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maybe, said the prosecutor, maybe it was this spider like resort, this dream that they could not let go, and the stream that could not afford, even if they sold all they owned. >> sell his house, his shop, his business, cash out retirement accounts, you name it. >> but, about 36 hours before the shooting, chris, alone, presented another offer. much more than the 550,000 that janet thought they could offer if they sold everything. in fact, chris's last offer was 150,000 more than that. this just happened to be the amount of insurance on jan's life. the defense admitted, in their opening statement, that mr. crews had, in fact, offered $700,000 for the purchase of this resort, which i found, to be important. mr. crews had, previously, denied, under oath, ever making

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jammed by mistake? jeremy admitted, he snuck into see bailey, in her house, many times that summer, unbeknownst to her parents. and he knew, if they bought the resort, they would take bailey hundreds of miles away from him. so where was he, the night of the murder? >> an initially, he told investigators he did not leave his house that night. >> that was a lie. >> then, in further talking with jeremy, he admitted to us that he did leave the house to check on bailey, and was concerned about her. >> his story? bailey texted him after she heard the two shots, and there was, indeed, a text. one word, jeremy! that alarmed him, he said. he drove to brewster, texting her along the way, asking what was going on. when he arrived, bailey's street was filled with emergency vehicles, so he went

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chris would never own the resort he set his heart on. what did they say to each other on the long ride home, is not recorded nor is what happened two nights later in the middle of night. in jan and chris kruse bedroom. >> 9-1-1 emergency. >> they told me john had been shot. i said okay, i will be there. i go into the hospital. mom was quiet. i said she's going to be okay, right? she's going to be okay. mom said no. she was dead. [crying] i think i collapsed on the floor and screamed. >> reporter: why would anyone want to shoot jan? it must make any sense to you? >> it doesn't. it makes no sense to me.

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it was making her anxious, she said. >> i've been worked up because my parents want to buy a resort up north and it was a weird time for me to move. >> when you say worked up, what does that mean? >> i got stressed out about moving because i don't really know what i want to do. the plan was me and my mom would stay with my grandma and grandpa so i could finish school and graduate here. then, i would go up in the summer to help at the resort. i was just kind of worried about that. >> to help her cope, bailey said, she confided in her friend. an older boy named jeremy. he had been coming around to see her that summer. >> he gives me a phone number. >> so you didn't feel like you want to move or? well, yes and no. i have mixed feelings about it. i play hockey here and everything. >> okay. when was the last time jeremy came over? >> yesterday. >> how old is jeremy? >> he's 19.

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>> 19? >> yes. >> are you guys dating? >> no. >> what's your relationship with jeremy? >> just friends. >> just friends? >> yes. >> does jeremy get along with your mom and dad? >> they don't know that he comes over, actually. >> he came over one night, so we're gonna talk to my mom and dad, because they were home. we told them that we liked each other, and my mom and dad didn't want me to date him because he's much older. my dad is pretty protective of me. >> a resort they couldn't afford, an arson fire in a garage, and an unapproved, maybe inappropriate, older boy and their daughter's life. there were issues in this home. and a kid who needed talking to. jeremy. coming up -- >> did you guys kiss? >> no. we haven't yet. i don't want to go too far with it right now because she's younger than me. you have to be careful with, it you know?

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>> so, they just talk, says jeremy. the deputy asked, what about? lately? >> she would snap me a couple of nights where she said they were in some good arguments about this because -- >> who was? >> her parents. her mom and dad. >> jeremy said, the arguments, according to bailey, we're about trying to buy the spider lake resourced. >> she hates them yelling at each other, but they had some pretty good, you know, hey, calm down. they're arguing about this. it's a lot of money and her mom is very, very, very, very nervous about spending all of this money on a resort. >> so, bailey had trouble dealing with that, said jeremy. >> she avidly hates it. she's made it very apparent to me, she will literally put her headphones on, and turn the music loud. they've been having a tough time with it because her dad really, really, really wants to go through with this.

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happiness, memories, and desire. wishes and dreams just out of reach. its name is spider lake, one of those thousands of lakes that filled up the rocky gouges and glaciers left behind. maybe that's why they sparkle the way they do. why this one in minnesota spread out every which way. and here, near the tip of its northern is the spider lake resort. family cabins. it calls itself one of northern minnesota's best kept secrets. secrets. the word that will certainly apply to what you're about to hear. one way or another. >> i went with them a couple times up there. >> reporter: them being chris and jan cruz. this is jan's sister k. >> they would like to go fishing, and relax. it was quality time together.

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it would've fit them. >> reporter: would have. until. until the events the events of 2015. >> reporter: by the time all of this happened, chris and jan had kruse been married for two decades. they had lived here in a tiny place called brewster, minnesota, population for 73. in the world southwest corner of minnesota. they had a good and happy marriage, and a happy life. >> what they had was what i hope to have some day. i loved our family. >> reporter: isaac, their eldest was 20. then his sister bailey was 15 that summer. that was the year spring of 2015, when isaac discovered that spider lake resort was for sale. and a buzz of excitement filled the house. >> reporter: did you ever fantasize about the family owning that? place when >> i found out they were talking about buying, it i

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was starting to look for my line of the work in that area. i thought it would be very fun to help, and help work on the resort. >> reporter: that is the sort of place becomes month generational to you look forward to association with it for your whole life. come august, chris and jan drove the six hours from brewster, minnesota to spider lake to engage in negotiating. and there were obstacles, of course there were. as john told her sister k. >> it was just the timing with bailey having a couple years left of school, she just wanted to buy it, but it there was a lot that went into the decision. >> reporter: mostly of course, the money. john the bookkeeper around the numbers. they offered as much as their bank would allow. but it wasn't enough. was it jan who faced it first? they would have to move on?

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