said i would not make a determination that it s gasoline. and maybe worst of all, he said the kansas bureau of investigation did not even bother checking for gunshot residue on brett s hands, test, which the defense claimed, would have revealed if he actually fired that gun that night if you have ever seen what that gun looks like, everything comes out of the side of that cylinder. right. so, that stuff goes somewhere. and onto your skin is where you re looking for it at, yet they didn t look. they didn t look. but he s a cop. they re a cop. brett seacat doesn t have much faith in the kbi. the defense will call brett t. seacat to the witness stand. but the star witness for the defense would be the last witness, brett seacat himself. coming up cold-blooded killer or grieving husband? i didn t think it was appropriate to be dragging my wife s name through the mud. did you love vashti? i love vashti. did you kill vashti? no, i did not. brett s sto
is because i spent night with her. things got so bad, brett said, her depression was affecting their marriage and they started seeing a therapist. he also told investigators that to help her lose weight, vashti took a hormonal supplement, h c g which has been linked to depression. and he remembered something, that now came back to haunt him, he told them. that one night he and vashti were watching a drama on tv during which. someone had committed suicide with a firearm and she had asked him if that gun would be a good going to do that with, and he said yeah, i ve got one of those but the dirty harry gun which he indicated was the 44 magnum that they had would be a better tool to do that with. so you look back on it than in the interview with you as oh my god, i told her out to kill herself. right. but it got even worse said brett when vashti told him to
when she heard that gunshot. and that s how the kbi was able to determine the gun went off long before brett called 9-1-1. we believe it was about 30, 35 minutes prior to mr. seacat calling 9-1-1. was when she heard that gunshot. to do something? right. the atf s who discover the fire was not simply on the matter of lighting the bed on fire. was that where the fire was started? in my opinion, there were multiple fire started on the second floor of the residents. interesting. but it didn t rule out the possibility that vashti herself started the fires. there s a lot of things in limbo at that point. yes. but their suspicions pointed in one direction. towards brett seacat, who is going from grieving would or, to a serious person of interest. which is half brother bobby found preposterous. especially when it came to what the kbi thought was brett s
the windows in the master bedroom were still intact, which would ve tempt down the fire inside the room where vashti was last seen and that meant there was some chance, at least, that some evidence would still exist in their. wouldn t be can split the incinerated by the flames. and sure enough, when monte got inside what was left of the house, he saw the body of vashti seacat lying on the mattress in the master bedroom on the second floor. she was lying on her left side, her knees were drawn up, it appeared that her elbows were bent. there is still a significant amount of blanket and covering on her, like she was under the covers, asleep. also there, a weapon. the firearm was actually under her left hip which would ve been against the mattress with the barrel facing downward. it became clear, the gun had been the source of a single gunshot wound to the side of
winding down. the gun. how did it end up completely underneath her body when she was sleeping on her side? the threats. she said, do you think brett would burn the house down with me in it? and i was taken aback by that, and i said, not with the kids at home. the prosecutors come on strong. and so, when those threats didn t work, he had to kill her to maintain control. when dateline continues. her cape. but when we realized she was battling sensitive skin, we switched to tide hygienic clean free. it s gentle on her skin, and out cleans our old free detergent. tide hygienic clean free. hypoallergenic and safe for sensitive skin.