liked to shoot guns. was she okay? better than seth. sounds like you would have been happy if she were your girlfriend? seth was lucky. lucky for sure. but seth knew it was time to settle down and get a real job. like lisa, he was drawn to uniformed service. he signed on as a volunteer firefighter and drew a paycheck as a security guard. but his father-in-law todd was helping him get a higher rung on the ladder with a soon to start job as a jailer for the sheriffs. they were very close. todd was a big influence on seth. that s why i think he went into law enforcement. a new job, a young marriage, and now more changes for seth. he was going to be a father. they picked a name for the unborn girl, zoe marie. in may 2012, they were halfway through the pregnancy. seth and lisa, a baby on the way, were starting out their married life in this humble little trailer. it was a gift from his dad purchased on a beautiful piece of property. a
father, todd, was a respected, fellow deputy. the unfolding tragedy had just become very personal. deputy, how do you set your brain in compartments, where you got to be very professional? this is the first time you ve had a major crime, and yet it s also people you know? it s tough. were you scared? it s okay if you were. yeah, definitely was scared. you know, concerned about a lot of different things. you didn t know if somebody could have winged a shot at you? yeah, i mean, that was possible the whole time. as the only cop at a dangerous, chaotic scene, the possibility of a live shooter still on the grounds, marty s adrenaline was pumping. when he entered the trailer, a paramedic was attending to lisa. she was lying in her bed. it didn t look good. marty s only thought was to help her,
he s literally sitting right in front of me like you are. which only made it more frustrating for presley who was still trying for any kind of connection to someone she once loved like a brother. i m just staring at him, like, just glance at me, do something, and he doesn t. and even more painful for the family was having to sit through again all that heart-breaking testimony, and raw crime scene photos of their lisa, and the unborn baby girl. other than the change of venue, seth techel s second murder trial played out as a carbon copy of the first. same lawyers, same judge, same arguments. a replay of two opposing theories brian tate, the other suspect, versus seth techel, the husband with the other woman. rachel mcfarland was, again, the prosecution s star witness. here on may 4th of 2012, he sent you a message with a
to leave time anytime. everything was legal. lead agent birmingham, watching seth on a monitor, simply ignored the commotion outside. i did get information that they were wanting to get in and wanting to come in and tell seth to stop. which would shut you guys right down. seth is an adult. and he has the sole obligation to invoke his right to remain silent or his right to an attorney. and no one stopped him from doing that. so thomas kept asking questions, and seth kept answering them. have you ever lied to lisa about rachel? no. she found out and that was that was that. meanwhile, both dci agents birmingham and thomas had now learned more complete details from the scene from seth s best friend, the guy with the puppy. the friend, colton, had explained that seth was using his special trac phone as a steamy hotline. i know they were exchanging photos. did he tell you, she sent me some topless pictures? yes. did you see them? yes. armed with this informat
a [bleep] what happens to me, okay? i know what happened, i know what you re trying to do. what am i trying to do? you re trying to get me upset and it s working. congratulations. upset at this hostile line of questioning, seth said he d had enough. got up and strangely shook thomas hand. appreciate it. and then he walked out. in the end, what did the investigators have? that seth lied about sex, but was it even that? all he admitted to was making out with rachel. and on the big question, he insisted, over and over again, that he did not kill lisa. even agent thomas expressed disappointment with the outcome of the marathon interview, nearly five hours long. you felt you d come out of a 15 round fight? it was exhausting. felt somewhat like a failure, in some regards. why? we didn t get the full confession. maybe that s because seth didn t do it. agent thomas just