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
all the vandalism across the fence. he testified he was just following seth s orders. he told us to go mess with his neighbor tate. how were you gonna mess with him? fill five gallon buckets full of dog manure and go dump em on his property. remember, seth had assured his father-in-law and the state agent who interviewed him the exact opposite. and i said, i m not messing with him. i ll make sure nobody else is. looking back, that incident was what turned todd against brian tate in the first place, fixing the idea in his mind that his kids neighbor was a deranged, maybe dangerous crank. i m goin by what seth had told me about him. as for tate s complaint-calls with deputies, as captured on dashcam video,
brian tate in the first place, fixing the idea in his mind that his kids neighbor was a deranged, maybe dangerous crank. i m goin by what seth had told me about him. as for tate s complaint-calls with deputies, as captured on dashcam video, it became evidence for the prosecution. we feed the squirrels, birds and deer. we were hopeful that the jury would see brian tate as we saw him. and they saw him as an eccentric, but harmless man. certainly not a killer. then, at last, it was time for the state s star witness, rachel mcfarland the other woman to show up and tell her story. did you need the jury to like her? we needed the jury to believe her. rachel testified her relationship with seth started heating up in december, 2011, which was two months after seth got married. it became more sexual, asking me to send pictures. or, i don t know, just showing off
culture but then as the weeks started goin by, and i noticed when i was leaving, the kiss was no longer on the cheek. so i would go back to my car, like, was that an accident? lingering or just quick? no, fairly quick. linda said nothing to her husband, and she and gil never discussed whatever it was that was going on. until one day he finally said it. he actually called me one night. he basically was like, you know you know, i can t get you off my mind, you re beautiful. and, you know, i just i adore you. and i was like, oh. that s a hot potato right there. yeah, yeah. so from then, he started just textin me. here and there we would talk, and it just progressed. did you think he was handsome? not really. [laughter] i ll be honest with
the exact opposite. and i said, i m not messing with him. i ll make sure nobody else is. looking back, that incident was what turned todd against brian tate in the first place, fixing the idea in his mind that his kids neighbor was a deranged, maybe dangerous crank. i m goin by what seth had told me about him. as for tate s complaint-calls with deputies, as captured on dashcam video, it became evidence for the prosecution. we feed the squirrels, birds and deer. we were hopeful that the jury would see brian tate as we saw him. and they saw him as an eccentric, but harmless man. certainly not a killer. then, at last, it was time for the state s star witness, rachel mcfarland the other woman to show up and tell her story. did you need the jury to like her? we needed the jury to believe her. rachel testified her relationship with seth started