to get over her jet lag. lisa miller: she ended up making a statement to another individual that nancy would be sleeping and resting for the next three days. and it was three days later the body was found. correct. keith morrison: and the day that closet key magically appeared so close to the stylers motel room. kathy carpenter was known to be in the very same neighborhood, right around that time, meeting with her therapist. so next question, was kathy carpenter truly nancy s friend and helper or her murderer trying to pin the blame on someone else? coming up keith morrison: the interrogation, probing questions, puzzling actions lisa miller: there was no tears during the time that she was trying to portray herself as crying. keith morrison: and perplexing memories.
keith morrison: she gave nancy a letter. it was a private note from trey. nancy styler: and in this letter, he tells me about the plea bargain that he took. and one of the sentences that i ve read a million times over, said, i know you re innocent, and you should believe that i am too. keith morrison: trey wrote that he was only pleading guilty to save her. he didn t actually kill nancy pfister, he wrote. he was falling on his sword for love. nancy styler: i cried that whole day even though i was getting out. it should have been a great time. i can t believe he s having to do this. this system is sick. it s messed up. keith morrison: three days later, june 20, dr. trey styler formally pleaded guilty to second degree murder and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. that same day, the da dropped charges against kathy carpenter and she walked out of jail a free woman. i was very grateful, very thankful.
when they arrived? could she have lifted up those blankets she could have. and seen? she could have. and during the interviews, i specifically asked her, did you step into the closet, did you lift any of the blankets, did you touch, did you manipulate in any way. and her answers, repeatedly, were, no. she had not touched, she had not moved, she had not manipulated. keith morrison: and yet, at the same time, kathy gave specific details about the body. she tells me she immediately recognized her friend because of the blond hair and the length of that hair. how much hair did you see, i would ask ms. carpenter.
keith morrison: and how she so quickly accused the stylers. keith morrison: and they told her they just knew she was lying. keith morrison: kathy carpenter, like trey styler, submitted to a polygraph test. but if he failed his kathy carpenter failed hers worse. keith morrison: so for detectives, the only question left was did kathy carpenter kill nancy and try to frame the stylers or were they all in it together.
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