continuing relationship with keary renner. there was no question that there was this relationship and there was some jealousies between the girls. they both had a reason to get rid of her. and there may have been a financial motive, as well. when devon and michelle went to the virgin islands together, michelle charged the entire vacation on her husband s credit card, including their so-called wedding rings. $7,000. well, guess who earned that money? brandon. michelle couldn t keep a job, didn t have a job at the time. she was cheating on her spouse, not with another man but with another woman. prosecutors were convinced the murder was premeditated. phone records showed that michelle or brandon called devon on the night of the murder. a neighbor confirms seeing devon arrive around 12:30.
prosecutors do not believe keary renner had anything to do with her roommate devon guzman s murder. the small traces of devon s blood in the apartment shower could easily have been menstrual. and forensic testing of devon s car mat in the apartment revealed the stains were from food, not blood. prosecutors believe michelle and brandon killed devon guzman because of jealousy. michelle is married to brandon and he s living with her, but yet devon and michelle are still having a relationship going on, so obviously there s jealousy from multiple people involved. prosecutors say michelle hetzel was jealous of her
experts concluded from its size that it was not the murder weapon. it was an unsophisticated attempt to lead police in the wrong direction or to perhaps somehow we would conclude that it wasn t a murder. the lack of blood at the scene, along with grass and dirt stains on the victim s pants confirmed what police already knew. it s a secondary crime scene for sure. what was apparent to us at once, one, she didn t die there. two, she didn t get into the vehicle under her own power. devon s body had been covered with her own jacket, which investigators found revealing. that s kind of a symbol to us that it was somebody who cared about her. we usually start with the people closest to the victim and then we work outwards. devon s roommate, keary renner, was immediately considered a suspect. the two had been lovers. devon meant the world to me. and i loved her for who she was. and we were in love because it was real.
toward a murder at all. what it proves is devon guzman bit brandon bloss, period. then police realized something. they had michelle s car in their possession. why? michelle was driving when she and keary found devon s body. and michelle inadvertently pulled up too close to devon s car, so close that her car was impounded as part of the crime scene. i don t think michelle ever dreamed that her car was going to be impounded as part of that search. in the trunk they found brandon s clothing and some rubber gloves. we find clothing, a sweatshirt, jeans, socks, shoes and underwear, and they re all consistent with a male of brandon s build, and there s blood that s evident on these clothes. dna testing of the blood on brandon s clothes revealed it was devon guzman s.
keary renner admitted that she fought with her roommate, devon guzman, the night before devon s murder, but keary denied killing her. in their apartment in the shower stall, investigators found devon s car mat. it appeared to have been recently washed. investigators sprayed luminol in the shower stall underneath the mat, and it glowed. it was a positive presumptive test for the presence of blood. dna tests confirmed the blood in the shower stall was that of the victim, devon guzman. so our thinking is, well, could the murder have happened in the shower, and could it have started, you know, in the car where there could have been