Susan Spencer

Marachek still insists he didn't kill his wife. In fact, he spent hours frantically searching for her on that night in 1991.

Police patrol the area, but they said it was too early to officially declare Viparat a missing person. So Maracek says he searched on his own, searched in fact until almost midnight.

Police patrol the area, but they said it was too early to officially declare Viparat a missing person. So Maracek says he searched on his own, searched in fact until almost midnight.

Police patrol the area, but they said it was too early to officially declare Viparat a missing person. So Maracek says he searched on his own, searched in fact until almost midnight.

The next morning, he says he scoured the area again. And shortly after noon, he found Viperot's body here at this grassy point on the Cape Fear River.

The next morning, he says he scoured the area again. And shortly after noon, he found Viperot's body here at this grassy point on the Cape Fear River.

The next morning, he says he scoured the area again. And shortly after noon, he found Viperot's body here at this grassy point on the Cape Fear River.

But Prosecutor Hicks wonders why the colonel didn't go straight to the place the stranger recommended to the Maracheks the day before.

But Prosecutor Hicks wonders why the colonel didn't go straight to the place the stranger recommended to the Maracheks the day before.

But Prosecutor Hicks wonders why the colonel didn't go straight to the place the stranger recommended to the Maracheks the day before.

You're saying that logically that should have been the first place he looked?

You're saying that logically that should have been the first place he looked?

You're saying that logically that should have been the first place he looked?

But Maracek says the truth is in a four-page document he wrote after Viparat disappeared. This is a very meticulous document, from saying specific times to noting that your wife had low-fat cottage cheese for lunch.

But Maracek says the truth is in a four-page document he wrote after Viparat disappeared. This is a very meticulous document, from saying specific times to noting that your wife had low-fat cottage cheese for lunch.

But Maracek says the truth is in a four-page document he wrote after Viparat disappeared. This is a very meticulous document, from saying specific times to noting that your wife had low-fat cottage cheese for lunch.

So you were thinking that clearly at the time?

So you were thinking that clearly at the time?

So you were thinking that clearly at the time?

Rubbish, says Tommy Hicks. The statement was supposed to be an alibi. And it doesn't explain where the colonel really was. The afternoon viperot died.