Peter Van Sant

Yes, I believe that they may have been murdered.

Despite the results of the second investigation, New Hampshire Attorney General Philip McLaughlin doesn't think he has enough hard evidence to indict Dow for murder.

The reason?

The original police investigation was bungled.

What was overlooked in that initial investigation?

Everything.

There was essentially no meaningful investigation done.

People thought of this as an accident, so they didn't investigate it as a crime.

In this particular case, we have a car torn away, destroyed, the body's cremated, no autopsy's done.

Your critics would say you have a strong circumstantial case.

What about that?

Well, my critics are in a different position than I am.

My critics have the right to believe something.

I have the obligation to prove something.

When the state refused to prosecute, Janet and Stephen Dow's friends and family decided to take matters into their own hands.

They sued Dick Dow, claiming he killed his ex-wife and stepson, and then profited from their deaths by collecting on Janet's federal pension.

But the lawsuit was dismissed.

So Wally and Kelly turned to the state legislature for one last appeal.

That legislative committee asked the Attorney General to bring the case to a grand jury.

But Attorney General McLaughlin refused, citing again a lack of evidence.