while they didn t know his last name, they knew his name was gary. they knew that he bragged about being a drummer in a rock band. stephanie s family identified the man as her oldest and dearest friend, gary ackley. when interviewed by police, ackley recalled he was at the party but wasn t there specifically to be with stephanie. one of the things he told us was he had gone there to locate somebody else, had seen stephanie, so stopped to talk. the witnesses said it seemed a little bit more than that. then police did a background check on 29-year-old gary ackley and discovered some alarming information. gary ackley was related to the first murder victim, arlene jensen. ackley lived with arlene s daughter and they had two children together. when questioned by police,
prosecutors believe ackley killed his childhood friend in order to silence her, burying her body in a shallow grave. again, leaving the tell-tale metal fragments behind. when he disposed of stephanie s personal items, he left his fingerprint on the shopping bag. i don t think there s anything i could say that would bother him because someone that can kill their girlfriend s mom and their kids grandma is untouchable emotionally. so i wouldn t even try. a year after the crimes, gary ackley was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole. despite the mountains of forensic evidence against him, arlene jensen s daughter julie refused to believe that ackley
the offensive thing about stereotypes, i think most people would agree, is that they re oftentimes true. but i will say that one stereotype that i think gary ackley is a perfect example of is a domestically violent woman-abusing killer. prosecutors believe ackley had access to arlene s apartment key and used it to enter her home late one night after she was in bed. the autopsy results aren t clear about how he killed arlene, but the evidence suggests she was killed while in bed. metal fragments dropped from ackley s clothes onto the sheets, fragments he couldn t see. he stayed in arlene s apartment long enough to smoke two cigarettes and wash his hands.
time she was seen alive. they said stephanie spent most of her time talking to a man they did not know. while they didn t know his last name, they knew his name was gary. they knew that he bragged about being a drummer in a rock band. stephanie s family identified the man as her oldest and dearest friend, gary ackley. when interviewed by police, ackley recalled he was at the party but wasn t there specifically to be with stephanie. one of the things he told us was he had gone there to locate somebody else, had seen stephanie, so stopped to talk. the witnesses said it seemed a little bit more than that. then police did a background check on 29-year-old gary ackley and discovered some alarming information. gary ackley was related to the first murder victim, arlene jensen. ackley lived with arlene s daughter and they had two children together. when questioned by police, ackley said he loved his common
daughter. the offensive thing about stereotypes, i think most people would agree, is that they re oftentimes true. but i will say that one stereotype that i think gary ackley is a perfect example of is a domestically violent woman-abusing killer. prosecutors believe ackley had access to arlene s apartment key and used it to enter her home late one night after she was in bed. the autopsy results aren t clear about how he killed arlene, but the evidence suggests she was killed while in bed. metal fragments dropped from ackley s clothes on to the sheets, fragments he couldn t see. he stayed in arlene s apartment long enough to smoke two cigarettes and wash his hands. then he hid the blood-stained