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Chris for the first time ever, a juror who helped sentence rodney to delve breaks his silence. I have questions about whether rodney was really guilty. Chris plus, a 48yearold married Real Estate Agent arrested for the unsolved murder of a rival 27 years ago. How dna evidence linked her why she is now under suspicion in yet another killing. Chris right now. Andrea isom from crime watch daily. Jason mattera with crime watch daily. Chris this. Im elizabeth, im here with crime watch. Michelle from crime watch daily. Ana garcia from crime watch. Chris is crime watch daily. Stay off my property. We will find you again. We always do. Chris welcome to crime watch daily, everyone, im chris hansen. Rodney reed, living his final days in a texas prison sentenced to death. Right he maintains he didnt do it, he is coming straight to crime watch daily to lay out his case. Reporter is here and Bastrop County texas where Stacey Stites murder set up a bizarre chain of events that mysteriously ended with two more people dead, one man on death row, and countless questions unanswered. Murder deep in the lost pines of xa the half dressed body of a woman, strangled. Who killed Stacey Stites . Based on the evidence, who do you think is responsible for your sisters murder . Rodney reed. Reporter the state says rodney reed raped and killed stacey, a jury agreed, convicting him of her murder. Reed was sentenced to death. Reporter do you think rodney reed was giving a fair definitely. Reporter but many across the country are beginning to wonder, did texas convict the wrong man . Staceys sister, deborah and crystal, exclusively tell crime watch daily they are convinced of his guilt. He should be on death row. Absolutely. He should be executed. Yes, he should. Without a doubt. No doubt whatsoever. He is guilty. Reporter stacey was a beautiful,9 starting out. She was very athletic, involved in lots of activities, rotc. She was wellliked and bubbly, lots of fun, loved little kids. She was a good person. Reporter shubert in the produce section of the local supermarket and Bastrop County, some 30 miles south of boston, and she lived with her fiance, a Police Officer named Jimmy Fennell. She was very, very excited they two young kids in love. I was the maid of honor in the wedding. The last call that i had with her, she called to tell me that she had made appointments for our hair and nails to be done. Reporter fennell told investigators he was asleep when stacey got into his red pickup truck and left for work around 3 00 in the morning plates because she had taken that job to work the morning shift because he got paid more to work that early shift, so, that would help pay for the wedding. Reporter when stacey didnt show for her shift, cops triggered a massive search. We not to shop for work. She was very, very responsible. When she went missing, we knew she was missing but we didnt know that she was murdered. Reporter nearly 12 hours after jimmys has stacey left him, her body is found alongside this country road. Her family is left devastated. It was unbelievable. She was wellliked. Nobody would have wanted to hurt her. Reporter who took at the hardest in the family . When she found out, she just sat in a chair, rocking back and forth, sing, my bb, my baby. She was a rock. A wreck. Reporter this is the actual crime scene video shot by investigators moments after the gruesome discovery. You can clearly see ligature marks on staceys throat. There are about 10 feet away, half of a belt. The belt cops believe was used to strangle her. Strangely, the other half was found several miles away alongside jimmys truck. The truck he says stacey joke e to work. That truck was found here at bastrop high school. Shortly after staceys murder, fennell sold the truck. Before jimmy sold the truck, cops dusted it for fingerprints. Belonged to stacey and jimmy. He is now the first person put onto the police microscope. We wholeheartedly believe Jimmy Fennell do not kill my sister. Reporter cops quickly eliminated jimmy because they claim he did not fit into their murder timeline. During the autopsy, the Travis County coroner found something sinister and suspicious. Male dna inside staceys body and it wasnt jimmys. Deborah and crystal made amendments to bury her sister. Seeing her in the castaic doing my casket, jimmy put the r finger in the casket. Reporter but in the small town outside the big city, several months passed and staceys murder case goes cold. Not knowing who murdered hair was very hard. Six months of not knowing a cold case, they will never find her, they will never find out who did this. Reporter then, an unexpected break. Police investigate a Sexual Assault near the high school where jimmys truck was parked. The woman picks out her alleged attacker from a photo lineup. It was rodney reed. He was well known to authorities. The state claims rodney had a history of sexual violence, including the rape of a 12yearold girl. He was never convicted in most cases. Stunning discovery. Rodneys dna matches the dna found inside staceys body. He was charged with aggravated Sexual Assault and capital murder. At first, rodney denied knowing stacey, but as the evidence unfolded, his story changed. He claims he and stacey were in a secret relationship. Relationship was somewhat discreet, you know what im she was a fun person. She was a beautiful person. At the time, do you remember if you saw a future with her . No, we wasnt looking at anything like that. We were doing what we were doing great at the time, i was 27, she was 18, turning 19, i was turning 28. Reporter but that allegedly the fair was news to stacey sisters. Reporter have you ever met rodney reed at any point before staceys death and if so, how we had never heard of rodney reed. No. Not at all . Never. Reporter never in the picture as far as your knowledge . The only time we heard of him was when he became a suspect in a murder. Reporter rodney pleaded not guilty and stood trial, based primarily on the dna evidence, the jury convicted him of capital murder. He is sentenced to death. The stories about to take more dramatic twists and turns them the windin roads in south texas. Next, stacey isnt the only one to die under suspicious circumstances. The mysterious deaths of two Police Officers investigating the case. My husband was investigating that situation and he told me my husband was investigating that situation and he told me that. Jack be nimble, jack be quick, onto the shag carpeting. And his pants ignited into flames, causing him to stop, drop and roll. Luckily jack recently had geico help him with renters insurance. Because all his belongings went up in flames. Jack got full replacement and now has new pants he ordered from banana republic. Visit geico. Com a chiropractor. Chris and the autopsy. It is used to treat gout. It is deadly. Chris that led to murder. Almost to the perfect murder. Chris crime watch daily. Ten months of planning for this crime. Chris tomorrow. Chris now, back to the case against rodney reed, convicted of murder in texas. Stacey stites is found that just days before she was going to get married. Police find dna on her body that rodney. But does that dna tell the whole story . Here is nerissa knight. Reporter convicted killer rodney reed to spend 23 hours a day locked in a 60 square foot cell, his address, death row, texas. I have to maintain my faith and my hope. A lot of the young people out there give me a lot of help and support. Reporter like many inmates, rodney claims he is innocent of murder and he says was found inside the body of Stacey Stites. He claims they were having a secret sexual relationship. Have you ever reached out to her family . Because, you know, they are very critical of you and believe that you are guilty. Well, her mom, her two sisters, i just hate the fact that they have been misled, just reporter but today, many are questioning his conviction and asking, is the wrong man on death row . Recently surfaced evidence could point to another killer. Our austin affiliate, kxan, has extensively investigated the conflicting evidence in the case. Either you believe rodney reed or you dont. And thats really what this case comes down to. Shannon wilson journalists ever to interview rodney in prison. If you havent been to death row in texas, that as a memorable experience. It is something that you dont forget, you wait for a door to open, he walked into a room, that door closes, you wait for another door to open, that door closes, it is a very controlled environment. You do not touch the inmates, you are separated by a wall. The evidence points to one person. The time frame, it points to one person. Reporter when one cop focused on that person rodneys talking about, death greeted the officer at the door. Less than six months after Stacey Stites was murder, the officer was investigating her death was also murdered here. Reporter giddings, texas officer joe bryant was conducting an unauthorized investigation into staceys killing when he was joes widow, maria, says before his murder, joe revealed the identity of who that was the killer. He said, Jimmy Fennell killed Stacey Stites. Reporter Jimmy Fennell, staceys fiance, also a Police Officer. What conviction did he have in his confidence of who killed stacey . When he said it, i wasnt surprised. Officer involved died under mysterious circumstances. Ed salmela was one of the first cops on the scene of the crime. Nearly four months later, he was dead from what the coroner called a selfinflicted gunshot wound. But his brother, scott, says he doesnt buy it. Reporter when you did your own investigation, what did you find when you went . I went to my brothers apartment, it was a pretty immaculate place, he kept things in their place. His apartment was in disarray, everything, she tripped up the bed, all of his stuff was gone, his computer was gone, he was shot with his left hand. In the left side of the temple, took off the right half of this year. But the gun itself was found laying next to his right foot. My brother was righthanded. He shook with his left hand. His left hand would shake. He always used a gun in his right hand. It doesnt make sense. Attorney lisa tanner says there is no connection between the officers death and Stacey Stites. Deaths have anything to do with Stacey Stites murder . No. Ed salmela killed himself over his girlfriend. There was a note and it was ruled a suicide. Joe bryant, he was with giddings police, he was not part of the investigating agency in this case. He apparently went off an reporter two reasons many people are looking at fennell. In Court Documents, rodneys attorney claims fennell told another cop, if he ever discovered stites is cheating on him, and he would strangle her. And he would use a belt. Also, terms that detectives never search the apartment that fennell shared with stacey. Reporter y with the apartment the Jimmy Fennell and Stacey Stites never searched when that was the last place her mother saw her live . Searching her apartment was that thing here. I wish they would have searched her apartment. In hindsight, i think they wish they would have searched it. Reporter remember, fennell was cleared as a suspect and never charged in connection with staceys murder. Jimmy couldnt have done it. Based on all of the extrinsic evidence, not just the medical examiner, the forensics, along with where stacey was, the conviction, the reason my jimmy because he couldnt have gotten where he got with the transportation that he had. It just wasnt humanly possible. Reporter why . Prosecutors say it was impossible and unlikely. They argue stacey was killed between 3 00 and 6 00 in the morning, while jimmy was sleeping. Investigators that he couldnt have driven the body to the field, got the truck at the high school, and then, without any transportation, walked some middle of the night back to his apartment. The state said it is clear fennell is no killer, but he is no scout, either. He took his gun out and place it against my head. He pulled my pants down. Reporter connie leer says the fennell sexually assaulted her. He said she said it happened after he gave her a right to a hotel. She is bravely coming forward to tell her story. He kept telling up. He asked me to dance for him. I told him, no. When i told him know he got mad. And he grabbed me and slammed me up against the back of his car where the trunk is, i kept telling him to stop, he told me to shut up. He handed me one of his cards and told me that his kid has a soccer game the next day and when he got done, he wanted to see me again. I told if i told anyone, he reporter connie told and prosecutors believed her. Fennell caught the plea deal, guilty to kidnapping and improper Sexual Activity with a person in custody. He was sentenced to ten years in state prison. I think when that happens, obviously, the focus shifted a little bit bak to Jimmy Fennell. People thought, wow, if he is capable of doing that, was he capable of murdering stacey . Reporter recontact the fennell prison for a contact but he isnt talking. So, why are rodneys attorneys now floating this theory that fennell killed stacey . In court papers, they claim new evidence actually clears rodney. Three forensic scientists have looked at the evidence against reed, and all three of them say the same thing, rodney reed is not the killer. In the Court Documents filed by medically and scientifically impossible. If she really was killed between 3 00 and 6 00 a. M. Look closely at the crime scene video taken 15 hours after Fennell Stacey left their apartment. Retired Nypd Department kevin gannon says staceys body appears to be in advanced stage of rigor mortis, which could indicate she died long before the states case claimed. When the deceased, decomposition starts in the lower right quadrant, and then, spreads to the rest of the body. It turns blue to a green color. It showed me that this young lady was deceased for 24 hours and not the 15 hours that she was missing. That means that the murdered not take place at 3 30 a. M. , took place probably somewhere around 910 hours earlier. Reporter after further examining the evidence for he believes strangulation was not what killed stacey. Could she have been submerged . She has 1200 grams of fluid in her lungs. The normal amount of fluids in the long for someone of her size should be like 600 grams, maybe, 700. If you have over 1000, it is pretty much considered a drowning. I think she was strangled to restrain her. I think she was drowned. Reporter question, are theories enough to save rodney from the needle . Coming up, we talk to one of the taversal hopped but were rodney away. The she think they sentenced the chris now, to the conclusion of our investigation into death row inmate rodney reed. Here is nerissa knight. Reporter chris, rodney reed has always maintained his innocence, though a jury found states. Now, in a crime watch daily exclusive, we interview one of those drivers who put rodney on death row, and she said, she had known then what she knows now, her decision would have been very different. Convicted killer rodney reed state with death is on hold. An Appellate Court stays his indication indefinitely pending a review of new evidence in the murder of Stacey Stites. Kxan Investigative Reporter is intently following the case. What do you think as far as his innocence, guilt, or is it unclear . I cant be sure, but i think that the amount of evidence that the defense team has brought, a lot of people believe it warrants a retrial for reed. Reporter in court papers, rodney alleges staceys own fiancee, Jimmy Fennell, might be the killer, even though he was long ago ruled out as a suspect. His attorneys say the existing evidence raises a healthy suspicion that Jimmy Fennell and not mr. Reed committed the with something i had nothing to do with. Reporter the state of texas as there is no dispute. Rodney reed is the killer. Have you respond to people say that rodney reed did not kill Stacey Stites . They need to read the evidence, read the file, look at the evidence, because it speaks for itself. None of the evidence that has developed since trial has lead us away from that conclusion that he is guilty of this crime. Reporter what about the secret affair . I am glad y secret affair. I will put it an air quotes because that is what it was. She was 18 days away from her wedding, she was obsessed with me reading Jimmy Fennell. Reporter this journal are voted to send rodney reed to death row. But she now says she has regrets. I have questions now about whether rodney was really guilty. Reporter its a stunning claim youll see all only on crime watch daily