well, very interesting, said meagan. he'd failed to show up for work. that night he offered a truly bizarre reason why. >> that his family had been in an accident. and we said, "what kind of accident?" "oh, well, my brother and my sister-in-law and my niece and nephew were beheaded on the turnpike in new jersey." he had to go to new jersey. he had to solidify funeral arrangements. >> he was sobbing and hands were flying and he was just like, "i don't know what i'm going to do." and just very upset. and we believed him. >> reporter: as she told the detectives, coralluzzo took the first available flight back to new jersey. and that was that. the detectives thanked her and left. didn't mention a thing about paige birgfeld. and then the very next day meagan was watching the news on tv and saw the story about the burned out car. >> her car was found ablaze in this parking lot, off 23 road. >> and then i saw the -- paige's face come across the news. and i looked at my ex-husband tim and i said, "that's what happened." i said, "he murdered that woman." it just