and i was like, what s going on? and he s like, lisa s been shot. i held her hand and i just said, my lisa. my lisa. everyone s like, do you want justice? do you want revenge? i just want the truth. lisa techel, newly married, pregnant, starting the career of her dreams. she always put everybody before she put herself. then, one morning, a single shotgun blast rocked the newlyweds home. she s been shot. a young husband, out of his mind with grief. it was a tragedy. but for lisa s dad, a sheriff s deputy, it was no mystery. he was sure he knew who the killer was. go get him. go get him now. a neighbor with a gun and a grudge. i thought, they better get to him before i do. but some said this couple was having trouble. that seth had a secret. did he tell you, she sent me some topless pictures ? yes. others said the real murderer was someone else, right under cops noses. here s a legitimate suspect that should have been investigated
and lisa made the inevitable official. how did you find out they were getting hitched? seth actually came to our house and met with us and asks us our permission to marry lisa. old school. old school. after dating for seven years, seth and lisa got married in october 2011. she was 22, he was 21. i just told him that, no matter what he did, to take care of her and protect her. and he said? he said he would. lisa sister s, another elvis namesake presley, got much more than a brother-in-law with seth. he was my best friend and he was that other person that i could always go to. he called me dad. we told each other we loved each other. we hugged every time we left each other. i felt as close to him as i did my son. for lisa, it wasn t just gaining a husband. it was having all his buddies come along too. a package deal. so, how did lisa put up with
would be heard in a new courthouse. there d been a change of venue to the town of mt. pleasant. making it even tougher on the caldwells, the daily treks to court, lives disrupted. the new courtroom had a distinctive layout that put the caldwell family directly behind the defendant. he s literally sitting right in front of me, like you are. which only made it more frustrating for presley who was still trying for any kind of connection to someone she once loved like a brother. i m just staring at him, like, just glance at me, do something, and he doesn t. and even more painful for the family was having to sit through again all that heart-breaking testimony, and raw crime scene photos of their lisa, and the unborn baby girl. other than the change of venue, seth techel s second murder trial played out as a carbon copy of the first. same lawyers, same judge, same arguments. a replay of two
murdered in her own bed. her distraught husband seth was outside, shirtless and barefoot. when lisa s little sister presley arrived, all she could do was try to comfort him. by the time i got there, they had stuff taped off. and i went up and i just gave seth, like, the longest it seemed like the longest hug ever. your best friend. yup. seth was inconsolable and acting out. i went over to him when i first got there and i tried hugging him and he pushed me away. he punched his truck, and i said, no, don t do that, seth. you know, let me see your hand. todd offered to take seth back to his house, but doug techel knew this was a moment his son should be with him. it was just bad. i mean, he was sobbing. and we just hugged and cried. marty wonderlin, working his
no, i didn t. tate stuck to his alibi: home and asleep, after taking his medication. lead agent birmingham thought he was telling the truth and crossed brian tate off his suspect list. so you only had one suspect at this point. yeah, one suspect and only one suspect. that evening, lisa s loved ones gathered at a funeral home for the visitation. the turnout was impressive and included many of todd s friends in the sheriff s department. your fellow officers are there as they would be, you know, they want to show respect. right. the mood inside was somber and uneasy. the caldwells gathered near lisa s coffin. the techels stayed in the back of the room. seth was there. his sister-in-law presley will never forget what happened next. he actually came up to me, kind of in the middle of it, he gave me a big ol hug, and he said, you will always be my little sister and i love you.