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But even with that understanding, parts of Dawn's behavior stood out to them.

Mary, the neighbor, said that Dawn whimpered.

And she told police that she didn't think this was from fear, but more from the cold and running.

And she remembered Dawn as calm and unemotional.

The EMT that rode in the ambulance with Dawn also found her behavior unusual.

He said that she spent the trip to the hospital talking about things unrelated to the attack.

feeling like the black sheep in her family, having a meaningless job, even shopping catalogs.

He described her as almost bubbly.

Now, some people did note tears, but in the reports, it says that she was kind of crying.

And at the hospital, when a deputy finally told her that Tom was dead, he said that she had a burst of grief that lasted only seconds.

At Tom's funeral, his cousin Catherine said people noticed a similar pattern.

Yeah.

Like Catherine said, everyone reacts differently to trauma.

When something traumatic happens, one person might cry, another might laugh, someone else might just be numb.

But trauma or not, Dawn's reactions weren't the only thing that raised red flags for investigators.

Mark, Mary, the EMTs, and investigators all noticed one puzzling detail that they believed didn't fit her story.

So all that knowledge and suspicion is bubbling under the surface when investigators hear a wild story from Tom's newspaper delivery man named Harry.

We're going to have an actor read the police report where Harry's account is summarized.

They drilled in with Harry.

Are those your words or Tom's?