did paul tucci get away with murder?e did. >> reporter: there will be people who will say he definitely had something to do with this. >> half the people out there are going to think one thing. you can't change people's beliefs that way. and half the people are going to think the other way. i'm not here to change your mind. it's a sad story. a murder did occur. but i don't think that the whole story's out there. and i don't think the jury necessarily got it right. >> reporter: p.j. tucci was free but now alone, a widower who once planned to make a new life with laura. and now she was behind bars for what could be the rest of her life. does she want you to find love again? >> she always wants you to find love. sure. the question is, she set a really high standard. >> reporter: but she's been convicted of murder. >> but i know in my later she didn't do it. >> reporter: craig's sister robbyn is left trying to make sense of it all, the darkness that destroyed that big family, a family that once had so much ambition and promi

did paul tucci get away with murder? believe he did. >> reporter: there will be people who will say he definitely had something to do with this. >> half the people out there are going to think one thing. you can't change people's beliefs that way. and half the people are going to think the other way. i'm not here to change your mind. it's a sad story. a murder did occur. but i don't think that the whole story's out there. and i don't think the jury necessarily got it right. >> reporter: p.j. tucci was free but now alone, a widower who once planned to make a new life with laura. and now she was behind bars for what could be the rest of her life. does she want you to find love again? >> she always wants you to find love. sure. the question is, she set a really high standard. >> reporter: but she's been convicted of murder. >> but i know in my later she didn't do it. >> reporter: craig's sister robbyn is left trying to make sense of it all, the darkness that destroyed that big family, a family that once had so much ambition

. >> reporter: paul tucci, better known as "pj", was craig rideout's best friend. pj was there when craig fell in love with laura. >> laura is compassionate. she's also really intelligent. i mean, she double majored in physics and english 4.0. >> reporter: as for the rideout kids, they were smart like their parents, hard working, articulate. but while they thrived, family life took a toll on craig and laura's marriage. laura had been on bed rest for some of her pregnancies, and money was tight. >> it circles back, i believe, to some financial hardships. >> reporter: it's understandable, seven children, bills. >> yeah. >> reporter: these are real life. >> real life issues. >> reporter: -- problems. craig and laura separated in 2014. craig took it really hard. >> he sent an e-mail to me saying, well, it looks like i'm getting divorced because i don't think i can talk about it without crying. >> reporter: p.j. says he wasn't surprised to see the marriage dissolve. >> sometimes you get a get feeling. a lot of positives that came out of that relationship but there's als