Peter Van Sant

The state police knocked on his door to break the news to their friend and colleague.

John Thall, police chief in nearby Dalton, went to the police academy with Dow and was a state trooper at the time.

The investigation was brief.

There were no autopsies, no interviews, and the car was destroyed within days.

The police concluded it was an accident because of what Dick Dow told them, that Janet might have been distracted because she had been arguing with Stephen as they drove off that morning.

When you first heard about this accident, did you have any suspicion whatsoever that foul play may have been involved?

Not at all.

The crash never made sense to Kelly Sutherland, especially when she observed Dick Dow's behavior.

Was Dick Dow emotionally devastated by what had happened?

If he was, he didn't show it.

Dick Dow moved away and no one heard much about him until someone came forward 11 years after the accident with a far more sinister story of what really happened that morning.

This woman's accusation next.

When Janet and Stephen Dow died in a car fire near their New Hampshire home 19 years ago, it was declared an accident.

The case was quickly closed.

But was it really an accident?

Or was it something else?

This woman, Karen Safian, claims to know.

Who do you believe is getting away with murder?

Dick Dow, Karen Safian's boyfriend of eight years.

At the time, he was the police chief of Whitefield, New Hampshire.