right away, they spotted something unusual that happened in the morning of the murder. a vehicle in the parking lot not entering but leaving, around the back of the building. detectives matched the truck to its owner, david dooley, the janitor. and one of the workers who found michelle s body. dave dooley s truck is seen leaving the parking lot at 6:31 that morning. right after the murder? that s right. that s right. the security tape showed dooley returning to the warehouse around 7:00 a. m., detective mcvay thought it was not that he hadn t mentioned that when i first spoke. they needed to speak with dooley again, so they went to the apartment he shared with his wife, janet and dooley wasn t surprised to see them. a kind of figured it would happen, to do a follow-up. before detective mcvay even brought up, dooley told him he d gone home the morning of the murder. mcvay recorded their conversation. i came back here, and then went back to fisher. you came back here? i
the apartment he shared with his wife, janet and dooley wasn t surprised to see them. a kind of figured it would happen, to do a follow-up. before detective mcvay even brought up, dooley told him he d gone home the morning of the murder. mcvay recorded their conversation. i came back here, and then went back to fisher. it came back here? i can back here, yeah. i couldn t get a hold of my life, and i came home to make sure she was okay. yesterday you didn t tell me you left. why, you are just i didn t think about that. the detective also question david s wife janet separately, to see if she would tell the same story. this conversation would prove critical to the entire case. what she said is in dispute because a part of the recording is hard to hear. once the first time you saw dave after he left. was the first time i see him yesterday? yes.
when you came, after he was yes, yeah. i ask her specifically if david were came home that morning, and she says no. two stahl and mcvay, janet dooley had just contradicted her own husband story. so police questioned her again about that apparent discrepancy. you told the other detective that he didn t come home that day. i did? janet seemed surprised. she told police that david did, in fact, come home and the reason she offered raised more questions for investigators. he said he ripped another pair of pants. yet to come home and just, you know, grab a new pair of pants. janet s statements were not helping her husband s cause. david dooley never said anything about ripped pants to police. adding to the confusion, detectives spoke with thermo fisher employee joe seagert, who told them he talked with dooley that morning. according joe he made it a
its owner, david dooley, the janitor. and one of the workers who found michelle s body. dave dooley s truck is seen leaving the parking lot at 6:31 that morning. right after the murder? that s right. that s right. the security tape showed dooley returning to the warehouse around 7:00 a. m., detective mcvay thought it was odd that he had not mentioned that when they first spoke. they needed to speak with dooley again, so they went to the apartment he shared with his wife, janet and dooley wasn t surprised to see them. i kind of figured it would happen, to do a follow-up. before detective mcvay even brought up, dooley told him he d gone home the morning of the murder. mcvay recorded their conversation. i came back here, and then went back to fisher. you came back here? i can back here, yeah. i couldn t get a hold of my
in fact, come home and the reason she offered raised more questions for investigators. he said he ripped another pair of pants. so he had to come home and just, you know, grab a new pair of pants. janet s statements were not helping her husband s cause. david dooley never said anything about ripped pants to police. adding to the confusion, detectives spoke with thermo fisher employee joe seagert, who told them he talked with dooley that morning. according joe he made it a point to come over to him and say, hey, man, i had to go home because i ripped my pants. dooley was adamant he never said that to seagert and did not rip his pants today. but differing stories about why he came home placed the bull s eye squarely on david dooley s back. we started working on a search warrant for the residence and the truck. you execute those search warrants and you find bloody clothing. no bloody clothing. stuff taken from the crime scene that shouldn t be at his house? no. some kind o