but reviewing the tv show she had been watching, she could tell them which scene was playing when she heard that gunshot. and that s how the kbi was able to determine the gun went off long before brett called 911. we believed it was about 30, 35 minutes prior to mr. seacat calling 911 is when she heard that gunshot. to do something. right. and the atf s monty discovered the fire was not simply a matter of lithe the bed on fire. was that where the fire was started? in my opinion, there were multiple fires started on the second floor of the residence. 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. toward brett seacat, who was going from grieving, guilt-ridden widower to a serious person of interest. which his half-brother bobby found preposterous, especially
if he bent over a bed that s on fire, i would expect his chest to have some type of singeing. there was absolutely nothing. what s more, the k bichlt fou kbi found a small amount of gasoline on the pants he was wearing. suspicious? maybe. but proof of murder, staging the scene? not even close. there was an autopsy, of course. the results of which could be seen as suspicious or not. there was no soot in her airway or in her lungs. that would indicate there were no breaths taken prior to the fire kind of getting into the atmosphere. the fire was lit after she was dead? you could make that assumption. is it possible she could have poured the accelerant around the various places in the house, lit them all, hopped back into bed, covered herself up, shot herself, and then died and still had no soot in her lungs? i mean, the fires are just getting started. it s possible.
such a big, heavy gun. if she killed herself, how was she able to get that heavy handgun up to her head and pull the trigger and do so in just the right downward angle that it slices right through her spinal cord, and then there was some kick, some recoil to the gun. how did it end up completely underneath her body when she was sleeping on her side? the prosecutor said the angle of the bullet proved one thing. that s consistent with someone standing over her while she was sleeping shooting her. because, said the prosecutor, because that s what he said he would do. brett not only woke vashti up one night to tell her he had a dream he killed her, but friends and colleagues testified what they told the kbi, in the weeks before she died vashti told them incredibly brett threatened to kill her and burn the house down and make it look like suicide.
expose her. as for why he didn t tell the kbi earlier about those alleged affairs. i didn t think it was appropriate to drag my wife s name through the mud. they didn t put on any evidence about the affair and then his lawyer finished with the key questions. did you love vashti? i loved vashti. did you kill vashti? no, i did not. did you pull the trigger on the rigor red hawk that resulted in the bullet going through her neck and severing her spine? no, i did not. so his direct testimony, hours of it, seemed to go pretty well. but now, of course, here came the prosecutor to put him on the spot. cross-examination. she wanted brett to explain
test the defense claimed would have revealed if he actually fired that gun that night. if you ve ever seen what that gun looks like, everything just comes out the side of that cylinder. so that stuff goes somewhere. and onto your skin is where you re looking for at it. 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. 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 loved vashti. did you kill vashti? no, i did not. brett s story from the stand, his life on the line.