justice for heather, and we sold them. we just wanted to keep the word going. it was like, if they re not gonna do it, we re gonna do it. then something happened that no one expected. there had been an arrest. only it wasn t of heather s killer. it was of the sheriff himself. i was actually dumbfounded at first. sheriff kyle overmyer was caught stealing prescription pain pills held in county custody. your sheriff had a drug problem. he did. and he was supporting his habit by pilfering money from a county fund. sheriff overmyer eventually pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four years in prison. to jen, it was yet another indication of a sheriff s office in disarray. it all made sense of why we weren t getting any answers. that turned out to be just the beginning. soon, detective sean o connell was under investigation for how he was handling, or mishandling, the heather bogle murder case. the state attorney general s office
was just, did she love her this much that she went crazy and killed her because she couldn t have her? heather s family was convinced that carmella was a very strong suspect. they were very well convinced of that. you were not as convinced. i was not as convinced. o connell said he didn t think josh had anything to do with it either. and o connell said his drug theory was still the best theory. by now pat and jen had become so frustrated with o connell, they actually called his bosses to complain. we were begging them, take him off the case. he s not doing anything. he s not doing his job. he s not looking into leads. he s not even talking to us. they kind of sugarcoated it. it was like, he s the best detective we have and we trust he s doing his job. he can t tell you everything and we ll have him update you once a week, is that fair? we just wanted to know what s going on. did that happen? no, it didn t. all he needed, he said, was a little more time. instead,
at his sentencing, o connell spoke directly to heather s family. again, i apologize to the bogle family. i truly do. i can assure you that i was just doing everything in my power as a police officer to find those persons responsible for heather s death. for all those swept up in this investigation, this was a long journey to justice involving not just a search for heather s killer, but a battle with a sheriff s office run amok, a battle jen bogle was determined to win. this girl was tough. investigating, up all night, working, taking care of kids. her number one priority was still heather. we need to find out who did this. i would think your sister would be proud of you. thank you. you feel any better? i feel relieved. we finally know what happened. yeah. you know who. yeah. and you know who it wasn t.
definitely. the only person in my family who i felt like wanted me to succeed was my sister, heather. josh agreed his angry text message was hurtful. he explained it by saying it was simply a misguided attempt at tough love. i felt in my mind if i shame heather, i ll shame her into doing the right things. but it was the wrong approach, clearly. and it was abusive. do you regret sending heather that text? yeah, definitely. as for why josh refused to give up his dna? according to police, when they went to you and asked for your dna, you said, no. they never went to me. josh said o connell never asked him for it. they never even tried to get my dna. at the end of the day, i know i m innocent and their opinion doesn t matter. facts are facts and opinions are opinions. jen and pat thought there was someone else who should be looked at with suspicion. someone much closer to heather. her ex-girlfriend, carmella. you guys go back and forth
2018, former detective sean o connell accepted a plea deal of his own, admitting to evidence tampering. other charges including witness coercion and dereliction of duty were dropped. his punishment, two years in prison. i can assure you that at his sentencing, o connell spoke directly to heather s family. again, i apologize to the bogle family. i truly do. i can assure you that i was just doing everything in my power as a police officer to find those persons responsible for heather s death. for all those swept up in this investigation, this was a long journey to justice involving not just a search for heather s killer, but a battle with a sheriff s office run amok, a battle jen bogle was determined to win. this girl was tough. investigating, up all night, working, taking care of kids. her number one priority was still heather. we need to find out who did this. i would think your sister would be proud of you. thank you.