 00:04:26,266 --> 00:04:29,690 she didn't take them so well. 151 00:04:29,690 --> 00:04:31,771 - That Bryan was very smart 152 00:04:29,690 --> 00:04:31,771 was a given. 153 00:04:31,805 --> 00:04:33,206 Maybe a little too smart? 154 00:04:33,239 --> 00:04:34,407 - I remember 155 00:04:33,239 --> 00:04:34,407 turning to him once 156 00:04:34,441 --> 00:04:36,476 and saying 157 00:04:34,441 --> 00:04:36,476 I just want to know how-- 158 00:04:36,509 --> 00:04:37,610 what time it is, 159 00:04:36,509 --> 00:04:37,610 I don't need to know 160 00:04:37,644 --> 00:04:39,913 how the clock was made. 161 00:04:39,946 --> 00:04:42,549 - Here's what they got to do 162 00:04:39,946 --> 00:04:42,549 growing up in a small town. 163 00:04:42,582 --> 00:04:46,353 They joined 4-H and 164 00:04:42,582 --> 00:04:46,353 Future Farmers of America. 165 00:04:46,386 --> 00:04:48,321 They raised 166 00:04:46,386 --> 00:04:48,321 their special animals, 167 00:04:48,355 --> 00:04:51,391 showed them off in fairs 168 00:04:48,355 --> 00:04:51,391 and exhibitions. 169 00:04:51,424 --> 00:04:53,493 And Bryan knew 170 00:04:51,424 --> 00:04:53,493 from the very beginning 171 00:04:53,526 --> 00:04:55,762 there was one job 172 00:04:53,526 --> 00:04:55,762 he was meant to do. 173 00:04:55,795 --> 00:04:57,230 - I never knew Bryan 174 00:04:55,795 --> 00:04:57,230 not wanting 175 00:04:57,263 --> 00:05:00,166 to be a veterinarian. 176 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:03,570 - After finishing vet school, 177 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:03,570 Bryan moved to Montana, 178 00:05:03,603 --> 00:05:07,307 big wide-open country, 179 00:05:03,603 --> 00:05:07,307 cattle ranches galore. 180 00:05:07,340 --> 00:05:09,476 An outdoorsman's paradise, 181 00:05:07,340 --> 00:05:09,476 really, 182 00:05:09,509 --> 00:05:12,379 which absolutely suited 183 00:05:09,509 --> 00:05:12,379 Bryan Rein. 184 00:05:12,412 --> 00:05:15,248 He took full advantage of 185 00:05:12,412 --> 00:05:15,248 what Montana had to offer 186 00:05:15,281 --> 00:05:17,350 and often. 187 00:05:17,384 --> 00:05:21,855 So, in 1995, a year before 188 00:05:17,384 --> 00:05:21,855 the events in our story, 189 00:05:21,888 --> 00:05:24,657 Dr. Rein set up shop 190 00:05:21,888 --> 00:05:24,657 in a speck on the map 191 00:05:24,691 --> 00:05:28,728 called Geraldine, 192 00:05:24,691 --> 00:05:28,728 population 300. 193 00:05:28,762 --> 00:05:30,296 - It's always a struggle 194 00:05:28,762 --> 00:05:30,296 starting a new business. 195 00:05:30,330 --> 00:05:31,331 - Sure. 196 00:05:31,364 --> 00:05:34,300 - And starting a vet clinic 197 00:05:31,364 --> 00:05:34,300 is very expensive. 198 00:05:34,334 --> 00:05:36,569 But it was doing very well. 199 00:05:36,603 --> 00:05:39,939 - Young Dr. Rein hired Marlene 200 00:05:36,603 --> 00:05:39,939 to help him run the office 201 00:05:39,973 --> 00:05:42,509 and moved into 202 00:05:39,973 --> 00:05:42,509 the unused bunkhouse 203 00:05:42,542 --> 00:05:44,744 Marlene and her husband owned 204 00:05:42,542 --> 00:05:44,744 on their property 205 00:05:44,778 --> 00:05:46,813 11 miles outside of town. 206 00:05:46,846 --> 00:05:50,850 So, she was both 207 00:05:46,846 --> 00:05:50,850 landlady and employee. 208 00:05:50,884 --> 00:05:52,719 - Bryan had a heart of gold. 209 00:05:52,752 --> 00:05:55,955 He was, you know, 210 00:05:52,752 --> 00:05:55,955 part of the family. 211 00:05:55,989 --> 00:05:57,457 - Mind you, 212 00:05:55,989 --> 00:05:57,457 a good-looking young vet 213 00:05:57,490 --> 00:06:00,260 in such a tiny place, 214 00:05:57,490 --> 00:06:00,260 there was interest. 215 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:01,327 Lots of it. 216 00:06:01,361 --> 00:06:03,363 - I remember asking him 217 00:06:01,361 --> 00:06:03,363 is there anybody there 218 00:06:03,396 --> 00:06:05,598 you're dating and he's like, 219 00:06:03,396 --> 00:06:05,598 well, there's -- 220 00:06:05,632 --> 00:06:08,601 there's some girls 221 00:06:05,632 --> 00:06:08,601 but they're just not the ones. 222 00:06:08,635 --> 00:06:11,805 - It was possibly 223 00:06:08,635 --> 00:06:11,805 an overly modest answer. 224 00:06:11,838 --> 00:06:13,406 The handsome 225 00:06:11,838 --> 00:06:13,406 young vet's arrival 226 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:15,442 was practically a news event. 227 00:06:15,475 --> 00:06:18,745 Heads turned; 228 00:06:15,475 --> 00:06:18,745 hearts may have followed. 229 00:06:18,778 --> 00:06:23,483 Certainly, gossip did. 230 00:06:18,778 --> 00:06:23,483 And then summer of 1996. 231 00:06:23,516 --> 00:06:27,554 - I was like again 232 00:06:23,516 --> 00:06:27,554 the same question that I ask. 233 00:06:27,587 --> 00:06:30,190 So, what is going on? 234 00:06:27,587 --> 00:06:30,190 Do you have a girlfriend? 235 00:06:30,223 --> 00:06:31,725 Well, there is this one girl. 236 00:06:31,758 --> 00:06:33,360 She comes over and 237 00:06:31,758 --> 00:06:33,360 she does things for me. 238 00:06:33,393 --> 00:06:35,695 And I said, things like...? 239 00:06:33,393 --> 00:06:35,695 And he said, well, 240 00:06:35,729 --> 00:06:36,963 she'll clean up my house 241 00:06:35,729 --> 00:06:36,963 and stuff. 242 00:06:37,630 --> 00:06:38,631 So, I was like shame on you. 243 00:06:38,665 --> 00:06:40,600 You should be over there 244 00:06:38,665 --> 00:06:40,600 cleaning her house. 245 00:06:40,633 --> 00:06:42,502 - It was strange 246 00:06:40,633 --> 00:06:42,502 what began to happen 247 00:06:42,534 --> 00:06:44,871 after he took up 248 00:06:42,534 --> 00:06:44,871 with that young lady. 249 00:06:44,904 --> 00:06:46,406 Weird things. 250 00:06:46,439 --> 00:06:50,760 Not exactly frightening, 251 00:06:46,439 --> 00:06:50,760 more like unsettling. 252 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:53,113 Like the rock that crashed 253 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:53,113 through a window of the clinic. 254 00:06:53,146 --> 00:06:54,514 - Didn't tell you 255 00:06:53,146 --> 00:06:54,514 what he thought it was? 256 00:06:54,547 --> 00:06:55,682 - No. 257 00:06:54,547 --> 00:06:55,682 - Or who? 258 00:06:55,715 --> 00:06:56,950 - No. 259 00:06:56,983 --> 00:07:00,220 And he did find a footprint 260 00:06:56,983 --> 00:07:00,220 out in back of the building. 261 00:07:00,253 --> 00:07:02,856 But nothing really 262 00:07:00,253 --> 00:07:02,856 ever came of it. 263 00:07:02,889 --> 00:07:05,625 - Not long after, 264 00:07:02,889 --> 00:07:05,625 Dr. Rein called both sisters 265 00:07:05,658 --> 00:07:06,860 with a request. 266 00:07:06,893 --> 00:07:11,564 - At one point, he told me 267 00:07:06,893 --> 00:07:11,564 quit calling and hanging up. 268 00:07:11,598 --> 00:07:14,267 I was like, "Bryan, 269 00:07:11,598 --> 00:07:14,267 I'm not-I'm not hanging up." 270 00:07:14,300 --> 00:07:16,436 - He just ha-ha'd it off. 271 00:07:14,300 --> 00:07:16,436 You know? 272 00:07:16,469 --> 00:07:18,138 He was like, 273 00:07:16,469 --> 00:07:18,138 it's not a big deal, Teresa. 274 00:07:18,171 --> 00:07:21,107 It's not a big deal. 275 00:07:18,171 --> 00:07:21,107 - But was it? 276 00:07:21,141 --> 00:07:26,460 On July 10, 1996, 277 00:07:21,141 --> 00:07:26,460 Dr. Bryan Rein drove to Bozeman, 278 00:07:26,460 --> 00:07:29,490 three hours away, 279 00:07:26,460 --> 00:07:29,490 to attend a conference. 280 00:07:29,490 --> 00:07:32,218 He returned home 281 00:07:29,490 --> 00:07:32,218 Friday evening at 12. 282 00:07:32,252 --> 00:07:35,880 No one saw him on Saturday. 283 00:07:35,121 --> 00:07:37,900 And then on Sunday the 14th, 284 00:07:37,123 --> 00:07:40,193 Marlene's husband drove over 285 00:07:37,123 --> 00:07:40,193 to Bryan's bunkhouse. 286 00:07:40,226 --> 00:07:43,863 - It was about, I don't know, 287 00:07:40,226 --> 00:07:43,863 5, 10 minutes later 288 00:07:43,897 --> 00:07:46,659 he came back 289 00:07:43,897 --> 00:07:46,659 and walked in the door 290 00:07:46,659 --> 00:07:49,690 and was very distraught, 291 00:07:46,659 --> 00:07:49,690 crying. 292 00:07:49,102 --> 00:07:52,172 - Such a shock, 293 00:07:49,102 --> 00:07:52,172 which is maybe why her husband 294 00:07:52,205 --> 00:07:56,176 got the mistaken idea that 295 00:07:52,205 --> 00:07:56,176 Dr. Rein killed himself. 296 00:07:56,209 --> 00:07:58,178 But later that same day, 297 00:07:56,209 --> 00:07:58,178 when Marlene heard 298 00:07:58,211 --> 00:08:00,280 an undersheriff 299 00:07:58,211 --> 00:08:00,280 repeat the mistake 300 00:08:00,313 --> 00:08:03,850 to Bryan's grandparents, 301 00:08:00,313 --> 00:08:03,850 here's what happened. 302 00:08:03,883 --> 00:08:06,553 - Verna Mae jumped up 303 00:08:03,883 --> 00:08:06,553 and she said 304 00:08:06,586 --> 00:08:10,657 no way in hell would my grandson 305 00:08:06,586 --> 00:08:10,657 commit suicide. 306 00:08:10,690 --> 00:08:13,493 - Then, next day 307 00:08:10,690 --> 00:08:13,493 when state investigators 308 00:08:13,526 --> 00:08:15,695 led by Agent Ken Thompson 309 00:08:13,526 --> 00:08:15,695 of Montana's 310 00:08:15,729 --> 00:08:18,398 Department of 311 00:08:15,729 --> 00:08:18,398 Criminal Investigation arrived 312 00:08:18,431 --> 00:08:20,500 and looked at 313 00:08:18,431 --> 00:08:20,500 the ruined crime scene... 314 00:08:20,533 --> 00:08:21,935 - My partner and I 315 00:08:20,533 --> 00:08:21,935 would look at each other 316 00:08:22,350 --> 00:08:23,136 and think, oh, my lord. 317 00:08:23,169 --> 00:08:24,571 You know? 318 00:08:23,169 --> 00:08:24,571 - Yeah. 319 00:08:24,604 --> 00:08:27,607 - It certainly makes 320 00:08:24,604 --> 00:08:27,607 things very difficult. 321 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:29,876 - Difficult? 322 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:29,876 Oh, yes. 323 00:08:29,909 --> 00:08:33,480 Difficult was not 324 00:08:29,909 --> 00:08:33,480 the half of it. 325 00:08:33,513 --> 00:08:35,682 - What did happen to Dr. Rein? 326 00:08:35,715 --> 00:08:40,186 The crime scene tells a story. 327 00:08:35,715 --> 00:08:40,186 - Coming up... 328 00:08:40,220 --> 00:08:43,188 Blood on the doorstep, 329 00:08:40,220 --> 00:08:43,188 bullets in the kitchen. 330 00:08:43,222 --> 00:08:45,592 The search begins 331 00:08:43,222 --> 00:08:45,592 for a killer. 332 00:08:45,625 --> 00:08:47,260 - I think the perpetrator 333 00:08:45,625 --> 00:08:47,260 stood there 334 00:08:47,293 --> 00:08:49,729 and watched Bryan die. 335 00:08:55,101 --> 00:08:59,873 ** 336 00:09:01,410 --> 00:09:05,780 On a summer Sunday afternoon 337 00:09:01,410 --> 00:09:05,780 outside tiny Geraldine, Montana, 338 00:09:05,111 --> 00:09:07,414 local sheriff's deputies 339 00:09:05,111 --> 00:09:07,414 used towels 340 00:09:07,447 --> 00:09:12,520 to mop up the blood around 341 00:09:07,447 --> 00:09:12,520 what they took to be a suicide. 342 00:09:12,850 --> 00:09:14,854 The town's veterinarian 343 00:09:12,850 --> 00:09:14,854 Dr. Bryan Rein, 344 00:09:14,888 --> 00:09:17,791 age 31, was dead. 345 00:09:17,824 --> 00:09:21,861 His own .357 magnum 346 00:09:17,824 --> 00:09:21,861 lay near his left hand. 347 00:09:21,895 --> 00:09:24,297 And the emissaries 348 00:09:21,895 --> 00:09:24,297 of sudden death 349 00:09:24,330 --> 00:09:27,600 delivered their message 350 00:09:24,330 --> 00:09:27,600 to Dr. Rein's sister, Teresa, 351 00:09:27,634 --> 00:09:28,935 back in Kansas. 352 00:09:29,350 --> 00:09:32,339 - I remember saying, 353 00:09:29,350 --> 00:09:32,339 "Mom, I need to talk to you." 354 00:09:32,372 --> 00:09:33,740 - I can't imagine 355 00:09:32,372 --> 00:09:33,740 what it would be like 356 00:09:33,773 --> 00:09:37,277 to tell your mother 357 00:09:33,773 --> 00:09:37,277 that her firstborn son is dead. 358 00:09:37,310 --> 00:09:41,281 - Yeah. It was hard. 359 00:09:45,852 --> 00:09:47,420 - It was evening 360 00:09:45,852 --> 00:09:47,420 before the news 361 00:09:47,454 --> 00:09:50,323 found younger sister Charlene. 362 00:09:50,357 --> 00:09:52,920 - I was actually in Las Vegas. 363 00:09:52,125 --> 00:09:55,495 We had been told that 364 00:09:52,125 --> 00:09:55,495 he had committed suicide. 365 00:09:55,528 --> 00:09:56,830 - Did you believe 366 00:09:55,528 --> 00:09:56,830 that could be true? 367 00:09:56,863 --> 00:09:59,733 - Absolutely not. 368 00:09:56,863 --> 00:09:59,733 It was a long plane ride home. 369 00:09:59,766 --> 00:10:01,368 - Do you remember 370 00:09:59,766 --> 00:10:01,368 what your mind was doing to you 371 00:10:01,401 --> 00:10:04,137 during that plane ride? 372 00:10:04,170 --> 00:10:08,842 - How can this happen? 373 00:10:04,170 --> 00:10:08,842 Why would somebody do it? 374 00:10:08,875 --> 00:10:11,511 - Those questions because 375 00:10:08,875 --> 00:10:11,511 none of them believed 376 00:10:11,544 --> 00:10:14,781 Bryan capable of suicide. 377 00:10:14,814 --> 00:10:16,449 And sure enough, 378 00:10:14,814 --> 00:10:16,449 the next morning 379 00:10:16,483 --> 00:10:19,586 an autopsy revealed 380 00:10:16,483 --> 00:10:19,586 abrasions and contusions 381 00:10:19,619 --> 00:10:23,256 on the doctor's head, 382 00:10:19,619 --> 00:10:23,256 a swollen right eye. 383 00:10:23,289 --> 00:10:25,291 Clearly there had 384 00:10:23,289 --> 00:10:25,291 been a struggle. 385 00:10:25,325 --> 00:10:27,727 And he'd been struck 386 00:10:25,325 --> 00:10:27,727 by three gunshots, 387 00:10:27,761 --> 00:10:29,729 two in the lower right forearm 388 00:10:29,763 --> 00:10:32,465 and then a fatal shot 389 00:10:29,763 --> 00:10:32,465 to the chest. 390 00:10:32,499 --> 00:10:36,200 The conclusion? 391 00:10:32,499 --> 00:10:36,200 Obvious it was not suicide. 392 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:38,710 It was homicide. 393 00:10:38,104 --> 00:10:41,608 - How is it possible at first 394 00:10:38,104 --> 00:10:41,608 they thought it was a suicide? 395 00:10:41,641 --> 00:10:43,109 - I can't answer that. 396 00:10:43,143 --> 00:10:46,746 I think you have to understand 397 00:10:43,143 --> 00:10:46,746 that that county 398 00:10:46,780 --> 00:10:50,817 had not had a homicide in, 399 00:10:46,780 --> 00:10:50,817 I think it was like 19 years. 400 00:10:50,850 --> 00:10:52,452 - It was Monday when 401 00:10:50,850 --> 00:10:52,452 State Department 402 00:10:52,485 --> 00:10:54,587 of Criminal Investigation 403 00:10:52,485 --> 00:10:54,587 Agent Ken Thompson 404 00:10:54,621 --> 00:10:56,289 was called in. 405 00:10:56,322 --> 00:10:59,920 And by the time he got to 406 00:10:56,322 --> 00:10:59,920 the doctor's bunkhouse, 407 00:10:59,125 --> 00:11:00,393 the locals had been gone, 408 00:11:00,427 --> 00:11:04,698 the scene left unguarded 409 00:11:00,427 --> 00:11:04,698 for more than 24 hours. 410 00:11:04,731 --> 00:11:06,399 - Montana is a remote state. 411 00:11:06,433 --> 00:11:07,701 Sometimes 412 00:11:06,433 --> 00:11:07,701 you'll drive eight hours 413 00:11:07,734 --> 00:11:09,690 to get to a crime scene. 414 00:11:09,690 --> 00:11:11,771 So, it's not like a big city 415 00:11:09,690 --> 00:11:11,771 where you can roll in 416 00:11:11,805 --> 00:11:15,442 and everything is pristine. 417 00:11:11,805 --> 00:11:15,442 - No, not even close. 418 00:11:15,475 --> 00:11:17,210 In fact, the deputies 419 00:11:15,475 --> 00:11:17,210 and local coroner 420 00:11:17,243 --> 00:11:20,847 had spent just a few hours 421 00:11:17,243 --> 00:11:20,847 tromping around Bryan's kitchen. 422 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:23,249 They'd taken 423 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:23,249 about a dozen photos 424 00:11:23,283 --> 00:11:24,250 and in the process, 425 00:11:24,284 --> 00:11:26,953 had done things that 426 00:11:24,284 --> 00:11:26,953 couldn't be undone. 427 00:11:26,986 --> 00:11:29,622 Like cleaning up blood 428 00:11:26,986 --> 00:11:29,622 on the floor, 429 00:11:29,656 --> 00:11:32,659 under the victim's upper body 430 00:11:29,656 --> 00:11:32,659 and tossing into the garbage 431 00:11:32,692 --> 00:11:35,962 a telephone handset 432 00:11:32,692 --> 00:11:35,962 found under Dr. Rein's head 433 00:11:35,995 --> 00:11:40,233 without swabbing for DNA 434 00:11:35,995 --> 00:11:40,233 or dusting for fingerprints. 435 00:11:40,266 --> 00:11:43,636 Those discarded materials 436 00:11:40,266 --> 00:11:43,636 were beyond recovery 437 00:11:43,670 --> 00:11:46,473 by the time 438 00:11:43,670 --> 00:11:46,473 Investigator Thompson arrived. 439 00:11:46,506 --> 00:11:47,774 The local deputies 440 00:11:46,506 --> 00:11:47,774 did tell him 441 00:11:47,807 --> 00:11:51,511 they found a water shoe 442 00:11:47,807 --> 00:11:51,511 on the bunkhouse doorstep. 443 00:11:51,544 --> 00:11:53,380 It appeared to have been 444 00:11:51,544 --> 00:11:53,380 knocked off in the struggle. 445 00:11:53,413 --> 00:11:56,316 The other one was found 446 00:11:53,413 --> 00:11:56,316 on Bryan's left foot. 447 00:11:56,349 --> 00:11:59,486 And then Investigator Thompson 448 00:11:56,349 --> 00:11:59,486 saw the blood drops 449 00:11:59,519 --> 00:12:01,870 out on the doorstep. 450 00:12:01,121 --> 00:12:04,557 - We knew that that's where 451 00:12:01,121 --> 00:12:04,557 the shooting had occurred. 452 00:12:04,591 --> 00:12:06,192 Blood had dropped 453 00:12:04,591 --> 00:12:06,192 straight down. 454 00:12:06,226 --> 00:12:07,293 - Yeah. 455 00:12:07,327 --> 00:12:08,795 - And so, it was just -- 456 00:12:07,327 --> 00:12:08,795 just outside the trailer. 457 00:12:08,828 --> 00:12:10,363 - Did you find some bullets 458 00:12:08,828 --> 00:12:10,363 around there? 459 00:12:10,397 --> 00:12:16,436 - They found two bullets 460 00:12:10,397 --> 00:12:16,436 lodged in the kitchen cupboard. 461 00:12:16,469 --> 00:12:19,372 So, the two shots 462 00:12:16,469 --> 00:12:19,372 that went through the arm 463 00:12:19,406 --> 00:12:21,675 went through the arm 464 00:12:19,406 --> 00:12:21,675 and through that wall 465 00:12:21,708 --> 00:12:25,478 and came out into kitchen 466 00:12:21,708 --> 00:12:25,478 cabinets on the other side. 467 00:12:25,512 --> 00:12:26,980 - I see. 468 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:29,315 Thompson and his partner 469 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:29,315 used string 470 00:12:29,349 --> 00:12:31,418 to simulate 471 00:12:29,349 --> 00:12:31,418 the path of the bullets. 472 00:12:31,451 --> 00:12:35,221 They even tried to act out 473 00:12:31,451 --> 00:12:35,221 what might have happened. 474 00:12:35,255 --> 00:12:38,158 And before long 475 00:12:35,255 --> 00:12:38,158 they came to some conclusions. 476 00:12:38,191 --> 00:12:39,526 - How far away 477 00:12:38,191 --> 00:12:39,526 was the shooter? 478 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:40,593 - Pretty close range. 479 00:12:40,627 --> 00:12:42,996 - So, if it was a struggle 480 00:12:40,627 --> 00:12:42,996 and the gun went off, 481 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:44,497 it would be. Right? 482 00:12:44,531 --> 00:12:48,568 - Some kind of conversation 483 00:12:44,531 --> 00:12:48,568 went on and a struggle ensued. 484 00:12:48,601 --> 00:12:49,936 Two shots went off 485 00:12:49,969 --> 00:12:52,672 and then the third shot 486 00:12:49,969 --> 00:12:52,672 into his chest. 487 00:12:52,706 --> 00:12:55,108 I think that Bryan 488 00:12:52,706 --> 00:12:55,108 then struggled 489 00:12:55,108 --> 00:12:57,510 to get in to call for help, 490 00:12:55,108 --> 00:12:57,510 that he sat there. 491 00:12:57,544 --> 00:13:00,460 I think the perpetrator 492 00:12:57,544 --> 00:13:00,460 stood there 493 00:13:00,460 --> 00:13:02,849 and watched Bryan die. 494 00:13:02,882 --> 00:13:04,918 - And as for the location 495 00:13:02,882 --> 00:13:04,918 of the gun 496 00:13:04,951 --> 00:13:07,420 so close to Dr. Rein's own hand? 497 00:13:07,454 --> 00:13:09,622 - So, the killer 498 00:13:07,454 --> 00:13:09,622 must have put it there. 499 00:13:09,656 --> 00:13:10,690 - Correct. 500 00:13:10,724 --> 00:13:12,325 - But were there any 501 00:13:10,724 --> 00:13:12,325 fingerprints on the gun? 502 00:13:12,359 --> 00:13:14,260 - No, it looked like 503 00:13:12,359 --> 00:13:14,260 it had been wiped off 504 00:13:14,294 --> 00:13:15,929 with a solvent. 505 00:13:15,962 --> 00:13:18,531 - So, investigators 506 00:13:15,962 --> 00:13:18,531 now thought they knew 507 00:13:18,565 --> 00:13:22,680 how the murder occurred 508 00:13:18,565 --> 00:13:22,680 but when it happened, 509 00:13:22,680 --> 00:13:23,937 that wasn't clear at all. 510 00:13:23,970 --> 00:13:26,272 Friday night? 511 00:13:23,970 --> 00:13:26,272 Saturday? 512 00:13:26,306 --> 00:13:28,875 It was an important 513 00:13:26,306 --> 00:13:28,875 question, of course. 514 00:13:28,908 --> 00:13:31,444 But just how important 515 00:13:28,908 --> 00:13:31,444 they might not have 516 00:13:31,478 --> 00:13:33,947 fully imagined just then. 517 00:13:33,980 --> 00:13:35,749 But there was no clear answer. 518 00:13:35,782 --> 00:13:38,118 In fact, the pathologist 519 00:13:35,782 --> 00:13:38,118 who conducted the autopsy 520 00:13:38,151 --> 00:13:42,122 left the space 521 00:13:38,151 --> 00:13:42,122 for time of death blank. 522 00:13:42,155 --> 00:13:44,524 Remember, Dr. Rein returned home 523 00:13:42,155 --> 00:13:44,524 from a conference 524 00:13:44,557 --> 00:13:46,920 on Friday evening 525 00:13:46,126 --> 00:13:48,695 but his body 526 00:13:46,126 --> 00:13:48,695 wasn't found until Sunday. 527 00:13:48,728 --> 00:13:52,432 Investigators canvassed 528 00:13:48,728 --> 00:13:52,432 nearby farms and... 529 00:13:52,465 --> 00:13:54,501 - There was a neighbor 530 00:13:52,465 --> 00:13:54,501 that lived 531 00:13:54,534 --> 00:13:56,903 probably about a mile away, 532 00:13:56,936 --> 00:13:59,773 maybe a little less 533 00:13:56,936 --> 00:13:59,773 as the crow flies, 534 00:13:59,806 --> 00:14:03,376 that had seen an ATV 535 00:13:59,806 --> 00:14:03,376 go by that night 536 00:14:03,410 --> 00:14:09,349 and then said he heard two loud 537 00:14:03,410 --> 00:14:09,349 retorts about -- 538 00:14:09,382 --> 00:14:10,483 about that time. 539 00:14:10,517 --> 00:14:13,860 - That is, Friday night. 540 00:14:10,517 --> 00:14:13,860 But... 541 00:14:13,119 --> 00:14:14,487 - It could have been that night 542 00:14:13,119 --> 00:14:14,487 or the next morning. 543 00:14:14,521 --> 00:14:15,455 - He said it was light. 544 00:14:15,488 --> 00:14:17,570 Well, at first, 545 00:14:15,488 --> 00:14:17,570 he wasn't sure 546 00:14:17,570 --> 00:14:18,825 and then he wasn't sure 547 00:14:17,570 --> 00:14:18,825 of the date. 548 00:14:18,858 --> 00:14:20,193 - Phone records 549 00:14:18,858 --> 00:14:20,193 showed the last time 550 00:14:20,226 --> 00:14:24,698 Dr. Rein received a phone call 551 00:14:20,226 --> 00:14:24,698 was at 10:15 on Friday night. 552 00:14:24,731 --> 00:14:28,268 - Nobody heard from Bryan 553 00:14:28,301 --> 00:14:31,710 after that last phone call 554 00:14:28,301 --> 00:14:31,710 on Friday night. 555 00:14:31,710 --> 00:14:34,641 The thought that 556 00:14:31,710 --> 00:14:34,641 he would go all day Saturday 557 00:14:34,674 --> 00:14:36,776 without having any contact 558 00:14:34,674 --> 00:14:36,776 with anybody 559 00:14:36,810 --> 00:14:39,946 was just really highly unlikely. 560 00:14:39,979 --> 00:14:41,648 - On the other hand, 561 00:14:39,979 --> 00:14:41,648 Dr. Rein could have 562 00:14:41,681 --> 00:14:45,418 hung around his bunkhouse alone 563 00:14:41,681 --> 00:14:45,418 that Saturday morning 564 00:14:45,452 --> 00:14:47,654 or maybe he intended to 565 00:14:45,452 --> 00:14:47,654 go fishing. 566 00:14:47,687 --> 00:14:50,357 There were those water shoes. 567 00:14:50,390 --> 00:14:53,660 And they found a fishing pole 568 00:14:50,390 --> 00:14:53,660 near the door. 569 00:14:53,693 --> 00:14:55,795 Of course, 570 00:14:53,693 --> 00:14:55,795 all this when and how 571 00:14:55,829 --> 00:15:00,367 did nothing to shine a light 572 00:14:55,829 --> 00:15:00,367 on who killed Dr. Rein. 573 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:04,237 A question that was consuming 574 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:04,237 everyone who knew him. 575 00:15:04,270 --> 00:15:09,943 - My mind was just spinning 576 00:15:04,270 --> 00:15:09,943 trying to think who, you know, 577 00:15:10,430 --> 00:15:12,946 any little lead at all. 578 00:15:13,460 --> 00:15:16,182 - There was, she knew, 579 00:15:13,460 --> 00:15:16,182 this friend of Dr. Rein's, 580 00:15:16,216 --> 00:15:21,421 Larry Hagenbuch, whose behavior 581 00:15:16,216 --> 00:15:21,421 had recently been erratic. 582 00:15:21,454 --> 00:15:23,323 And she also knew that 583 00:15:21,454 --> 00:15:23,323 some people in town said 584 00:15:23,356 --> 00:15:25,125 they'd heard Larry 585 00:15:23,356 --> 00:15:25,125 badmouthing Bryan 586 00:15:25,158 --> 00:15:28,294 in the local bar, 587 00:15:25,158 --> 00:15:28,294 though Larry denied it. 588 00:15:28,328 --> 00:15:31,970 But investigators 589 00:15:28,328 --> 00:15:31,970 almost immediately 590 00:15:31,131 --> 00:15:34,200 had a different lead 591 00:15:31,131 --> 00:15:34,200 that seemed worth pursuing. 592 00:15:34,234 --> 00:15:36,369 And it was related to 593 00:15:34,234 --> 00:15:36,369 that broken window 594 00:15:36,403 --> 00:15:39,105 at the vet clinic 595 00:15:36,403 --> 00:15:39,105 and those hang-up phone calls 596 00:15:39,139 --> 00:15:42,342 Dr. Rein had asked his sisters 597 00:15:39,139 --> 00:15:42,342 if they were making. 598 00:15:42,375 --> 00:15:44,210 - So, he had no idea 599 00:15:42,375 --> 00:15:44,210 who was doing it? 600 00:15:44,244 --> 00:15:48,481 - After he eliminated me, 601 00:15:44,244 --> 00:15:48,481 he had an idea. 602 00:15:48,515 --> 00:15:52,719 - So, he knew or thought he knew 603 00:15:48,515 --> 00:15:52,719 who the hang-up caller was 604 00:15:52,752 --> 00:15:55,355 but he didn't seem 605 00:15:52,752 --> 00:15:55,355 very worried about it. 606 00:15:55,388 --> 00:15:56,923 - Everything was 607 00:15:55,388 --> 00:15:56,923 gong to be okay. 608 00:15:56,956 --> 00:15:59,693 Bryan was not 609 00:15:56,956 --> 00:15:59,693 afraid of anything. 610 00:15:59,726 --> 00:16:03,530 - Maybe he should have been. 611 00:16:03,563 --> 00:16:06,499 - Coming up... 612 00:16:03,563 --> 00:16:06,499 A new relationship. 613 00:16:06,533 --> 00:16:08,635 - I thought he was handsome. 614 00:16:06,533 --> 00:16:08,635 I was excited. 615 00:16:08,668 --> 00:16:10,337 - And a jealous ex. 616 00:16:10,370 --> 00:16:11,738 - Should I file 617 00:16:10,370 --> 00:16:11,738 a restraining order 618 00:16:11,771 --> 00:16:13,390 or should I do something? 619 00:16:13,390 --> 00:16:15,775 - What would investigators 620 00:16:13,390 --> 00:16:15,775 make of him 621 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:26,786 ** 622 00:16:27,821 --> 00:16:31,858 Veterinarian Bryan Rein's family 623 00:16:27,821 --> 00:16:31,858 went into a tailspin 624 00:16:31,891 --> 00:16:33,760 at the news of his death. 625 00:16:33,793 --> 00:16:37,230 And when they heard that 626 00:16:33,793 --> 00:16:37,230 somebody murdered him... 627 00:16:37,263 --> 00:16:39,265 You kind of fell apart 628 00:16:37,263 --> 00:16:39,265 after that, huh? 629 00:16:39,299 --> 00:16:44,637 - Yes, it was difficult 630 00:16:39,299 --> 00:16:44,637 to figure out where to go, 631 00:16:44,671 --> 00:16:46,139 what to do. 632 00:16:46,172 --> 00:16:49,542 - Bryan's mom was practically 633 00:16:46,172 --> 00:16:49,542 paralyzed in her grief. 634 00:16:49,576 --> 00:16:51,745 And so, 635 00:16:49,576 --> 00:16:51,745 much of the dreadful work 636 00:16:51,778 --> 00:16:53,146 that demands to be done 637 00:16:53,179 --> 00:16:56,116 after such a death 638 00:16:53,179 --> 00:16:56,116 fell on Teresa. 639 00:16:56,149 --> 00:16:58,518 - And I can remember 640 00:16:56,149 --> 00:16:58,518 sitting through the funeral 641 00:16:58,551 --> 00:17:00,286 and sitting there 642 00:16:58,551 --> 00:17:00,286 thinking to myself, 643 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:03,560 "I am so tired 644 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:03,560 I just want to go to bed." 645 00:17:03,890 --> 00:17:05,425 - And maybe that played a role 646 00:17:03,890 --> 00:17:05,425 in Teresa's mood 647 00:17:05,458 --> 00:17:10,300 because on that July day in 1996 648 00:17:05,458 --> 00:17:10,300 when Dr. Rein was buried 649 00:17:10,630 --> 00:17:11,865 in his hometown in Kansas 650 00:17:11,897 --> 00:17:13,833 and a large contingent 651 00:17:11,897 --> 00:17:13,833 of Montanans 652 00:17:13,867 --> 00:17:15,902 made the trip to say goodbye, 653 00:17:15,935 --> 00:17:19,105 among them was that young woman 654 00:17:15,935 --> 00:17:19,105 from Geraldine; 655 00:17:19,138 --> 00:17:21,574 the one who'd gone over 656 00:17:19,138 --> 00:17:21,574 and cleaned his house, 657 00:17:21,608 --> 00:17:24,411 the one Bryan had 658 00:17:21,608 --> 00:17:24,411 recently started seeing. 659 00:17:24,444 --> 00:17:27,513 - I was almost annoyed 660 00:17:24,444 --> 00:17:27,513 she even came. 661 00:17:27,547 --> 00:17:28,848 And she was standing 662 00:17:27,547 --> 00:17:28,848 in our home 663 00:17:28,882 --> 00:17:31,851 and I really thought, 664 00:17:28,882 --> 00:17:31,851 why are you here? 665 00:17:31,885 --> 00:17:33,586 I was pretty irritated. 666 00:17:33,620 --> 00:17:36,890 - And those feelings 667 00:17:33,620 --> 00:17:36,890 were not lost on that young lady 668 00:17:36,923 --> 00:17:39,759 in the middle of 669 00:17:36,923 --> 00:17:39,759 her own grief and confusion. 670 00:17:39,793 --> 00:17:43,963 - I just felt out of place 671 00:17:39,793 --> 00:17:43,963 because I felt like, you know, 672 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:46,660 they didn't know who I was. 673 00:17:46,660 --> 00:17:49,903 - Her name is Ann. 674 00:17:46,660 --> 00:17:49,903 She was 21 then. 675 00:17:49,936 --> 00:17:52,505 She had known Dr. Rein 676 00:17:49,936 --> 00:17:52,505 just two months, 677 00:17:52,539 --> 00:17:55,375 met him at Rusty's Bar 678 00:17:52,539 --> 00:17:55,375 in Geraldine. 679 00:17:55,408 --> 00:17:56,576 - I thought he was handsome 680 00:17:55,408 --> 00:17:56,576 and I was like, 681 00:17:56,609 --> 00:17:58,745 "What is this guy 682 00:17:56,609 --> 00:17:58,745 doing in Geraldine?" 683 00:17:58,778 --> 00:18:00,680 It was just kind of 684 00:17:58,778 --> 00:18:00,680 surprising to me. 685 00:18:00,714 --> 00:18:02,515 - They talked all night, 686 00:18:00,714 --> 00:18:02,515 she said. 687 00:18:02,549 --> 00:18:04,170 And in the morning... 688 00:18:04,170 --> 00:18:06,520 - How did you feel? 689 00:18:04,170 --> 00:18:06,520 - I was excited. 690 00:18:06,860 --> 00:18:09,220 I felt giddy, 691 00:18:06,860 --> 00:18:09,220 just excited 692 00:18:09,220 --> 00:18:11,825 that somebody 693 00:18:09,220 --> 00:18:11,825 would be interested in me. 694 00:18:11,858 --> 00:18:14,260 - Ahh, but complications. 695 00:18:14,294 --> 00:18:18,298 Ann had a live-in boyfriend, 696 00:18:14,294 --> 00:18:18,298 a guy named Tom Jaraczeski, 697 00:18:18,331 --> 00:18:20,166 her high school sweetheart. 698 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:21,668 They had been together 699 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:21,668 4-1/2 years, 700 00:18:21,701 --> 00:18:25,872 and though their relationship 701 00:18:21,701 --> 00:18:25,872 had its issues, who knows, 702 00:18:25,905 --> 00:18:27,707 she might have married him. 703 00:18:27,741 --> 00:18:31,440 And then she had that 704 00:18:27,741 --> 00:18:31,440 heart-to-heart with Dr. Rein. 705 00:18:31,770 --> 00:18:33,813 - He was like you're too young 706 00:18:31,770 --> 00:18:33,813 to be settling down 707 00:18:33,847 --> 00:18:36,916 and somebody 708 00:18:33,847 --> 00:18:36,916 telling you what to do. 709 00:18:36,950 --> 00:18:39,252 - And how did that strike you 710 00:18:36,950 --> 00:18:39,252 when he said that? 711 00:18:39,285 --> 00:18:40,453 - I agreed with him. 712 00:18:40,487 --> 00:18:41,755 - Like why have I been with 713 00:18:40,487 --> 00:18:41,755 that guy all these years? 714 00:18:41,788 --> 00:18:43,490 - Um-hmm. 715 00:18:41,788 --> 00:18:43,490 Yep. 716 00:18:43,523 --> 00:18:46,593 It made me see that 717 00:18:43,523 --> 00:18:46,593 I would be better without it. 718 00:18:46,626 --> 00:18:47,794 You know? 719 00:18:47,827 --> 00:18:49,729 Because it hadn't been 720 00:18:47,827 --> 00:18:49,729 a good relationship for a while. 721 00:18:49,763 --> 00:18:53,667 I had a reason now 722 00:18:49,763 --> 00:18:53,667 to move on and let go of that. 723 00:18:53,700 --> 00:18:56,102 - And she was going to 724 00:18:53,700 --> 00:18:56,102 tell Tom 725 00:18:56,136 --> 00:18:58,271 as soon as 726 00:18:56,136 --> 00:18:58,271 she got up the nerve. 727 00:18:58,304 --> 00:19:01,341 But then, oh, boy, 728 00:18:58,304 --> 00:19:01,341 Dr. Rein left a message 729 00:19:01,374 --> 00:19:03,576 on her answering machine 730 00:19:01,374 --> 00:19:03,576 at the apartment 731 00:19:03,610 --> 00:19:05,278 she shared with Tom 732 00:19:05,311 --> 00:19:08,810 who, of course, 733 00:19:05,311 --> 00:19:08,810 heard the message. 734 00:19:08,114 --> 00:19:09,820 - And he called me up 735 00:19:09,115 --> 00:19:10,483 and asked me 736 00:19:09,115 --> 00:19:10,483 what the hell was going on. 737 00:19:10,517 --> 00:19:12,252 - Well, a boyfriend 738 00:19:10,517 --> 00:19:12,252 would want to know what -- 739 00:19:12,285 --> 00:19:13,453 what the hell was going on. 740 00:19:12,285 --> 00:19:13,453 Right? 741 00:19:13,486 --> 00:19:16,222 - Yeah. 742 00:19:13,486 --> 00:19:16,222 - And when she told him... 743 00:19:16,256 --> 00:19:17,390 - He just started crying 744 00:19:17,424 --> 00:19:19,893 and saying he couldn't believe 745 00:19:17,424 --> 00:19:19,893 I was doing this 746 00:19:19,926 --> 00:19:23,329 and how I was 747 00:19:19,926 --> 00:19:23,329 throwing away everything. 748 00:19:23,363 --> 00:19:25,565 - But Ann was done. 749 00:19:25,598 --> 00:19:27,567 She moved back to 750 00:19:25,598 --> 00:19:27,567 the family farm 751 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:29,350 outside Geraldine. 752 00:19:29,350 --> 00:19:34,240 And Tom begged her to come back, 753 00:19:29,350 --> 00:19:34,240 promised to do better. 754 00:19:34,274 --> 00:19:36,420 - He told me that Bryan would, 755 00:19:34,274 --> 00:19:36,420 you know, 756 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:40,780 when he got tired of me 757 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:40,780 he'd dump me and then I'd see. 758 00:19:40,814 --> 00:19:42,449 - And then 759 00:19:40,814 --> 00:19:42,449 the phone calls started. 760 00:19:42,482 --> 00:19:43,783 Over and over again. 761 00:19:43,817 --> 00:19:45,510 - I asked him 762 00:19:43,817 --> 00:19:45,510 to leave me alone. 763 00:19:45,850 --> 00:19:47,320 I said I needed time, 764 00:19:45,850 --> 00:19:47,320 I needed space. 765 00:19:47,354 --> 00:19:49,422 - And he wasn't giving you any. 766 00:19:47,354 --> 00:19:49,422 - No. 767 00:19:49,456 --> 00:19:51,458 - One day, 768 00:19:49,456 --> 00:19:51,458 Ann agreed to go for a ride 769 00:19:51,491 --> 00:19:55,428 in Tom's new pickup truck 770 00:19:51,491 --> 00:19:55,428 so they could have the talk. 771 00:19:55,462 --> 00:19:56,930 Big mistake. 772 00:19:56,963 --> 00:20:00,567 Tom drove out of town 773 00:19:56,963 --> 00:20:00,567 and kept on driving. 774 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:02,200 Wouldn't let her 775 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:02,200 get out of the truck. 776 00:20:02,350 --> 00:20:03,269 - So, I was like, okay. 777 00:20:03,303 --> 00:20:06,720 I started looking at the ditch 778 00:20:03,303 --> 00:20:06,720 thinking that's, you know, 779 00:20:06,106 --> 00:20:08,842 I can land in that grass, 780 00:20:06,106 --> 00:20:08,842 I'll be okay. 781 00:20:08,875 --> 00:20:11,745 So, I opened the door. 782 00:20:08,875 --> 00:20:11,745 I was going to jump out. 783 00:20:11,778 --> 00:20:12,779 And he grabbed my arm 784 00:20:11,778 --> 00:20:12,779 and was like, 785 00:20:12,812 --> 00:20:14,247 "What the hell are you doing?" 786 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,830 - How did it eventually end? 787 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,830 - He finally took me back. 788 00:20:17,117 --> 00:20:18,818 - Did you go home that night? 789 00:20:17,117 --> 00:20:18,818 - No. 790 00:20:18,852 --> 00:20:21,321 My brother was out of town 791 00:20:18,852 --> 00:20:21,321 so I asked Bryan 792 00:20:21,354 --> 00:20:23,230 if I could stay with him 793 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:24,157 because I didn't 794 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:24,157 want to be home alone. 795 00:20:24,190 --> 00:20:25,158 - It was a big step. 796 00:20:25,191 --> 00:20:28,280 Did you feel safer? 797 00:20:25,191 --> 00:20:28,280 - Yeah. 798 00:20:28,610 --> 00:20:30,764 - But then Tom, 799 00:20:28,610 --> 00:20:30,764 all of 23 years old, 800 00:20:30,797 --> 00:20:33,333 barged into Bryan Rein's place, 801 00:20:30,797 --> 00:20:33,333 middle of the night, 802 00:20:33,366 --> 00:20:36,403 when she was there, 803 00:20:33,366 --> 00:20:36,403 demanding to know 804 00:20:36,436 --> 00:20:39,139 the 31-year-old 805 00:20:36,436 --> 00:20:39,139 doctor's intentions. 806 00:20:39,172 --> 00:20:41,700 - What did Bryan 807 00:20:39,172 --> 00:20:41,700 think of this? 808 00:20:41,410 --> 00:20:42,742 - He thought 809 00:20:41,410 --> 00:20:42,742 he was a stupid kid. 810 00:20:42,776 --> 00:20:44,100 - Well, he was being 811 00:20:42,776 --> 00:20:44,100 a stupid kid. 812 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:44,844 - Um-hmm. 813 00:20:44,878 --> 00:20:45,912 - You would have to 814 00:20:44,878 --> 00:20:45,912 agree with that. 815 00:20:45,945 --> 00:20:47,180 - Yeah. 816 00:20:45,945 --> 00:20:47,180 Because I asked him; 817 00:20:47,213 --> 00:20:49,115 I said, should I file 818 00:20:47,213 --> 00:20:49,115 a restraining order 819 00:20:49,149 --> 00:20:50,316 or should 820 00:20:49,149 --> 00:20:50,316 I do something? 821 00:20:50,350 --> 00:20:52,852 And he said, no, 822 00:20:50,350 --> 00:20:52,852 he's just a stupid kid. 823 00:20:52,886 --> 00:20:53,887 He'll get over it. 824 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:57,757 Just give him time 825 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:57,757 to get it out of his system. 826 00:20:57,791 --> 00:21:00,226 - But he didn't get over it. 827 00:21:00,260 --> 00:21:02,662 And one night 828 00:21:00,260 --> 00:21:02,662 when nobody was home, 829 00:21:02,696 --> 00:21:06,499 he went into Ann's house, 830 00:21:02,696 --> 00:21:06,499 into her bedroom. 831 00:21:06,533 --> 00:21:09,690 - And he said he found 832 00:21:06,533 --> 00:21:09,690 my journal and read it. 833 00:21:09,690 --> 00:21:11,705 - What did it feel like 834 00:21:09,690 --> 00:21:11,705 to have your personal journal 835 00:21:11,738 --> 00:21:13,506 read like that by him? 836 00:21:13,540 --> 00:21:16,643 - It just felt like 837 00:21:13,540 --> 00:21:16,643 I'd been violated. 838 00:21:16,676 --> 00:21:18,211 - How did Ann learn about it? 839 00:21:18,244 --> 00:21:21,815 Tom told her and 840 00:21:18,244 --> 00:21:21,815 quoted from her journal. 841 00:21:21,848 --> 00:21:24,984 - At the end I said, 842 00:21:21,848 --> 00:21:24,984 and it was in a sarcastic way. 843 00:21:25,850 --> 00:21:25,985 - Uh-huh. 844 00:21:26,860 --> 00:21:27,153 - But it was like here, 845 00:21:26,860 --> 00:21:27,153 I can't believe 846 00:21:27,187 --> 00:21:29,890 I'm thinking 847 00:21:27,187 --> 00:21:29,890 I met the man of my dreams; 848 00:21:29,122 --> 00:21:30,790 he'll probably get killed 849 00:21:29,122 --> 00:21:30,790 in a car wreck 850 00:21:30,824 --> 00:21:32,992 and Tom will 851 00:21:30,824 --> 00:21:32,992 probably kill himself. 852 00:21:33,930 --> 00:21:34,940 Just thinking of... 853 00:21:34,940 --> 00:21:35,628 - Yeah, all 854 00:21:34,940 --> 00:21:35,628 the negative possibilities. 855 00:21:35,662 --> 00:21:37,731 - Yeah, like here something 856 00:21:35,662 --> 00:21:37,731 wonderful has happened, 857 00:21:37,764 --> 00:21:39,666 something awful 858 00:21:37,764 --> 00:21:39,666 is going to happen. 859 00:21:39,699 --> 00:21:41,701 - And, Ann, 860 00:21:39,699 --> 00:21:41,701 actually it turned out to be 861 00:21:41,735 --> 00:21:44,871 kind of a prophecy, didn't it? 862 00:21:41,735 --> 00:21:44,871 - Yeah. 863 00:21:44,904 --> 00:21:47,874 - It plays back 864 00:21:44,904 --> 00:21:47,874 like a bad dream now. 865 00:21:47,907 --> 00:21:50,610 How she told Bryan 866 00:21:47,907 --> 00:21:50,610 what Tom had been doing 867 00:21:50,643 --> 00:21:52,245 and then discovered 868 00:21:52,278 --> 00:21:54,848 it was even worse 869 00:21:52,278 --> 00:21:54,848 than she thought. 870 00:21:54,881 --> 00:21:57,150 - He goes, well, 871 00:21:54,881 --> 00:21:57,150 I've got one better than that. 872 00:21:57,183 --> 00:22:00,186 He came over here last night 873 00:21:57,183 --> 00:22:00,186 saying he had car trouble 874 00:22:00,220 --> 00:22:01,588 and asked to use the phone. 875 00:22:01,621 --> 00:22:05,291 He said he let him use the phone 876 00:22:01,621 --> 00:22:05,291 and went back to bed. 877 00:22:05,325 --> 00:22:07,727 - Had to have been a ruse, 878 00:22:05,325 --> 00:22:07,727 Bryan figured, 879 00:22:07,761 --> 00:22:11,931 designed solely to see 880 00:22:07,761 --> 00:22:11,931 if Ann was sleeping there. 881 00:22:11,965 --> 00:22:13,400 All that was just before 882 00:22:13,433 --> 00:22:15,568 that conference Bryan 883 00:22:13,433 --> 00:22:15,568 attended out of town, 884 00:22:15,602 --> 00:22:19,205 the one he returned from 885 00:22:15,602 --> 00:22:19,205 on Friday night. 886 00:22:19,239 --> 00:22:22,942 That last phone call 887 00:22:19,239 --> 00:22:22,942 he was on at 10:15 p.m.? 888 00:22:22,976 --> 00:22:25,111 He was talking to Ann. 889 00:22:25,145 --> 00:22:27,147 - All of a sudden, he's like, 890 00:22:25,145 --> 00:22:27,147 well, I've gotta go. 891 00:22:27,180 --> 00:22:29,382 And before I could say 892 00:22:27,180 --> 00:22:29,382 goodbye, he'd hung up. 893 00:22:29,416 --> 00:22:30,483 - Really? 894 00:22:29,416 --> 00:22:30,483 - It was-- 895 00:22:30,517 --> 00:22:31,484 I thought it was 896 00:22:30,517 --> 00:22:31,484 kind of weird 897 00:22:31,518 --> 00:22:32,852 but, you know, it was late. 898 00:22:32,886 --> 00:22:34,654 I didn't want to read 899 00:22:32,886 --> 00:22:34,654 too much into it at the time. 900 00:22:34,688 --> 00:22:35,555 - No. 901 00:22:35,588 --> 00:22:37,900 - You know, 902 00:22:35,588 --> 00:22:37,900 I kind of wondered. 903 00:22:37,123 --> 00:22:39,259 - And now that Bryan 904 00:22:37,123 --> 00:22:39,259 was dead, 905 00:22:39,292 --> 00:22:42,950 Ann wondered a lot about 906 00:22:39,292 --> 00:22:42,950 something she'd remembered 907 00:22:42,950 --> 00:22:44,597 Tom said years earlier. 908 00:22:44,631 --> 00:22:46,990 - If you ever cheat on me, 909 00:22:46,990 --> 00:22:48,101 I'll kill him 910 00:22:46,990 --> 00:22:48,101 and I'll kill you. 911 00:22:48,101 --> 00:22:50,403 - So, it will not 912 00:22:48,101 --> 00:22:50,403 surprise you to know 913 00:22:50,437 --> 00:22:51,871 that when he heard 914 00:22:50,437 --> 00:22:51,871 all this, 915 00:22:51,905 --> 00:22:54,700 Investigator Ken Thompson 916 00:22:51,905 --> 00:22:54,700 made arrangements 917 00:22:54,107 --> 00:22:57,644 to call on young 918 00:22:54,107 --> 00:22:57,644 Tom Jaraczeski right away. 919 00:22:57,677 --> 00:22:59,279 - You know, I was beginning 920 00:22:57,677 --> 00:22:59,279 to form an opinion 921 00:22:59,312 --> 00:23:01,681 that it was somewhat 922 00:22:59,312 --> 00:23:01,681 a crime of passion. 923 00:23:01,715 --> 00:23:03,717 So, I thought, 924 00:23:01,715 --> 00:23:03,717 well, let's-let's see 925 00:23:03,750 --> 00:23:05,251 where this goes, 926 00:23:03,750 --> 00:23:05,251 you know? 927 00:23:05,285 --> 00:23:07,253 That maybe if this 928 00:23:05,285 --> 00:23:07,253 is heavy on his heart 929 00:23:07,287 --> 00:23:10,857 and it was, uh, 930 00:23:07,287 --> 00:23:10,857 just a tragic situation, 931 00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:14,861 maybe we will get 932 00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:14,861 to the truth tonight. 933 00:23:14,894 --> 00:23:17,864 - Oh, if only the life 934 00:23:14,894 --> 00:23:17,864 of an investigator 935 00:23:17,897 --> 00:23:20,600 were that simple. 936 00:23:20,633 --> 00:23:21,801 - Coming up... 937 00:23:24,804 --> 00:23:28,375 - Police have some questions 938 00:23:24,804 --> 00:23:28,375 for the envious ex, 939 00:23:39,786 --> 00:23:41,788 - Welcome back to 940 00:23:39,786 --> 00:23:41,788 "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered". 941 00:23:42,155 --> 00:23:43,490 I'm Kate Snow. 942 00:23:43,523 --> 00:23:45,792 Bryan Rein was gunned down 943 00:23:43,523 --> 00:23:45,792 in his kitchen 944 00:23:45,825 --> 00:23:48,561 some time after 945 00:23:45,825 --> 00:23:48,561 abruptly ending a call 946 00:23:48,595 --> 00:23:50,230 with his girlfriend Ann. 947 00:23:50,263 --> 00:23:54,267 She told investigators that 948 00:23:50,263 --> 00:23:54,267 her ex-boyfriend Tom Jaraczeski 949 00:23:54,300 --> 00:23:56,269 was secretly stalking them 950 00:23:56,302 --> 00:23:58,505 and wondered 951 00:23:56,302 --> 00:23:58,505 if he was involved. 952 00:23:58,538 --> 00:24:00,874 Now, detectives 953 00:23:58,538 --> 00:24:00,874 wanted to talk to Tom. 954 00:24:00,907 --> 00:24:04,770 But if they expected 955 00:24:00,907 --> 00:24:04,770 to find a defensive ex, 956 00:24:04,110 --> 00:24:06,460 they were in 957 00:24:04,110 --> 00:24:06,460 for a surprise. 958 00:24:06,460 --> 00:24:07,414 Back to Keith Morrison 959 00:24:07,447 --> 00:24:10,150 with "Mystery 960 00:24:07,447 --> 00:24:10,150 in Big Sky Country". 961 00:24:11,518 --> 00:24:13,753 - It was dusk 962 00:24:11,518 --> 00:24:13,753 that Monday in Montana 963 00:24:13,787 --> 00:24:16,222 after the weekend murder 964 00:24:13,787 --> 00:24:16,222 of Dr. Bryan Rein 965 00:24:16,256 --> 00:24:17,590 when investigators 966 00:24:16,256 --> 00:24:17,590 drove out 967 00:24:17,624 --> 00:24:21,294 to a farm 11 miles east 968 00:24:17,624 --> 00:24:21,294 of Geraldine. 969 00:24:21,327 --> 00:24:23,830 Here, Agent Ken Thompson 970 00:24:21,327 --> 00:24:23,830 of the local undersheriff 971 00:24:23,863 --> 00:24:27,867 intended to confront 972 00:24:23,863 --> 00:24:27,867 23-year-old Tom Jaraczeski, 973 00:24:27,901 --> 00:24:30,236 the young man 974 00:24:27,901 --> 00:24:30,236 who'd lost in love 975 00:24:30,270 --> 00:24:32,505 and didn't take it well. 976 00:24:32,539 --> 00:24:34,341 - When you arrived, 977 00:24:32,539 --> 00:24:34,341 what was his demeanor? 978 00:24:34,374 --> 00:24:37,777 - Well, I think his-his demeanor 979 00:24:34,374 --> 00:24:37,777 was, uh, to be helpful. 980 00:24:37,811 --> 00:24:40,447 He was welcoming, 981 00:24:37,811 --> 00:24:40,447 very polite. 982 00:24:48,188 --> 00:24:50,857 - Tom Jaraczeski 983 00:24:48,188 --> 00:24:50,857 admitted loving Ann 984 00:24:50,890 --> 00:24:52,892 and being upset 985 00:24:50,890 --> 00:24:52,892 when he heard 986 00:24:52,926 --> 00:24:56,960 another man, Dr. Rein, 987 00:24:52,926 --> 00:24:56,960 leave a phone message 988 00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:57,697 for his live-in girlfriend. 989 00:25:10,577 --> 00:25:13,913 - Tom did not deny 990 00:25:10,577 --> 00:25:13,913 that he'd behaved badly then. 991 00:25:13,947 --> 00:25:16,490 He freely admitted 992 00:25:13,947 --> 00:25:16,490 that he phoned 993 00:25:16,490 --> 00:25:18,618 Ann's family 994 00:25:16,490 --> 00:25:18,618 and her friends. 995 00:25:18,651 --> 00:25:22,550 He even called some of 996 00:25:18,651 --> 00:25:22,550 Bryan's former girlfriends. 997 00:25:22,550 --> 00:25:24,624 - What did that say to you, 998 00:25:22,550 --> 00:25:24,624 that behavior? 999 00:25:24,657 --> 00:25:26,590 - He was literally doing 1000 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:28,610 his own investigation 1001 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:28,610 on Bryan. 1002 00:25:28,940 --> 00:25:30,630 He was calling Ann's friends, 1003 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:32,932 trying to get all the dirt 1004 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:32,932 he could on Bryan 1005 00:25:32,966 --> 00:25:35,680 so that he could 1006 00:25:32,966 --> 00:25:35,680 turn around and... 1007 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:36,136 - Give it to Ann 1008 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:36,136 and she would drop him. 1009 00:25:36,169 --> 00:25:37,137 - And give it 1010 00:25:36,169 --> 00:25:37,137 to Ann and say, 1011 00:25:37,170 --> 00:25:38,838 you need to end 1012 00:25:37,170 --> 00:25:38,838 this relationship. 1013 00:25:38,872 --> 00:25:41,740 This is a bad guy. 1014 00:25:38,872 --> 00:25:41,740 He's just using you, 1015 00:25:41,740 --> 00:25:44,411 and you-you need 1016 00:25:41,740 --> 00:25:44,411 to come back and be with me. 1017 00:25:44,444 --> 00:25:47,280 - In fact, 1018 00:25:44,444 --> 00:25:47,280 Tom admitted nearly all 1019 00:25:47,313 --> 00:25:49,849 the strange behaviors 1020 00:25:47,313 --> 00:25:49,849 Ann described. 1021 00:25:49,883 --> 00:25:51,651 The constant hang-up calls, 1022 00:25:51,685 --> 00:25:54,954 showing up at Bryan's place 1023 00:25:51,685 --> 00:25:54,954 in the middle of the night, 1024 00:25:54,988 --> 00:25:58,910 sneaking into Ann's empty house 1025 00:25:54,988 --> 00:25:58,910 at 3:00 in the morning 1026 00:25:58,910 --> 00:25:59,626 snooping around 1027 00:25:58,910 --> 00:25:59,626 in her bedroom 1028 00:25:59,659 --> 00:26:01,394 and reading her diary. 1029 00:26:06,166 --> 00:26:08,168 - He was actively 1030 00:26:06,166 --> 00:26:08,168 pursuing her, 1031 00:26:08,201 --> 00:26:09,536 aggressively pursuing her 1032 00:26:09,569 --> 00:26:11,838 to-- for her 1033 00:26:09,569 --> 00:26:11,838 to change her mind, 1034 00:26:11,871 --> 00:26:14,207 to end that relationship 1035 00:26:11,871 --> 00:26:14,207 with Bryan 1036 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:16,509 and-and come back 1037 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:16,509 and start over. 1038 00:26:16,543 --> 00:26:18,945 It was just 1039 00:26:16,543 --> 00:26:18,945 a continual spiral, 1040 00:26:19,450 --> 00:26:21,247 the things that 1041 00:26:19,450 --> 00:26:21,247 he was doing, 1042 00:26:21,281 --> 00:26:25,218 the more obsessed 1043 00:26:21,281 --> 00:26:25,218 he got with her. 1044 00:26:25,251 --> 00:26:28,521 - It was, by his own 1045 00:26:25,251 --> 00:26:28,521 admission, pathetic. 1046 00:26:28,555 --> 00:26:30,190 Like when he drove 1047 00:26:28,555 --> 00:26:30,190 an ATV over 1048 00:26:30,223 --> 00:26:33,593 and hid outside 1049 00:26:30,223 --> 00:26:33,593 Ann's family farmhouse 1050 00:26:33,626 --> 00:26:36,663 just hoping for 1051 00:26:33,626 --> 00:26:36,663 a glimpse of her 1052 00:26:36,696 --> 00:26:38,732 and was then chased off 1053 00:26:36,696 --> 00:26:38,732 by Ann's brothers. 1054 00:26:49,476 --> 00:26:52,780 - But Tom had an alibi 1055 00:26:52,112 --> 00:26:54,948 and a pretty solid one 1056 00:26:52,112 --> 00:26:54,948 for most of the weekend 1057 00:26:54,981 --> 00:26:57,830 when Dr. Rein was murdered. 1058 00:26:57,830 --> 00:27:00,200 Except for Friday night. 1059 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:04,290 Oh, and yes, he did admit 1060 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:04,290 he phoned Dr. Rein that night. 1061 00:27:23,810 --> 00:27:25,211 - Investigators had 1062 00:27:23,810 --> 00:27:25,211 been thinking that 1063 00:27:25,245 --> 00:27:27,814 though the medical examiner 1064 00:27:25,245 --> 00:27:27,814 couldn't tell them, 1065 00:27:27,847 --> 00:27:31,918 Friday night was possibly 1066 00:27:27,847 --> 00:27:31,918 when Dr. Rein was murdered. 1067 00:27:31,951 --> 00:27:33,586 And after they heard 1068 00:27:31,951 --> 00:27:33,586 Tom's story, 1069 00:27:33,620 --> 00:27:36,690 how he didn't have 1070 00:27:33,620 --> 00:27:36,690 an alibi for Friday night, 1071 00:27:36,723 --> 00:27:38,391 that seemed to them 1072 00:27:36,723 --> 00:27:38,391 to clinch it. 1073 00:27:48,435 --> 00:27:52,720 - And then Tom dug 1074 00:27:48,435 --> 00:27:52,720 a deeper hole for himself. 1075 00:27:52,105 --> 00:27:54,407 Remember, it appeared 1076 00:27:52,105 --> 00:27:54,407 Dr. Rein scuffled with somebody 1077 00:27:54,441 --> 00:27:56,676 before he was shot dead. 1078 00:27:56,710 --> 00:27:58,611 Well, guess who told 1079 00:27:56,710 --> 00:27:58,611 the agents 1080 00:27:58,645 --> 00:28:01,848 that he'd hurt his back 1081 00:27:58,645 --> 00:28:01,848 that very Friday night 1082 00:28:01,881 --> 00:28:04,170 falling out 1083 00:28:01,881 --> 00:28:04,170 of a pickup truck? 1084 00:28:11,891 --> 00:28:14,494 - But the next day 1085 00:28:11,891 --> 00:28:14,494 Tom went to a hospital 1086 00:28:14,527 --> 00:28:16,796 and was treated 1087 00:28:14,527 --> 00:28:16,796 for back pain. 1088 00:28:16,830 --> 00:28:20,660 The only things Tom denied 1089 00:28:16,830 --> 00:28:20,660 in that interview? 1090 00:28:20,100 --> 00:28:23,169 Faking a vehicle breakdown 1091 00:28:20,100 --> 00:28:23,169 ten days before the murder 1092 00:28:23,203 --> 00:28:25,238 and knocking on 1093 00:28:23,203 --> 00:28:25,238 Dr. Rein's door 1094 00:28:25,271 --> 00:28:27,574 to use the phone 1095 00:28:25,271 --> 00:28:27,574 in the middle of the night. 1096 00:28:29,843 --> 00:28:33,413 - But investigators 1097 00:28:29,843 --> 00:28:33,413 weren't buying Tom's story. 1098 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:55,669 - When you left at the end 1099 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:55,669 of that first interview, 1100 00:28:55,702 --> 00:28:56,670 what did you think? 1101 00:28:56,703 --> 00:28:58,838 Did you think 1102 00:28:56,703 --> 00:28:58,838 this-this is our guy? 1103 00:28:58,872 --> 00:29:01,441 - I thought clearly 1104 00:28:58,872 --> 00:29:01,441 he was a suspect. 1105 00:29:01,474 --> 00:29:05,245 He clearly had done some things 1106 00:29:01,474 --> 00:29:05,245 that were very troubling. 1107 00:29:05,278 --> 00:29:06,212 - Sure. 1108 00:29:06,246 --> 00:29:09,249 - But did that mean 1109 00:29:06,246 --> 00:29:09,249 he was the killer? 1110 00:29:09,282 --> 00:29:12,850 What would 1111 00:29:09,282 --> 00:29:12,850 Tom Jaraczeski say 1112 00:29:12,118 --> 00:29:14,554 if we asked him? 1113 00:29:14,587 --> 00:29:16,289 - Coming up... 1114 00:29:16,322 --> 00:29:18,191 - They started accusing me 1115 00:29:16,322 --> 00:29:18,191 of killing Bryan. 1116 00:29:18,224 --> 00:29:19,859 I was scared to death. 1117 00:29:19,893 --> 00:29:21,695 - Tom under the microscope. 1118 00:29:21,728 --> 00:29:24,970 But could there be 1119 00:29:21,728 --> 00:29:24,970 another person of interest 1120 00:29:24,130 --> 00:29:25,565 in this case? 1121 00:29:25,598 --> 00:29:27,567 - We looked at him 1122 00:29:25,598 --> 00:29:27,567 very seriously. 1123 00:29:40,413 --> 00:29:42,182 - The plains of Montana 1124 00:29:40,413 --> 00:29:42,182 are no stranger 1125 00:29:42,682 --> 00:29:44,718 to sudden violent death. 1126 00:29:44,751 --> 00:29:47,530 History is littered 1127 00:29:44,751 --> 00:29:47,530 with it. 1128 00:29:47,530 --> 00:29:49,322 But for the people 1129 00:29:47,530 --> 00:29:49,322 living the history, 1130 00:29:49,356 --> 00:29:51,324 in July 1996, 1131 00:29:49,356 --> 00:29:51,324 after the murder 1132 00:29:51,358 --> 00:29:54,194 of the town veterinarian, 1133 00:29:51,358 --> 00:29:54,194 Bryan Rein, 1134 00:29:54,227 --> 00:29:56,863 it was all 1135 00:29:54,227 --> 00:29:56,863 very, very hard. 1136 00:29:56,896 --> 00:29:59,866 - Mom, for probably 1137 00:29:56,896 --> 00:29:59,866 the next five years, 1138 00:29:59,899 --> 00:30:01,835 crawled in a hole 1139 00:29:59,899 --> 00:30:01,835 and didn't come out. 1140 00:30:01,868 --> 00:30:04,938 - And Ann, that young woman 1141 00:30:01,868 --> 00:30:04,938 in the middle? 1142 00:30:04,971 --> 00:30:06,390 - I was devastated. 1143 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:07,507 I just thought here, 1144 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:07,507 you know, 1145 00:30:07,540 --> 00:30:10,243 here I've met somebody 1146 00:30:07,540 --> 00:30:10,243 that treats me nice 1147 00:30:10,276 --> 00:30:12,512 and treats me 1148 00:30:10,276 --> 00:30:12,512 like an equal. 1149 00:30:12,545 --> 00:30:13,780 - Somebody you felt 1150 00:30:12,545 --> 00:30:13,780 special with 1151 00:30:13,813 --> 00:30:15,810 when you were with him. 1152 00:30:13,813 --> 00:30:15,810 - Yeah, yes. 1153 00:30:15,115 --> 00:30:19,319 And to have that ripped away 1154 00:30:15,115 --> 00:30:19,319 and not even know 1155 00:30:19,352 --> 00:30:20,854 nothing may have 1156 00:30:19,352 --> 00:30:20,854 ever came of it, 1157 00:30:20,887 --> 00:30:24,457 but I, you know, didn't get 1158 00:30:20,887 --> 00:30:24,457 the chance to find out. 1159 00:30:24,491 --> 00:30:26,359 - But what was worse, 1160 00:30:26,393 --> 00:30:29,929 Ann felt an overpowering 1161 00:30:26,393 --> 00:30:29,929 sense of guilt. 1162 00:30:29,963 --> 00:30:32,298 - You felt responsible? 1163 00:30:32,332 --> 00:30:34,234 - I felt like 1164 00:30:32,332 --> 00:30:34,234 if it wasn't for me, 1165 00:30:34,267 --> 00:30:37,303 it never 1166 00:30:34,267 --> 00:30:37,303 would have happened. 1167 00:30:37,337 --> 00:30:41,574 - Because, of course, 1168 00:30:37,337 --> 00:30:41,574 she broke up with him. 1169 00:30:41,608 --> 00:30:43,543 - It's just unbelievable. 1170 00:30:43,576 --> 00:30:48,248 - And here he is, 1171 00:30:43,576 --> 00:30:48,248 Tom Jaraczeski, Ann's ex, 1172 00:30:48,281 --> 00:30:51,284 otherwise known as 1173 00:30:48,281 --> 00:30:51,284 the prime suspect. 1174 00:30:51,317 --> 00:30:55,210 - It seems like a bad dream 1175 00:30:51,317 --> 00:30:55,210 that I couldn't wake up from. 1176 00:30:55,550 --> 00:30:57,557 - How'd you find out 1177 00:30:55,550 --> 00:30:57,557 that he was killed? 1178 00:30:57,590 --> 00:30:59,259 - Um, from my mom. 1179 00:30:59,292 --> 00:31:00,894 She just said that 1180 00:30:59,292 --> 00:31:00,894 she'd gotten a phone call 1181 00:31:00,927 --> 00:31:03,930 that the veterinarian 1182 00:31:00,927 --> 00:31:03,930 in Geraldine had been killed. 1183 00:31:03,963 --> 00:31:05,832 - And, of course, 1184 00:31:03,963 --> 00:31:05,832 Tom knew perfectly well 1185 00:31:05,865 --> 00:31:07,801 who his mother 1186 00:31:05,865 --> 00:31:07,801 was talking about. 1187 00:31:07,834 --> 00:31:11,710 His rival, the man 1188 00:31:07,834 --> 00:31:11,710 who'd taken his girlfriend 1189 00:31:11,710 --> 00:31:13,873 and made his life 1190 00:31:11,710 --> 00:31:13,873 so miserable. 1191 00:31:13,907 --> 00:31:15,750 And so... 1192 00:31:15,108 --> 00:31:18,745 - You had to be sort of 1193 00:31:15,108 --> 00:31:18,745 a little bit okay with that. 1194 00:31:18,778 --> 00:31:20,914 - No, not at all. 1195 00:31:20,947 --> 00:31:23,830 I had no ill feelings 1196 00:31:20,947 --> 00:31:23,830 towards Bryan. 1197 00:31:23,830 --> 00:31:24,284 - Oh, really? 1198 00:31:24,317 --> 00:31:26,453 Come on, you had to have had 1199 00:31:24,317 --> 00:31:26,453 ill feelings towards Bryan. 1200 00:31:26,486 --> 00:31:28,154 - Uh-uh, not for somebody 1201 00:31:26,486 --> 00:31:28,154 to lose his life. 1202 00:31:28,188 --> 00:31:29,322 - He took your girl away. 1203 00:31:29,356 --> 00:31:31,257 - Yeah, but not for somebody 1204 00:31:29,356 --> 00:31:31,257 to lose their life. 1205 00:31:33,159 --> 00:31:34,728 - Tom said he knew 1206 00:31:33,159 --> 00:31:34,728 immediately 1207 00:31:34,761 --> 00:31:37,197 that he would be high 1208 00:31:34,761 --> 00:31:37,197 on the list of suspects 1209 00:31:37,230 --> 00:31:39,990 as, of course, he was. 1210 00:31:39,990 --> 00:31:41,968 So, he wasn't surprised 1211 00:31:39,990 --> 00:31:41,968 when Agent Ken Thompson 1212 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:44,237 and the local undersheriff 1213 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:44,237 showed up 1214 00:31:44,270 --> 00:31:46,106 at the family farmhouse. 1215 00:31:46,139 --> 00:31:47,240 - I was nervous. 1216 00:31:47,273 --> 00:31:49,576 I mean, both guys 1217 00:31:47,273 --> 00:31:49,576 had guns on their hips 1218 00:31:49,609 --> 00:31:53,279 and came into my house, 1219 00:31:49,609 --> 00:31:53,279 and, you know, 1220 00:31:53,313 --> 00:31:55,682 I proceeded to tell them 1221 00:31:53,313 --> 00:31:55,682 all these things 1222 00:31:55,715 --> 00:31:58,418 that I was doing 1223 00:31:55,715 --> 00:31:58,418 as far as the phone calls 1224 00:31:58,451 --> 00:32:01,254 and-and the stalking. 1225 00:32:01,287 --> 00:32:04,570 And-and when I told them 1226 00:32:01,287 --> 00:32:04,570 all about that, 1227 00:32:04,570 --> 00:32:06,359 then they totally 1228 00:32:04,570 --> 00:32:06,359 changed their tune 1229 00:32:06,393 --> 00:32:09,620 and started accusing me 1230 00:32:06,393 --> 00:32:09,620 of killing Bryan. 1231 00:32:09,620 --> 00:32:12,650 I was scared to death. 1232 00:32:12,980 --> 00:32:15,568 I was worried that they were 1233 00:32:12,980 --> 00:32:15,568 going to charge me that night. 1234 00:32:15,602 --> 00:32:17,700 - But they didn't. 1235 00:32:17,700 --> 00:32:18,638 While it was true, 1236 00:32:17,700 --> 00:32:18,638 as we said, 1237 00:32:18,672 --> 00:32:21,207 that the crime scene 1238 00:32:18,672 --> 00:32:21,207 was compromised, 1239 00:32:21,241 --> 00:32:23,476 there were hairs 1240 00:32:21,241 --> 00:32:23,476 and fibers and fingerprints 1241 00:32:23,510 --> 00:32:26,546 and blood samples 1242 00:32:23,510 --> 00:32:26,546 yet untested. 1243 00:32:26,579 --> 00:32:29,649 So, the investigators 1244 00:32:26,579 --> 00:32:29,649 said their goodbyes 1245 00:32:29,683 --> 00:32:32,652 and told Tom 1246 00:32:29,683 --> 00:32:32,652 they'd be back. 1247 00:32:32,686 --> 00:32:33,920 - All these years later, 1248 00:32:32,686 --> 00:32:33,920 what--? 1249 00:32:33,953 --> 00:32:35,755 - Sitting here now, 1250 00:32:33,953 --> 00:32:35,755 two decades later, 1251 00:32:35,789 --> 00:32:38,925 Tom told us 1252 00:32:35,789 --> 00:32:38,925 yes, he did love Ann. 1253 00:32:38,958 --> 00:32:41,294 He thought they had 1254 00:32:38,958 --> 00:32:41,294 a future together. 1255 00:32:41,327 --> 00:32:42,729 - You know, I felt like 1256 00:32:41,327 --> 00:32:42,729 she was the one 1257 00:32:42,762 --> 00:32:44,964 and-and we'd be 1258 00:32:42,762 --> 00:32:44,964 together forever. 1259 00:32:44,998 --> 00:32:46,399 - But when he heard 1260 00:32:44,998 --> 00:32:46,399 that phone message 1261 00:32:46,433 --> 00:32:47,600 left by Dr. Rein 1262 00:32:47,634 --> 00:32:49,669 at the apartment 1263 00:32:47,634 --> 00:32:49,669 he shared with Ann... 1264 00:32:49,703 --> 00:32:51,104 - What did that feel like? 1265 00:32:51,104 --> 00:32:53,106 - Like my heart 1266 00:32:51,104 --> 00:32:53,106 was torn in half. 1267 00:32:53,106 --> 00:32:56,376 - You did some things 1268 00:32:53,106 --> 00:32:56,376 then, which, in retrospect, 1269 00:32:56,409 --> 00:32:57,977 probably you must think 1270 00:32:58,110 --> 00:33:00,460 were not the brightest 1271 00:32:58,110 --> 00:33:00,460 in the world. 1272 00:33:00,460 --> 00:33:01,470 - Yes. 1273 00:33:01,470 --> 00:33:02,382 - What bothers you 1274 00:33:01,470 --> 00:33:02,382 as you think about it? 1275 00:33:02,415 --> 00:33:05,185 - Well, I didn't know 1276 00:33:02,415 --> 00:33:05,185 anything about Bryan. 1277 00:33:05,218 --> 00:33:08,540 So, I started calling up 1278 00:33:05,218 --> 00:33:08,540 some of Ann's family 1279 00:33:08,540 --> 00:33:10,390 and some of Ann's friends 1280 00:33:10,423 --> 00:33:12,192 to see what they knew 1281 00:33:10,423 --> 00:33:12,192 about Bryan. 1282 00:33:12,225 --> 00:33:15,395 I was concerned because 1283 00:33:12,225 --> 00:33:15,395 he was a veterinarian 1284 00:33:15,428 --> 00:33:19,366 and he had access to drugs. 1285 00:33:19,399 --> 00:33:22,680 I thought maybe he was 1286 00:33:19,399 --> 00:33:22,680 giving Ann something. 1287 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:24,504 - Because why would she 1288 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:24,504 leave you for another guy? 1289 00:33:24,537 --> 00:33:26,406 Must be drugs involved 1290 00:33:24,537 --> 00:33:26,406 or something like that. 1291 00:33:26,439 --> 00:33:28,875 Something other than just 1292 00:33:26,439 --> 00:33:28,875 wanting to make a switch. 1293 00:33:28,908 --> 00:33:32,345 - Yeah, that was 1294 00:33:28,908 --> 00:33:32,345 my initial impression. 1295 00:33:32,379 --> 00:33:33,580 - And all that other stuff, 1296 00:33:33,613 --> 00:33:36,116 the hang-up phone calls, 1297 00:33:33,613 --> 00:33:36,116 the stalking, 1298 00:33:36,149 --> 00:33:39,686 going into her bedroom 1299 00:33:36,149 --> 00:33:39,686 to read her diary? 1300 00:33:39,719 --> 00:33:41,187 - Not great behavior. 1301 00:33:39,719 --> 00:33:41,187 - No. 1302 00:33:41,221 --> 00:33:42,856 It was wrong of me 1303 00:33:41,221 --> 00:33:42,856 to do that. 1304 00:33:42,889 --> 00:33:44,124 I wanted to see 1305 00:33:42,889 --> 00:33:44,124 her thoughts, 1306 00:33:44,157 --> 00:33:45,492 what she had to say 1307 00:33:44,157 --> 00:33:45,492 about me, 1308 00:33:45,525 --> 00:33:47,193 what she had to say 1309 00:33:45,525 --> 00:33:47,193 about Bryan. 1310 00:33:47,227 --> 00:33:48,661 - You were having a lot 1311 00:33:47,227 --> 00:33:48,661 of trouble letting it go. 1312 00:33:48,695 --> 00:33:49,896 - I did, yes. 1313 00:33:49,929 --> 00:33:51,464 There's no manual on 1314 00:33:49,929 --> 00:33:51,464 how long it takes 1315 00:33:51,498 --> 00:33:53,433 to get over a relationship. 1316 00:33:51,498 --> 00:33:53,433 - Yeah. 1317 00:33:53,466 --> 00:33:55,935 - And for me, 1318 00:33:53,466 --> 00:33:55,935 it-it took a while. 1319 00:33:55,969 --> 00:33:59,500 - But he swore to us here, 1320 00:33:55,969 --> 00:33:59,500 as he did when he talked 1321 00:33:59,105 --> 00:34:01,274 to the investigators 1322 00:33:59,105 --> 00:34:01,274 way back when, 1323 00:34:01,307 --> 00:34:03,430 that he had nothing to do 1324 00:34:03,430 --> 00:34:05,245 with the murder 1325 00:34:03,430 --> 00:34:05,245 of Dr. Rein. 1326 00:34:05,278 --> 00:34:07,514 Even though it looked 1327 00:34:05,278 --> 00:34:07,514 pretty bad for him. 1328 00:34:08,648 --> 00:34:10,315 - They told me right away 1329 00:34:08,648 --> 00:34:10,315 that this happened 1330 00:34:10,350 --> 00:34:12,520 on a Friday night 1331 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:15,121 and I was home alone 1332 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:15,121 on a Friday night. 1333 00:34:15,155 --> 00:34:17,924 I had no alibi. 1334 00:34:17,956 --> 00:34:22,661 And so, I-I was kinda stuck. 1335 00:34:22,696 --> 00:34:24,664 - Although remember 1336 00:34:22,696 --> 00:34:24,664 the medical examiner 1337 00:34:24,697 --> 00:34:27,734 was unable to settle 1338 00:34:24,697 --> 00:34:27,734 on a time of death. 1339 00:34:27,766 --> 00:34:30,402 So, despite what 1340 00:34:27,766 --> 00:34:30,402 the detectives told Tom, 1341 00:34:30,437 --> 00:34:33,406 the murder could have 1342 00:34:30,437 --> 00:34:33,406 happened on Saturday 1343 00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:35,775 when Tom did have 1344 00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:35,775 an alibi. 1345 00:34:35,809 --> 00:34:37,510 Which made another of 1346 00:34:35,809 --> 00:34:37,510 the detectives' interviews 1347 00:34:37,543 --> 00:34:41,114 particularly interesting 1348 00:34:37,543 --> 00:34:41,114 because yes, in fact, 1349 00:34:41,147 --> 00:34:43,949 there were 1350 00:34:41,147 --> 00:34:43,949 other persons of interest. 1351 00:34:43,983 --> 00:34:46,860 And another man 1352 00:34:43,983 --> 00:34:46,860 they went to visit 1353 00:34:46,860 --> 00:34:47,853 did have an alibi 1354 00:34:46,860 --> 00:34:47,853 for Friday, 1355 00:34:47,887 --> 00:34:50,757 but not Saturday. 1356 00:34:50,790 --> 00:34:53,426 That man happened to be 1357 00:34:50,790 --> 00:34:53,426 a close friend of the victim. 1358 00:34:53,460 --> 00:34:55,995 His name was 1359 00:34:53,460 --> 00:34:55,995 Larry Hagenbuch. 1360 00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:58,431 - How seriously 1361 00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:58,431 did you look at Larry? 1362 00:34:58,465 --> 00:35:00,433 - We looked at him 1363 00:34:58,465 --> 00:35:00,433 very seriously. 1364 00:35:00,467 --> 00:35:02,535 - Hagenbuch was the one 1365 00:35:00,467 --> 00:35:02,535 who encouraged Bryan 1366 00:35:02,569 --> 00:35:05,705 to move from Kansas 1367 00:35:02,569 --> 00:35:05,705 to Montana. 1368 00:35:05,739 --> 00:35:08,408 But Larry wasn't 1369 00:35:05,739 --> 00:35:08,408 a stable man just then. 1370 00:35:08,441 --> 00:35:12,245 His wife was leaving him, 1371 00:35:08,441 --> 00:35:12,245 he had been drinking a lot. 1372 00:35:12,278 --> 00:35:15,215 He tried to take his own life 1373 00:35:12,278 --> 00:35:15,215 a month before the murder 1374 00:35:15,248 --> 00:35:19,486 using animal medications 1375 00:35:15,248 --> 00:35:19,486 he'd gotten from Bryan. 1376 00:35:19,519 --> 00:35:22,155 In fact, it was Dr. Rein 1377 00:35:19,519 --> 00:35:22,155 who intervened 1378 00:35:22,188 --> 00:35:24,491 to help save Larry. 1379 00:35:24,524 --> 00:35:25,892 And here's the thing. 1380 00:35:25,925 --> 00:35:28,495 Detectives had heard 1381 00:35:25,925 --> 00:35:28,495 that Larry seemed to know 1382 00:35:28,528 --> 00:35:31,231 intimate details 1383 00:35:28,528 --> 00:35:31,231 of the crime scene 1384 00:35:31,264 --> 00:35:33,900 which had not been 1385 00:35:31,264 --> 00:35:33,900 made public, 1386 00:35:33,933 --> 00:35:37,170 as if he was right there 1387 00:35:33,933 --> 00:35:37,170 when it happened. 1388 00:35:37,203 --> 00:35:38,438 The problem? 1389 00:35:38,471 --> 00:35:39,572 - His story never 1390 00:35:38,471 --> 00:35:39,572 stayed the same 1391 00:35:39,606 --> 00:35:41,408 when he was even 1392 00:35:39,606 --> 00:35:41,408 revealing it. 1393 00:35:41,441 --> 00:35:43,760 I mean, at one point 1394 00:35:41,441 --> 00:35:43,760 he said that 1395 00:35:43,109 --> 00:35:45,780 there was bullet holes 1396 00:35:43,109 --> 00:35:45,780 everywhere. 1397 00:35:45,111 --> 00:35:46,212 - Yeah. 1398 00:35:46,246 --> 00:35:48,915 - Later he would say 1399 00:35:46,246 --> 00:35:48,915 there was only two holes. 1400 00:35:48,948 --> 00:35:51,751 At one point he indicated 1401 00:35:48,948 --> 00:35:51,751 that it was a rifle. 1402 00:35:51,785 --> 00:35:53,286 And then it was a pistol. 1403 00:35:53,319 --> 00:35:54,454 - This is 1404 00:35:53,319 --> 00:35:54,454 Agent Kenneth Thompson, 1405 00:35:54,487 --> 00:35:56,356 Montana Criminal 1406 00:35:54,487 --> 00:35:56,356 Investigation Bureau. 1407 00:35:56,389 --> 00:35:59,392 - Still, from the sound of 1408 00:35:56,389 --> 00:35:59,392 this 20-year-old recording, 1409 00:35:59,426 --> 00:36:01,261 Agent Thompson wasn't 1410 00:35:59,426 --> 00:36:01,261 accusing Larry 1411 00:36:01,294 --> 00:36:04,364 of murdering his friend 1412 00:36:01,294 --> 00:36:04,364 in cold blood, 1413 00:36:04,397 --> 00:36:07,534 more like things got 1414 00:36:04,397 --> 00:36:07,534 out of hand somehow. 1415 00:36:48,174 --> 00:36:50,977 - Not much more the detectives 1416 00:36:48,174 --> 00:36:50,977 could accomplish at that point. 1417 00:36:51,770 --> 00:36:54,981 In those days, DNA took 1418 00:36:51,770 --> 00:36:54,981 its sweet time getting tested. 1419 00:36:55,810 --> 00:36:57,484 Would the results put 1420 00:36:55,810 --> 00:36:57,484 either of those men 1421 00:36:57,517 --> 00:37:01,870 at the crime scene 1422 00:36:57,517 --> 00:37:01,870 firing the gun at Dr. Rein? 1423 00:37:01,121 --> 00:37:04,758 Seemed like maybe it was time 1424 00:37:01,121 --> 00:37:04,758 for something hands-on. 1425 00:37:04,791 --> 00:37:08,280 Or nose on, if you will. 1426 00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:11,297 Enter Calamity Jane. 1427 00:37:11,331 --> 00:37:14,868 Well named, that dog. 1428 00:37:14,901 --> 00:37:16,236 - Coming up... 1429 00:37:16,269 --> 00:37:19,472 - That was the closest thing 1430 00:37:16,269 --> 00:37:19,472 we had to a link. 1431 00:37:19,506 --> 00:37:22,208 - Calamity Jane 1432 00:37:19,506 --> 00:37:22,208 sniffs out a clue 1433 00:37:37,724 --> 00:37:39,590 - The week after 1434 00:37:37,724 --> 00:37:39,590 they buried Bryan Rein 1435 00:37:39,826 --> 00:37:41,761 near his childhood home 1436 00:37:39,826 --> 00:37:41,761 in Kansas, 1437 00:37:41,795 --> 00:37:43,930 sister Charlene 1438 00:37:41,795 --> 00:37:43,930 came to Montana 1439 00:37:43,963 --> 00:37:47,100 curious about the progress 1440 00:37:43,963 --> 00:37:47,100 of the investigation. 1441 00:37:47,133 --> 00:37:49,690 And that's when 1442 00:37:47,133 --> 00:37:49,690 local deputies told her 1443 00:37:49,690 --> 00:37:51,710 about the mess up 1444 00:37:49,690 --> 00:37:51,710 at the crime scene, 1445 00:37:51,710 --> 00:37:53,640 how they threw away 1446 00:37:51,710 --> 00:37:53,640 some potential evidence. 1447 00:37:53,673 --> 00:37:56,743 Charlene was horrified. 1448 00:37:56,776 --> 00:37:58,511 - Have you ever heard 1449 00:37:56,776 --> 00:37:58,511 of such a thing before? 1450 00:37:58,545 --> 00:38:00,814 - No, he goes, 1451 00:37:58,545 --> 00:38:00,814 no, we-we cleaned it up. 1452 00:38:00,847 --> 00:38:02,749 We didn't want 1453 00:38:00,847 --> 00:38:02,749 the family to see it. 1454 00:38:02,782 --> 00:38:03,750 - Wow! 1455 00:38:03,783 --> 00:38:06,119 - I'm like, why? 1456 00:38:03,783 --> 00:38:06,119 Where is everything? 1457 00:38:06,152 --> 00:38:07,620 We got rid of it. 1458 00:38:07,654 --> 00:38:10,557 - But then when she went 1459 00:38:07,654 --> 00:38:10,557 to her brother's bunkhouse, 1460 00:38:10,590 --> 00:38:13,126 Charlene discovered 1461 00:38:10,590 --> 00:38:13,126 that someone else 1462 00:38:13,159 --> 00:38:15,695 must have gotten rid 1463 00:38:13,159 --> 00:38:15,695 of something too, 1464 00:38:15,729 --> 00:38:18,932 something the cops 1465 00:38:15,729 --> 00:38:18,932 didn't know existed. 1466 00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:21,568 And in an instant, 1467 00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:21,568 Charlene's discovery 1468 00:38:21,601 --> 00:38:25,271 changed the whole theory 1469 00:38:21,601 --> 00:38:25,271 of how the murder happened. 1470 00:38:25,305 --> 00:38:27,807 - They had found 1471 00:38:25,305 --> 00:38:27,807 the gun beside him. 1472 00:38:27,841 --> 00:38:32,278 And I said, 1473 00:38:27,841 --> 00:38:32,278 well, where's the gun case? 1474 00:38:32,312 --> 00:38:33,513 The gun case was missing. 1475 00:38:33,546 --> 00:38:35,348 It was a gun case 1476 00:38:33,546 --> 00:38:35,348 that Bryan had made. 1477 00:38:35,382 --> 00:38:37,517 - And so, the gun is 1478 00:38:35,382 --> 00:38:37,517 always in the gun case. 1479 00:38:37,550 --> 00:38:40,720 - The gun was either in it 1480 00:38:37,550 --> 00:38:40,720 or beside it. 1481 00:38:44,190 --> 00:38:47,930 - A perimeter search of 1482 00:38:44,190 --> 00:38:47,930 the property was organized 1483 00:38:47,127 --> 00:38:49,929 and lo and behold, 1484 00:38:47,127 --> 00:38:49,929 the gun holster, 1485 00:38:49,963 --> 00:38:52,365 a leather case inscribed 1486 00:38:49,963 --> 00:38:52,365 with Bryan's initials 1487 00:38:52,399 --> 00:38:54,434 was found lying 1488 00:38:52,399 --> 00:38:54,434 in tall grass 1489 00:38:54,467 --> 00:38:57,470 84-feet 1490 00:38:54,467 --> 00:38:57,470 from Dr. Rein's door. 1491 00:38:57,504 --> 00:39:00,600 How did it get 1492 00:38:57,504 --> 00:39:00,600 way out there? 1493 00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:01,574 Well, as he thought 1494 00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:01,574 about it, 1495 00:39:01,608 --> 00:39:04,411 the whole scene seemed to gel 1496 00:39:01,608 --> 00:39:04,411 in Ken Thompson's mind. 1497 00:39:04,444 --> 00:39:06,790 The way it happened, 1498 00:39:04,444 --> 00:39:06,790 that is. 1499 00:39:06,112 --> 00:39:09,449 The killer must have stolen 1500 00:39:06,112 --> 00:39:09,449 Bryan's own gun in its case 1501 00:39:09,482 --> 00:39:12,520 while Dr. Rein was away 1502 00:39:09,482 --> 00:39:12,520 at his conference. 1503 00:39:12,850 --> 00:39:14,200 Then brought it back 1504 00:39:12,850 --> 00:39:14,200 that night 1505 00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:16,220 expressly to kill Bryan, 1506 00:39:16,220 --> 00:39:18,258 discarding the holster 1507 00:39:16,220 --> 00:39:18,258 on the way to the door. 1508 00:39:18,291 --> 00:39:20,930 - If it hadn't been 1509 00:39:18,291 --> 00:39:20,930 for that holster out there, 1510 00:39:20,126 --> 00:39:22,195 it could have been 1511 00:39:20,126 --> 00:39:22,195 somebody came to the door, 1512 00:39:22,228 --> 00:39:23,229 knocked at the door, 1513 00:39:23,263 --> 00:39:25,310 Bryan came to the door 1514 00:39:23,263 --> 00:39:25,310 with a gun 1515 00:39:25,310 --> 00:39:26,633 to maybe threaten him. 1516 00:39:26,666 --> 00:39:28,268 And there was a tussle. 1517 00:39:26,666 --> 00:39:28,268 - That could have been. 1518 00:39:28,301 --> 00:39:29,336 - The gun changed hands. 1519 00:39:28,301 --> 00:39:29,336 - Sure. 1520 00:39:29,369 --> 00:39:30,170 - And boom, boom. 1521 00:39:30,203 --> 00:39:32,605 - It could have been. 1522 00:39:30,203 --> 00:39:32,605 Absolutely. 1523 00:39:32,639 --> 00:39:35,375 But that holster 1524 00:39:32,639 --> 00:39:35,375 being out there, 1525 00:39:35,408 --> 00:39:38,578 um, there just-- 1526 00:39:35,408 --> 00:39:38,578 there's just no other reason 1527 00:39:38,611 --> 00:39:41,470 why that holster 1528 00:39:38,611 --> 00:39:41,470 would be out there. 1529 00:39:41,470 --> 00:39:44,751 - That was Agent Thompson's 1530 00:39:41,470 --> 00:39:44,751 theory anyway. 1531 00:39:44,784 --> 00:39:48,540 Was Tom Jaraczeski 1532 00:39:44,784 --> 00:39:48,540 capable of such a thing? 1533 00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:50,623 Well, he'd already admitted 1534 00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:50,623 he sneaked into Ann's house 1535 00:39:50,657 --> 00:39:52,292 when it was empty. 1536 00:39:52,325 --> 00:39:54,294 And so, 1537 00:39:52,325 --> 00:39:54,294 thought Agent Thompson, 1538 00:39:54,327 --> 00:39:55,829 he must have been 1539 00:39:54,327 --> 00:39:55,829 perfectly capable 1540 00:39:55,862 --> 00:39:57,831 of walking into 1541 00:39:55,862 --> 00:39:57,831 Dr. Rein's place, too, 1542 00:39:57,864 --> 00:39:59,833 and stealing that gun. 1543 00:39:59,866 --> 00:40:02,569 - He had plenty of 1544 00:39:59,866 --> 00:40:02,569 opportunity to get the gun. 1545 00:40:02,602 --> 00:40:04,104 The trailer 1546 00:40:02,602 --> 00:40:04,104 was never locked. 1547 00:40:04,137 --> 00:40:05,505 - But why would he 1548 00:40:04,137 --> 00:40:05,505 get Bryan's gun? 1549 00:40:05,538 --> 00:40:06,673 He could get a gun anywhere. 1550 00:40:06,706 --> 00:40:07,707 It's Montana, 1551 00:40:06,706 --> 00:40:07,707 for God's sake. 1552 00:40:07,741 --> 00:40:09,175 - Yep, yep. 1553 00:40:07,741 --> 00:40:09,175 - Everybody's got a gun. 1554 00:40:09,209 --> 00:40:13,646 - He certainly had the ability 1555 00:40:09,209 --> 00:40:13,646 to go over there undetected 1556 00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:15,448 and walk into that trailer, 1557 00:40:15,482 --> 00:40:19,586 ample time to look around, 1558 00:40:15,482 --> 00:40:19,586 uh, to grab the gun. 1559 00:40:19,619 --> 00:40:22,155 - So, that became 1560 00:40:19,619 --> 00:40:22,155 the leading theory. 1561 00:40:22,188 --> 00:40:25,291 Larry Hagenbuch, 1562 00:40:22,188 --> 00:40:25,291 the doctor's troubled friend, 1563 00:40:25,325 --> 00:40:26,826 if that's truly 1564 00:40:25,325 --> 00:40:26,826 what he was, 1565 00:40:26,860 --> 00:40:29,950 remained a person of interest 1566 00:40:29,129 --> 00:40:31,598 but the primary suspect, 1567 00:40:29,129 --> 00:40:31,598 no question, 1568 00:40:31,631 --> 00:40:34,670 was still Tom Jaraczeski. 1569 00:40:34,100 --> 00:40:36,836 But how to prove it. 1570 00:40:36,870 --> 00:40:38,905 Well, as luck would have it, 1571 00:40:38,938 --> 00:40:41,641 a bloodhound was at 1572 00:40:38,938 --> 00:40:41,641 the crime scene that day, 1573 00:40:41,675 --> 00:40:43,209 owned by a local guy. 1574 00:40:43,243 --> 00:40:46,212 A dog named Calamity Jane. 1575 00:40:46,246 --> 00:40:49,182 So, they let the dog sniff 1576 00:40:46,246 --> 00:40:49,182 Tom's baseball cap. 1577 00:40:49,215 --> 00:40:50,350 And... 1578 00:40:50,383 --> 00:40:51,718 - The dog went into 1579 00:40:50,383 --> 00:40:51,718 the trailer, 1580 00:40:51,751 --> 00:40:55,155 went right to-- 1581 00:40:51,751 --> 00:40:55,155 right out the back door, 1582 00:40:55,188 --> 00:40:57,724 went right to where 1583 00:40:55,188 --> 00:40:57,724 the holster had been found, 1584 00:40:57,757 --> 00:41:00,293 went right to 1585 00:40:57,757 --> 00:41:00,293 the caragana bushes 1586 00:41:00,326 --> 00:41:04,164 where, uh, there was 1587 00:41:00,326 --> 00:41:04,164 an indication that somebody 1588 00:41:04,197 --> 00:41:05,699 had been standing 1589 00:41:04,197 --> 00:41:05,699 in there. 1590 00:41:05,732 --> 00:41:06,900 - What did you think? 1591 00:41:06,933 --> 00:41:08,702 - Well, we believe that 1592 00:41:06,933 --> 00:41:08,702 that was a connection. 1593 00:41:08,735 --> 00:41:12,105 That was the closest thing 1594 00:41:08,735 --> 00:41:12,105 we had to a link 1595 00:41:12,138 --> 00:41:16,142 from Tom to the holster 1596 00:41:12,138 --> 00:41:16,142 to a possible hiding spot. 1597 00:41:16,176 --> 00:41:18,545 - Right, so, 1598 00:41:16,176 --> 00:41:18,545 you must have thought, 1599 00:41:18,578 --> 00:41:19,679 we got him! 1600 00:41:19,713 --> 00:41:21,247 - Well, it was the best 1601 00:41:19,713 --> 00:41:21,247 that we had, 1602 00:41:21,281 --> 00:41:24,840 given that we had 1603 00:41:21,281 --> 00:41:24,840 no physical evidence. 1604 00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:27,220 - Poor thing kept trying 1605 00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:27,220 to find some of that, too, 1606 00:41:27,253 --> 00:41:29,322 at Tom's place. 1607 00:41:29,356 --> 00:41:30,690 - What did they want 1608 00:41:29,356 --> 00:41:30,690 from you? 1609 00:41:30,724 --> 00:41:31,891 - They took 1610 00:41:30,724 --> 00:41:31,891 everything imaginable. 1611 00:41:31,925 --> 00:41:33,993 Shoes was the biggest thing. 1612 00:41:34,940 --> 00:41:35,729 They probably took 1613 00:41:34,940 --> 00:41:35,729 at least ten pairs of shoes. 1614 00:41:35,762 --> 00:41:39,532 And they took other items 1615 00:41:35,762 --> 00:41:39,532 like sleeping bag, binoculars, 1616 00:41:39,566 --> 00:41:42,669 um, the inside lining 1617 00:41:39,566 --> 00:41:42,669 of a winter coat. 1618 00:41:42,702 --> 00:41:45,672 - But not one thing 1619 00:41:42,702 --> 00:41:45,672 from those searches 1620 00:41:45,705 --> 00:41:48,141 could link Tom 1621 00:41:45,705 --> 00:41:48,141 to the crime. 1622 00:41:48,174 --> 00:41:49,642 Months passed. 1623 00:41:49,676 --> 00:41:53,246 A year, and more. 1624 00:41:53,279 --> 00:41:55,882 Back in Kansas, 1625 00:41:53,279 --> 00:41:55,882 Bryan Rein's sisters watched 1626 00:41:55,915 --> 00:41:57,984 their mother suffer. 1627 00:41:58,180 --> 00:42:03,123 - It got very difficult 1628 00:41:58,180 --> 00:42:03,123 to talk to her 1629 00:42:03,156 --> 00:42:05,692 on a daily basis 1630 00:42:05,725 --> 00:42:10,130 because she was so down 1631 00:42:05,725 --> 00:42:10,130 and she wanted answers. 1632 00:42:10,163 --> 00:42:12,499 - She also frequently 1633 00:42:10,163 --> 00:42:12,499 called Agent Thompson. 1634 00:42:12,532 --> 00:42:14,670 And this was curious. 1635 00:42:14,670 --> 00:42:19,172 So, did Thompson's 1636 00:42:14,670 --> 00:42:19,172 prime suspect Tom Jaraczeski. 1637 00:42:19,205 --> 00:42:21,740 - He was always 1638 00:42:19,205 --> 00:42:21,740 wanting to know 1639 00:42:21,740 --> 00:42:23,510 where we were 1640 00:42:21,740 --> 00:42:23,510 in the investigation. 1641 00:42:23,543 --> 00:42:27,180 - Turns out Tom 1642 00:42:23,543 --> 00:42:27,180 also had something to share 1643 00:42:27,213 --> 00:42:29,115 with investigators. 1644 00:42:29,149 --> 00:42:30,984 - Coming up... 1645 00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:33,319 Another family distraught. 1646 00:42:33,353 --> 00:42:35,755 - You want to do anything 1647 00:42:33,353 --> 00:42:35,755 to you can to help him. 1648 00:42:35,789 --> 00:42:38,558 - And help would arrive 1649 00:42:35,789 --> 00:42:38,558 for Tom Jaraczeski 1650 00:42:38,591 --> 00:42:41,227 in a most unusual way. 1651 00:42:41,261 --> 00:42:43,730 - I mean, I just thought, 1652 00:42:41,261 --> 00:42:43,730 oh, my God. 1653 00:42:54,808 --> 00:42:56,876 - Welcome back to 1654 00:42:54,808 --> 00:42:56,876 "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered". 1655 00:42:57,243 --> 00:42:58,578 I'm Kate Snow. 1656 00:42:58,611 --> 00:43:01,281 Bryan Rein's brutal murder 1657 00:42:58,611 --> 00:43:01,281 left his loved ones 1658 00:43:01,314 --> 00:43:03,490 desperate for answers. 1659 00:43:03,490 --> 00:43:04,784 Investigators believed 1660 00:43:03,490 --> 00:43:04,784 they knew 1661 00:43:04,818 --> 00:43:06,953 who killed Bryan and why, 1662 00:43:07,530 --> 00:43:10,390 but now their chief suspect 1663 00:43:07,530 --> 00:43:10,390 was about to share a secret 1664 00:43:10,423 --> 00:43:12,580 that would trigger 1665 00:43:10,423 --> 00:43:12,580 an arrest. 1666 00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:15,362 But the twists in this case 1667 00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:15,362 were just getting started. 1668 00:43:15,395 --> 00:43:16,663 Back to Keith Morrison 1669 00:43:16,696 --> 00:43:19,165 with "Mystery 1670 00:43:16,696 --> 00:43:19,165 in Big Sky Country". 1671 00:43:21,735 --> 00:43:24,237 - Veterinarian Bryan Rein 1672 00:43:21,735 --> 00:43:24,237 was dead, 1673 00:43:24,270 --> 00:43:26,539 shot with his own gun. 1674 00:43:26,573 --> 00:43:29,809 Police quickly zeroed in 1675 00:43:26,573 --> 00:43:29,809 on Tom Jaraczeski, 1676 00:43:29,843 --> 00:43:32,846 a young man who admitted 1677 00:43:29,843 --> 00:43:32,846 to some strange behavior 1678 00:43:32,879 --> 00:43:35,715 after the doctor stole 1679 00:43:32,879 --> 00:43:35,715 the love of his life. 1680 00:43:35,749 --> 00:43:39,152 But with no evidence 1681 00:43:35,749 --> 00:43:39,152 linking Tom to the crime scene, 1682 00:43:39,185 --> 00:43:41,254 the case had stalled. 1683 00:43:41,287 --> 00:43:43,323 Finally, January of '98, 1684 00:43:43,356 --> 00:43:45,458 a year-and-a-half 1685 00:43:43,356 --> 00:43:45,458 after the murder, 1686 00:43:45,492 --> 00:43:48,361 detectives ran 1687 00:43:45,492 --> 00:43:48,361 a bit of a bluff with Tom. 1688 00:43:48,395 --> 00:43:50,463 - We just pose it to him 1689 00:43:48,395 --> 00:43:50,463 that, you know, 1690 00:43:50,497 --> 00:43:52,699 why would we find 1691 00:43:50,497 --> 00:43:52,699 anything in the house 1692 00:43:52,732 --> 00:43:55,835 that would lead us to believe 1693 00:43:52,732 --> 00:43:55,835 you were in that house? 1694 00:43:55,869 --> 00:43:57,300 And he says, 1695 00:43:55,869 --> 00:43:57,300 okay, I'm going to tell you 1696 00:43:57,103 --> 00:43:58,938 something I didn't 1697 00:43:57,103 --> 00:43:58,938 tell you before. 1698 00:43:58,972 --> 00:44:00,807 - Perhaps you remember, 1699 00:43:58,972 --> 00:44:00,807 detectives heard 1700 00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:03,576 that Tom once showed up 1701 00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:03,576 at Dr. Rein's place 1702 00:44:03,610 --> 00:44:04,811 in the middle of the night 1703 00:44:04,844 --> 00:44:08,281 saying his truck broke down, 1704 00:44:04,844 --> 00:44:08,281 he needed a phone. 1705 00:44:08,314 --> 00:44:10,500 Back then, Tom swore 1706 00:44:08,314 --> 00:44:10,500 up and down 1707 00:44:10,500 --> 00:44:11,885 that didn't happen. 1708 00:44:11,918 --> 00:44:14,254 But now, 18 months later... 1709 00:44:35,608 --> 00:44:38,511 - They didn't have Tom's prints 1710 00:44:35,608 --> 00:44:38,511 anywhere on the table, 1711 00:44:38,545 --> 00:44:41,514 of course, but Tom had 1712 00:44:38,545 --> 00:44:41,514 admitted lying the first time 1713 00:44:41,548 --> 00:44:45,819 and now was explaining how 1714 00:44:41,548 --> 00:44:45,819 they might have found his DNA 1715 00:44:45,852 --> 00:44:48,221 or prints 1716 00:44:45,852 --> 00:44:48,221 at Bryan's place. 1717 00:44:48,254 --> 00:44:50,957 - He was only telling us things 1718 00:44:48,254 --> 00:44:50,957 he knew we could confirm. 1719 00:44:50,990 --> 00:44:53,560 - And in your experience, 1720 00:44:50,990 --> 00:44:53,560 that's what guilty people do? 1721 00:44:53,593 --> 00:44:55,362 That they change their story 1722 00:44:53,593 --> 00:44:55,362 when they realize-- 1723 00:44:55,395 --> 00:44:57,330 - The story evolves? Yes. 1724 00:44:57,364 --> 00:45:00,660 - And it wasn't long before... 1725 00:45:00,100 --> 00:45:03,269 - I was leaving my apartment 1726 00:45:00,100 --> 00:45:03,269 to go to work. 1727 00:45:03,303 --> 00:45:06,873 Some guy standing behind 1728 00:45:03,303 --> 00:45:06,873 the stairs said, Tom, 1729 00:45:06,906 --> 00:45:08,708 and I turned around 1730 00:45:06,906 --> 00:45:08,708 and, with guns drawn, 1731 00:45:08,742 --> 00:45:10,610 they put the handcuffs 1732 00:45:08,742 --> 00:45:10,610 on me. 1733 00:45:10,643 --> 00:45:11,644 - What was that like? 1734 00:45:11,678 --> 00:45:14,470 - Shocking. 1735 00:45:14,470 --> 00:45:18,818 I couldn't grasp that 1736 00:45:14,470 --> 00:45:18,818 it was actually happening. 1737 00:45:18,852 --> 00:45:20,587 - Tom Jaraczeski rode 1738 00:45:18,852 --> 00:45:20,587 in that police car 1739 00:45:20,620 --> 00:45:23,723 to Fort Benton, 1740 00:45:23,757 --> 00:45:26,192 where they booked him 1741 00:45:23,757 --> 00:45:26,192 into the county jail 1742 00:45:26,226 --> 00:45:29,362 and charged him with 1743 00:45:26,226 --> 00:45:29,362 deliberate homicide. 1744 00:45:29,396 --> 00:45:30,730 What was it like 1745 00:45:29,396 --> 00:45:30,730 to hear that? 1746 00:45:30,764 --> 00:45:32,132 - Refreshing. 1747 00:45:32,165 --> 00:45:37,404 Good to have it solved 1748 00:45:32,165 --> 00:45:37,404 and put it behind us. 1749 00:45:37,437 --> 00:45:39,172 And hopefully, Mom 1750 00:45:37,437 --> 00:45:39,172 and Dad could pick up 1751 00:45:39,205 --> 00:45:41,408 and-and keep going again. 1752 00:45:41,441 --> 00:45:43,843 - Meanwhile, Tom's parents 1753 00:45:41,441 --> 00:45:43,843 and five siblings tried 1754 00:45:43,877 --> 00:45:45,578 to get their heads around 1755 00:45:43,877 --> 00:45:45,578 what seemed to them 1756 00:45:45,612 --> 00:45:49,616 an outrageous accusation, 1757 00:45:45,612 --> 00:45:49,616 cruel and unjust. 1758 00:45:49,649 --> 00:45:51,484 What's it like to have 1759 00:45:49,649 --> 00:45:51,484 your little brother 1760 00:45:51,518 --> 00:45:53,987 charged with murder, 1761 00:45:51,518 --> 00:45:53,987 facing life in prison? 1762 00:45:54,870 --> 00:45:55,155 - You feel angry. 1763 00:45:55,188 --> 00:45:58,491 You want to do anything 1764 00:45:55,188 --> 00:45:58,491 you can to help them. 1765 00:45:58,525 --> 00:45:59,759 - It was just devastating. 1766 00:45:59,793 --> 00:46:01,795 We've never been through 1767 00:45:59,793 --> 00:46:01,795 anything like that 1768 00:46:01,828 --> 00:46:03,663 in our family. 1769 00:46:03,697 --> 00:46:05,298 - There simply wasn't 1770 00:46:03,697 --> 00:46:05,298 the money to hire 1771 00:46:05,331 --> 00:46:07,801 some fancy 1772 00:46:05,331 --> 00:46:07,801 high-priced attorney. 1773 00:46:07,834 --> 00:46:11,538 So, Tom got a state appointed 1774 00:46:07,834 --> 00:46:11,538 lawyer, Bob Peterson. 1775 00:46:11,571 --> 00:46:14,441 - What were your 1776 00:46:11,571 --> 00:46:14,441 impressions of this kid? 1777 00:46:14,474 --> 00:46:16,209 - When I met him, 1778 00:46:16,242 --> 00:46:18,411 I knew that he 1779 00:46:16,242 --> 00:46:18,411 couldn't have done it. 1780 00:46:18,445 --> 00:46:21,147 - Oh, come on. 1781 00:46:18,445 --> 00:46:21,147 - I've represented... 1782 00:46:21,181 --> 00:46:23,350 - What a typical thing 1783 00:46:21,181 --> 00:46:23,350 for a defense attorney to say. 1784 00:46:23,383 --> 00:46:26,860 - I've represented hundreds 1785 00:46:23,383 --> 00:46:26,860 and hundreds of defendants. 1786 00:46:26,119 --> 00:46:26,953 - Yeah. 1787 00:46:27,530 --> 00:46:28,655 - And you get 1788 00:46:27,530 --> 00:46:28,655 a sense of people. 1789 00:46:28,688 --> 00:46:30,690 And I got a sense of Tom. 1790 00:46:30,724 --> 00:46:35,495 And I was pretty sure 1791 00:46:30,724 --> 00:46:35,495 that he hadn't done it. 1792 00:46:35,528 --> 00:46:37,797 So, then as the evidence 1793 00:46:35,528 --> 00:46:37,797 started rolling in, 1794 00:46:37,831 --> 00:46:43,236 then I became very certain 1795 00:46:37,831 --> 00:46:43,236 that he wasn't the one. 1796 00:46:43,269 --> 00:46:45,805 - Attorney Peterson could 1797 00:46:43,269 --> 00:46:45,805 have said "lack of evidence" 1798 00:46:45,839 --> 00:46:48,208 because, in fact, 1799 00:46:45,839 --> 00:46:48,208 despite test after test, 1800 00:46:48,241 --> 00:46:50,276 not a single 1801 00:46:48,241 --> 00:46:50,276 physical thing. 1802 00:46:50,310 --> 00:46:54,714 Not DNA, or fingerprints, 1803 00:46:50,310 --> 00:46:54,714 or anything else connected Tom 1804 00:46:54,748 --> 00:46:57,617 to those few square feet 1805 00:46:54,748 --> 00:46:57,617 where it all happened. 1806 00:46:57,650 --> 00:47:01,154 Except there was plenty 1807 00:46:57,650 --> 00:47:01,154 of circumstantial evidence. 1808 00:47:03,523 --> 00:47:06,526 The phone calls, the stalking, 1809 00:47:03,523 --> 00:47:06,526 the middle of the night visits 1810 00:47:06,559 --> 00:47:10,130 to Dr. Rein's bunkhouse days 1811 00:47:06,559 --> 00:47:10,130 and weeks before the murder. 1812 00:47:10,163 --> 00:47:14,501 But most of all, there was 1813 00:47:10,163 --> 00:47:14,501 that dog, Calamity Jane, 1814 00:47:14,534 --> 00:47:17,270 who, with one sniff 1815 00:47:14,534 --> 00:47:17,270 of Tom's baseball cap 1816 00:47:17,303 --> 00:47:19,673 led the cops from the doorway 1817 00:47:17,303 --> 00:47:19,673 of the bunkhouse 1818 00:47:19,706 --> 00:47:22,575 to a grove of bushes 1819 00:47:19,706 --> 00:47:22,575 where the cops found 1820 00:47:22,609 --> 00:47:26,460 and marked some footprints 1821 00:47:22,609 --> 00:47:26,460 with a theory being 1822 00:47:26,790 --> 00:47:29,490 that Tom lay in wait for 1823 00:47:26,790 --> 00:47:29,490 his opportunity to confront 1824 00:47:29,820 --> 00:47:31,151 Dr. Rein at the door. 1825 00:47:31,184 --> 00:47:34,870 Mind you, Calamity Jane 1826 00:47:31,184 --> 00:47:34,870 did her sniffing 1827 00:47:34,120 --> 00:47:38,258 a full ten days after 1828 00:47:34,120 --> 00:47:38,258 the body was found. 1829 00:47:38,291 --> 00:47:41,294 So, what did Attorney 1830 00:47:38,291 --> 00:47:41,294 Peterson think of that? 1831 00:47:41,327 --> 00:47:43,530 - To me, it wasn't evidence. 1832 00:47:43,563 --> 00:47:46,660 I made a motion before 1833 00:47:43,563 --> 00:47:46,660 the judge to decide 1834 00:47:46,990 --> 00:47:49,202 whether or not it should 1835 00:47:46,990 --> 00:47:49,202 go before a jury. 1836 00:47:49,235 --> 00:47:51,604 - Besides, he said, 1837 00:47:49,235 --> 00:47:51,604 Tom already admitted 1838 00:47:51,638 --> 00:47:54,641 he'd been around 1839 00:47:51,638 --> 00:47:54,641 there days earlier. 1840 00:47:54,674 --> 00:47:58,178 Maybe that's what 1841 00:47:54,674 --> 00:47:58,178 Calamity Jane hit on. 1842 00:47:58,211 --> 00:48:00,280 So, Bob Peterson got 1843 00:47:58,211 --> 00:48:00,280 Calamity Jane's handler 1844 00:48:00,313 --> 00:48:02,215 up on the witness stand 1845 00:48:00,313 --> 00:48:02,215 at a hearing 1846 00:48:02,248 --> 00:48:03,717 here at the courthouse. 1847 00:48:03,750 --> 00:48:05,685 And what do you know? 1848 00:48:05,719 --> 00:48:10,590 Neither dog nor handler 1849 00:48:05,719 --> 00:48:10,590 were properly certified. 1850 00:48:10,623 --> 00:48:12,192 - When I asked him 1851 00:48:10,623 --> 00:48:12,192 for all the paperwork, 1852 00:48:12,225 --> 00:48:14,828 he told me about how 1853 00:48:12,225 --> 00:48:14,828 he had put the paperwork 1854 00:48:14,861 --> 00:48:18,298 about the dog and himself 1855 00:48:14,861 --> 00:48:18,298 up on the top of his Suburban 1856 00:48:18,331 --> 00:48:21,501 and it unfortunately 1857 00:48:18,331 --> 00:48:21,501 had all blown away. 1858 00:48:21,534 --> 00:48:23,503 So, he couldn't 1859 00:48:21,534 --> 00:48:23,503 provide it. 1860 00:48:23,536 --> 00:48:27,240 - Not quite "the dog ate 1861 00:48:23,536 --> 00:48:27,240 my homework", but close. 1862 00:48:27,273 --> 00:48:31,277 Agent Thompson was also 1863 00:48:27,273 --> 00:48:31,277 in the courtroom that day. 1864 00:48:31,311 --> 00:48:34,481 - What really hurt us was, 1865 00:48:31,311 --> 00:48:34,481 is when they asked him 1866 00:48:34,514 --> 00:48:38,385 on the stand, well, that had 1867 00:48:34,514 --> 00:48:38,385 happened 18 months earlier, 1868 00:48:38,418 --> 00:48:41,488 where's your training documents 1869 00:48:38,418 --> 00:48:41,488 since that time? 1870 00:48:41,521 --> 00:48:43,390 - Uh-huh. 1871 00:48:41,521 --> 00:48:43,390 - And he said he didn't 1872 00:48:41,521 --> 00:48:43,390 have any. 1873 00:48:43,423 --> 00:48:45,225 - Right. 1874 00:48:43,423 --> 00:48:45,225 - I mean, I just-- 1875 00:48:45,258 --> 00:48:48,194 it just-- I thought, 1876 00:48:45,258 --> 00:48:48,194 oh, my god. 1877 00:48:48,228 --> 00:48:50,497 - So, what did 1878 00:48:48,228 --> 00:48:50,497 the judge do? 1879 00:48:50,530 --> 00:48:52,966 He threw out the evidence. 1880 00:48:53,660 --> 00:48:57,604 And just like that, the state 1881 00:48:53,660 --> 00:48:57,604 dismissed the case against Tom 1882 00:48:57,637 --> 00:49:01,474 because without Calamity Jane, 1883 00:48:57,637 --> 00:49:01,474 the prosecution decided, 1884 00:49:01,508 --> 00:49:04,770 there simply wasn't 1885 00:49:01,508 --> 00:49:04,770 a provable case. 1886 00:49:04,110 --> 00:49:07,914 Tom Jaraczeski 1887 00:49:04,110 --> 00:49:07,914 was a free man. 1888 00:49:08,140 --> 00:49:10,830 - I felt like a weight has 1889 00:49:08,140 --> 00:49:10,830 been lifted off my shoulders. 1890 00:49:10,116 --> 00:49:11,685 This is done and over with. 1891 00:49:11,718 --> 00:49:16,189 No more interrogations, 1892 00:49:11,718 --> 00:49:16,189 no more search warrants. 1893 00:49:16,222 --> 00:49:18,124 I can go on 1894 00:49:16,222 --> 00:49:18,124 with my life. 1895 00:49:18,158 --> 00:49:20,827 - But Bryan's family felt 1896 00:49:18,158 --> 00:49:20,827 like they'd lost him 1897 00:49:20,860 --> 00:49:23,290 all over again. 1898 00:49:23,630 --> 00:49:24,831 - That was very disappointing. 1899 00:49:24,864 --> 00:49:26,990 - Yeah. 1900 00:49:24,864 --> 00:49:26,990 - Yeah. 1901 00:49:26,132 --> 00:49:27,634 - Did you think at that point, 1902 00:49:26,132 --> 00:49:27,634 okay, it's all over, 1903 00:49:27,667 --> 00:49:29,469 we're never going 1904 00:49:27,667 --> 00:49:29,469 to find out? 1905 00:49:29,502 --> 00:49:32,472 - I, you know, I think, 1906 00:49:29,502 --> 00:49:32,472 back in your mind, 1907 00:49:32,505 --> 00:49:34,574 you think, 1908 00:49:32,505 --> 00:49:34,574 well, maybe one day. 1909 00:49:34,607 --> 00:49:37,677 - There was a reason she kept 1910 00:49:34,607 --> 00:49:37,677 that in the back of her mind, 1911 00:49:37,711 --> 00:49:39,546 why both sides did. 1912 00:49:39,579 --> 00:49:42,449 Because the judge, 1913 00:49:39,579 --> 00:49:42,449 that day in 1998, 1914 00:49:42,482 --> 00:49:45,318 dismissed the charge 1915 00:49:42,482 --> 00:49:45,318 without prejudice. 1916 00:49:45,352 --> 00:49:46,453 - Meaning? 1917 00:49:46,486 --> 00:49:48,880 - Meaning that the state 1918 00:49:46,486 --> 00:49:48,880 can bring it back up 1919 00:49:48,121 --> 00:49:50,957 if they choose to. 1920 00:49:51,570 --> 00:49:52,692 - How much of a worry 1921 00:49:51,570 --> 00:49:52,692 was that to you? 1922 00:49:52,726 --> 00:49:54,861 - You always have 1923 00:49:52,726 --> 00:49:54,861 this nagging thing 1924 00:49:54,894 --> 00:49:57,263 in the back of your mind, 1925 00:49:54,894 --> 00:49:57,263 as a defense attorney, 1926 00:49:57,297 --> 00:49:59,699 when something is dismissed 1927 00:49:57,297 --> 00:49:59,699 without prejudice. 1928 00:49:59,733 --> 00:50:04,204 You know that something 1929 00:49:59,733 --> 00:50:04,204 could happen in the future. 1930 00:50:04,237 --> 00:50:06,806 - Agent Ken Thompson could 1931 00:50:04,237 --> 00:50:06,806 simply have filed it away 1932 00:50:06,840 --> 00:50:11,578 as one lost cause, tough case, 1933 00:50:06,840 --> 00:50:11,578 it didn't work out. 1934 00:50:11,611 --> 00:50:15,150 - I mean, you talk 1935 00:50:11,611 --> 00:50:15,150 about a case 1936 00:50:15,480 --> 00:50:18,585 where it seemed like everything 1937 00:50:15,480 --> 00:50:18,585 was stacked against you. 1938 00:50:18,618 --> 00:50:20,920 - Yeah. 1939 00:50:18,618 --> 00:50:20,920 - This was that case. 1940 00:50:20,954 --> 00:50:24,824 - But he didn't let it go. 1941 00:50:20,954 --> 00:50:24,824 Just couldn't. 1942 00:50:24,858 --> 00:50:27,930 Mind you, there were 1943 00:50:24,858 --> 00:50:27,930 new assignments 1944 00:50:27,127 --> 00:50:28,995 and lots of other cases. 1945 00:50:29,290 --> 00:50:32,650 Years went by. 1946 00:50:29,290 --> 00:50:32,650 But... 1947 00:50:32,980 --> 00:50:36,670 - I kept, you know, 1948 00:50:32,980 --> 00:50:36,670 those ten four-ring binders. 1949 00:50:36,703 --> 00:50:39,205 I moved them from one office, 1950 00:50:36,703 --> 00:50:39,205 to another office, 1951 00:50:39,239 --> 00:50:40,473 to our third office. 1952 00:50:40,507 --> 00:50:42,842 I mean, it was always on 1953 00:50:40,507 --> 00:50:42,842 a bookcase in my office. 1954 00:50:42,876 --> 00:50:44,778 - Always on your mind. 1955 00:50:42,876 --> 00:50:44,778 - It was always on my mind. 1956 00:50:44,811 --> 00:50:48,140 You know? And that's... 1957 00:50:48,480 --> 00:50:49,516 to solve it. 1958 00:50:49,549 --> 00:50:53,153 - There were times 1959 00:50:49,549 --> 00:50:53,153 that Ken would call us 1960 00:50:53,186 --> 00:50:55,121 and say we're working 1961 00:50:53,186 --> 00:50:55,121 on it or, you know, 1962 00:50:55,155 --> 00:50:56,890 we just don't 1963 00:50:55,155 --> 00:50:56,890 have anything. 1964 00:50:56,923 --> 00:50:59,325 It just laid there. 1965 00:50:59,359 --> 00:51:02,962 - Two years, five, 10, 13. 1966 00:51:03,630 --> 00:51:07,534 The file stared down from 1967 00:51:03,630 --> 00:51:07,534 its shelf like an accusation. 1968 00:51:07,567 --> 00:51:10,370 But, of course, we wouldn't 1969 00:51:07,567 --> 00:51:10,370 be telling you this story 1970 00:51:10,403 --> 00:51:14,140 if something didn't happen, 1971 00:51:10,403 --> 00:51:14,140 now, would we? 1972 00:51:14,174 --> 00:51:16,760 But what? 1973 00:51:16,109 --> 00:51:19,946 It turned out to be 1974 00:51:16,109 --> 00:51:19,946 quite a surprise. 1975 00:51:19,979 --> 00:51:23,383 - Tom Jaraczeski moves away 1976 00:51:19,979 --> 00:51:23,383 and moves on with his life 1977 00:51:23,416 --> 00:51:27,921 but a new investigator is about 1978 00:51:23,416 --> 00:51:27,921 to put fresh eyes on the case. 1979 00:51:29,622 --> 00:51:30,690 - This is a homicide. 1980 00:51:30,724 --> 00:51:33,930 We owe it to the family 1981 00:51:30,724 --> 00:51:33,930 to go forward. 1982 00:51:33,930 --> 00:51:35,261 - Another chance to 1983 00:51:33,930 --> 00:51:35,261 solve this murder? 1984 00:51:35,295 --> 00:51:37,497 - I just wonder what 1985 00:51:35,295 --> 00:51:37,497 the hell is going on here. 1986 00:51:52,145 --> 00:51:54,447 - Accusations like the one 1987 00:51:52,145 --> 00:51:54,447 leveled at Tom Jaraczeski 1988 00:51:55,215 --> 00:51:59,152 can do corrosive 1989 00:51:55,215 --> 00:51:59,152 things to a person. 1990 00:52:00,820 --> 00:52:03,790 Sour the joy of a sunrise 1991 00:52:00,820 --> 00:52:03,790 in the Montana prairie... 1992 00:52:08,228 --> 00:52:10,163 alter the look on 1993 00:52:08,228 --> 00:52:10,163 a neighbor's face 1994 00:52:10,196 --> 00:52:11,631 down at the local store. 1995 00:52:14,934 --> 00:52:17,237 After prosecutors 1996 00:52:14,934 --> 00:52:17,237 decided to dismiss 1997 00:52:17,270 --> 00:52:19,239 murder charges against him, 1998 00:52:19,272 --> 00:52:22,609 Tom felt like he just 1999 00:52:19,272 --> 00:52:22,609 couldn't live here anymore. 2000 00:52:22,642 --> 00:52:23,910 - I couldn't stay in Montana. 2001 00:52:23,943 --> 00:52:26,112 I needed to move away. 2002 00:52:26,146 --> 00:52:28,248 And I decided to 2003 00:52:26,146 --> 00:52:28,248 move to South Dakota. 2004 00:52:28,281 --> 00:52:29,683 - So, you set up 2005 00:52:28,281 --> 00:52:29,683 a new life there. 2006 00:52:29,716 --> 00:52:30,583 - I did. 2007 00:52:30,617 --> 00:52:35,355 I got married, 2008 00:52:30,617 --> 00:52:35,355 had a couple kids. 2009 00:52:35,388 --> 00:52:37,900 Life was good. 2010 00:52:37,900 --> 00:52:39,693 - And truly you 2011 00:52:37,900 --> 00:52:39,693 thought it was over? 2012 00:52:39,726 --> 00:52:41,127 - I really did. 2013 00:52:41,161 --> 00:52:44,364 I never thought it would 2014 00:52:41,161 --> 00:52:44,364 ever come back again. 2015 00:52:44,397 --> 00:52:47,100 - Neither did Tom's 2016 00:52:44,397 --> 00:52:47,100 old girlfriend Ann, 2017 00:52:47,100 --> 00:52:50,103 though she firmly believed 2018 00:52:47,100 --> 00:52:50,103 Tom killed Bryan, 2019 00:52:50,136 --> 00:52:52,339 the man she'd 2020 00:52:50,136 --> 00:52:52,339 left him for. 2021 00:52:52,372 --> 00:52:55,608 Montana soured 2022 00:52:52,372 --> 00:52:55,608 for her, too. 2023 00:52:55,642 --> 00:52:58,978 She went to visit a sister 2024 00:52:55,642 --> 00:52:58,978 in Arkansas and stayed. 2025 00:52:59,120 --> 00:53:02,716 Never found out 2026 00:52:59,120 --> 00:53:02,716 that Tom moved away. 2027 00:53:02,749 --> 00:53:06,419 - I didn't feel like I could 2028 00:53:02,749 --> 00:53:06,419 go back home to Montana. 2029 00:53:06,453 --> 00:53:08,540 - Why? 2030 00:53:08,540 --> 00:53:09,356 - Because Tom was there. 2031 00:53:09,389 --> 00:53:12,592 And I thought if he's willing 2032 00:53:09,389 --> 00:53:12,592 to kill somebody 2033 00:53:12,625 --> 00:53:15,462 to be with me, I didn't know 2034 00:53:12,625 --> 00:53:15,462 what he would do. 2035 00:53:17,163 --> 00:53:20,667 - Corrosive, 2036 00:53:17,163 --> 00:53:20,667 that's what it was. 2037 00:53:20,700 --> 00:53:23,703 But then 13 years after 2038 00:53:20,700 --> 00:53:23,703 Dr. Rein's murder, 2039 00:53:23,737 --> 00:53:26,373 this man got 2040 00:53:23,737 --> 00:53:26,373 a new job. 2041 00:53:26,406 --> 00:53:29,750 His name, Brant Light. 2042 00:53:29,750 --> 00:53:31,578 And in 2009 he became 2043 00:53:29,750 --> 00:53:31,578 the top prosecutor 2044 00:53:31,611 --> 00:53:33,913 in the Montana 2045 00:53:31,611 --> 00:53:33,913 Attorney General's office. 2046 00:53:33,947 --> 00:53:36,616 One of his duties was 2047 00:53:33,947 --> 00:53:36,616 to help small counties 2048 00:53:36,649 --> 00:53:39,850 prosecute particularly 2049 00:53:36,649 --> 00:53:39,850 difficult cases. 2050 00:53:39,850 --> 00:53:40,687 Cold cases. 2051 00:53:40,720 --> 00:53:42,889 - We don't get the slam dunks 2052 00:53:40,720 --> 00:53:42,889 turned over to us. 2053 00:53:42,922 --> 00:53:45,458 We get the older cases; 2054 00:53:42,922 --> 00:53:45,458 we get the difficult cases. 2055 00:53:45,492 --> 00:53:49,262 And we're expected to 2056 00:53:45,492 --> 00:53:49,262 go forward with those cases. 2057 00:53:49,295 --> 00:53:51,231 - Like the one Light 2058 00:53:49,295 --> 00:53:51,231 told friend Ken Thompson 2059 00:53:51,264 --> 00:53:53,366 had never really given up 2060 00:53:51,264 --> 00:53:53,366 on solving. 2061 00:53:53,400 --> 00:53:55,669 - So, I felt comfortable 2062 00:53:53,400 --> 00:53:55,669 to go to Brant and say, 2063 00:53:55,702 --> 00:53:58,304 would you just review this 2064 00:53:55,702 --> 00:53:58,304 and see what you think? 2065 00:53:58,338 --> 00:54:01,410 - What'd you think as you 2066 00:53:58,338 --> 00:54:01,410 reviewed the information? 2067 00:54:01,410 --> 00:54:03,209 Was it something that 2068 00:54:01,410 --> 00:54:03,209 was worth trying again? 2069 00:54:03,243 --> 00:54:05,145 - Yeah. Well, we-- 2070 00:54:03,243 --> 00:54:05,145 we had some work to do. 2071 00:54:05,178 --> 00:54:08,281 I wanted him to go back out 2072 00:54:05,178 --> 00:54:08,281 and to make sure everybody 2073 00:54:08,314 --> 00:54:09,649 is still around. 2074 00:54:09,683 --> 00:54:11,751 We had to see what kind 2075 00:54:09,683 --> 00:54:11,751 of shape the evidence was in. 2076 00:54:11,785 --> 00:54:14,954 - Evidence was resubmitted 2077 00:54:11,785 --> 00:54:14,954 to the crime lab. 2078 00:54:15,550 --> 00:54:17,657 Witnesses were reinterviewed. 2079 00:54:17,691 --> 00:54:20,193 More years passed. 2080 00:54:20,226 --> 00:54:22,562 - Is there ever a case to 2081 00:54:20,226 --> 00:54:22,562 be made to just let it go? 2082 00:54:22,595 --> 00:54:23,730 How do you look 2083 00:54:22,595 --> 00:54:23,730 at these things? 2084 00:54:23,763 --> 00:54:26,399 - Well, I-I will let it go 2085 00:54:23,763 --> 00:54:26,399 if we don't have evidence 2086 00:54:26,433 --> 00:54:27,600 beyond a reasonable doubt. 2087 00:54:27,634 --> 00:54:29,669 I'm not going to roll 2088 00:54:27,634 --> 00:54:29,669 the dice with somebody's life. 2089 00:54:29,703 --> 00:54:31,710 This is a homicide. 2090 00:54:31,710 --> 00:54:34,474 We owe it to the family 2091 00:54:31,710 --> 00:54:34,474 to go forward. 2092 00:54:34,507 --> 00:54:36,643 In my bureau, that-- 2093 00:54:34,507 --> 00:54:36,643 that's what we do. 2094 00:54:36,676 --> 00:54:39,312 - And then in 2095 00:54:36,676 --> 00:54:39,312 February 2014, 2096 00:54:39,346 --> 00:54:41,948 nearly 18 years 2097 00:54:39,346 --> 00:54:41,948 after the murder, 2098 00:54:41,981 --> 00:54:44,851 Agent Thompson traveled 2099 00:54:41,981 --> 00:54:44,851 to South Dakota 2100 00:54:44,884 --> 00:54:47,987 with an arrest warrant 2101 00:54:44,884 --> 00:54:47,987 for Tom Jaraczeski 2102 00:54:48,880 --> 00:54:50,557 who heard his name 2103 00:54:48,880 --> 00:54:50,557 called out one day at work 2104 00:54:50,590 --> 00:54:54,940 and was ushered into 2105 00:54:50,590 --> 00:54:54,940 the back of a police car. 2106 00:54:54,940 --> 00:54:56,229 - And I just wondered what 2107 00:54:54,940 --> 00:54:56,229 the hell was going on here. 2108 00:54:56,262 --> 00:54:59,899 And, uh, maybe a minute 2109 00:54:56,262 --> 00:54:59,899 went by and then Ken Thompson 2110 00:54:59,933 --> 00:55:02,702 popped his head through the-- 2111 00:54:59,933 --> 00:55:02,702 through the door 2112 00:55:02,736 --> 00:55:05,939 and said, 2113 00:55:02,736 --> 00:55:05,939 "Tom, you remember me?" 2114 00:55:06,390 --> 00:55:08,174 I told you I'd 2115 00:55:06,390 --> 00:55:08,174 be back for you. 2116 00:55:08,208 --> 00:55:11,411 - Tom called his family 2117 00:55:08,208 --> 00:55:11,411 and asked them to track down 2118 00:55:11,444 --> 00:55:15,810 that attorney who helped him 2119 00:55:11,444 --> 00:55:15,810 so much all those years before, 2120 00:55:15,115 --> 00:55:18,351 Bob Peterson, 2121 00:55:15,115 --> 00:55:18,351 who, for some reason, 2122 00:55:18,385 --> 00:55:20,153 had been listening 2123 00:55:18,385 --> 00:55:20,153 to a nagging little voice 2124 00:55:20,186 --> 00:55:23,189 in his head all those years 2125 00:55:20,186 --> 00:55:23,189 that told him, 2126 00:55:23,223 --> 00:55:25,158 "keep the file." 2127 00:55:25,191 --> 00:55:28,695 - Usually, I destroy all 2128 00:55:25,191 --> 00:55:28,695 my files after ten years. 2129 00:55:28,728 --> 00:55:33,166 But for whatever reason, 2130 00:55:28,728 --> 00:55:33,166 I maintained his files. 2131 00:55:33,199 --> 00:55:36,336 - And so, when Tom was 2132 00:55:33,199 --> 00:55:36,336 charged again with murder, 2133 00:55:36,369 --> 00:55:38,238 Peterson got busy. 2134 00:55:38,271 --> 00:55:42,175 First, he got Tom out on bond, 2135 00:55:38,271 --> 00:55:42,175 attached to a GPS monitor. 2136 00:55:42,208 --> 00:55:45,645 And then he read 2137 00:55:42,208 --> 00:55:45,645 through his old files 2138 00:55:45,679 --> 00:55:49,983 and asked to see 2139 00:55:45,679 --> 00:55:49,983 the prosecution's new evidence. 2140 00:55:50,830 --> 00:55:51,918 - My whole position 2141 00:55:50,830 --> 00:55:51,918 was let's see 2142 00:55:51,951 --> 00:55:54,320 what they think 2143 00:55:51,951 --> 00:55:54,320 they have. 2144 00:55:54,354 --> 00:55:56,756 - When he did, 2145 00:55:54,354 --> 00:55:56,756 Attorney Peterson 2146 00:55:56,790 --> 00:56:00,126 could not have been 2147 00:55:56,790 --> 00:56:00,126 more surprised. 2148 00:56:00,160 --> 00:56:04,531 - It was almost verbatim 2149 00:56:00,160 --> 00:56:04,531 the same affidavit 2150 00:56:04,564 --> 00:56:08,168 that was used in 1998 2151 00:56:04,564 --> 00:56:08,168 to charge him. 2152 00:56:08,201 --> 00:56:09,936 - No new evidence? 2153 00:56:08,201 --> 00:56:09,936 - None. 2154 00:56:10,360 --> 00:56:14,140 I couldn't believe that 2155 00:56:10,360 --> 00:56:14,140 they would bring these charges 2156 00:56:14,174 --> 00:56:20,146 back up again and not have 2157 00:56:14,174 --> 00:56:20,146 one piece of new evidence 2158 00:56:20,180 --> 00:56:22,782 to justify them 2159 00:56:20,180 --> 00:56:22,782 doing that. 2160 00:56:22,816 --> 00:56:25,485 - You were mad. 2161 00:56:22,816 --> 00:56:25,485 - It made me mad. Yes. 2162 00:56:25,518 --> 00:56:28,521 And I know I'm not being 2163 00:56:25,518 --> 00:56:28,521 very outraged about that. 2164 00:56:28,555 --> 00:56:32,325 We defense attorneys have 2165 00:56:28,555 --> 00:56:32,325 to control our emotions. 2166 00:56:32,359 --> 00:56:34,127 [laughing] 2167 00:56:34,160 --> 00:56:36,930 - Who was the defense 2168 00:56:34,160 --> 00:56:36,930 attorney angry with? 2169 00:56:36,963 --> 00:56:41,334 - We had a prosecutor 2170 00:56:36,963 --> 00:56:41,334 with a big ego 2171 00:56:41,368 --> 00:56:45,171 who fashioned himself 2172 00:56:41,368 --> 00:56:45,171 to be a cold case expert 2173 00:56:45,205 --> 00:56:50,543 and an investigator who has 2174 00:56:45,205 --> 00:56:50,543 stewed about this case 2175 00:56:50,577 --> 00:56:54,247 since the beginning 2176 00:56:50,577 --> 00:56:54,247 of it in 1996 2177 00:56:54,280 --> 00:56:56,549 and had an obsession 2178 00:56:54,280 --> 00:56:56,549 with Tom. 2179 00:56:56,583 --> 00:57:00,530 Then all he wanted to do was 2180 00:56:56,583 --> 00:57:00,530 get this case squared away... 2181 00:57:01,588 --> 00:57:03,230 before he retired. 2182 00:57:03,560 --> 00:57:08,228 - You're not really 2183 00:57:03,560 --> 00:57:08,228 suggesting that a detective 2184 00:57:08,261 --> 00:57:12,399 would persuade a prosecutor 2185 00:57:08,261 --> 00:57:12,399 to go ahead with a case, 2186 00:57:12,432 --> 00:57:14,501 a favored case of his 2187 00:57:14,534 --> 00:57:17,370 just because he happened 2188 00:57:14,534 --> 00:57:17,370 to be retiring. 2189 00:57:19,372 --> 00:57:21,574 - Yeah, I really am. 2190 00:57:21,608 --> 00:57:23,276 - To which both 2191 00:57:21,608 --> 00:57:23,276 Investigator Thompson 2192 00:57:23,309 --> 00:57:27,180 and Prosecutor Light replied, 2193 00:57:23,309 --> 00:57:27,180 no, it was justice 2194 00:57:27,213 --> 00:57:30,116 they had in mind, 2195 00:57:27,213 --> 00:57:30,116 not retirement. 2196 00:57:30,150 --> 00:57:32,585 Oh, and when Attorney Peterson 2197 00:57:30,150 --> 00:57:32,585 asked a judge to 2198 00:57:32,619 --> 00:57:37,900 throw out the murder charge, 2199 00:57:32,619 --> 00:57:37,900 the answer was oh, no, 2200 00:57:37,123 --> 00:57:39,459 it wasn't going to go away. 2201 00:57:39,492 --> 00:57:41,327 Not this time. 2202 00:57:43,763 --> 00:57:47,634 - After almost 20 years, 2203 00:57:43,763 --> 00:57:47,634 the case heads to court. 2204 00:57:47,667 --> 00:57:49,690 - It was murder. 2205 00:57:49,690 --> 00:57:52,639 - Tom Jaraczeski in 2206 00:57:49,690 --> 00:57:52,639 a fight for his life. 2207 00:58:04,284 --> 00:58:06,419 - The veterinarian's 2208 00:58:04,284 --> 00:58:06,419 little bunkhouse was long gone, 2209 00:58:07,420 --> 00:58:11,324 burned, it's embers ground 2210 00:58:07,420 --> 00:58:11,324 into the prairie dust. 2211 00:58:11,358 --> 00:58:14,260 The young woman who had 2212 00:58:11,358 --> 00:58:14,260 fallen hard for the dashing vet 2213 00:58:14,294 --> 00:58:17,130 was a happily married 2214 00:58:14,294 --> 00:58:17,130 Arkansas mother of three. 2215 00:58:17,163 --> 00:58:20,500 And the young man accused 2216 00:58:17,163 --> 00:58:20,500 of killing Dr. Bryan Rein 2217 00:58:20,533 --> 00:58:23,737 had growing sons 2218 00:58:20,533 --> 00:58:23,737 of his own. 2219 00:58:23,770 --> 00:58:27,400 But two decades were 2220 00:58:23,770 --> 00:58:27,400 a mere whisper of time 2221 00:58:27,400 --> 00:58:31,511 to the law and the historic 2222 00:58:27,400 --> 00:58:31,511 Choteau County Courthouse 2223 00:58:31,544 --> 00:58:35,248 where in September 2015, 2224 00:58:31,544 --> 00:58:35,248 six years after the case 2225 00:58:35,281 --> 00:58:37,283 was reopened, 19 years 2226 00:58:35,281 --> 00:58:37,283 after the murder, 2227 00:58:37,317 --> 00:58:42,155 Tom's sister and the rest 2228 00:58:37,317 --> 00:58:42,155 of the Jaraczeski family 2229 00:58:42,188 --> 00:58:44,724 assembled on one side 2230 00:58:42,188 --> 00:58:44,724 of the courtroom. 2231 00:58:44,758 --> 00:58:47,600 - It was hard seeing people 2232 00:58:44,758 --> 00:58:47,600 that you thought 2233 00:58:47,600 --> 00:58:49,462 were your friends sitting 2234 00:58:47,600 --> 00:58:49,462 on that other side 2235 00:58:49,496 --> 00:58:51,865 of the courtroom. 2236 00:58:54,670 --> 00:58:56,836 - That would be a number 2237 00:58:54,670 --> 00:58:56,836 of local people, 2238 00:58:56,870 --> 00:59:01,141 along with Dr. Rein's family 2239 00:58:56,870 --> 00:59:01,141 whose attitude must be said 2240 00:59:01,174 --> 00:59:04,778 was unlike that 2241 00:59:01,174 --> 00:59:04,778 of many victims' families. 2242 00:59:04,811 --> 00:59:06,780 - I remember having 2243 00:59:04,811 --> 00:59:06,780 a huge sinking feeling 2244 00:59:06,813 --> 00:59:08,214 in my heart thinking, 2245 00:59:08,248 --> 00:59:12,850 can we not just let this go 2246 00:59:08,248 --> 00:59:12,850 and be done with it? 2247 00:59:12,118 --> 00:59:14,688 - So, you weren't excited 2248 00:59:12,118 --> 00:59:14,688 at the possibility 2249 00:59:14,721 --> 00:59:16,356 that finally justice 2250 00:59:14,721 --> 00:59:16,356 would be done? 2251 00:59:16,389 --> 00:59:18,124 - Nope. 2252 00:59:18,158 --> 00:59:20,593 - Well, a tough case, 2253 00:59:18,158 --> 00:59:20,593 to be sure, 2254 00:59:20,627 --> 00:59:22,562 said Prosecutor Brandt Light, 2255 00:59:20,627 --> 00:59:22,562 but... 2256 00:59:22,595 --> 00:59:24,597 - To just throw up your hands 2257 00:59:22,595 --> 00:59:24,597 and say, well, this is too tough 2258 00:59:24,631 --> 00:59:28,601 or I don't want to lose a case, 2259 00:59:24,631 --> 00:59:28,601 that's just not right. 2260 00:59:28,635 --> 00:59:32,238 - Mind you, Prosecutor Light 2261 00:59:28,635 --> 00:59:32,238 himself could not be 2262 00:59:32,272 --> 00:59:33,473 in the courtroom. 2263 00:59:33,506 --> 00:59:36,376 He had another fight on 2264 00:59:33,506 --> 00:59:36,376 his hands against lung cancer. 2265 00:59:36,409 --> 00:59:39,312 So, he handed the trial 2266 00:59:36,409 --> 00:59:39,312 to two trusted deputies, 2267 00:59:39,346 --> 00:59:42,716 Dan Guzynski 2268 00:59:39,346 --> 00:59:42,716 and Mary Cochenour. 2269 00:59:42,749 --> 00:59:45,510 - It was murder. 2270 00:59:45,850 --> 00:59:47,620 It was murder 2271 00:59:45,850 --> 00:59:47,620 that was planned, 2272 00:59:47,654 --> 00:59:51,124 it was a murder 2273 00:59:47,654 --> 00:59:51,124 that was premeditated, 2274 00:59:51,157 --> 00:59:53,827 and it was a murder where 2275 00:59:51,157 --> 00:59:53,827 no evidence would be left. 2276 00:59:53,860 --> 00:59:55,795 - The big evidence 2277 00:59:53,860 --> 00:59:55,795 was, of course, 2278 00:59:55,829 --> 00:59:58,131 Tom Jaraczeski's 2279 00:59:55,829 --> 00:59:58,131 bizarre behavior 2280 00:59:58,164 --> 01:00:00,233 in the weeks after Ann 2281 00:59:58,164 --> 01:00:00,233 broke up with him 2282 01:00:00,266 --> 01:00:02,235 and began 2283 01:00:00,266 --> 01:00:02,235 dating Dr. Rein. 2284 01:00:02,268 --> 01:00:04,604 This friend of 2285 01:00:02,268 --> 01:00:04,604 Ann's testified. 2286 01:00:04,637 --> 01:00:08,475 - I thought that Bryan 2287 01:00:04,637 --> 01:00:08,475 should watch his back. 2288 01:00:08,508 --> 01:00:12,412 - And herself told the jury 2289 01:00:08,508 --> 01:00:12,412 about the hang-up calls, 2290 01:00:12,445 --> 01:00:14,614 about the time Tom 2291 01:00:12,445 --> 01:00:14,614 snuck into her house 2292 01:00:14,647 --> 01:00:16,490 and read her diary, 2293 01:00:16,820 --> 01:00:19,786 about his middle-of-the-night 2294 01:00:16,820 --> 01:00:19,786 visits to Dr. Rein's trailer. 2295 01:00:19,819 --> 01:00:20,987 - I'm scared. 2296 01:00:21,210 --> 01:00:22,655 I'm like what-- I didn't know 2297 01:00:21,210 --> 01:00:22,655 what was going to happen 2298 01:00:22,689 --> 01:00:27,761 after he'd-- after Tom 2299 01:00:22,689 --> 01:00:27,761 had been acting so weird. 2300 01:00:27,794 --> 01:00:30,300 - The stalking was 2301 01:00:27,794 --> 01:00:30,300 just unbelievable. 2302 01:00:30,630 --> 01:00:34,534 I mean, he was overwhelmed 2303 01:00:30,630 --> 01:00:34,534 by the fact that he had lost, 2304 01:00:34,567 --> 01:00:36,503 um, lost Ann Wishman. 2305 01:00:36,536 --> 01:00:40,640 He had done everything he 2306 01:00:36,536 --> 01:00:40,640 could to try to break them up. 2307 01:00:40,674 --> 01:00:43,943 And I think at the very end, 2308 01:00:40,674 --> 01:00:43,943 when he understood that 2309 01:00:43,977 --> 01:00:46,513 that wasn't going to happen, 2310 01:00:43,977 --> 01:00:46,513 the only thing left 2311 01:00:46,546 --> 01:00:50,350 was to take-- to take Bryan 2312 01:00:46,546 --> 01:00:50,350 out of the picture. 2313 01:00:50,383 --> 01:00:53,190 - In fact, remember this? 2314 01:00:53,530 --> 01:00:55,555 Ann testified about 2315 01:00:53,530 --> 01:00:55,555 that time she said Tom 2316 01:00:55,588 --> 01:00:58,580 once threatened 2317 01:00:55,588 --> 01:00:58,580 to do just that 2318 01:00:58,910 --> 01:01:01,294 should she ever cheat on him 2319 01:00:58,910 --> 01:01:01,294 with any other guy. 2320 01:01:01,327 --> 01:01:03,730 - He said, if you ever 2321 01:01:01,327 --> 01:01:03,730 cheat on my, 2322 01:01:03,763 --> 01:01:05,865 I'll kill him 2323 01:01:03,763 --> 01:01:05,865 and I'll kill you. 2324 01:01:05,899 --> 01:01:07,634 Or I'll want to kill you. 2325 01:01:07,667 --> 01:01:11,710 - Tom, by the way, has long 2326 01:01:07,667 --> 01:01:11,710 denied ever saying that. 2327 01:01:11,104 --> 01:01:14,341 But even after 2328 01:01:11,104 --> 01:01:14,341 the murder, Ann said, 2329 01:01:14,374 --> 01:01:16,376 Tom kept pursuing her. 2330 01:01:16,409 --> 01:01:19,446 Letters, cards, 2331 01:01:16,409 --> 01:01:19,446 phone calls. 2332 01:01:19,479 --> 01:01:21,414 - He said he dreamed 2333 01:01:19,479 --> 01:01:21,414 that we had gotten married 2334 01:01:21,448 --> 01:01:25,352 and we had kids 2335 01:01:21,448 --> 01:01:25,352 and was telling me, 2336 01:01:25,385 --> 01:01:29,522 you know, like we had-- 2337 01:01:25,385 --> 01:01:29,522 went into detail about a life 2338 01:01:29,556 --> 01:01:30,857 we were 2339 01:01:29,556 --> 01:01:30,857 living together. 2340 01:01:30,890 --> 01:01:32,459 - Then there was 2341 01:01:30,890 --> 01:01:32,459 the strange story 2342 01:01:32,492 --> 01:01:35,862 one of Tom's next girlfriends 2343 01:01:32,492 --> 01:01:35,862 told the jury. 2344 01:01:35,895 --> 01:01:40,200 - Did he ever mention to you 2345 01:01:35,895 --> 01:01:40,200 an ex-girlfriend named Ann? 2346 01:01:40,233 --> 01:01:41,701 - Yes. 2347 01:01:41,735 --> 01:01:43,336 That was the love 2348 01:01:41,735 --> 01:01:43,336 of his life. 2349 01:01:43,370 --> 01:01:45,438 He said he wished 2350 01:01:43,370 --> 01:01:45,438 the vet was dead 2351 01:01:45,472 --> 01:01:49,109 because that way him and Ann 2352 01:01:45,472 --> 01:01:49,109 could get back together 2353 01:01:49,142 --> 01:01:51,544 because that was what 2354 01:01:49,142 --> 01:01:51,544 was keeping them apart. 2355 01:01:51,578 --> 01:01:55,482 - By then, of course, 2356 01:01:51,578 --> 01:01:55,482 the vet was already long dead 2357 01:01:55,515 --> 01:01:58,885 by Tom's own hand, 2358 01:01:55,515 --> 01:01:58,885 the prosecutors argued. 2359 01:01:58,918 --> 01:02:01,521 - Nobody else had 2360 01:01:58,918 --> 01:02:01,521 the opportunity 2361 01:02:01,554 --> 01:02:04,891 and nobody else had the means 2362 01:02:01,554 --> 01:02:04,891 in this very tiny community 2363 01:02:04,924 --> 01:02:09,129 to kill Bryan as-- 2364 01:02:04,924 --> 01:02:09,129 as Tom did. 2365 01:02:09,162 --> 01:02:11,197 - So, how did he do it? 2366 01:02:11,231 --> 01:02:14,234 He put his plan into action, 2367 01:02:11,231 --> 01:02:14,234 said Prosecutor Light, 2368 01:02:14,267 --> 01:02:17,203 when Dr. Rein was away 2369 01:02:14,267 --> 01:02:17,203 at that conference. 2370 01:02:17,237 --> 01:02:20,373 Before returning home 2371 01:02:17,237 --> 01:02:20,373 on Friday, July 12th. 2372 01:02:20,407 --> 01:02:24,310 - I think Tom Jaraczeski 2373 01:02:20,407 --> 01:02:24,310 had finally made up his mind 2374 01:02:24,344 --> 01:02:25,979 and I don't think 2375 01:02:24,344 --> 01:02:25,979 he had any problem 2376 01:02:26,790 --> 01:02:27,800 going in the trailer. 2377 01:02:27,800 --> 01:02:28,815 And I think 2378 01:02:27,800 --> 01:02:28,815 he located the gun. 2379 01:02:28,848 --> 01:02:29,849 - Yes, he argued. 2380 01:02:29,883 --> 01:02:32,752 Tom stole Dr. Rein's own gun. 2381 01:02:32,786 --> 01:02:36,589 Then that Friday night Tom 2382 01:02:32,786 --> 01:02:36,589 placed a hang-up call to 2383 01:02:36,623 --> 01:02:40,627 Dr. Rein at 9:45 p.m. 2384 01:02:36,623 --> 01:02:40,627 to ensure he was home. 2385 01:02:40,660 --> 01:02:43,196 And soon after that, 2386 01:02:40,660 --> 01:02:43,196 a second call 2387 01:02:43,229 --> 01:02:45,865 to a second location 2388 01:02:43,229 --> 01:02:45,865 in another town 2389 01:02:45,899 --> 01:02:47,901 half an hour 2390 01:02:45,899 --> 01:02:47,901 down the road. 2391 01:02:47,934 --> 01:02:51,104 - He calls, Ann answers, 2392 01:02:47,934 --> 01:02:51,104 he hangs up. 2393 01:02:51,104 --> 01:02:52,939 So, now he knows 2394 01:02:51,104 --> 01:02:52,939 Ann's in Great Falls. 2395 01:02:52,972 --> 01:02:55,308 That's 36 miles away. 2396 01:02:55,342 --> 01:02:57,911 - So, he knew that 2397 01:02:55,342 --> 01:02:57,911 he could go over there 2398 01:02:57,944 --> 01:03:03,316 and not find anybody there 2399 01:02:57,944 --> 01:03:03,316 besides Bryan. 2400 01:03:03,350 --> 01:03:07,587 - Then he got onto his ATV, 2401 01:03:03,350 --> 01:03:07,587 headed over to the bunkhouse, 2402 01:03:07,620 --> 01:03:10,423 Is that what 2403 01:03:07,620 --> 01:03:10,423 his neighbor saw? 2404 01:03:10,457 --> 01:03:12,580 - A while later, 2405 01:03:10,457 --> 01:03:12,580 towards the evening, 2406 01:03:12,920 --> 01:03:14,361 I did see 2407 01:03:12,920 --> 01:03:14,361 a four-wheeler go by. 2408 01:03:14,394 --> 01:03:16,696 The ATV was dark green. 2409 01:03:16,730 --> 01:03:19,632 - Mr. Jaraczeski owns 2410 01:03:16,730 --> 01:03:19,632 a green and black ATV. 2411 01:03:19,666 --> 01:03:23,570 And within 19 years, 2412 01:03:19,666 --> 01:03:23,570 no one has ever stepped forward 2413 01:03:23,603 --> 01:03:27,407 to determine who else 2414 01:03:23,603 --> 01:03:27,407 in that small community 2415 01:03:27,440 --> 01:03:29,242 had a green 2416 01:03:27,440 --> 01:03:29,242 and black ATV. 2417 01:03:29,275 --> 01:03:31,770 Nobody did. 2418 01:03:31,111 --> 01:03:32,812 - When Tom arrived 2419 01:03:31,111 --> 01:03:32,812 at the bunkhouse, 2420 01:03:32,846 --> 01:03:35,382 said the prosecutor, 2421 01:03:32,846 --> 01:03:35,382 he waited in the bushes 2422 01:03:35,415 --> 01:03:37,851 where he could see 2423 01:03:35,415 --> 01:03:37,851 Dr. Rein's door. 2424 01:03:37,884 --> 01:03:39,219 - He's got the weapon there. 2425 01:03:39,252 --> 01:03:42,655 And I think at 2426 01:03:39,252 --> 01:03:42,655 the appropriate time he decides 2427 01:03:42,689 --> 01:03:46,626 that he's going to walk up 2428 01:03:42,689 --> 01:03:46,626 to the back door. 2429 01:03:46,659 --> 01:03:49,462 - And that must have been 2430 01:03:46,659 --> 01:03:49,462 when Tom threw the holster 2431 01:03:49,496 --> 01:03:52,980 in the grass where 2432 01:03:49,496 --> 01:03:52,980 it was found later, 2433 01:03:52,132 --> 01:03:53,366 said Prosecutor Light. 2434 01:03:53,400 --> 01:03:56,469 - Now, it just so happens 2435 01:03:53,400 --> 01:03:56,469 that Ann makes a call to Bryan. 2436 01:03:56,503 --> 01:03:59,406 They even talk about getting 2437 01:03:56,503 --> 01:03:59,406 a restraining order against-- 2438 01:03:59,439 --> 01:04:01,410 against Tom Jaraczeski. 2439 01:04:01,410 --> 01:04:03,376 And then Ann says that 2440 01:04:01,410 --> 01:04:03,376 Bryan almost abruptly 2441 01:04:03,410 --> 01:04:06,613 gets off the phone, as if-- 2442 01:04:03,410 --> 01:04:06,613 as if somebody's there. 2443 01:04:06,646 --> 01:04:10,250 - According to Ann, 2444 01:04:06,646 --> 01:04:10,250 that was about 10:40 p.m. 2445 01:04:10,283 --> 01:04:14,621 - I think Bryan then heard him, 2446 01:04:10,283 --> 01:04:14,621 went to the back door, 2447 01:04:14,654 --> 01:04:16,756 and I think at that point, 2448 01:04:16,790 --> 01:04:18,525 when there is 2449 01:04:16,790 --> 01:04:18,525 Thomas Jaraczeski 2450 01:04:18,558 --> 01:04:22,228 sitting on that 2451 01:04:18,558 --> 01:04:22,228 back porch, has a gun, 2452 01:04:22,262 --> 01:04:25,650 I think immediately Bryan 2453 01:04:22,262 --> 01:04:25,650 knew what was going on 2454 01:04:25,980 --> 01:04:26,833 and the fight was on. 2455 01:04:26,866 --> 01:04:28,134 And I think 2456 01:04:26,866 --> 01:04:28,134 it was a struggle. 2457 01:04:28,168 --> 01:04:32,105 I think he shot him 2458 01:04:28,168 --> 01:04:32,105 twice in the arm. 2459 01:04:32,138 --> 01:04:35,442 I think he then-- 2460 01:04:32,138 --> 01:04:35,442 Bryan struggled back to try 2461 01:04:35,475 --> 01:04:38,778 to get the phone and Thomas 2462 01:04:35,475 --> 01:04:38,778 just shot him in the chest, 2463 01:04:38,812 --> 01:04:41,881 left the weapon, 2464 01:04:38,812 --> 01:04:41,881 got on that ATV. 2465 01:04:41,915 --> 01:04:44,351 - And took off. 2466 01:04:41,915 --> 01:04:44,351 - And took off. 2467 01:04:44,384 --> 01:04:46,720 And then he-he 2468 01:04:44,384 --> 01:04:46,720 had hurt his back, 2469 01:04:46,753 --> 01:04:49,656 so, the next day he had 2470 01:04:46,753 --> 01:04:49,656 to go to the hospital. 2471 01:04:49,689 --> 01:04:51,157 And there you go. 2472 01:04:51,191 --> 01:04:53,526 - And that was 2473 01:04:51,191 --> 01:04:53,526 the prosecution's case. 2474 01:04:53,560 --> 01:04:55,950 All circumstantial. 2475 01:04:55,950 --> 01:04:57,864 No physical evidence 2476 01:04:55,950 --> 01:04:57,864 was ever found to link Tom 2477 01:04:57,897 --> 01:04:59,366 to the murder scene. 2478 01:04:59,399 --> 01:05:01,401 But the pieces, 2479 01:04:59,399 --> 01:05:01,401 said the prosecution, 2480 01:05:01,434 --> 01:05:04,604 fit together to tell 2481 01:05:01,434 --> 01:05:04,604 quite a story. 2482 01:05:04,637 --> 01:05:07,107 But only a story, 2483 01:05:07,140 --> 01:05:09,109 Tom's defenders 2484 01:05:07,140 --> 01:05:09,109 were about to say. 2485 01:05:09,142 --> 01:05:11,544 A tall tale, 2486 01:05:09,142 --> 01:05:11,544 if you will. 2487 01:05:11,578 --> 01:05:15,715 Which they added 2488 01:05:11,578 --> 01:05:15,715 a good Montana steak 2489 01:05:15,749 --> 01:05:17,951 would undo in a hurry. 2490 01:05:21,721 --> 01:05:24,570 - A whole new theory 2491 01:05:21,721 --> 01:05:24,570 of the crime. 2492 01:05:24,900 --> 01:05:27,761 - It doesn't seem like 2493 01:05:24,900 --> 01:05:27,761 a plausible time of death. 2494 01:05:27,794 --> 01:05:31,464 - Dr. Rein's last meal 2495 01:05:27,794 --> 01:05:31,464 would tell a tale of its own 2496 01:05:42,909 --> 01:05:43,276 Welcome back. 2497 01:05:44,444 --> 01:05:47,313 Tom Jaraczeski was on trial 2498 01:05:44,444 --> 01:05:47,313 for the murder of Bryan Rein. 2499 01:05:47,347 --> 01:05:50,316 The prosecution argued 2500 01:05:47,347 --> 01:05:50,316 that Tom killed Bryan 2501 01:05:50,350 --> 01:05:52,886 in a jealous rage after 2502 01:05:50,350 --> 01:05:52,886 his girlfriend Ann 2503 01:05:52,919 --> 01:05:55,422 dumped him for 2504 01:05:52,919 --> 01:05:55,422 the dashing veterinarian 2505 01:05:55,455 --> 01:05:57,123 and supported 2506 01:05:55,455 --> 01:05:57,123 their theory, 2507 01:05:57,157 --> 01:06:00,930 testifying Tom had 2508 01:05:57,157 --> 01:06:00,930 stalked the new couple. 2509 01:06:00,126 --> 01:06:02,295 Now, it was 2510 01:06:00,126 --> 01:06:02,295 the defense's turn 2511 01:06:02,328 --> 01:06:05,331 and they were about 2512 01:06:02,328 --> 01:06:05,331 to put Bryan's love life 2513 01:06:05,365 --> 01:06:06,633 under the spotlight. 2514 01:06:06,666 --> 01:06:10,470 Back to Keith Morrison with 2515 01:06:06,666 --> 01:06:10,470 "Mystery in Big Sky Country". 2516 01:06:12,639 --> 01:06:15,308 - A harrowing thing happened 2517 01:06:12,639 --> 01:06:15,308 to Bryan Rein's sisters 2518 01:06:15,342 --> 01:06:17,944 at the murder trial 2519 01:06:15,342 --> 01:06:17,944 of Tom Jaraczeski. 2520 01:06:18,440 --> 01:06:23,350 They re-felt all the searing 2521 01:06:18,440 --> 01:06:23,350 anger, loss, and grief 2522 01:06:23,383 --> 01:06:25,385 they tried to put behind them. 2523 01:06:25,418 --> 01:06:29,756 - I can distinctly remember 2524 01:06:25,418 --> 01:06:29,756 sitting there almost feeling, 2525 01:06:29,789 --> 01:06:31,658 "Great... we're going to 2526 01:06:29,789 --> 01:06:31,658 have to re-live this 2527 01:06:31,691 --> 01:06:34,494 "all over again." 2528 01:06:34,527 --> 01:06:37,864 - Like attending a nightmare 2529 01:06:34,527 --> 01:06:37,864 version of his funeral. 2530 01:06:37,897 --> 01:06:38,798 - But at this funeral, 2531 01:06:38,832 --> 01:06:40,734 we're not saying anything 2532 01:06:38,832 --> 01:06:40,734 nice about him. 2533 01:06:40,767 --> 01:06:42,535 - Why would that be? 2534 01:06:42,569 --> 01:06:45,638 Because the sisters knew 2535 01:06:42,569 --> 01:06:45,638 Defense Attorney Bob Peterson 2536 01:06:45,672 --> 01:06:48,308 and his new co-council 2537 01:06:45,672 --> 01:06:48,308 Jennifer Streano 2538 01:06:48,341 --> 01:06:51,878 would not only attack the case 2539 01:06:48,341 --> 01:06:51,878 against Tom Jaraczeski, 2540 01:06:51,911 --> 01:06:53,513 they'd bring up all the old, 2541 01:06:53,546 --> 01:06:56,449 long-forgotten gossip 2542 01:06:53,546 --> 01:06:56,449 about Bryan, 2543 01:06:56,483 --> 01:07:00,286 about what a ladies man 2544 01:06:56,483 --> 01:07:00,286 he was purported to be. 2545 01:07:00,320 --> 01:07:03,289 - When they went on about 2546 01:07:00,320 --> 01:07:03,289 how he was a womanizer 2547 01:07:03,323 --> 01:07:05,358 and he was having 2548 01:07:03,323 --> 01:07:05,358 multiple affairs... 2549 01:07:05,392 --> 01:07:07,761 - So, she knew it was coming, 2550 01:07:07,794 --> 01:07:10,764 but in fact, 2551 01:07:07,794 --> 01:07:10,764 the defense went beyond that 2552 01:07:10,797 --> 01:07:13,330 and cast out 2553 01:07:10,797 --> 01:07:13,330 on the very idea 2554 01:07:13,660 --> 01:07:17,637 that this 19-year-old mystery 2555 01:07:13,660 --> 01:07:17,637 could be solved at all. 2556 01:07:17,671 --> 01:07:20,273 - Throughout this trial, 2557 01:07:20,306 --> 01:07:23,276 you will have the urge 2558 01:07:23,309 --> 01:07:26,513 to want to solve this 2559 01:07:26,546 --> 01:07:28,748 and that's only natural. 2560 01:07:28,782 --> 01:07:33,253 But this case 2561 01:07:28,782 --> 01:07:33,253 cannot be solved. 2562 01:07:33,286 --> 01:07:36,560 That was really the biggest 2563 01:07:33,286 --> 01:07:36,560 point to stress to this jury, 2564 01:07:36,560 --> 01:07:39,920 that your desire is going to 2565 01:07:36,560 --> 01:07:39,920 want to close this book, 2566 01:07:39,125 --> 01:07:40,260 close the chapter, 2567 01:07:40,293 --> 01:07:43,163 give this family 2568 01:07:40,293 --> 01:07:43,163 the relief they deserve, 2569 01:07:43,196 --> 01:07:45,131 but it just cannot be done. 2570 01:07:45,165 --> 01:07:47,767 - All that immature behavior, 2571 01:07:45,165 --> 01:07:47,767 said the defense, 2572 01:07:47,801 --> 01:07:49,869 couldn't change two facts: 2573 01:07:49,903 --> 01:07:53,730 that Tom had never been 2574 01:07:49,903 --> 01:07:53,730 a violent person 2575 01:07:53,730 --> 01:07:55,608 and that not a shred 2576 01:07:53,730 --> 01:07:55,608 of physical evidence 2577 01:07:55,642 --> 01:07:59,612 linked Tom to the murder scene, 2578 01:07:55,642 --> 01:07:59,612 said this forensic scientist. 2579 01:07:59,646 --> 01:08:02,582 - You never found 2580 01:07:59,646 --> 01:08:02,582 any fingerprint 2581 01:08:02,615 --> 01:08:06,720 belonging to Tom Jaraczeski 2582 01:08:02,615 --> 01:08:06,720 in any of the items 2583 01:08:06,753 --> 01:08:12,125 that you tested, did you? 2584 01:08:06,753 --> 01:08:12,125 - I did not. 2585 01:08:12,158 --> 01:08:15,595 - I mean, they had all 2586 01:08:12,158 --> 01:08:15,595 of his creepy behavior, sure. 2587 01:08:15,628 --> 01:08:17,930 But beyond that, 2588 01:08:15,628 --> 01:08:17,930 they had nothing. 2589 01:08:18,310 --> 01:08:19,599 I mean, they had 2590 01:08:18,310 --> 01:08:19,599 nothing inside the house 2591 01:08:19,631 --> 01:08:21,901 that connected him 2592 01:08:19,631 --> 01:08:21,901 to this offense. 2593 01:08:21,935 --> 01:08:25,337 There was no hair or fiber 2594 01:08:21,935 --> 01:08:25,337 or blood or tissue 2595 01:08:25,372 --> 01:08:29,843 or anything like that 2596 01:08:25,372 --> 01:08:29,843 found inside that trailer, 2597 01:08:29,876 --> 01:08:32,312 found on Mr. Rein himself, 2598 01:08:32,345 --> 01:08:36,383 found outside the trailer 2599 01:08:32,345 --> 01:08:36,383 that belonged to Tom. 2600 01:08:36,416 --> 01:08:40,185 And trust me, 2601 01:08:36,416 --> 01:08:40,185 they looked. 2602 01:08:40,220 --> 01:08:42,122 - Those first responders 2603 01:08:40,220 --> 01:08:42,122 all those years ago 2604 01:08:42,154 --> 01:08:44,724 certainly gave the defense 2605 01:08:42,154 --> 01:08:44,724 a juicy target, 2606 01:08:44,758 --> 01:08:47,127 given how they treated 2607 01:08:44,758 --> 01:08:47,127 Dr. Rein's murder at first 2608 01:08:47,160 --> 01:08:49,261 like a suicide. 2609 01:08:49,295 --> 01:08:52,649 - You did not take 2610 01:08:49,295 --> 01:08:52,649 any blood swabs that day. 2611 01:08:52,979 --> 01:08:53,133 - Not that day. 2612 01:08:53,166 --> 01:08:56,301 - You did not take 2613 01:08:53,166 --> 01:08:56,301 any fingerprints that day. 2614 01:08:56,336 --> 01:08:57,770 - Not that day. 2615 01:08:57,804 --> 01:09:00,273 - And what about throwing away 2616 01:08:57,804 --> 01:09:00,273 potential evidence 2617 01:09:00,305 --> 01:09:04,439 like that telephone they found 2618 01:09:00,305 --> 01:09:04,439 under Dr. Rein's head? 2619 01:09:04,770 --> 01:09:06,120 - We all looked at it 2620 01:09:04,770 --> 01:09:06,120 and I'm sure decided 2621 01:09:06,460 --> 01:09:08,348 there was nothing on it, 2622 01:09:06,460 --> 01:09:08,348 just to- to save it 2623 01:09:08,381 --> 01:09:10,250 or we wouldn't 2624 01:09:08,381 --> 01:09:10,250 have thrown it out. 2625 01:09:10,283 --> 01:09:13,486 - The defense called them 2626 01:09:10,283 --> 01:09:13,486 to the stand one by one 2627 01:09:13,520 --> 01:09:15,721 to admit their mistakes. 2628 01:09:15,755 --> 01:09:19,526 - Looking back now, 2629 01:09:15,755 --> 01:09:19,526 Deputy Dollum, 2630 01:09:19,559 --> 01:09:21,361 you probably shouldn't 2631 01:09:19,559 --> 01:09:21,361 have done that. 2632 01:09:21,394 --> 01:09:23,196 - Yeah, we shouldn't have. 2633 01:09:23,229 --> 01:09:25,532 - And if the state could make 2634 01:09:23,229 --> 01:09:25,532 such a mess of things 2635 01:09:25,564 --> 01:09:28,600 at the crime scene 2636 01:09:25,564 --> 01:09:28,600 confusing the manner of death, 2637 01:09:28,635 --> 01:09:31,136 said the defense, 2638 01:09:28,635 --> 01:09:31,136 maybe its theory 2639 01:09:31,171 --> 01:09:34,573 about the time of death 2640 01:09:31,171 --> 01:09:34,573 was wrong, too. 2641 01:09:34,607 --> 01:09:36,776 - The state had concluded 2642 01:09:36,810 --> 01:09:38,912 that the time of death 2643 01:09:36,810 --> 01:09:38,912 was Friday night 2644 01:09:38,944 --> 01:09:43,490 and our question to them 2645 01:09:38,944 --> 01:09:43,490 always has been, why? 2646 01:09:43,490 --> 01:09:44,850 Why did they choose 2647 01:09:43,490 --> 01:09:44,850 that time 2648 01:09:44,884 --> 01:09:46,819 other than 2649 01:09:44,884 --> 01:09:46,819 it's the only time, really, 2650 01:09:46,853 --> 01:09:48,955 Tom doesn't have an alibi? 2651 01:09:49,550 --> 01:09:51,291 - But what if the state 2652 01:09:49,550 --> 01:09:51,291 was wrong? 2653 01:09:51,323 --> 01:09:53,393 In fact, 2654 01:09:51,323 --> 01:09:53,393 said Tom's defenders, 2655 01:09:53,426 --> 01:09:57,764 the state was wrong. 2656 01:09:53,426 --> 01:09:57,764 How did they know? 2657 01:09:57,797 --> 01:09:59,299 Well, for one thing, 2658 01:09:59,332 --> 01:10:03,403 there was Cody, 2659 01:09:59,332 --> 01:10:03,403 Dr. Rein's dog. 2660 01:10:03,436 --> 01:10:06,600 - If the state's theory 2661 01:10:03,436 --> 01:10:06,600 was correct, 2662 01:10:06,390 --> 01:10:09,409 Cody then would have been 2663 01:10:06,390 --> 01:10:09,409 left in that trailer 2664 01:10:09,442 --> 01:10:14,447 with no exit for Friday 2665 01:10:09,442 --> 01:10:14,447 to Saturday night, 2666 01:10:14,481 --> 01:10:16,549 to Saturday 2667 01:10:14,481 --> 01:10:16,549 till Sunday morning, 2668 01:10:16,583 --> 01:10:18,618 without going to 2669 01:10:16,583 --> 01:10:18,618 the bathroom at all. 2670 01:10:18,651 --> 01:10:22,389 There was no evidence that 2671 01:10:18,651 --> 01:10:22,389 he had gone to the bathroom 2672 01:10:22,422 --> 01:10:24,240 at all in the house. 2673 01:10:24,570 --> 01:10:26,793 - Dr. Rein's sisters 2674 01:10:24,570 --> 01:10:26,793 disputed the idea 2675 01:10:26,826 --> 01:10:28,528 that Cody couldn't have 2676 01:10:26,826 --> 01:10:28,528 found some way 2677 01:10:28,561 --> 01:10:30,163 in and out of the trailer, 2678 01:10:30,196 --> 01:10:34,670 but the defense said it had 2679 01:10:30,196 --> 01:10:34,670 even more dramatic evidence 2680 01:10:34,100 --> 01:10:35,602 that the murder 2681 01:10:34,100 --> 01:10:35,602 did not happen 2682 01:10:35,635 --> 01:10:38,104 until, at the earliest, 2683 01:10:35,635 --> 01:10:38,104 Saturday morning 2684 01:10:38,138 --> 01:10:40,407 when Tom had an alibi. 2685 01:10:40,440 --> 01:10:43,109 Remember, Dr. Rein returned 2686 01:10:40,440 --> 01:10:43,109 home from a conference 2687 01:10:43,143 --> 01:10:44,911 on Friday night, 2688 01:10:44,944 --> 01:10:48,181 but at about 7 p.m. 2689 01:10:44,944 --> 01:10:48,181 that evening, 2690 01:10:48,214 --> 01:10:52,152 two local men testified 2691 01:10:48,214 --> 01:10:52,152 Bryan stopped for dinner 2692 01:10:52,185 --> 01:10:56,322 at a place called 2693 01:10:52,185 --> 01:10:56,322 The Square Butte Country Club. 2694 01:10:56,356 --> 01:10:58,291 - We ate and visited 2695 01:10:56,356 --> 01:10:58,291 with him. 2696 01:10:58,324 --> 01:11:00,393 - And what Dr. Rein 2697 01:10:58,324 --> 01:11:00,393 had for dinner, 2698 01:11:00,427 --> 01:11:01,795 according to these witnesses, 2699 01:11:01,828 --> 01:11:05,650 destroyed the state's theory 2700 01:11:01,828 --> 01:11:05,650 of time of death. 2701 01:11:05,980 --> 01:11:09,235 It was this retired rancher, 2702 01:11:05,980 --> 01:11:09,235 too ill to testify in-person, 2703 01:11:09,269 --> 01:11:11,371 who delivered the haymaker 2704 01:11:11,404 --> 01:11:14,140 by remembering 2705 01:11:11,404 --> 01:11:14,140 clearly, he said, 2706 01:11:14,174 --> 01:11:17,177 what Bryan had 2707 01:11:14,174 --> 01:11:17,177 on his plate. 2708 01:11:17,210 --> 01:11:18,912 - And do you recall 2709 01:11:17,210 --> 01:11:18,912 what he was doing 2710 01:11:18,945 --> 01:11:20,880 when you sat down 2711 01:11:18,945 --> 01:11:20,880 across from him? 2712 01:11:25,852 --> 01:11:29,522 - I, uh, other than 2713 01:11:25,852 --> 01:11:29,522 sitting there 2714 01:11:29,556 --> 01:11:32,492 eating a good-looking 2715 01:11:29,556 --> 01:11:32,492 Montana steak, 2716 01:11:32,525 --> 01:11:36,563 that's what he seemed to be 2717 01:11:32,525 --> 01:11:36,563 most interested in. 2718 01:11:36,596 --> 01:11:40,667 - A steak. 2719 01:11:36,596 --> 01:11:40,667 Why was that important? 2720 01:11:40,700 --> 01:11:42,702 Because the autopsy, 2721 01:11:42,736 --> 01:11:45,472 the one in which 2722 01:11:42,736 --> 01:11:45,472 time of death was left blank, 2723 01:11:45,505 --> 01:11:50,443 did not reveal any steak 2724 01:11:45,505 --> 01:11:50,443 in his digestive tract. 2725 01:11:50,477 --> 01:11:53,713 How could that be 2726 01:11:50,477 --> 01:11:53,713 if he died Friday night? 2727 01:11:53,747 --> 01:11:56,383 The defense called 2728 01:11:53,747 --> 01:11:56,383 a forensic pathologist. 2729 01:11:56,416 --> 01:12:00,420 - So, if he had eaten a steak 2730 01:11:56,416 --> 01:12:00,420 at 7 o'clock at night 2731 01:12:00,453 --> 01:12:06,559 and was shot and killed 2732 01:12:00,453 --> 01:12:06,559 at 11 o'clock at night, 2733 01:12:06,593 --> 01:12:09,796 would there be steak still 2734 01:12:06,593 --> 01:12:09,796 in his stomach contents? 2735 01:12:09,829 --> 01:12:11,564 - Yeah. 2736 01:12:09,829 --> 01:12:11,564 My opinion is that 2737 01:12:11,598 --> 01:12:15,902 it doesn't seem like 2738 01:12:11,598 --> 01:12:15,902 a plausible time of death. 2739 01:12:15,935 --> 01:12:19,172 - So, what was 2740 01:12:15,935 --> 01:12:19,172 in Dr. Rein's stomach? 2741 01:12:19,205 --> 01:12:22,308 According to the doctor 2742 01:12:19,205 --> 01:12:22,308 who did the autopsy... 2743 01:12:22,342 --> 01:12:24,944 - There appeared to be 2744 01:12:22,342 --> 01:12:24,944 scrambled eggs 2745 01:12:24,978 --> 01:12:28,114 and green pepper 2746 01:12:24,978 --> 01:12:28,114 and tomato. 2747 01:12:28,148 --> 01:12:31,117 - And in the bunkhouse, 2748 01:12:28,148 --> 01:12:31,117 eggshells in the garbage, 2749 01:12:31,151 --> 01:12:35,388 dirty dishes in the sink, 2750 01:12:31,151 --> 01:12:35,388 as if he'd made breakfast. 2751 01:12:35,422 --> 01:12:37,357 Although Dr. Rein's sister 2752 01:12:35,422 --> 01:12:37,357 testified 2753 01:12:37,390 --> 01:12:39,993 that it was Bryan's habit 2754 01:12:37,390 --> 01:12:39,993 to stay up late, 2755 01:12:40,930 --> 01:12:43,596 and make eggs, and work late 2756 01:12:40,930 --> 01:12:43,596 into the night. 2757 01:12:43,630 --> 01:12:45,231 The defense said 2758 01:12:43,630 --> 01:12:45,231 the evidence pointed 2759 01:12:45,265 --> 01:12:48,201 to Dr. Rein being killed 2760 01:12:45,265 --> 01:12:48,201 not Friday night 2761 01:12:48,234 --> 01:12:50,770 but sometime Saturday. 2762 01:12:50,804 --> 01:12:52,972 And there was 2763 01:12:50,804 --> 01:12:52,972 a certain someone 2764 01:12:53,600 --> 01:12:56,276 who had no alibi 2765 01:12:53,600 --> 01:12:56,276 for Saturday. 2766 01:12:56,309 --> 01:12:58,645 Someone you've already met. 2767 01:12:58,678 --> 01:13:00,113 Remember him? 2768 01:13:00,146 --> 01:13:05,510 Larry Hagenbuch was about 2769 01:13:00,146 --> 01:13:05,510 to take the witness stand. 2770 01:13:05,510 --> 01:13:10,590 - And, it's your statement 2771 01:13:05,510 --> 01:13:10,590 that you then just went home. 2772 01:13:10,623 --> 01:13:11,725 Is that right? 2773 01:13:10,623 --> 01:13:11,725 - Correct. 2774 01:13:11,758 --> 01:13:13,930 - And you were home alone 2775 01:13:11,758 --> 01:13:13,930 that night. 2776 01:13:13,126 --> 01:13:14,260 - That's right. 2777 01:13:14,294 --> 01:13:17,564 - No question what the defense 2778 01:13:14,294 --> 01:13:17,564 was about to imply, 2779 01:13:17,597 --> 01:13:20,700 that the killer 2780 01:13:17,597 --> 01:13:20,700 could have been him. 2781 01:13:22,102 --> 01:13:24,371 - Coming up... 2782 01:13:24,404 --> 01:13:28,341 The 19-year-old mystery 2783 01:13:24,404 --> 01:13:28,341 takes a sudden dark twist. 2784 01:13:28,375 --> 01:13:30,510 - He started describing things 2785 01:13:30,543 --> 01:13:33,346 that you wouldn't know 2786 01:13:30,543 --> 01:13:33,346 unless you had been there. 2787 01:13:39,119 --> 01:13:43,590 ** 2788 01:13:44,758 --> 01:13:48,661 - On day eight of his trial, 2789 01:13:44,758 --> 01:13:48,661 Tom Jaraczeski's defense team 2790 01:13:48,695 --> 01:13:51,564 attempted to 2791 01:13:48,695 --> 01:13:51,564 flip the playing field. 2792 01:13:51,598 --> 01:13:53,867 Not only did they challenge 2793 01:13:51,598 --> 01:13:53,867 the prosecution's theory 2794 01:13:53,900 --> 01:13:58,738 that Dr. Bryan Rein's murder 2795 01:13:53,900 --> 01:13:58,738 occurred on a Friday night, 2796 01:13:58,772 --> 01:14:01,174 they also pointed 2797 01:13:58,772 --> 01:14:01,174 their suspicion 2798 01:14:01,207 --> 01:14:05,145 at a man who had no alibi 2799 01:14:01,207 --> 01:14:05,145 for Saturday. 2800 01:14:07,514 --> 01:14:09,449 - Larry Hagenbuch, 2801 01:14:09,482 --> 01:14:11,151 that friend 2802 01:14:09,482 --> 01:14:11,151 of Dr. Rein's 2803 01:14:11,184 --> 01:14:12,886 whose wife was leaving him, 2804 01:14:12,919 --> 01:14:15,488 who'd used medication 2805 01:14:12,919 --> 01:14:15,488 he purloined from Dr. Rein 2806 01:14:15,522 --> 01:14:19,859 to try to kill himself 2807 01:14:15,522 --> 01:14:19,859 a month before the murder. 2808 01:14:19,893 --> 01:14:22,562 - But you took 2809 01:14:19,893 --> 01:14:22,562 this combination of pills, 2810 01:14:22,595 --> 01:14:24,640 so that you could check out. 2811 01:14:24,970 --> 01:14:26,800 You wanted to kill yourself. 2812 01:14:24,970 --> 01:14:26,800 - It was time. 2813 01:14:26,833 --> 01:14:29,569 I mean, I was done 2814 01:14:26,833 --> 01:14:29,569 with all the BS. 2815 01:14:29,602 --> 01:14:33,173 - It's, to me, 2816 01:14:29,602 --> 01:14:33,173 very plausible 2817 01:14:33,206 --> 01:14:35,408 Larry goes to 2818 01:14:33,206 --> 01:14:35,408 Mr. Rein's trailer, 2819 01:14:35,442 --> 01:14:39,790 he's upset, 2820 01:14:35,442 --> 01:14:39,790 he's been drinking, 2821 01:14:39,790 --> 01:14:42,882 he wants either more pills 2822 01:14:39,790 --> 01:14:42,882 from Mr. Rein, 2823 01:14:42,916 --> 01:14:46,486 Mr. Rein refuses, 2824 01:14:42,916 --> 01:14:46,486 and Larry goes for the gun. 2825 01:14:46,519 --> 01:14:49,322 - The thing is, the day 2826 01:14:46,519 --> 01:14:49,322 Bryan's body was discovered, 2827 01:14:49,356 --> 01:14:52,592 Larry admitted he had 2828 01:14:49,356 --> 01:14:52,592 gone over to the bunkhouse. 2829 01:14:52,625 --> 01:14:54,127 And the morning after, 2830 01:14:54,160 --> 01:14:56,663 Larry broke down crying 2831 01:14:54,160 --> 01:14:56,663 in the waiting room 2832 01:14:56,696 --> 01:14:58,498 of a counselor's office. 2833 01:14:58,531 --> 01:15:00,633 And while people 2834 01:14:58,531 --> 01:15:00,633 around him listened, 2835 01:15:00,667 --> 01:15:01,868 he described things 2836 01:15:01,901 --> 01:15:04,337 only someone with intimate 2837 01:15:01,901 --> 01:15:04,337 knowledge of the crime scene 2838 01:15:04,371 --> 01:15:05,939 would know about. 2839 01:15:06,390 --> 01:15:08,842 - He started describing things 2840 01:15:08,875 --> 01:15:11,311 you wouldn't know 2841 01:15:08,875 --> 01:15:11,311 unless you had been there. 2842 01:15:11,344 --> 01:15:15,648 Um, he-- that Mr. Rein 2843 01:15:11,344 --> 01:15:15,648 was laying on his back 2844 01:15:15,682 --> 01:15:18,718 with his feet crossed, 2845 01:15:15,682 --> 01:15:18,718 blood all over. 2846 01:15:18,752 --> 01:15:21,187 But the one fact that I think 2847 01:15:18,752 --> 01:15:21,187 that's the most important 2848 01:15:21,221 --> 01:15:23,189 that stood out to me 2849 01:15:23,223 --> 01:15:26,626 was that he told this woman 2850 01:15:23,223 --> 01:15:26,626 on Monday morning 2851 01:15:26,659 --> 01:15:30,196 that Mr. Rein was shot 2852 01:15:26,659 --> 01:15:30,196 with his own gun. 2853 01:15:30,230 --> 01:15:32,799 - In fact, this woman 2854 01:15:30,230 --> 01:15:32,799 who worked in the office 2855 01:15:32,832 --> 01:15:34,834 overheard Larry. 2856 01:15:34,868 --> 01:15:36,603 - Did Mr. Hagenbuch 2857 01:15:34,868 --> 01:15:36,603 make any statements 2858 01:15:36,636 --> 01:15:39,272 about whose gun that was? 2859 01:15:39,305 --> 01:15:41,775 - Uh, he said it was Bryan's. 2860 01:15:41,808 --> 01:15:44,511 - Sunday, 2861 01:15:41,808 --> 01:15:44,511 during that investigation, 2862 01:15:44,544 --> 01:15:46,446 these officers did not know 2863 01:15:46,479 --> 01:15:49,582 that this was Mr. Rein's 2864 01:15:46,479 --> 01:15:49,582 own firearm 2865 01:15:49,616 --> 01:15:52,986 that had been used in this-- 2866 01:15:49,616 --> 01:15:52,986 in this shooting. 2867 01:15:53,860 --> 01:15:57,900 So, to me, that stood out 2868 01:15:53,860 --> 01:15:57,900 as a major red flag. 2869 01:15:57,123 --> 01:15:59,325 - How did you know Bryan 2870 01:15:57,123 --> 01:15:59,325 was shot with his own gun? 2871 01:15:59,359 --> 01:16:03,463 - I don't. 2872 01:15:59,359 --> 01:16:03,463 I probably said a gun. 2873 01:16:03,496 --> 01:16:05,632 By that time, 2874 01:16:03,496 --> 01:16:05,632 I was in pretty good shock. 2875 01:16:05,665 --> 01:16:07,334 - Do you recall telling her 2876 01:16:07,367 --> 01:16:09,703 that Bryan was shot 2877 01:16:07,367 --> 01:16:09,703 Saturday night? 2878 01:16:09,736 --> 01:16:11,370 - No. 2879 01:16:11,370 --> 01:16:13,873 - Do you recall telling her 2880 01:16:11,370 --> 01:16:13,873 that you were going to go out 2881 01:16:13,907 --> 01:16:15,508 and have a six-pack of beer 2882 01:16:13,907 --> 01:16:15,508 with him? 2883 01:16:15,542 --> 01:16:16,743 - No. 2884 01:16:16,776 --> 01:16:23,216 - So, if she knows all of that 2885 01:16:16,776 --> 01:16:23,216 information Monday morning, 2886 01:16:23,249 --> 01:16:25,510 do you know where she would 2887 01:16:23,249 --> 01:16:25,510 have gotten that information? 2888 01:16:25,510 --> 01:16:27,620 - I guess from me, but I don't 2889 01:16:25,510 --> 01:16:27,620 remember any of that 2890 01:16:27,654 --> 01:16:30,690 because I do remember 2891 01:16:27,654 --> 01:16:30,690 telling our counselor 2892 01:16:30,724 --> 01:16:32,726 that my best friend 2893 01:16:30,724 --> 01:16:32,726 got shot. 2894 01:16:32,759 --> 01:16:38,298 - So, nobody saw you 2895 01:16:32,759 --> 01:16:38,298 from Saturday morning, 2896 01:16:38,331 --> 01:16:41,768 7 in the morning until-- 2897 01:16:41,801 --> 01:16:43,203 they didn't see you 2898 01:16:41,801 --> 01:16:43,203 all Saturday night, 2899 01:16:43,236 --> 01:16:44,704 is that right? 2900 01:16:43,236 --> 01:16:44,704 - Correct. 2901 01:16:44,738 --> 01:16:47,407 - And Sunday you hear-- 2902 01:16:47,440 --> 01:16:48,708 you come out 2903 01:16:47,440 --> 01:16:48,708 to Bryan's trailer. 2904 01:16:48,742 --> 01:16:50,760 Right? 2905 01:16:48,742 --> 01:16:50,760 - Yeah. 2906 01:16:50,760 --> 01:16:52,846 - So, that's the first time 2907 01:16:50,760 --> 01:16:52,846 anybody sees you 2908 01:16:52,879 --> 01:16:55,810 from Saturday morning 2909 01:16:52,879 --> 01:16:55,810 to Sunday morning. 2910 01:16:55,810 --> 01:16:55,982 - Correct. 2911 01:16:56,820 --> 01:16:58,840 - Larry denied any role 2912 01:16:56,820 --> 01:16:58,840 in the shooting. 2913 01:16:58,840 --> 01:17:02,155 And remember, detectives 2914 01:16:58,840 --> 01:17:02,155 didn't charge him with anything. 2915 01:17:02,188 --> 01:17:04,724 But the defense 2916 01:17:02,188 --> 01:17:04,724 had made its point. 2917 01:17:04,758 --> 01:17:07,270 - It comes back 2918 01:17:04,758 --> 01:17:07,270 to they made a decision 2919 01:17:07,270 --> 01:17:10,230 that Mr. Rein died 2920 01:17:07,270 --> 01:17:10,230 on Friday night. 2921 01:17:10,263 --> 01:17:14,367 And so, Larry was around 2922 01:17:10,263 --> 01:17:14,367 some people Friday night. 2923 01:17:14,401 --> 01:17:16,202 But all day Saturday 2924 01:17:14,401 --> 01:17:16,202 and Saturday night 2925 01:17:16,236 --> 01:17:19,606 and Sunday morning, 2926 01:17:16,236 --> 01:17:19,606 he wasn't around anyone. 2927 01:17:19,639 --> 01:17:22,475 - and then finally, 2928 01:17:19,639 --> 01:17:22,475 as if to twist the knife, 2929 01:17:22,509 --> 01:17:24,711 the defense brought up 2930 01:17:22,509 --> 01:17:24,711 one more thing. 2931 01:17:24,744 --> 01:17:28,114 The thing that so upset 2932 01:17:24,744 --> 01:17:28,114 Dr. Rein's sisters; 2933 01:17:28,148 --> 01:17:30,950 the fact that in the underwear 2934 01:17:28,148 --> 01:17:30,950 Dr. Rein was wearing 2935 01:17:31,510 --> 01:17:32,886 at the time of his death 2936 01:17:32,919 --> 01:17:37,900 there was DNA 2937 01:17:32,919 --> 01:17:37,900 that was unidentified. 2938 01:17:37,123 --> 01:17:38,758 - So, my question would be 2939 01:17:38,792 --> 01:17:41,127 as to when that would have 2940 01:17:38,792 --> 01:17:41,127 gotten there 2941 01:17:41,161 --> 01:17:44,564 and how and- 2942 01:17:41,161 --> 01:17:44,564 and more importantly who. 2943 01:17:44,597 --> 01:17:46,599 - The implication, of course, 2944 01:17:46,633 --> 01:17:49,703 that he was seeing 2945 01:17:46,633 --> 01:17:49,703 and having sex with someone 2946 01:17:49,736 --> 01:17:51,571 in addition to Ann, 2947 01:17:51,604 --> 01:17:55,575 another potential suspect 2948 01:17:51,604 --> 01:17:55,575 added to the pot. 2949 01:17:55,608 --> 01:17:57,210 - We're just saying Tom 2950 01:17:55,608 --> 01:17:57,210 may not be the only 2951 01:17:57,243 --> 01:17:58,578 ex-boyfriend out there 2952 01:17:58,611 --> 01:18:01,214 who would have been upset 2953 01:17:58,611 --> 01:18:01,214 with Mr. Rein. 2954 01:18:01,247 --> 01:18:04,250 - That, in essence, 2955 01:18:01,247 --> 01:18:04,250 was Tom Jaraczeski's defense, 2956 01:18:04,284 --> 01:18:06,720 anyone but Tom. 2957 01:18:06,753 --> 01:18:08,788 - Did you kill him? 2958 01:18:06,753 --> 01:18:08,788 - No, I didn't. 2959 01:18:08,822 --> 01:18:13,526 - Do you think Larry Hagenbuch 2960 01:18:08,822 --> 01:18:13,526 did kill the doctor? 2961 01:18:13,560 --> 01:18:19,320 - You know, I have no idea 2962 01:18:13,560 --> 01:18:19,320 who killed Bryan. 2963 01:18:19,320 --> 01:18:21,935 I know what it's like to be 2964 01:18:19,320 --> 01:18:21,935 an innocent person 2965 01:18:22,350 --> 01:18:24,304 wrongly accused 2966 01:18:24,337 --> 01:18:28,108 and I'm not going to sit here 2967 01:18:24,337 --> 01:18:28,108 and accuse somebody else. 2968 01:18:28,141 --> 01:18:31,544 - The end was coming 2969 01:18:28,141 --> 01:18:31,544 very soon. 2970 01:18:31,578 --> 01:18:33,460 - Coming up... 2971 01:18:33,460 --> 01:18:35,949 - And he committed this crime 2972 01:18:33,460 --> 01:18:35,949 masterfully. 2973 01:18:36,490 --> 01:18:38,510 - Did he, or didn't he? 2974 01:18:38,840 --> 01:18:40,530 - This was an incredibly 2975 01:18:38,840 --> 01:18:40,530 tough case. 2976 01:18:40,530 --> 01:18:42,555 - When "Dateline: 2977 01:18:40,530 --> 01:18:42,555 Secrets Uncovered" continues. 2978 01:18:51,364 --> 01:18:54,768 - Imagine the poor jury 2979 01:18:51,364 --> 01:18:54,768 with such a decision to make. 2980 01:18:54,801 --> 01:18:56,336 The dreadful loss 2981 01:18:54,801 --> 01:18:56,336 of a young man 2982 01:18:56,369 --> 01:18:58,304 with a bright future. 2983 01:18:58,338 --> 01:19:02,800 But 19 years, 2984 01:18:58,338 --> 01:19:02,800 a whole generation ago, 2985 01:19:02,800 --> 01:19:05,311 bad and suspicious behavior 2986 01:19:02,800 --> 01:19:05,311 by the defendant 2987 01:19:05,345 --> 01:19:07,580 but no physical evidence. 2988 01:19:07,614 --> 01:19:09,816 But they did have to answer 2989 01:19:07,614 --> 01:19:09,816 the question, 2990 01:19:09,849 --> 01:19:13,860 did Tom Jaraczeski 2991 01:19:09,849 --> 01:19:13,860 pull the trigger. 2992 01:19:13,119 --> 01:19:15,255 For prosecutors, 2993 01:19:13,119 --> 01:19:15,255 the question for the jury 2994 01:19:15,288 --> 01:19:18,625 was who else could have 2995 01:19:15,288 --> 01:19:18,625 done it. 2996 01:19:18,658 --> 01:19:22,762 - Tom Jaraczeski 2997 01:19:18,658 --> 01:19:22,762 was the only person 2998 01:19:22,796 --> 01:19:25,198 with the opportunity, 2999 01:19:25,231 --> 01:19:27,934 the only person 3000 01:19:25,231 --> 01:19:27,934 with the motive 3001 01:19:28,340 --> 01:19:30,737 to take Bryan Rein 3002 01:19:28,340 --> 01:19:30,737 out of this world. 3003 01:19:30,770 --> 01:19:32,339 And he did it. 3004 01:19:32,372 --> 01:19:35,875 And he committed this crime 3005 01:19:32,372 --> 01:19:35,875 masterfully. 3006 01:19:35,909 --> 01:19:39,512 - The defense in its closing 3007 01:19:35,909 --> 01:19:39,512 took a swipe at Ken Thompson, 3008 01:19:39,546 --> 01:19:43,383 the agent who for two decades 3009 01:19:39,546 --> 01:19:43,383 wouldn't let the case go. 3010 01:19:43,416 --> 01:19:46,419 - We don't convict people 3011 01:19:46,453 --> 01:19:54,427 because the lead investigator 3012 01:19:46,453 --> 01:19:54,427 is retiring 3013 01:19:54,461 --> 01:19:58,264 and wants this case 3014 01:19:54,461 --> 01:19:58,264 resolved 3015 01:19:58,298 --> 01:20:00,667 just so we can 3016 01:19:58,298 --> 01:20:00,667 close the book. 3017 01:20:00,700 --> 01:20:03,403 - The jury went out first thing 3018 01:20:00,700 --> 01:20:03,403 in the morning the next day. 3019 01:20:03,436 --> 01:20:06,390 They did not return 3020 01:20:03,436 --> 01:20:06,390 as quickly 3021 01:20:06,720 --> 01:20:08,641 as one side, at least, 3022 01:20:06,720 --> 01:20:08,641 expected. 3023 01:20:08,675 --> 01:20:10,777 - It's just the worst time 3024 01:20:08,675 --> 01:20:10,777 when you have a jury out. 3025 01:20:10,810 --> 01:20:15,148 Every hour that went by 3026 01:20:10,810 --> 01:20:15,148 was pretty painful. 3027 01:20:15,181 --> 01:20:18,918 - And then, minutes before 3028 01:20:15,181 --> 01:20:18,918 the 5 o'clock whistle... 3029 01:20:18,952 --> 01:20:21,388 - All right, thank you, 3030 01:20:18,952 --> 01:20:21,388 ladies and gentlemen. 3031 01:20:21,421 --> 01:20:24,240 Mr. Foreman, have you reached-- 3032 01:20:21,421 --> 01:20:24,240 has the jury reached a verdict? 3033 01:20:24,570 --> 01:20:25,158 - Yes, sir. 3034 01:20:25,191 --> 01:20:28,395 - I kept thinking 3035 01:20:25,191 --> 01:20:28,395 if they said guilty, 3036 01:20:28,428 --> 01:20:30,230 I thought, 3037 01:20:28,428 --> 01:20:30,230 I'm going to fall down. 3038 01:20:30,263 --> 01:20:35,301 - My heart beating 3039 01:20:30,263 --> 01:20:35,301 so hard, so fast. 3040 01:20:35,335 --> 01:20:37,203 Either I was going 3041 01:20:35,335 --> 01:20:37,203 to have a life 3042 01:20:37,237 --> 01:20:39,172 or I wasn't going 3043 01:20:37,237 --> 01:20:39,172 to have a life. 3044 01:20:39,205 --> 01:20:41,641 - We, the jury, 3045 01:20:39,205 --> 01:20:41,641 duly empanelled and sworn 3046 01:20:41,675 --> 01:20:44,611 to try the issues 3047 01:20:41,675 --> 01:20:44,611 in the above-entitled cause, 3048 01:20:44,644 --> 01:20:47,480 enter the following 3049 01:20:44,644 --> 01:20:47,480 unanimous verdict. 3050 01:20:47,514 --> 01:20:51,217 To the charge of deliberate 3051 01:20:47,514 --> 01:20:51,217 homicide, not guilty. 3052 01:20:51,251 --> 01:20:53,987 - Not guilty! 3053 01:20:51,251 --> 01:20:53,987 - I cried. 3054 01:20:54,200 --> 01:20:55,855 I put my head down 3055 01:20:54,200 --> 01:20:55,855 on the table and I cried. 3056 01:20:55,889 --> 01:20:59,492 - I just put my arm around him 3057 01:20:55,889 --> 01:20:59,492 and said, it's finally over. 3058 01:20:59,526 --> 01:21:01,428 - The case is dismissed; 3059 01:20:59,526 --> 01:21:01,428 the defendant is free to go. 3060 01:21:01,461 --> 01:21:02,896 Thank you. 3061 01:21:05,650 --> 01:21:07,500 - Go get a group hug. 3062 01:21:05,650 --> 01:21:07,500 - Yeah, get up there. 3063 01:21:11,971 --> 01:21:14,740 - His family, overjoyed, 3064 01:21:14,107 --> 01:21:16,710 watched them cut off 3065 01:21:14,107 --> 01:21:16,710 the GPS monitor. 3066 01:21:16,743 --> 01:21:19,846 [applause] 3067 01:21:19,879 --> 01:21:21,981 - Did you realize 3068 01:21:19,879 --> 01:21:21,981 it was finally over? 3069 01:21:22,820 --> 01:21:26,860 - Yeah. 3070 01:21:22,820 --> 01:21:26,860 And it was a sense of relief. 3071 01:21:26,119 --> 01:21:31,858 And seeing tears of happiness 3072 01:21:26,119 --> 01:21:31,858 from my family, 3073 01:21:31,891 --> 01:21:34,894 it's the greatest thing ever. 3074 01:21:34,928 --> 01:21:42,569 Calling my boys 3075 01:21:34,928 --> 01:21:42,569 up in South Dakota, 3076 01:21:42,602 --> 01:21:47,700 telling them I'm comin' home, 3077 01:21:47,107 --> 01:21:50,577 that was a wonderful call 3078 01:21:47,107 --> 01:21:50,577 to make. 3079 01:21:50,610 --> 01:21:54,647 - But while that was going on, 3080 01:21:50,610 --> 01:21:54,647 across the courtroom... 3081 01:21:54,681 --> 01:21:56,483 Do you remember that moment? 3082 01:22:00,620 --> 01:22:02,722 - I do. 3083 01:22:06,159 --> 01:22:07,594 - Yeah. 3084 01:22:07,627 --> 01:22:10,960 Almost like you lost him 3085 01:22:07,627 --> 01:22:10,960 all over again. 3086 01:22:13,733 --> 01:22:16,703 - I remember walking 3087 01:22:13,733 --> 01:22:16,703 out of there and thinking, 3088 01:22:16,736 --> 01:22:19,139 and it turned out exactly 3089 01:22:16,736 --> 01:22:19,139 the way I thought it would. 3090 01:22:19,172 --> 01:22:20,874 Why did you waste our time? 3091 01:22:20,907 --> 01:22:22,475 - Did he? 3092 01:22:22,509 --> 01:22:26,513 Ken Thompson didn't think so, 3093 01:22:22,509 --> 01:22:26,513 of course. But... 3094 01:22:26,546 --> 01:22:28,810 - Of course, 3095 01:22:26,546 --> 01:22:28,810 I was disappointed. 3096 01:22:28,114 --> 01:22:30,684 My heart fell, 3097 01:22:28,114 --> 01:22:30,684 but I truly was more at peace 3098 01:22:30,717 --> 01:22:32,285 that people 3099 01:22:30,717 --> 01:22:32,285 got to hear it all 3100 01:22:32,318 --> 01:22:35,955 because a jury said 3101 01:22:32,318 --> 01:22:35,955 he was not guilty; 3102 01:22:35,989 --> 01:22:38,258 I don't think that changes 3103 01:22:35,989 --> 01:22:38,258 things for most people. 3104 01:22:38,291 --> 01:22:40,927 They either believed he did 3105 01:22:38,291 --> 01:22:40,927 or believed he didn't. 3106 01:22:40,960 --> 01:22:42,950 - What do you believe? 3107 01:22:42,950 --> 01:22:43,697 - That he got away 3108 01:22:42,950 --> 01:22:43,697 with murder. 3109 01:22:43,730 --> 01:22:46,766 - Clearly not 3110 01:22:43,730 --> 01:22:46,766 what the jury believed. 3111 01:22:46,800 --> 01:22:49,235 We asked Judge Greg Penske, 3112 01:22:49,269 --> 01:22:51,938 who spoke to the jurors 3113 01:22:49,269 --> 01:22:51,938 after the trial. 3114 01:22:51,971 --> 01:22:55,308 - This was an incredibly 3115 01:22:51,971 --> 01:22:55,308 tough case to prove. 3116 01:22:55,342 --> 01:22:59,879 It was a tough case 3117 01:22:55,342 --> 01:22:59,879 to prove in 1998. 3118 01:22:59,913 --> 01:23:06,520 It became an incredibly 3119 01:22:59,913 --> 01:23:06,520 tough case to prove in 2015. 3120 01:23:06,520 --> 01:23:08,688 - What did the jury think were 3121 01:23:06,520 --> 01:23:08,688 the weaknesses in the case? 3122 01:23:08,722 --> 01:23:10,757 - Timing. Timing. 3123 01:23:10,790 --> 01:23:13,360 They wanted to know why 3124 01:23:10,790 --> 01:23:13,360 this case was coming to trial 3125 01:23:13,393 --> 01:23:15,228 after 19 years. 3126 01:23:15,261 --> 01:23:19,599 I think juries are motivated 3127 01:23:15,261 --> 01:23:19,599 a lot by what they see on TV. 3128 01:23:19,632 --> 01:23:20,934 - Uh-huh. 3129 01:23:20,967 --> 01:23:24,637 - And when they see 3130 01:23:20,967 --> 01:23:24,637 an old case on TV, 3131 01:23:24,671 --> 01:23:26,720 they expect 3132 01:23:24,671 --> 01:23:26,720 that there was 3133 01:23:26,720 --> 01:23:32,545 some new scientific 3134 01:23:26,720 --> 01:23:32,545 technological advance. 3135 01:23:32,579 --> 01:23:34,314 - Sure. Some DNA 3136 01:23:32,579 --> 01:23:34,314 or something. Yeah. 3137 01:23:34,347 --> 01:23:37,851 - Some DNA that suddenly 3138 01:23:34,347 --> 01:23:37,851 cracked open this-- 3139 01:23:37,884 --> 01:23:41,621 this cold case after 19 years 3140 01:23:37,884 --> 01:23:41,621 and-and brought it forward. 3141 01:23:41,654 --> 01:23:43,823 And that-that's 3142 01:23:41,654 --> 01:23:43,823 not this case. 3143 01:23:43,857 --> 01:23:45,358 - A couple of months 3144 01:23:43,857 --> 01:23:45,358 after the verdict, 3145 01:23:45,392 --> 01:23:47,627 we went to Arkansas 3146 01:23:45,392 --> 01:23:47,627 to spend some time 3147 01:23:47,660 --> 01:23:52,980 with the woman at the center 3148 01:23:47,660 --> 01:23:52,980 of that long-ago love triangle 3149 01:23:52,980 --> 01:23:55,100 and discovered 3150 01:23:52,980 --> 01:23:55,100 she is still tormented 3151 01:23:55,101 --> 01:23:57,804 by a guilt 3152 01:23:55,101 --> 01:23:57,804 that will not go away. 3153 01:23:57,837 --> 01:24:00,373 She wonders 3154 01:23:57,837 --> 01:24:00,373 if it hadn't been for her, 3155 01:24:00,407 --> 01:24:04,210 would Dr. Rein be alive? 3156 01:24:00,407 --> 01:24:04,210 It's odd, really. 3157 01:24:04,244 --> 01:24:06,346 Whether or not 3158 01:24:04,244 --> 01:24:06,346 Tom killed Dr. Rein 3159 01:24:06,379 --> 01:24:08,581 and especially if he didn't, 3160 01:24:08,615 --> 01:24:11,584 Ann could have had nothing 3161 01:24:08,615 --> 01:24:11,584 to feel guilty about. 3162 01:24:11,618 --> 01:24:14,287 And yet, she does. 3163 01:24:14,320 --> 01:24:16,423 I know everybody says 3164 01:24:14,320 --> 01:24:16,423 this to you, but stop it. 3165 01:24:16,456 --> 01:24:18,692 It's not your fault. 3166 01:24:16,456 --> 01:24:18,692 - I know. 3167 01:24:18,725 --> 01:24:22,796 - It really isn't. 3168 01:24:18,725 --> 01:24:22,796 Not even for a moment. 3169 01:24:22,829 --> 01:24:26,166 - Well, I was hoping 3170 01:24:22,829 --> 01:24:26,166 that if he was convicted, 3171 01:24:26,199 --> 01:24:30,470 maybe that feeling 3172 01:24:26,199 --> 01:24:30,470 would go away. 3173 01:24:30,503 --> 01:24:31,538 That's what I wanted-- 3174 01:24:31,571 --> 01:24:36,810 I wanted them to say 3175 01:24:31,571 --> 01:24:36,810 he's guilty. 3176 01:24:36,843 --> 01:24:40,180 And then I could quit 3177 01:24:36,843 --> 01:24:40,180 feeling guilty. 3178 01:24:40,213 --> 01:24:42,916 And they didn't. 3179 01:24:42,949 --> 01:24:47,870 - No, they didn't. 3180 01:24:47,870 --> 01:24:50,900 - So, now I've gotta figure out 3181 01:24:47,870 --> 01:24:50,900 a different way. 3182 01:24:50,123 --> 01:24:51,658 - So do they all. 3183 01:24:51,691 --> 01:24:53,626 The prosecutor, believing 3184 01:24:51,691 --> 01:24:53,626 he had the right guy 3185 01:24:53,660 --> 01:24:56,960 all along, 3186 01:24:53,660 --> 01:24:56,960 closed the case. 3187 01:24:56,960 --> 01:24:57,297 But the judge... 3188 01:24:57,330 --> 01:24:59,332 - I mean it 3189 01:24:57,330 --> 01:24:59,332 when I told the jurors 3190 01:24:59,366 --> 01:25:02,168 when they wanted to find out 3191 01:24:59,366 --> 01:25:02,168 who did this, 3192 01:25:02,202 --> 01:25:06,390 when they wanted to solve 3193 01:25:02,202 --> 01:25:06,390 this crime, that literally, 3194 01:25:06,390 --> 01:25:07,574 if they believe 3195 01:25:06,390 --> 01:25:07,574 there's another world 3196 01:25:07,607 --> 01:25:09,709 that they go to someday, 3197 01:25:09,743 --> 01:25:11,911 look up Bryan Rein 3198 01:25:09,743 --> 01:25:11,911 when you get there 3199 01:25:11,945 --> 01:25:16,249 and ask him who killed him 3200 01:25:11,945 --> 01:25:16,249 because that's the only way 3201 01:25:16,282 --> 01:25:19,850 that we're ever going to know 3202 01:25:16,282 --> 01:25:19,850 who killed Bryan Rein. 3203 01:25:22,589 --> 01:25:23,723 - That's all 3204 01:25:22,589 --> 01:25:23,723 for this edition 3205 01:25:23,757 --> 01:25:25,859 of "Dateline: 3206 01:25:23,757 --> 01:25:25,859 Secrets Uncovered". 3207 01:25:25,892 --> 01:25:28,940 I'm Kate Snow. 3208 01:25:25,892 --> 01:25:28,940 Thank you for watching.