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i couldn't comprehend. >> i remember telling my mom, i'm going to get you through. this she let me in the eyes of, that jessica, how am i supposed to get to the rest of my life? >> what did you find in his phone? >> have a picture sent to him. >> with his wife? >> they were not his wife. >> i'm not the kind of wipe that went through my husband's phone. >> did you think that maybe this other woman, on todd's phone, might have had something to do with his murder? >> we can't rule anyone out. we begin to get video from several different locations. we see someone, same clothing, glasses, hat, going from place to place. >> they started asking me a lot of questions. do you recognize the, gate do recognize the way she's walking? >> whoever this woman is, has had this murder plan and very well planned. >> a dangerous killer, a devious plot, who was behind it? >> it came as a shock. a complete shock. ♪ ♪ ♪

look carefully and ask yourself whether you can trust your own eyes. this is video of me? a woman? of murder? >> did you think that that was the killer in the video? >> i don't know. >> is it the same person here and here and here? or not? hard to say. yet, -- >> everything hinged so much on these videos. >> correct. >> everything, including a murder trial. >> with the jury. >> that would be years in the making. a mystery that began with a body and an walnut grove just west of bakersfield, california. >> for marcus half of the body of todd chance in this moment or two that morning of artist 25th. >> that year was 2013, taught

chants was 45. his wife, janai, an elementary school principal, said looking back, nothing stood out about that ordinary sunday morning. >> august 25th, how did the day start? >> it was a typical day that was after the first week of school. i was working on my school safe plan. i had gotten up early that morning, came downstairs and i was surprised to see taught up. he set him in his death are going to go to an event show. when you walked out the door i said, later. >> that was around 7:30 or eight, jenny said. she turned back to her work and said at some point, her two teenage daughters, sarah, then 15th, and samantha, then 13, came downstairs. >> i was doing laundry. i had a delivery coming. in between ten and 12 that day. the girls were down. we all put the groceries up together. >> later, janai's oldest daughter from her first marriage, jessica, stopped by to pick up some old furniture.

>> jessica was there when detectives arrived. >> they had pulled up and i looked at my mom and she was like, jessica, wait here. all three of us were outside by the car. i had them stay outside with me. i remember thinking, like, that's not normal. >> you have a difficult notification to make. >> yes, we do. >> kevin brewer was a current county homicide detective. he headed from the almond groves to the chants house. >> when my partner pulled up to the residence, mrs. chance was outside. we asked her to come inside. i had her sit down on the couch. >> i totally assumed it was a car accident. >> but the detective told her todd's death was no accident. >> they said that he had been shot and he had been left. >> shot twice in the chest at point blank range. today's husband of 17 years had been murdered. >> that is a shocking piece of news. >> it was unbelievable. i couldn't comprehend why would anyone want to kill him?

must have been immediately going through your mind. >> right. he was such a likable guy. he didn't hang out with the rough crowd. you know? he was addicted to drugs. it wasn't a gambling. it's very baffling. >> soon, her daughters heard the awful news. >> jessica was crying the whole time. my mom was shocked. >> it was a murder investigation. the clock was ticking and the detectives needed information. shock or not, janai had help. >> janai, correct? >> i want to keep saying janine. >> one of the detectives recorded the conversation as they asked janai what todd had been planning that day. >> 7:30 to 8:00 this morning. >> she said todd told her she was going to pick up the dad on the way to the gun show. >> i've been todd's sulfone carrier is verizon? >> yeah. >> soon, todd's parents, travis and diana, arrived.

>> i'm pretty sure that it's taught? i mean, are you sure? >> you have officers with badges and guns saying all of this and you are looking around at the people in the house and in the back of your mind you are thinking, this can't be true. this is a dream. >> detectives had questions for them, trying to establish a timeline. they soon noticed something wasn't right. >> the last you heard, was he supposed to go to the gun show with you this morning? >> i didn't talk to him today. >> travis had talked with his son that morning about the gun show. and there was something else. todd's body was found last uptown, the opposite direction from the gun show. >> i don't understand why he was out west of town like that. >> that may not be him. going to the west side of town. that may be him taken -- being taken to that area. >> in other words, maybe whoever killed todd brought him there. >> detectives didn't have a lot

to go on at this point, so they kept asking questions. >> when i taught was a gun lover. did you check his guns to see if any of them weren't missing? just on a hunch? >> we did. my partner asked jenea if there were any guns missing from the house and if she could go check. she told us that she was sure they were all there. he asked her again, go check. she finally came back and told us that one of the revolvers was missing. >> and one of them is missing? >> yes. >> and that is the? >> the 38. and the holder. >> initially, i thought he might have taken the gun with him for protection or you may have taken it to the gun show to traded. that is common. we're sell it. >> but there is no gun found with his body, correct? >> that is correct. no gun found with his body. >> this gun is now missing. >> yes, it is. >> a man who seemed to have no enemies who had been shot to death on a bright, sunday morning. >> no idea who did it or why.

or who might be next. >> are you fearing for yourself, for family with the murderer on the loose? >> yes. >> coming up -- >> towards body was right here. his wallet was still in his pocket. we notice the bottom of todd chances tennis shoes had no dirt on them at all. >> a curious set of clothes. we are with a lead? >> it was my first thought that they had gone for some place and stop for gas or food in the morning and had been carjacked. >> you put a bulletin out? >> absolutely, yes, a lot of law enforcement looking for that car that morning. >> when dateline continues. line continues before you decide... with the freestyle libre 3 system... know your glucose and where it's headed. no fingersticks needed. now the world's smallest and thinnest sensor... sends your glucose levels directly to your smartphone. manage your diabetes with more confidence, and lower your a1c. the number one cgm prescribed in the us.

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>> it took detective brewer only 15 minutes to get their. >> i get a phone call from our communications center that they found a body, a dead body, located in a field. actually, never fall for my health. i was worried that he might be someone we know. >> wow. that probably doesn't happen very often. >> no, it don't. >> does it happen very often at all that you would find a body in a moment grove lake that? >> and our county, yes. far too often. far too often. >> there are a lot of open groves in the county -- known for agriculture. almonds are one of the biggest crops. the groves crisscrossed with dirt roads are a perfect place for a killer to hide a body. >> charles body was right here. his sunglasses were right up here. >> chip brewer, it wasn't clear at first how todd died. there were close. >> he had not been dead long. we could all see that.

>> how long did it take to identify who this person was? >> we identified him very quickly because his wallet was still in his pocket with his drivers license. >> nearly as fast as they found talks i.d., they found his cell phone. detective brewer thought that seemed odd. >> so folks are typically taken and used or discarded away from the body or left. it was odd that it was 20 or 30 feet away. >> there was a bullet hole in todd's hand. apparently, a defensive wound. once todd's shirt was off, brewer could see he had been shot twice in the chest. >> don't let at the seat. none of the bullets were recovered at the same. >> and, it is dusty placed, the souls of tickets sneakers were clean. >> what we thought was odd, because of this very powdery dirt that's very common out here, we notice that the bottom of todd chances tennis shoes

had no dirt on them at all. >> todd had walked in that moment grew, not that day. to brewer, it was clear he was shot somewhere else, driven there, dead or dying, dragged from a car, and just left. >> it was 10:00 on a sunday morning. it's ironic that he was killed on a sunday. >> todd chance was a local boy. he and his younger brother, scott, grew up just outside of bakersfield. in a farming town called shafter. it was here that the chances learned to love the outdoors, whether on horses or officers or raising pigs. >> come in from school one day and said, hey, we want to buy some picks and get into the fda. you want to what? >> diane and travis got the boys the picks and a membership in the future farmers of america.

that was only the beginning. >> was taught a country boy? >> a cowboy. >> what was it about that lifestyle that he liked so much? >> the romantic part of it, i guess. being a cowboy. >> he liked the boots and hats. >> the boots, the hats, the shirts, the pants, just the lifestyle. >> like his dad, travis, cowboy todd also like fast cars. >> mustangs. we had a 76 cobra to, when he came of age to drive, we gave it to him. he really like the car. it didn't have a big motor and it. it had all of the good stuff. disk brakes, air conditioning, powder steering. >> how about the girls? didn't do well with the ladies? >> it was a check magnet, yes. when he went to bakersfield college, he was up there for a few years. he was trying to get into the police department. he took political science up there. that he wanted to be a cop and

every day there were notes on the windshield of the car from some little girl that wanted to have him call her, liked his car, thought he was cute. >> it wasn't his car that caught janai bowman's attention. it was his cowboy ways. they met when they both worked at a local drugstore. >> i was a cashier, among other things. he was an asset protection. casual conversation, i was going to a concert. i won back and said, actually, i should have invited you. you are a cowboy. some of my friends listen to country. >> from that moment, such name, todd was smitten. then >> he pursued me. >> but janai had been burned by her ex who left her while she was pregnant with jessica. so, she was cautious with todd. >> he was very good-looking. i thought he was a ladies man, a player, i wasn't interested

in that at all. i had been married once before. i had come to the conclusion that i wanted to find some ugly, that meant that would cherish me. >> but todd surprised her. >> he was very doting. there, you know, opened the door for me. anything i needed. >> a gentleman? >> yes, very much so, a gentleman. >> that gentlemen eventually popped the question. >> tell me about that proposal. >> it was valentine's day. we went out to dinner. he had all of these opportunities. i think he just kept sucking himself out and didn't do anything. >> did you know what's coming? >> i did not. finally, when we were in his truck, he passed me a note that said, will you marry me? yes or no? afterwards, of course, i said yes. >> at the wedding, todd nature jessica knew they were a family. >> as a miniature bread. i had a white count on. we had our hair at the same way. i was presented with a bracelet from taught.

>> you hit the jackpot with stepdads? >> 100 percent. 100 percent. >> the 1976 cobra was long gone by the time talk was killed. but not his love for cars. but then, he drove a souped up 2011 lasting. >> he loved cars. he was like, he would always call us when he was a little bit from the house. can you hear my exhaust? >> was it, i rubbed? >> telling everyone, the whole neighborhood. >> this was your dad's fourth child? >> yeah. >> todd babied his car. had a lot of fun with that car. detective brewer thought maybe somebody else wanted to have fun with it. >> are you thinking that someone want to tell his car? it was a nice car. >> yes. it was my first thought that he had gone someplace, maybe stop for gas for food in the morning, on his way to pick his dad up, and headman carjacked. that was the number one theory

i had and i looked at his body. and when that relatives began to tell us there is no problems, there's no one no, there's no reason for this. >> you put a bulletin out? >> absolutely, yes. a lot of law enforcement was looking for that cart at that point. >> soon, detectives got their first big break. >> we get a call from our communications center and we are told that todd's car has been found. >> we have the car. >> you have the car? >> this is a big deal? >> yes, it is. >> a big deal that was about to drive the case in a whole new direction. coming up -- >> the car is a little dusty. it's in pristine shape. >> how odd is that that this car was dumped and child's got is right there? >> it's very odd. usually begun, if it's not taken by the suspect, it's concealed or taken to be destroyed. >> did he ever carried a loaded gun in his car? >> ever. no, never. >> now you're thinking, talk

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todd chance loved being a todd chance loved being a dad. dad. >> they were stuck at the hip. him and his girls. i can't imagine him not ever have a kids. >> todd and jenea didn't stay that drugstore. todd got work as a truck driver. as a girl's got bigger, he only driver that kept a close to home. jenea was the ambitious one. even while working as a cashier, she had been going to college, pursuing an education degree. after graduation, jenea found work as a teacher. she worked her way up. in 2009, was promoted to principle of a big elementary school in bakersfield. >> i never went and with that ambition. i wanted to be a teacher, want to educate children. i had motivation to make public education better. naturally, and in that

direction. >> how important those kids to you at your school? >> very, very important. >> jenea's jobless demanding. todd became apparent to care for a sick child. >> he would stay home. he would be the want to stay home. >> if there is a sick child, austin, home it's me. >> yeah. >> jenea said she went to gotten so far in her career without todd. >> i've had people tell me before, how do you do what you do? because i did put in a lot of hours. bring a lot of things home and work on it. how do you do that? it's because i have a fantastic has been at home that helps me meet all that needs of my family and be able to do this job. >> that seems to be just the way todd wanted it. >> he was essentially my dad because my dad wasn't really around, especially during my teenage years and i gave my parents the good teenage stuff. he was the one always there by my side, getting me out of trouble and helping me. he was my special person.

>> was he happy being that curled out? >> i think so. >> he never really complained or said he wanted boys with us. i mean, i did, tons of stuff with him like that. >> sara was his boy. >> sarah loved shooting and off-roading with her dad. >> samantha often came along for the ride. usually, jenea worked in the summer. the summer of 2013, she didn't. the entire family carved out time for each other. >> we went to the beach, went to san francisco, went to vegas. it was perfect timing and we had the money and it was a really good summer. probably the best summer i had. >> it was a happy time for the chances. probably felt like it would never and. but it did. a terrible sunday and august. >> so, how is it here in the house know what owns the rock of todd? >> it's very difficult. just different milestones that

you come across out of it making her cup across. in the refrigerator, there's something that's only has. here's the only one who needs that. it's still there. >> there are so many ways people can bet one a loved one is killed. some cried uncontrollably, some can't function. but that wasn't jenea. >> a crisis like, that she will make a list. that's how she is. i think that's your coping mechanism. to keep busy. >> of the day her husband was killed, the detectives asked jenea for help. she says it was just what she needed. >> do you guys have separate accounts for? joint >> its joint. >> it's drawing to count? >> yeah. >> they wanted me to go on my bank account and see what purchases he had made that day and then also on the 24th and they asked me to pull up his text messages through myself phone provider.

so i felt like they were giving me something to figure out what happened. >> and the debit card has not been used since last night? >> correct. >> at the top local? >> yes. >> jenea gathered phone and bank records for the detectives. >> you've been quite a bit of help. okay? we're able to cross stuff off. >> i feel like i should remember something else. it was just a regular day. just a regular, same old, same old nothing. >> and then, the detectives left to check out the report that someone had found todd's car. >> what we found here, parked against the curb, here and facing this way, was the victim, todd chances black mustang. >> todd's car had been left 20 miles from the almond orchard on a residential street called tiger flower. it had seen better days. people had called the police to report apart part that seemed too nice for the area. >> they were worried that someone might steal this car. we are told right up front by

that neighbors as soon as we arrived that it is a location where a lot of drug addicts and homeless people gather. >> what is the condition of the car? >> the car is a little dusty. it looks like it's been lsat of town. it doesn't take long for a black car in our town to get dirty. they are dirty within a couple of days after they get washed. so, it's not coming out of a car wash. i can tell that. it's a very pristine shape as far as the cart self. >> brewer appeared in the window. he saw a khaki on the floor and a gun that fit the description of the went missing from the chants house. and, he noticed the car was unlocked. >> without that got in the car and not just in the car, it was in the driver's floorboard, half of it sticking out from the floor mat where it was really visible. >> how hot is that that this car is dumped and todd's gun is right there? >> yeah, it's very odd.

usually the gun, if it's not taken by the suspect, it's concealed or attempted to be destroyed. we have a lot of them in canals, fields, there are a lot of places you can conceal weapons or destroy them and we never find them. >> here is the thing, according to todd starters, he was really careful with his guns and kept them secured. >> did he ever carry a loaded gun in his car? >> never. >> yeah, never. he would always load once we got there and take them out when we were finished. >> they were always in the back. >> this was all about his safety. >> yes. >> the car, in pristine condition with the key on the floor, the gun that could be the murder weapon, left in plain sight. to be, where this scene didn't at up. >> our carjacking theory is showing less and less evidence. especially with the car being left open and that got left inside it. that was so rare, unheard of, that a carjacking now isn't in my mind anymore.

it's something else. >> the detective thought it looked like something like a plan, as if someone let the gun and the car in that spot purpose. >> and i are thinking, tuck might actually have been targeted. >> yes, that's correct. >> the plot believe seconds with this turn of events. >> yes, it does. >> his family had assured that detectives that todd had no enemies. it was starting to look like they were wrong. >> coming up -- >> what do you find in his phone? >> it appeared to be private picture sent to him of nude, partially nude female. >> with a his wife? >> they were not his wife. >> what does that tell you right there? things weren't so perfect in the chance household? >> yes. >> a mystery woman at todds farm and another on camera. >> the neighbors across the street, see a middle aged women get out of this car and walk around the corner. >> when dateline continues. teline continues medi-soothers

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joithe first night afterple todd chance was found dead was a hard one for his family. and, of course, all my girls, >> reporter: the first night we all slept in bed together. after todd chance was founded, was a hard one for his family. >> of course, all my girls, we all slept embed together. i could not sleep. >> reporter: janai was not the only one losing sleep over her husband's death. at the sheriff's department, the doctor brewer and his team is working overtime to figure out who killed todd. they needed to turn over every rock and consider every scenario. for example, according to, todd said he was going to the gun show what is that. but todd's that i had not heard from them. >> do you think it was possible that todd had lied to janai and was actually going to morales and use that as an excuse? >> yes, i thought that might be a possibility, although, i

could not rule anything out. i can't rule that out because, maybe he's got another destination he said to that's not his father's. >> that he is not sharing with his wife? >> yes. >> reporter: if todd was hiding something from his wife, what was it? soon enough, taught cell phone, which police found not too far from his body in the almond grove, revealed a clue. >> what do you find in his phone? >> we find a lot of general text messages between him and his wife, and him and his children. there are normal vacation pictures, and pictures are the daughters, and near the end of the cameras, we find some very odd pictures. >> what were they? >> they appeared to be private pictures sent to a nude and partially nude female. >> were they's wife? >> they were not his wife. >> what does that tell you right there? things weren't so perfect in the chance household? >> yes. >> do you immediately suspect that todd is having an affair? >> i think it's possible at this point.

we need to identify who she is. >> reporter: detectives needed detract on the unknown woman, but soon, there was another clue about who may have parked todd's car. >> neighbors across the street, you see a middle aged woman get out of his car and walk around the corner. >> reporter: they say the woman was wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses, carrying something. the neighbor said around 9 am, she scurried off on foot, heading south on a street called dennan. >> so, this becomes another piece of your timeline. >> yes, it does. >> as you start to put these pieces together, where do you go about looking for video? >> everywhere. >> right away, they found a house with two security cameras and more clues. here, at 9:03 am, the day that todd was killed, you can see a person heading south at a good clip from the direction of todd's car, hard to tell if a man or woman, but based on the eyewitness accounts of a woman

leading todd's car, the fact that few people walk in bakersfield, and this person was walking in the right direction at the right time, brewer believed it had to be her. >> anything identifiable on the woman? >> the video is taken from across the street, and it's difficult to make a facial identification. but she's got a distinctive, fast paced walk, kind of like the arm swing, up and away from the waist. >> reporter: aside from the distinctive walk, it was hard to see much, and this person seems to be carrying a plastic bag, and backpack. >> we believe that the video, one, we don't see her walk back. we know that she's gotten to this case herself, and -- >> reporter: the street that ends at panama lake, which goes on for miles in two directions. >> she's got to go from east to west, so they take it from both directions.

>> reporter: they found security video from a gas station shortly after nine a.m., but no mystery woman. >> so the intention now is to move to the east. and that is the overpass of highway 99, into a good sized shopping center. >> reporter: where they found lots of security cameras and lots of video. >> we begin to get video from several locations at that shopping center, a starbucks, a lows and the walmart. >> do you see anyone fitting that description in the video that you obtained? >> we do. we begin to see someone, same clothing, glasses, the hat. >> reporter: there is the plastic bag and the backpack. >> and then she does something and starbucks that is strange and bizarre. >> what does she do? >> she goes to the bathroom and then comes out wearing different clothes with dark colored sweats over the top of

it, the same backpack and same jacket. >> but behind the woman paying, that is their suspect. >> and she has changed issues also. >> what is going through your mind, as you are watching this video unfold? >> reporter: -- >> once i saw that she did not make a purchase, it is now obvious to me that this woman went in with the intent to change clothes and deceive her soul from us or anyone else. >> this is a hot day in bakersfield? >> august is extremely hot, yes. even people who jog easily don't worse what's in this weather in our town. long clothing, especially clothing over clothing, very an ordinary. >> that's the data you? >> yes, it did. >> reporter: but there were more subtle clues that took a detective sometime to see. >> we, of course, a view the video, me and my partner and other detectives, and we all keep in on what looks like a

yellow, round lid visible through the white plastic bag that she is carrying. >> reporter: detective brewer believes that was a canister of disinfectant wife's. >> if you are leaving a crime scene, i know what you did with those, you're wiping the crime scene behind you. >> reporter: coming up -- >> i was not the kind of wife that went through my husband's phone. i was never looking for anything like that. i was scared for my relationship. >> reporter: todd's mystery woman revealed -- >> he really fell for her, i think, hotter than i thought he did. >> reporter: and that woman on camera, what is she up to now? >> whoever it is, has had this murder planned and very well planned. >> reporter: when dateline continues. continues. up to 50% of people with graves' could develop a different condition called thyroid eye disease,

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for ourselves to. >> reporter: meanwhile, the investigation was moving fast. detectives found a video from a gastrulation near the almond grove of a car that looked like todd's mustang. >> can you see who is driving the car? >> we cannot. the windows are up, and the cameras are not clear enough or distinct enough. >> reporter: it's barely clear enough to make out the car, but just at the right time, eight a.m., it's headed towards the almond grove, and then, 26 minutes later, the car is seen headed back towards town. another 30 minutes go by, it's a 57 a.m., just about the time pods body was found. here is his car again, passing a gas station around the corner from the spot where it was abandoned. the more detectives looked, the more video they found. here is their suspect after leaving starbucks in different clothing, crossing the parking lot and headed towards a nearby

lows. it's hard to make out, until the suspect gets closer to the store. now, the dark shirt, baseball cap, backpack and plastic bag that brewer believed held at the disinfectant wipes, cannot be seen. >> they're not perfect, but they are certainly telling you a story. >> yes, they are. they give us a very good timeline as to what happened after this car was dropped off an indoor hood. >> reporter: to brewer, it seemed that his suspect knew her steps ahead of time. >> this woman is going from place to place. she's doing something everywhere she goes and the video. she is changing clothes and starbucks. she is what appears to be discarding items in front of the lows. she is putting her purse inside a backpack at lows, while buying a bunch of great salmonier. >> reporter: then, at 9:22, the suspect leaves lows and heads towards walmart. >> then she walks into the side

door of armor and straight to -- >> reporter: and pulls out a piece of paper. >> she already has numbers written down, indicating that whoever this woman is, has had this murder planned for some playtime, very well planned. >> reporter: she then discards evidence. >> she goes outside, pass the store, and she walks a place where there are no cameras. and a few seconds later, she comes back, and we no longer see the -- so, we're thinking that she has gone to a trash can. >> reporter: her next step seemed to had been planned out to. 23 minutes after she made that phone call, a taxi arrived and whisked her away. now, you are needed to figure out where. back at the chance of him, janai said she tried to give facet the fast-moving investigation. >> do you have any leads? do you have any suspects? >> yes, yes. >> what answers are you getting?

>> that means we're working on it. they were consistent, we're working on it, we'll let you know. that is all i could get. >> reporter: it's not unusual for detectives to play their cards close to the vice, all the while, they were uncovering more information, like the identity of the woman who had sent the receipt photos to todd's phone. old girlfriend, a woman named carrie, who he met in the early 90s, while cruising in the 76 cobra. she is his first big love. >> he really fell for her, i think, harder than i thought he did, because, the first thing i realized was that they were going to get an apartment together. i said, okay, but it was not okay. >> reporter: you did not want to leave yet. >> no, i did not want him to leave. he had to finish college, and i wanted him to get his degree there, and put whatever's

ambition was, to be a cop or whatever, get that all decided, that he had to move in with her. they were pretty serious. >> did you like karen? >> not after us. mothers are, nobody is good enough for their boys or daughters, whatever. >> she grew on her. >> yeah. >> reporter: todd and carrie were together for five years, and then in 1995, it was over. by 96, janai and todd or getting married. >> we'll see, hear knowledge, having communication with this woman? >> no, it was just a named i had known for many years before. >> what did he tell you about? are >> we would only talk about her at the beginning of the relationship, talking about past relationships, that it was someone that he was involved with, that they broke up. >> reporter: but now, police told dna, based on their investigation, todd had recently been in touch of carey, and it was not just a, hey, how are you? it was rated r.

>> i was not the kind of life that went through my cousins phone. in my mind, i was thinking, he could have done stuff without me, because i was never paying attention. i was never looking for that stuff, because i was so secure in my relationship. >> reporter: with that, janai said she started to wonder. >> if you believe know that there was a chance he was living a double life? >> i was contemplating it, but it's terrible, because i was thinking, why do i know all of this? do i want to wake up with a memory that i had on the 25th, that morning, you know? >> reporter: maybe, she did not know her husband as well as she thought. coming up -- >> did you think that maybe this other woman might have had something to do with a murder? >> absolutely, some kind of affair going on, why carry would kill him? >> at this point, i am thinking, oh, my gosh, she did it. >> reporter: when dateline continues. ne continues. o prevent lower

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but who was it? and where was their suspect going? >> reporter: investigators his widow jenea thought she might know the answer. believe that the prime suspect in todd chance's murder was caught on video -- his widow tonight that she might know the answer. >> at this point, i am thinking, oh, my gosh, she did. it >> reporter: she, meaning god's ex, carrie. to janai, it was the only person she could think of that might have a grudge against him. pods parents knew that there have been issues in the past. there's been an ugly breakup. >> things did not turn out so well for todd and carrie. >> i don't want to think about the. >> they parted ways, we don't know exactly what the circumstances were. we would ask todd, and he did not want to talk about it. >> reporter: but detectives needed to know. >> did you think that maybe this other woman that you found on todd's phone might have had something to do with the murder? >> absolutely, we don't rule

anyone out, until we have the absolute suspects. and we could not rule carry out. >> reporter: detective brewer, after years are not talking, in may of 2012, carry, now a dental assistant and single mom, connected with taught on social media. as the detective looked through their exchanges, she he noticed that they started things off innocently enough, and then something caught his attention from april 2013. todd asked carrie, want to play? she responded, no way married man. but remember, carrie abbott sent those racy photos that the texas found on pots phone. >> you kind of run through what a possible motive would be for someone like that? >> absolutely, if there is some type of affair going on between carey and todd, why carry would kill him? >> reporter: detective bureau at the top to carry, as his investigation continued, he called janai to the sheriff's department with some news. >> and the police ask you to

come in. >> yes, actually, they asked me to come into pick the car up. they say, that they are releasing the car, so i called my father and law and say, it's a stick, i don't drive it. i never drive his car. i didn't want to drive his car either. >> she called me and said, they're going to release todd's car, would you go with me to pick it up. take a tear house, i don't want to see it again. so i bring it over to the house, diane stayed there, and i went with her. >> reporter: janai and travis drove together. >> we walked in, and they put us in this little concrete room. >> we'll be with you in a few minutes, okay? >> i look around and go, oh, man, this looks like an interrogation room, not a waiting room. >> reporter: though travis and janai both sensed that something was off, they did not have much choice, so they waited. >> this doesn't seem like we're picking up a car. >> reporter: if the police did

know something, they were not sharing, but janai offered her own theory by about why her husband might have been killed. >> if it was, like, gang related, don't have these little 14 roads to come -- to take the heat, is they don't get in as much trouble. >> i can't imagine something happened like that to thawed. >> reporter: it was four days after the murder, and travis was still visibly shaken. >> i lay down at night thinking about him. wake up in the morning. or in the middle of the night. >> everything is kind of a blur, but detective walked in and said, we'll have you guys look at video. there's a chance, we want you to look. first >> reporter: investigators wanted them to look at all the security footage that they gathered. >> with did you see an individual? >> we saw a lady walking down the street, different things, they just say, do you recognize her? >> reporter: travis told them he didn't. they also asked a dna.

>> the video from up overhead, and just walking back and forth, and they kept telling me, the recognize the gate, the way that she is walking? >> reporter: that distinctive walk brewer had noticed, but janai said she did not recognize it or anything about the person in the video. >> i was totally thinking when i was watching the, i was thinking, it could be the other woman. >> reporter: the other woman, meaning todd's ex carrie. but if dna that they were asking her to help buy the carry in the video, she was dead wrong. coming up -- detectives have their eyes on someone else. >> i thought, oh, my gosh. >> i did not suspect her. >> reporter: someone much closer to home. >> are you joking? it came as a shock, a complete shark. >> it was hard, everything is being thrown at us. it is crazy. >> reporter: when dateline

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murdered. his family was trying to understand life without him. >> he is everywhere in this house. >> what do you miss most about him? >> just having him to talk to. when we went to bed at night, that was our downtime, no kids around, just talk about what was going on for the next day. our plans. that's what i miss. >> four days after towards murder, jenea and her father in law had gone to the sheriff's office did pick up todd's car. that's what they thought, anyway. >> i was asking him, i, said what am i going to get his phone back, because i feel like if i had his phone, i could look at all his text messages and things. >> i guess they got his phone. don't think they're going to give that back to you today. >> right. >> travis and jenea didn't say they recognize the woman in the videos. detectives kept asking jenea

questions. >> it really, but they're trying to help me out. they're trying to solve this for me. >> as jenea i watched as the person detectives would killed her husband, she said it gradually began to dawn on her. todd's ex girlfriend wasn't the suspect at all. >> i realize, my goodness, they think it's me. >> she was right. detectives told her flat out, they thought she was the woman in the videos. they thought she was the one who killed todd. suddenly, jenea was in the hot seat. she said they began pressing her. >> they were getting graph with me, but i handle gruff well. i'm a principle of an elementary school. i get parents that come in and they are mad as anything. that is fine. they're not mad at me, they're mad of the situation. i can handle that. >> but jenea said that detectives had kept at her. >> i never had been talk to the way he was yelling at me. i did ask him to stop yelling at me and he wouldn't. so, that, i said i want an

attorney. and then they arrested me. >> jenea was charged with todd's murder. it turned out when detectives asked her to come pick up the husband's car, they had other plans all along. >> this was a bit of a ruse to get her in. >> yes. >> it may have seemed like a sudden turn of events, but the thing was, detective brewer had suspicions about jenea from the very beginning. he thought her reaction to the news of her husband's murder didn't seem quite right. that's why investigators decided to secretly turn on an auto recorder as they talk to her on that first day. >> because anywhere troubles early? >> no. >> no? everything the same? >> yes, we always do. >> later, as brewer watched and re-watch those videos, he began i'm convinced that the woman who had been caught on camera and was jenea. when he confronted her with the videos at the police station, her reaction only confirmed his suspicion. >> usually, if it's not new in

the video, i get an outburst of anger, who is that woman? you think that's me? what i get it one point from her is, well that can't be me. that woman is too heavy. >> are you convinced at that point that jenea is your killer? >> absolutely. absolutely. >> while jenea was being booked for murder, her house was being turned upside down by detectives looking for evidence. todd's mom was there. >> i think it dawned on me and when they did the search warrant because they were taking all of the computers and all of the cell phones, all of the electronic stuff. i thought, my gosh. >> this is specht her. >> that has to be a huge blow. >> it was. >> now, along with mourning their son's death, diana and travis had to stomach the idea that their daughter-in-law might be involved in his murder. but jenea's daughters weren't

having it. >> are you joking? >> it came as a shock. >> the girls were in danger of losing the only parent they had left. >> it was hard. everything was being thrown at us. it was crazy. i wanted to see her and how her. that was a. that's all i was thinking about. >> the case was soon the talk of bakersfield. >> deputies arrested jenea, the principal at fairview school. >> what was it like for you being at school? >> it was the worst. the worst experience. them thinking, how can this happen in america? i was so worried about what was happening at my house with my girls. >> there is nothing that jenea could do but wait for her arraignment. she figured that jessica would be in court and was anxious about being able to see her. >> i know she's going to want me to look at her. i can't see because i didn't have my contacts and i didn't have my glasses, they won't let me take them to court. i wanted to look at my daughter. i want to look at a familiar face. >> but that didn't happen because jenea never made it inside that courtroom.

>> you arrest jenea, you have her in custody, and then four days later, a big twist comes along in this case. >> it was for me, yeah. it was a big twist. >> coming up -- >> are you capable of murdering someone? >> no. no. >> did you plan the murder of your husband? >> no. >> a turn in the case. detectives jumped the gun? >> what they did, i believe, is arrests now and investigate later. >> they always look at the spouse. they have to. >> i had no problem with that because i had nothing to hide. >> when dateline continues. and can you have more carbs? before you decide... with the freestyle libre 3 system... know your glucose and where it's headed. no fingersticks needed. now the world's smallest and thinnest sensor... sends your glucose levels directly to your smartphone. manage your diabetes with more confidence, and lower your a1c. the number one cgm prescribed in the us. try it for free at

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for 8 grams of fiber, how much did you miss him? >> tons. i still miss him. >> after tajiks's murder, his daughters were consumed by their loss. >> pops up and, he would love that. >> i would see something the, i made it that would be, at the time my dad. and i can't. >> that, just four days after losing their dad, their mom was taken away. she was under arrest, charged with todd's murder. but just as jenea's daughters prepared themselves for her court appearance, they got some good news. the dea decided not to file charges against jenea. prosecutors thought the blurry videos wouldn't be enough to convince a jury and told the detectives to go back to the drawing board.

people who know jenea as the principal told our affiliate in bakersfield that there was no way she was a killer. >> she's well respected. she's hardworking. loved by her students and staff. >> after four nights in jail, jenea was free to go. we sat down with her three months later in november of 2013. she talked about that moment her lawyer broke that next to her. >> he said, you will be going home. the weight lifted off of me. >> she was relieved, but also annoyed that police wasted prestigious time on her instead of following other leads. see >> what they did, i believe, is arrest now and investigate better. >> they always look at the spouse, they have to. >> that was perfectly fine with me, getting out of the way so you can get on to bigger and better thanks. i had no problem with that because i had nothing to hide. they're looking at me like crazy. look at me. i'm littlest boring person in the world. >> detectives weren't buying

it. they believed jenea new months before todd was killed that he had connected with his ex, carry. >> is it possible you are seeking revenge on your husband? but you are angry? >> it wasn't possible, i didn't know. i will talk to talk about it. no it's, and, but. i've been married before. i've been in that situation before. i walked away. we separated. that's what happened. >> are you capable of murdering someone? >> no. no. >> did you plan the murder of your husband? did you kill your husband? >> now. now. i love my husband very much. >> she says her daughters were eyewitnesses who could prove her innocence. because they were home with her the morning taught was killed. >> what time did your daughter makeup? what time can you be placed here by someone? >> that i know of? i believe by daughter sami about ten. i believe my other daughter, she told my attorney that she

came down at 9:30 and came down the stairs and saw me working at the table and went up and went back to bed. i didn't know she came downstairs. >> the support of her girls never wavered. but her in laws? that was another story. >> they think you are guilty? >> i think they do. i think the police officers, the investigators, have told them such that i think that they've told no ifs, ands, but, we know it's her. they believe that. which is tough. >> diana and travis did indeed believe their daughter in law, who vow to love, honor, cherish their eldest son, had done the unthinkable. >> when it first started, i didn't want to think it was her. i got the sauce running through my head. i didn't want to think she could kill my son. >> but travis, who had originally not identify the woman in the videos as jenea, came to a painful conclusion. he now believed it was her. >> it's a shock? >> it was coming pretty fast.

it's like telling you your son's dead, you don't want to believe that. and then they tell you that his wife is the one that did it, you don't want to believe that either. it's kind of like a nightmare. you keep wanting someone to slap you and wake you up. >> while her analysts suspected her, jenea still wondered about todd's ex, carrie. but detectives had already gotten past her. carrie and todd had stopped communicating months before his murder. they never had an affair or met in person. that mystery woman in the video, brewers, at didn't look like carey. >> there are some things about carry, the way she walked, carrying, when her physical features, that told me that this is not the same woman on the videos. >> most importantly, she was with her daughter and some friends several hours away and the mission capistrano todd was killed. >> you combine that with her car getting a parking ticket, because she park somewhere she shouldn't, were also able to confirm the parking ticket with

the date and time. >> as far as police were concerned, carrie was in that clear. but jenea was more determined than ever to clear her own name and find her husband's killer. >> as much as i have brought up my girls, it doesn't matter what other people think, it doesn't matter what other people think, you know? it does. it matters for my family and my community to know, you know? plus, we deserve to know the answers. what happened to this great man? >> janai told us that a cold case was [inaudible] and it was for brewer either. he kept digging. >> we found, after searching her home, there were several life insurance policies that had been taken out for taught. >> several? >> several. >> totaling how much money? >> we titled, i think, three or four them i close to half 1 million dollars. >> as suspicious as that sounds, jenea set her and her husband

had each taken out policies naming the other as beneficiary. >> they were taken about eight and ten years ago. our policies are very cold. >> jenea was the main breadwinner of the family. she said she didn't need the money. >> did you receive or are you going to receive any life insurance money? >> i have not received any life insurance money. that's because the investigators have put a hold. i wish i could get my insurance policies just a higher investigator to do this right. but i appreciated at this point. extremely frustrated. >> she wasn't the only one. it would be three years before anything changed with todd's case. but a whole lot more change with jenea. just wait until you see her. e her.

how much do you miss him? how much do you miss him? >> i miss him. >> when we spoke to jenea in 2013, she was out of jail but still the prime suspect in the murder of her husband, taught. >> does your gut tell you that they're going to rescue again? >> no. no. i still have that uneasiness. i feel confident in my innocence that i think there's no way. they can't. >> and she was right. they hadn't. years past, todd's murder remained unsolved. jenea began to collect on his life insurance policies. except for one policy that todd's parents found out about i thought they could contest. >> we paid lawyer to tell us how to take that away from jenea and give it to the girls. and we went to court. >> we did as well.

it was 2016, three years after we first met jenea. what she wrapped in court, we barely recognized her. that slim woman in dark pants and poked up top is janai. she shed nearly 100 pounds from surgery, a woman transformed. she strode confidently into court. but once inside, she agreed to a settlement. >> the court will have to have these funds for the minors as well. >> travis and diana got what they wanted. the money went to their grandkids, not today. >> all in all, it was a good day. we accomplished what we've been trying to do for over a year. >> tried to keep her from getting the money. >> to keep her from being rewarded -- >> for what we think she has done. >> they hadn't seen jenea in a while either. >> were you shocked at her weight loss? >> yeah. yeah. >> we saw her at sarah's fault

softball games. we were standing about 50 feet from her and didn't recognize her. i said, she is less than half the person that she was before. >>'s daughters say that the weight loss brought her mother obvious joy. >> did you notice a change in your mouth? that's given her step? >> yeah. >> she was a lot happier. you could see that she was more herself. she wasn't holding back at all. she would dance and be -- >> more confident. >> yeah, exactly. more confident. >> three years after todd's death, jenea seem to be moving on. but detective brewer wasn't. months turned into years as he slowly gathered evidence, try to nail down every detail. >> i would get up and think, to think of this? think of that? and about every two or three months, something would pop up that we didn't notice right up front. >> at the time he was looking at photos to the photos of the chants house and something caught his eye.

>> it's a picture of thought and janai and their two girls, and some kind of crime scene dress up. as i go through the financial records, i notice an expenditure to the mgm grand in las vegas. >> it was from that great summer before taught died when the chances took those vacations. >> i see csi, the experience. i had never heard of it. >> it's based on the popular tv crime drama, brewer race to las vegas to see it for himself. >> it was a huge exhibit. three different scenarios. of course, one of them is a woman who murders her husband and dumps his body in the desert. >> wow. >> yes. that's exactly what i said, wow. >> brewer saw parallels to the real investigation. a csi showed how detectives can track a suspect cell phone. the suspect in the video used uphill phone at the walmart. another display show cade shoe prints at a crime scene. remember how the suspect in the

video changed her shoes at the starbucks? >> was it almost like the principal had gone through some kind of murder school? >> exactly. >> it janai had learned how to wipe down a crime scene, it might explain why investigators were only able to get one fingerprint off of todd's mustang. >> whose fingerprint was it? >> jenea's. >> what made it suspicious was that it was on the driver's side door. >> did she ever drive to? >> she told us she hadn't. >> something she told me as well. >> it's a stick. i don't drive it. >> the evidence inside the car told investigators something different. they found her dna about the steering wheel and the gearshift knob. >> places it should not be, if you are not the driver. >> she also told everyone that she hated guns, yet that summer a fun included a family shooting trip just weeks before taught died. here is jenea with the very gun found inside todd's mustang. the gun placed proved was the murder weapon.

all of this evidence was circumstantial, of course. some evidence was harder to explain away. investigators had found more security videos. this one show where the taxi took their suspect after it left walmart. >> she gets trapped up in the front. she walks away from their. >> that location was key. it was only a mile away from todd and jenea's house. the next camera shows her closer to the house. it's 10:10 a.m. on the day todd was killed. the figure isn't different close and appears to be running. in the suspect's hand, you can see a piece of paper. >> i think that is probably the numbers for the taxicab that she is going to discard. she doesn't want to be caught with that. >> here, just around the corner from the trans house, a few minutes later, another fleeting image. brewer thought that was janae racing to get home. and then she had to be the killer. the videos alone hadn't been enough for the dea before. so, you are kept digging.

he discovered that three weeks before that murder, she made a purchase at a walmart she never otherwise shopped at. one where the suspect had used up a phone. >> we asked the walmart, of course. pulled the video for that transaction. >> the video clearly showed jenea at the walmart. >> we found something that was really bizarre. for me, it was the absolute turning point of the case. >> what was it? >> she walks up to the greater and she begins to talk to him. she raises her hand up to her ear, like this. >> what do you think she was doing? >> i believe she asked that greater where the payphone was. >> the detective knew that she had a work cell at a personal cell. he believed there was only one reason why should we need a payphone, to make her plant work. and then, he got a last piece of the puzzle. her laptop had been sent to the fbi lab for analysis. the one she said she had been using when todd was killed. finally, the results came back.

>> no one had the manually manipulating that computer until 11:00. >> no one's typing on keys or searching? >> and what's moving the most, no one's type in case. >> but that was her story was that she was on her computer? >> that's correct. the alibi is now gone. >> december 1st, 2016, more than three years after todd's murder, they had enough to arrest jenea, again. >> how did it go down? >> we had a team follow her back from her office and she was stopped by a patrol car. the officer told her that she was stopped for a traffic violation. i walked up, as he got out of the car, told her that she was under rest for the murder of her husband. >> wow. and what was her reaction? >> she said, are you kidding me? i said, no, ma'am, we are not kidding you. >> coming -- up >> about your mom? was she reacting the way you think of why floyd react?

>> yeah. >> who just got told her husband was murdered? >> janai's daughter, jessica. >> can you, like, reason? >> detectives had some questions to ask and some video to show. >> is that your mother? >> when dateline continues. when dateline continues hey, you should try new robitussin honey medi-soothers for long-lasting cough and sore throat relief. try new robitussin lozenges with real medicine and find your voice. you know? we really need to work on your people skills.

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eline. jenea chance was under arrest, again, for the murder of her husband, todd. she sat down with me in early 2020. >> tell us about that moment. >> surprise, dumbfounded. i thought this would all be corrected, it will all be corrected and i'll be home. >> let's talk about how things have changed since 2013. you've lost well over 100 pounds. >> yes, yes. i was working towards trying to lose weight part my husband's death. after my husband passed away, my white melted off. >> she had the surgery before todd step. if she was open to start a new life, now it was shattered. on the day of her arrest, detectives questioned her daughters. detective brother asked jessica about jenea's behavior the day

before tons murdered. >> how iran? was she reckon we think of my foot react? >> yeah. >> who just got told that her husband was murdered? >> jessica stood by her mom. >> then, detective brewer showed her those security videos. he was the first time jessica had ever seen them. right away, something jumped out at her. >> can you, like, freeze it? >> remember the backpack the suspect was carrying? it most of the videos, the color is hard to see. here, it looks red. jessica thought she recognized it. >> do you have that backpack? >> because i'm telling, if it is the backpack that i think it, as it is very distinctive. >> when she saw the backpack, something seem to click. >> is that your mother? >> jessica, who had been one of her mother's most fervent supporters, appeared to come all at once to a terrible realization. >> is that your mother? >> yes.

>> i think we both know that. okay. >> is that your mother in all of the videos? >> i believe so. >> and she went a step further. much further. when detective brewer asked her about the video from walmart. >> can you think of a reason why she asked the man with payphone his? >> cause she was planning it? >> it seemed jessica had done a one 80. now believed her mom had killed her stepdad, that day, anyway. by the time we interviewed her four years later, jessica had done another about-face. chanel says investigators duped her by showing her that walmart video a lot with all of the others. >> they showed me a video that is very clearly my mother. i thought, yeah, that is her. and then i started balling. i was, like if that's her in the last one, it's her and all of them. i thought they were all the same day. >> it just kept ever doubted

her mother's innocence, she says she doesn't anymore. >> did part of you worry or think, maybe this could be my mom? >> i mean, your mind goes there, but when you look at it, it's not her. everything that transpired from everything -- there's no way. no way. >> all three of her daughters told her that the person in the video was not her mom and despite what detective bureau says, maybe not even a woman. >> there's no way to know. >> especially the last one. when the guy is running across the street. it looks like up mail. >> you also said your mom -- >> she never round. >> or jay walked. >> or ever jay whacked. she would walk forever just to go on across walk. >> as for the backpack? >> do you recognize the backpack? >> yeah, growing up there is a red backpack around. i haven't seen it in years prior to that. >> jenea kindly please still thought she killed her husband. >> i'm an elementary school

principal and, you know, for anyone to believe that i would do this, i understand that investigators don't know the relationship between my husband and myself, but they are investigators. they should have research and known this. >> i'm glad to go through some of the evidence in this case. >> her trial began on december 9th, 2019. current county prosecutors -- told the jury that the elementary school principal had not only killed her husband, she enrolled herself in murder one-on-one. >> leslie janai chance, through her actions, prepared an involved and detailed lesson plan on how to kill her husband, how to murder him. how to murder taught chance. in fact, on august 25th, 2013, that is exactly what she did. >> the prosecutors believe there were multiple motives. jealousy. >> you are going to hear, ladies and gentlemen, that those photos were sent to the

cell phone of todd chance. >> money. >> you are going to hear about some life insurance policies. >> and something more complicated. >> we both think that her lover taught had died long before the trigger was pulled. she had plenty of photographs in her office of her kids, everything else, but not one, single photo, anywhere, of her husband. >> you are going to hear -- >> they told the jurors about the videos, the gun, hotels shoes had no dust and that the prosecution called a key witness, a woman who had been visiting todd and jenea the morning of the murder. she testified she saw the mistake pull out of the garage with todd driving, but he wasn't alone. next to him was a woman wearing a cap at large sunglasses. >> i happen to glance into the car and it was a male and female, and the female gods my way. that's when i turned away. >> i would say that she was the

single most important witness we had because, quite frankly, if you believe her, we're done. there is no other explanation. >> according to brewer, the prosecutors, it all added up to murder. >> i believe what happened is that she, at some point, had confronted todd about the photographs. probably told him, we're not going to be able to argue about this inside the house with the kids. so, let's go for a drive. >> they left the house together, clearly. they drove out to the almond grove. >> as soon as he pulled over, i think she shot him. raise one arm up as he sees the gut, in a defensive manner, shot that the hand and into the chest. in the second shot, into the chest. >> pulled his body out of the car, laid his body in the dirt with his wallet there so he

would be identified. that's important, so that they can go to the house and notify her and she would be at home. >> and then she drove somewhere and cleaned the car with bleach wipes. >> she then left that location and parked her car in front of a drug house with a gun and the car clean -- key clearly visible. so that person must be leaving the struck house would see it and think, hey, i've just basically won the lottery. >> and then, the location, the location begins. just try to keep us from ever finding out who she is. >> it was a great example of a case where all of the evidence just fit together. >> not so fast, said the defense. >> jenea has been watching her day in court. here it is.

>> her tierney said she had actual proof that she was innocent. her star witness? no surprise, was jenea herself. >> coming up -- you brought into question the credibility of the detective? >> yeah. >> was this a rush to judgment? >> about four days detective garrett was convinced it was her. >> all eyes would be on the stand. jenea chance? >> you specifically hope that she would be caught in a lie and you turn to her daughter for that? >> i spoke the truth. i spoke my true. >> when dateline continues. n dateline continues something more. that gritty feeling can't be brushed away. even a little blurry vision can distort things. and something serious may be behind those itchy eyes. up to 50% of people with graves' could develop a different condition called thyroid eye disease, which should be treated by a different doctor. see an expert. find a t-e-d eye specialist at isitted.com

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there is a body. there is a body. andrea canning (voiceover): murder cases >> murder cases are often circumstantial. prosecution tries to assemble a bunch of small puzzle pieces into one big picture. the defense, its job is to tear it apart. that is exactly what johnny's attorney at him to do. >> i believe in any married person gets killed, the spouse is number one suspect. no matter what. within four days, detective bureau was convinced it was her. >> that is true. poor had arrested jenea just four days before the -- intended to release or because there wasn't enough evidence. >> you brought it to question the credibility of the detective. >> we did. >> the defense said detective berhad tunnel vision and ignored key evidence because the fact that she had an alibi. doctor says that she saw her mother and round home when todd

was killed. was killed >> and she stayed, and then when she woke up she saw her mom. her mom was downstairs, doing what she also does every sunday. which is laundrie. she was watching tv, doing laundry, and it looked like she was doing work at the same time. >> not only that, the defense accused a detective of hiding evidence. detective brewer had interviewed friends and colleagues of janai's who watch the security videos and could not identify her. >> it was never checked into evidence. >> of them looking at the surveillance video and saying? >> saying that was not her. >> and, said the defense, the prosecution's key eyewitness was wrong. there was no way janai could've been in the passenger seat of todd's car, as it was backing out of the garage. the defense said that todd

would not let anyone get into the car in the garage because the door was too close to the wall. >> you could kick in the passenger side where the car was parked. you have to back out, and people had to get in. there was not enough room, janai was way too big. >> then, janai herself made what may have been the most critical decision of the trial. >> you decided to take the stand? >> yes. >> why did you feel so strongly about that? >> because i know my truth. >> janai spent days on the witness stand, and told the jury her side. that she loved her husband, and that she had no ideas they were naked photos on her phone because there was nothing to be jealous of. as the breadwinner in her family she did not need a life insurance payout and perhaps most important she had proof that the woman in the video could not be her. the reason was very simple to understand, her attorney said. >> she had to wear glasses or she was virtually blind. >> jenea chance was extremely

nearsighted. no way she could've navigated the streets of bakersfield without her glasses. and since jenea did not wear contacts, or his prescription sunglasses, the defense that the woman in the big sunglasses was not jenea. detective brewer had been on the case for more than six years. he even delayed his retirement to see it through. now, see jenea testify, he made the need to pray. >> there are certain things that the lord is just going to have to take control of. and, that's what this is what. we are going to need some real help here. >> you specifically hoped she would be caught in a lie, and you turn to god for that? >> i did, and she was. >> the lie involved that very specific and critical detail in jenea testimony. >> she had made such a big deal that she could not see without glasses, that she did not like contact lenses and it had been here since she had tried contact lenses. and they really played that. >> her defense attorney even

brought records from her eye doctor. they prove that she had bad eyesight and never brought prescription eyeglasses. but then the prosecutor looked through the same records and found something else. something big. >> sure enough, it showed that in fact in july of 2013, a month before the murder, that she had obtained two boxes of contact lenses. >> on cross-examination, they confronted jenea with her own medical records. watching in the courtroom detector brewer know that this is the moment that he had prayed for. >> it was an absolute lie, and she was absolutely caught it and right before the jury. >> cameras were not allowed before testimony, so the woman's wasn't captured on video. but i asked jenea about it. >> what was your vision like at the time of the murder? are you still wearing glasses, contacts? >> glasses. >> don't answer that. >> that's janai's attorney off camera counseling her not to

respond. she ignored him. >> i spoke the truth, i spoke my true there and i know that i was never wearing contacts during 2013. >> but remember, jenea talk to us in 2013. >> you are not wearing glasses in our interview, which was not too long after you got out of jail. were you wearing contacts? >> no, absolutely not. i do know that there was a time that i would take my glasses off for pictures, because i thought i looked better without the glasses. >> it was not just the interview. >> you did not seem to be struggling, even in our walk in the yard you seemed fine without the glasses. >> i just do not recall that. >> but you might recall another thing she told us back then about wanting to see her daughter, jessica, in court. >> i know she's going to want me to look at her and i can't see, because i didn't have my contacts, i didn't have my glasses. >> did you catch that? >> i can't see. because i didn't have my contacts, i didn't have my glasses. >> the big lie about her

contacts, undercut jenea credibility. the prosecutor say there was something else that jenea could not hide. her unmistakable walk. >> the defendant had a very distinct walk, a very distinct gape. she swung her arms, walked very forcefully, a large step walk. >> much like the suspect in those security video, said the prosecution. >> the body appearance is very similar, and absolutely the walk was absolutely similar. >> the jury of course, did not hear about our experience with dna, but they had heard plenty. after jenea was caught in that lie about contacts by the prosecution, her lawyer tried to repair the damage in closing arguments. >> we brought in the records. there were no prescription sunglasses rut, your contacts that were purchased. but there are 10,000 photos and in every photo, it has the word glasses.

she always wear glasses. she did not like context. >> the prosecution told the jury, it was not just the contacts, jenea chance was lying about everything. >> so ladies and gentlemen, based on all of the evidence in this case, i would ask you to find the defendant, leslie jenea chance guilty of the first degree, premeditated and deliberate murder of todd chance. >> now, six years after todd's murder, the case was in the hands of the jury. coming up! how are you feeling? >> i was very confident. i thought, my goodness, not only are they gonna stand up and say she is not guilty. they're gonna say she is innocent. and this was a ridiculous case. >> eight days of deliberation later, what they? >> how nervous were you waiting for the verdict? >> more than normal. when it gets past three days, i began to worry. when i get past four or five, i am really worried. >> is it going to be guilty or

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she could almost taste freedom. >> how are you? >> i was very confident. i expected to go back the next day and it be done. actually, when i would lay in bed at night i thought, my goodness, they're not only gonna stand up and say she is not guilty, they're going to say she's innocent and this was a ridiculous case. >> todd and jenea doctors who visited their mother twice a week could not wait to get her home. >> we even had her favorite ice cream. this is the thing that she really wanted when she got out. >> so it is here waiting for her? >> oh yeah. >> they got her room ready, and hug her clothes in the closet. meanwhile, the jury deliberated. >> how nervous were you waiting for the verdict? >> more than normal. when it gets past three days, i began to worry. when it gets passed four or five, i am really worried. >> after eight days, the call finally came in. everyone headed to court. >> the jury comes back from deliberating, how are you to holding up? >> i was squeezing the hand of

the d.a.'s victims advocate. i looked at each one of the jury members and i thought, is it going to be guilty or a hung jury, or what? >> when the verdict came in, i thought i heard it wrong. i seriously thought i heard it wrong. >> we the jury, find the defendant, leslie jenea chance, guilty of a felony. she violated. >> the jury convicted jenea of murder in the first degree. we spoke to todd's parents after the trial. this is the moment you have been waiting for four years, how are you feeling? >> mixed emotions. because we are thinking about the girls. the justice for todd was good, but nobody really won. everybody laughed because of what she did. >> how is your relationship now with her granddaughters? >> we do not have one. >> that has got to be heartbreaking. >> oh it is, [crying], it is

heartbreaking. >> is there anything you would say to them if they are listening? >> i love them very much. we love them unconditionally. >> your grandparents, to parents, have not supported your mom. how has that affected your relationship? >> we tried to keep a relationship with them. they are my grandparents, i am always going to love them, have love for them, but the way that they see how things are with this? it makes it very difficult sometimes. >> they told us they missed you. do you have any reaction to that? >> i do not know, i do not know what to say. >> it is complicated. >> it really is. >> it's gonna take time. >> yeah. >> jessica told us she blamed herself. she thought she sealed her mom's faith, when she told detectives the woman in the video was jenea. >> first of all, that your mother. i think we both know that.

>> i carry around an enormous amount of guilt. if i was not stupid in 2016 into that comment, maybe mom would be home? >> -- >> i do not think it was just that comment. >> they have been gunning for her for years. >> we all miss her a lot. and [inaudible] [crying] >> you all were forced to endure a lot in a very short amount of time. >> it is still not over, we are still fighting. >> jenea was sentenced to 50 years to life. our second interview with her happened in jail. >> after the verdict i would go to bed thinking, i am going to wake up and it is all, this was all a bad dream. it truly has been a bad dream. >> what do you say to anyone who said, she is crying now because she was found guilty. not because of her husband?

>> i cried then. i just did not cry out in front of everybody. you know? i did. i mourn my husband. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> for diana and travis the fight is over. they finally got the justice that they wanted. but the loss of their son todd remains. >> i hope he understands that we did everything we could to make sure that [crying], he got justice. >> his that does find comfort in one thing. >> i gotta tell him i loved him. many times. love you too that! ♪ ♪ ♪ melvin ( hello, yeah i'm craig melvin.