client out of a photo line-up. she wasn t able to point at him in court and say, that s the guy that did it. what s more, she initially told police that the gun was silver. david s gun is a glock which is black. they went after investigators arguing they bungled the two-year long investigation by losing documents and mishandling evidence. we had documentation that the evidence was mishandled from the chief of police, chastising the officer that handled the evidence. that detective admits mistakes were made. he is now retired. the second lead detective, volaman, was let go for sharing sensitive details of the case with someone outside the department. strickland s attorneys concede their client may have written that letter, but they argue it would only have been out of revenge for chris melchor having him arrested.
welcome back. a mysterious letter has identified chistobal melchor had the man. after police spoke with melchor they turned their attention to his former roommate, david strickland. police wanted to hear what he had to say and they were not the only ones. here s josh with the conclusion of a texas twist. first came spellman cleared by police and his height. then chris melchor, also cleared of suspicion by geography. now detective veuleman oz on the trail of another man, david strickland. strickland was a hometown boy. his dad a successful businessman. strickland served briefly in the
we would go to coffee shops. and we would go to parks. reporter: which is exactly what mollie and kristene decided to do on a warm summer night back in june of 2012. their destination, violet andrews park. that place seem safe to you? yeah, it did. all the parks did. we would go at night all the time. reporter: before heading out, the two called brittany, asking if she wanted to join them. brittany took a pass. they had asked me to go, but i had a vollyball game the next morning. so i wasn t able to. reporter: it was a decision that still haunts her. i just know because they, like you know, they called me that night. i m like if i was there reporter: the next morning, chris and stan seymour were strolling through violet andrews park. we started looking around for birds in general. didn t see a thing. this place was as quiet as we d ever seen it. reporter: and that s when, just below one of the overlooks, they made their terrible discovery.
mr. melchor is no longer the focus of this. it s now david strickland. that s right. reporter: chris melchor went on to explain that he and strickland were no longer on good terms. melchor believed strickland had stolen several of his guns, so he had strickland arrested. the gun robbery put a damper on their relationship. reporter: strickland pleaded not guilty to the gun theft charge and was released soon after, but the charges were still pending. and veuleman wondered, could strickland have written that letter as some kind of elaborate payback for melchor having strickland arrested? i know there was bad blood between david strickland and christobal melchor, but to accuse someone of murder? if you think that letter was written by david strickland, and you think the letter includes things that only the killer would know well, i think the logical inference was that strickland
she has no recollection. she wasn t able to put our client out of a photo lineup. wasn t able to point at him in court and say, he did it. kristene told the police that the gun was silver. his gun was a gloc, which is black. they bundled the lengthy two-year investigation by mishandling evidence. we had the documentation that the evidence was mishandled from the chief of police. chastising the officer who handled the evidence. that lead detective roland chavez admits mistakes were made. he s now retired. the second lead detective aaron veulman was let go for sharing sensitive details of the case with someone outside the department. strickland s attorney concedes their client may have written that letter, but argues it would have only been out of revenge for chris melchor having him