Mystery at Heath Bar Farm: Dateline

Did you see Dateline on Friday night?  Tom Foley and his wife lived on a farm in Coldwater, Michigan.  In February 2009, they were going to attend a birthday party.  Tom decided to leave early with his son and his son’s friend, and his wife, Darlene Weber-Foley was going to meet up with them later.

Foley told his son to go start the truck while he did a few last minute things and when the kids went out in the yard, they heard a loud bang.  Many wonder if the boys heard the gunshot that killed Darlene.  Tom told them it was a window he broke, though someone came forward later to say the window was broken a week before.

I did not believe Tom Foley when I watched him. His emotions on the stand were not genuine.  He dropped a lot of red flags for me as well when he talked about things.  Listen to the 911 call above.  The dispatcher says, “She fell in the shower?”  Tom says, “No.”  Then he corrects himself and says, “I don’t know”.  Whoa!!   Huge red flag. If Tom truly didn’t know what happened, how could say “No” so surely?

Tom Foley was originally convicted, but got a new trial based on new evidence and was eventually set free. I do think the majority of the interview of Tom on Dateline was taken after his trial, so you must remember once he was set free, the stakes in the situation dropped dramatically.  Remember that when looking for the truth!