to go on at this point, so they kept asking questions. when i taught was a gun lover. did you check his guns to see if any of them weren t missing? just on a hunch? we did. my partner asked jenea if there were any guns missing from the house and if she could go check. she told us that she was sure they were all there. he asked her again, go check. she finally came back and told us that one of the revolvers was missing. and one of them is missing? yes. and that is the? the 38. and the holder. initially, i thought he might have taken the gun with him for protection or you may have taken it to the gun show to traded. that is common. we re sell it. but there is no gun found with his body, correct? that is correct. no gun found with his body. this gun is now missing. yes, it is. a man who seemed to have no enemies who had been shot to death on a bright, sunday morning. no idea who did it or why.
he discovered that three weeks before that murder, she made a purchase at a walmart she never otherwise shopped at. one where the suspect had used up a phone. we asked the walmart, of course. pulled the video for that transaction. the video clearly showed jenea at the walmart. we found something that was really bizarre. for me, it was the absolute turning point of the case. what was it? she walks up to the greater and she begins to talk to him. she raises her hand up to her ear, like this. what do you think she was doing? i believe she asked that greater where the payphone was. the detective knew that she had a work cell at a personal cell. he believed there was only one reason why should we need a payphone, to make her plant work. and then, he got a last piece of the puzzle. her laptop had been sent to the fbi lab for analysis. the one she said she had been using when todd was killed. finally, the results came back.
the video, i get an outburst of anger, who is that woman? you think that s me? what i get it one point from her is, well that can t be me. that woman is too heavy. are you convinced at that point that jenea is your killer? absolutely. absolutely. while jenea was being booked for murder, her house was being turned upside down by detectives looking for evidence. todd s mom was there. i think it dawned on me and when they did the search warrant because they were taking all of the computers and all of the cell phones, all of the electronic stuff. i thought, my gosh. this is specht her. that has to be a huge blow. it was. now, along with mourning their son s death, diana and travis had to stomach the idea that their daughter-in-law might be involved in his murder. but jenea s daughters weren t
people who know jenea as the principal told our affiliate in bakersfield that there was no way she was a killer. she s well respected. she s hardworking. loved by her students and staff. after four nights in jail, jenea was free to go. we sat down with her three months later in november of 2013. she talked about that moment her lawyer broke that next to her. he said, you will be going home. the weight lifted off of me. she was relieved, but also annoyed that police wasted prestigious time on her instead of following other leads. see what they did, i believe, is arrest now and investigate better. they always look at the spouse, they have to. that was perfectly fine with me, getting out of the way so you can get on to bigger and better thanks. i had no problem with that because i had nothing to hide. they re looking at me like crazy. look at me. i m littlest boring person in the world. detectives weren t buying
direction. how important those kids to you at your school? very, very important. jenea s jobless demanding. todd became apparent to care for a sick child. he would stay home. he would be the want to stay home. if there is a sick child, austin, home it s me. yeah. jenea said she went to gotten so far in her career without todd. i ve had people tell me before, how do you do what you do? because i did put in a lot of hours. bring a lot of things home and work on it. how do you do that? it s because i have a fantastic has been at home that helps me meet all that needs of my family and be able to do this job. that seems to be just the way todd wanted it. he was essentially my dad because my dad wasn t really around, especially during my teenage years and i gave my parents the good teenage stuff. he was the one always there by my side, getting me out of trouble and helping me. he was my special person.