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In her own words what happened and why. >> a different prosecutor then took over the case against jared long. his name was mark blankenship. and as he looked over the case he came to a different conclusion about who was most responsible. >> i felt that the mastermind of the crime was jessie. she didn't pull the trigger, but without her this doesn't happen. what bothered me was that the bar got set at 22 years for the master mind of the crime. >> so blankenship did what he thought he had to do be fair and offered jared a deal, too. 30 years in prison for pleading guilty to first degree murder. ...

>> so you're thinking you might have your man here? >> yes. >> he might have thought he had his man but police decided the fact that jared's truck matched the description of the eyewitness wasn't enough to arrest him. >> they stalled as long as they could i think and ultimately had to let him go. >> that's potential evidence driving away. who knows what's in his truck, on his clothes. it could all be destroyed. >> that was all evidence, potential evidence that we wanted to get our hands on and had no ability to do so at that time. >> that's tough. >> very tough. >> but detectives pressed on. a...

Truck from the crime scene and knew the name of the driver, jared long. now they needed to know why he would be involved in vince's murder. >> detectives along with the cid agents from fort campbell did a neighborhood canvas. >> and what they discovered was a bombshell. neighbors said they'd seen jared's truck not just in the area but park's in jessie's driveway. >> i would see her driving the truck with the three kids. >> and what she said next really got the investigators attention. >> how often on a weekly basis would that vehicle come over while vincent was deployed? >> maybe two or three ...

But you need to help us out at this point, jared, and explain what happened there. >> i believe at this point i need to say stop, and i believe i need a lawyer. because this has gone well beyond what i'm capable of so -- >> they now had two suspects in custody. and as for that drug dealer story, detective stokes says that was just a hoax jessie cooked up to throw off police. and she told the story to several people including her neighbors, the raies who unwittingly corroborated her story. did you ever find any efrds that vince was involved in some type of drug deal gone bad? >> no. >> that men...

No. >> yeah. very true. >> no. >> he told her they knew all about her romantic relationship with jared. jessie admitted she and jared hung out together but continued to deny there was anything sexual between them. >> she said they were friends and he stayed there on the couch, and that was it. >> jessie did admit she and vince were going through a tough time, but she claimed they were working things out. >> i'm not just going to walk away, i'm not that person, i'm not going to leave you. we were planning on -- >> besides she said vince knew all about jared. >> vince knew he had stayed at the h...