Harold Dow

On it, there appeared to be blood.

I saw brownish-red splatters going up the whole picture.

And then when I saw that, I put the carpet and those two together and went, wow.

Based on Lovato's statement, detectives searched the bedroom.

The carpeting had long since been thrown out.

They could only find tiny traces of blood on the ceiling, walls, and the portrait.

Police failed to find a sample of Ron's DNA so they couldn't tell if it was his blood.

But detectives believe it was and say this is where Margaret shot Ron and killed him.

all of this movement of the trunk and everything.

Ron Rudin was a six-foot-plus man at about 220.

Detectives have a theory Margaret didn't act alone.

No doubt in my mind.

And Ron's friend and bookkeeper Sharon Melton says Ron thought so too.

The directive, something Margaret knew nothing about, an unusual provision Ron put in his will to protect his assets.

It was a signal to investigators that if he died by violent means, they should look at his beneficiaries.

Do you think he was speaking from his grave?

I think he was saying, yeah, in the event that somebody murders me, take a look at these people.

Including my wife?

Including my wife.

While detectives were certain Margaret was the killer, the district attorney's office was concerned about the lack of hard evidence.