when ralph candelario's account of the home invasion was published, it was the talk of the town. >>> welcome back. i'm craig melvin. when ralph's account was published, it was the talk of the town. but could this story be true? ralph said yes. and police wondered if the truth was in there -- somewhere. here is keith morrison. >>> ralph candelario appeared to believe that his 3,300-word letter about the murder of his wife would be the accepted true account of that terrible event, but here's what pam's daughter shannon thought. >> it felt overly dramatic and very just glamorous that he was the victim of this. and that wasn't -- that made me sick. >> reporter: and angry, obviously? >> yeah. >> reporter: her sister kelsey's interpretation? >> i thought it was very strange. i thought that he had some work to do on a story because it sounded really phony. >> reporter: entitled to their opinions, of course. but then, so were the cops. recovered memory? no, said the cbi's jodi wright. more like a cover-up. >> nothing in his statement matched anything that i knew to be at the crime scene. it j