people. in aspen. we had a brutal murder in a small town. that house has the story to tell. are we going to be able to figure out what that story is? it s the playground of snow, and gold. and she was at its heart. beautiful, privileged. magnetic. whether it was a taxi driver or her movie star friends. she had a very genuine connection with people. but what happened one night in her secluded chalet sent shivers through this glamorous ski town. oh my god. no. i was going into shock. hyperventilating. murder in her sleep. it was a crime of rage. where would investigators start? an ex-boyfriend? there were some stories about a jilted lover. her new tenants? they were a couple that had been pushed over the edge. her old friend? [inaudible] there is no way that she saw what she said she saw. the real killer would stun them all. took my world and just flip it upside down. we were all wrong! everybody was wrong in this case. [inaudible] oh m
but if that theory was right, something went wrong after the murder. the conspiracy did not hold. andrea bryan: when kathy carpenter realized the gravity of what she had gotten herself into, she got worried and worried that she would be fingered. keith morrison: so kathy struck first, the da s theory went, called 911, and fingered the stylers to deflect attention from herself. in the interrogation room, investigators had tried to get trey to turn on his wife or kathy. keith morrison: and they also tried to get kathy to flip on the stylers. keith morrison: but it didn t work.
and their respective attorneys beth krulewitch for nancy styler, greg greer for kathy carpenter were deciding their strategies, analyzing the evidence. the evidence, as i was seeing it, suggested to me very strongly that kathy carpenter may have done this and that she was setting up the stylers. kathy carpenter is innocent, innocent, innocent. i can t say that enough. keith morrison: but deputy da andrea bryan and her investigator, lisa miller, were preparing to argue it was a conspiracy involving all three. and then, less than two weeks before that hearing in the process of getting all of your material together for the preliminary hearing, what happened? i got a phone call from my assistant district attorney one afternoon. saying? saying that he had spoken with a defense attorney, specifically williams styler s defense attorney, and that william styler wanted to make a statement.
but there was no hiding now. when the crime scene personnel started taking a look, they flipped the mattress and found blood on the bottom part of the mattress. keith morrison: so it was clear, nancy was killed on the bed, dragged to the closet, stashed there, wrapped up like a mummy. then whoever did it took the extra trouble to flip the mattress in an effort to hide the soaked-in pool of blood. andrea bryan was the deputy district attorney and started working on the case the night nancy s body was found. we learned that she had died from blunt force trauma night the body was found. we know that she had to die from blunt force trauma to the head. several blows to the head. any defensive wounds? no. so it appeared to come out of the blue for her? it did appear to be yes, a premeditated crime that occurred while she was sleeping. it it looked like it had happened monday morning.
someone nancy trusted, even loved, like the person who pointed the finger of blame right in the middle of that 911 call, kathy carpenter. keith morrison: kathy carpenter she said she was nancy pfister s dear friend, but investigators were hearing a different story. their relationship had been a roller coaster, so we knew that there had been this cycle of the ladies having a good relationship, and then things would go south and they would have a bad relationship for a period of time. keith morrison: and so with all that in mind, deputy da andrea bryan went back to that hysterical phone call from kathy to 911. what did you make of it? you know, i think bizarre is the only way i can characterize that 911 call, immediately identifying suspects.