not just that jim huden gave it to him, but he taught jim huden to fire the weapon and that jim hudent a few days after the murder of russel douglas. >> if you'd had that information before you went to florida, you could have brought jim huden back in cuffs. >> yes. >> now you have the proof and jim huden is nowhere to be found. >> we have all we need. now we just need jim. >>> coming up, with jim out of the picture, his lover peggy thomas meets a new man, a millionaire cowboy who was about to be taken in a wild ride. >> i didn't have nothing to do with it. she said, my lawyer told me not to. if you're innocent, why wouldn't you take a lie detector? i looked in her eyes and i mean, she is evil. >> when "dateline" continues. let's be honest: dealing with your insurance shouldn't be more frustrating than the accident itself. that's why esurance makes it simple. just take some pics. [picture noises] go to sleep. wake up. grab a bite. maybe some racquetball. and boom - your money's on the way so you can get back on the road fast. well, not that fast. the editor had to make it fit in 30 se

in june 2002 jim huden returned here to washington state for the funeral of an old friend, and it wasd-haired beauty caught jim's eye. it was the beginning of a love triangle, one that would wreck the lives of all of the people who were involved, and some who were not. the woman in question was peggy thomas, a whidbey island hairstylist who also dabbled in beauty pageants. >> miss washington, peggy thomas. >> in fact, in 2001 thomas represented the state of washington in a las vegas pageant wing the evening gown competition. leslie burkland got to know peggy thomas a few years earlier when she was just breaking into the beauty pageant circuit. berkland who now appeals on the reality show "big, rich, texas." i still consider myself new to dallas. >> says peggy was working as an auto mechanic at the time. >> you couldn't not notice peggy because she was a whole lot of gorgeous woman would you say she's a typical pageant contestant? >> no. not in 1998. here is this beautiful, volume house is red-head woman and she was a mechanic and she had a guy kind of job. it just added to her sex app