that you haven t told us yet? no. everything is going to add up the way i just told you. rachel s dna won t be maybe on your clothes or? i never had sexual sex with her. no, nothing oral, nothing like that. i gave her hugs and i ve kissed her. by now, seth s father and attorney had arrived and were trying desperately to end the interview. but it was after hours and the outside door was locked. bang, bang, bang on the door, doug. is that you? that s me. that s me. they wouldn t stop. they they didn t come out. didn t stop. they didn t have to. remember, seth was advised by agent thomas that he was free 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 silen
gonna leave. with a weapon which he hasn t brought with him. correct. with a weapon which he hasn t brought with him. i had a mossberg model 500 shotgun. a 12 gauge. yes. and seth, prosecutors said, had easy access to the murder weapon, the shotgun that his friend lucas kept in seth s house. is that the 12 gauge mossberg shotgun that you left behind in the techel residence when you moved out in may of 2012? yes. and, the prosecutors argued, only seth had a motive. they said seth and rachel s steamy texts and cell phone photos played like a countdown to murder by seth. at 9:20 p. m. on the 24th, you ask him, do you really want to be with me? and he responds, forever. right, yes. that s may 24th, two days before lisa s death, and in a follow-up text, rachel asked seth if he d told his wife he
wanted a divorce yet. and he responds, well, we talked. i told her i wasn t happy, she got mad then sad, then i slept on the couch, so hello, mrs. resuscitator. correct. rachel told the jury that she and co-workers nicknamed seth mr. resuscitator because he was a volunteer firefighter who often bragged about his life-saving cpr heroics. so he was going to be mr. resuscitator and you were going to be mrs. resuscitator. yeah. then to drive home their contention that seth chose murder over divorce, prosecutors called a co-worker who d been a confidante of seth s. i just expressed he just needed to either end his marriage or end it with rachel. and in saying that he should end his marriage with lisa techel, did he make any comment
on close to four hours now, and agent birmingham was well aware that seth s father and a lawyer wanted to shut it down. agent thomas then took a break, leaving seth inside the room to stew. he met with birmingham, and they decided he had to go nuclear. be confrontational, because the clock is ticking. and if we re ever gonna be tough, now is the time. now is the time. here s the deal, okay? the facts right now, these case facts, show us you re responsible for killing your wife. no, no. i m not, no. i can t kill my wife. i can t do it. what facts do you have that i killed her? listen, i ve seen rachel, okay? i know what guys see when they see her because i see the same thing. okay? i m telling you, if i wanted to be with rachel, i would get a divorce. i would not [bleep]
stopped talking, you know, we got over it. we have to be honest about her, okay? is there anything that you haven t told us yet? no. everything is going to add up the way i just told you. rachel s dna won t be maybe on your clothes or? i never had sexual sex with her. no, nothing oral, nothing like that. i gave her hugs and i ve kissed her. by now, seth s father and attorney had arrived and were trying desperately to end the interview. but it was after hours and the outside door was locked. bang, bang, bang on the door, doug. is that you? that s me. that s me. they wouldn t stop. they they didn t come out. didn t stop.