Dennis Murphy

Then just a few months back, he sent her a flirty text message.

Deanna, who was in the throes of a traumatic romantic breakup, agreed to start seeing him again for dinners.

And she says he seemed excited to show off the new post-surgery Keith.

Did he look OK?

Deanna says Keith now began aggressively courting her, showering her with gifts, flowers, notes of affection.

It was all, she said, a bit much.

Deanna says she couldn't put her finger on it, but there was something about Keith that was holding her back.

Maybe it was the fact that he still seemed unusually bound to a woman he called his ex-wife.

From the very beginning, Deanna says, Keith told her that he was divorced.

I'm a divorce guy.

Right.

By the time she was sitting across from Detective Carter in that interview room, Deanna says she and Keith had never been intimate, but they were dating.

And Keith was talking long-term, house-hunting for them.

For the detective, Deanna's story put a whole new spin on the investigation.

Keith Griffith now seemed like a man with a very big secret.

Or, thinking like a homicide detective, was she the one with the secret?

You could spin it another way and say, well, maybe she's driving events here.

Maybe she wants to get rid of the wife.

In fact, the detective had let her tell her story without ever explaining the reason for his visit.

Now he laid out his cards.