prosecutor chris hodge. >> he has to clock in and clock out and his employer verified the time he was had not left and stayed until his shift was over so he had an air-tight alibi. >> then there was the handyman gene moss who had an argument with melvin shortly before the murder. when the detective questioned moss he said he was at home with his wife. >> that could be a shaky alibi, your wife. >> yeah. there was a phone call that was made to him and by another fellow that i interviewed and he said he heard his wife in the background. >> on the home line. >> correct. that was just after the murder. >> reporter: moss was crossed off the list. detectives were running into nothing but dead ends. they spent a lot of time devilling into melvin's life now detectives wanted to look for clues in julia's background. they took a ride 40 minutes west to gaffney to check out her business. as they poked around her store, things weren't exactly what they seemed. >> it started out as a big fancy store and then basically had just declined into a thrift store. >> reporter: perhaps even more concerns to

chris jansing. >> reporter: 28-year-old akita hodge is a working mom. five years ago she started a two-year program at maryland's montgomery college but had to quit because she just didn't have the money. >> and how much will i owe, how will i pay it back? how do i do this? and it's like should i be here? >> reporter: those questions wouldn't have come up if the program proposed by president obama had been in place. >> two years of college will become as free and universal as high school is today. >> reporter: to qualify on -- for free tuition, on average, $3,800 a year students of any age would have to go to school at least half-time, keep a c-plus average and make steady progress toward their degree. the federal government would pick up three-quarters of the tab, states would have to pay the rest. the white house says this program will help as many as 9 million students go to colleges like this one. but at $60 billion over ten years with no details yet on where the money's coming from, it's a tough sell to congress. a spokesman for house speaker john