>> cindy henderson reese. >> cindy reese? >> she couldn't find her husband who was supposed to be home. police arrived quickly, very quickly. the station was right across the street. a small town, remember? officers into the home and made a call of the room. >> we have been called for a system by the mars police department. >> the detective was on call that night for the jefferson county sheriff's department. you will arrive on the scene a what do you see? >> the whole scene was taped up with crime scene tape. i walk in the front door and there's a table turned over right inside the door. i could see the victim lying in the back door area, through the hallway. >> a victim? yes. a man shot to death. it was clear to the detective he had a murder on his hands. are there many murders like this in morris? >> no. it's very rare. it's a small town. >> it must've been a big deal. >> for morris, yes. >> who were you told was the victim? >> michael reese. >> michael reese had been killed in his own home. the only potential witness was

cindy reese got 40 years. as for michael reese, the unwitting victim of a love triangle he wanted no part of, all that's left are memories. memories of a kind and gentle soul with a big laugh and an even bigger heart. how do you want people to remember michael? >> he was just a funny guy. he enjoyed life so much. he was just a good person, and anybody who ever knew him would tell you the same thing. >> that is all for this edition of dateline. i'm andrea canning. thank you for watching . >>> hello, i'm andrea canning. , this dateline. >> ♪ >> it was the little girl who learned the first. the 12-year- old, she was there at the beginning when the family secret was born. why did it get started? i didn't know what else to do. why did she keep it so long? >> she was all i had. >> while evil did its work. >> we couldn't stand it. >> what with the secret to? >> everybody has a secret or two, but this? >> hello, and welcome to dateline. it wasn't uncommon for him to be gone for days at a time. he was a long-haul truck