here's keith morris. >> it began on a bright morning in may. the palmetto slipped from its platform at washington's union station and eased out into an eight hour run down the eastern seaboard to charleston, south carolina. on board was a beautiful, tall and feisty redhead named kate warring. the daughter of a fine southern family, a troubled young woman who was finally on the brink of something very good. and what is it about trains? the ease there in that enclosed space of befriending perfect strangers. somewhere along the line between a greeting and good bye, kate waring's invisible fate jumped its track. and quite unaware of the dark force descending, she disemba disembarked to a future utterly changed. charleston, south carolina. it almost goes without saying, is a showpiece of american history and southern manners. its charm is deeply embedded as the families who count seven, eight, ten generations here. kate waring was born to one of those families. grew up in a fine big house along the historic waterfront called the battery. dance lesso

here is keith morris. >> our story begins with this mother of a teenage daughter. a woman who had spent most of her life trying to figure out who she was. what was her name? where did she come from? we'll tell you about her long search, her discovery to find what felt like tugt. >> but as you'll soon see real truth can be elusive. it can hide. let's begin at the beginning. but at the beginning all she had was a memory. >> a twin canopy bed with pink ruffles around it, kind of waved over the top of it. >> it was dream like really, and for years it was all that felt real in her upside down life. and it was all pink and white and everything matched. >> the closet full of dresses, the dolls, the teddy bears. >> and actually there was a little old-fashioned where you put the baby in the wagon. >> and the reason for those tormenting memories. >> it's a lot of hurt and sadness. sadness for the little girl that didn't have a life. >> for most of her life the part after that little girl's bedroom, she has been pepper and the baffling terrifying story of what happened to her

hear with the conclusion of our story is keith morris. >> it was the winter of the 2003, more than after larry was poisoned with horse tranquilizer. his admitted killer, his wife. chose her own destiny. and her alleged accomplice alone, faced the possibility of spending the rest of her life behind bars. you attended the trial every day. >> yes, 11 1/2 weeks. >> why? why? >> our da had talked to us about the importance of our family being represented, that my dad not being forgotten. >> she believed her father died at the hands of both elisa and sarah. but while sarah admitted to being there when larry died, and in the days and months that followed, she adamantly claimed she never went to the police because she was afraid of elisa and ending up just like larry. and theory that even the prosecutor found believable. >> when i first got this case people in my office were telling you that's exactly what i was saying walking up and down the halls. poor sarah, but as i got deeper into the case i totally turned around on this. i started with that very mind-s mind-set. >> as he reviewed the e

continuing with our story, here's keith mo here's kei here's keith morris zoon. >> reporter: it was rivetingbout his wife's murder broken here in this courtroom. >> i loved cassidy. and i loved michelle. >> and then he went to murder his wife. >> now prosecutor, becky holk, began pulling apart a story she heard for the first time. >> were you working on your marriage when you were having sex with caroline sauerby in your home less than two weeks before your wife was murdered? >> no, ma'am, that was not the way to work on a marriage. that was detrimental. >> were you working on your marriage when you called michelle miney? >> michelle and i confided a lot in each other. we talked about my issues with my wife. she talked about her issues with her husband. >> so is the answer yes when you had an affair with michelle miney that you were working on your marriage? >> no, ma'am. having sexual intercourse and having intimacy was very detrimental to that. >> the cross-examination lasted a full hour. and the next day the case went to the jury. >> retire to the jury deliberation room. >> reporter: it s

here's keith morris with a knock at the door. >> it was a monday afternoon, a baking sun, a school bus made its methodical away along the residential streets of florida. stopped and started and stopped again, it was inland now, miles from the harbor, the beach ri river, the center of town. the bus stopped in the middle of a quiet neighborhood, the driver opened the door. it was 3:45 p.m. >> we got off the bus and walked home. >> we means veronica ord, then almost 14 years old, and her younger brother paul. >> and i remember halfway down the road remembering that i had forgotten my key. the closer we got to the house, i seen my sister's car, cool, you know, i don't need the key. she's home. >> then she noticed the door wasn't quite closed. >> it was closed. it wasn't lactched. i remember walking in and oprah was on the tv. >> what did you assume when you saw the door open and the tv on. >> i thought maybe she left in a hurry, went with a friend and didn't close the door all the way. >> she was tara, veronica's older sister, not quite 20 then. veronica called out, no answer. she walked t