took the polygraph test and were told about their dismal results, they hired a lawyer. few of the members of the mortensen understood why they did that. i tried to say, what would i do if i was in their situation? i would do everything i could to help get these people who causde such horror in their lives and murdered kay. on the advice of their attorneys, roger and pam stopped talking. and the lopsided rift between the mortensen family widened. chris andrus, the night the woman called the night of the murder, was one of the few people to support roger income. they were left to hand out and dry. how did you feel about that? i was so angry. i was so so angry. i couldn t believe that you could love somebody and do that to them. even if i thought roger had done it, i would not of
roger stay calm. that really had an impact on you? when it did. why? it brought me comfort, it brought me peace to know that. even if they killed you. to know that, my heavenly father loves me and he would do the right thing for me. both men left the room, they said, then roger began praying allowed. he was in midsentence when he said when the men walked back in, and something quite amazing happened. what my wife looks back at me and she says the quiet, they re back. and one of them says it s okay, keep praying. and they both folded their arms and bowed their heads and listened to me as i continued this entire prayer. how weird is that? when i got done with the prayer we both sat down and their demeanor changed at that point. one of them looks at us and
before their home. that s when they gave her the news. your life just comes tumbling down. you had it all planned out, you thought you know what is was going to be, then everything is gone. kay caught off guard? not kay, thought dara. impossible. but that seemed to be just what happened. at least, that s what roger and pam told the police and later us. and a very strange story it was. that began, they said, when pam received a pie at work as a gift. we knew how much he loved that pecan pie and she decided after work to take him the pie. so they went to his house, intending to drop off the pie and then leave. but when they got there, they said, there was an unfamiliar car in the driveway. pam said she knocked on the door and a young man answered. i said is kay here? he said yes he is, he s here top drop off a pie. i said we were just here to drop off of a pie. and they said, go right in. i got to about the landing when i was asked to come back down, i heard the door shut.
puts her finger on it. she puts it right on roger s face. the next day, detectives took cammie to kay s house, showed her the crime scene, and again, she named roger. i can see roger s arm and he s pointing at kay. you don t hear a story like that and say, wow, that s a piece of crap, and go on from there. not when you give up that much of detail. the story was hardening by the minute. you wanted the studio? oh man, it threw me through a loop. when pam and roger attended kay s funeral, the tension was thick. it was very difficult to be there because everyone wanted to know what happened that night. but they can say anything, said pam, the detectives told them not to. and my sister comes up to me at one point, and she says, tell me what really happened? and i say, i m sorry. i cannot talk about this. shortly after roger and pam
or. yes. okay. i want them to say i had nothing to do with this. you know? detective, you re crazy. i had nothing to do with this. that is what i wanted to hear. and it never came up. but listen to what did come out. is your husband capable of killing somebody? i need to get a drink. i wouldn t hope. i mean i wouldn t think he is. i wouldn t think that he s capable of killing his father a search of roger and pam s home showed they appear to be in financial trouble. detectives found collection notices and and unsent mortgage coupons. suggesting at least, that they were behind in their house payments. i know we re in a lot of that. but we i, personally would not have my father in law killed for his money. and yet, as roger told the detective i can get a big share of my dad s millions, to. within days of the murder,