he didn t know where annie was, but he did have some potentially significant information. chris said annie told him she was running away with a guy named l.j. we were shocked. because, i mean, we didn t know all of her friends because they changed a lot depending on who she was hanging out with at the moment. but it wasn t familiar at all. reporter: a police officer came and took a report. james, meanwhile, called up the gps function on annie s cell phone. it put her around or about the golf course out in riverton and within a mile of that, which is around the bridge area. reporter: the bridge at the jordan river, just a couple miles from their home, a place joggers and horseback riders frequent during the day and young lovers at night. james, veronica and the officer watched as annie s phone pinged across the computer screen in realtime. you re watching her move. yes. when it moved so fast, our immediate assumption was, okay, she s getting in a car. reporter: so this is
coming home. so there s the very worst moment of your life at that point. here they are, three people at the door. they confirmed that it was annie. i think we were in shock. we went into automatic, what do you need from us? tell us what you want. you can have it. look at anything. reporter: veronica told investigators what she learned from annie s on-again/off-again boyfriend chris bagshaw. that annie had run away with a boy named l.j. when you talked with l.j., how did you talk to him? i talked to him once. okay. actually on the phone. okay. reporter: police spoke to chris bagshaw and his father at their home. and when you talked to him on the phone, did he speak with an accent or did you notice anything distinctive about his voice? no. reporter: naturally, police
chris attorney said chris wanted to take responsibility for what he had done. as to count one, first degree felony, murder, how do you plead? guilty, your honor. a guilty plea confirming what jacqueline had pieced together over the years of her investigation. she had a theory about how it all went down. so march 10th annie is discussing over the phone what her options are for her baby with chris. and chris is telling her, he s come up with a plan to runaway and be together. jacqueline thinks chris really believed annie was pregnant. so he persuaded her to meet at the river. chris only reason for being there was to kill her. he starts beating her until she dies. turns out to be a sloppy crime. the amount of blood. i feel that he betrayed annie more than he betrayed us.
chris now 17 had moved to grand junction colorado and living with his mom. he was completely unprepared for the undercover officers who approached him on his way to school and for the young detective who met him in the interview room. nice to meet you. jacqueline had wanted to question chris all along. now she finally had her chance. is this an interview? yes. but as soon as it began it was over. we have a warrant for your arrest. for? murder an obstruction of justice. i thought i d proven myself innocent. no, you didn t. chris was extradited back to utah. veronica and james were grateful to police, but nothing could bring annie back. while we support the police
also had to ask chris where he was. i was with my grandma. okay. and at one point i did walk up to see if my friend can hang out, but he wasn t home. okay. reporter: they went through the usual questions. when you walked to your friend s, what did you have on? just regular jeans and a t-shirt and my red jacket. just blue jeans? yeah, blue jeans, nike shoes and a t-shirt underneath. and he had his red hoodie on. do you mind if we see your nike s? yeah, sure. reporter: chris wanted to help. he gave those nikes to investigators, as well as his clothes. he even gave a dna sample. and after his interview, chris dad called up sergeant carpenter. he had told us in this phone call that l.j. had driven by the house, was threatening chris. reporter: so here s more information that this l.j. is a very real and threatening person? yes. you know, i never wanted to do this. reporter: detectives also spoke to chris and annie s friend spencer riddle. spencer said he