To me very calm. I thought maybe there was a boyfriend on the side, seem kind of love triangle. But on a dark highway, the case will take a dramatic turn. All the hair on my body was standing on edge. It made you nervous . Extremely nervous. A mysterious driver carrying ominous cargo. How did he explain that . At that time you dont. It is evidence to suggest there is some kind of conspiracy. Unraveling a mindbending plot revealed a shattering truth. Evil the only word i can think of, inhuman to do Something Like that. It was moonless night in iowa, four income the morning. The quietest of quiet hours. A small cop head down the empty highway, bound for his early shift at the police department. Thats when he saw, the corner of his eye, what was that in the ditch, maybe 30 yards off the highway, a car in trouble . He swung around. Somebody clearly missed a curb on the gravel access road. The drivers door is hanging open on it. It looks like the air bags deployed and dome light on. And the
the metal detector that i wanted was about $600. are you out of your mind? no. you buy a $600 metal detector? uh-huh. that s even like the mid-range. you can spend upwards of $9,000 on a metal detector if you wanted to. you re getting toward being uppercase nerd? very much so, yes. so he figured he d sell the gun and use the cash to buy that new metal detector. it s what the state of iowa calls a long gun. it s something that you put to your shoulder and you shoot like a rifle or a shotgun. so i listed it online, on armslist, it s like craiglist for guns. reporter: what d you ask for it? $360. reporter: about a month later, he got a nibble via email. i told him that i needed cash and i needed a photo i.d. so i knew he was who he said he was, and that he was at least 21. reporter: who did he say he was? he said his name was andy wegener, and that was the email address that he had contacted me from, was andy wegener something-or-other at gmail.com. reporte
$360. reporter: about a month later, he got a nibble via e-mail. i told him that i needed cash and i needed a photo i.d. so i knew he was who he said he was, and that he was at least 21. reporter: who did he say he was? he said his name was andy wegener, and that was the e-mail address that he had contacted me from, was andy wegener something-or-other at gmail.com. reporter: where d you meet? i work part-time at a gas station. it s public, there are cameras in the area, and if something bad were to happen i know of at least two or three people that are there a lot that would probably come to my rescue. is that the kind of thing you have to do when you sell a weapon? that s the thing i do when i sell a weapon because i ve got entirely too much to lose. i have a family, i have a job that, you know i love them both. i did not want to jeopardize those. we met at the station. i showed him the rifle in the back end of my car, and then i filled out a bill of sale, because
he s forever digging up old coins and such. loves it. mind you, there s only so much a person can ferret out using equipment that s well, to say down-market may sound cruel, but the metal detector that i wanted was about $600. are you out of your mind? no. reporter: you buy a $600 metal detector? uh-huh. that s even like the mid-range. you can spend upwards of $9,000 on a metal detector if you wanted to. you re getting towards being uppercase nerd? very much so, yes. so he figured he d sell the gun, and use the cash to buy that new metal detector. it s what the state of iowa calls a long gun. it s something that you put to your shoulder and you shoot like a rifle or shotgun. so i listed it online, on armslist, it s like craiglist for guns. reporter: what d you ask for it? $360. reporter: about a month later, he got a nibble via e-mail. i told him that i needed cash and i needed a photo i.d. so i
mind you, there s only so much a person can ferret out using equipment that s well, to say down-market may sound cruel, but the metal detector that i wanted was about $600. are you out of your mind? no. reporter: you buy a $600 metal detector? uh-huh. that s even like the mid-range. you can spend upwards of $9,000 on a metal detector if you wanted to. you re getting towards being uppercase nerd? very much so, yes. so he figured he d sell the gun, and use the cash to buy that new metal detector. it s what the state of iowa calls a long gun. it s something that you put to your shoulder and you shoot like a rifle or shotgun. so i listed it online, on armslist, it s like craiglist for guns. reporter: what d you ask for it? $360. reporter: about a month later, he got a nibble via e-mail. i told him that i needed cash and i needed a photo i.d. so i knew he was who he said he was, and that he was at least 21. reporter: who did he say he was? he said his name