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,
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.
todd, rachel, huh? actually, 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 well. he s manic, he s up all the time. the defense offered the jury the same bogeyman as before. the defense went even harder at brian tate than they had the first time around. he could quickly become volatile and agitated. this time, the defense, over strenuous prosecution objections, got tate s psychiatrist to testify. he d treated him near the end of his life in a hospital mental health unit. when you first saw him did you find him to be paranoid delusional? yes, sir. and was there a general topic of delusion of which he was paranoid? he seemed to make reference that there were some governmental conspiracies affecting him. after three-weeks of trial, a second jury had seth techel s
this all out, you know. did you have anything to do with lisa s death? 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. and i was like, i love you