(CBS) The story was originally broadcast on May 17, 2008. It was updated on March 21, 2009.
On Oct. 15, 2003, police were called to the Brownsville, Texas, home of Scott and Traci Rhode. Inside, in the couple's bed, lay Scott with a gunshot wound to the head.
That morning, Traci says she rose early, went for a walk, took a shower, and then heard a moaning sound. It was then, she says, that she discovered her husband was wounded. Scott was still alive, but later died at the hospital.
Traci maintains Scott shot himself, but authorities charge she is a cold-blooded killer with a motive for murder.
Life, as Traci knew it, ended that October day. As Scott lay dying, Traci's ordeal was only just beginning. I was shocked when they asked me to go to the police station. I had already told them all that I knew that had happened. I mean, I wasn't there, I didn't see it, I didn't hear it. I only know what I found, Traci tells correspondent Harold Dow.
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Length: 42:45 Aired: 5/17/2008
