Ashley Schwamm

It really was remarkable.

And James was in for a big surprise.

What's his reaction?

Even though detectives had gathered a long list of evidence pointing to James Schwamm murdering his wife, it was still hard for them to wrap their heads around.

He was a well-respected fire captain.

A man whose job was saving people.

He does have instant credibility being a fire captain.

We're going to find out how much a firefighter weighs with all of their gear on.

He's devoted his life to service and he works with police and, you know, he's in a very distinguished position.

No 911 calls to the house or claims of domestic violence, anything like that?

Nothing.

Detectives even discovered a post James had shared supporting domestic violence awareness.

Still, they scheduled a meeting with the prosecutor to go over the evidence.

This is a very circumstantial case at this point.

Were you concerned?

If you had enough?

Detectives had developed a theory of what happened between James and Ashley during that January snowstorm.

And then this is more of a cover-up.

The story of Ashley going on that early morning hike and the cover-up, they say, was elaborate.

During the autopsy, the pathologist noticed something that hadn't burned in the car fire.