Sign up for xfinity rewards now. it was sunday, the morning after lisa techel had been shot to death. but it wasn t a day of rest for the techels and caldwells. they had to discuss arrangements. one of the saddest words in the language is, arrangements. we have to make arrangements, it must have been unreal. yeah. i don t remember it. grief-stricken, todd decided to stay home by himself while the rest of his family and the techels met in a park. seth was there, but under instructions from his lawyer not to speak about the case. he shared an emotional moment with lisa s sisters and her mother, tracy. the first thing, seth grabbed the girls and hugged
His right to an attorney. and no one stopped him from doing that. so thomas kept asking questions, and seth kept answering them. have you ever lied to lisa about rachel? no. she found out and that was that was that. meanwhile, both dci agents birmingham and thomas had now learned more complete details from the scene from seth s best friend, the guy with the puppy. the friend, colton, had explained that seth was using his special trac phone as a steamy hotline. i know they were exchanging photos. did he tell you, she sent me some topless pictures? yes. did you see them? yes. armed with this information, agent thomas decided to show his cards and see what happened. we ve 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 it s up to you to be honest. there s obviously more to this rachel thing. she was under the impression that lisa was going to be packing her
Always treat grieving husbands? and i started crying. i m there thinking, they re being so mean to him. we kind of got into an argument because i m like they have to do that. would-be cop seth techel agreed completely. he knew the spouse had to be ruled out. he said he was eager to get seth crossed off the suspect list as soon as possible. so he went downtown and instructed his parents no lawyers. i remember saying do we need to go get a lawyer? he was adamant. he said no. he said i didn t do anything. i have nothing to hide. i don t need a lawyer. was that a mistake? seth had told his story to one familiar face after another at the scene. but now, he d be talking to an elite state interrogator, and the tone of the investigation was about to change. coming up deputies learn that seth may be
Your mossberg in that rack? yes, it s the middle one. lucas talked to deputies about the gun on the day of the murder. i told em that i hadn t took it with me and it should be there. but his 12-gauge wasn t there when crime scene techs scoured the trailer. and cops knew another place it wasn t on the list of guns kept at the house that seth had written out for the dci agent. investigators felt certain the mossberg was used to kill lisa, but a big question remained. where is it? that s what we wanna know. where is the gun? that same sunday morning, a team began searching the big, beautiful piece of property where seth and lisa were starting married life and preparing to raise a family. deputy marty wonderlin, working his first-ever homicide case, was back at the scene. not too long into this sunday morning search, over here by this big old tree, what do you hear? i hear, we ve got it. you know, shotgun here. they were going nuts.
dispatch relayed the message to marty wonderlin. the young deputy had never gotten a call like this. i have a report of a lady not breathing. i have now been advised this lady s just been shot. is your heart heart pounding a little? oh, yeah. that s an understatement. with his car and his mind both doing 90, marty raced to the house in under ten minutes. he slowed along the rise of the gravel country road and stopped in the driveway. he had no idea what he d be facing. his dashboard camera captured the scene as he approached the house. here s how you get in the trailer. what do you see, right about here? you could see seth techel up on the porch. he was wearing cargo shorts and a belt, and he just bent over, you know? what s he doing? sounds like he s crying, just sobbing. the toughest call of marty s career was suddenly so much more complicated. he knew the grieving husband on the porch,