jeff fassett, a local policeman, had the night off and was home watching tv with his two sons. his wife, susan was at her church's choir practice. >> my mother was involved in church pretty heavily. she had always loved it. she was involved in the choir for most of her life. >> around 7:30 p.m., jeff fassett told the boys he was going down to police headquarters. >> he did go out to the town of poughkeepsie to get his paycheck, three miles west of his house. >> sometime around 8:30, choir practice ended at the pleasant valley united methodist church and susan fassett walked to her car to drive home. then shots rang out. >> people ran to the car to see what had happened and they found susan fassett mortally wounded. >> witnesses saw a light colored vehicle speeding from the scene. >> no one indicated to us they could see a driver or how many people, for that matter, were in the car. >> in a search for suspects, police immediately looked at susan's husband, jeff. >> jeff fassett they learned left the house during the time that susan was murdered. >> there were rumors in the police force that the