morrison: two winters passed here in the colorado rockies between the untimely demise of stephanie roller brunerct attorney's effort to pin the blame on stephanie's husband, dale. and he fumed in silence about the allegations against him. dale bruner: the lies are really tough to take. you're like-- you just can't believe it. like, really. keith morrison: waiting for trial, he continued to live here all alone, now, in the family house by the blue river, working with his attorney in the effort to clear his name. robert bernhardt was the attorney-- a man not at all impressed, he told us, with the police investigation. robert bernhardt: their position was i think dale's the easy guy. you know, the worst pieces of investigating that i've ever seen in my career. keith morrison: dale and his attorney told us that despite a show of interviewing other suspects, the police quite clearly had made up their minds the very day she disappeared. the police came to my house. i don't know what the exact first thing he said, but he goes, did you kill your wife? and i was just stunned. keith morrison: the police d

stephanie roller bruner: i'm here, asking for help.>> hello. i'm craig melvin. this is dateline.