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up. reporter: and days later, the medical examiner would confirm those suspicions. the cause of death was strangulation. ann was a homicide victim. pasquale martin is her uncle. reporter: an accidental death would ve been easier, wouldn t it? of course, it would. but to have somebody rob somebody from you, steal, take, murder, just rip them from the world, you know, hard to fathom, hard to swallow. reporter: now investigators were looking into a murder. they began a deep dive into ann s life. prosecutors steve gagne and jen suhl of the district attorney s office joined the team. they learned that ann cochrane rintala s life could often be grand opera and her relationships could be complicated. take the thing she had going with a fellow paramedic named mark oleksak. mark oleksak was a very close friend of anamarie. they started as co-workers then became very, very close friends. reporter: the two were on intimate texting terms. that last morning, ann texted mark asking him t
reporter: the two were on intimate texting terms. that last morning, ann texted mark asking him to go to best buy for her. can you please go sat at 6a for me. i will get there about 825a with a coffee. and a big kiss. mark, at the time, is a married man. he was a married man, two children. i think very clearly there was an emotional affair at a minimum that happened between mark and ann. reporter: investigators didn t think the two had a sexual relationship, but it was clear they had a financial thing going. mark opened his line of credit to ann. no small thing where ann was concerned, because her big passion was shopping. ann s friends t.j. donahue and mary petrone. i do know that ann loves jewelry. she loves nice things. gadgets, right? gadgets, cameras. i mean in high school, she was that same kind of person. so, she loved to spend money. reporter: and sometimes the spending got ahead of her. mark learned that. he co-signed, i think it was three total credit card
reporter: the two were on intimate texting terms. that last morning, ann texted mark asking him to go to best buy for her. can you please go sat at 6a for me. i will get there about 825a with a coffee and a big kiss. mark, at the time, is a married man. he was a married man, two children. i think very clearly there was an emotional affair at a minimum that happened between mark and ann. reporter: investigators didn t think the two had a sexual relationship, but it was clear they had a financial thing going. mark opened his line of credit to ann. no small thing where ann was concerned, because her big passion was shopping. ann s friends t.j. donahue and mary petrone. i do know that ann loves jewelry. she loves nice things. gadgets, right? gadgets, cameras. i mean in high school, she was that same kind of person. so show she loved to spend money. reporter: and sometimes the spending got ahead of her. mark learned that. he co-signed, i think it was