Former Sheriff Keith Whitlatch

One of the first things I'd done was to call the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.

They've helped us on our murder cases and I'm a firm believer that they've got the expertise

He was liked in the community.

I mean, his father was well-liked and Tom was too.

I mean, he was just, I guess nobody disliked him.

You know, he was just an easygoing kid.

You know, she allegedly ran about better than 50 yards on a gravel road.

So I'm sure her feet were examined and they didn't show any injury at all on her bare feet.

We had reports of people seeing a man walking from the cornfield north of the farm curdleage, I mean, buildings, and carrying a round cylinder object on his shoulder towards the house.

And we could never identify who that person was or what he was carrying or where he went.

So if the wife gets killed, you would suspect the husband and vice versa.

So she was a suspect, remains a suspect, but we don't have any positive proof, and we're reasonably sure she didn't do it alone.

A just close friend, I guess.

He just seemed like his name kept popping up, but we couldn't tie him directly to anything.

He said if a daughter had some learning disability or something, he said if you want to get information from her, you need to get it right away because in a couple days she won't remember anything that happened.

Well, I'd like the public to know that somebody drove by and saw those vehicles, more than one person.

And if they can come forward and say who they saw carrying that pipe, well, that would give you a lot to go on.

Oh, I would love to see it solved, because I've had seven murders while I was sheriff, and this is the only totally whodunit left.

So I would like to see it solved.

You know, you look at the pictures of Tom there, and nobody deserves to die that way, you know.