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In her own words what happened and why. >> a different prosecutor then took over the case against jared long. his name was mark blankenship. and as he looked over the case he came to a different conclusion about who was most responsible. >> i felt that the mastermind of the crime was jessie. she didnt pull the trigger, but without her this doesnt happen. what bothered me was that the bar got set at 22 years for the master mind of the crime. >> so blankenship did what he thought he had to do be f...

>> so youre thinking you might have your man here? >> yes. >> he might have thought he had his man but police decided the fact that jareds truck matched the description of the eyewitness wasnt enough to arrest him. >> they stalled as long as they could i think and ultimately had to let him go. >> thats potential evidence driving away. who knows whats in his truck, on his clothes. it could all be destroyed. >> that was all evidence, potential evidence that we wanted to get our hands on and had no...

Truck from the crime scene and knew the name of the driver, jared long. now they needed to know why he would be involved in vinces murder. >> detectives along with the cid agents from fort campbell did a neighborhood canvas. >> and what they discovered was a bombshell. neighbors said theyd seen jareds truck not just in the area but parks in jessies driveway. >> i would see her driving the truck with the three kids. >> and what she said next really got the investigators attention. >> how often on...

But you need to help us out at this point, jared, and explain what happened there. >> i believe at this point i need to say stop, and i believe i need a lawyer. because this has gone well beyond what im capable of so -- >> they now had two suspects in custody. and as for that drug dealer story, detective stokes says that was just a hoax jessie cooked up to throw off police. and she told the story to several people including her neighbors, the raies who unwittingly corroborated her story. did you...

No. >> yeah. very true. >> no. >> he told her they knew all about her romantic relationship with jared. jessie admitted she and jared hung out together but continued to deny there was anything sexual between them. >> she said they were friends and he stayed there on the couch, and that was it. >> jessie did admit she and vince were going through a tough time, but she claimed they were working things out. >> im not just going to walk away, im not that person, im not going to leave you. we were pl...

>> we did not have sex. >> jessie finally changed her story. >> i knew that jared loved me. >> right. >> and i know he loved my kids. >> when investigators told prosecutor lynn prior that jessie had admitted to having a romantic relationship with jared, she knew this was a big moment. >> they were planning a life together. >> that could be a motive. >> absolutely a motive because who was in their way of being together for the rest of their life? her husband. >> and jessie had another possible mo...

Motel in town. i said fine. we had lunch and talked and we did have sex. >> but it wasnt the sex investigators were interested in. jessie had one more story to tell. she claimed that jared had talked to the drug dealers and if he roughed up vince somehow that would satisfy them. then she said jared told her what here job would be. >> he told me you need to meet me on this road. you need to pull-down to the shoulder where you can pull off. >> but the prosecutor and detectives werent buying it. in...