Reporter a gun in the bed. A strange note. Whispers of an affair she had rekindled a relationship with one of the executives. Reporter how about her husband . Could he be hiding something . Did you murder her . No. Did you pull the trigger . No. Did you kill her . No reporter an emotional dad fights back youre going to hell for what youve done in this case reporter what was the truth . You never ever will get over that. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Tonight, Keith Morrison with a tale of burning suspicion. Reporter it was dark. Past 3 00 a. M. A weak hint of Crescent Moon struggled to penetrate the night here in the middle of america. Kingman, kansas, population, 3,000, was asleep. Except on a quiet residential street, a woman, unable to sleep, watched a crime show on tv. Was that popping noise she heard coming from somewhere in the neighborhood . Or was it her tv show . Or just a remnant of the windy day, licking around her windowsill . The silent night closed in again. April
Reporter a gun in the bed. A strange note. Whispers of an affair she had rekindled a relationship with one of the executives. Reporter how about her husband . Could he be hiding something . Did you murder her . No. Did you pull the trigger . No. Did you kill her . No reporter an emotional dad fights back youre going to hell for what youve done in this case reporter what was the truth . You never ever will get over that. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Tonight, Keith Morrison with a tale of burning suspicion. Reporter it was dark. Past 3 00 a. M. A weak hint of Crescent Moon struggled to penetrate the night here in the middle of america. Kingman, kansas, population, 3,000, was asleep. Except on a quiet residential street, a woman, unable to sleep, watched a crime show on tv. Was that popping noise she heard coming from somewhere in the neighborhood . Or was it her tv show . Or just a remnant of the windy day, licking around her windowsill . The silent night closed in again. April
Reporter brett knew the rules, of course. Had to know he was very much a person of interest, but he was content to chat back and forth for Something Like seven hours. Didnt bring a lawyer with him. Didnt ask for one. Even when the investigators zeroed in on what they saw as holes in his story. Things just arent adding up. Okay. And i think i think you know that. We just want to make sure we get all the facts right and get to the truth. Tell me what you want to know. Reporter brett willingly answered almost every question they had. Like why there was no real evidence on his body to back up his story of what he did the night vashti died. You had no blood on you when you supposedly picked her up in the bed and held her to you close. You had no blood no, i didnt hold her to me close. I held her you have no fire on the bottom of your feet. Now if you walked through fire you should have some kind of injuries besides a small injury on the top of one of your feet. I dont know why the bottom of
Completely underneath her body . Close you had no fire on the bottom of your feet. In the front drivers seat you should have some kind of was what appeared to be a note. Injuries besides a small injury on the top of your feet. I dont know why the bottom of my feet arent burned. I had some kind of weird brac she had rekindled a relationship charring, but you guys have pictures of that. With one of the executives. Did i know that i stepped in any did someone have something to hide . Did you murder her . No. Fire . I dont. Did you pull the trigger . The investigators were also no. Did you can kill her . Starting to think that the note in the journal was forged. No. It was like a script, he but to be honest with you, answers for everything. Your head is spinning and you when i looked at that notebook, realize this is it. You are going to hell for im going, this aint right, what you have done in this case. Because well, it slants one way part of the time. It slants one way part of the time.
and two together. he got his magnum redhawk revolver. he approached her in bed while she was sleeping. he shot her in the head. he set fire to at least two places in the house to cover up his actions. and he did all of this while their two young sons, brendan and bronson seacat, were in the home. the motive? quite simple, said the prosecution brett did not want a divorce, but he did want custody of his sons, and he would do what it took, even kill vashti, to keep them. their marriage counselor took the stand. he said that he felt like vashti was going to run. he could just feel it, that she was going to leave him, and that if she divorced him, she was divorcing the entire seacat