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Back in Dyersburg, Rob and Alfred heard the suspicions about David, and the possibility he may have snapped and done something to Karen did rattle around in the back of her mind. But she could not imagine David as a killer, and thought Heather's fresh take on the case was exactly what was needed. Did she change your point of view about what may have happened here?

But whatever people felt about the Heather-Daryl sideshow, it did get people talking about Karen's case again. Danny Goodman took over as DA of Dyer County in 2018.

But whatever people felt about the Heather-Daryl sideshow, it did get people talking about Karen's case again. Danny Goodman took over as DA of Dyer County in 2018.

I think the DA that was here before me was looking for that smoking gun, the one piece of evidence that would just make the case a slam dunk. But that just didn't exist, apparently. And then 2020 hit. The thing that actually worked out well for us, even though it was something that was tragic for so many people, was COVID.

I think the DA that was here before me was looking for that smoking gun, the one piece of evidence that would just make the case a slam dunk. But that just didn't exist, apparently. And then 2020 hit. The thing that actually worked out well for us, even though it was something that was tragic for so many people, was COVID.

We had more free time than usual, so we decided that it would be a good time just to, let's dig back into this case.

We had more free time than usual, so we decided that it would be a good time just to, let's dig back into this case.

They dusted off 30 large bins, and for a year they poured over it nine years' worth of police reports and transcripts and evidence. Not to mention all the theories and allegations Heather stirred up.

They dusted off 30 large bins, and for a year they poured over it nine years' worth of police reports and transcripts and evidence. Not to mention all the theories and allegations Heather stirred up.

There were a lot of rumors, and Heather Cohen actually brought a lot of information to me.

There were a lot of rumors, and Heather Cohen actually brought a lot of information to me.

And when he wasn't sure Heather had given him everything, he went to a judge, got a warrant to search her house, and collected all the research she'd done on the case.

And when he wasn't sure Heather had given him everything, he went to a judge, got a warrant to search her house, and collected all the research she'd done on the case.

We investigated everything. We checked out... any allegation that was made. After they spoke to some of Heather's sources, Goodman said, a pattern emerged. Each witness that we would go and talk to would say, no, I didn't say that. Or, no, that's not exactly how that was. This is what I said.

We investigated everything. We checked out... any allegation that was made. After they spoke to some of Heather's sources, Goodman said, a pattern emerged. Each witness that we would go and talk to would say, no, I didn't say that. Or, no, that's not exactly how that was. This is what I said.

Heather stands by her information. But by the end of it, Goodman said the evidence led him back to the man Sheriff's investigators had suspected all along, David Swift. As you went through those 30 boxes, did you find something that you felt was, you know, eye-opening, was going to change things?

Heather stands by her information. But by the end of it, Goodman said the evidence led him back to the man Sheriff's investigators had suspected all along, David Swift. As you went through those 30 boxes, did you find something that you felt was, you know, eye-opening, was going to change things?

We did not come across anything that was just the one big thing, you know, just the aha moment. It was more so of putting a puzzle together.

We did not come across anything that was just the one big thing, you know, just the aha moment. It was more so of putting a puzzle together.

A big piece of which was motive.