progs cuter kris hodge. >> he had to clock in and clock out. the time he was there, and that he had not left, and stayed until his shift was over. so he had an airtight alibi. >> then there was the handyman, gene moss, who'd had an argument with melvin shortly before the murder. when detective billy mumaw questioned moss, he said he was at home with his wife. that could be a shaky alibi, your wife? >> yeah. but there was a phone call that was made to him by another fella that i interviewed. and he said that he had heard his wife in the background. >> on the home line? >> correct. and that was just after the murder. >> moss was crossed off the list. detectives were running in to nothing but dead ends. they'd spent a lot of time delving 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. and as they poked around her store, things weren't exactly what they seemed. >> it started out as a big, fancy store. and then basically it had just declined int