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Knew who the shooter was. and in a voice filled with rage, he told his fellow deputies to take the suspect down. >> that [ bleep ]. go get him. go get him, now. >> coming up -- who was todd caldwell talking about? turns out there was someone in seth and lisas life who had everybody worried. >> things were escalating. they were fearful. i was fearful. >> when "dateline" continues. >> reporter: lisa techel was dead, murdered in her own bed. her distraught husband seth was ♪youve got the brawn♪...

Loaded shotgun. >> reporter: seth said he knew the tenor of the visit because todd had filled him in later. his father-in-law also gave him a strong warning. >> "hey, if youre doing anything to his yard, knock it 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." >> reporter: the murder weapon hadnt ...

Argue it was a botched investigation. why would crime scene techs do tests to match the slug to the murder weapon, but never check it for fingerprints or dna that might link it to the shooter? >> did you test the bullet that was in the chamber that killed this woman? no, we forgot, or we didnt do it. >> reporter: whoops. >> whoops. >> reporter: the new defense team had a new story to tell -- it was all a rush to judgment to blame seth, whod been in jail ever since his arrest two years earlier. a...

Shes the best parts of me. >> reporter: 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. >> reporter: 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, pros...

Of rachels relationship with seth. >> they were having, you know, kind of an ongoing 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. >> reporter: 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...

First courthouse in ottumwa. the prosecutors once again argued that seths story defied logic. >> he would have to be the victim of one of the largest coincidences ever known. and that is he told his girlfriend that he left his wife. and a little less than 17 hours later, some unknown assailant breaks into his house and kills the wife that he is -- says hes gonna leave. >> with a weapon which he hasnt brought with him. >> correct. with a weapon which he hasnt brought with him. >> i had a mossberg...

Not too long into this sunday morning search, over here by this big old tree, what do you hear? >> i hear, "weve got it. you know, shotgun here." they were goin nuts. >> reporter: there was the mossberg in the tall grass, about 20 yards from the back door of the trailer. boy, that was a huge development in that case. >> it was. i think everyones, you know, mood doubled or tripled when they found that gun. >> reporter: ballistics would later match the mossberg with the slug that killed the pregna...

>> reporter: the investigators had no idea where this would lead, but the unexpected revelation that there might be a girlfriend in the mix meant that they had to get on the horn with agent thomas downtown and pronto. seth was still in the interview chair, but he could walk at any moment. >> coming up -- more about seths secret phone. seems it wasnt just for talking. >> did he tell you, "she sent me some topless pictures"? >> yes. >> did you see them? >> yes. mondays, right? what? i said mondays...

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Estate business, specializing in mobile homes. police say when officers first arrived at the found the gates to the complex locked from the inside. >> it appears all of the adults were connected either by business or a personal relationship and this was not a random act of violence. >> in the office courtyard officers found the deceased boy in the arms of an adult woman who survived and is in critical condition. there had been 20 mass shootings in the u.s. since the atlanta massacre march 16th. ...