Peter Van Sant

Dow told her he then had to kill Steven.

As he told his story, Safian says Dow became enraged and reached for a picture of Stephen.

Dick Dow had more shocking details, according to Safian, admitting that the accident was no accident.

What did he tell you?

But Safian says the confession abruptly ended there.

She kept his secret for four years.

Why did you stay with this man who had told you this horrific story, a man who you knew now had lied to police?

She convinced herself it was self-defense.

Safian started to have doubts when she began to see what she describes as self-destructive behavior.

Would he hit himself hard?

Fearing for her own safety, she broke up with Dow and went to the police with her story in 1993.

Eleven years after the crash, the state reopened the case.

The state hired Thomas Bohan, an accident specialist, to take a second look at what happened that morning.

The original police report said that Janet Dow's car veered off this road and ended up right here in this ditch.

The impact sent concrete blocks, which had been placed in the back of the vehicle for better traction, flying forward, knocking out both mother and son.

According to Dick Dow, Stephen had placed a carburetor in a bucket of gasoline in the back seat.

Police believed the gasoline ignited, causing the fatal fire.

The engine's been running for about 12 minutes now.

We're just about ready to do this parking test.

To recreate the accident and fire, Bohan and his team found a 1982 Saab, just like the Dows,