Jim Morrell

Tom has insisted that it was Jason Weir who committed this crime.

Do you believe that Jason Weir's story is right, but that the roles were switched?

But a sister district attorney, Susan Corcoran, says that when the state got the case, it believed the three friends carefully plotted the murder together.

The problem was proving it.

It's been more than two years since Jim Morrell went to the police.

Are you regarded as the betraying snitch or are you the local hero?

Two years since his information led to murder charges against his three closest pals.

People will say, you know, but you did the right thing.

You shouldn't feel badly about this.

Jason Weir, Anthony Calabro, and Tom Lally sit behind bars, waiting to be tried for the death of 84-year-old Marina Calabro.

Their arrest putting an abrupt end to those carefree days of hanging out and playing in the band.

Marina Calabro's niece, Donna, is glad Morrell came forward, but thinks the cops shouldn't have needed to be told that this was no accident.

She had visited her aunt in the weeks before she died and says it was obvious Marina's world was in disarray.

Anthony, the nephew she doted on, had become surly and resentful.

His ever-present friends, Jason and Tom, a constant problem.

Marina was so frightened, Donna says, she'd begun hiding her money.

As soon as she heard about Marina's death, Donna says she was suspicious and she went to the police with her concerns.

They showed little interest.

Assistant DA Susan Corcoran concedes investigators' mistakes early on made it much harder to build a case.

You didn't look at this and say, oh, you know, this will be a snap.