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investigators found two floppy disks on joe snodgrass s desk, which investigators thought might hold evidence of his complicity with his wife s murder plot. but before they checked the disks, investigators wanted to make sure that they actually belonged to joe snodgrass and weren t someone else s. so, they asked him to come to the interrogation room to identify them. sergeant snodgrass was in a cooperative posture. joe snodgrass was a law enforcement official. so, if someone is investigating, well, naturally, you try to cooperate, you try to help. so you can get him off the suspect list. as he examined the disks, investigators were distracted and he pulled out a pair of
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scissors and shredded them. they tried to get the scissors away from him. but there are pieces of this disk on the floor. now, i ll tell you, a couple things go through your mind at this point. the first thing is how in the world did this man get scissors into the interview room? and second of all, how did he get the disk and do this? apparently, snodgrass knew investigators had his floppy disks and he came to the interrogation prepared. we knew that whatever was on that disk was absolutely should i say death to joe. joe snodgrass was immediately taken into military custody. he called us up and said they are arresting me for the murder of your mother. and he said, i promise, i did not kill your mother. and, i said okay, you know, i believe you.
confession, joe snodgrass angrily denied any involvement in the murder of his wife and he called his former housekeeper a liar. to prove it, he permitted investigators to search his house. they found these insurance policies under a mattress. and they said, what are these insurance policies under the mattress? and he said, i really didn t want you to find those, you know. a little suspicious looking, i didn t want you to find that. the policies revealed something troubling. joe had recently increased the amount of his wife s life insurance from $200,000 to over $400,000. and on joe s desk at work, investigators found even more potential evidence. they came up with a bunch of floppy disks, you know, those big 5 1/4 disks that we used to use. but just as the investigation was starting to take shape, joe s colleagues in the office of special investigations made a