the word divorce being thrown around. from the beginning they had one suspect, it was chris. there was another purse here that could ve done this, and it was german. that would be a motive for murder. that was a concern. you see it on tv happening to other people, but you don t think it will happen to you. two shots were fired. and then 1001 questions. you just don t think that things will happen in a small town to good people. and it did. reporter: it was, this was where happiness lived. happiness, memories, and desire. wishes and dreams just out of reach. its name is spider lake, one of those thousands of lakes that filled up the rocky gouges and glaciers left behind. maybe that s why they sparkle the way they do. why this one in minnesota spread out every which way. and here, near the tip of its northern is the spider lake resort. family cabins. it calls itself one of northern minnesota s best kept secrets. secrets. the word that will certainly apply
that dad did something that could have gone mom killed. that is exactly what she said. was he making all of this up to protect himself? or was this devastating evidence against chris? coming up chris points his finger at jeremy. can you think of a reason why he would want to do that? because jan and i was in the way of the relationship. but a discovery that points right at chris. the gun that shot jan was your 12 gauge. it was in the shop. any ideas on that? you have my mind racing. when dateline continues. before you decide. with the freestyle libre 3 system. know your glucose and where it s headed. no fingersticks needed. now the world s smallest and thinnest sensor.
first morning on jane s parents mary gina and terry pigman. to learn that their daughter and son-in-law were dead and that he, chris, were taken for questioning. we threw on clothes and went there. when we first walked, and the first thing they were concerned about was how we found out he was there. the next thing out of their mouth was, you know, 85% of the time it s on it. at that point i felt, okay, i know we are going with this. i felt like telling them, your full of it. we never felt like he was the one who did it. no, they didn t. right after that first interview, they invited chris, and bailey, to move in with them. that is where chris s brother, keith, found him later, that first day. we ve never been an emotional family. we don t wear our emotions on
birthday party last year. okay, and that was for gms birthday? janet. the daycare incident was ancient history, and didn t make sense. she was not involved. they look at other people, two other possible suspects. we interviewed 40 people. some people, multiple times. they even took a hard look at two of chris s own brothers. but they, and all others, were cleared. all but one. almost a year after the murder, investigators went back to jeremy majerus. they re not quite boyfriend. possible motive? his oldest, first love. chris, jeremy had told them, was, really, the one stopping him from dating bailey. so, investigators needed to consider, maybe jeremy tried to take revenge on chris, but shot
credentialed, and reviewed the evidence, concluded that the answer was inconclusive. you can t say this isn t the gun, you can say this is the cone. and, the lawyer strongly challenged the prosecutors claim that after shooting jam, chris quickly drove the gun into a shop before calling 9-1-1. they were critical of the investigators, and said, he should ve gone back to bailey to confirm the time she heard the shotgun blasts. what bailey stated was, approximately, around 2:30. law enforcement never cleaned up when it took place. they never came back and said it was closer to 2:30, or 2:40. during the trial, four and a half years after the shooting, under cross examination by her father s lawyer, bailey agreed, she probably heard those shots closer to 2:38 am. remember, chris s 9-1-1 call was at 2:39. so, really, there isn t an 8 to 9 minute block. the timeline, the timeline, the