when a resident is gunned down in his home.
[Lorenzo] He was laying on his back in a pool of blood.
It was a heinous crime.
[Ben] He was very appreciated within that community,
so the big question is, who would do this to him?
[Narrator] Could the victim's tangled personal life
have played a role?
They had an ongoing affair going back to at least 2014.
It was a very rocky relationship from the text messages.
[Narrator] An unexpected tip
will bring detectives head to head
with a dangerous group of criminals...
and a twisted couple bound by an appetite for destruction.
This was his first real girlfriend,
and he was just seein' butterflies.
[Kendra] If you're loving him, he loves you.
Like, he's gonna do anything to protect you.
[Eric] She'd written, "New age Bonnie & Clyde,
ridin' together 'til
the homicide detectives pull us apart."
[Jonathan] When you get into a relationship like that,
very few things that are good come out of it.
This was, unfortunately, the perfect combination for murder.
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[muffled groan]
[gasps]
[Narrator] Deep in the expansive wilderness
of Cowlitz County, Washington
lies the small town of Ryderwood.
[Ben] Ryderwood's a, a neat little community.
It's set up around national forest and,
and state forest land.
[Riley] It's a rarity that the sheriff's office
goes to the town of Ryderwood,
because it's a, it's a peaceful place
full of retirees.
[Narrator] But on March 18th, 2019,
an urgent 911 call forces law enforcement
out to this quiet area.
[Narrator] Deputies with
the Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office
are immediately dispatched to the scene.
[Jordan] Ryderwood is at the northern tip
of our county border.
It's a good 40-minute drive, 45-minute drive to Ryderwood.
So, it's a very remote area.
We sped up our response to get to that location.
When we arrived on scene,
I saw a female sitting outside the home on, on a truck.
[Lorenzo] Like anyone would that respond to this type of scene,
she was quite frantic
and wanted immediate response from emergency services.
[Jordan] So, we go in.
There was blood all over the floor.
There was a large trauma to the face.
A quick pulse check helped me verify that
the subject was deceased, slightly cold to the touch.
It definitely looked like
a gunshot wound to the, to the facial area.
We don't know if this is a homicide,
if this is an accidental shooting.
We secured the scene as best we could
and waited for our detective unit
and Detective Gladson to show up.
[Narrator] When Cowlitz County detectives arrive,
they begin the arduous task of
processing the scene for evidence.
The victim was layin' on his back in a pool of blood,
and he had an apparent gunshot wound.
A .45-caliber casing was found at the scene.
[Riley] When a gunshot occurs,
the closer a gun is held to somebody's body,
the closer it is, it's going to leave these little black marks
that are called stippling.
There is stippling all, all over his face.
[Lorenzo] What that indicated to us is that his face was
three feet or less from the barrel of the gun
when he was shot and killed.
[Narrator] While there's no sign of forced entry,
it's clear to detectives where the assailant
likely entered and exited the home.
[Lorenzo] The back door was wide open.
And there was blood on the exterior of the door,
which showed that that door was open
at the time that he was shot.
We have a realm of possibilities here.
We were very interested in
hearing what the 911 caller had to say.
She said that her name was Kiann.
She said that she was the girlfriend of the,
of the deceased.
Said that she had come over to check on him,
because she tried to call him earlier in the morning
and she couldn't get ahold of him.
[Narrator] Kiann identifies the victim
as 47-year-old Travis Seiber.
[Lorenzo] Kiann was Travis' second alarm clock.
Apparently, he had some difficulties wakin' up
early in the morning for work,
so she decided to drive over to his residence
to make sure he was awake.
She walked in and found him in the kitchen floor,
layin' on his back in a pool of blood.
[Jordan] She was exhibiting shock or disbelief.
You could tell it was difficult for her to,
to kind of comprehend what was taking place.
[Lorenzo] At this point in time,
it is wide open as to who could have done this to Travis.
We needed more information.
[Narrator] An avid outdoorsman,
Travis Seiber hit the jackpot
when he landed in Ryderwood, Washington.
[Ben] Travis grew up here in Washington State,
born and raised here.
He's, he's one of six siblings.
He moved to Ryderwood area
'cause he was an outdoorsman kind of guy.
So, anything related to outside
he was definitely interested and, and active in.
He loved fishing, loved hunting, loved chickens,
loved working with bees and beehives and making honey.
[Narrator] A jack of all trades,
Travis worked as a logger, a handyman,
and a driver for his brother's pilot car company
[Ben] He was a pilot.
A pilot is a, a person that follows oversized loads.
They would follow a truck and clear the way,
make sure they don't hit bridges,
make sure the roads are wide enough, et cetera.
He was very appreciated within that community,
and, and built a really good reputation.
A lot of times, he volunteered his work.
He had a big heart in that respect.
[Narrator] Over the years, Travis had two children.
But his romantic relationships never seemed to last.
[Ben] He never married, but he did have female companions.
In the process, he did have kids.
A young man, and then he has a young daughter.
He had a child that he was payin' child support for
that didn't currently live with him.
[Riley] Travis lived the life of a bachelor.
He liked to go out to the bars,
and he liked, he liked to meet a lot of women.
[Narrator] And yet, he never gave up hope
that he would find the one...
So when he met Kiann in 2007,
he decided to give the relationship a shot.
I know Kiann really cared for Travis.
I know Travis really cared for her.
[Narrator] But on March 18th, 2019,
Kiann finds Travis shot to deah inside his home.
Any homicide investigation, a person of interest is the,
the person to find the, the victim.
So, that was my interest in speaking with her right away.
Kiann lived with him for a period of one year,
but approximately three years prior to this incident,
she had moved out of his house and lived in
a separate residence a couple of miles away.
But she still indicated that sh was Travis' girlfriend.
Kiann also reported that Travis was the victim of a burglary
just a couple of months earlier in January of 2019.
She didn't offer up any explanation as to enemies.
So, you know, obviously robbery, burglary,
that could be a motive.
But he didn't have a whole lot of cash or other valuables
inside of his house.
She said that he did have some jewelry,
and she noticed that that jewelry was missing.
Travis's home had not been ransacked,
but what you could tell is in Travis's bedroom,
you could see fresh movement of of his dresser.
There was dust that indicated
things had recently been displaced.
One of those items was a DVD player,
and the other item was a DVR
that went to Travis's surveillance system.
[Riley] Travis had security cameras
across the entirety of his house from every direction.
The wires from the security cameras
went to that DVR,
which is a hard drive, and would show who was at his house.
That was ripped out of his bedroom.
Travis's cell phone was also taken as well.
[Lorenzo] In the murderer's haste to take the DVR equipment
they knocked several envelopes from Travis's dresser
onto the floor.
The murderer stepped on the envelope
on his way out with the DVR.
It was apparent that the shoeprint,
the shoe impression that was left on the envelope,
was from the murderer,
because I analyzed all of Travis's and Kiann's shoes.
And none of those shoes matched
the impression that was left on the envelope.
[Narrator] Detectives wrap up
their investigation at the house,
and notify Travis's family of his death.
His brother Calvin arrives on the scene soon after.
[Lorenzo] Well, he really didn't have much information to offer
as to who Travis's enemies might be,
who he didn't get along with,
what problems he might be havin' with people.
[Ben] Travis was not the kind of person that he would,
he owed people money or made threats to people.
He was not that kinda guy,
so the big question is, who would do this to him?
[Narrator] When detectives ask his brother about
Travis's relationship with Kiann,
he gives an entirely different description from Kiann's.
Kiann described herself as Travis's girlfriend.
However, Travis's brother referred to the relationship
between Travis and Kiann
as an off and on relationship.
And he didn't know what the current status was.
[Riley] It seemed Kiann
was much more serious about the relationship than Travis.
And he said there's several women
that were involved with him at the time of his murder.
[Lorenzo] It was no secret
within Travis's family and friends
that he had a multitude of girlfriends,
that he met women on, on dating apps
and on social media.
[Narrator] Could Travis's exploits with other women
have sent Kiann into a jealous rage?
[Lorenzo] Travis's relationship with Kiann
was certainly very peculiar.
Those kind of relationships can, can, can go bad easily,
and it was certainly a concern of ours
that this relationship could've gone south.
[Narrator] Coming up.
The suspect list continues to grow
as detectives uncover a salacious secret...
She admitted she and Travis had an ongoing affair.
[Lorenzo] I'm concerned that
this love triangle could've gone bad.
[Narrator] And a string of crimes
will put a Bonnie and Clyde duo in their crosshairs.
It was a dysfunctional relationship
from the get-go,
that unfortunately ended up costing someone their life.
[music]
, Washington,
detectives have just learned that their murder victim,
47-year-old Travis Seiber,
was dating other women while involved with his girlfriend
and the 911 caller, Kiann Meloche.
[Lorenzo] So, my first step was to have
a sit-down interview with Kiann
I had her sit in the, the front seat of my car
while I sat in the driver's seat,
and I recorded our interview.
Kiann reported that she was last at Travis's house
the prior evening,
and she estimated that she left his house about 9:45 P.M.
and she was home the entire time
between 9:45 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. the, the following morning.
I asked her if she was okay with us analyzing her phone,
and she immediately turned her phone over to the police.
[Narrator] Once Kiann is released,
a deputy approaches Detective Gladson.
The deputy told me that there was a woman just down the hill
that wanted to speak with the investigator.
I went to the neighbor's house,
and I spoke with the female who advised that
she received a text message from Travis at 5:09 that morning.
She wanted to relay that information to me
so it would help narrow down the timeframe
in which Travis was murdered.
The neighbor was in the process of making her daily coffee
in preparation to go to a workout class
when Travis sent her this "Hi" text message at 5:00 A.M.
She said she didn't see that text message
until her workout class was ove
and deputies had already arrive on scene.
We found a 5:00 A.M. text message
to a neighbor woman who's married
to be a, a little bit odd.
But it was indicative to us that Travis was alive at 5:00 A.M.
I knew at that point that this murder happened sometime
between 5:00 A.M. and 7:00 A.M.
[Narrator] Curious about the nature of their relationship,
detectives as the neighbor why Travis would text her
so early in the morning.
She admitted she and Travis had an ongoing affair
going back to at least 2014.
She revealed to us that she was last intimate with Travis
about eight days prior to his murder.
[Lorenzo] Travis's neighbor was about Travis's age.
She had a husband that was significantly older.
I asked the neighbor if her husband was aware
of the affair that Travis had with her,
and she said he was aware,
but he did not think it was ongoing.
He thought it had stopped years earlier.
I asked her how her husband would react
if he had saw a message on her cell phone
that came from Travis.
She said he would not be happy.
[Narrator] Detectives consider the possibility
that her spouse had secretly uncovered the betrayal.
I'm concerned that
with, with this love triangle could have gone bad.
At this point in time,
the neighbors are absolutely persons of interest.
When I spoke with the husband a his home,
he was aware of the past relationship
that his wife had with Travis.
But he didn't have any animosity or ill will towards Travis
stemming from that relationship
They were neighborly with each other.
We hinted around at, at the possibility
that they were still having a...
intimate relationship,
and he was clearly not aware of that.
[Riley] I asked him if he had a firearm.
And he confirmed that, that they don't have firearms,
never have had firearms.
He doesn't believe in firearms.
He was very genuine.
It just seemed unlikely due to his age and his demeanor
that he was involved.
The neighbor is just simply not a violent person.
We asked the husband if he believed his wife
would be involved in the murder of Travis, and he said no.
[Lorenzo] I asked the neighbor if she would allow me
to look at her phone.
She was very reluctant to provide her cell phone.
[Riley] She decided that she had personal things
on her phone that she didn't wanna share with us.
And we ended up seizing her phone
pursuant to the application of a search warrant.
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[Lorenzo] One of the first things we wanted to look at
was her communication with Travis in the days
leading up to this murder.
She had indicated that her and Travis were gettin' along fine,
they were great,
their relationship was very friendly.
When we searched her phone,
we found out that that wasn't so much the case.
It was a very rocky relationshi from the text messages.
There was strong language from Travis to the neighbor.
Travis had sent her some messages in which
he told her to F off.
It was clear that he was frustrated with
her bein' controlling, bein' overbearing, bein' jealous.
[Narrator] But the neighbor's more recent texts to Travis
are most alarming to detectives
Shortly after I arrived, she sent a message that says,
"I hope you're doin' well, wherever you are."
She sent him a third message sayin' that
she forgot to give him his Christmas present.
I found that really odd,
why she would send him text messages
after she knew he was deceased.
[Narrator] Detectives decide to bring Travis's neighbor in
for a formal interview.
When confronted about the text messages,
she's quick to explain her actions.
The neighbor told us that she was a very spiritual,
deep type of person.
And so, she felt she was connecting with Travis
after he passed.
That was strange.
Definitely raised some questions.
There was no direct evidence on her phone
showing that she was at Travis's house that morning.
So, while there's oddities abou her relationship with Travis,
we're going back to the drawing board a little bit here.
[Narrator] Circling back to their original suspect,
Travis's on again, off again girlfriend, Kiann,
detectives receive the results from her cell phone.
The call detail records for Kiann's phone
showed that when she called Travis
the morning of the homicide,
she was at her residence.
Her story checked out,
and the cell phone records substantiated that.
We're able to rule Kiann out as a suspect in this murder.
[Narrator] Detectives believe Travis's complicated love life
still holds the key to solving his murder.
[Lorenzo] One of the things that Kiann initially told us
that Travis was missing in addition to the DVR equipment
was his cell phone.
[Riley] We wrote search warrants to ping that phone,
and we had a pretty small grid area
where we believed the phone had been ditched.
[Lorenzo] We believed it was discarded along State Route 506
We conducted two search and rescue missions in that area
in an attempt to try and locate that cell phone.
[Riley] It was very difficult terrain.
There are blackberry bushes, steep hills, ravines, creeks.
Our search and rescue folks were beatin' brush for two days
tryin' to find this cell phone.
[Eric] There was a search for it,
and they were not finding it.
And the, the ping became more and more faint,
'til they weren't able to recover it.
[Riley] So, we do a search warrant to Facebook,
the dating sites that he's on, his email, his phone records,
and we're identifying
all the people that he's in contact with.
Travis was having a lot of relationships with
a lot of different women,
and some of those women were married women.
So, there were certainly some concerns that
one of these married women's husband
found out about the extramarital affair
and, and decided to take matters into his own hands.
[Riley] We're making phone calls.
We're looking through criminal history on people
to see if they'd be upset or capable of this.
In homicide investigations,
you have to look at every possibility.
And a lot of times,
the simplest answer is very close to what happened.
[music]
n police are investigating
the shooting death of Travis Seiber,
and his loved ones are grappling with
the magnitude of their loss.
[Riley] This crime definitely
had an impact on the Ryderwood community.
It's a community that people aren't typically
locking their door.
They don't see any violent crime.
I've never heard of a murder in Ryderwood before...
Before this case.
We're spinning our wheels for three weeks,
just goin' through data, and we're not gettin' anywhere.
We're just waitin' until a lead breaks.
This was really devastating for my family, my wife,
my mother-in-law, my brother-in-laws.
That waiting and, and the unknown was very draining,
but we understood, you know, this is gonna take time.
You gotta figure out who did it and why.
You know, what's their plan?
Is there any evidence of a suspect?
And at, at the time, there wasn't.
There wasn't anything obvious.
So, it was a whodunit type, type case.
[Narrator] Then, on April 8th,
Cowlitz County detectives receive
case-breaking information from the Centralia Police Departmen,
nearly 40 miles north.
[Riley] Essentially, Centralia PD, since mid-March,
was getting rocked by downtown burglaries.
[Tracy] There was at least a dozen commercial businesses
that were burglarized,
from cell phone businesses, coffee stands, tattoo shops,
a Mexican restaurant.
Mainly, they were attacking the cash register and safes
looking for money.
It was almost a nightly occurrence.
[Lorenzo] They had assembled a task force
to specifically focus
on ending this commercial burglary ring
that they were having.
[Tracy] They all had the same MO,
the same group of individuals committing the burglaries.
One of the Centralia patrol officers
who had been working a couple of the cases
ended up identifying one of the suspects
through surveillance videos at the stores.
[Narrator] Centralia police work quickly
to apprehend the suspect,
a 29year-old resident named Patrick Gish.
[Tracy] Patrick Gish was the first one identified.
We ended up setting up surveillance on a residence
at South Rock Street in Centralia.
We entered the residence and located him hiding upstairs,
and he was taken into custody.
Patrick Gish was transported to the police department
and wanted to cooperate with law enforcement.
He admitted to participating in burglaries.
[Narrator] But as police press Patrick
about the identities of his co-conspirators,
he reveals a damning piece of information.
He told the detectives about
a murder that occurred in Ryderwood.
He said that one of the other suspects in the burglary
used a .45-caliber pistol to murder a guy,
where he shot him in the face near his back door.
[Tracy] We were aware that there was a homicide in Ryderwood,
so all this information was relayed to Detective Gladson.
[Lorenzo] It was never released that
the gunshot wound was to the face.
It was never released that it was by a .45-caliber gun.
So, with Patrick knowin' those two things,
we certainly wanna talk to him right away.
[Narrator] Cowlitz County detectives
immediately respond to the Centralia Police Department
to speak with Patrick.
[Lorenzo] He's obviously providing information.
He described the gun.
[Riley] He also told us that the suspect took the DVR
to the security system
and the cell phone belonging to the victim and got rid of it.
[Narrator] Patrick explains that the suspect is one of
his fellow accomplices in the burglary ring...
Patrick Gish told us his friend, Anthony DePuisaye-Green,
who goes by "Tony",
committed this murder.
[Lorenzo] This was the first time that I'd heard the name
Anthony DePuisaye-Greene in our investigation.
[Jonathan] Tony's not a stranger to the criminal justice system.
He's been in and out throughout a good portion of his life.
[Riley] Gish got out, came back to Centralia,
and then Tony got out and reconnected with Gish,
committing burglaries.
The way it sounded was that Tony was the leader
of this, this band of thieves breaking into these businesses.
[Narrator] According to Patrick,
he and Tony have been crashing at the home of
Tony's girlfriend, 43-year-old Liz Rogan.
When Tony and Gish and the others were out
committing these burglaries,
they, they would use Liz's car,
and Liz would act as a, a lookout for them
while they were breaking into the businesses.
[Narrator] With this information,
Centralia police secure a search warrant
for Liz's home...
But she isn't there.
On her property, however, they make a crucial discovery.
One of the huge pieces of evidence that was
recovered from Ms. Rogan's residence
was the firearm.
It was determined to be
the firearm that was used in the murder.
The gun was just in, hiding in plain sight, if you will.
There was a bag that was hangin on the fence
at the front of the residence.
I looked into the bag,
and there's a Colt .45 1911 sittin' in the bag.
[music]
Cowlitz County and Centralia police agencies
have uncovered the murder weapo at Liz Rogan's residence.
Detectives surveil the home in hopes Liz will return.
[Tracy] Liz showed up later in the day.
She was a little nervous and apprehensive.
She was hesitant in answering questions.
Liz was actually transported
to the Centralia Police Department to give an interview
[Narrator] When Cowlitz County detectives sit down with Liz
and question her about Travis Seiber,
she explains an unexpected connection.
[Narrator] According to Liz,
she kept her dating profile active,
which is where she met Tony DePuisaye-Greene
in late 2018.
And they began dating in just the months prior to this murder.
[Riley] They hit it off fast.
They were out spending money, going to casinos.
[Lorenzo] It wasn't long after they began dating that
they started committin' burglaries together.
And a lot of them.
[Jonathan] When you look at Liz's history,
she is not a stranger to the criminal justice system.
None of these folks really were.
They enjoyed this Bonnie and Clyde lifestyle.
They were, they were lovin' it.
They were, they were eatin' it up.
[Narrator] But Liz claims that
not long into their relationship,
she began to encounter a darker side to Tony.
She implied that Tony was very controlling,
that she was fearful of him.
Tony has been described as having an explosive temper.
One night, Tony was going through her dating websites
and found a message from Travis to her.
That message upset Tony,
so Tony comes up with the idea to rob Travis.
That idea consists of Liz distracting Travis,
and while they're engaged inside,
Tony is gonna burglarize the residence.
[Narrator] According to Liz, on March 17th,
Tony told her to take him to Travis's house
so they could execute the plan.
[Lorenzo] She was yelling for Tony,
but she realized that he had ran around to the back door
because she could hear
the yellin' and screamin' back there,
and then she heard the single gunshot.
She says she panicked and she wanted to leave,
but she couldn't leave because Tony had the keys.
When Tony finally emerges from Travis's residence,
he's got what she described as, as these black boxes
in his hands he's, that he's carrying.
And he gets in the passenger seat,
and they drive off.
She portrayed herself as
the victim throughout this whole thing,
and portrayed Tony as the monster.
[Narrator] When detectives press Liz about Tony's whereabouts,
she says she doesn't know.
But authorities are able to track down his relatives nearby
A detective showed up, and he was like,
"Hey, can I ask you a few questions?"
And I was like, "Yeah, of course."
Like, I have nothing to hide. You know?
[Narrator] Tony's family is stunned to learn of
his alleged involvement in Travis Seiber's murder.
I was shocked and kinda...
bummed.
I was like, "How could he have done this?"
I didn't really know what to think.
What we learned was that Tony had a dysfunctional upbringing.
He had a difficult childhood.
Tony and I, my brothers and sisters,
I believe there's nine of us that I know of.
[Lorenzo] He had spent most of his teenage years
in and out of juvenile.
When he became adult, he continued that trend.
He spent most of his adult life in prison.
[Riley] Tony was a very violent person.
He has a long history of violent crimes.
[Lorenzo] He was released from prison
just, just months before this murder.
Tony gets out of prison, and he meets Elizabeth Rogan.
[Narrator] According to Tony's family,
he and Liz shared a passionate connection.
[Riley] Tony was infatuated with, with Liz.
This was his first real girlfriend,
and he was just seein' butterflies.
[Kendra] If he knows you're loving him, he loves you.
Like, he's gonna do anything it takes to protect you,
to love you, to cherish you, no matter what it be.
[Lorenzo] So, it wasn't long after they begin dating that
Liz moved Tony into her house.
[Narrator] After speaking with Tony's family,
authorities finally track him down
when he arrives at his home.
He is taken into custody without incident.
[Lorenzo] I brought Tony into an interview room.
I read him his rights.
And I told him this was regarding the murder
that occurred in Ryderwood,
expecting a significant respons and reaction from him.
And is all he did was smile.
He lawyered up, as they say.
He was very confident and cocky.
[Lorenzo] There's certainly a lot of more evidence
that needs collected
to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt,
but at this point,
I have established probable cause
that he committed this crime.
[Narrator] Authorities also arrest Liz Rogan
and charge her with Travis's murder.
[Lorenzo] Liz claimed that she acted under duress because
she did what Tony told her to, because he had a gun.
I later spoke with other people who are
closely connected to both Liz...
and Tony,
and they advised that the relationship wasn't
at all that way.
That Liz could hold her own,
and that she oftentimes told Tony what to do.
She's tryin' to be dismissive of her involvement
and pin this all on Tony.
[Narrator] When detectives search Liz's car,
their suspicions are confirmed.
When the search warrant's served on Liz's car, a diary's located.
[Lorenzo] Inside the front cover of that diary, she had written,
"The new age Bonnie and Clyde, ridin' together
until the wheels fall off
and the homicide detectives pry us apart."
Usually, you see remorse in situations like that,
and Liz is glorifying it and making it romantic in her diary.
[Narrator] Coming up.
Authorities face challenging questions
as they prepare for their day in court.
He told me that the man was on top of her,
and she was yelling, "Help, help."
He painted this picture of unwelcome sexual behavior,
then came to the rescue.
[music]
Cowlitz County, Washington
have arrested Liz Rogan and her boyfriend,
Tony DePuisaye-Greene,
for the murder of Travis Seiber
While the crime's true mastermind is still unclear,
authorities believe that Liz played
a much larger role than she has claimed.
She's dating a 26-year-old man who will do essentially
whatever she asks of him.
She's gettin' to live this wild, crazy lifestyle
all on his dime all on his crime,
and she's just enjoying every minute of it.
[Narrator] When detectives execute a search warrant
on Liz and Tony's cell phone records,
they find more evidence that links the couple
to the January burglary
Travis's girlfriend Kiann had told them about.
And what this communication between Tony and Liz revealed,
on January 18th, two months to the day before the murder,
was they went out there with a specific plan
for Liz to go in and distract Travis
while Tony burglarized his house.
She's feeding Travis drinks, tryin' to get him to pass out.
All the while,
texting Tony,
telling Tony, "Valuables here."
Telling him what there is to take.
Eventually Travis gets to the point where
he is intoxicated.
Tony's tellin' Liz, "There's not much here.
Where am I supposed to look? I don't see any money."
You know, not much for valuables.
And they decide to get out of there.
That was really the key discovery in the case,
key evidence, because it told us
a lot more about what was going on.
And, and that was that two months later,
they would return,
and Tony would murder Travis Seiber.
[Narrator] Working alongside the Centralia police,
Cowlitz detectives find evidenc
that bolsters their case against Tony.
[Tracy] At the scene, on an envelope,
there was a shoe tread impression.
We had the lab analyze that.
And ultimately, the lab found it belonged to
a certain type of FUBU shoe.
Detectives were able to get surveillance video
that showed Tony wearing a FUBU shoe,
which became very important.
We found five instances before the murder
in which we found Tony on video.
And all five of those instances,
he's wearin' black midnight FUBU shoes.
Also, Patrick Gish, the informant,
and Liz told me that Tony wore black FUBU shoes
up to the point to the murder.
And that he had not seen him wear those same shoes
after the murder.
[Narrator] While detectives are unable to recover the sneakers,
the evidence is overwhelming.
But as authorities prepare for trial,
Tony makes a startling claim.
I was interested in listening to Tony's phone calls from prison
after this murder.
And in those phone calls,
he painted this picture of Travis having
unwelcome sexual behavior towards Liz.
And he came to the rescue.
[Kendra] I had had a visit with him in prison,
and Tony told me that he heard screaming.
He went up to the window and had seen that the man
was on top of her with his pants down,
and she was yelling, "Help, help."
And he tried to get in the door,
and the guy had met him at the door with a gun.
And they wrestled around for a little bit,
and Tony ended up with the gun and shot him.
[Lorenzo] There is no evidence whatsoever
that Liz was ever attacked by Travis that day.
There was no evidence at all that there was
an actual struggle,
a physical struggle between Travis and Tony
anywhere near the back door.
What we do know is the back doo was opened,
where I believe Tony just marched in,
stuck the gun right in Travis's face.
He pulled the trigger.
[Riley] I think Travis was killed
because Tony was infatuated with Liz,
and I think there was a jealousy factor.
[Jonathan] It was a dysfunctional relationship
from the get-go,
that unfortunately ended up costing someone their life.
And when you get into a relationship like that,
very few things that are good come out of it.
[Riley] Liz and Tony's personalities,
when you put those together and you factor in
Tony's violent nature...
And then you take Liz,
where she's very self-centered
and romanticizes Tony's behavior,
this was, unfortunately,
the perfect combination for what we saw.
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[Narrator] Ultimately, Liz is given the opportunity
to reduce her charges.
There was an agreement reached with Liz, through her attorney,
that she would agree to testify truthfully against Tony
in his trial.
And she would plead guilty, ultimately,
to murder in the second degree and a 15-year sentence.
[Narrator] With the prospect of Liz testifying against him,
Tony also accepts a plea deal.
We ended up making an offer to Tony to plead guilty
to murder in the first degree and 45 years in prison.
[Lorenzo] We're very fortunate that he received
a 45-year sentence.
I don't know that I've ever investigated a murderer
who I felt was more likely to kill again
than I feel about Tony.
He's just a dangerous individual,
and he needs to be in prison.
[Lorenzo] Liz is equally dangerous.
I don't believe that she's sad that
Travis' family is grieving.
I believe that she's sad that she's sittin' in prison.
[Riley] Throughout this investigation,
Liz never grasped the concept o what she did.
She glorified what they did,
and she was the catalyst to, to what happened.
[Ben] She should've got more.
She's the one that caused
the ultimate outcome of this investigation.
If it wasn't for her, this would've never happened.
Now we don't have Travis,
and the family grieved for years.
Yeah, nothing will change that.
The way to remember Travis was he was very caring,
he had a big heart.
He definitely loved his family, you know, and, and he's missed.
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