didn t know. but the women in the caldwell family, without knowing any of seth s admissions about rachel, believed with 100% certainty that seth did not kill lisa. especially lisa s sister and seth s great friend, presley. i was never thinking that seth did it. only todd caldwell was no longer a true believer. the cop in him questioned why seth needed to lawyer up. his own investigative instincts also kicked in, though he d asked his fellow deputies not to tell him anything until they were ready to make an arrest. and late on day one of the investigation, they weren t even close. i would say at 10:00 on saturday night may 26th neither seth nor brian tate were completely eliminated as suspects. at that time, investigators were meeting at the sheriff s department command center to take stock. they knew they had a husband with a possible girlfriend and a maybe crazy neighbor with a vendetta. but
vehicle? we still had a whodunit in our mind. but lisa s step-mom and sister had no doubts whatsoever. i thought it was brian tate. but investigators knew they still had to talk to the husband. when agents scheduled an official interview with seth for that same day, it didn t sit well with amy. is this how you how you always treat grieving husbands? and i started crying. i m there thinking, they re being so mean to him. we kind of got into an argument because i m like they have to do that. would-be cop seth techel agreed completely. he knew the spouse had to be ruled out. he said he was eager to get seth crossed off the suspect list as soon as possible. so he went downtown and instructed his parents no lawyers. i remember saying do we need to go get a lawyer? he was adamant. he said no. he said i didn t do anything. i have nothing to hide. i don t need a lawyer. was that a mistake? seth had
picture of his own smiling face saying, miss you, bella. mm-hmm. is that a term of endearment that he called you, his bella. yes, yes. you sent him a picture of you in either a bikini or your bra and underwear. is that right? yes. and then he says, well, wish me luck. i love you at 10:51 p. m. on may 24th of 2012. what was he asking you to wish him well with? i believe that he was going to tell her that he wanted a divorce. two days later, lisa was dead. by now, her family had hardened opinions about rachel. i don t think too highly of her. i felt like she destroyed my sister s marriage and her life. todd, rachel, huh? actually, i m, i m maybe not the most popular view. i blame her for what part she had to play with seth but i think she s kinda been a victim as
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 presly, 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 you guys? she was interested in the same things that all of us were. she liked to go fishing. she liked to go hunting. she