the navy loves love as much as any institution does but maybe not so much where it comes to personal matters like actually spending time with the one you love. he was reassigned across the country to san diego california, but he just wasn t ready to say goodbye to the most exciting woman he had ever known. and so, a couple of months after they met, matt proposed. and liz said yes. i think they got married too fast because he was having a good time, she was having a good time it seemed like a perfect match, perfect opportunity. so then things were very busy indeed as they bustled around to get ready for their move out to the naval base in san diego. right in the middle of the preparation, surprise, surprise. she called me and excuse my french she was like holy [bleep], i think there s a kid in here. liz was pregnant. a bit overwhelmed. there was an entire period
when he came back and was back for a while, you know? all of a sudden she had to integrate this new aspect into her life. that was jarring. it s pretty common these days. people coming back from deployments and trying to re-enter a life, it s hard for them, hard for the family. no one can quite figure out what to do. yes, especially since there was no past with liz and matt, there wasn t the foundation of getting to know and being with you they weren t friends? exactly. the more liz and matt got to know each other, the more they seem to be leagues apart said calandra when we first interviewed her back in 2020. i remember a very prevalent issue was that matt did not have a drivers license, so if something needed to be done, or someone needed to get somewhere including him to work, it was liz waking up early, taking him
frustrating, i think it was more disappointing, well, now what? i came out here because you re so responsible and we re about to be responsible together, build this life, and it is me building. and you not doing much of what you need to do? right. on top of that? matt had just announced that his family, her in laws, we re about to move in with them. he had already made the arrangement. they were on their way. it put her on red alert and freaked her out like nothing. i had never seen her so nervous. matt mother was coming. and not just her, her partner, and matt sister to. and liz did not like them one bit. told nathan max mom did not approve of her or her marriage to matt. there were qualities in the family members that liz did not
really began to love liz because i didn t feel like i had to hide anything about myself from her. and she wouldn t judge me. we both knew that we had our flaws, and it was the first person i felt really comfortable admitting stuff like that to, you know? it s a pretty rare thing. yes. so liz and nathan confided things, very personal things, to each other, like liz s marriage. matt was back but wasn t going well. she and matt had moved to liberty station, a residential district and what used to be san diego s naval training center. she got settled into a routine where she was basically a single mother. matt didn t know the kids, she had a particular routine and way and that really got disrupted when she came back?
all the insulation in the whole attic. making sure that every thing was looked under and through. and up in the attic, under the insulation, she founded, a military style folding knife. what was that moment like? for me, kind of thrilling because i felt like it definitely meant something, it was hidden in a fashion that was not like it fell out of your pocket or something. could it be that this was the murder weapon? the lab results were conclusive, liz s blood on the inner workings of the knife, and on the handle? a mix of dna from both liz and matt. detective collier worked three long years for this. what did you do first after that? well, i actually cried. you know, you work a case that long, and you re like, this is it.