Michelle Hetzel News Today

A new report highlights the experiences those sentenced to death by incarceration in Pennsylvania’s women’s prisons.

Jonathan M. Hetzel. Here’s the remembrance they’re sharing with the community: Jonathan Mark Hetzel died peacefully at 8:44 pm on 12/15/2020 at St. Anne Hospital in Burien. He was 35 years old. He was surrounded by family, including his parents who were bedside, and siblings virtually. Jon is survived by many friends and family including: parents Mike and Anna Louise Hetzel; siblings Charlene McRae, Dave Hetzel, Michelle Hetzel, and Steve Hetzel; many cousins, including Stephanie Stone; an...

Is where her throat was cut. and we go into the house and were all over the place, and were not coming up with anything. >> since dirt and grass stains were found on devons pants, investigators decided to spray items in the couples backyard with fluorescein. there on a pool cover and on the nozzle of a water hose were tiny traces of blood. but the blood couldnt be tested for dna. >> its been too heavily washed off. theres just not enough genetic material there. and when you go to do dna from blo...

But this was proof that brandon and devon fought. it was not proof of murder. >> i dont think that science in any way inculpates brandon toward a murder at all. what it proves is devon guzman bit brandon bloss, period. >> then police realized something. they had michelles car in their possession. why? michelle was driving when she and keary found devons body. and michelle inadvertently pulled up too close to devons car, so close that her car was impounded as part of the crime scene. >> i dont th...

Didnt need a search warrant to look inside michelles trunk. michelle and brandon eventually turned on one another. brandon said michelle was the one who killed devon, and michelle said it was brandon. >> there was a witness that we called at trial that said about 30 or 40 days prior to this, he had been solicited by michelle that she would give him sex or money or both if he would take out and kill devon, that she wanted to get rid of her. >> in the end, brandon bloss and michelle hetzel were bo...

And underwear, and theyre all consistent with a male of brandons build, and theres blood thats evident on these clothes. >> dna testing of the blood on brandons clothes revealed it was devon guzmans. >> it is direct evidence that shows that the husband, brandon bloss, had contact with this victim and when she was bleeding. you know, its tough to explain that one. >> brandon bloss and michelle hetzel were arrested and charged with first-degree murder. a new sea chance to tryew look. something dif...

>> she told me that they got married. they go through these things. you know, i gave my advice the best i could from what i saw. but you know, being 19, you can only do so much. you cant chain them to the porch. >> police learned that keary renner wasnt the only one upset by this affair. michelles husband brandon bloss wasnt thrilled, either. >> it really creates ego problems. its one thing if your wife starts having an affair with another male. i think if your wifes having an affair with a fema...

Staged the scene to make devons death appear to be a suicide, but they made several mistakes. when michelle planted the syringe, she left the cap in her jeans where it was later found by police. the evidence suggests brandon removed his bloody clothes at the park and put them in the trunk of michelles car. >> i think he actually comes home naked. jumps in the car which his wife had to drive, otherwise we wouldnt find the clothing in her car. >> later, the couple tried to remove the blood evidenc...

Or she had bled on that when she was transferred into the vehicle? >> keary was immediately brought to police headquarters and given a lie detector test. >> it was terrifying. it was scary. but you know, i really -- i had nobody there that i knew. there was nothing i could do, and i didnt want to give in and say, okay, youre right. because i know i didnt do it. >> the results of the polygraph were inconclusive. >> keary is a viable suspect. we cant rule her out at this time. we have signs of a s...

Michelle and her husband and devon. it was also keary was involved. and keary was the spark plug, if you will. >> in tracing devon guzmans last known movements, a witness told police he saw devon guzman at michelle and brandons home on the night of her murder. >> i woke up because there was some noise outside that i realized was an argument. the woman i now know to be devon was standing on the doorstep of the house in back of me with two people inside the house, the three of them arguing. i look...