AfTer LIsa Techel had been shoT To deaTh. IT was noT a day of resT. They had To dIscuss arrangemenTs. One of The saddesT word In The language Is arrangemenTs. IT musTve been unreal. GrIef sTrIcken, Todd decIded To sTay home by hImself wITh The resT of hIs famIly meT In a park. SeTh was There buT under InsTrucTIons noT To speak abouT The case. He shared an emoTIonal momenT wITh LIsas SIsTer and her moTher, Tracy. SeTh grab The gIrls and saId They ThInk I dId IT. We all hugged seTh and Told hIm we loved hIm. When InvesTIgaTors fInIshed dIfference I can seT The TraIler, Tracy, seTh, and hIs parenTs wenT ouT To reTrIeve some of lIsas ThIngs. IT was very Tough. The CrIme Scene Techs had been all over a. All over IT. I guess I wanTed To dad mode. WhaT was your ThInkIng . I dIdnT wanT hIm To see The blood. How was your boy dealIng wITh ThaT . I ThInk he was shocked. ThaT Sunday WasnT The day of resT for The men and women TryIng To solve The crIme eITher. InvesTIgaTors were focusIng on The Mur
and i was like, what s going on? and he s like, lisa s been shot. i held her hand and i just said, my lisa. my lisa. everyone s like, do you want justice? do you want revenge? i just want the truth. lisa techel, newly married, pregnant, starting the career of her dreams. she always put everybody before she put herself. then, one morning, a single shotgun blast rocked the newlyweds home. she s been shot. a young husband, out of his mind with grief. it was a tragedy. but for lisa s dad, a sheriff s deputy, it was no mystery. he was sure he knew who the killer was. go get him. go get him now. a neighbor with a gun and a grudge. i thought, they better get to him before i do. but some said this couple was having trouble. that seth had a secret. did he tell you, she sent me some topless pictures ? yes. others said the real murderer was someone else, right under cops noses. here s a legitimate suspect that should have been investigated
fate in its hands. and that s when things got deja vu all over again. the judge read a note from the foreman. we re not going to reach a verdict. what s next? todd, it s happening again. yep. and i m thinking, this is two months worth of trials and we re right back to the beginning. but the judge wasn t ready to give up. he told the jurors to keep trying. emotions in the open courtroom were raw, especially on the caldwell side. the jury couldn t help but hear it. presley and i were crying. we weren t crying uncontrollably or anything. but you could hear us sniffling a little. as the jury filed out, defense attorney steve gardner rose, to scold the spectators. stop the over-the-top outbursts, he said, or he d demand a mistrial in fairness to his client. i do not desire this jury to be influenced by the public. now, it was the prosecutors turn to seethe. the defense is making a speech about the caldwell family trying to somehow influence the jury, which we thought was
strenuous prosecution objections, got tate s psychiatrist to testify. he d treated him near the end of his life in a hospital mental health unit. when you first saw him did you find him to be paranoid delusional? yes, sir. and was there a general topic of delusion of which he was paranoid? he seemed to make reference that there were some governmental conspiracies affecting him. after three-weeks of trial, a second jury had seth techel s fate in its hands. and that s when things got deja vu all over again. the judge read a note from the foreman. we re not going to reach a verdict. what s next? todd, it s happening again. yep. and i m thinking, this is two months worth of trials and we re right back to the beginning. but the judge wasn t ready to give up. he told the jurors to keep trying. emotions in the open courtroom were raw, especially on the caldwell side. the jury couldn t help but hear it. presley and i were crying. we weren t crying uncontrollably or anythin
that there were some governmental conspiracies affecting him. reporter: after three weeks of trial, a second jury had seth techel s fate in its hands. and that s when things got deja vu all over again. the judge read a note from the foreman. they are not going to reach a verdict. what s next? reporter: it s happening again. yeah. i m thinking this is two months worth of trials and we re right back to the beginning. reporter: but the judge wasn t ready to give up. he told the jurors to keep trying. emotions in the open courtroom were raw, especially on the caldwell side. the jury couldn t help but hear it. presley and i were crying. we weren t crying uncontrollably or anything, but you could hear us sniffling a little. reporter: as the jury filed out, the defense attorney scolded the spectator, stop the over-the-top outbursts, or he would demand a mistrial in fairness to his client. i do not desire this jury to be influenced by the public.