1 00:00:37,375 --> 00:00:39,959 - FEMALE NARRATOR: In an orchard in California, 2 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,459 the body of a beloved father is discovered. 3 00:00:43,501 --> 00:00:46,959 - JANELLE: It was definitely unsettling. 4 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:48,459 - ANDREA: Why would someone ditch the car and leave 5 00:00:48,501 --> 00:00:51,375 the handgun right there in plain sight? 6 00:00:53,250 --> 00:00:56,042 - NARRATOR: The investigation leads to a hardworking family 7 00:00:56,083 --> 00:00:59,334 harboring a dark secret. 8 00:00:59,375 --> 00:01:03,083 - TONY: He asked for kinda racy type photos, sexual type photos, 9 00:01:03,083 --> 00:01:05,083 and she sent 'em. 10 00:01:05,125 --> 00:01:08,334 - NARRATOR: A cunning mastermind is willing to go to any length 11 00:01:08,375 --> 00:01:11,501 to throw detectives off the trail. 12 00:01:11,542 --> 00:01:14,375 - ARTHUR: They went to this place in Las Vegas. 13 00:01:14,417 --> 00:01:17,334 Crime Scene CSI: The Experience. 14 00:01:17,375 --> 00:01:22,959 They talk about how to defeat DNA, mainly using bleach. 15 00:01:23,042 --> 00:01:24,459 - RAY: The video surveillance 16 00:01:24,501 --> 00:01:26,542 showed a person fairly well disguised wearing a hat, 17 00:01:26,584 --> 00:01:29,209 wearing glasses, bulky clothing. 18 00:01:29,250 --> 00:01:31,083 - TONY: Eventually they tell her, "We know it's you." 19 00:01:33,083 --> 00:01:34,584 - NARRATOR: But when the cards are on the table, 20 00:01:34,834 --> 00:01:36,959 will justice be served? 21 00:01:41,083 --> 00:01:43,375 - JESSICA: I was just completely floored. 22 00:01:43,417 --> 00:01:46,375 I just remember I felt so guilty. 23 00:01:56,209 --> 00:02:04,542 - ♪ 24 00:02:06,250 --> 00:02:08,167 - ♪ 25 00:02:08,209 --> 00:02:13,083 - NARRATOR: It's just before 9AM on Sunday, August 25, 2013 26 00:02:13,125 --> 00:02:15,334 in Kern County, California. 27 00:02:15,375 --> 00:02:17,584 On an almond orchard outside Bakersfield, 28 00:02:17,834 --> 00:02:20,042 a worker makes his morning rounds 29 00:02:20,042 --> 00:02:23,083 through rows of almond trees. 30 00:02:23,083 --> 00:02:25,334 - JANELLE: You wouldn't really have any reason to be out there 31 00:02:25,375 --> 00:02:29,250 unless you had work in the fields. 32 00:02:29,292 --> 00:02:33,209 - NARRATOR: It isn't long before the worker stops in his tracks. 33 00:02:33,250 --> 00:02:36,584 - ANDREA: He saw a body laying there in the orchard. 34 00:02:36,792 --> 00:02:38,501 He was rather shocked. 35 00:02:38,542 --> 00:02:40,083 And he approached the body. 36 00:02:40,125 --> 00:02:42,334 He looks more carefully. 37 00:02:42,375 --> 00:02:46,042 The individual is not moving and appears to be deceased. 38 00:02:46,083 --> 00:02:48,334 So he make a phone call to his boss, 39 00:02:48,375 --> 00:02:50,167 who then makes a call to law enforcement. 40 00:02:52,417 --> 00:02:54,125 - [police siren wailing] 41 00:02:54,167 --> 00:02:57,334 - JANELLE: When I arrived on scene, I walked up, 42 00:02:57,375 --> 00:03:00,459 and I met with many of the detectives. 43 00:03:00,501 --> 00:03:04,459 We moved him over, and I located two gunshot wounds 44 00:03:04,501 --> 00:03:06,959 to the right side of his chest. 45 00:03:09,083 --> 00:03:12,501 It was definitely unsettling. 46 00:03:12,542 --> 00:03:16,334 He also had what appeared to be a gunshot wound to his hand 47 00:03:16,375 --> 00:03:19,209 at a very close range. 48 00:03:19,250 --> 00:03:22,584 - It would appear that at the moment he was being shot, 49 00:03:22,584 --> 00:03:26,125 he instinctively raised his hand to try to protect himself. 50 00:03:29,375 --> 00:03:32,292 - ANDREA: Officers talked to everyone involved in terms of 51 00:03:32,334 --> 00:03:34,209 finding the body. 52 00:03:34,209 --> 00:03:37,334 And what they found was that around 7:30 in the morning, 53 00:03:37,375 --> 00:03:41,584 there was workman that was out there in the fields. 54 00:03:41,626 --> 00:03:46,501 And at that time, did not see anything out of the ordinary, 55 00:03:46,501 --> 00:03:52,459 but on a second pass through between 9 and 9:10, saw a body. 56 00:03:52,501 --> 00:03:55,250 So that gave them a timeline to work with. 57 00:03:58,292 --> 00:04:01,584 - JANELLE: Searching him, I located his wallet. 58 00:04:01,792 --> 00:04:04,626 That's when we were able to identify him as Todd Chance, 59 00:04:04,792 --> 00:04:08,083 and it provided us an address. 60 00:04:08,125 --> 00:04:09,542 - ARTHUR: Todd's body was found 61 00:04:09,626 --> 00:04:14,459 around 15 to 20 miles from his house. 62 00:04:14,501 --> 00:04:17,250 - TONY: What happens in Kern County too often is there are 63 00:04:17,292 --> 00:04:19,334 people that are killed. 64 00:04:19,375 --> 00:04:21,375 They take the body and they dump it out in orchards. 65 00:04:23,125 --> 00:04:26,000 - ANDREA: We have a man who is obviously deceased as a result 66 00:04:26,042 --> 00:04:28,083 of being shot to death. 67 00:04:28,083 --> 00:04:29,501 It's clearly not a robbery. 68 00:04:29,542 --> 00:04:32,584 The individual had a wallet in their pocket. 69 00:04:32,626 --> 00:04:36,375 It was a planned and considered murder. 70 00:04:36,375 --> 00:04:39,459 They need to figure out if there's anyone that would want 71 00:04:39,501 --> 00:04:41,501 to hurt him or harm him. 72 00:04:45,417 --> 00:04:48,459 - NARRATOR: Born on March 10, 1968, 73 00:04:48,501 --> 00:04:50,584 Todd Chance was raised twenty miles 74 00:04:50,626 --> 00:04:53,334 outside Bakersfield, California, 75 00:04:53,375 --> 00:04:56,125 in the farming community of Shafter. 76 00:04:56,167 --> 00:04:57,542 - JESSICA: He grew up raising, like, 77 00:04:57,751 --> 00:05:02,042 pigs and around barnyard animals. 78 00:05:02,083 --> 00:05:06,584 Doing everything outside, always into cars and dirt bikes. 79 00:05:06,792 --> 00:05:08,501 - He was very close to his mother and his father 80 00:05:08,501 --> 00:05:10,459 and his brother. 81 00:05:10,501 --> 00:05:14,250 Loved his cars, loved doing things with his father, 82 00:05:14,292 --> 00:05:16,375 was very into guns. 83 00:05:19,125 --> 00:05:23,167 - NARRATOR: In 1995, Todd Chance got engaged to 22-year-old 84 00:05:23,209 --> 00:05:27,501 Carrie Williams and dreamed of starting a family. 85 00:05:27,542 --> 00:05:30,501 - ANDREA: Carrie and Todd were in love. 86 00:05:30,542 --> 00:05:34,042 They were, um, high school sweethearts. 87 00:05:34,083 --> 00:05:36,501 She was actually very close with Todd's parents. 88 00:05:39,083 --> 00:05:41,042 - NARRATOR: But shortly after the engagement, 89 00:05:41,042 --> 00:05:43,584 the wedding was called off. 90 00:05:43,792 --> 00:05:47,125 - Growing up, I had heard of Carrie Williams. 91 00:05:47,167 --> 00:05:51,209 All I knew about her was that things had ended badly. 92 00:05:54,751 --> 00:05:58,083 - NARRATOR: Todd didn't stay single for long. 93 00:05:58,125 --> 00:06:01,501 Later that year, while working as a drugstore security guard, 94 00:06:01,542 --> 00:06:03,167 he developed a crush 95 00:06:03,209 --> 00:06:07,501 on a 28-year-old cashier named Jenea Bullman. 96 00:06:07,542 --> 00:06:13,042 - Todd was attracted to her and pursuing her romantically. 97 00:06:13,042 --> 00:06:15,250 - TONY: They end up meeting up and they started dating. 98 00:06:15,292 --> 00:06:17,250 One thing led to another. 99 00:06:17,250 --> 00:06:19,584 Their life was going in the right direction. 100 00:06:22,459 --> 00:06:26,083 - NARRATOR: While Todd came of age enjoying the great outdoors, 101 00:06:26,125 --> 00:06:29,501 Jenea was a born and raised city girl. 102 00:06:29,542 --> 00:06:31,584 - JESSICA: My Mom was born here in Bakersfield. 103 00:06:31,792 --> 00:06:34,501 She had a amazing relationship with both her Mom and Dad. 104 00:06:34,542 --> 00:06:37,584 She dated my Dad from about middle school until 105 00:06:37,584 --> 00:06:40,042 they eventually got married after high school. 106 00:06:40,083 --> 00:06:42,250 And then she had me when she was 22. 107 00:06:44,459 --> 00:06:47,042 - NARRATOR: Jenea's first marriage ended just before 108 00:06:47,083 --> 00:06:51,334 her daughter Jessica was born in 1989. 109 00:06:51,375 --> 00:06:55,042 - So my Mom was kind of on her own as a single Mom with me. 110 00:06:55,083 --> 00:06:58,375 Working three jobs and going to school full time. 111 00:06:58,417 --> 00:07:01,083 - NARRATOR: Jenea found Todd to be a perfect counterpart 112 00:07:01,125 --> 00:07:03,000 to her hectic lifestyle 113 00:07:03,042 --> 00:07:06,083 as she worked towards her teaching degree. 114 00:07:06,125 --> 00:07:09,250 - They were the same, but they were different. 115 00:07:09,292 --> 00:07:13,334 They were both funny and hard-working. 116 00:07:13,375 --> 00:07:18,417 But then she was a like a little city girl and he was a cowboy. 117 00:07:18,459 --> 00:07:21,501 - KARRI: Jenea was in a situation where she, uh, 118 00:07:21,542 --> 00:07:25,459 felt vulnerable and was on her own. 119 00:07:25,501 --> 00:07:29,334 But Todd came around and just swept her off of her feet. 120 00:07:32,542 --> 00:07:34,542 - NARRATOR: A year after their first date, 121 00:07:34,584 --> 00:07:36,584 Todd and Jenea tied the knot. 122 00:07:39,042 --> 00:07:40,459 - JESSICA: When my Mom and Todd got married, 123 00:07:40,459 --> 00:07:42,042 while they were exchanging rings, 124 00:07:42,083 --> 00:07:43,501 he also presented me with a pearl bracelet 125 00:07:43,751 --> 00:07:45,501 with my name on it. 126 00:07:45,501 --> 00:07:47,501 He was so amazing to me. 127 00:07:47,542 --> 00:07:51,125 I mean, he was in every aspect my Dad, 128 00:07:51,125 --> 00:07:53,209 and he never made me feel left out. 129 00:07:53,250 --> 00:07:58,042 - OFFICIANT: Now Todd and Jenea have given themselves... 130 00:07:58,083 --> 00:08:02,125 - NARRATOR: The couple married on August 17th, 1996. 131 00:08:02,167 --> 00:08:04,501 The new Mr and Mrs. Todd Chance 132 00:08:04,501 --> 00:08:07,501 were well on their way to living happily ever after. 133 00:08:10,501 --> 00:08:13,042 Todd landed a job as a truck driver, 134 00:08:13,083 --> 00:08:16,042 while Jenea completed her teaching degree. 135 00:08:16,083 --> 00:08:17,501 - JESSICA: She just had a passion for helping people, 136 00:08:17,542 --> 00:08:19,250 and especially kids. 137 00:08:19,292 --> 00:08:20,417 And she just always had that drive. 138 00:08:20,459 --> 00:08:23,250 And she just--she made it. 139 00:08:23,292 --> 00:08:25,375 She did everything she set out to do. 140 00:08:25,417 --> 00:08:26,459 - NARRATOR: Todd and Jenea added 141 00:08:26,501 --> 00:08:29,250 two more daughters to the family, 142 00:08:29,292 --> 00:08:34,375 Sarah in 1998 and Samantha in 2000. 143 00:08:34,417 --> 00:08:36,459 - JESSICA: Honestly, we're all raised the same. 144 00:08:36,459 --> 00:08:39,459 We don't even think of each other as having different dads, 145 00:08:39,459 --> 00:08:42,209 to be honest. We're just sisters. 146 00:08:42,250 --> 00:08:45,584 - We found one arm! We found one arm. 147 00:08:45,792 --> 00:08:47,417 - JESSICA: There was times when I used to say Todd 148 00:08:47,459 --> 00:08:49,209 was my favorite parent. 149 00:08:49,250 --> 00:08:51,542 He had this hard exterior, but me and my sisters 150 00:08:51,584 --> 00:08:54,459 could just get him to melt real easy. 151 00:08:54,459 --> 00:08:57,292 So he tried to play tough, but we all knew we had him wrapped 152 00:08:57,292 --> 00:08:58,501 around our fingers. 153 00:09:00,417 --> 00:09:02,083 - JENEA: Gave you pants. - SAMANTHA: Pants! 154 00:09:07,083 --> 00:09:09,125 - NARRATOR: With Todd's support around the house, 155 00:09:09,167 --> 00:09:12,042 Jenea surged ahead on her career path, 156 00:09:12,083 --> 00:09:15,375 going from teacher to administrator. 157 00:09:15,417 --> 00:09:17,542 - KEN: She moved up fairly quickly. 158 00:09:17,792 --> 00:09:20,209 And, um, she served time as an administrator 159 00:09:20,250 --> 00:09:22,083 at a couple different schools, 160 00:09:22,125 --> 00:09:25,000 and then was selected as a principal of Fairview School. 161 00:09:25,042 --> 00:09:26,417 - JESSICA: She was made for that role. 162 00:09:26,417 --> 00:09:29,459 I mean, just sitting back and watching her do it, 163 00:09:29,501 --> 00:09:31,125 she was amazing. 164 00:09:34,125 --> 00:09:36,334 - NARRATOR: By the summer of 2013, 165 00:09:36,375 --> 00:09:40,209 Todd and Jenea Chance were a solid upper middle class couple, 166 00:09:40,250 --> 00:09:43,000 and decided it was time to finally enjoy 167 00:09:43,042 --> 00:09:46,375 the fruits of their labor. 168 00:09:46,417 --> 00:09:50,125 - So they took about three trips, I believe, that summer. 169 00:09:50,167 --> 00:09:55,459 They went to San Francisco, the beach, and Las Vegas. 170 00:09:55,501 --> 00:09:57,459 My Mom had always worked every summer school. 171 00:09:57,501 --> 00:10:00,167 And it was just kind of making up for lost times. 172 00:10:00,167 --> 00:10:04,375 - ♪ 173 00:10:04,417 --> 00:10:07,501 - NARRATOR: But now, under a sweltering August sun, 174 00:10:07,542 --> 00:10:11,542 law enforcement officials stand over the body of Todd Chance, 175 00:10:11,792 --> 00:10:16,292 wondering what led to his violent death. 176 00:10:16,334 --> 00:10:19,083 Not far from the body, investigators recover 177 00:10:19,125 --> 00:10:23,459 a cell phone that belongs to Todd Chance. 178 00:10:23,501 --> 00:10:26,459 - ANDREA: His cell phone is found 25 feet, approximately, 179 00:10:26,459 --> 00:10:28,501 away from him. 180 00:10:28,751 --> 00:10:31,542 - JANELLE: The phone had either been dropped by somebody else, 181 00:10:31,584 --> 00:10:33,292 possibly thrown. 182 00:10:34,501 --> 00:10:36,167 - NARRATOR: While surveying the area, 183 00:10:36,209 --> 00:10:39,459 investigators note the absence of blood on the scene, 184 00:10:39,501 --> 00:10:44,417 which suggests that Todd Chance was killed elsewhere. 185 00:10:44,459 --> 00:10:49,292 - It gave us the indication that he had been dumped at the site, 186 00:10:49,334 --> 00:10:54,000 and the crime didn't occur where we found him. 187 00:10:55,334 --> 00:10:57,584 - At that point, we're looking at all scenarios. 188 00:10:57,834 --> 00:11:01,042 Like, how did this happen? You know, how did he get here? 189 00:11:04,501 --> 00:11:08,209 - NARRATOR: Coming up: could the victim's most prized possession 190 00:11:08,250 --> 00:11:11,459 be at the center of his untimely death? 191 00:11:11,501 --> 00:11:13,167 - ARTHUR: It's the kind of car 192 00:11:13,209 --> 00:11:16,000 that's going to grab somebody's attention. 193 00:11:16,042 --> 00:11:17,542 - RAY: Maybe Todd had been robbed, 194 00:11:17,792 --> 00:11:20,209 carjacked for the vehicle. 195 00:11:20,250 --> 00:11:24,209 - NARRATOR: But are the dots a little too easy to connect? 196 00:11:24,250 --> 00:11:27,584 - You have this really nice car with a key and with a gun. 197 00:11:27,792 --> 00:11:29,417 It absolutely looks staged. 198 00:11:32,292 --> 00:11:36,000 - ♪ 199 00:11:45,751 --> 00:11:48,083 - NARRATOR: After finding the body of 45-year-old Todd Chance 200 00:11:48,292 --> 00:11:52,083 in an almond grove outside Bakersfield, California, 201 00:11:52,125 --> 00:11:54,542 investigators with the Kern County Sheriff's Department 202 00:11:54,584 --> 00:11:57,000 now face a difficult task. 203 00:11:58,417 --> 00:12:03,626 - You're notifying a person's loved ones that the person 204 00:12:03,667 --> 00:12:07,375 that they loved isn't coming home tonight, 205 00:12:07,417 --> 00:12:11,501 and it's always going to be met with tremendous amount of grief. 206 00:12:13,834 --> 00:12:16,709 - NARRATOR: For Todd Chance's stepdaughter, Jessica Bullman, 207 00:12:16,751 --> 00:12:19,334 it's a moment she will never forget. 208 00:12:20,542 --> 00:12:23,375 - I went into where they were sitting with my Mom. 209 00:12:23,417 --> 00:12:25,459 And, uh, she was crying, so I knew something had happened. 210 00:12:27,209 --> 00:12:29,459 And I started listening to the questions they were asking. 211 00:12:29,542 --> 00:12:31,751 And they were asking questions about guns. 212 00:12:31,792 --> 00:12:36,751 I quickly realized that he was dead. 213 00:12:36,751 --> 00:12:38,667 I remember during that moment, I looked at her and I said like, 214 00:12:38,709 --> 00:12:40,167 Mom, it's okay. 215 00:12:40,167 --> 00:12:42,125 I'm gonna help you get through this. 216 00:12:42,167 --> 00:12:43,626 And she looked at me and said, "Jessica, 217 00:12:43,667 --> 00:12:46,667 how am I supposed to get through the rest of my life?" 218 00:12:46,709 --> 00:12:48,626 And I didn't have an answer for her. 219 00:12:52,459 --> 00:12:55,083 - NARRATOR: Investigators ask Jenea to walk them through her 220 00:12:55,125 --> 00:12:59,042 last moments with her husband that morning. 221 00:12:59,083 --> 00:13:01,667 - ANDREA: Jenea tells detectives that morning that Todd had left 222 00:13:01,709 --> 00:13:06,125 at about 7:30 in his, uh, prized Mustang. 223 00:13:07,417 --> 00:13:10,584 That to her knowledge he was going to a gun show. 224 00:13:10,626 --> 00:13:12,125 - TONY: The rest of the day she talked about 225 00:13:12,292 --> 00:13:13,751 how she was doing work. 226 00:13:13,792 --> 00:13:18,334 She talked about how she was doing laundry, 227 00:13:18,375 --> 00:13:23,167 chores around the house. But she never left the house. 228 00:13:25,709 --> 00:13:28,459 - NARRATOR: Jenea explains that Todd would often attend 229 00:13:28,501 --> 00:13:33,042 gun shows and was a bit of a collector of vintage pistols. 230 00:13:33,083 --> 00:13:34,709 Investigators ask Jenea 231 00:13:34,751 --> 00:13:38,792 if all Todd's firearms are accounted for. 232 00:13:38,834 --> 00:13:42,125 - She went back and indicated that one of the handguns 233 00:13:42,167 --> 00:13:45,167 was in fact missing. 234 00:13:45,375 --> 00:13:50,167 An older, very weathered .38 caliber revolver. 235 00:13:50,334 --> 00:13:54,417 The simple fact that a gun was missing and was not accounted 236 00:13:54,459 --> 00:13:57,042 for was very interesting. 237 00:13:57,083 --> 00:13:59,042 - ANDREA: Officers have many questions at this point, 238 00:13:59,083 --> 00:14:01,542 and one of them is whether or not Todd Chance 239 00:14:01,542 --> 00:14:03,000 was shot with his own gun. 240 00:14:06,125 --> 00:14:08,042 - NARRATOR: Other than the fact Todd was supposed to be 241 00:14:08,083 --> 00:14:10,417 attending a gun show that morning, 242 00:14:10,417 --> 00:14:12,584 Jenea and her daughters can't explain 243 00:14:12,626 --> 00:14:16,083 why he might have left the home armed. 244 00:14:16,125 --> 00:14:19,125 - ANDREA: Jenea said that it would be rare for Todd to, 245 00:14:19,334 --> 00:14:21,792 to take that gun with him 246 00:14:21,834 --> 00:14:26,125 and to have it in the vehicle itself with him. 247 00:14:26,125 --> 00:14:28,125 - ARTHUR: Detectives ask the family members 248 00:14:28,375 --> 00:14:32,459 if Todd was into drugs, 249 00:14:32,501 --> 00:14:36,459 if he had any enemies, had any gambling debts, 250 00:14:36,501 --> 00:14:42,125 anything that might possibly lead them towards a suspect. 251 00:14:42,334 --> 00:14:44,083 - JESSICA: I just remember us, like, all saying like, 252 00:14:44,083 --> 00:14:45,709 no, he was not into drugs. 253 00:14:45,751 --> 00:14:48,083 He was not into alcohol or gambling. 254 00:14:48,083 --> 00:14:50,417 And the enemies thing, there was no enemies. 255 00:14:50,459 --> 00:14:53,417 I mean, Todd was a friend to everyone. 256 00:14:53,417 --> 00:14:58,125 So my first thought was someone killed him for that car. 257 00:14:58,167 --> 00:15:00,751 'Cause he had a really nice Mustang. 258 00:15:00,792 --> 00:15:05,083 - ARTHUR: It was a beautiful, black, spotless Ford Mustang. 259 00:15:05,125 --> 00:15:06,417 It's the kind of car that's going 260 00:15:06,459 --> 00:15:08,417 to grab somebody's attention. 261 00:15:12,709 --> 00:15:14,083 - ANDREA: Jenea tells detectives 262 00:15:14,083 --> 00:15:17,042 that she does not drive Todd's vehicle, 263 00:15:17,083 --> 00:15:20,542 that it's his vehicle, that he does not allow that car 264 00:15:20,542 --> 00:15:24,000 to be loaned out or other people to drive it. 265 00:15:24,042 --> 00:15:26,667 - RAY: So that was obviously a theory initially, that Todd had 266 00:15:26,709 --> 00:15:30,083 possibly gone to a gas station, a Mini-Mart, 267 00:15:30,125 --> 00:15:34,542 had stopped somewhere, and had been carjacked for the vehicle 268 00:15:34,584 --> 00:15:37,459 and then taken out to the scene where he was found murdered. 269 00:15:40,834 --> 00:15:44,042 - NARRATOR: Investigators are just wrapping up their interview 270 00:15:44,083 --> 00:15:48,459 when they receive what could be a game-changing tip. 271 00:15:48,501 --> 00:15:51,125 - ARTHUR: While detectives were at the residence, 272 00:15:51,334 --> 00:15:53,125 they were notified over their radios 273 00:15:53,375 --> 00:15:55,334 that Todd's car had been located. 274 00:15:58,792 --> 00:16:01,542 - NARRATOR: The Mustang has been spotted in an area known for 275 00:16:01,584 --> 00:16:06,417 criminal activity and reported to 911 by a concerned neighbor, 276 00:16:06,459 --> 00:16:10,542 who claims it had been there for about six hours. 277 00:16:10,584 --> 00:16:12,626 - RAY: The person who saw the vehicle noticed it appeared 278 00:16:12,667 --> 00:16:15,667 to be out of place and had possibly been abandoned in 279 00:16:15,709 --> 00:16:19,584 the neighborhood and felt the vehicle may be a stolen vehicle. 280 00:16:19,626 --> 00:16:21,792 - JESSICA: I'm thinking this is gonna hold everything. 281 00:16:21,834 --> 00:16:24,584 They're gonna be able to crack the case with this because 282 00:16:24,626 --> 00:16:28,083 in my mind, I'm thinking it was a carjacking gone wrong. 283 00:16:28,334 --> 00:16:29,542 And that it all had to do with that car. 284 00:16:30,709 --> 00:16:34,417 - [police siren wailing] 285 00:16:34,459 --> 00:16:37,751 - NARRATOR: Investigators race to the location. 286 00:16:37,792 --> 00:16:40,751 - The first thing that they noticed 287 00:16:40,751 --> 00:16:43,125 was that the car was unlocked. 288 00:16:43,375 --> 00:16:49,000 Secondly, that there's a key to the car on the floorboard. 289 00:16:49,042 --> 00:16:54,042 And also visible was the handle of a revolver on the floorboard. 290 00:16:55,417 --> 00:16:57,751 - And it was a .38 caliber revolver. 291 00:16:57,792 --> 00:17:02,125 And Todd's gun was a .38 caliber revolver. 292 00:17:02,375 --> 00:17:06,083 It was a significant piece of evidence that really, 293 00:17:06,083 --> 00:17:08,501 really cinched it for me. 294 00:17:08,542 --> 00:17:10,459 - NARRATOR: The gun is still loaded 295 00:17:10,501 --> 00:17:14,125 and there are two discharged rounds still in the cylinder. 296 00:17:14,375 --> 00:17:17,417 Considering Todd was shot with two bullets, 297 00:17:17,459 --> 00:17:21,417 investigators know they may be looking at their murder weapon, 298 00:17:21,459 --> 00:17:24,125 and it's collected as evidence. 299 00:17:24,375 --> 00:17:28,709 But to investigators, a glaring question emerges. 300 00:17:28,751 --> 00:17:32,542 - Why would someone ditch the car and leave the handgun, uh, 301 00:17:32,584 --> 00:17:35,125 right there in plain sight? 302 00:17:35,167 --> 00:17:37,459 - NARRATOR: Todd's car is found in a neighborhood 303 00:17:37,459 --> 00:17:41,083 known to police as a haven for drugs and crime. 304 00:17:41,334 --> 00:17:45,459 But to investigators, something seems off. 305 00:17:45,501 --> 00:17:48,083 - ANDREA: Normally if a firearm is used in, uh, a crime, 306 00:17:48,083 --> 00:17:50,584 someone is going to take it, they're going to hide it, 307 00:17:50,626 --> 00:17:52,125 they're going to dispose of it. 308 00:17:55,375 --> 00:17:57,667 - ARTHUR: You have this really nice car with the key 309 00:17:57,709 --> 00:18:01,584 right there, nice and visible, and with a gun. 310 00:18:01,584 --> 00:18:05,459 The fact that the car was unlocked, it's almost like, uh, 311 00:18:05,501 --> 00:18:09,042 please steal me sign. It absolutely looks staged. 312 00:18:13,417 --> 00:18:14,751 - RAY: Once the vehicle was located, 313 00:18:14,792 --> 00:18:16,709 deputies and detectives went door to door, 314 00:18:16,751 --> 00:18:19,125 questioning neighbors to find out if anybody had seen 315 00:18:19,375 --> 00:18:22,417 who'd abandoned the vehicle. 316 00:18:22,459 --> 00:18:24,459 - TONY: There were two different witnesses. 317 00:18:24,501 --> 00:18:29,709 They saw a person with a red backpack walk off southbound 318 00:18:29,751 --> 00:18:34,083 out of the neighborhood towards the main street of Panama Lane. 319 00:18:35,542 --> 00:18:38,083 - NARRATOR: The witnesses report seeing this individual at around 320 00:18:38,125 --> 00:18:40,417 9 o'clock that morning. 321 00:18:40,459 --> 00:18:43,167 Incredibly, one neighbor even caught the person 322 00:18:43,417 --> 00:18:44,751 on a security camera. 323 00:18:47,667 --> 00:18:49,584 - RAY: The surveillance showed a person 324 00:18:49,626 --> 00:18:52,000 of medium height, medium build, 325 00:18:52,042 --> 00:18:54,709 fairly well disguised, if you will, wearing a hat, 326 00:18:54,751 --> 00:18:57,709 wearing glasses, and bulky clothing. 327 00:18:57,751 --> 00:19:00,584 - It would be hard to identify the person, uh, 328 00:19:00,626 --> 00:19:02,459 given how they were dressed. 329 00:19:02,459 --> 00:19:04,459 There's still some additional investigation 330 00:19:04,501 --> 00:19:06,667 that needs to be done. 331 00:19:06,709 --> 00:19:10,125 But we do have a suspect for the murder of Todd Chance. 332 00:19:12,792 --> 00:19:16,000 - NARRATOR: Coming up: a shadowy figure emerges 333 00:19:16,042 --> 00:19:18,501 as suspect number one. 334 00:19:18,542 --> 00:19:20,042 - ARTHUR: She has the red backpack. 335 00:19:20,083 --> 00:19:24,125 She has the white plastic garbage bag. 336 00:19:24,375 --> 00:19:29,125 She walks in and she doesn't get anything, then goes off-camera. 337 00:19:29,375 --> 00:19:32,417 - NARRATOR: And a possible motive comes to light. 338 00:19:32,459 --> 00:19:35,584 - ANDREA: Detectives really have to step back and kind of 339 00:19:35,626 --> 00:19:39,042 contemplate that perhaps is there a double life going on? 340 00:19:41,042 --> 00:19:44,501 - ♪ 341 00:19:54,459 --> 00:19:56,292 - NARRATOR: Investigators have located the missing vehicle of 342 00:19:56,334 --> 00:19:59,167 murder victim Todd Chance. 343 00:19:59,209 --> 00:20:03,000 Now Kern County detectives are scouring the area 344 00:20:03,042 --> 00:20:06,417 where the Mustang was found after a suspicious person 345 00:20:06,417 --> 00:20:09,167 was caught on camera near the scene. 346 00:20:13,042 --> 00:20:17,000 - ANDREA: They start looking at businesses that would possibly 347 00:20:17,042 --> 00:20:21,375 have video showing anyone going in or out of that area 348 00:20:21,417 --> 00:20:25,000 during the time period that was relevant for them. 349 00:20:25,042 --> 00:20:27,042 - NARRATOR: After sifting through all the businesses 350 00:20:27,083 --> 00:20:30,209 in the area, detectives catch a break. 351 00:20:30,250 --> 00:20:34,334 At 9:12 AM on August 25th, surveillance footage shows 352 00:20:34,334 --> 00:20:36,542 the same figure enter a Starbucks 353 00:20:36,751 --> 00:20:41,167 within walking distance of where Todd's car was found. 354 00:20:41,209 --> 00:20:45,167 By now, investigators are convinced the suspect is a woman 355 00:20:45,209 --> 00:20:48,209 with her hair tucked into a baseball cap. 356 00:20:48,250 --> 00:20:49,709 - She has the red backpack. 357 00:20:49,751 --> 00:20:54,000 She has the white plastic garbage bag. 358 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,751 She walks in and she doesn't get anything, 359 00:20:56,792 --> 00:21:01,042 but rather she passes right by the cash reigster 360 00:21:01,042 --> 00:21:03,209 and the lines of people getting coffee 361 00:21:03,250 --> 00:21:07,501 and goes to the area where the restroom is, goes off-camera. 362 00:21:09,417 --> 00:21:12,125 - NARRATOR: Surveillance footage shows the woman reappearing at 363 00:21:12,167 --> 00:21:16,209 9:17...albeit with a new look. 364 00:21:18,375 --> 00:21:19,751 - The top has been changed. 365 00:21:19,751 --> 00:21:22,000 The shoes have definitely been changed. 366 00:21:22,042 --> 00:21:25,209 And it looks like there are, uh, different pants. 367 00:21:25,209 --> 00:21:28,292 The angle and the clarity and just the, uh, 368 00:21:28,334 --> 00:21:30,334 viewpoint of the camera itself, 369 00:21:30,375 --> 00:21:33,250 we were unable to make a facial identification. 370 00:21:33,292 --> 00:21:35,709 There was not a sufficient picture to be able to do that. 371 00:21:37,417 --> 00:21:39,751 - NARRATOR: Though the woman's face remains obscured, 372 00:21:39,792 --> 00:21:44,501 a small detail catches the eye of investigators. 373 00:21:44,501 --> 00:21:47,209 - ARTHUR: You can distinctly make out 374 00:21:47,250 --> 00:21:50,000 in that white plastic bag 375 00:21:50,042 --> 00:21:54,083 is a yellow, cylindrical, plastic container 376 00:21:54,125 --> 00:21:57,417 of Bleach wipes. 377 00:21:57,459 --> 00:22:01,167 - That raises a red flag for officers because you can use 378 00:22:01,209 --> 00:22:05,375 bleach to clean items so that there will be no evidence of, 379 00:22:05,417 --> 00:22:07,417 of DNA or fingerprints. 380 00:22:11,459 --> 00:22:13,083 - NARRATOR: Video from outside the garden area 381 00:22:13,125 --> 00:22:16,042 of a hardware store across from the Starbucks 382 00:22:16,083 --> 00:22:18,459 captured the same woman minutes later 383 00:22:18,667 --> 00:22:23,167 disposing of her original outfit behind stacked bags of soil. 384 00:22:25,501 --> 00:22:28,167 - ARTHUR: Unfortunately, by that point the garbage 385 00:22:28,209 --> 00:22:31,292 had been collected. Everything had been moved. 386 00:22:31,334 --> 00:22:33,459 So they were not able to find anything. 387 00:22:36,167 --> 00:22:38,334 - NARRATOR: Based on the suspect's physical similarities 388 00:22:38,375 --> 00:22:42,000 to Todd's wife and the apparent staging 389 00:22:42,042 --> 00:22:44,417 of Todd's missing car and gun, 390 00:22:44,459 --> 00:22:47,125 investigators have to ask-- 391 00:22:47,167 --> 00:22:51,542 could the woman caught on tape be Jenea Chance? 392 00:22:51,584 --> 00:22:53,417 - RAY: By all accounts, there didn't appear to be 393 00:22:53,417 --> 00:22:57,000 any prior history of problems in their marriage, uh, 394 00:22:57,042 --> 00:23:00,042 certainly no history of domestic violence. 395 00:23:00,042 --> 00:23:02,209 Everybody that detectives spoke to 396 00:23:02,250 --> 00:23:03,751 said that they had a good marriage. 397 00:23:03,792 --> 00:23:06,292 - [cheering] 398 00:23:06,334 --> 00:23:08,042 - NARRATOR: After receiving the passcode 399 00:23:08,083 --> 00:23:10,334 to Todd's phone from Jenea, 400 00:23:10,375 --> 00:23:14,125 investigators search the phone recovered from the crime scene, 401 00:23:14,167 --> 00:23:18,083 looking for any clues that might explain a motive. 402 00:23:18,125 --> 00:23:20,542 At first, all they see are happy pictures from 403 00:23:20,751 --> 00:23:24,042 the Chance family's recent travels. 404 00:23:24,083 --> 00:23:26,292 - TONY: All these vacations, being a family, 405 00:23:26,334 --> 00:23:28,417 those two cuddling up together, Todd and Jenea, 406 00:23:28,459 --> 00:23:30,250 cuddling up together. 407 00:23:30,292 --> 00:23:32,167 - NARRATOR: But digging deeper, 408 00:23:32,209 --> 00:23:36,083 investigators discover something more lurid. 409 00:23:36,125 --> 00:23:39,459 Todd had traded steamy messages with his ex-girlfriend, 410 00:23:39,459 --> 00:23:43,292 Carrie Williams, nearly six months prior to his murder. 411 00:23:46,250 --> 00:23:49,083 - TONY: Todd asked for kinda racy type photos, 412 00:23:49,125 --> 00:23:51,417 sexual type photos, and she sent 'em. 413 00:23:54,083 --> 00:23:57,167 - ANDREA: Detectives really have to step back and kind of 414 00:23:57,209 --> 00:24:01,334 contemplate that perhaps, um, there's more than meets the eye 415 00:24:01,375 --> 00:24:05,000 here about Todd, and if in fact he is having an affair, 416 00:24:05,042 --> 00:24:07,083 is there a double life going on? 417 00:24:07,125 --> 00:24:10,042 And is there a way that, uh, Jenea knew? 418 00:24:13,083 --> 00:24:16,042 - NARRATOR: Now with two female suspects in frame, 419 00:24:16,083 --> 00:24:20,459 detectives need to determine which one is on camera. 420 00:24:20,667 --> 00:24:24,083 - ANDREA: Carrie and Jenea were similar enough 421 00:24:24,125 --> 00:24:25,417 that certainly the detectives 422 00:24:25,459 --> 00:24:29,125 would want to look to see if, um, 423 00:24:29,167 --> 00:24:31,292 there was a motive there, 424 00:24:31,334 --> 00:24:33,334 and whether or not there was an alibi there. 425 00:24:37,334 --> 00:24:39,459 - NARRATOR: Investigators interview Carrie Williams 426 00:24:39,501 --> 00:24:43,417 on August 17th, 2013. 427 00:24:43,459 --> 00:24:47,167 - When investigators spoke to her, she was, um, 428 00:24:47,209 --> 00:24:51,292 distraught about his death. She was upset. 429 00:24:51,334 --> 00:24:55,083 She was embarrassed about the fact that she had sent 430 00:24:55,125 --> 00:24:57,417 photographs to him that were compromising. 431 00:24:58,792 --> 00:25:01,417 - ARTHUR: Todd had asked his ex 432 00:25:01,459 --> 00:25:05,000 about the two of them getting together. 433 00:25:05,042 --> 00:25:07,459 But his ex had, uh, declined that. 434 00:25:07,667 --> 00:25:11,334 I believe her exact words were, "No way, married man." 435 00:25:13,792 --> 00:25:15,250 - ANDREA: They basically ask her to run down 436 00:25:15,292 --> 00:25:17,125 where she was that weekend. 437 00:25:17,167 --> 00:25:21,459 And she explains that she had left town. 438 00:25:21,459 --> 00:25:24,083 - NARRATOR: Carrie claims at the time of the murder, 439 00:25:24,125 --> 00:25:27,250 she and her daughter were 170 miles away 440 00:25:27,292 --> 00:25:29,417 in San Juan Capistrano. 441 00:25:29,459 --> 00:25:33,250 And she has the evidence to prove it. 442 00:25:33,292 --> 00:25:38,209 - She actually got a parking ticket that morning. 443 00:25:38,250 --> 00:25:43,250 That alibi for Carrie was absolutely solid. 444 00:25:46,334 --> 00:25:48,459 - NARRATOR: After detectives clear Carrie Williams from 445 00:25:48,709 --> 00:25:52,083 suspicion, they get word that ballistics has finished 446 00:25:52,125 --> 00:25:55,125 the analysis of the .38 caliber revolver 447 00:25:55,167 --> 00:26:00,459 found in Todd's Mustang and it a match to Todd's wounds. 448 00:26:00,501 --> 00:26:02,375 - ANDREA: Detectives now know that Todd 449 00:26:02,375 --> 00:26:04,250 was shot with his own gun. 450 00:26:07,042 --> 00:26:08,209 - NARRATOR: What's more telling 451 00:26:08,209 --> 00:26:11,250 is what they didn't find in his car. 452 00:26:11,292 --> 00:26:16,375 - ARTHUR: They were unable to find any blood in the car. 453 00:26:16,417 --> 00:26:21,042 But clearly the car had been wiped down with Bleach. 454 00:26:21,083 --> 00:26:24,167 They did, however, find 455 00:26:24,209 --> 00:26:30,042 one single solitary fingerprint. 456 00:26:30,083 --> 00:26:34,501 It was on the driver's side door 457 00:26:34,709 --> 00:26:37,459 by the door handle. 458 00:26:37,709 --> 00:26:41,375 And that fingerprint belonged to Jenea Chance. 459 00:26:45,042 --> 00:26:49,792 In addition, they were able to find Jenea Chance's DNA 460 00:26:49,834 --> 00:26:53,417 on the steering wheel and on the gearshift. 461 00:26:57,375 --> 00:27:01,501 - It was Jenea's own statement that she did not drive the car. 462 00:27:01,751 --> 00:27:04,292 She doesn't drive that car. 463 00:27:04,334 --> 00:27:06,459 - DNA consistent with Jenea Chance 464 00:27:06,501 --> 00:27:09,042 both on the wheel and on the gearshift 465 00:27:09,083 --> 00:27:12,292 was utterly inconsistent with what she was saying. 466 00:27:14,209 --> 00:27:16,209 - ANDREA: Detectives, as this investigation went on, go back. 467 00:27:16,250 --> 00:27:17,375 They speak to Jenea. 468 00:27:17,417 --> 00:27:20,042 They narrow their investigation to her. 469 00:27:23,292 --> 00:27:26,459 - NARRATOR: Coming up: a search of Todd and Jenea's home 470 00:27:26,501 --> 00:27:30,250 turns up a surprising new lead. 471 00:27:30,292 --> 00:27:32,501 - ARTHUR: A photograph that caught their attention was 472 00:27:32,751 --> 00:27:38,083 a photograph of the family taken at a place in Las Vegas 473 00:27:38,083 --> 00:27:41,250 called CSI: The Experience. 474 00:27:41,292 --> 00:27:43,125 - NARRATOR: Is this a keepsake 475 00:27:43,125 --> 00:27:46,042 from the family's last vacation together? 476 00:27:46,083 --> 00:27:48,250 Or a blueprint for murder? 477 00:27:50,125 --> 00:27:53,083 - ANDREA: There was one scenario involving a woman who kills 478 00:27:53,125 --> 00:27:57,292 her husband and leaves him in a remote desert area. 479 00:27:59,167 --> 00:28:02,459 - ♪ 480 00:28:11,626 --> 00:28:12,375 - NARRATOR: Evidence in the murder investigation 481 00:28:13,250 --> 00:28:15,167 of Todd Chance has begun to point to 482 00:28:15,209 --> 00:28:18,667 his wife of 17 years, Jenea. 483 00:28:20,459 --> 00:28:23,125 - ANDREA: There was DNA located on the gear-shift, 484 00:28:23,125 --> 00:28:28,250 as well as the steering wheel, that belonged to Jenea Chance. 485 00:28:28,250 --> 00:28:32,250 And also the very gun that killed Todd was their own gun. 486 00:28:34,626 --> 00:28:38,334 The motive, the text messages, the, the nude photos, 487 00:28:38,334 --> 00:28:42,626 it was everything together that really, really made this case. 488 00:28:42,667 --> 00:28:45,167 It's not one key piece of evidence 489 00:28:45,209 --> 00:28:47,584 that makes the whole case. It's all of it together. 490 00:28:50,375 --> 00:28:52,626 - NARRATOR: With the pieces falling into place, 491 00:28:52,626 --> 00:28:56,250 investigators turn once again to the video surveillance footage 492 00:28:56,292 --> 00:28:58,667 from the morning of Todd's murder. 493 00:28:58,667 --> 00:29:00,626 This time, they find a street camera 494 00:29:00,667 --> 00:29:03,459 near Todd and Jenea's home. 495 00:29:03,501 --> 00:29:06,584 - ANDREA: We see that same figure walking down 496 00:29:06,626 --> 00:29:09,584 the street with a backpack in the same neighborhood 497 00:29:10,042 --> 00:29:13,334 as Todd and Jenea's house is at, uh, shortly after 10 a.m. 498 00:29:16,542 --> 00:29:18,334 - NARRATOR: After reviewing the footage, 499 00:29:18,375 --> 00:29:22,209 investigators need to speak to Jenea Chance once again. 500 00:29:22,250 --> 00:29:25,042 And this time, they bring her down to the station. 501 00:29:49,417 --> 00:29:51,501 - NARRATOR: When Jenea sits down with detectives, 502 00:29:51,542 --> 00:29:54,125 they confront her about the surveillance videos. 503 00:30:04,167 --> 00:30:07,334 - ARTHUR: She's defensive. She's not very happy about it. 504 00:30:07,375 --> 00:30:13,167 She is denying that she is the person in those videos. 505 00:30:13,167 --> 00:30:15,501 - NARRATOR: And when confronted with her DNA found 506 00:30:15,542 --> 00:30:19,417 in Todd's vehicle indicating she had driven the car, 507 00:30:19,459 --> 00:30:21,250 she claims it's an anomaly. 508 00:30:32,584 --> 00:30:35,083 - TONY: Eventually they tell her, "We know it's you." 509 00:30:35,125 --> 00:30:37,334 And she's all, "What?" And then, "We know it's you. 510 00:30:37,375 --> 00:30:39,209 We know you know about Carrie." 511 00:30:41,542 --> 00:30:44,417 - ARTHUR: She indicated that she had no reason to believe that 512 00:30:44,459 --> 00:30:48,584 Todd had either been unfaithful or had tried to be unfaithful 513 00:30:48,584 --> 00:30:51,292 or anything of that sort. 514 00:30:51,334 --> 00:30:54,417 She loved her husband and did not kill him. 515 00:30:54,417 --> 00:30:55,375 That was her story. 516 00:31:29,375 --> 00:31:31,292 - ANDREA: They place her under arrest 517 00:31:31,334 --> 00:31:33,083 for the first-degree murder of Todd Chance. 518 00:31:37,375 --> 00:31:40,125 Police executed search warrants, um, at, uh, 519 00:31:40,167 --> 00:31:44,417 Jenea and Todd's home after she was in custody. 520 00:31:44,459 --> 00:31:47,083 Of particular interest were her computer, 521 00:31:47,083 --> 00:31:50,125 since she had claimed that she had been on it that morning, 522 00:31:50,167 --> 00:31:53,667 as well as any cellphone, bank accounts, 523 00:31:53,709 --> 00:31:57,250 life insurance policies. 524 00:31:57,292 --> 00:31:59,542 - I'm sitting there with my little sisters while we're just 525 00:31:59,542 --> 00:32:03,626 watching about 30 people go through our house, 526 00:32:04,042 --> 00:32:06,083 turning it upside down. 527 00:32:06,125 --> 00:32:09,626 And then all of a sudden, I hear she's been arrested. 528 00:32:13,584 --> 00:32:17,250 And I just, like, about passed out. 529 00:32:17,292 --> 00:32:19,459 I was so overwhelmed with, what am I gonna do? 530 00:32:24,209 --> 00:32:26,292 - NARRATOR: Despite what investigators believe is 531 00:32:26,292 --> 00:32:30,667 a slam dunk case, on September 3rd, 2013, 532 00:32:31,083 --> 00:32:35,334 the DA throws a curveball and refuses to prosecute the case 533 00:32:35,375 --> 00:32:40,584 due to lack of evidence. Jenea is released from custody. 534 00:32:40,626 --> 00:32:42,501 - ARTHUR: We absolutely felt that Jenea was the one who 535 00:32:42,542 --> 00:32:45,626 committed the murder, but we felt that we also did not have 536 00:32:45,667 --> 00:32:49,000 enough to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt at that time. 537 00:32:52,083 --> 00:32:55,209 - NARRATOR: As months go by, investigators meticulously 538 00:32:55,209 --> 00:32:57,417 sift through the mountains of evidence 539 00:32:57,459 --> 00:32:59,167 seized at the Chance home 540 00:32:59,209 --> 00:33:03,125 to build a stronger case against Jenea. 541 00:33:03,167 --> 00:33:05,584 - During the search of the Chance home, 542 00:33:05,626 --> 00:33:08,209 there were a number of photographs and personal items 543 00:33:08,250 --> 00:33:09,542 that were taken. 544 00:33:09,542 --> 00:33:12,626 One was a photograph of the family-- 545 00:33:12,667 --> 00:33:14,626 Todd, Jenea, and their two daughters-- 546 00:33:14,667 --> 00:33:19,042 at "CSI Experience" in Las Vegas. 547 00:33:19,083 --> 00:33:23,417 - ARTHUR: It was, uh, basically an exhibit for tourists in Vegas 548 00:33:23,459 --> 00:33:26,209 at the MGM Grand Hotel 549 00:33:26,250 --> 00:33:29,626 dedicated to the show "Crime Scene CSI," 550 00:33:29,667 --> 00:33:33,417 in which people are offered various scenarios to try 551 00:33:33,417 --> 00:33:37,292 and solve a crime using forensic techniques. 552 00:33:40,292 --> 00:33:43,334 - NARRATOR: On January 22, 2014, 553 00:33:43,375 --> 00:33:47,667 investigators head to Las Vegas to check out the exhibit. 554 00:33:48,083 --> 00:33:50,375 - The detectives also went over. 555 00:33:50,417 --> 00:33:55,292 They went through, um, all the scenarios themselves. 556 00:33:55,334 --> 00:33:59,375 And there was one particular scenario that they wanted to 557 00:33:59,459 --> 00:34:03,209 go through that involved a woman that kills her husband 558 00:34:03,250 --> 00:34:07,626 and leaves him out in, um, in a remote desert area. 559 00:34:11,125 --> 00:34:15,250 - NARRATOR: That scenario seems eerily similar to Todd's murder. 560 00:34:15,292 --> 00:34:17,250 But there's something else about the exhibit 561 00:34:17,250 --> 00:34:20,501 that jumps out to investigators. 562 00:34:20,542 --> 00:34:23,167 - ANDREA: Essentially you act like you are a detective 563 00:34:23,209 --> 00:34:25,417 or a crime lab person. 564 00:34:25,459 --> 00:34:28,292 You're going through this crime scene. 565 00:34:28,292 --> 00:34:33,250 Some of the things that were included in that exhibit seemed 566 00:34:33,292 --> 00:34:37,375 to line up with the murder of Todd Chance. 567 00:34:37,375 --> 00:34:41,626 There was a great emphasis on how DNA, fingerprints, on guns, 568 00:34:41,667 --> 00:34:45,250 on evidence can lead to the discovery of a suspect, 569 00:34:45,292 --> 00:34:51,250 and that a way to, to combat that is to use bleach. 570 00:34:51,292 --> 00:34:55,626 Another thing that was very, very interesting was evidence 571 00:34:56,042 --> 00:34:59,417 can get on shoes, trace evidence can get on shoes, 572 00:34:59,459 --> 00:35:01,459 things can be tracked from shoes. 573 00:35:01,501 --> 00:35:06,501 We saw from the video of the person walking away 574 00:35:06,501 --> 00:35:10,209 from Todd's car, Jenea, and then walking in Starbucks, 575 00:35:10,250 --> 00:35:12,125 is those shoes were changed. 576 00:35:12,125 --> 00:35:14,083 So those things were all very significant. 577 00:35:16,375 --> 00:35:18,417 - NARRATOR: Investigators pair this information 578 00:35:18,459 --> 00:35:20,584 with the surveillance video of the woman 579 00:35:20,626 --> 00:35:26,167 from the day Todd was killed and find a disturbing coincidence. 580 00:35:26,167 --> 00:35:28,584 - ANDREA: It certainly looked like in looking at the video 581 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:33,292 that a plastic bag with a circular object appeared to be, 582 00:35:33,334 --> 00:35:36,042 like, cleaning wipes, bleach wipes. 583 00:35:39,375 --> 00:35:42,250 - NARRATOR: Investigators still need more physical evidence 584 00:35:42,292 --> 00:35:45,250 against Jenea to arrest her. 585 00:35:45,292 --> 00:35:49,667 In late 2014, detectives send her computer to the FBI for 586 00:35:49,709 --> 00:35:52,292 a more in-depth inspection. 587 00:35:52,334 --> 00:35:57,542 And the process is far more time consuming than they anticipated. 588 00:35:57,584 --> 00:36:03,459 - That examination was extremely thorough, uh, very involved, 589 00:36:03,501 --> 00:36:06,375 and took a substantial amount of time. 590 00:36:06,417 --> 00:36:09,375 In fact, it took over a year. 591 00:36:09,417 --> 00:36:13,375 - It did not appear that there had been any activity on her 592 00:36:13,417 --> 00:36:16,459 computer, uh, during the time period wherein she said she was 593 00:36:16,501 --> 00:36:20,209 home during the time that Todd was murdered. 594 00:36:20,250 --> 00:36:22,083 It really took apart her alibi. 595 00:36:24,167 --> 00:36:26,250 - NARRATOR: Coming up: a critical witness 596 00:36:26,292 --> 00:36:28,542 drops a bombshell. 597 00:36:28,584 --> 00:36:30,584 - ANDREA: She is asked, "Well, if that's your mother, 598 00:36:30,626 --> 00:36:34,542 what does that mean?" And she starts crying. 599 00:36:34,542 --> 00:36:38,542 - I felt so guilty that I had, like, betrayed my Mom. 600 00:36:41,042 --> 00:36:44,334 - ♪ 601 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,417 - NARRATOR: After dismantling Jenea Chance's alibi, 602 00:36:56,459 --> 00:36:59,417 prosecutors finally have enough substantial evidence 603 00:36:59,459 --> 00:37:03,417 to indict her on December 1st, 2016 604 00:37:03,459 --> 00:37:07,584 for the brutal murder of her husband, Todd Chance. 605 00:37:07,626 --> 00:37:10,959 - RAY: They got a report back from the FBI. 606 00:37:11,209 --> 00:37:14,584 They had done an analysis on Jenea's hard drive 607 00:37:14,626 --> 00:37:18,459 and determined that there was no activity on her hard drive for 608 00:37:18,501 --> 00:37:22,334 a period of time that included the time that Tom was murdered. 609 00:37:22,375 --> 00:37:24,375 That really kind of sealed the deal. 610 00:37:26,459 --> 00:37:29,709 - ANDREA: That was kind of the last piece of information that 611 00:37:30,167 --> 00:37:33,542 we needed answered before we were willing 612 00:37:33,584 --> 00:37:35,417 to go forward on this case. 613 00:37:38,792 --> 00:37:41,542 - NARRATOR: On December 1st, 2016, 614 00:37:41,584 --> 00:37:44,667 more than three years after Todd's death, 615 00:37:44,709 --> 00:37:49,334 Jenea is arrested for carrying out her husband's murder. 616 00:37:49,334 --> 00:37:52,584 That same night, the couple's children are questioned again 617 00:37:52,626 --> 00:37:55,209 by Kern County Sheriff's investigators. 618 00:37:56,751 --> 00:37:58,292 - JESSICA: When they asked to 619 00:37:58,334 --> 00:37:59,584 take me to an interrogation room, 620 00:37:59,626 --> 00:38:03,792 I asked them, what, why now? What's new now? 621 00:38:03,792 --> 00:38:07,751 And then that's when they start showing the videos. 622 00:38:07,792 --> 00:38:11,417 - ANDREA: Her body language speaks volumes. 623 00:38:11,417 --> 00:38:12,959 A young woman who's seeing things 624 00:38:13,209 --> 00:38:15,667 that she didn't want to see. 625 00:38:15,709 --> 00:38:19,334 There's a red backpack that she picks up on very early on 626 00:38:19,375 --> 00:38:22,250 and says, "Hey, did you find that backpack? 627 00:38:22,250 --> 00:38:23,667 My mom has a backpack like that." 628 00:38:25,667 --> 00:38:27,584 - JESSICA: I was just so overwhelmed, 629 00:38:27,626 --> 00:38:30,167 nothing was really making sense during that time. 630 00:38:47,542 --> 00:38:52,250 When I look back at it, I felt so guilty that I had, 631 00:38:52,292 --> 00:38:54,292 like, betrayed my mom. 632 00:38:57,584 --> 00:39:01,709 - NARRATOR: When Jenea's trial begins on December 9, 2019, 633 00:39:02,167 --> 00:39:04,417 the prosecution is fully aware they have 634 00:39:04,459 --> 00:39:07,417 a largely circumstantial case. 635 00:39:07,459 --> 00:39:10,542 And Jenea's daughter, Jessica, has changed her opinion about 636 00:39:10,584 --> 00:39:13,417 what she saw on the video. 637 00:39:13,459 --> 00:39:17,375 - ANDREA: I was not surprised at all when Jessica backed off of 638 00:39:17,417 --> 00:39:21,375 what she had said during the interview with, with detectives. 639 00:39:21,417 --> 00:39:26,417 She essentially recanted much of--of that testimony. 640 00:39:26,459 --> 00:39:30,542 - The daughters all testified that that wasn't their mom 641 00:39:30,584 --> 00:39:31,626 in the video. 642 00:39:34,709 --> 00:39:38,334 - NARRATOR: Despite the setback, prosecutors paint Jenea Chance 643 00:39:38,375 --> 00:39:41,626 as a scorned wife, stuck in a loveless marriage, 644 00:39:41,667 --> 00:39:44,167 and looking for a quick way out. 645 00:39:45,626 --> 00:39:49,709 - TONY: According to the prosecution, what happened was, 646 00:39:49,709 --> 00:39:53,584 Jenea found out about Carrie Williams sending photographs 647 00:39:53,626 --> 00:39:56,250 to that of her husband. 648 00:39:56,292 --> 00:39:59,375 That sets her off on such a rampage. 649 00:39:59,417 --> 00:40:03,751 She starts gathering everything she needs to do to 650 00:40:04,209 --> 00:40:07,751 basically end his life over these photographs. 651 00:40:07,792 --> 00:40:10,459 My reaction, it's bullsh--. 652 00:40:10,459 --> 00:40:13,626 The motive was lacking on the fact no one ever said that there 653 00:40:13,626 --> 00:40:17,501 was ever any response to her ever finding out about these 654 00:40:17,542 --> 00:40:19,626 photographs to her husband. 655 00:40:24,292 --> 00:40:26,501 - NARRATOR: During the trial, prosecutors lay out their 656 00:40:26,542 --> 00:40:32,292 version of what happened on the morning of August 25, 2013. 657 00:40:32,334 --> 00:40:35,417 Jenea lured Todd away from their home armed with 658 00:40:35,459 --> 00:40:38,584 a .38 caliber revolver. 659 00:40:38,626 --> 00:40:40,459 - ARTHUR: She might have said to him, 660 00:40:40,501 --> 00:40:42,751 "Honey, I think we need to have a, uh, talk. 661 00:40:43,209 --> 00:40:45,792 And I think we need to have it in private somewhere." 662 00:40:45,792 --> 00:40:51,209 And the two of them drove off to have a, a talk. 663 00:40:53,209 --> 00:40:54,626 She pulled out a gun 664 00:40:54,626 --> 00:40:57,334 and fired it twice at her husband and killed him. 665 00:40:57,375 --> 00:40:58,626 - [gunshots] 666 00:41:01,542 --> 00:41:04,459 - NARRATOR: Prosecutors believe Jenea modeled the plan after 667 00:41:04,501 --> 00:41:07,709 the CSI Las Vegas exhibit the family had visited 668 00:41:07,751 --> 00:41:10,959 just months prior to the murder. 669 00:41:11,209 --> 00:41:14,250 - They said this was part of the premeditation and deliberation. 670 00:41:14,292 --> 00:41:16,584 She planned a trip to Vegas. 671 00:41:16,626 --> 00:41:19,250 They all went to the CSI experience. 672 00:41:19,292 --> 00:41:22,501 And allegedly one of the exhibits, 673 00:41:22,501 --> 00:41:26,459 someone died and the body was found in a field. 674 00:41:26,501 --> 00:41:28,209 And that was where she gleaned 675 00:41:28,250 --> 00:41:32,501 her idea of how she was going to kill him. 676 00:41:32,542 --> 00:41:35,000 - NARRATOR: Jenea's defense team disagrees. 677 00:41:36,584 --> 00:41:39,375 - JESSICA: The police using the CSI little walkthrough from 678 00:41:39,417 --> 00:41:44,292 Vegas as evidence against my Mom was such a reach for me. 679 00:41:44,334 --> 00:41:48,626 It was actually Sarah's idea to go to the CSI exhibit. 680 00:41:48,667 --> 00:41:50,375 My sisters had pushed for it. 681 00:41:50,417 --> 00:41:53,375 And so the fact that they used that against her 682 00:41:53,417 --> 00:41:55,167 was just such a reach. 683 00:41:59,209 --> 00:42:00,667 - NARRATOR: After a month of testimony, 684 00:42:00,709 --> 00:42:03,792 the case goes to the jury. 685 00:42:03,792 --> 00:42:06,584 - After the eight days of deliberation, 686 00:42:06,626 --> 00:42:10,626 we finally got the notice that there was a verdict. 687 00:42:10,626 --> 00:42:13,542 - I was confident that the jury 688 00:42:13,584 --> 00:42:16,667 was going to come back with innocent. 689 00:42:16,709 --> 00:42:20,626 - NARRATOR: The jury finds Jenea guilty of first-degree murder. 690 00:42:25,667 --> 00:42:28,459 - JESSICA: I was just completely floored. 691 00:42:28,459 --> 00:42:31,542 I just remember getting out of there as fast as I could 692 00:42:31,584 --> 00:42:35,501 and just going to the bathroom in the courthouse 693 00:42:35,501 --> 00:42:38,751 and just crying and crying. 694 00:42:38,792 --> 00:42:42,667 It was all a blur. She was--it wasn't real. 695 00:42:42,709 --> 00:42:45,584 It's still a hard pill to swallow because I refuse 696 00:42:45,626 --> 00:42:48,375 to take that as an answer. 697 00:42:48,417 --> 00:42:51,375 - NARRATOR: On September 16th, 2020, 698 00:42:51,417 --> 00:42:55,459 Jenea Chance is sentenced to 50 years in prison. 699 00:42:55,501 --> 00:43:00,292 - For the overwhelming, uh, majority the community, um, 700 00:43:00,334 --> 00:43:05,667 I think that it gives hope that, you know, there is, uh, justice. 701 00:43:07,584 --> 00:43:09,375 - JANELLE: At the same time, 702 00:43:09,375 --> 00:43:13,584 I think that your heart goes out to the daughters. 703 00:43:13,626 --> 00:43:17,292 When children lose both parents to such a crime, 704 00:43:17,334 --> 00:43:19,542 it's, it's terrible all the way around. 705 00:43:21,709 --> 00:43:23,417 - JESSICA: If I could say anything to Todd, 706 00:43:23,459 --> 00:43:28,542 I would tell him I miss him and that I love him 707 00:43:28,584 --> 00:43:32,501 and thanks for being so amazing to me, like, over the years.