1 00:00:00,758 --> 00:00:08,241 ♪♪ 2 00:00:08,344 --> 00:00:10,206 -My name is John O'Hayre, I am a police officer 3 00:00:10,310 --> 00:00:12,310 with the Broomfield Police Department. 4 00:00:12,413 --> 00:00:15,344 -Officer, how did this case begin for you? 5 00:00:15,448 --> 00:00:18,655 -On December 14th of 2023... 6 00:00:19,862 --> 00:00:23,034 I was dispatched to a welfare check at the Krug household. 7 00:00:26,931 --> 00:00:28,655 Dan Krug was calling 8 00:00:28,758 --> 00:00:31,103 and asked that we check on his wife, Kristil. 9 00:00:31,206 --> 00:00:40,000 ♪♪ 10 00:00:40,103 --> 00:00:41,896 Said that he had not been able to reach her 11 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:43,241 for about three hours. 12 00:00:43,344 --> 00:00:49,310 ♪♪ 13 00:00:49,413 --> 00:00:53,689 Dan said that this alleged stalker had made threats to 14 00:00:53,793 --> 00:00:55,689 both him and his wife, Kristil. 15 00:00:55,793 --> 00:01:01,689 ♪♪ 16 00:01:01,793 --> 00:01:04,516 The first thing I did was walk right to the front door, 17 00:01:05,137 --> 00:01:06,275 kind of peek inside. 18 00:01:06,379 --> 00:01:08,793 Everything looked orderly, quiet. 19 00:01:09,241 --> 00:01:10,689 I gave it a loud knock. 20 00:01:12,931 --> 00:01:14,241 My thinking at the time was, 21 00:01:14,344 --> 00:01:16,103 it's very possible she's not even home. 22 00:01:16,206 --> 00:01:19,965 So I wanted to see if I could peek into the garage. 23 00:01:21,379 --> 00:01:23,206 Quickly realized that I'm not tall enough 24 00:01:23,310 --> 00:01:24,724 to see in those windows. 25 00:01:24,827 --> 00:01:26,310 [ Police radio chatter ] 26 00:01:27,033 --> 00:01:29,033 I went back to my patrol car, 27 00:01:29,137 --> 00:01:31,137 and I pulled it into the driveway 28 00:01:31,241 --> 00:01:33,689 so that I could get my push bumper 29 00:01:33,793 --> 00:01:36,655 close to the garage and use it as a -- as a step up. 30 00:01:36,758 --> 00:01:39,310 I stepped up on it and looked in the window. 31 00:01:40,517 --> 00:01:43,551 I immediately see Kristil, apparently lifeless. 32 00:01:43,655 --> 00:01:46,068 She had some type of wound to the head. 33 00:01:46,172 --> 00:01:51,206 ♪♪ 34 00:01:51,310 --> 00:01:52,689 [ Metal clangs ] 35 00:01:52,793 --> 00:01:59,448 ♪♪ 36 00:01:59,551 --> 00:02:02,344 Immediately I just check for any signs of life at that point. 37 00:02:02,448 --> 00:02:04,241 -Does she have a pulse? -She does not. 38 00:02:05,620 --> 00:02:07,137 I immediately started CPR. 39 00:02:07,689 --> 00:02:09,793 There was a stab wound on her chest. 40 00:02:11,724 --> 00:02:15,034 As the paramedics arrived, I opened the garage door 41 00:02:15,137 --> 00:02:16,931 and a woman came up. 42 00:02:17,034 --> 00:02:19,344 And I believe this woman was Kristil's mother. 43 00:02:19,448 --> 00:02:20,724 -I arrived. 44 00:02:22,379 --> 00:02:23,931 I said that's my daughter. 45 00:02:25,172 --> 00:02:28,275 -She came running up to me and said, Kristil is dead. 46 00:02:29,413 --> 00:02:30,413 -It's just shocking. 47 00:02:30,517 --> 00:02:31,758 Oh, my god. 48 00:02:31,862 --> 00:02:32,896 Oh, my god. 49 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:34,724 Oh, my god. [ Sobbing ] 50 00:02:35,206 --> 00:02:37,172 You don't want that to be your reality. 51 00:02:37,275 --> 00:02:40,517 Oh, my God, this can't be true. 52 00:02:40,620 --> 00:02:42,241 This can't be true, can it? 53 00:02:42,344 --> 00:02:43,551 -It was chaos. 54 00:02:45,965 --> 00:02:48,655 I heard screaming coming from the top of the hill. 55 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:51,586 -Hey! Stay back, stay back, stay back, stay back. 56 00:02:51,689 --> 00:02:53,551 -This is my house. -I understand. 57 00:02:53,655 --> 00:02:56,724 -They see a man come running down the hill. 58 00:02:58,000 --> 00:02:59,448 This is Dan. 59 00:02:59,551 --> 00:03:00,896 This is her husband. 60 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:02,517 -[ Dan weeps ] 61 00:03:04,931 --> 00:03:06,793 -This man just lost his wife... 62 00:03:08,586 --> 00:03:11,000 and he is beside himself. 63 00:03:12,206 --> 00:03:15,310 I'm with Dan and he's on the floor and he's crying. 64 00:03:15,413 --> 00:03:16,724 -[ Dan cries ] 65 00:03:17,413 --> 00:03:18,827 -They all just kind of said, 66 00:03:18,931 --> 00:03:22,000 "I can't believe this happened. He did it. The stalker did it." 67 00:03:22,965 --> 00:03:24,206 -We were on heightened alert. 68 00:03:24,310 --> 00:03:26,413 We were very, very concerned for Dan's safety. 69 00:03:26,517 --> 00:03:28,620 -This is after Kristil was murdered? 70 00:03:28,724 --> 00:03:30,724 You're worried that Dan may be next in this -- 71 00:03:30,827 --> 00:03:32,655 in this stalker's sights? 72 00:03:32,758 --> 00:03:34,827 -Correct. We thought Dan Krug was next. 73 00:03:35,586 --> 00:03:37,379 -The community was very alarmed. 74 00:03:38,930 --> 00:03:41,379 There's a killer out there, and we're going to go after him. 75 00:03:41,482 --> 00:03:49,862 ♪♪ 76 00:03:49,965 --> 00:03:58,310 ♪♪ 77 00:03:58,413 --> 00:04:06,862 ♪♪ 78 00:04:06,965 --> 00:04:15,448 ♪♪ 79 00:04:19,586 --> 00:04:27,103 ♪♪ 80 00:04:27,206 --> 00:04:28,724 -[ Dan cries ] 81 00:04:32,344 --> 00:04:34,448 -It's a weird feeling standing there 82 00:04:34,551 --> 00:04:35,793 when somebody is being told, 83 00:04:35,896 --> 00:04:37,586 "I'm sorry but your loved one has died." 84 00:04:38,517 --> 00:04:40,793 -Victim's advocate Heather Aites is trained 85 00:04:40,896 --> 00:04:43,551 to comfort those in emotional agony. 86 00:04:43,655 --> 00:04:44,931 Like Dan Krug, 87 00:04:45,034 --> 00:04:46,344 who dashed home from work 88 00:04:46,448 --> 00:04:48,241 and learned his wife Kristil 89 00:04:48,344 --> 00:04:50,724 had been found murdered in their garage 90 00:04:50,827 --> 00:04:53,344 in suburban Broomfield, Colorado, 91 00:04:53,448 --> 00:04:56,344 on December 14th, 2023. 92 00:04:57,689 --> 00:04:58,896 -This man has been going through 93 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,862 a stalking case with his wife. 94 00:05:01,965 --> 00:05:04,344 He's being stalked as well, and now she's gone. 95 00:05:05,172 --> 00:05:08,517 -As investigators searched the crime scene for clues... 96 00:05:11,275 --> 00:05:13,724 Heather drove Dan to the police station. 97 00:05:13,827 --> 00:05:16,896 An officer's body camera recorded the ride. 98 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:20,931 -He was crouched over to the side of the passenger door, 99 00:05:21,034 --> 00:05:22,896 and it was very much... 100 00:05:23,551 --> 00:05:25,517 [ Mimics sobbing ] 101 00:05:27,206 --> 00:05:29,344 -I'm comforting Dan by rubbing his back. 102 00:05:30,137 --> 00:05:33,137 -Dan and Kristil had been married for 16 years. 103 00:05:33,241 --> 00:05:36,586 The couple, both 43, had three young children. 104 00:05:36,689 --> 00:05:38,206 -What did he say in the car? 105 00:05:38,310 --> 00:05:40,793 -In the car he was pretty focused on the kids. 106 00:05:40,896 --> 00:05:43,758 He was very adamant about wanting to be the one 107 00:05:43,862 --> 00:05:45,586 to tell his children. 108 00:05:46,137 --> 00:05:49,965 -Under the command of Broomfield Police Chief Enea Hemplelmann, 109 00:05:50,068 --> 00:05:52,965 investigators were doing everything in their power 110 00:05:53,068 --> 00:05:54,655 to find the killer. 111 00:05:54,758 --> 00:05:58,034 -We immediately started doing interviews, 112 00:05:58,137 --> 00:06:00,344 talking to neighbors, canvassing. 113 00:06:02,068 --> 00:06:05,517 -Several hours had passed since Dan Krug's emotional ride 114 00:06:05,620 --> 00:06:07,241 to the police station. 115 00:06:07,344 --> 00:06:11,034 He had settled down and he told detectives there was nothing 116 00:06:11,137 --> 00:06:13,137 out of the ordinary that morning. 117 00:06:13,241 --> 00:06:18,586 ♪♪ 118 00:06:18,689 --> 00:06:21,000 He said they got the kids to school, 119 00:06:21,103 --> 00:06:24,724 and Kristil seemed fine when he left for his job 120 00:06:24,827 --> 00:06:28,379 at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. 121 00:06:28,482 --> 00:06:35,379 ♪♪ 122 00:06:35,482 --> 00:06:38,172 -Dan said Kristil texted him asking 123 00:06:38,275 --> 00:06:40,862 if he could pick up one of the kids after school. 124 00:06:41,448 --> 00:06:44,586 But when he texted back and asked what time, 125 00:06:44,689 --> 00:06:47,344 he said, Kristil never responded. 126 00:06:49,827 --> 00:06:50,724 -So weird. 127 00:06:50,827 --> 00:06:53,068 So out of character for Kristil, 128 00:06:53,172 --> 00:06:56,655 Dan called police and asked them to check on her. 129 00:06:59,482 --> 00:07:02,275 -There are not words that can describe 130 00:07:02,379 --> 00:07:04,344 what you feel as a parent at that point. 131 00:07:04,448 --> 00:07:09,103 -It's probably some parent's worst nightmare. 132 00:07:10,793 --> 00:07:12,448 -These are some memories, aren't they? 133 00:07:12,551 --> 00:07:16,103 -Kristil's parents, Lars and Linda Grimsrud. 134 00:07:16,206 --> 00:07:17,413 -She was an engineer. 135 00:07:17,517 --> 00:07:19,517 She had incredible skills in math, 136 00:07:19,620 --> 00:07:22,689 sciences, chemistry, physics, 137 00:07:22,793 --> 00:07:25,310 but she also had the talents in the arts. 138 00:07:25,413 --> 00:07:27,827 -She loved to just get out and live life. 139 00:07:27,931 --> 00:07:30,862 -Throughout her life, Kristil spent countless hours 140 00:07:30,965 --> 00:07:32,137 working with her dad 141 00:07:32,241 --> 00:07:36,448 on classic muscle cars in his colorful garage. 142 00:07:36,551 --> 00:07:39,275 [ Engine revving ] 143 00:07:39,379 --> 00:07:41,448 -We'd work on the cars. We'd race the cars. 144 00:07:41,551 --> 00:07:44,103 Kristil always felt very comfortable coming over here 145 00:07:44,206 --> 00:07:46,172 if we needed to talk or whatever. 146 00:07:46,275 --> 00:07:49,689 This is where we would sit and just enjoy each other's company. 147 00:07:49,793 --> 00:07:53,206 -But those fun, casual conversations 148 00:07:53,310 --> 00:07:57,379 suddenly turned disturbing in the fall of 2023, 149 00:07:57,482 --> 00:08:00,137 when Kristil first told her father 150 00:08:00,241 --> 00:08:03,172 that she was living with intense fear. 151 00:08:03,275 --> 00:08:05,827 -She sat here and told me that she was being stalked, 152 00:08:05,931 --> 00:08:07,758 and that just shocked me. 153 00:08:07,862 --> 00:08:10,896 When I asked her, "Well, have you talked to the police?" 154 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,482 -Kristil had called the police 155 00:08:13,586 --> 00:08:16,517 and met with Broomfield Detective Andrew Martinez. 156 00:08:16,620 --> 00:08:17,862 -She came into the interview room 157 00:08:17,965 --> 00:08:19,758 and just kind of took over 158 00:08:19,862 --> 00:08:24,137 and just told me everything without hesitation. 159 00:08:24,241 --> 00:08:26,137 -Their conversation was recorded. 160 00:08:30,655 --> 00:08:35,655 Kristil told Martinez that on October 2, 2023, 161 00:08:35,758 --> 00:08:39,861 she received an unsettling text from someone named Anthony, 162 00:08:39,965 --> 00:08:42,275 who said he would be coming to the area 163 00:08:42,379 --> 00:08:45,344 and asked if Kristil wanted to hook up. 164 00:08:45,448 --> 00:08:47,068 And how does she respond to that? 165 00:08:47,172 --> 00:08:49,275 -She did not respond. 166 00:08:49,379 --> 00:08:51,275 -The following day, 167 00:08:51,379 --> 00:08:55,000 Kristil told Martinez she got more texts from Anthony 168 00:08:55,103 --> 00:08:57,793 that included obscenities and said, 169 00:08:57,896 --> 00:09:01,172 "you should kill urself Dont waste my time" 170 00:09:01,275 --> 00:09:04,448 Somebody wants to hook up now is saying, "Go kill yourself." 171 00:09:04,551 --> 00:09:07,862 How do you interpret that -- that second text? 172 00:09:07,965 --> 00:09:12,206 -It's a pretty extreme reaction to not getting a response. 173 00:09:12,310 --> 00:09:16,620 -Kristil told Martinez she knew an Anthony from her past -- 174 00:09:16,724 --> 00:09:19,344 Anthony Holland, a boyfriend she dated 175 00:09:19,448 --> 00:09:23,137 for about a year after high school and into college. 176 00:09:23,241 --> 00:09:26,413 The two broke up in the fall of 2000. 177 00:09:26,517 --> 00:09:31,517 Lars and Linda say back then, Anthony made a good impression. 178 00:09:31,620 --> 00:09:33,551 -Very friendly, very courteous. 179 00:09:33,655 --> 00:09:35,517 He always had good manners. 180 00:09:35,620 --> 00:09:40,620 -In 2002, out of the blue, Anthony contacted Kristil. 181 00:09:40,724 --> 00:09:42,482 According to Kristil, 182 00:09:42,586 --> 00:09:45,206 Anthony never seemed to take no for an answer, 183 00:09:45,310 --> 00:09:52,758 contacting her again in 2005, 2010, and 2016 via Facebook. 184 00:09:57,655 --> 00:09:59,827 Kristil deleted Facebook 185 00:09:59,931 --> 00:10:02,965 and thought she'd heard the last of Anthony Holland. 186 00:10:03,068 --> 00:10:06,241 But then came the texts in 2023. 187 00:10:10,655 --> 00:10:12,344 Over the next two months, 188 00:10:12,448 --> 00:10:16,206 Kristil said she received alarming message after message 189 00:10:16,310 --> 00:10:18,068 through text and email. 190 00:10:18,172 --> 00:10:20,758 They included threats to her and Dan, 191 00:10:20,862 --> 00:10:23,620 including this disturbing photo of Dan 192 00:10:23,724 --> 00:10:25,827 getting out of his car at work, 193 00:10:25,931 --> 00:10:30,551 which prompted Kristil to first come forward and call police. 194 00:10:30,655 --> 00:10:33,931 A few days later, this text to her. 195 00:10:37,034 --> 00:10:39,655 That suggests he might be surveilling them both. 196 00:10:39,758 --> 00:10:41,068 Right? -Correct. 197 00:10:43,448 --> 00:10:45,862 The harassment is just constant, 198 00:10:45,965 --> 00:10:48,724 and she's just believing that every corner 199 00:10:48,827 --> 00:10:52,034 presents some sort of danger for her. 200 00:10:52,137 --> 00:10:54,931 -To gather evidence and locate Anthony Holland, 201 00:10:55,034 --> 00:10:58,655 Detective Martinez was required to file search warrants 202 00:10:58,758 --> 00:11:02,931 with the phone and email companies -- a slow process. 203 00:11:03,034 --> 00:11:04,965 Getting that information takes time. 204 00:11:05,068 --> 00:11:07,103 Sometimes those companies are reluctant 205 00:11:07,206 --> 00:11:09,551 or they slow-walk getting that information to you. 206 00:11:09,655 --> 00:11:10,827 Correct? -Yes. 207 00:11:10,931 --> 00:11:12,103 -Kristil had been searching 208 00:11:12,206 --> 00:11:13,862 for Holland on her own. 209 00:11:13,965 --> 00:11:16,137 She hired a private investigator 210 00:11:16,241 --> 00:11:19,206 and eventually located him living in Utah 211 00:11:19,310 --> 00:11:21,862 about 500 miles away. 212 00:11:21,965 --> 00:11:23,931 Kristil shared her discovery 213 00:11:24,034 --> 00:11:28,517 with Detective Martinez, who chose not to contact Holland. 214 00:11:28,620 --> 00:11:30,068 -I explained to Kristil 215 00:11:30,172 --> 00:11:32,758 that we wanted to gather as much evidence as possible 216 00:11:32,862 --> 00:11:35,275 and ideally obtain an arrest warrant, 217 00:11:35,379 --> 00:11:38,862 so when law enforcement does go to Anthony's door, 218 00:11:38,965 --> 00:11:43,517 we can take him into custody and not have to walk away. 219 00:11:43,620 --> 00:11:45,379 -But Lars says Kristil 220 00:11:45,482 --> 00:11:48,034 had been losing patience with the investigation. 221 00:11:48,137 --> 00:11:52,206 -She made the comment that she felt they had abandoned her, 222 00:11:52,310 --> 00:11:55,965 that they weren't doing things aggressively enough. 223 00:11:56,068 --> 00:12:00,413 -Kristil had taken steps to protect herself and her family, 224 00:12:00,517 --> 00:12:03,689 including installing security cameras. 225 00:12:03,793 --> 00:12:06,758 -She was scared. I said, "Well, this sounds serious enough 226 00:12:06,862 --> 00:12:09,034 that you need to start carrying. 227 00:12:09,137 --> 00:12:11,689 You'll use one of my guns for right now." 228 00:12:11,793 --> 00:12:13,655 -Is this the very gun that she took? 229 00:12:13,758 --> 00:12:16,896 -That is the actual gun that she initially then carried. 230 00:12:18,275 --> 00:12:20,275 -Dan was also interviewed. 231 00:12:20,379 --> 00:12:23,931 The threats were taking a toll on him as well. 232 00:12:49,793 --> 00:12:53,034 Dan told Martinez the stalker had a nickname. 233 00:12:54,793 --> 00:12:56,586 Where did that name come from? 234 00:12:56,689 --> 00:13:01,689 -Kickman Dan had told me it was because the suspect email 235 00:13:01,793 --> 00:13:04,172 that was initially contacting Kristil 236 00:13:04,275 --> 00:13:08,000 was a.holland.kicks@gmail.com. 237 00:13:09,620 --> 00:13:11,172 -As the weeks went by 238 00:13:11,275 --> 00:13:13,827 and Martinez's investigation continued, 239 00:13:13,931 --> 00:13:16,413 Lars and Linda say the constant threats 240 00:13:16,517 --> 00:13:19,068 were ruining their daughter's life. 241 00:13:19,172 --> 00:13:21,724 -It was just heartbreaking. She was just in tears. 242 00:13:21,827 --> 00:13:23,517 She was just like, "What am I gonna do? 243 00:13:23,620 --> 00:13:25,000 How am I gonna live?" 244 00:13:25,103 --> 00:13:29,448 -Did she feel she was being hunted down by Anthony? 245 00:13:29,551 --> 00:13:30,655 -Yes. -Yeah. 246 00:13:30,758 --> 00:13:33,068 -Kristil also shared her fears 247 00:13:33,172 --> 00:13:36,758 with siblings Jenna Erickson and Josh Adamson. 248 00:13:36,862 --> 00:13:38,620 -She was terrified. 249 00:13:38,724 --> 00:13:40,862 -Did she ever express to either of you 250 00:13:40,965 --> 00:13:45,000 the fear that "this man, I think, is gonna kill me"? 251 00:13:45,103 --> 00:13:48,689 -Yes, she said, "It's either gonna be me or him that's dead, 252 00:13:48,793 --> 00:13:50,379 and I'm gonna do everything in my power 253 00:13:50,482 --> 00:13:51,758 to make sure it's not me." 254 00:13:51,862 --> 00:13:59,310 ♪♪ 255 00:14:02,931 --> 00:14:07,689 ♪♪ 256 00:14:07,793 --> 00:14:10,827 -When Kristil Krug was found dead in her garage, 257 00:14:10,931 --> 00:14:15,103 Detective Martinez had only one suspect in mind. 258 00:14:15,206 --> 00:14:17,724 -My initial assumption was that Anthony Holland 259 00:14:17,827 --> 00:14:21,172 had gone to her home and murdered her. 260 00:14:23,862 --> 00:14:27,482 -Within hours, local police descended on Holland's home 261 00:14:27,586 --> 00:14:31,793 in Eagle Mountain near Salt Lake City. 262 00:14:31,896 --> 00:14:34,862 So you were alone in the house. What do you hear? 263 00:14:34,965 --> 00:14:37,413 -Pounding at the door. -Like [pounds table] 264 00:14:37,517 --> 00:14:38,724 -Yeah. -Big time. 265 00:14:38,827 --> 00:14:44,103 -So I go to the door. I see like eight cops. 266 00:14:44,206 --> 00:14:46,344 I had no idea what was going on. 267 00:14:53,896 --> 00:14:56,448 They asked me if I knew Kristil Krug, 268 00:14:56,551 --> 00:14:58,724 and I told them I did know her. 269 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:09,896 -When was the last time you had reached out to Kristil? 270 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,137 -It was around 2014, 2016. 271 00:15:13,241 --> 00:15:15,620 -Anthony says he'd reached out to Kristil 272 00:15:15,724 --> 00:15:17,724 on Facebook years before. 273 00:15:17,827 --> 00:15:19,275 What are you thinking? 274 00:15:19,379 --> 00:15:22,758 Why would they come all the way here to ask me about Kristil? 275 00:15:22,862 --> 00:15:24,551 -I thought it was for that message 276 00:15:24,655 --> 00:15:26,172 where I said I missed her. 277 00:15:26,275 --> 00:15:27,758 That's the only thing I could think of 'cause I was like, 278 00:15:27,862 --> 00:15:29,758 I haven't contacted her since then. 279 00:15:29,862 --> 00:15:32,724 -They didn't tell you that Kristil Krug had been murdered? 280 00:15:32,827 --> 00:15:34,793 -No, they did not tell me. 281 00:15:34,896 --> 00:15:38,275 -Police were there to gather information from their suspect, 282 00:15:38,379 --> 00:15:39,862 not give it. 283 00:15:39,965 --> 00:15:41,413 -They asked me, where was I that day? 284 00:15:41,517 --> 00:15:43,586 Can I prove where I was? 285 00:15:43,689 --> 00:15:46,206 -Anthony had made a purchase just hours earlier 286 00:15:46,310 --> 00:15:48,448 at a Kohl's store near his home. 287 00:15:48,551 --> 00:15:49,896 What'd you buy? 288 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:51,965 -A sweatshirt. This one right here. 289 00:15:52,068 --> 00:15:53,965 -And he still had the receipt. 290 00:15:54,068 --> 00:15:57,517 The purchase was made at 12:16 p.m. 291 00:15:57,620 --> 00:16:02,620 Investigators say Kristil was attacked around 8:00 a.m. 292 00:16:02,724 --> 00:16:05,551 Turns out that was one of the most important purchases 293 00:16:05,655 --> 00:16:07,379 you have ever made. 294 00:16:07,482 --> 00:16:09,275 -'Cause it was my alibi. 295 00:16:09,379 --> 00:16:14,586 'Cause there's no way I could have made it from Colorado 296 00:16:14,689 --> 00:16:17,689 back to Utah to buy the sweatshirt. 297 00:16:17,793 --> 00:16:19,758 It was an eight-hour drive. 298 00:16:19,862 --> 00:16:23,655 -Anthony also showed police some of his employment records. 299 00:16:23,758 --> 00:16:27,034 They proved he'd been in Utah all along, 300 00:16:27,137 --> 00:16:29,103 never traveling to Colorado, 301 00:16:29,206 --> 00:16:33,482 as the messages from Kristil's stalker led cops to believe. 302 00:16:33,586 --> 00:16:37,379 -I had a bunch of receipts from my work showing the days 303 00:16:37,482 --> 00:16:41,103 that I worked, and they took those, 304 00:16:41,206 --> 00:16:45,206 took my receipt from Kohl's, and went to the squad car 305 00:16:45,310 --> 00:16:47,241 and made a phone call. 306 00:16:47,344 --> 00:16:50,448 Came back in and told me I was free to go. 307 00:16:54,551 --> 00:16:56,206 -Back in Colorado, 308 00:16:56,310 --> 00:16:59,862 Dan was still face to face with investigators. 309 00:16:59,965 --> 00:17:03,241 He told them his theory of the crime. 310 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,000 Earlier in the interview, 311 00:17:32,103 --> 00:17:34,793 Dan requested he tell the children 312 00:17:34,896 --> 00:17:36,931 what had happened to their mother. 313 00:17:53,068 --> 00:17:58,241 -Watching their response is just heartbreaking. 314 00:18:00,206 --> 00:18:02,896 -Investigators were working every angle. 315 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:04,724 They checked those security cameras 316 00:18:04,827 --> 00:18:07,482 Kristil had installed on the house. 317 00:18:07,586 --> 00:18:09,482 -The doorbell camera, the side camera, 318 00:18:09,586 --> 00:18:14,103 and the side house camera were all manually turned off. 319 00:18:14,206 --> 00:18:17,896 -Except for that one Nest camera near the garage. 320 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:20,896 Police canvassed Dan and Kristil's neighbors 321 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:22,379 in search of anything 322 00:18:22,482 --> 00:18:25,344 their home security cameras might have recorded. 323 00:18:25,448 --> 00:18:26,827 -I saw you had a Ring doorbell camera. 324 00:18:26,931 --> 00:18:29,517 You mind reviewing that camera? -Oh, goodness. Absolutely. 325 00:18:29,620 --> 00:18:33,482 -If possible, if you guys can review the last 3 to 5 hours. 326 00:18:33,586 --> 00:18:36,034 -They also enlisted Randy Pihlak, 327 00:18:36,137 --> 00:18:37,862 a digital forensic examiner 328 00:18:37,965 --> 00:18:40,000 with the Broomfield Police Department, 329 00:18:40,103 --> 00:18:44,482 to take a closer look at those disturbing messages to Kristil. 330 00:18:44,586 --> 00:18:46,758 -I think it was probably four hours, 331 00:18:46,862 --> 00:18:50,896 five hours after the murder was reported to us. 332 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,241 -Now that the stalking case had become 333 00:18:53,344 --> 00:18:56,448 a murder investigation, Pihlak was able to file 334 00:18:56,551 --> 00:18:59,655 new expedited requests for information. 335 00:18:59,758 --> 00:19:03,000 He quickly discovered that messages from two accounts 336 00:19:03,103 --> 00:19:08,482 used to harass Kristil had been sent from the same location. 337 00:19:08,586 --> 00:19:10,758 -Both came back to the same IP address. 338 00:19:10,862 --> 00:19:12,275 That IP address was 339 00:19:12,379 --> 00:19:15,310 the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, 340 00:19:15,413 --> 00:19:17,137 which is where Dan worked. 341 00:19:20,517 --> 00:19:23,310 -The messages to Kristil threatening her, 342 00:19:23,413 --> 00:19:25,206 threatening her husband, 343 00:19:25,310 --> 00:19:29,931 had been sent using the Wi-Fi system at Dan's office. 344 00:19:31,310 --> 00:19:34,965 For the first time, detectives believed Kristil's stalker 345 00:19:35,068 --> 00:19:37,965 could be sitting right in front of them. 346 00:19:38,068 --> 00:19:40,655 Could he be her killer as well? 347 00:19:42,310 --> 00:19:44,482 -The entire air was just kind of evacuated 348 00:19:44,586 --> 00:19:46,965 out of our investigations room, 349 00:19:47,068 --> 00:19:50,034 and we realized that we need to focus on Dan 350 00:19:50,137 --> 00:19:52,689 and where he's been and what he's been doing. 351 00:19:54,482 --> 00:19:57,793 -Martinez, along with Detective Jennifer King Sullivan, 352 00:19:57,896 --> 00:19:59,517 confronted Dan. 353 00:20:35,241 --> 00:20:37,620 But even as Dan claimed ignorance, 354 00:20:37,724 --> 00:20:42,482 the detective saw that his body language told a different story. 355 00:20:42,586 --> 00:20:45,241 What were you seeing with Dan? 356 00:20:45,344 --> 00:20:46,862 -He took a defensive posture. 357 00:20:46,965 --> 00:20:50,241 He sat back in the couch a little bit. 358 00:20:50,344 --> 00:20:56,655 He crossed his arms, kind of like, I have nothing to explain. 359 00:20:56,758 --> 00:20:58,793 -I think his head is spinning, 360 00:20:58,896 --> 00:21:01,517 thinking about what else are they gonna find? 361 00:21:01,620 --> 00:21:08,344 ♪♪ 362 00:21:11,758 --> 00:21:20,551 ♪♪ 363 00:21:37,620 --> 00:21:40,448 -Moments after detectives told Dan Krug 364 00:21:40,551 --> 00:21:43,931 they had eliminated Anthony Holland as a suspect, 365 00:21:44,034 --> 00:21:47,689 Dan calmly insisted he was not the one who stalked 366 00:21:47,793 --> 00:21:50,413 and murdered his wife, Kristil. 367 00:22:02,034 --> 00:22:05,862 Martinez and King Sullivan didn't believe a word of it 368 00:22:05,965 --> 00:22:10,827 and were struck by how stoic, how unmoved Dan was. 369 00:22:10,931 --> 00:22:15,275 -He had no reaction and really no explanation. 370 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,413 -Within minutes, 371 00:22:30,517 --> 00:22:33,103 Dan Krug had gone from sympathetic victim 372 00:22:33,206 --> 00:22:35,068 to murder suspect. 373 00:22:46,724 --> 00:22:48,379 -It's a pretty frightening idea 374 00:22:48,482 --> 00:22:51,206 that the biggest threat to you and your safety 375 00:22:51,310 --> 00:22:53,896 is actually living in the same house as you. 376 00:23:00,103 --> 00:23:03,034 He knows that we're on to him. 377 00:23:03,137 --> 00:23:04,827 We just didn't have enough evidence 378 00:23:04,931 --> 00:23:07,000 at that point to take him into custody. 379 00:23:08,310 --> 00:23:10,896 -On his way out, Dan kept insisting 380 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,275 the real killer was still on the loose, 381 00:23:13,379 --> 00:23:16,172 and he made a desperate plea. 382 00:23:41,103 --> 00:23:42,482 -When did you find out 383 00:23:42,586 --> 00:23:46,724 that Dan was now a person of -- of interest in this case? 384 00:23:46,827 --> 00:23:48,344 -I think in his interview. 385 00:23:48,448 --> 00:23:50,655 So that same day when they held him 386 00:23:50,758 --> 00:23:52,896 and they held him pretty late. 387 00:23:54,206 --> 00:23:58,310 -An autopsy revealed what happened to Kristil. 388 00:23:58,413 --> 00:24:02,275 She had been attacked from behind with a blunt object. 389 00:24:02,379 --> 00:24:04,034 -Bludgeoned to death in the head 390 00:24:04,137 --> 00:24:06,931 and rolled over and then stabbed in the heart. 391 00:24:08,586 --> 00:24:11,068 -With Dan now the prime suspect, 392 00:24:11,172 --> 00:24:13,172 the detectives wanted to know more 393 00:24:13,275 --> 00:24:16,275 about his relationship with Kristil. 394 00:24:16,379 --> 00:24:19,689 According to Kristil's parents, it wasn't good. 395 00:24:19,793 --> 00:24:22,034 -She said, "Well, I'm sleeping on the couch, Mom." 396 00:24:22,137 --> 00:24:24,551 -But you knew there was trouble in paradise, right? 397 00:24:24,655 --> 00:24:27,551 -Yeah, and especially in those last few months. 398 00:24:27,655 --> 00:24:30,448 -Kristil's family says those troubles were caused 399 00:24:30,551 --> 00:24:33,793 by Dan's fiery temper. -What set him off? 400 00:24:33,896 --> 00:24:35,379 -It could be -- It could be anything. 401 00:24:35,482 --> 00:24:38,793 But it was usually if he was losing control. 402 00:24:38,896 --> 00:24:41,034 -Kristil's sister, Jenna Erickson, 403 00:24:41,137 --> 00:24:44,482 says she could always tell when Dan was angry. 404 00:24:44,586 --> 00:24:48,655 -His face would get really red when he was getting frustrated. 405 00:24:48,758 --> 00:24:51,344 I vividly remember seeing his face get red. 406 00:24:51,448 --> 00:24:54,551 -They had a thing where they'd go, okay, walk away. 407 00:24:54,655 --> 00:24:56,448 You need to walk away. 408 00:24:56,551 --> 00:24:59,862 And so, you know, they were trying to manage it. 409 00:24:59,965 --> 00:25:02,034 -But in the weeks before her death, 410 00:25:02,137 --> 00:25:03,793 according to her parents, 411 00:25:03,896 --> 00:25:06,862 Kristil was getting ready to leave Dan. 412 00:25:06,965 --> 00:25:08,931 -She didn't want to have this marriage anymore. 413 00:25:09,034 --> 00:25:12,068 -She had decided that she needed to get a divorce. 414 00:25:13,482 --> 00:25:16,275 -As the detectives methodically built their case, 415 00:25:16,379 --> 00:25:20,758 more evidence was uncovered on Dan and Kristil's cellphones 416 00:25:20,862 --> 00:25:24,310 by digital forensic expert Randy Pihlak, 417 00:25:24,413 --> 00:25:27,448 including texts from the morning of the murder. 418 00:25:27,551 --> 00:25:30,172 -So, on Kristil's phone, we see text messages 419 00:25:30,275 --> 00:25:35,137 to Lars, Detective Martinez, and then a text message to Dan. 420 00:25:35,241 --> 00:25:38,689 -The one Dan said he received while driving to work 421 00:25:38,793 --> 00:25:41,620 about picking up one of the kids at school. 422 00:25:41,724 --> 00:25:46,172 But Pihlak discovered those texts had been set on a timer. 423 00:25:46,275 --> 00:25:50,068 It was a new feature on the phone Kristil had. 424 00:25:50,172 --> 00:25:53,551 Who do you believe pre-programmed those messages? 425 00:25:53,655 --> 00:25:54,793 -Dan Krug. 426 00:25:54,896 --> 00:25:57,000 -And he did it to do what? 427 00:25:57,103 --> 00:26:00,344 -To hide his actions. 428 00:26:00,448 --> 00:26:03,965 -Pihlak says the messages were pre-programmed 429 00:26:04,068 --> 00:26:06,206 before Dan left the house. 430 00:26:06,310 --> 00:26:08,448 -And we believe Kristil was deceased. 431 00:26:08,551 --> 00:26:11,931 -That, for him, then would establish an alibi that, 432 00:26:12,034 --> 00:26:14,655 "Well, I had already left and my wife is alive." 433 00:26:14,758 --> 00:26:16,034 Right? "She's texting me." 434 00:26:16,137 --> 00:26:17,758 -Correct. 435 00:26:17,862 --> 00:26:20,655 -All while Dan casually arrived at work. 436 00:26:22,758 --> 00:26:27,068 Pihlak discovered more damning evidence from Dan's phone. 437 00:26:27,172 --> 00:26:29,137 Internet searches like... 438 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,379 -All searches were the day before the murder. 439 00:26:42,482 --> 00:26:44,275 It was rather damning. 440 00:26:48,896 --> 00:26:51,931 -Just two days after Kristil had been murdered, 441 00:26:52,034 --> 00:26:54,758 Detectives Martinez and King Sullivan 442 00:26:54,862 --> 00:26:58,724 felt they had enough evidence to charge Dan Krug 443 00:26:58,827 --> 00:27:03,034 with stalking and murdering his wife. 444 00:27:03,137 --> 00:27:05,068 -We begin following him. 445 00:27:05,172 --> 00:27:07,034 -Coming up to the stop sign now. 446 00:27:07,137 --> 00:27:08,896 -How many cars are we talking about? 447 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:10,965 -Probably eight cars. 448 00:27:11,068 --> 00:27:12,931 We're, like, that's him. He's alone in the car. 449 00:27:13,034 --> 00:27:15,758 -Hey, be ready to pop that once he gets it into park. 450 00:27:15,862 --> 00:27:17,413 -We follow him all the way to the grocery store. 451 00:27:17,517 --> 00:27:19,793 -Pulling into King Soopers parking lot. 452 00:27:19,896 --> 00:27:22,000 -We wait for him to park. 453 00:27:22,103 --> 00:27:24,344 We quickly converge on his car. 454 00:27:24,448 --> 00:27:25,862 -Go, go, go, go, go, go. 455 00:27:28,965 --> 00:27:30,413 -Show us your hands! -Hands! Hands! 456 00:27:30,517 --> 00:27:32,517 -Show us your hands. -Hands on your face! 457 00:27:32,620 --> 00:27:35,586 Hands on your face! Hands on your face! 458 00:27:35,689 --> 00:27:37,241 -So we surround him. 459 00:27:39,413 --> 00:27:41,517 Pull him out of his car and tell him he's being arrested 460 00:27:41,620 --> 00:27:43,724 for the murder of his wife. 461 00:27:43,827 --> 00:27:45,275 -Under arrest. 462 00:27:53,068 --> 00:27:55,172 -I asked him just one question. 463 00:27:55,275 --> 00:27:56,724 -Do you want me to tell your kids 464 00:27:56,827 --> 00:28:00,586 that you killed their mother, or do you want somebody else to? 465 00:28:00,689 --> 00:28:02,551 -That's quite a line. 466 00:28:02,655 --> 00:28:06,482 That goes back to when he said he wanted to tell his kids 467 00:28:06,586 --> 00:28:10,172 that their mother was dead. 468 00:28:15,827 --> 00:28:18,275 -After I asked that question, he just said that he wanted 469 00:28:18,379 --> 00:28:21,482 to speak with his attorney and then looked away from me. 470 00:28:21,586 --> 00:28:23,896 All right. Good luck. 471 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,689 And I shut the door and he went to the county jail. 472 00:28:26,793 --> 00:28:30,965 -Get one leg up and then kind of swing around. 473 00:28:31,068 --> 00:28:33,172 -I felt a huge relief. 474 00:28:33,275 --> 00:28:34,517 They got him. 475 00:28:34,620 --> 00:28:36,517 It felt like a burden had been lifted, 476 00:28:36,620 --> 00:28:39,448 that he had been arrested. 477 00:28:39,551 --> 00:28:43,482 -And soon, Kristil's family would come face to face 478 00:28:43,586 --> 00:28:46,793 with the man detectives say murdered her... 479 00:28:46,896 --> 00:28:51,206 -He looked right at me and smiled at me. 480 00:28:51,310 --> 00:28:55,827 -...and hear, for the first time, Dan's side of the story. 481 00:28:55,931 --> 00:29:03,310 ♪♪ 482 00:29:06,931 --> 00:29:15,965 ♪♪ 483 00:29:16,068 --> 00:29:18,965 -When Deputy District Attorneys Kate Armstrong 484 00:29:19,068 --> 00:29:20,724 and Stephanie Fritz 485 00:29:20,827 --> 00:29:23,000 were assigned to prosecute Daniel Krug, 486 00:29:23,103 --> 00:29:26,517 they say they were struck by his downright stupidity 487 00:29:26,620 --> 00:29:29,689 in believing he could get away with murdering his wife 488 00:29:29,793 --> 00:29:32,827 by impersonating her ex-boyfriend. 489 00:29:32,931 --> 00:29:34,896 -The audacity 490 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:37,862 with which he thought he could manipulate not only his family, 491 00:29:37,965 --> 00:29:40,379 his loved ones, but also the police department. 492 00:29:40,482 --> 00:29:44,000 -And some of this is sophisticated, is it not? 493 00:29:44,103 --> 00:29:45,551 -It's sophisticated, 494 00:29:45,655 --> 00:29:47,206 but not too sophisticated 495 00:29:47,310 --> 00:29:49,482 because we were able to figure it out. 496 00:29:52,482 --> 00:29:56,586 -The trial began in April 2025. 497 00:29:56,689 --> 00:29:58,620 -When he first came in, 498 00:29:58,724 --> 00:30:01,793 he smiled at me like he was saying, 499 00:30:01,896 --> 00:30:03,793 "Hey, thanks for being here for me." 500 00:30:03,896 --> 00:30:07,000 I believe my facial expression made it very clear 501 00:30:07,103 --> 00:30:10,448 that I was not on his side. 502 00:30:10,551 --> 00:30:12,724 -The prosecution laid out Kristil's 503 00:30:12,827 --> 00:30:16,275 final hours of life for the jury. 504 00:30:16,379 --> 00:30:18,620 -On December 14th of 2023, 505 00:30:18,724 --> 00:30:21,724 Kristil Krug started her day like any other day. 506 00:30:21,827 --> 00:30:25,448 She took her younger two children to school. 507 00:30:25,551 --> 00:30:27,172 -And when she returned... 508 00:30:27,275 --> 00:30:29,586 -Kristil pulled back into her garage. 509 00:30:29,689 --> 00:30:32,965 She gets out of the car when she is attacked from behind. 510 00:30:33,068 --> 00:30:36,379 -And did she ever see him approaching, do you think? 511 00:30:36,482 --> 00:30:37,758 Or was this an ambush? 512 00:30:37,862 --> 00:30:38,862 -It was an ambush. 513 00:30:38,965 --> 00:30:41,931 She had two or three skull fractures. 514 00:30:42,034 --> 00:30:44,758 As she's laying on the floor bleeding, 515 00:30:44,862 --> 00:30:47,068 he pushes her over, gets over her, 516 00:30:47,172 --> 00:30:49,620 and stabs her just above her heart. 517 00:30:49,724 --> 00:30:54,896 -And why do you suppose he had to do that vicious last stab? 518 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:58,241 -I think it was rage. I think it was control and power 519 00:30:58,344 --> 00:31:01,793 that he wanted to exert over Kristil. 520 00:31:01,896 --> 00:31:04,827 -Dan had been losing that control for a long time, 521 00:31:04,931 --> 00:31:06,448 say prosecutors. 522 00:31:06,551 --> 00:31:08,275 Their theory of the crime 523 00:31:08,379 --> 00:31:11,620 is that Dan sent Kristil those disturbing messages 524 00:31:11,724 --> 00:31:16,620 in an attempt to drive her closer to him and not leave, 525 00:31:16,724 --> 00:31:21,827 hoping she'd see him as her heroic protector. 526 00:31:21,931 --> 00:31:23,827 -It was not working. 527 00:31:23,931 --> 00:31:25,827 The stalking was not leading her back to him. 528 00:31:25,931 --> 00:31:29,965 I think it then turned to "I'm still losing her." 529 00:31:30,068 --> 00:31:35,275 Kind of a "If I can't have you, nobody can." 530 00:31:35,379 --> 00:31:38,862 -The prosecution says that in the last days of her life, 531 00:31:38,965 --> 00:31:41,310 Kristil had begun to suspect 532 00:31:41,413 --> 00:31:47,586 that her stalker was possibly her husband. 533 00:31:47,689 --> 00:31:49,172 -We know from Dan's own interview 534 00:31:49,275 --> 00:31:50,931 that she confronted him and said, 535 00:31:51,034 --> 00:31:53,103 "I can't rule you out as the stalker." 536 00:32:00,448 --> 00:32:02,862 -He felt the walls closing in. -Closing in. 537 00:32:02,965 --> 00:32:05,034 He was going to lose Kristil anyway. 538 00:32:05,137 --> 00:32:07,758 He was going to be exposed as the stalker. 539 00:32:07,862 --> 00:32:12,482 So he did that last fatal act and murdered her. 540 00:32:12,586 --> 00:32:16,137 -Prosecutors say Dan tried to outsmart investigators, 541 00:32:16,241 --> 00:32:20,310 pre-programming those text messages on Kristil's phone 542 00:32:20,413 --> 00:32:25,034 before he left the house, assuming he wouldn't be caught. 543 00:32:26,793 --> 00:32:28,344 -Were we not able to discover 544 00:32:28,448 --> 00:32:30,655 that that was a delayed send text, 545 00:32:30,758 --> 00:32:32,827 it would have appeared as though Kristil was still alive 546 00:32:32,931 --> 00:32:35,448 when he left the house. 547 00:32:35,551 --> 00:32:38,413 -At trial, the long list of digital evidence 548 00:32:38,517 --> 00:32:40,758 against Dan was laid out. 549 00:32:40,862 --> 00:32:43,724 The threatening texts, the e-mails, 550 00:32:43,827 --> 00:32:45,551 the Internet searches. 551 00:32:45,655 --> 00:32:50,620 Also included -- that photograph of Dan arriving at his office, 552 00:32:50,724 --> 00:32:53,620 attached to a menacing e-mail seemingly sent 553 00:32:53,724 --> 00:32:57,034 by Anthony Holland to Kristil. 554 00:32:57,137 --> 00:32:58,965 But there was one problem, 555 00:32:59,068 --> 00:33:02,000 according to the state's digital expert. 556 00:33:02,103 --> 00:33:04,137 Who took this picture, do you believe? 557 00:33:04,241 --> 00:33:08,000 -Dan. Dan took this picture. 558 00:33:08,103 --> 00:33:10,068 -Pihlak discovered that the phone 559 00:33:10,172 --> 00:33:15,655 which snapped that photo was in selfie mode using a timer, 560 00:33:15,758 --> 00:33:18,758 a fact that Kate Armstrong reminded the jury about 561 00:33:18,862 --> 00:33:20,965 in her closing argument. 562 00:33:21,068 --> 00:33:25,034 That's when the judge allowed cameras into the courtroom. 563 00:33:25,137 --> 00:33:26,482 -The phone was propped 564 00:33:26,586 --> 00:33:28,862 on the back of this vehicle next to him. 565 00:33:28,965 --> 00:33:30,206 The defendant took this photograph, 566 00:33:30,310 --> 00:33:32,068 and then he sent it to his wife. 567 00:33:32,172 --> 00:33:35,620 -We respectfully disagree with the prosecution in this case. 568 00:33:35,724 --> 00:33:38,310 -Defense attorney Philip Geigle argued 569 00:33:38,413 --> 00:33:41,000 the murder investigation was poor. 570 00:33:41,103 --> 00:33:44,068 The blunt object used on Kristil's head 571 00:33:44,172 --> 00:33:48,655 and the knife used to stab her were never recovered by police. 572 00:33:48,758 --> 00:33:51,034 The defense also zeroed in on the fact 573 00:33:51,137 --> 00:33:56,275 that Kristil's phone was not tested for fingerprints or DNA. 574 00:33:56,379 --> 00:33:57,827 -Why not the phone? 575 00:33:57,931 --> 00:33:59,827 The prosecution wants to believe 576 00:33:59,931 --> 00:34:02,310 "Well, you know, there may not be a lot to be found there." 577 00:34:02,413 --> 00:34:04,172 Well, you won't know if you won't try. 578 00:34:04,275 --> 00:34:07,379 -Geiggle said other forensic tests supported 579 00:34:07,482 --> 00:34:10,413 his claim that Dan is innocent. 580 00:34:10,516 --> 00:34:12,585 -They submitted the chest swabs. 581 00:34:12,688 --> 00:34:15,137 And you know whose DNA wasn't there? 582 00:34:15,241 --> 00:34:17,206 The person who lived in the house. 583 00:34:17,310 --> 00:34:19,688 The person who ate in the kitchen with them. 584 00:34:19,793 --> 00:34:21,827 The person who shared the living room. 585 00:34:21,931 --> 00:34:23,585 That idiot right there. 586 00:34:23,688 --> 00:34:25,137 There is absolutely no physical evidence 587 00:34:25,241 --> 00:34:27,413 on Mr. Krug's clothing. 588 00:34:27,516 --> 00:34:30,241 There's no blood found on that car, inside or out. 589 00:34:30,344 --> 00:34:31,757 It's searched three times. 590 00:34:34,827 --> 00:34:39,000 -In week three of the trial, the jurors began deliberations. 591 00:34:39,103 --> 00:34:42,862 After a day and a half, verdicts were reached. 592 00:34:42,965 --> 00:34:45,034 -Please rise for the jury. 593 00:34:45,137 --> 00:34:47,896 -Judge Priscilla Loew read the verdicts. 594 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:49,931 -"We, the jury, 595 00:34:50,034 --> 00:34:53,757 find the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree. 596 00:34:53,862 --> 00:34:57,172 We, the jury, find the defendant guilty of count number two, 597 00:34:57,275 --> 00:35:01,137 stalking, extreme emotional distress." 598 00:35:01,241 --> 00:35:05,068 -Krug was also found guilty of stalking with credible threat 599 00:35:05,172 --> 00:35:07,275 and criminal impersonation. 600 00:35:07,379 --> 00:35:09,758 -Guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty. 601 00:35:09,862 --> 00:35:13,275 And at that point, I think I started breathing again. 602 00:35:13,379 --> 00:35:16,000 -Krug was later sentenced to life in prison 603 00:35:16,103 --> 00:35:19,448 without the possibility of parole on the murder charge, 604 00:35:19,551 --> 00:35:22,379 and an additional 9 1/2 years 605 00:35:22,482 --> 00:35:27,896 for the stalking and impersonation counts. 606 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:32,034 But right after his conviction, in a video call from jail... 607 00:35:32,137 --> 00:35:33,586 -How are you? 608 00:35:33,689 --> 00:35:35,862 -Uh, been better. 609 00:35:35,965 --> 00:35:40,275 -...Daniel Krug told his family that the jury got it wrong, 610 00:35:40,379 --> 00:35:43,103 saying the real killer remained at large 611 00:35:43,206 --> 00:35:46,827 and that his children could be the next targets. 612 00:35:46,931 --> 00:35:51,206 -I need them safe. 613 00:35:51,310 --> 00:35:57,034 I don't know where or who did this, 614 00:35:57,137 --> 00:36:00,724 where he is or who he is. 615 00:36:00,827 --> 00:36:04,620 I need my children out of Colorado. 616 00:36:04,724 --> 00:36:09,655 ♪♪ 617 00:36:12,758 --> 00:36:21,275 ♪♪ 618 00:36:21,379 --> 00:36:24,655 -As Daniel Krug began serving his life sentence, 619 00:36:24,758 --> 00:36:28,482 he continued making video calls to his parents and brother 620 00:36:28,586 --> 00:36:32,103 in the days immediately after his conviction. 621 00:36:32,206 --> 00:36:34,758 The man who viciously murdered his wife, 622 00:36:34,862 --> 00:36:38,448 terrorized his own children, and lied to everyone 623 00:36:38,551 --> 00:36:42,655 was seeking sympathy from his side of the family. 624 00:36:42,758 --> 00:36:45,137 -I'm probably sleeping like 16 hours a day 625 00:36:45,241 --> 00:36:47,206 because of the depression. 626 00:36:47,310 --> 00:36:49,620 -Mm-hmm. -I sleep, I read, and I cry. 627 00:36:49,724 --> 00:36:52,068 That's about it. -Okay. 628 00:36:52,172 --> 00:36:55,034 -Despite overwhelming digital evidence against him, 629 00:36:55,137 --> 00:36:57,931 Krug fell back to his old ways -- 630 00:36:58,034 --> 00:36:59,862 lying to his loved ones, 631 00:36:59,965 --> 00:37:03,724 now claiming he was wrongly convicted. 632 00:37:03,827 --> 00:37:11,965 -They never produced a single piece of hard evidence. 633 00:37:12,068 --> 00:37:16,517 -His brother Jeremy gave Krug a much-needed reality check 634 00:37:16,620 --> 00:37:19,310 that the foundation of the family's loyalty 635 00:37:19,413 --> 00:37:21,068 had started to crack. 636 00:37:21,172 --> 00:37:24,206 -Support is dwindling. 637 00:37:26,034 --> 00:37:28,896 You know, Mom and Dad want to believe you very much. 638 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:30,758 I want to believe you very much. 639 00:37:30,862 --> 00:37:33,448 There's a lot that's come out. Um... 640 00:37:33,551 --> 00:37:37,827 And as imaginative as I can be 641 00:37:37,931 --> 00:37:43,103 with finding explanations and ways to theorize how, 642 00:37:43,206 --> 00:37:45,896 you know, this or that could have been the reality, 643 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:52,896 some of it is beyond even my creativity. 644 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:56,620 -The case that ended with a murder had begun with stalking 645 00:37:56,724 --> 00:38:00,068 and criminal impersonation of Anthony Holland. 646 00:38:00,172 --> 00:38:02,068 Which begs the question, 647 00:38:02,172 --> 00:38:05,103 what if Detective Martinez had acted on the information 648 00:38:05,206 --> 00:38:09,103 Kristil and the private investigator had uncovered? 649 00:38:09,206 --> 00:38:11,103 -They should have found me right away. 650 00:38:11,206 --> 00:38:12,482 They should have found me. 651 00:38:12,586 --> 00:38:14,034 They should have came to my house. 652 00:38:14,137 --> 00:38:16,793 They should have approached me. They should have talked to me. 653 00:38:16,896 --> 00:38:20,034 -But Detective Martinez chose not to call, 654 00:38:20,137 --> 00:38:23,551 telling us he didn't have enough evidence to do so, 655 00:38:23,655 --> 00:38:28,827 and was concerned a phone call could exacerbate the situation. 656 00:38:28,931 --> 00:38:32,241 Is this something where you've kicked yourself about this? 657 00:38:32,344 --> 00:38:38,068 -This case has haunted me since it occurred. 658 00:38:38,172 --> 00:38:40,655 And the outcome of this case 659 00:38:40,758 --> 00:38:44,827 has haunted me for the past two years. 660 00:38:44,931 --> 00:38:46,482 -And if you could get in a time machine, 661 00:38:46,586 --> 00:38:48,620 perhaps you'd make that call today. 662 00:38:48,724 --> 00:38:51,034 -Absolutely. 663 00:38:51,137 --> 00:38:54,724 -And Kristil's parents sympathize with Martinez 664 00:38:54,827 --> 00:38:56,931 and believe their daughter was doomed 665 00:38:57,034 --> 00:39:00,586 no matter what the outcome of his investigation. 666 00:39:02,310 --> 00:39:05,344 -Inevitably, I think he was going to kill her. 667 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,068 When someone sets their mind to do something like that, 668 00:39:09,172 --> 00:39:10,862 and that's what the plan was, 669 00:39:10,965 --> 00:39:13,000 I don't think that would have stopped 670 00:39:13,103 --> 00:39:14,758 the murder from happening. 671 00:39:16,551 --> 00:39:19,827 -Kristil's death has left a hole in the lives of those 672 00:39:19,931 --> 00:39:24,137 who experienced her love and joy for life. 673 00:39:24,241 --> 00:39:26,448 -I've had lots of other girlfriends, 674 00:39:26,551 --> 00:39:29,103 and I've never been in love with anybody else like her. 675 00:39:29,206 --> 00:39:31,103 -She was the love of your life. 676 00:39:31,206 --> 00:39:33,517 -Yeah. 677 00:39:33,620 --> 00:39:36,965 -Jenna hopes her sister Kristil's story will serve 678 00:39:37,068 --> 00:39:39,689 as a cautionary tale. 679 00:39:39,793 --> 00:39:41,620 -If it can help just one other person 680 00:39:41,724 --> 00:39:44,896 who's in a dangerous situation like she was in, 681 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:46,344 that it gives them the strength 682 00:39:46,448 --> 00:39:49,448 to make a move, because it can escalate 683 00:39:49,551 --> 00:39:53,965 and it can escalate really, really fast. 684 00:39:54,068 --> 00:39:59,275 -What was lost when she was taken from us? 685 00:39:59,379 --> 00:40:02,896 -Her light, you know? Her light. 686 00:40:05,379 --> 00:40:08,137 -That's a tough one to talk about 687 00:40:08,241 --> 00:40:11,206 because there's so much. 688 00:40:14,206 --> 00:40:19,689 I want her to jump out of that car and say, "Hey, Papa." 689 00:40:19,793 --> 00:40:22,965 -Lars still passes his time restoring parts 690 00:40:23,068 --> 00:40:25,000 for vintage cars. 691 00:40:25,103 --> 00:40:28,310 That father-daughter hobby is now being passed 692 00:40:28,413 --> 00:40:32,137 down to Kristil's children. 693 00:40:32,241 --> 00:40:33,344 -They're in here. 694 00:40:33,448 --> 00:40:34,931 They run that same electric screwdriver 695 00:40:35,034 --> 00:40:36,931 and they can tear a carburetor apart. 696 00:40:37,034 --> 00:40:38,724 -So in that way, you're honoring her memory, aren't you? 697 00:40:38,827 --> 00:40:40,379 -Well, that's the whole idea. 698 00:40:40,482 --> 00:40:42,379 Yeah. Yeah, that's the whole idea. 699 00:40:42,482 --> 00:40:46,137 She would get such a kick out of seeing the kids doing the stuff 700 00:40:46,241 --> 00:40:48,655 that she was involved in. 701 00:40:48,758 --> 00:40:50,000 -I look at my grandkids, 702 00:40:50,103 --> 00:40:53,241 and I find a moment of peace because I see her. 703 00:40:53,344 --> 00:40:58,413 ♪♪