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To believe seth killed lisa. but, heading into trial, they were all now convinced that he did, even presley, once his staunchest supporter. >> theres really no other explanation for what has happened. >> when you left the techel residence, who was there? >> two prominent families, the caldwells and techels, once close in-laws, were now fiercely divided, camped on opposite sides of the courtroom. seth had pleaded not guilty. >> i was like, "just look at me, like, i wanna see kind of in your eyes,...

His son should be with him. >> it was just bad. i mean, -- he was sobbing. and we just hugged and cried. >> marty wonderlin, working his first homicide, was the first deputy to speak to seth. >> hows that go? >> you know, i ask him what happened. >> i came running out. and i looked in the bedroom and shes just [bleep] laying there. >> through the overwrought husbands sobbing, a story started to emerge. >> he basically tells me that he was in the shower getting ready to go to work and he hears a ...

Didnt know. but the women in the caldwell family, without knowing any of seths admissions about rachel, believed with 100% certainty that seth did not kill lisa. especially lisas sister and seths great friend, presley. >> i was never thinking that seth did it. >> only todd caldwell was no longer a true believer. the cop in him questioned why seth needed to lawyer up. his own investigative instincts also kicked in, though hed asked his fellow deputies not to tell him anything until they were read...

>> lisa, look over here. >> lisa was a teenager when her parents divorced. todd remained an active father to lisa and his three other children. all the while, he was working a stressful and dangerous job as a deputy in the wapello county sheriffs department. he found comfort in several ways. one was his occasional hobby. hed take out his sketch pad from time to time. and then he met and fell hard for a nurse named amy. before long, he was starting fatherhood all over again. with twin daughters. ...

Agent thomas decided to show his cards and see what happened. >> weve talked to colton. did colton know about you texting rachel? >> mm-hmm. >> did you tell him about it? >> yeah. >> this is an ongoing investigation, and its up to you to be honest. >> theres obviously more to this rachel thing. she was under the impression that lisa was going to be packing her stuff up and leaving. >> when? >> last night, today. >> he said hed talked to rachel about him divorcing lisa as recently as the night be...

Liked to shoot guns. >> was she okay? >> better than seth. >> sounds like you would have been happy if she were your girlfriend? >> seth was lucky. >> lucky for sure. but seth knew it was time to settle down and get a real job. like lisa, he was drawn to uniformed service. he signed on as a volunteer firefighter and drew a paycheck as a security guard. but his father-in-law todd was helping him get a higher rung on the ladder with a soon to start job as a jailer for the sheriffs. >> they were ve...

Father, todd, was a respected, fellow deputy. the unfolding tragedy had just become very personal. >> deputy, how do you set your brain in compartments, where you got to be very professional? this is the first time youve had a major crime, and yet its also people you know? >> its tough. >> were you scared? its okay if you were. >> yeah, definitely was scared. you know, concerned about a lot of different things. >> you didnt know if somebody could have winged a shot at you? >> yeah, i mean, that ...

>> hes literally sitting right in front of me like you are. >> which only made it more frustrating for presley who was still trying for any kind of connection to someone she once loved like a brother. >> im just staring at him, like, "just glance at me, do something, " and he doesnt. >> and even more painful for the family was having to sit through -- again -- all that heart-breaking testimony, and raw crime scene photos of their lisa, and the unborn baby girl. >> other than the change of venue,...

To leave time -- anytime. everything was legal. lead agent birmingham, watching seth on a monitor, simply ignored the commotion outside. >> i did get information that they were wanting to get in and wanting to come in and tell seth to stop. >> which would shut you guys right down. >> seth is an adult. and he has the sole obligation to invoke his right to remain silent or his right to an attorney. and no one stopped him from doing that. >> so thomas kept asking questions, and seth kept answering ...

A [bleep] what happens to me, okay? i know what happened, i know what youre trying to do. >> what am i trying to do? >> youre trying to get me upset and its working. congratulations. >> upset at this hostile line of questioning, seth said hed had enough. got up and strangely shook thomashand. >> appreciate it. >> and then he walked out. in the end, what did the investigators have? that seth lied about sex, but was it even that? all he admitted to was making out with rachel. and on the big questi...