here's keith morrison. >> melissa oxley was just 27 years old and already a widow. old husband, ben, shot dead while he slept in bed right next to her. as far as she could tell, said melissa the shooter broke into the house and walked into the master bedroom, shot ben without harming her and leave not a trace of evidence behind. the case boggled the detective's mind. >> is there somebody who doesn't like him or was it murder for hire? >> melissa's closest friends believed her when she invested she had nothing to do with it and she lost the love of her life. she and those around her were probably in terrible danger. >> you don't know who did it and if they are going to come back for melissa. >> melissa meanwhile tried to be a source of comfort for her 6-year-old stepdaughter. >> the little girl's father was her world and leaving her now in a world of chaos. in the crime scene, they moved in with the woman who had been bride's maid at the wedding. jamie. it was a night when the curtains were drawn that jamie watched melissa realing with pain. >> many nights of crying.