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A big piece of which was motive.

which David certainly seemed to have in abundance. I think he saw that he was losing control because in the past he was able to control everything that Karen did, everywhere she went, he controlled the money, and he saw that that was starting to slip away.

which David certainly seemed to have in abundance. I think he saw that he was losing control because in the past he was able to control everything that Karen did, everywhere she went, he controlled the money, and he saw that that was starting to slip away.

Goodman saw Karen chasing a new life on the brink of freedom and David refusing to let her go. Karen, it turned out, had complained to her friends about it.

Goodman saw Karen chasing a new life on the brink of freedom and David refusing to let her go. Karen, it turned out, had complained to her friends about it.

Maybe David just snapped that night after the Halloween party. Goodman reviewed David's past interviews against material they had gathered from his computer.

Maybe David just snapped that night after the Halloween party. Goodman reviewed David's past interviews against material they had gathered from his computer.

David made numerous statements. He went to bed and slept until the next morning at 10.30 when the children woke him up. We know that that's not true because we could prove that there was activity on his computer at 3 o'clock in the morning and after.

David made numerous statements. He went to bed and slept until the next morning at 10.30 when the children woke him up. We know that that's not true because we could prove that there was activity on his computer at 3 o'clock in the morning and after.

But if David killed Karen, he hid his tracks well. In a decade of searching, they had never found any evidence of a crime at the Swift home, and they never found a weapon that might have inflicted the deadly blows. So, in 2022, 11 years after Karen was murdered, sheriff's investigators decided to try once more. They brought excavators and dug near the rear of the property.

But if David killed Karen, he hid his tracks well. In a decade of searching, they had never found any evidence of a crime at the Swift home, and they never found a weapon that might have inflicted the deadly blows. So, in 2022, 11 years after Karen was murdered, sheriff's investigators decided to try once more. They brought excavators and dug near the rear of the property.

And there they unearthed something. A burn barrel.

And there they unearthed something. A burn barrel.

During an earlier search, they found a single barbell in the Swift's home, but it was missing his mate. So was this it? Could this buried barbell be the murder weapon? Investigators sent it off for testing, but when the results came back... We didn't recover any kind of usable evidence.

During an earlier search, they found a single barbell in the Swift's home, but it was missing his mate. So was this it? Could this buried barbell be the murder weapon? Investigators sent it off for testing, but when the results came back... We didn't recover any kind of usable evidence.

Over the years, Sheriff Box had kept in close contact with Karen's mother, Carol. She was among the people who wanted to see David charged with the murder of her daughter.

Over the years, Sheriff Box had kept in close contact with Karen's mother, Carol. She was among the people who wanted to see David charged with the murder of her daughter.

What good indeed. The folks in Dyersburg were more than a little interested in what would happen next.

What good indeed. The folks in Dyersburg were more than a little interested in what would happen next.

Every morning I get up, I think about this. Who's going to be indicted? Who's going to be arrested? Waiting and waiting and waiting.