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I can't see her doing something [music] like that. She's super intelligent. I can't
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This is the moment Zach realized his wife, Ashley, was a secret murderer. Police found Taylor Wright, a friend of
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his wife, lying dead on his property. Police suspects Ashley was the murderer, but Zach refuses to believe it. Little
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did he know, he was about to get the shock of his life in the interrogation room.
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Can you tell me how you came to know Taylor? Um through working uh PR cases. Okay.
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She'd come over to our house every now and then. She met my wife. They became friends.
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Did you guys ever have a fallen out or Never. From from doing this job for so long, I just like I would just pick her
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up pick up little lies from her. Just stuff just didn't start seeming right. She would disappear for
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days that you couldn't get her on the phone. Greg and I would try to call her. You couldn't get her on the phone.
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Taylor had been known to go missing for days at a time, but this time was different. [music] She hadn't been seen
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for over a month before she was found. Early on, cops believed her disappearance was nothing out of the
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ordinary, but she'd left everything at home and what little text she sent to her friends were in language she
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wouldn't normally use. I mean, I'm sure now you've read the news and everything. You kind of know
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the date that we're talking about. Have you had a chance to go back and pinpoint
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where you were on the 8th of September? Um it's very well I can't remember but I'm trying to do the very best I can
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so I can tell you all the best I can. I went to the bank yesterday to pull my statement. I know I ate lunch at the
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seafood place at 9 Mile and Pine Forest. I ate there. I remember eating by myself
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and I remember Ash not being able to make it because she was tied up with work. Taylor was last seen on the 8th of
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September, so Zach attempts to recount what he was doing that day. Given that he used his debit card to purchase food
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in the area, it's likely [music] that his story is true. What's interesting though is that he mentioned he was out
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on his own as his wife was busy with work. It seems that he fully believes this to be the truth. And while he knows
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his wife has been questioned about the murder, he doesn't know that she's currently the number one suspect. The
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cops aren't trying to learn more about the case. They're trying to determine if Zach had a hand in the murder, or at the
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very least, turn him against his own wife. Do you know anything about this money
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that Taylor had given you all? No, absolutely not. She's never given me anything. I've never got anything
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like from that. No. Okay. Do you Do you know anything about your finances? No, to be honest, I give her when like
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when I work a case or like and I got a uh uh settlement from my attorney, I hand
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it straight to Ash. She takes care of everything. The money the detective is referring to
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here is a sum of $34,000 that Taylor had given to Ashley for safekeeping. Taylor
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was going through a divorce and wanted the money away from her own accounts. But instead of putting it in a safety
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deposit box as promised, records show Ashley put it into her own accounts. By the time Taylor wanted it back, she'd
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already spent all of it. Coincidentally, Taylor only asked for it back on the 8th
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of September. If it's not already obvious by now, Zach is a very caring person who obviously trusted his wife a
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lot. So far, he's provided solid answers to where he was when Taylor disappeared
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and his involvement in the couple's finances, equating to almost none. But the detectives have to rule out any
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involvement whatsoever. So they decide to discuss where the body was found. The property up on Britt Road.
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Mhm. And that's owned by her aunt and uncle. Mhm. Have you ever been out there? Yeah.
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When was the last time you think you were out there? The last time I went out there is when I
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traded my four-wheeler for a side-by-side. And that's the last time I've been before that it was
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I couldn't tell you. And when was that? A couple months back. Your phone number though, 554 number.
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Do you always keep that on you? Yeah, I reckon. Do you ever loan it out to anybody?
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No. Okay. No. Would you ever loan it to anybody or No. Do you remember Ashley ever using it?
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Taking it with her? No. [music] Never. Okay, did it ever get lost or stolen or anything and get replaced?
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No, not that I recall. Okay. This might seem like a random question, but phone records actually played a huge
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part in uncovering the truth in this case. Not only did they show Ashley on the property Taylor was found dead at on
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the 8th, but they also showed Taylor's phone at a wedding Ashley attended the very next day. But Taylor was never seen
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at the wedding or anywhere else after that [music] date. Detectives here are just trying to confirm that if
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suspicious activity was discovered from Zach's phone records, there would be no way to argue that it wasn't him in
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control of the phone. But remember, Zach still has very little idea surrounding the true nature of this case. He doesn't
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know how much evidence the cops have against his wife. All he's doing is defending himself and providing answers
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that'll hopefully solve the case. So given his compliance so far, the detectives decide to try and question
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him about some more physical evidence. Um do you own any 9 mm handguns? What kind?
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A Glock. Just one or or Um yeah, yeah, I own one. I've got a lot of guns. So a lot.
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Um one I think one Glock 9. And what model? 19. 19, okay. Do you know how Taylor died?
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Yeah, for Ackerman told me that the the girl was shot, and he got he heard that from Molton.
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So, Akerman told you, and he got it from Molton. Yeah. Okay. And did he elaborate on anything else?
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He just said that they thought the girl was shot. Okay. Did you ever buy Ashley a gun or
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anything of that nature? Man, over the years, um yeah. Yeah. Um I bought her a .380 one time.
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What kind? PPK. Okay. And does she carry a firearm? I haven't seen her one in in in quite a
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while. Not at all. Mhm. Do you own a .38 airweight? Yes. And that I mean, she used to That's the
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last thing I ever remember seeing her with was a .38 airweight, and that was I don't I haven't seen her with that in I
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don't know how long. Let me ask you this question. Did you kill or participate in the death of
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I would Answer this question. Okay. What happened? Did you kill or participate, or do you
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have any knowledge? Zero, Jason. Absolutely none. I don't want to be nowhere near it, no
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nothing involved with it, nothing. I know nothing about it. The detectives are now trying to ramp up
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the pressure slightly. Zach has seemed extremely comfortable up to this point, and they're likely just trying to test
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whether that's because of the more casual nature of the interview so far, or if it's because he genuinely is
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innocent. However, Zach stays calm, and his body language confirms this. As the pressure mounts, Zach doesn't lean back,
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cross his arms, or really become closed off in any way as a guilty person may. Instead, he leans forward, maintains eye
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contact, and his statements are clear and concise. His posture here is one of confidence and cooperation. His feet are
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flat on the ground, and he's leaning towards the detectives, proving that he feels safe around them, and that he's
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got nothing to hide. In fact, this is just one of two different positions Zach has assumed throughout the
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interrogation. The other being a more casual upright position with his hands and legs open. Zach is doing everything
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he can to appear innocent and yet the pressure continues to mount. What do you think happened to Taylor?
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I couldn't tell you, Jason. I mean, I don't I don't know. I don't know. I mean, nobody nobody deserves to ever
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get anything happen to them like that whatsoever. I don't know, buddy. I don't know what happened to her.
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And I you know, I'm asking you do you as this investigation continues, whether it's text,
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phone records, computers, financials, is there going to be anything that hangs you up or ties you to
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Absolutely nothing. Well, not just being involved in the actual murder, but as far as, you know,
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afterwards, helping If If any person in this world was like, "Hey, Zach, come help me do something."
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I would run from that [ __ ] as fast as I could. Well, let me just hell, it's all over the news.
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Yeah. You've read it. Yeah, I've read it. I've read it. I'm I'm I'm And and I mean
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trying to swallow it and and and and figure it all I mean, it's like it it's terrible. I
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But you've read it, so you know at least some of the details. Just based upon that and your knowledge
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of the job that we do and the job that you used to do, what's your thought? Feelings
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Just logically. I can't I can't I can't see her doing something like that. I mean, she's super intelligent.
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You know? She's got a criminal I mean a um Master's degree. Yeah, or a bachelor's. Is it master's or
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bachelor's? I don't know. One of the two. And and uh That's just sloppy. I mean, that's
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sloppy [ __ ] I can't see her doing that. There's obviously a lot going on in Zach's head right now. He obviously
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doesn't want to believe his wife killed someone, but his years of experience as a PI, coupled with all the evidence
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against his wife, logically have to be convincing him otherwise. Not only were there the bank statements and the cell
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phone records, but Ashley was even caught on camera at a hardware store purchasing the exact same type of cement
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that was used to fill Taylor's grave. At this point though, the detectives have seen all they need to. Zach takes a
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minute to discuss a few things with his lawyer, and he signs a search warrant allowing them to obtain all his cell
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phone records. Eventually, Zach is cleared of any wrongdoing and is allowed to return
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home. Is now serving her time away from her husband behind bars.