the word divorce being thrown around. from the beginning they had one suspect, it was chris. there was another purse here that could ve done this, and it was german. that would be a motive for murder. that was a concern. you see it on tv happening to other people, but you don t think it will happen to you. two shots were fired. and then 1001 questions. you just don t think that things will happen in a small town to good people. and it did. reporter: it was, this was where happiness lived. happiness, memories, and desire. wishes and dreams just out of reach. its name is spider lake, one of those thousands of lakes that filled up the rocky gouges and glaciers left behind. maybe that s why they sparkle the way they do. why this one in minnesota spread out every which way. and here, near the tip of its northern is the spider lake resort. family cabins. it calls itself one of northern minnesota s best kept secrets. secrets. the word that will certainly apply
reporter: jan had taken a fetal shop on glass to the chest, we ll embed beside her own husband. sorry reporter: as chris called 9-1-1, he checked on 15 year old bailey in a downstairs bedroom. she had heard the gun of course. she was unhurt. the rush of first responders and police, and terrible emotions. chris and bailey huddled in the garage. while deputies secured the soaking. as john was approaching, chris himself spread the news to the family. he called his son isaac, often south dakota. he said that mom had been shot, he didn t know how to tell me that. i just said okay. i m packing my stuff i m on my way. reporter: did you know that she was, she was dead? i assumed.
they both enjoyed being there. reporter: in fact, they had a fantasy a dream, to live here all the time. to buy the resort and make it their home. that was brought up a lot. reporter: jan s dad terry could see how they loved being here. about every evening jan and chris would take the boat, they would take pictures of the loom in the wildlife and the sunsets from the. lake that was the life they would ve liked. reporter: if they owned, it said jim s mother. frugal jan could use her accounting skills to keep the place in business, and chris chris was an outdoors person, john was the people person. with people coming in and out through the week, keeping them can hand and happy and busy. all of those things. reporter: chris s brother, josh it would ve worked out well for them, chris was a handyman. jan was business smart.
reporter: again, on fire? what fire? . that was two months earlier said chris, in june. just before he engine left for their annual trip to spider lake. the garage had burned down, he had said he was concerned, was it the same, and could it be part of now john being shot. reporter: at the time, the insurance adjuster said it looked like the fired but deliberately set. but by who, no one could say. reporter: interesting. but it was something else about the fire story, that occurred right away to adrienne woodward. it was concerning to me because a fire in a garage, smells a lot different than spent shotgun shell in a house. reporter: he would know that? he does a lot of trump shooting, and hunting. he would know the difference
you want to spend time with her. reporter: isaac, a young man of few words set a lot with a little. she was pretty amazing, i was a pain in the us growing up. she was really nice about it. an understanding. john has always been outgoing, friendly. she was the one that brought soup to someone that was sick, or baked the cake for whatever was going on. she took part in community things. they were both community minded. reporter: jan had run a daycare in the home earlier. but at the time of the murder she had a front office job at a local plant. here s the thing said her younger sister, she was a regular person. uncontroversial. nobody didn t like her. she was great. a good person. she loved to quilt with her neighbors. she loved her family.