dee joyce haze was a prosecutor in the district attorney's office. her husband, gary, was a detective in the st. louis police department. >> dee had just read an article about a woman who was -- who had drowned in a bathtub at the omni hotel. and she said, gary, make sure you read this. it doesn't sound right to me. >> we both read the article and looked at each other and said, nah, no way. >> the hotel management found it hard to believe that a 120-pound woman like julie post could have pulled the towel ring from the wall since the ring had been designed to withstand more than twice that weight. >> we went to the two adjoining rooms, and i probably weighed close to 220 pounds at the time. with all my weight, hung onto both towel rings in both rooms and neither one of them gave. nothing. >> ed post told police that he and his wife had a very good relationship, but a background check of the post's finances revealed an interesting coincidence. >> we went to the insurance company, and lo and behold, um, i don't know, 27, 29 days prior to julie post's dea