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
jammed by mistake? jeremy admitted, he snuck into see bailey, in her house, many times that summer, unbeknownst to her parents. and he knew, if they bought the resort, they would take bailey hundreds of miles away from him. so where was he, the night of the murder? an initially, he told investigators he did not leave his house that night. that was a lie. then, in further talking with jeremy, he admitted to us that he did leave the house to check on bailey, and was concerned about her. his story? bailey texted him after she heard the two shots, and there was, indeed, a text. one word, jeremy! that alarmed him, he said. he drove to brewster, texting her along the way, asking what was going on. when he arrived, bailey s street was filled with emergency vehicles, so he went
birthday party last year. okay, and that was for gms birthday? janet. the daycare incident was ancient history, and didn t make sense. she was not involved. they look at other people, two other possible suspects. we interviewed 40 people. some people, multiple times. they even took a hard look at two of chris s own brothers. but they, and all others, were cleared. all but one. almost a year after the murder, investigators went back to jeremy majerus. they re not quite boyfriend. possible motive? his oldest, first love. chris, jeremy had told them, was, really, the one stopping him from dating bailey. so, investigators needed to consider, maybe jeremy tried to take revenge on chris, but shot
contrary. it would almost appear that i promise you, i did not do this. they hope to chris up to a polygraph. the test, revealing deception, they told him. and then, chris offered up a possible suspect. the name lisa comes into my head. i don t want to tell you that because i k and i talked about it. that s part of the reason. i said, i didn t want to steer anybody to believing anything, you know? lisa? who was lisa? coming up we had gotten further information that she had, maybe, had some friction with jan. a possible lead. she found out gianna was quitting daycare, and she said something about it, thought we were friends. jeremy says, this was not a
what happened in the kruse house here in tiny brewster, what happened in the cruise minnesota was a truly, terrible thing. house here in minnesota was, truly, a terrible thing. the loss of that woman, jam kruse was a tragic event. even more so because it just seemed pointless. why would someone go to the house, and shoot a sleeping moment? it didn t make any sense. did she have enemies who would want her dead? that was a question we asked, often. who would have wanted jan dead? we could not find one person who did not like jan or thought that she wasn t a good person. there was, however, that young man, jeremy majerus, they re not quite boyfriend,