>> we told him that we want to talk to him about the -- the homicide of kelley clayton. >> the investigator kelley's murder. he said he was home except for a beer run. >> he actually kind of alibied himself at that point saying that he was at that store the night before, and that same clerk working she could prove that he was in the store the night before. >> did -- did he express that he knew anything about kelley's murder? >> no, he didn't say that he knew a thing about the murder. >> is heelling you anything about tom clayton? >> no. just that he had worked for him. >> and beard denied any hard feelings toward his former boss, said he and tom were still friends. in fact he told the investigator it was tom's partner who fired him, not tom. and tom was even trying to help beard find another job. >> are you getting any bad feeling from him? are you suspicious of him? >> not at all. >> so you're thinking this is going to be something that we're going to cross off the list? >> yes. i didn't expect to see him again. >> to the investigator and those close to kelley, michael beard didn't seem li