AfTer LIsa Techel had been shoT To deaTh. IT was noT a day of resT. They had To dIscuss arrangemenTs. One of The saddesT word In The language Is arrangemenTs. IT musTve been unreal. GrIef sTrIcken, Todd decIded To sTay home by hImself wITh The resT of hIs famIly meT In a park. SeTh was There buT under InsTrucTIons noT To speak abouT The case. He shared an emoTIonal momenT wITh LIsas SIsTer and her moTher, Tracy. SeTh grab The gIrls and saId They ThInk I dId IT. We all hugged seTh and Told hIm we loved hIm. When InvesTIgaTors fInIshed dIfference I can seT The TraIler, Tracy, seTh, and hIs parenTs wenT ouT To reTrIeve some of lIsas ThIngs. IT was very Tough. The CrIme Scene Techs had been all over a. All over IT. I guess I wanTed To dad mode. WhaT was your ThInkIng . I dIdnT wanT hIm To see The blood. How was your boy dealIng wITh ThaT . I ThInk he was shocked. ThaT Sunday WasnT The day of resT for The men and women TryIng To solve The crIme eITher. InvesTIgaTors were focusIng on The Mur
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,
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, it became evidence for the prosecution. we feed the squirrels, birds and deer. we were hopeful that the jury would see brian tate as we saw him. and they saw him as an eccentric, but harmless man. certainly not a killer. then, at last, it was time for the state s star witness, rachel mcfarland the other woman to show up and tell her story. did you need the jury to like her? we needed the jury to believe her. rachel testified her relationship with seth started heating up in december, 2011, which was two months after seth got married. it became more sexual, asking me to send pictures. or, i don t know, just showing off
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, it became evidence for the prosecution. we feed the squirrels, birds and deer. we were hopeful that the jury would see brian tate as we saw him. and they saw him as an eccentric, but harmless man. certainly not a killer. then, at last, it was time for the state s star witness, rachel mcfarland the other woman to show up and tell her story. did you need the jury to like her? we needed the jury to believe her. rachel testified her relationship with seth started