jeffrey lamb was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. prosecutors believe jeff wanted out of his marriage. he often told friends that cathy was a poor housekeeper, but apparently jeff was no better. he called her dirty and yet his truck was filthy. i mean, he had more garbage in his truck than you would throw out in the street. i don t know if you would call him a hypocrite or something, but he didn t live a better lifestyle than his wife. the couple separated for a few years, but even after they reconciled, jeff continued to have affairs. cathy tolerated his infidelity, but she didn t like it. i felt very sorry for cathy. i felt very bad because i knew that she loved him very much and i thought that she would be very hurt over that. jeff was paying off a $20,000 fine for embezzlement, and a divorce would have left him with even less money to make those payments. jeff had a friend. he had told him that i m not
he was on the roof because it had been leaking over the tow company. and he found a fire tool that was used on one of their big, big tow trucks. it was the office building of the tow yard where jeff lamb worked. the tire iron had hexagonal heads for loosening and tightening nuts. it was tested for dna. we tried everything to test the tire iron, but the problem is it s south florida and it rains all the time. the sun would have evaporated any dna as well as the water washing it off. but since it was so distinctive, as were the wounds on cathy s body, the tire iron was still a valuable piece of evidence. the hexagonal head was placed over photographs of cathy s wounds. you look at the injuries on cathy s face. there s no way in the world anything other than this did it.
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while jeff admitted he had an affair with joy slidell, he claimed their relationship was over. jeffrey s story was he had reconciled with his wife and they were going to be permanently living together again. and it was contradictory for joy slidell to come over and say, no, we re moving over to this house in jupiter. joy slidell was now a suspect too. but she had an alibi for the time of the murder. she worked as a waitress at a nearby restaurant and dozens of customers saw her. next, jeff s cell phone records identified yet another suspect. on the afternoon of the murder, jeff lamb spoke with another female friend on the telephone. the first phone call that was made after we believe the murder took place was made to lisa aserbell, who turned out to be joy slidell s neighbor. lisa aserbell was a married mother of two children.
into jeff lamb s finances. a few years earlier, jeff s former employer accused him of stealing almost $30,000. he returned the money and agreed to pay an additional $20,000 fine. his current job as a tow truck driver didn t pay particularly well. and these payments were a hardship. $20,000 isn t a lot of money to most people, but to some people, it s like a million dollars. police also discovered that jeff was the beneficiary of cathy s $29,000 life insurance policy. he was making restitution for prior criminal activity. i think he was tired of making those payments. in a search for forensic evidence, investigators had the presence of mind to confiscate the clothing jeff was wearing the day of the murder.