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brian tate in the first place, fixing the idea in his mind that his kids neighbor was a deranged, maybe dangerous crank. i m goin by what seth had told me about him. as for tate s complaint-calls with deputies, as captured on dashcam video, it became evidence for the prosecution. we feed the squirrels, birds and deer. we were hopeful that the jury would see brian tate as we saw him. and they saw him as an eccentric, but harmless man. certainly not a killer. then, at last, it was time for the state s star witness, rachel mcfarland the other woman to show up and tell her story. did you need the jury to like her? we needed the jury to believe her. rachel testified her relationship with seth started heating up in december, 2011, which was two months after seth got married. it became more sexual, asking me to send pictures. or, i don t know, just showing off
meant just give me two more weeks? yes, and he just repeated the same statement. six days later, lisa was murdered in her own bed. and here we have a motive that we can understand. love. the whole relationship with rachel was evidence that was like a countdown to lisa techel s death. but defense attorney steve gardner countered, arguing the motive of an affair falls flat without the essential element sex. seth techel was being accused of murdering his wife for an affair that he was hopin to someday have. you never had intercourse with him. no. you ve never had oral sex with him. no. never had your clothes off. no. and you kissed a few times. yes. is that a fair assessment of the extent of your romantic relationship with mr. techel. yes. the defense also didn t
lie to that rosy marital picture. a good friend of seth s named colton had walked up to the crime scene tape at the drive. he told the deputies and agents there that he was looking to pick up his puppy that seth had been boarding for him. the investigators began peppering the young friend for info about seth and lisa. a detail that tumbled out surprised them. what was the story you told them colton? i told them that seth had a trac phone. so kind of a secret phone? yeah. and he had been talking to a girl. the investigators had no idea where this would lead, but the unexpected revelation that there might be a girlfriend in the mix meant that they had to get on the horn with agent thomas downtown and pronto. seth was still in the interview chair, but he could walk at any moment. coming up more about seth s secret phone. seems it wasn t just for talking. did he tell you, she me som yes. okay, see how everyone else is facing this way? progressive can t save you from becomin
tumbled into a downward spiral and never recovered. he died in september 2012, just four months after lisa s murder. the coroner would think it was heart. yes. what s the family think it was? we think it was heart. a broken heart. and now prosecutors andy prosser and scott brown from the state s attorney general s office worried that a jury might think the deranged, deceased, neighbor did it. their plan had been to call tate as a witness. on the theory that the devil you know is always better than the devil you don t, we wanted the jury to see mr. tate. but now with a trial date approaching, prosecutors had lost a key witness. bad for us. good for them. it s great for them. the long-awaited murder trial of seth techel was in hometown ottumwa. ready for the jury, gentlemen? february 2013, can you see yourself going into the courthouse? yeah, i remember. what do you say to one another? we gotta stay strong. the caldwells never wanted to believe seth killed
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