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website in late 2019 Bank examiner Emory Wilson was settling into his new home on
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South Waverly Drive in Dallas Texas when he was approached by a middle-aged man and woman they introduced themselves as
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married couple Jamie and Jennifer Faith the faiths live five doors down and had arrived to give Emory a gift to warmly
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welcome him to their neighborhood as Emory came to learn this friendly and courteous Act was typical
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of the faiths the two were known for genuinely caring about others and always doing the right thing they even handed
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out the pin code to their gate so that neighbors could use their swimming pool or hot tub whenever they
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liked just like everyone else who met them Emory Wilson came to like the faiths both were highly successful in
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their respective careers with jimie a director of technology for American Airlines and Jennifer a distinguished
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speech therapist they were also loving and supportive parents to their college aged
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daughter Amory sometimes encountered the faiths when they crossed paths while outwalk walking their respective
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dogs this happened more often in 2020 when the co 19 pandemic hit and Emory started working remotely from home he
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was there on the morning of Friday October 9 2020 when all of a sudden his quiet Suburban surroundings were
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disrupted by multiple rapid fire bangs followed by blood curdling screams [Applause]
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oh [Applause] [Applause] [Music] immediately recognizing the bangs as gunshots Emory Wilson dropped to the
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floor and moved away from the windows the sound was out of place in the otherwise peaceful and family
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oriented neighborhood Emory could hear a woman screaming in abject Terror until she managed to form the words help me
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help me realizing someone was still in danger Amory rushed outside a large Bernese mountain dog was
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running freely in the road with its lead trailing behind Emory recognized it as Jamie and Jennifer Faith's beloved dog
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Maggie Emory peered out from behind a wall in the direction of the screaming and called out what
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happened he couldn't see anything so he cautiously moved across his lawn to the sidewalk from there he could see a pair
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of legs spraw out on the street near the Faith's residence other curious neighbors had
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emerged from their homes Emory yelled at them call the police Emory raced towards the body to
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render assistance only to be stopped in his tracks just two houses down suddenly a male figure stepped onto
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the sidewalk a few feet ahead the man turned and looked at Emory he had the hood of his jacket pulled down over his
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forehead and a blue fabric face mask covered the lower half of his face Emory briefly locked eyes with the
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man before noticing that he was clutching a silver handgun at his right side panicked amemory sprinted back to
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his house to collect his own firearm he reemerged for a confrontation but the gunman was
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gone Emory realized that the body spra out on the street was that of 49-year-old Jamie Faith he lay unmoving
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near the sidewalk in a growing pool of blood clearly deceased Emory found Jim's 48-year-old
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wife Jennifer Sheltering behind a fence in a neighbor's driveway she was hysterical and clearly
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terrified repeating no one came no one came Emory reassured her that police were on their way saying
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soothingly we're here officers arrived within minutes to find South Waverly Drive in a state of
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chaos with the Jamie Faith's lifeless body at the center his wife Jennifer was visibly distraught and in a State of
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Shock while she struggled to to convey what had happened officers ascertained that the faiths had left their home at
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around 7:30 a.m. to take their dog Maggie on her daily walk they' barely left the driveway when
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someone ran up behind them and began shooting without saying a word jimie was hit several times before
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falling to the ground the offender then stood over jimie and fired more rounds into his
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body before turning his attention to Jennifer as she attempted to flee according to Jennifer one witness
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had seen the shooter aim his gun at her and pulled the trigger only to realize it was out of
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bullets the shooter then sprinted after Jennifer tackled her to the ground and Unleashed a violent
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attack between punches he managed to duct tape Jennifer's hands together and attempted to pull off her wedding
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ring by this point Jennifer's screams had alar at her neighbors prompting the gunman to flee
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empty-handed because the duct tape was cut into two small lengths Jennifer was able to free herself rather easily and
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to take shelter other than some minor bumps bruises and scrapes she was mostly unheard her wedding ring remained stuck
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halfway down her finger Jam's wedding ring was missing while several people had observed the attacker from a distance
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only Jennifer and her neighbor Emory Wilson had seen him up close their descriptions were limited as
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his face had been mostly covered up but both Jennifer and Emory said the offender was a dark-eyed male of medium
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build wearing a dark colored hoodie and baggy blue jeans Jennifer believed he was a black
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man though Emory couldn't be certain and didn't want to speculate multiple 45 caliber bullet casings lded
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the street around Jamie Faith's body when the gun was fired It produced unique imprints on the casings that
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couldn't be linked to a firearm used in any other known crimes the pieces of duct tape used to
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restrain Jennifer were curled up on the driveway near Jim's Body a matching roll
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of duct tape was found on the rooftop of the adjacent house indicating the as salent had tossed it there
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no worthwhile forensics were uncovered on any of these items a quick thinking local had used
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their cell phone to capture a photograph of the suspect's vehicle as it fled the
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scene it was a black 2004 Nissen Titan pickup truck although its license plate wasn't
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visible in the blurry image a white sticker of the letter T was spotted in the corner of the rear
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windshield it appeared to be the emblem of the Texas Rangers baseball team hinting that the vehicle's owner was
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local to the state Witnesses who saw the vehicle flee were struck by how slow it moved as
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though the driver wasn't in a hurry security camera footage obtained from residences and businesses
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throughout the area allowed detectives to track the pickup truck in the direct aftermath of the
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shooting after leaving South Waverly Drive the vehicle was filmed driving normally through traffic before entering
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the Interstate 35 Highway which stretches northward through multiple US states it vanished from there its
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license plate still unclear of all the houses along South Waverly Drive that had working exterior
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cameras none had captured the shooting or the as salant only the sounds of gunfire and to Jennifer's
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screaming the faiths had several motion sensor cameras on their property including one at their front
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door this camera captured Jennifer just seconds before the confrontation as she exited the house holding Maggie by the
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leash with Jamie trailing close behind the couple had a second camera positioned towards the street but it
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wasn't working at the time they did however have a functioning camera that captured part of the neighboring
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property's backyard nobody lived in the house yet 5 hours before the shooting at around 2:30
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a.m. the Faith's camera recorded a figure moving around the rear of the empty property the footage was dark and
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blurry but the figure appeared to be a man wearing jeans a dark top and a blue mask he crept along the side of the
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house towards the street before disappearing from View when shown the footage Jennifer Faith
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didn't recognize the figure but she'd heard rumors about a local man who was known to wander around at night whenever
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he fought with his wife investigators were nevertheless suspicious if the figure was Jamie
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Faith's killer it meant he was loitering at the crime scene hours before the shooting given that the faiths were
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confronted as they began their morning walk it seemed as though they were targeted by someone who was familiar
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with their daily routine this Behavior didn't correlate with an opportunistic robbery gone wrong
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it felt remarkably calculated like an ambush an autopsy revealed that Jamie had been shot a total of seven times he
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was fed by three initial shots to the chest then struck Thrice more point blank in the head notably the seventh
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and final shot was aimed at Jim's groin the chest wounds were enough to incapacitate Jamie and the first head
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shot killed him instantly which led investigators to question why the killer continued shoo
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him this level of Overkill was uncharacteristic of a bungled robbery each shot was deliberate and
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accurate clearly performed by someone who had experience using firearms the shot to Jam's groin was highly
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unusual intentional wounds to genitalia typically indicated the attack had sexual
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connotations this coupled with the fact that Jennifer had come away from the deadly encounter relatively unscathed
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suggested that her husband was the sole Target investigators began digging through Jam Faith's life looking for
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anyone who would want to harm him by all accounts jime was a well-liked and peaceful person who lived
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a normal life he enjoyed playing video games Billiards and bowling and was a big fan of the Green Bay Packers
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football team those closest to Jamie described him as smart resourceful quirky and
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always happy with a penchant for button-up Hawaiian shirts and a love for all things wine food and travel jimie
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was considered a quintessential easygoing guy he spent his spare time mentoring at a university where news of
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his death left his students shattered like everyone else they couldn't imagine why anyone would want
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to hurt Jamie let alone kill him jimie and Jennifer's marriage was equally praised as a Young Man Jaimie told his
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friends that he was going to remain a lifelong bachelor as he had no interest in marriage or starting a
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family that all changed when Mutual BR set him up on a blind date with the Jennifer in
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2005 described as two peas in a pod their attraction was instant and the pair quickly fell in
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love they slaughtered seamlessly into each other's Social Circles with the Jennifer boasting that it was meant to
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be in stark contrast to his original life plans Jamie became a proud provider devoted husband and a loving father
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figure in in the 15 years of his relationship with the Jennifer not one person could recall an instance when the
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pair were in Conflict their home was always full of love and joy with the pair hosting
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Weekly game nights with friends and often traveling into state to visit extended
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family jimie and Jennifer were only ever unashamedly affectionate towards each other the type of couple to wear
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matching outfits when traveling on cruises together everyone agreed the faiths had the kind of relationship
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that made them jealous according to Jennifer in the leadup to Jaime's death he didn't appear
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to be afraid or express any concern for his safety although she was aware of a recent incident at work that had caused
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him some distress Jaimie enjoyed his job at American Airlines and was well liked by
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his co-workers that made it all the more difficult when he was tasked with laying
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off 20 of his colleagues due to the covid-19 pandemic Jaimie struggled to choose
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which of his team members should go as he wanted all of them to stay the process brought him to tears
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but he ultimately went ahead and made the cut investigators spoke to jimie superiors none of them were aware of any
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disgruntled former employees but they handed over the names of those who were recently let
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go investigators questioned each individual but found no indication that any of them blamed to jimie for losing
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their jobs nor did they hold a grudge against him with no suspects emerging from
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Jaime's home or work life investigators expanded their search and came across a promising
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lead prior to meeting jimie Jennifer had been married twice before both marriages
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were dysfunctional and short-lived but it was the first marriage that raised a significant red
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flag when Jennifer unexpectedly became pregnant in 1996 her husband decided he didn't want a family and abruptly left
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her before their daughter was born by the time Jennifer met jimie her daughter was 8 years
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old Jaimie wholeheartedly embraced the role of stepfather and legally adopted Jennifer daughter when she turned
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18 while her biological father had remained a stranger throughout her life investigators wondered if he harbored
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animosity towards Jaimie for moving in on his family the day before Jamie was killed
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he and Jennifer had celebrated the 15th anniversary of the day they first met the killer stole Jaime's wedding ring
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and attempted to take Jennifer's too the Rings were worth around $3,000 not enough to justify murder as
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far as investigators were concerned therefore they wondered if the timing wasn't a
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coincidence perhaps taking the Rings was meant to be a symbolic [Music] act with nothing to prove this Theory
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all other possibilities had to be considered the area around South Waverly Drive was being gentrified with
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successful career re orientated couples like the faith seen as harbingers of this
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change investigators wondered whether the attack aimed to ward off further gentrification alternatively what if
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jimie had angered a stranger in a road rage incident or something similar and they'd followed him home to confront
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him there was also speculation that the killer had intended to abduct Jennifer but was forced to abandon his plan when
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neighbors came to her rest resue whatever the truth there was a degree of certainty that the case would
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resolve itself once the suspect's vehicle was identified yet weeks passed without a
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breakthrough despite a $5,000 reward on offer for information determined to find her
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husband's killer Jennifer Faith started a group text message thread with upwards
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of 15 of her closest and trusted friends and family this allowed her to keep messages
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in one place so that everyone received the latest updates in Jim's case she kept them informed about how
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her and her daughter were coping while also divulging key information about the investigation that the public wasn't
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privy to the group discussed the possibility that jimie could have been targeted by a
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serial killer who had been shooting people at random around Dallas by November 2020 the gunman had
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carried out multiple attacks over a 2-month period claiming four known victims and injuring many
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others he operated from a black Chevy Tahoe a somewhat similar vehicle to the one used by Jim's
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killer Jennifer presented the theory to the police but they were unwilling to explore a potential link supporters in
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her group chat criticized detectives for not doing their jobs and for letting Jaime's case fall through the cracks
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[Music] Jennifer encouraged the group to remain on the lookout for black pickup trucks
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and report them to police she expressed frustration that in an era where cameras were everywhere
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none had clearly captured the license plate of her husband's killer as the weeks wore on the mystery
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persisted and the group chat gradually fell quiet the general sentiment was that no
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one was going to be held accountable for Jaime's murder an emotional Jennifer Faith
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fronted the media to appeal for help she voiced her fear that the case was going
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cold and pleaded with Texans to be on the lookout for the black pickup with the Texas Rangers
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sticker the problem was black pickups were common throughout the state and the Texas Rangers Fan base stretched far and
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wide furthermore Jaime's death was just one of 200 homicides reported in Dallas in
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2020 and police resources were spread incredibly thin while Jennifer acknowledged this
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she was dismayed by how little information police were giving her regarding the progress of her husband's
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case Jennifer begged at the community if you know what happened I need that forclosure I need to make some
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sense out of this as for the offender she said I just hope that at some point this
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person can recognize the gravity of what they've done and what they've taken from
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myself and my daughter and feel some sort of guilt enough to come forward we just really need some
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answers with the killer on the loose the local community lived in fear that he would strike
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again residents of South Waverly Drive were reluctant to venture outside and those who did were constantly looking
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over their shoulder Jennifer admitted to her loved ones that she was struggling to
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sleep sometimes she broke down in inconsolable sobbing fits other times she was an emotional Blank Slate saying
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she didn't feel anything at all one of the hardest things for Jennifer was that she still had to walk
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her dog Maggie which was something she only ever did with the Jamie she confided in others that she was
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terrified of going out alone in case Jim's killer was waiting to finish the job neighbors pushed their own
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apprehension aside to walk with the Jennifer in a group they were on edge the entire time
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constantly scanning the road in all directions for the black pickup truck the rest of the community also
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rallied together with over 50 families participating in a meal trip to provide Jennifer and her daughter with food each
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day jimie had been the breadwinner of the family at the time of his death as Jennifer had taken a break from work
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during the pandemic recognizing the financial struggles she faced a friend of Jennifer's gave her a $5,000 check to
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help pay for daily expenses another supporter organized an online fundraiser for Jaime's funeral
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which raised over $60,000 in less than a week Jennifer expressed her gratitude by
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organizing two Memorial services for jimie one locally and another in Arizona where they'd first
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met it was also where jimie had spent over 20 years of his life until a job promotion led him to relocate his family
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to Texas the two Services allowed Jennifer to grieve with friends old and new while
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eulogizing the loss of the man she called the backbone of her her family when Thanksgiving passed in
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November Jennifer spoke of how gut-wrenching it was to look at the empty dining chair where jimie typically
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sat she told a reporter for Fox 4 all I know is jimie was my best friend and the best husband and father anyone
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could ask for it's been horrible I teeda between completely heartbroken and completely devastated every day
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homicide detectives checked in on Jennifer often and sometimes joined her in prayer but they also had something
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uncomfortable to address hours after Jamie was killed they had asked Jennifer if she would
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consent to having her cell phone examined they explained this was just a formality to ensure they conducted a
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fair investigation across the board and clarified that Jennifer wasn't being considered a suspect
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Jennifer was initially hesitant to hand over her phone but she ultimately agreed
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to do so on it investigators found text messages sent between Jennifer and a close friend of hers named Tina
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sprang the pair kept one another updated about what was going on in their lives nothing of which was particularly
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noteworthy that was until investigators scrolled back in the women's text history to Monday April ail 20 2020 6
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months before jimie was gunned down that day Jennifer sent Tina a string of texts that
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began so I have no idea when I am going to be able to talk to you over the phone
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but I am pretty much having a full-blown emotional [Music] affair Jennifer Faith revealed to her
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friend Tina that the person she was having an emotional affair with was a man named Darren
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Lopez the two had dated in high school 30 years prior and amicably broke up during their first year of college when
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Darren was deployed overseas with the military he went on to join the Special Forces but had since retired and was
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living in Tennessee he'd reached out to Jennifer online a month earlier and although they
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hadn't yet met up in person texted all day every day and spoke on the phone too Jennifer admitted to Tina that the
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whole situation was crazy and stupid she said that jimie knew about the affair and he was scared and
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sad she Justified her actions by divulging that she and jimie hadn't been intimate in 4 years despite her efforts
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to initiate she felt like they loved each other but weren't in love with each other
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there was no passion between them anymore and the only romantic thing Jamie did was give her
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hugs Jennifer admitted I don't feel wanted by him at all other than to be his partner despite these issues Jennifer
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said that Jaimie was a good man and father and she'd been prepared to stay with him for the rest of her life as
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they made a great parenting team it was only when Darren reappeared on the scene that she started
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questioning things Jennifer confessed to Tina the emotions and the connection I feel like I am being torn in
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two Tina gave her credit for being upfront with Jamie and not going behind his back Jennifer revealed that Darren
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had devised a 5-year plan that would enable them to start a new life together while she wasn't going to make
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any moves or do anything rash anytime soon she admitted but I'm not going to stop
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talking to Darren either when Jennifer was first interviewed by detectives after Jaime's
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Murder She had alluded to there being some intimacy problems in her marriage but maintained it was otherwise perfect
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she made no mention of her relationship with Darren and no one else in her life seemed to be aware of it
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either when police checked to Jennifer's cell phone there were no calls or texts
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from Darren they wondered if she had deleted the evidence of her infidelity in anticipation of her phone being searched
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while forgetting about the interaction she'd had with Tina sprang back in April there was also the possibility
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that she didn't mention the emotional affair because it had fizzled out entirely 2 months before J's murder Tina
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had texted Jennifer you still talking to that guy Jennifer responded I put the brakes on with
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him while she admitted she still had strong emotions for Darren and it had been a hard decision she said Jaimie was
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so Hur and internalizing everything and she couldn't do it to him although Jennifer didn't have any
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communication history with Darren on her phone she did have his name number email
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and residential address in her list of contacts Darren Lopez lived in the unincorporated
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community of Cumberland Furnace in Northern Tennessee 650 Mi east of Jennifer's home a police check revealed that
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48-year-old Darren had no history with law enforcement however registered under his
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name was a black 2004 Nissen Titan pickup truck police in Texas reached out to to
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their Tennessee counterparts who agreed to drive by Darren Lopez's property on the lookout for the pickup
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truck Darren lived on a 20 acre ranch on an isolated rural stretch defined by Forest and
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farmland his house wasn't visible from the street so a police helicopter was dispatched to conduct aerial
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surveillance the view from overhead revealed that the property featured various out buildings including a barn
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and several sheds a couple of horses were gathered around a modest Farmhouse where a black pickup
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truck was parked a white sticker of the letter T visible on its rear windshield detectives realized they'd
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been mistaken they had assumed Jamie Faith's killer was a Texan after misidentifying
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the t- sticker on his car for the emblem of the Texas Rangers baseball team it was in fact a similarly designed
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logo for the University of Tennessee investigators Unearthed what they could about Darren Lopez and
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learned that he and Jennifer had indeed attended High School in Arizona together
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before going to the same College Darren joined the military within a year and went on to become a
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medic in the Special Forces where he was specially trained to keep a critically injured casualty alive on his own for 7
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Days Darren had been deployed overseas multiple times including two active War zones in the Middle
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East he was known for being compassionate towards the locals in these areas checking in on them and
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offering his help while tending to their wounds and playing with their children in 2005 Darren was in Iraq
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traveling in a hanvey when it was blown up by a roadside improvised explosive device the blast knocked to Darren
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unconscious when he came to he searched the vehicle's remains for survivors he pulled out a fellow soldier
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who had stopped a breathing and provided Aid that saved the man's life they along with two other soldiers
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were the only survivors 19 others were killed aside from the concussion one of Darren's eard drums was blown out but
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that appeared to be the worst of his injuries as a medic Darren was fundamental to his 12-man Squad and
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without him they would all be pulled from Duty he spent just 5 days recovering before being sent back into
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[Music] operation it took another 5 years before Darren Lopez was diagnosed with a
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traumatic brain injury as a direct result of the hanvey blast along with post-traumatic stress
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disorder he was deployed once more before higher ups ruled him out of combat entirely after 26 years of service he
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was discharged as a decorated and respected Soldier having earned a purple heart and two bronze star medals for his
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heroic achievements by 2020 Darren had separated from his wife of 23 years with whom he had five daughters two of which
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were stepchildren he was living off disability and Social Security payments as he was unable to adjust to civilian
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employment even though there was nothing to indicate Darren was a danger to society detectives were aware that he
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was trained to kill Jennifer Faith had told her friend Tina sprang she had to put the breakes
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on her emotional affair with Darren to recommit to jimie this led investigators to consider
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whether Darren could have been fueled by rejection jealousy or revenge and had decided to murder her
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husband maybe he hoped that by getting Jaimie out of the picture he could have Jennifer all to
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himself while it was a solid Theory investigators had no proof they decided to keep their
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suspicions under WPS as they gathered further Evidence although Darren didn't appear
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to be a threat he was placed under 24-hour covert surveillance cameras were hidden in the
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trees around his home while Undercover officers tailed him in unmarked Vehicles whenever he left the
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property officers mentioned nothing about Darren to Jenifer Faith now that they knew she was keeping secrets she
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couldn't be trusted Jennifer's cell phone had since been returned to her and she was asked
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to voluntarily resubmit it for further analysis she was once again reluctant but eventually handed delivered it to
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the police station investigators hoped a data extraction would reveal Communications
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she might have had with Darren Lopez as it could recover deleted call logs texts
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videos photos files and emails if nothing else it would confirm whether content had been deleted even if
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it couldn't be fully restored but the data extraction revealed absolutely nothing this meant the device had been
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wiped clean with a factory reset a process that restored the phone to the same condition as when it was first
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purchased in the meantime investigators had noticed that the t- sticker on the back of Darren Lopez's truck had
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disappeared Darren had also added a different white decal to the left side of the tailgate as if attempting to
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change his truck's appearance still he didn't meet up with the Jennifer or do anything to
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incriminate himself self in Jamie Faith's murder he just carried on his life as normal it occurred to investigators that
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if Darren had no reason to believe he was being viewed with suspicion then he had no reason to conceal
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evidence it was therefore possible that his cell phone still contained the extensive history of communication with
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the Jennifer Faith they were looking for there was no legal way to search the device directly without a leing Darren
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at which point he could swiftly perform a factory resear so investigators took a
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different approach in January 2021 4 months after Jamie Faith's murder they obtained
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records from Darren's cellular service provider which showed a history of all incoming and outgoing calls and texts on
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his device while the provider had no way of uncovering what was said in these interactions they could ascertain who
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initiated contact when where and for how long astoundingly in the 10 months between March 2020 and January 2021
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Darren Lopez's cell phone had been in contact with the Jennifer Faith cell phone over
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280,000 times the pair typically sent each other upwards of 500 texts a day in October
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the month that jimie was killed Darren and Jennifer who contacted each other more than 13,000
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times the longest they went without interacting was 10 hours except for in one instance from 1:07 p.m. on Thursday
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October 8th 2020 and 5:18 p.m. on Friday October 9 2020 there was no contact between the two phones for 28
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hours this just so happened to be the time period in which Jamie Faith was [Music]
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murdered this information coupled with records pulled from cell towers GPS data Wi-Fi access points and Bluetooth
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beacons enabled investigators to piece together a timeline of evance on the afternoon of Thursday
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October 8th 2020 the day before jimie was killed Darren's cell was tracked to his Tennessee
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home by 1: p.m. he and Jennifer had messaged each other 133 times at 107 Darren received a text from
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Jennifer marking their final interaction 20 minutes later Darren's device was on the
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move it pinged off of various cell towers leaving breadcrumbs for investigators to
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follow around this same time Darren's phone was used to search online for directions to the Faith's residence
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which was a 10-hour driveway Darren's Soul moved South until 1:51 p.m. when it stopped at a gas
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station CCTV footage captured Darren Lopez as he pumped a gas into his black pickup truck the white t sticker visible
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on its rear windshield he then entered the gas station wearing a blue face mask over
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his nose and mouth a sale receipt confirmed that Darren had purchased the fuel a DVD and
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some snacks using cash preventing the record of this sale from appearing in his bank
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account the CCTV footage was a major find because it established that Darren was traveling alone in his truck with
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his cell phone eliminating the possibility that someone else was using his vehicle or phone that
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day at 2:19 p.m. Darren was tracked to driving West until he crossed the border into the state of
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Arkansas he traveled along Interstate 40 which leads to inter state3 and into Texas from 6:00 p.m. Darren's device was
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no longer traceable it seemed he knew that he could be traced via his phone and had
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the foresight to turn it off before reaching Texas in a bizarre move that left investigators L perplexed Darren turned
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his device back on at 1:47 a.m. it immediately pinpointed his location as Dallas
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Texas again he used the internet to search for directions to the Faith's residence on South Waverly
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Drive he drove past their house at 2:18 a.m. before becoming untraceable again the shadowy figure loitering at
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the vacant property next door to the faiths was captured on security footage 10 minutes
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later their outfit and the shape of their body matched to Darren Lopez to a te right down to the blue
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mask when Jamie Faith was killed 5 hours later at 7:30 a.m. Witnesses described the as salant as fitting Darren's
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description for the next 9 hours Darren's cell phone remained untraceable then at 5 p.m. he turned the
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device on and was geolocated at the same gas station back in Tennessee where he once again paid for his purchases with
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cash he also texted Jennifer faith for the first time in 28 hours the pair messaged back and forth
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approximately 50 times until Darren arrived home shortly after 6 p.m. where they continued texting and also spoke on
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the phone twice before the day was through from that point on Darren and Jennifer continued to contact each other
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hundreds of times a day it was evident that Jennifer had cleared her phone of these interactions before submitting it
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to the police what the pair discussed during their lengthy Affair remained a mystery
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but investigators felt it was time to make their move and find out police knew that arresting Darren Lopez
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was fraught with risk his background with special forces meant he was an elite trained killer if the arrest was
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handled poorly police feared Darren might feel like he had nothing left to lose and to do something
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drastic he might have used his knowledge of warfare to booby trap his home or prepare for a
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Siege the decision was therefore made to Target Darren while he was away from his
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home this would also prevent him from destroying any evidence or arming himself with any weapons that might be
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stashed on the premises on Thursday January 7 2021 4 months after Jaime's murder
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investigators followed Darren as he was out driving with one of his daughters after they pulled into a
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parking spot police made their approach against expectations Darren exited the vehicle calmly and offered no
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resistance when placed in handcuffs he was quiet and appeared nervous upon learning of the multi-state
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police operation that had been carried out under his nose in a subsequent police interview
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Darren denied having been to Dallas though he did admit to knowing Jennifer Faith he became Misty eyed as he recall
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memories of their youth together saying they'd reconnected online almost a year prior
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according to Darren his relationship with the Jennifer was just friendly she was using her expertise as a therapist
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to help him get through a difficult divorce Darren believed that Jennifer had been happily married and he
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maintained that he hadn't crossed any inappropriate lines when Darren was queried about the
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Tea sticker that had been removed from his truck he abruptly shut down and demanded an attorney
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meanwhile police were undertaking a search of Darren's Ranch in Tennessee on his front porch was a large
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narrow cardboard box featuring the logo of shipping company FedEx it was addressed from Jennifer to
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Darren the box was empty but officers soon found what it had contained in Darren's living room a brand new 55 in
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flat screen television the filthy state of Darren's house was unlike anything the officers had ever
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seen they described it as deplorable and took it as a major sign that Darren was
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mentally unwell and struggling to cope officers had to dig through piles of clothes trash old food and clutter in
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search for evidence they came across more packages from Jennifer as well as some letters
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she wrote to Darren in one she referred to him as her soulmate in another she called him her One and Only
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Love an array of ammunition was found all over the house in boxes and Loosely scattered about on the floor near
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Darren's bed was a tan colored military style Satchel inside was a DVD and some snacks
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that Darren had purchased at the gas station while on route to Dallas in October 2020
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there was also a rolled up t-shirt officers unraveled the shirt to find that it contained a loaded Smith
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and Wesson 45 caliber silver handgun its Barrel was smeared with a discolored substance the unregistered gun was
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traced to a foreign Firearms dealer in Belgium when tested it produced imprints on the bullet casings that matched those
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recovered from the scene of Jamie Faith's shooting furthermore the discolored substance on the barrel was confirmed to
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be Jam's blood the discovery of the murder weapon was surprising given that Darren had
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several months to get rid of the gun or at least clean it up investigators wondered if he had held on to it as a
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trophy at the same time that Darren Lopez was placed under arrest police conducted an another interview with the
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Jennifer Faith they wanted to get all the information they could from her before
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she found out Darren was in custody in case she stopped cooperating entirely Jennifer maintained the same
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story she'd been telling from the outset about the unknown dark-eyed gunman then for the first time a
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detective asked her have you ever heard the name Darren Jennifer became noticeably
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tense she explained that Darren was her former High School boyfriend when asked why she had never
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mentioned him Jennifer paused for a moment before saying that she hadn't seen Darren since
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1993 she was then presented with the phone data proving she and Darren had sent hundreds of thousands of texts in
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the past year with the detective telling her I know there's more to you and a Darren's relationship
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Jennifer replied staunchly I don't know what you're talking about the detective pressed on taking
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Jennifer back to Friday October 9 2020 personally in my heart I believe you know what happened that day he
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said I'm going to tell you like this Jennifer I know that Darren killed your husband Jennifer flat out rejected the
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accusation she admitted that she and Darren had recently been in contact and were caught up in Old emotions but she
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said she'd put an end to anything romantic in August 2020 since then Jennifer said they were
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just friends and claimed she was helping Darren navigate through tough times the interviewing detective
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said the same guy that killed your husband is the same guy that you're communicating with every day how could
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you talk to somebody that killed your husband Jennifer appeared to be shocked I wouldn't do that why would I
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do that she replied I didn't know he killed my husband I still don't know that he
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killed my husband the fact that Jennifer had led the police to so many dead ends made
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them suspect that she was lying to protect Darren what they couldn't feel figure out was why she didn't just leave
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Jamie if she no longer wanted to be with him why did he have to die when presented with this question
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Jennifer stopped talking and asked for an attorney Jennifer's assertions highlighted a major issue in the
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unraveling case despite everything that had been uncovered so far investigators still
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hadn't found any evidence of Jennifer for scheming with Darren to remove Jaimie from the pitcher or encouraging
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him to kill just because the two had remained in contact after Jaimie was killed it
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didn't prove Jennifer was involved in the crime the question therefore remained as
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to what role if any she played in her husband's murder investigators hoped that the
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answers would be found in Darren's cell phone which they had swiftly confiscated
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upon arrest despite leaving him with no time to interact with the device it appeared
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to have already been wiped clean of any of his Communications with the Jennifer it was assumed that Darren had
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performed a factory reset but a daughter extraction was conducted regardless it turned out that Darren
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wasn't particularly techsavvy while he had managed to permanently delete most of his text message history
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with the genifer he had failed to completely erase all the data despite Darren and Jennifer's
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claims of a platonic friendship the recovered texts revealed that their relationship was indeed
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intimate Darren texted Jennifer things like I am so in love with you to which she responded I truly can't be without
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you at this point Jennifer suggested that she move in with Darren which he thought was a
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great idea the pair also engaged in many explicit sexual conversations both before and after Jaime's
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murder some were extreme centering around topics like dominance submission bondage voyerism and even
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rape the most compelling messages were in relation to the ongoing investigation into Jim's murder after Jennifer made a
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public appeal to find the suspect's vehicle she texted Darren so I woke up in a little bit of a
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panic something is eating away at me telling me you need to take the sticker out of the back window of the
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truck it might just be me overthinking or something but I'll feel a ton better if you take it off and clean the window
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really well Darren assured Jennifer that he would take care of it but by the next
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day she was increasingly anxious I know you're going to think I'm crazy she messaged to Darren but it's really
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nagging at me I have a bad feeling and I really think you need to get that sticker off
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ASAP like today he later messaged her sticker done Jennifer replied Oh yay I feel so much
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better in other messages Jennifer told Darren that if the police ever asked about her he should say they were old
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friends they were only speaking daily because Jennifer was giving him advice as he went through a difficult
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divorce she told Darren to say that as far as he knew her marriage to jimie was a happy
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one she also added Darren to the private group text message thread that she used
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to keep her close friends and family updated on her husband's case at one stage she complained to
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Darren about having to do a press interview as J bereaved Widow saying the reporter sucked but I did
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fine he insisted on having me look at a stupid photo book of Jamie at the end bath on multiple occasions Jennifer told
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Darren she was clearing her phone by doing a factory reset and she instructed him to do the
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same when Darren thought he had done so Jennifer replied big smile over here at that at one point Jennifer and Darren
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discussed the Jim's life insurance policy which was worth over $600,000 Jenifer was the sole
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beneficiary while Jaimie also had a further $400,000 in a retirement account a month after Jaime's murder
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Jennifer had attempted to collect some of the money but she was denied she vented about it in a text to Darren
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saying they aren't processing the claim yet because the detectives told them I couldn't be ruled out as a suspect so I
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called them and basically said what the [ __ ] the pair discussed using the money
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to apply for a residence in Jennifer's name in Tennessee Jennifer was also the sole
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beneficiary of the $60,000 in donations collected via the online fundraiser for Jaime's funeral
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services she began withdrawing from these funds almost immediately within 4 days she had taken
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out over $30,000 and within weeks there was nothing left the two Memorial services for Jamie
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had only cost to Jennifer $6,000 which she hadn't even paid credit reports reflected that by
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2020 Darren Lopez was having severe financial problems he was at least 120 days P due on mortgage payments totaling
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over $338,000 and foreclosure had been initiated in October failure to pay his water bills resulted in the water to his
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house being shut off online records showed that Jennifer had transferred large amounts of money
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to Darren after Jaime's Murder She had also bought him the new television airline tickets
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and had granted him access to her credit cards texting please don't hesitate to use them for whatever you
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need Jennifer used the money fundraised on her behalf to help pay back over $100,000 that she and Darren had spent
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on the credit cards she told Darren that if detectives ever asked why Jennifer was giving him
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money he should say that she was supporting him through his financial hardship I'll answer the same way she texted him
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just so you and I have the same explanations Darren responded I like it with this evidence coming to light
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investigators suspected that Jennifer had hired Darren to kill her husband given Darren's Elite military training
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Not only was he the ideal Hitman he also had the financial and romantic motives to do
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so but with with no admissions from either party and no concrete evidence to prove it it remained pure
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speculation what was abundantly clear was that Jennifer Faith's private Persona was very different from The
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Grieving widow she portrayed in public in reality she was careful and cunning she asserted that she had no
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idea who killed her husband while keeping the man she was having an emotional affair with secret from
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investigators she lied to her friend about ending things with Darren when she was still messaging him
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excessively she provided false information and a deadend leads to misdirect the police and
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public she coached Darren on how to respond to police questions and instigated the destruction of crucial
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evidence investigators viewed Jennifer's conduct and corrupt actions as a culated
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attempt to obstruct the criminal investigation as a result she was charged with obstruction of justice to
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which she pleaded not guilty given that authorities still didn't have anything to prove Jennifer
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was complicit in her husband's Murder She was released pending further investigations with suspicions cast
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squarely on her detectives were curious to see her next move they knew that there was still more
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to uncover but felt confident they were about to close the case the situation appeared to be a
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sorted love triangle with fatal consequences which was nothing that they hadn't seen
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before in the meantime Darren Lopez was charged with the murder of jimie Faith as well as transporting a firearm in
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interstate commerce case detectives were lorded for their dedicated and meticulous police
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work with the chief of the Dallas Police Department saying I am pleased to see that there were no Stones left unturned
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during the course of this investigation and that our collaborative efforts have brought those involved to
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Justice Darren Lopez pleaded not guilty and was remanded in custody to await his
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trial meanwhile Jennifer Faith asked a third party to forward a message onto Darren in jail
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aware that all their Communications would be monitored Jennifer just wanted Darren to know that she was with him and
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would always be with him no matter what had happened it was an intriguing comment
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that seemed to support jenifer's claims that she didn't know the full extent of Darren's
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actions yet she remained unfaced and fully committed to him even though he was charged with the Jim's
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murder Jennifer told her messenger please tell Darren ASAP I will always be his Darren responded to Jennifer via the
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messenger saying please stay strong for us he referred to himself as her Knight a noble and chalous Warrior charged with
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protecting her as Darren's trial loomed his ex-wife began taking care of several financial
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matters on his behalf in order to do this Darren gave her access to his email account as she navigated his inbox she
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came across something [Music] shocking to be continued next week [Music] [Music]
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for