purk's house that stow's chief arson investigator jim leidel, back from vacation, called detective ken mifflins, "you've got to hear this." and so he played me the 911 tape. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): mifflin had heard something on that initial 911 call from scott purk's daughter, something he wanted leidel to hear, too. during a lull, scott purk can be heard calmly whispering to someone. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): he's talking about a pet ferret. and his tone seemed to be more rueful oversight than anguished alarm. that was a bit of a flag, you know, leading us to believe that there had been a plan anyways all along. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): add in scott purk's money woes and his admission that an insurance payout would clear most of his debt. and leidel was pretty sold on the idea of scott purk as an arson suspect. oh, and mifflin wasn't finished. on the night of the fire, the detective told leidel, scott purk had casually added a tantalizing detail to his life story. scott, just out of the blue, says to me, well, his first wife had committed suicide in 1985. and she was pregnant, ni