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Newly married, pregnant, starting the career of her dreams. Todd caldwell she always put everybody before she put herself. Dennis murphy then, one morning, a single Gunshot Blast rocked the newlyweds home. Seth Techel 911 Recording shes been shot. Dennis murphy a young husband, out of his mind with grief. Dennis murphy it was a tragedy. But, for lisas dad, a Sheriffs Deputy, it was no mystery. He was sure he knew who the killer was. Todd Caldwell Recording go get him. Go get him. Now. Dennis mur...

and i was like, "whats going on? " and hes like, "lisas been shot. " >> i held her hand and i just said, "my lisa. my lisa. " >> everyones like, "do you want justice? do you want revenge? -- i just want the truth. >> lisa techel, newly married, pregnant, starting the career of her dreams. >> she always put everybody before she put herself. >> then, one morning, a single shotgun blast rocked the newlywedshome. >> shes been shot. >> a young husband, out of his mind with grief. >> it was ...

Off. if your buddies are doing anything to his yard, knock it off. do not mess with this guy. hes off his rocker. hes going to be the next person -- >> sure. >> to shoot a cop. " >> and i said, "im not messing with him. ill make sure nobody else is. " >> the murder weapon hadnt been found so the state agent asked seth about the firearms he kept in the trailer. maybe one of those had been used. >> do you have any guns that are missing at your house? >> i havent looked. >> if one of those guns is ...

That shes the best parts of me. >> the prosecution had the burden of proving the charges, first degree murder and nonconsensual termination of a pregnancy. what did you think your strongest fact was going forward, strongest part of your story for a jury? >> probably the most important single piece of evidence was the shotgun. >> ballistics showed this mossberg 12-gauge was the murder weapon, a firearm that seth kept inside his house, and only he had access to it that morning, prosecutors argued....

Relationship. there are sexually explicit text messages. there are pictures, sexually explicit pictures, sent back and forth. >> he kissed me, but it never led into anything else. he just used to tell me i love you. thats about it. >> it sounds like they were making out rather than having sex. >> yeah, yes. thats correct. >> he always used to tell me how pretty i was and how hed like to be with me. but i always made it clear that he is married and has a wife, and hes having a baby, and i dont wr...

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>> 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. ...

But he had to secure his rifle, so he ran back to his cruiser to lock it up. >> i got on my radio and i think i told dispatch, "get 58 out here. " >> call 58 and have him get out here. >> badge 58 meant deputy todd caldwell, lisas father. >> in hindsight, i wish i wouldnt have done that. i wish i would -- >> why do you say that? >> well, because i saw a lot of things that morning and now because of me, because of asking him to, you know, come out there, hes going to have to live with some of tho...

To the sharp-edged, intrusive questions that all husbands with a murdered wife have to answer. wannabe cop that he was, seth knew very well what was coming. >> were going to ask you some tough things, okay? >> thats fine. >> okay. >> i know im, obviously, probably number one right now. >> lets talk about people that are in your lives and lisas lives. was there any extramarital affairs? >> no. >> seth didnt hesitate. there was no other women. but out at the trailer, quite unexpectedly, someone wa...

Story for a jury? >> probably the most important single piece of evidence was the shotgun. >> ballistics showed this mossberg 12-gauge was the murder weapon, a firearm that seth kept inside his house, and only he had access to it that morning, prosecutors argued. >> no murderer who wants to kill lisa techel comes to the murder scene without the murder weapon. >> we argued the impossibility of his story. some unknown assailant breaks into his house and kills the wife that he says hes gonna leave....