1 00:00:02,419 --> 00:00:03,336 - FEMALE NARRATOR: Before her name 2 00:00:04,838 --> 00:00:08,633 made international headlines, Nancy Pfister was the toast 3 00:00:08,675 --> 00:00:11,261 of her ritzy mountain oasis. 4 00:00:11,302 --> 00:00:13,013 - Everybody wanted to be like Nancy, 5 00:00:13,054 --> 00:00:14,431 everybody wanted to meet her. 6 00:00:14,472 --> 00:00:17,350 She didn't have a problem in the world. 7 00:00:17,392 --> 00:00:20,645 - She was briefly engaged to Michael Douglas. 8 00:00:20,687 --> 00:00:22,313 When the Kennedys would come into town, 9 00:00:22,355 --> 00:00:24,107 she would party with them. 10 00:00:24,149 --> 00:00:27,694 - In Aspen, she was the queen, for sure. 11 00:00:27,736 --> 00:00:30,905 - NARRATOR: But a harrowing crime would send shockwaves 12 00:00:30,947 --> 00:00:33,783 through the glamorous Aspen community. 13 00:00:41,541 --> 00:00:43,043 - JASON AUSLANDER: The body was completely wrapped 14 00:00:43,084 --> 00:00:44,878 in garbage bags. 15 00:00:44,919 --> 00:00:46,921 They see blonde hair, and they notice, 16 00:00:46,963 --> 00:00:48,757 obviously, that it's a female. 17 00:00:50,383 --> 00:00:52,886 - NARRATOR: The investigation would capture media attention 18 00:00:52,927 --> 00:00:55,221 around the nation. 19 00:00:55,263 --> 00:00:56,806 - JIMMY NADELL: Everybody was shocked 20 00:00:56,848 --> 00:01:01,603 at this gruesome murder here of a very well-loved, 21 00:01:01,644 --> 00:01:04,773 local woman, who had everything going for her. 22 00:01:07,025 --> 00:01:09,069 - NARRATOR: As police search for answers, 23 00:01:09,110 --> 00:01:12,155 they'll uncover a desperate conspiracy. 24 00:01:12,197 --> 00:01:15,116 One that culminates in a tell-all confession 25 00:01:15,158 --> 00:01:17,744 that would leave those closest to the case 26 00:01:17,786 --> 00:01:20,205 shaken to their core. 27 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:26,252 - That was just another indication to me 28 00:01:26,294 --> 00:01:27,879 that they were being framed. 29 00:01:32,842 --> 00:01:35,762 - They bonded over their mutual, I'll have to say hatred, 30 00:01:35,804 --> 00:01:39,683 and what desperate people do sometimes is lash out. 31 00:01:42,686 --> 00:01:47,774 - * 32 00:01:47,816 --> 00:01:50,110 - [muffled scream, gasp] 33 00:01:50,151 --> 00:01:52,153 - ** 34 00:01:56,199 --> 00:01:57,701 - NARRATOR: Known as the Beverly Hills 35 00:01:57,742 --> 00:02:00,704 of the Rocky Mountains, Aspen, Colorado 36 00:02:00,745 --> 00:02:04,666 is the winter retreat for the rich and famous. 37 00:02:04,708 --> 00:02:07,961 - JIMMY: Aspen is a playground for billionaires. 38 00:02:08,003 --> 00:02:09,462 You can get a beautiful house here, 39 00:02:09,504 --> 00:02:12,465 you can land your jet within five minutes of downtown. 40 00:02:12,507 --> 00:02:16,469 The skiing is 100% world class. 41 00:02:18,304 --> 00:02:22,434 - NARRATOR: But on the evening of February 26th, 2014, 42 00:02:22,475 --> 00:02:25,228 the glitz and glamour of the Aspen community 43 00:02:25,270 --> 00:02:27,814 would dissolve into chaos, 44 00:02:27,856 --> 00:02:32,527 when local police dispatchers receive a frantic 911 call. 45 00:03:12,317 --> 00:03:14,694 - NARRATOR: Born in 1956, 46 00:03:14,736 --> 00:03:19,074 Nancy Pfister was brought up in an exclusive community. 47 00:03:19,115 --> 00:03:22,202 - Nancy is the daughter of Art Pfister. 48 00:03:22,243 --> 00:03:26,539 Art Pfister was a rancher that owned the property 49 00:03:26,581 --> 00:03:30,835 that was eventually developed into the Buttermilk Ski area 50 00:03:30,877 --> 00:03:34,255 and the West Buttermilk super exclusive 51 00:03:34,297 --> 00:03:37,217 housing developments. 52 00:03:37,258 --> 00:03:40,053 - The Pfisters were like Aspen royalty, 53 00:03:40,095 --> 00:03:42,305 everyone catered to them 54 00:03:42,347 --> 00:03:46,267 because they basically helped put Aspen on the map. 55 00:03:48,603 --> 00:03:50,480 - NARRATOR: If her parents were royalty, 56 00:03:50,522 --> 00:03:53,733 Nancy was Aspen's princess. 57 00:03:53,775 --> 00:03:56,236 - JIMMY: She was like Aspen's daughter. 58 00:03:56,277 --> 00:03:58,279 The kid that grew up, that had everything, 59 00:03:58,321 --> 00:04:00,031 everybody wanted to be like Nancy, 60 00:04:00,073 --> 00:04:01,449 everybody wanted to meet her, 61 00:04:01,491 --> 00:04:03,910 she didn't have a problem in the world. 62 00:04:03,952 --> 00:04:06,329 - JOYCE SINGULAR: She was Aspen's welcome wagon. 63 00:04:06,371 --> 00:04:09,290 She was very friendly and outgoing and gregarious. 64 00:04:09,332 --> 00:04:12,669 She was briefly engaged to Michael Douglas, 65 00:04:12,711 --> 00:04:15,755 she was a girlfriend to Jack Nicholson, 66 00:04:15,797 --> 00:04:17,507 when the Kennedys would come into town, 67 00:04:17,549 --> 00:04:19,592 she would party with them. 68 00:04:19,634 --> 00:04:23,430 - You would see Nancy in town and she was the sparkle. 69 00:04:23,471 --> 00:04:26,099 I mean, you knew that if you followed along with her, 70 00:04:26,141 --> 00:04:27,809 you were going to find some fun. 71 00:04:27,851 --> 00:04:31,021 Believe me, there was going to be some Prosecco. 72 00:04:31,062 --> 00:04:34,441 There was always someone to meet and someone to have fun with. 73 00:04:34,482 --> 00:04:36,234 She had the charm and the magic, 74 00:04:36,276 --> 00:04:38,778 and like the Pied Piper, you just follower her. 75 00:04:40,989 --> 00:04:44,701 - NARRATOR: By the early 2000s, one of Nancy's closest followers 76 00:04:44,743 --> 00:04:48,747 was her best friend and personal assistant, Kathy Carpenter. 77 00:04:50,373 --> 00:04:52,542 - JOYCE: Kathy Carpenter was a bank teller 78 00:04:52,584 --> 00:04:55,462 at Alpine Bank in Aspen. 79 00:04:55,503 --> 00:04:59,466 This was the bank that Nancy Pfister banked at. 80 00:04:59,507 --> 00:05:03,678 Nancy Pfister, at one point, invited Kathy Carpenter 81 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:06,723 to become her personal assistant. 82 00:05:06,765 --> 00:05:08,475 - RITA BELLINO: Kathy Carpenter 83 00:05:08,516 --> 00:05:10,477 really cared about Nancy Pfister. 84 00:05:10,518 --> 00:05:14,356 She became her person, like to drive her different places, 85 00:05:14,397 --> 00:05:17,650 and I think she enjoyed it, because she got invited 86 00:05:17,692 --> 00:05:21,112 around to places and things that she probably would not have 87 00:05:21,154 --> 00:05:25,700 gotten invited to had she not been with Nancy Pfister. 88 00:05:29,537 --> 00:05:30,955 - NARRATOR: As a personal assistant, 89 00:05:30,997 --> 00:05:33,792 Kathy's biggest job was helping Nancy manage 90 00:05:33,833 --> 00:05:37,420 the rental of her luxurious chalet. 91 00:05:37,462 --> 00:05:40,423 - She would rent out her home on Buttermilk Mountain 92 00:05:40,465 --> 00:05:42,759 when she would leave town during the winter. 93 00:05:42,801 --> 00:05:44,719 She was traveling all over the world. 94 00:05:48,014 --> 00:05:52,268 - NARRATOR: In November 2013, the 57-year-old socialite 95 00:05:52,310 --> 00:05:56,356 chose Australia for a six-month getaway. 96 00:05:56,398 --> 00:05:58,733 - Nancy Pfister wanted to go to Australia, 97 00:05:58,775 --> 00:06:01,820 not only to get out of the cold weather of Aspen in the winter, 98 00:06:01,861 --> 00:06:04,447 but she was an adventurous woman. 99 00:06:04,489 --> 00:06:06,533 And she was thinking of potentially buying 100 00:06:06,574 --> 00:06:09,452 some property in Australia. 101 00:06:09,494 --> 00:06:11,788 - NARRATOR: Nancy had told friends she'd be returning 102 00:06:11,830 --> 00:06:14,124 in May of 2014. 103 00:06:15,417 --> 00:06:18,044 But, on February 26th, 104 00:06:18,086 --> 00:06:21,715 three months before Nancy's anticipated arrival, 105 00:06:21,756 --> 00:06:25,385 police get an alarming call from Kathy Carpenter, 106 00:06:25,427 --> 00:06:28,930 who tells them she's just found Nancy's body 107 00:06:28,972 --> 00:06:31,433 inside her Aspen home. 108 00:06:39,357 --> 00:06:41,067 - JOYCE: Kathy Carpenter was screaming 109 00:06:41,109 --> 00:06:43,278 into the 911 dispatch officer, 110 00:06:43,319 --> 00:06:45,196 "My friend is dead, my friend is dead." 111 00:07:01,629 --> 00:07:03,465 - JASON: Kathy is frantic and screaming. 112 00:07:03,506 --> 00:07:05,967 She had just found her friend, dead, 113 00:07:06,009 --> 00:07:08,094 and didn't want to go back in the house, 114 00:07:08,136 --> 00:07:10,430 so she actually got in her car 115 00:07:10,472 --> 00:07:12,724 and starts driving down the mountain. 116 00:07:26,821 --> 00:07:28,365 - NARRATOR: When deputies arrive, 117 00:07:28,406 --> 00:07:32,827 they realize Kathy is in serious distress. 118 00:07:32,869 --> 00:07:36,122 - She was so distraught that they had to use a sedative 119 00:07:36,164 --> 00:07:37,665 to calm her down. 120 00:07:39,084 --> 00:07:41,294 - NARRATOR: While Kathy is being treated, 121 00:07:41,336 --> 00:07:44,297 deputies race to Nancy Pfister's house 122 00:07:44,339 --> 00:07:47,634 to investigate her claims. 123 00:07:47,676 --> 00:07:51,513 - LISA MILLER: Responding deputies go into the house. 124 00:07:51,554 --> 00:07:53,765 And in the call, they had been directed 125 00:07:53,807 --> 00:07:57,102 to the closet in this house. 126 00:07:57,143 --> 00:08:00,522 So they go to the closet. He opens the door. 127 00:08:02,774 --> 00:08:05,819 He's not immediately seeing a body. 128 00:08:05,860 --> 00:08:10,281 He takes a look on the floor at this pile of laundry, 129 00:08:10,323 --> 00:08:12,826 it looks like sheets on the floor, 130 00:08:12,867 --> 00:08:17,122 and he bends down and he pulls a sheet back, 131 00:08:17,163 --> 00:08:20,000 and he sees a bit of shoulder. 132 00:08:20,041 --> 00:08:25,505 He reaches down, checks for signs of life. 133 00:08:25,547 --> 00:08:28,258 Having found none, he retreats, 134 00:08:28,299 --> 00:08:31,011 and the death investigation 135 00:08:31,052 --> 00:08:33,680 turns into a murder investigation. 136 00:08:35,223 --> 00:08:36,641 - NARRATOR: Coming up, 137 00:08:36,683 --> 00:08:40,311 as investigators dig deeper into their victim's life, 138 00:08:40,353 --> 00:08:44,190 unsavory secrets come to light. 139 00:08:44,232 --> 00:08:48,194 - JOYCE: He sent Nancy Pfister an email saying, 140 00:08:48,236 --> 00:08:49,988 "Be careful what you wish for, 141 00:08:50,030 --> 00:08:52,574 you may get more than you expect." 142 00:08:53,742 --> 00:08:57,037 - LISA: It's always interesting when someone is saying, 143 00:08:57,078 --> 00:09:03,001 very openly, how much they don't like the deceased. 144 00:09:15,180 --> 00:09:18,767 - NARRATOR: In Aspen, Colorado, investigators believe 145 00:09:18,808 --> 00:09:22,687 they have just found the body of 57-year-old socialite 146 00:09:22,729 --> 00:09:26,733 Nancy Pfister inside her bedroom closet. 147 00:09:29,486 --> 00:09:32,822 - JASON: The body was completely wrapped in garbage bags, 148 00:09:32,864 --> 00:09:36,618 so as detectives removed the plastic from the body, 149 00:09:36,659 --> 00:09:38,661 they see blonde hair, and they notice, 150 00:09:38,703 --> 00:09:40,830 obviously, that it's a female. 151 00:09:40,872 --> 00:09:42,874 And so at that point, 152 00:09:42,916 --> 00:09:46,878 they're pretty sure that it's Nancy Pfister. 153 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:49,798 - LISA: That trash bag around the head 154 00:09:49,839 --> 00:09:53,301 ended up concealing the actual cause of death, 155 00:09:53,343 --> 00:09:58,181 and that was blunt force trauma to the head. 156 00:09:59,766 --> 00:10:01,601 - NARRATOR: But something about the crime scene 157 00:10:01,643 --> 00:10:05,063 doesn't add up for investigators. 158 00:10:05,105 --> 00:10:08,942 - LISA: There was a smear of blood that was noticed 159 00:10:08,983 --> 00:10:12,779 on the headboard of the bed in the master bedroom. 160 00:10:12,821 --> 00:10:14,823 There was some droplets of blood, 161 00:10:14,864 --> 00:10:17,701 maybe spray on the bedroom wall, 162 00:10:17,742 --> 00:10:20,286 but not substantial amounts of blood, 163 00:10:20,328 --> 00:10:23,998 that you would think based upon the head injuries 164 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:26,459 that we were seeing on the body of Nancy Pfister. 165 00:10:28,545 --> 00:10:31,881 - NARRATOR: As detectives take a closer look at Nancy's bed, 166 00:10:31,923 --> 00:10:34,843 they make a telling discovery. 167 00:10:36,136 --> 00:10:39,472 - LISA: There was an area of a sizable amount of blood 168 00:10:39,514 --> 00:10:42,767 on the underside of the mattress. 169 00:10:42,809 --> 00:10:45,270 So we know our killer took the time, 170 00:10:45,311 --> 00:10:49,983 and they worked to conceal what had actually happened. 171 00:10:50,025 --> 00:10:52,152 - NARRATOR: Based on the blood evidence, 172 00:10:52,193 --> 00:10:57,782 investigators believe Nancy had been attacked while she slept. 173 00:10:57,824 --> 00:11:00,285 As they continue processing the scene, 174 00:11:00,326 --> 00:11:04,664 they find little evidence to suggest a motive. 175 00:11:04,706 --> 00:11:06,958 - They weren't seeing a ransacked bedroom 176 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,127 where somebody was going through drawers 177 00:11:09,169 --> 00:11:11,546 and dumping drawers and looking for jewelry 178 00:11:11,588 --> 00:11:15,175 and things like that. There was no evidence of that. 179 00:11:17,302 --> 00:11:19,012 - NARRATOR: While Nancy Pfister's body 180 00:11:19,054 --> 00:11:22,974 is transported to the medical examiner's office for autopsy, 181 00:11:23,016 --> 00:11:26,019 investigators circle back to Nancy's friend, 182 00:11:26,061 --> 00:11:30,357 and the woman who called 911, Kathy Carpenter, 183 00:11:30,398 --> 00:11:33,318 for more information. 184 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:37,280 - Once Kathy calms down, she meets with investigators 185 00:11:37,322 --> 00:11:41,326 at the police department and they ask her to walk them 186 00:11:41,368 --> 00:11:42,660 through the crime scene, 187 00:11:42,702 --> 00:11:46,039 and how she came to find Nancy's body. 188 00:11:46,081 --> 00:11:48,124 And she tells them that Nancy just returned 189 00:11:48,166 --> 00:11:52,003 from Australia a few days before. 190 00:11:52,045 --> 00:11:54,297 - JOYCE: She had to go over to the house 191 00:11:54,339 --> 00:11:57,509 to check on the dog, Gabe, and she knew that 192 00:11:57,550 --> 00:12:00,512 Nancy Pfister would be sleeping, because you know, 193 00:12:00,553 --> 00:12:02,639 she'd be jet lagged. 194 00:12:03,723 --> 00:12:06,184 - NARRATOR: When Kathy arrived, she noticed the dog 195 00:12:06,226 --> 00:12:08,937 hadn't been fed and had gone to the bathroom 196 00:12:08,978 --> 00:12:12,232 inside Nancy's house multiple times. 197 00:12:14,234 --> 00:12:16,027 - JOYCE: It's obvious that something is wrong. 198 00:12:16,069 --> 00:12:18,029 She goes up the stairs, 199 00:12:18,071 --> 00:12:21,366 and she sees what looks like bloodstains on the headboard. 200 00:12:23,410 --> 00:12:26,830 She looks to the closet, and she noticed 201 00:12:26,871 --> 00:12:30,542 that the key that she had left in it was gone. 202 00:12:30,583 --> 00:12:34,546 - She went and grabbed her spare set of keys to Nancy's house 203 00:12:34,587 --> 00:12:37,257 and she unlocked the closet door, 204 00:12:37,298 --> 00:12:41,970 and at that point, she says she saw a figure in the corner 205 00:12:42,012 --> 00:12:44,889 wrapped in garbage bags. 206 00:12:44,931 --> 00:12:46,391 Looks a little bit closer, 207 00:12:46,433 --> 00:12:50,186 and sees that it's in fact a body. 208 00:12:53,064 --> 00:12:56,317 - NARRATOR: That's when Kathy drops a bombshell... 209 00:12:57,652 --> 00:13:01,114 She believes she knows who killed her best friend. 210 00:13:01,156 --> 00:13:03,867 The couple who had been renting Nancy Pfister's home 211 00:13:03,908 --> 00:13:06,536 while she was in Australia, 212 00:13:06,578 --> 00:13:09,831 Trey and Nancy Styler. 213 00:13:09,873 --> 00:13:13,585 - Trey Styler was a young resident in 1980 214 00:13:13,626 --> 00:13:15,211 at the very prestigious 215 00:13:15,253 --> 00:13:17,881 University of Colorado Hospital in Denver 216 00:13:17,922 --> 00:13:21,217 when he met Nancy Styler. 217 00:13:21,259 --> 00:13:24,346 She was a nurse anesthetist at the time. 218 00:13:24,387 --> 00:13:29,017 She was very wowed and impressed by Trey Styler's intelligence. 219 00:13:29,059 --> 00:13:33,730 He in turn was surprised at someone with her looks. 220 00:13:33,772 --> 00:13:37,776 - NARRATOR: The pair eventually married and had a son. 221 00:13:37,817 --> 00:13:40,320 For the next 30 years, Trey's career, 222 00:13:40,362 --> 00:13:44,199 and their fortunes, continued to rise. 223 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:47,243 - JOYCE: He finally became Chief of Anesthesiology 224 00:13:47,285 --> 00:13:49,329 at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Denver, 225 00:13:49,371 --> 00:13:52,499 which is another quite acclaimed hospital. 226 00:13:52,540 --> 00:13:54,793 They were living in a suburb of Denver, 227 00:13:54,834 --> 00:13:57,962 called Greenwood Village, which is a quite affluent suburb, 228 00:13:58,004 --> 00:13:59,673 in a very large house. 229 00:14:02,175 --> 00:14:04,302 - NARRATOR: But things took a turn for the worse 230 00:14:04,344 --> 00:14:08,598 when Trey's health began to deteriorate in his early 60s... 231 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:11,976 ...and he was diagnosed with a degenerative nerve condition 232 00:14:12,018 --> 00:14:15,605 called Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. 233 00:14:15,647 --> 00:14:19,317 - He was not able to stand for long periods of time, 234 00:14:19,359 --> 00:14:23,530 and had to use a wheelchair at other times. 235 00:14:23,571 --> 00:14:25,532 - RITA: He could hardly walk down the stairs. 236 00:14:25,573 --> 00:14:28,993 I don't know how he was functioning. 237 00:14:29,035 --> 00:14:32,622 He was either in so much pain, or he was so sick, 238 00:14:32,664 --> 00:14:35,500 he could barely do anything. 239 00:14:38,128 --> 00:14:39,671 - NARRATOR: Because of his health condition, 240 00:14:39,713 --> 00:14:42,882 Trey was no longer able to practice medicine, 241 00:14:42,924 --> 00:14:47,637 and the couple had to look for new avenues to make money. 242 00:14:47,679 --> 00:14:50,557 - RITA: Nancy wanted to get into the skincare thing, 243 00:14:50,598 --> 00:14:54,185 because being a nurse, she could do Botox 244 00:14:54,227 --> 00:14:57,313 and she could do treatments that were expensive, 245 00:14:57,355 --> 00:15:01,693 so that would be an opportunity for her to make a lot of money. 246 00:15:01,735 --> 00:15:04,904 - JOYCE: So, they had this idea to go up to Aspen, 247 00:15:04,946 --> 00:15:07,157 they knew that that's where the money was, 248 00:15:07,198 --> 00:15:10,535 and that's where they wanted to start the spa business. 249 00:15:12,579 --> 00:15:17,042 - NARRATOR: The Stylers' story won Nancy Pfister over. 250 00:15:17,083 --> 00:15:19,252 - JASON: Nancy Pfister and the Stylers 251 00:15:19,294 --> 00:15:21,379 worked out an agreement where the Stylers 252 00:15:21,421 --> 00:15:23,965 would rent her house for six months. 253 00:15:24,007 --> 00:15:25,800 The Stylers would pay her $12,000, 254 00:15:25,842 --> 00:15:29,304 6,000 up front, and then $6,000 when they moved in, 255 00:15:29,346 --> 00:15:32,307 as part of that agreement. 256 00:15:32,349 --> 00:15:35,018 - JOYCE: When they met, they were buddies, you know? 257 00:15:35,060 --> 00:15:37,228 Nancy Pfister would take her to the hot springs, 258 00:15:37,270 --> 00:15:39,689 and, oh, I'm gonna introduce you to my wealthy friends 259 00:15:39,731 --> 00:15:43,651 in Aspen so that you'll have, you know, professional contacts. 260 00:15:45,653 --> 00:15:47,572 - NARRATOR: Nancy also invited the Stylers 261 00:15:47,614 --> 00:15:50,367 to move in early so she could help them settle in 262 00:15:50,408 --> 00:15:53,286 before she left for her trip. 263 00:15:53,328 --> 00:15:55,872 - When they moved into Nancy Pfister's house, 264 00:15:55,914 --> 00:15:57,874 she, Nancy Pfister, was still there. 265 00:15:57,916 --> 00:15:59,793 She hadn't left yet to Australia. 266 00:15:59,834 --> 00:16:02,587 So, they live with her for about two or three weeks 267 00:16:02,629 --> 00:16:03,838 before she took off. 268 00:16:07,300 --> 00:16:09,469 - NARRATOR: In November 2013, 269 00:16:09,511 --> 00:16:13,556 Nancy Pfister left for Australia. 270 00:16:13,598 --> 00:16:16,434 But it wasn't long after that her relationship-- 271 00:16:16,476 --> 00:16:18,937 and rental agreement-- with the Stylers 272 00:16:18,978 --> 00:16:22,440 quickly began to unravel. 273 00:16:22,482 --> 00:16:24,943 Eight weeks after she left the country, 274 00:16:24,984 --> 00:16:28,988 Nancy Pfister had emailed Kathy Carpenter from Australia, 275 00:16:29,030 --> 00:16:32,033 and claimed that the Stylers still owed her 276 00:16:32,075 --> 00:16:34,911 thousands of dollars in rent. 277 00:16:34,953 --> 00:16:37,414 - JOYCE: Trey Styler and Nancy Pfister 278 00:16:37,455 --> 00:16:39,916 were on Facebook together, they were friends. 279 00:16:39,958 --> 00:16:44,796 And she started posting really negative things on Facebook, 280 00:16:44,838 --> 00:16:46,214 and Trey was seeing this, 281 00:16:46,256 --> 00:16:50,260 and this is when Nancy Styler really became angry, 282 00:16:50,301 --> 00:16:53,221 because she was ruining their reputation, basically, 283 00:16:53,263 --> 00:16:56,474 and their prospects of being able to meet new people, 284 00:16:56,516 --> 00:17:02,480 get new clients, because Nancy Pfister was very influential. 285 00:17:02,522 --> 00:17:04,858 - TERESA WYATT: She was sending them group emails. 286 00:17:04,899 --> 00:17:08,028 Kathy Carpenter was cc'd. Everybody was on those emails, 287 00:17:08,069 --> 00:17:10,321 "Help me, do something with these people. 288 00:17:10,363 --> 00:17:12,741 "Get them out of there. Get me my money. 289 00:17:12,782 --> 00:17:14,284 Anything. Do something." 290 00:17:14,325 --> 00:17:16,995 And it was an ongoing theme. 291 00:17:17,037 --> 00:17:19,998 I heard less about her happiness there 292 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:23,543 than I did about her anger about not getting the money. 293 00:17:25,545 --> 00:17:27,797 - NARRATOR: Kathy tells police that by mid-February, 294 00:17:27,839 --> 00:17:31,551 Nancy Pfister decided to fly home from Australia 295 00:17:31,593 --> 00:17:35,472 three months early to take care of the issue in person. 296 00:17:37,057 --> 00:17:39,142 - JOYCE: Nancy Pfister told the Stylers 297 00:17:39,184 --> 00:17:41,519 that she would be back in Aspen in a few days 298 00:17:41,561 --> 00:17:43,980 and to get all of their belongings out. 299 00:17:46,024 --> 00:17:47,567 - JASON: Once Nancy got back to town, 300 00:17:47,609 --> 00:17:50,070 the Stylers moved out of her house 301 00:17:50,111 --> 00:17:51,905 and rented a hotel room in Basalt, 302 00:17:51,946 --> 00:17:53,698 which is down valley from Aspen. 303 00:17:53,740 --> 00:17:56,451 They moved some of their belongings out of her house, 304 00:17:56,493 --> 00:17:58,411 but there was still hundreds of thousands of dollars 305 00:17:58,453 --> 00:18:00,872 of equipment still left in the house 306 00:18:00,914 --> 00:18:03,458 that they were going to use to build their spa 307 00:18:03,500 --> 00:18:05,877 that Nancy refused to give back to them 308 00:18:05,919 --> 00:18:10,382 until they paid her the money she said they owed her. 309 00:18:10,423 --> 00:18:11,675 - STEPHAN SINGULAR: Nancy Pfister says, 310 00:18:11,716 --> 00:18:14,219 "You owe me $14,000, you damaged my furniture, 311 00:18:14,260 --> 00:18:16,429 "you did other things around my house. 312 00:18:16,471 --> 00:18:19,724 I'm not going to give you back your equipment," 313 00:18:19,766 --> 00:18:23,061 this expensive equipment that Nancy Styler had 314 00:18:23,103 --> 00:18:25,105 for in her spa business, 315 00:18:25,146 --> 00:18:27,982 "Unless you hand over $14,000." 316 00:18:28,024 --> 00:18:31,903 I mean, they didn't have anything approaching $14,000. 317 00:18:31,945 --> 00:18:34,656 That's what Trey basically told Kathy Carpenter, 318 00:18:34,698 --> 00:18:36,408 "We can't come up with this money." 319 00:18:36,449 --> 00:18:39,953 He was already angry, his wife was already angry, 320 00:18:39,994 --> 00:18:42,497 very angry, with Nancy Pfister. 321 00:18:42,539 --> 00:18:44,290 - JOYCE: Trey Styler, at one point, 322 00:18:44,332 --> 00:18:47,252 sent Nancy Pfister an email saying, 323 00:18:47,293 --> 00:18:49,087 "Be careful what you wish for, 324 00:18:49,129 --> 00:18:50,964 you may get more than you expect." 325 00:19:01,808 --> 00:19:04,477 - NARRATOR: The mountain town of Aspen, Colorado 326 00:19:04,519 --> 00:19:09,149 is reeling after police find 57-year-old Nancy Pfister 327 00:19:09,190 --> 00:19:12,360 dead from an apparent homicide. 328 00:19:12,402 --> 00:19:13,945 - JIMMY: Who in their wildest dream 329 00:19:13,987 --> 00:19:15,739 would think something like this would happen? 330 00:19:15,780 --> 00:19:18,408 Especially to somebody like Nancy Pfister. 331 00:19:18,450 --> 00:19:20,869 She doesn't have an enemy in the world. 332 00:19:22,537 --> 00:19:24,914 - NARRATOR: Nancy's best friend, Kathy Carpenter, 333 00:19:24,956 --> 00:19:28,209 has implicated the late socialite's former friends 334 00:19:28,251 --> 00:19:31,421 and tenants, 65-year-old Trey Styler, 335 00:19:31,463 --> 00:19:33,923 and his 62-year-old wife, Nancy, 336 00:19:33,965 --> 00:19:36,509 as her possible killers. 337 00:19:38,094 --> 00:19:42,432 - JASON: Within about 12 hours of finding Nancy Pfister's body, 338 00:19:42,474 --> 00:19:45,643 police went to the hotel in Basalt where Kathy said 339 00:19:45,685 --> 00:19:48,188 the Stylers were staying. 340 00:19:48,229 --> 00:19:51,816 - They asked them to come in and answer some questions. 341 00:19:55,862 --> 00:19:58,823 - NARRATOR: At the station, when investigators confront Nancy 342 00:19:58,865 --> 00:20:02,243 about her and her husband's feud with Nancy Pfister, 343 00:20:02,285 --> 00:20:04,537 she doesn't deny it. 344 00:20:04,579 --> 00:20:07,791 Instead, she tells police that Nancy Pfister 345 00:20:07,832 --> 00:20:10,585 had been a demanding landlord since the moment 346 00:20:10,627 --> 00:20:12,671 they moved into her home. 347 00:20:14,047 --> 00:20:17,050 - JASON: Nancy Styler told police that initially 348 00:20:17,092 --> 00:20:20,303 the relationship between the couple and Nancy Pfister, 349 00:20:20,345 --> 00:20:21,721 they became fast friends 350 00:20:21,763 --> 00:20:25,850 but once the Stylers signed the lease on her house, 351 00:20:25,892 --> 00:20:28,853 the relationship quickly changed and went downhill. 352 00:20:43,868 --> 00:20:45,787 - JOYCE: Nancy Pfister would say things like, 353 00:20:45,829 --> 00:20:48,123 "Bring me my champagne, darling," 354 00:20:48,164 --> 00:20:51,793 or "Rub my feet, darling," or "Rub my neck, darling." 355 00:20:51,835 --> 00:20:56,381 And she would say this to both Nancy Styler and Trey Styler. 356 00:20:56,423 --> 00:20:58,758 And, Nancy Styler also said 357 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:01,136 that Nancy Pfister would walk around the house nude, 358 00:21:01,177 --> 00:21:04,097 in front of her husband. And that didn't sit well. 359 00:21:04,139 --> 00:21:07,392 So, Trey Styler told his wife, "Just be patient, 360 00:21:07,434 --> 00:21:09,102 "she's gonna be leaving in a few weeks, 361 00:21:09,144 --> 00:21:11,813 we can put up with her for a little bit longer." 362 00:21:11,855 --> 00:21:16,109 But you could tell, it was getting to Nancy Styler. 363 00:21:18,737 --> 00:21:21,364 - LISA: She was very forthcoming in her dislike 364 00:21:21,406 --> 00:21:23,783 for Nancy Pfister. 365 00:21:23,825 --> 00:21:26,786 Now, hating someone doesn't mean you kill them, 366 00:21:26,828 --> 00:21:29,956 but it's always interesting when law enforcement 367 00:21:29,998 --> 00:21:33,251 talks to someone, and that someone is saying, 368 00:21:33,293 --> 00:21:39,174 very openly, how much they don't like the deceased. 369 00:21:42,218 --> 00:21:44,637 - NARRATOR: When detectives press Nancy Styler 370 00:21:44,679 --> 00:21:47,891 about their whereabouts the past week, 371 00:21:47,932 --> 00:21:51,561 she claims she and her husband hadn't seen Nancy Pfister 372 00:21:51,603 --> 00:21:55,023 since she returned from Australia. 373 00:21:55,065 --> 00:21:57,400 - Nancy Styler said that the last time 374 00:21:57,442 --> 00:21:58,943 they'd been to Nancy Pfister's house 375 00:21:58,985 --> 00:22:00,904 was to move their belongings out, 376 00:22:00,945 --> 00:22:03,573 'cause they didn't want to see Nancy Pfister 377 00:22:03,615 --> 00:22:06,576 once she returned from her trip. 378 00:22:06,618 --> 00:22:07,994 Once Nancy returned from her trip, 379 00:22:08,036 --> 00:22:09,829 they didn't have access to the house, 380 00:22:09,871 --> 00:22:12,957 so they couldn't have been there 381 00:22:12,999 --> 00:22:17,003 when Nancy Pfister was killed. 382 00:22:17,045 --> 00:22:19,589 - NARRATOR: In another interrogation room, 383 00:22:19,631 --> 00:22:23,343 Trey Styler echoes his wife's alibi. 384 00:22:34,145 --> 00:22:36,981 - BETH KRULEWICH: Mr. Styler had run into 385 00:22:37,023 --> 00:22:39,567 some severe difficulties in his life, 386 00:22:39,609 --> 00:22:41,945 career wise, financially. 387 00:22:41,986 --> 00:22:44,948 I don't think Nancy brought in much money, as I recall. 388 00:22:44,989 --> 00:22:47,951 They ended up in pretty dire financial straits. 389 00:22:47,992 --> 00:22:51,413 And they were trying to rebuild their life up here. 390 00:22:58,169 --> 00:23:00,213 - NARRATOR: Sensing their suspicions, 391 00:23:00,255 --> 00:23:04,926 Trey quickly points out his physical ailments to police. 392 00:23:10,765 --> 00:23:13,435 - He had to leave his medical profession 393 00:23:13,476 --> 00:23:16,563 because he could no longer physically meet the demands 394 00:23:16,604 --> 00:23:20,817 of his job in the operating room by standing. 395 00:23:20,859 --> 00:23:23,737 By this point, law enforcement knows, 396 00:23:23,778 --> 00:23:25,989 "Hm, whoever this killer was, 397 00:23:26,031 --> 00:23:30,326 flipped a big, bulky, heavy, king sized mattress." 398 00:23:30,368 --> 00:23:34,998 Whoever the killer or killers was, moved a body. 399 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:38,376 They're thinking there needs to be some strength there, 400 00:23:38,418 --> 00:23:39,753 some stature there. 401 00:23:39,794 --> 00:23:41,796 That's kind of hard to do on your own. 402 00:23:41,838 --> 00:23:45,216 So, Trey and Nancy Styler, no evidence to hold them, 403 00:23:45,258 --> 00:23:48,720 no evidence they committed any type of crime, 404 00:23:48,762 --> 00:23:51,514 they're released, and they go back down to Basalt, 405 00:23:51,556 --> 00:23:55,101 to their motel room, where they sit. 406 00:23:55,143 --> 00:23:58,855 We had had a deputy sitting, watching that room. 407 00:24:01,066 --> 00:24:03,568 - NARRATOR: The following day, police receive a call 408 00:24:03,610 --> 00:24:06,863 from a sanitation worker in Basalt, 409 00:24:06,905 --> 00:24:11,451 who believes he has just made a crucial discovery. 410 00:24:11,493 --> 00:24:13,411 - That Friday, one of the workers 411 00:24:13,453 --> 00:24:16,831 whose job was to pick up the recyclable material 412 00:24:16,873 --> 00:24:20,418 went into one of these dumpsters where the material was, 413 00:24:20,460 --> 00:24:22,212 and there were very strict rules 414 00:24:22,253 --> 00:24:25,340 that you cannot put personal trash in there. 415 00:24:25,382 --> 00:24:27,967 He saw a bag that appeared to be personal trash, 416 00:24:28,009 --> 00:24:31,096 he was annoyed, he opened it up. 417 00:24:31,137 --> 00:24:33,264 - LISA: What was remarkable about that trash bag, 418 00:24:33,306 --> 00:24:38,770 is in it had prescription medication bottles 419 00:24:38,812 --> 00:24:41,231 with the name of Nancy Pfister. 420 00:24:42,982 --> 00:24:45,568 In this small valley, in this small community, 421 00:24:45,610 --> 00:24:47,237 the gentleman that checked on that, 422 00:24:47,278 --> 00:24:50,240 immediately knew he had come across something 423 00:24:50,281 --> 00:24:52,784 that might be of interest to law enforcement. 424 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:55,995 - NARRATOR: When investigators arrive, 425 00:24:56,037 --> 00:25:00,208 they collect several more valuable pieces of evidence. 426 00:25:00,250 --> 00:25:03,044 - A document that was of extreme interest 427 00:25:03,086 --> 00:25:05,255 that was found in this trash bag, 428 00:25:05,296 --> 00:25:09,175 was a vehicle registration belonging to none other than 429 00:25:09,217 --> 00:25:13,304 William Trey Styler, uh and his vehicle. 430 00:25:15,724 --> 00:25:18,810 And then we found the bloody hammer. 431 00:25:18,852 --> 00:25:21,563 - This was the first evidentiary connection 432 00:25:21,604 --> 00:25:26,401 between one of the Stylers and a piece of evidence 433 00:25:26,443 --> 00:25:28,403 in the murder itself. 434 00:25:30,447 --> 00:25:33,450 - NARRATOR: The evidence is a huge break for investigators, 435 00:25:33,491 --> 00:25:37,245 especially when they realize where it was found. 436 00:25:39,330 --> 00:25:42,709 - LISA: Maybe 200 yards from a certain hotel 437 00:25:42,751 --> 00:25:45,420 that was of interest to law enforcement, 438 00:25:45,462 --> 00:25:50,675 because that hotel, this modest hotel in Basalt, Colorado, 439 00:25:50,717 --> 00:25:53,303 contained Trey and Nancy Styler. 440 00:25:55,513 --> 00:25:56,806 - NARRATOR: While investigators 441 00:25:56,848 --> 00:25:58,850 are waiting for forensic results, 442 00:25:58,892 --> 00:26:01,811 the hotel's owner makes another key discovery 443 00:26:01,853 --> 00:26:05,565 outside the Styler's room. 444 00:26:05,607 --> 00:26:06,983 - LISA: He does a morning check, 445 00:26:07,025 --> 00:26:08,943 checking to see just if everything's alright, 446 00:26:08,985 --> 00:26:10,987 if anything needs to be tidied up. 447 00:26:11,029 --> 00:26:14,574 In a matter of a few feet from the motel room door 448 00:26:14,616 --> 00:26:16,868 of Trey and Nancy Styler, 449 00:26:16,910 --> 00:26:18,995 it's a key, and on that key, 450 00:26:19,037 --> 00:26:21,706 it had a tag, and on that tag, 451 00:26:21,748 --> 00:26:23,958 it was written, "Owner's closet." 452 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:25,669 It's the key to the closet 453 00:26:25,710 --> 00:26:28,880 where Nancy Pfister's body was found. 454 00:26:31,925 --> 00:26:35,345 - NARRATOR: The discovery is a game changer. 455 00:26:35,387 --> 00:26:38,139 And when the DNA results on the potential murder weapon 456 00:26:38,181 --> 00:26:40,350 come back from the crime lab, 457 00:26:40,392 --> 00:26:44,396 the case against the Stylers is seemingly solidified. 458 00:26:45,772 --> 00:26:47,607 - STEPHEN: The blood on the hammer, 459 00:26:47,649 --> 00:26:52,570 through DNA testing, proved to be connected to Trey Styler. 460 00:26:54,406 --> 00:26:57,492 Both the physical evidence, which had come out of that bag, 461 00:26:57,534 --> 00:27:00,578 and Kathy Carpenter's statements about all the conflict 462 00:27:00,620 --> 00:27:02,330 that was going on, 463 00:27:02,372 --> 00:27:05,000 led the police to feel that they had probable cause 464 00:27:05,041 --> 00:27:07,002 to make an arrest. 465 00:27:09,921 --> 00:27:11,131 - NARRATOR: Coming up, 466 00:27:11,172 --> 00:27:13,466 as investigators build their case, 467 00:27:13,508 --> 00:27:16,803 a shocking revelation suggest the Stylers 468 00:27:16,845 --> 00:27:19,931 might not be the real killers after all. 469 00:27:21,725 --> 00:27:23,727 - LISA: Now we're having discussions, 470 00:27:23,768 --> 00:27:25,895 "Did the Stylers really do this? 471 00:27:25,937 --> 00:27:28,398 Or are the Stylers being set up?" 472 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:30,316 - BETH: That was just another indication to me 473 00:27:30,358 --> 00:27:33,153 that the Stylers were being framed. 474 00:27:45,248 --> 00:27:48,251 - NARRATOR: In Aspen, Colorado, authorities have arrested 475 00:27:48,293 --> 00:27:51,254 married couple Trey and Nancy Styler 476 00:27:51,296 --> 00:27:53,381 for the murder of their former friend 477 00:27:53,423 --> 00:27:57,302 and local celebrity, Nancy Pfister. 478 00:27:57,344 --> 00:28:01,765 News of the arrest stuns the close-knit community. 479 00:28:01,806 --> 00:28:03,516 - JIMMY: I couldn't believe it. 480 00:28:03,558 --> 00:28:06,978 When I was there, they were all having fun together, 481 00:28:07,020 --> 00:28:09,731 laughing, joking, hugging each other, 482 00:28:09,773 --> 00:28:11,399 toasting a drink. 483 00:28:11,441 --> 00:28:13,526 I was shocked when I first heard it. 484 00:28:15,779 --> 00:28:18,406 - NARRATOR: As investigators continue building their case 485 00:28:18,448 --> 00:28:21,659 against the Stylers, they struggle to comprehend 486 00:28:21,701 --> 00:28:25,413 the killer's carelessness with the evidence. 487 00:28:25,455 --> 00:28:28,375 - STEPHEN: It just raises this fundamental question, 488 00:28:28,416 --> 00:28:30,377 if that's a key piece of evidence 489 00:28:30,418 --> 00:28:32,879 that would tie you into a murder, 490 00:28:32,921 --> 00:28:36,174 why would you leave it 20 steps away from the door 491 00:28:36,216 --> 00:28:39,469 of where you're staying at the motel? 492 00:28:40,553 --> 00:28:42,305 - LISA: Now we're having discussions, 493 00:28:42,347 --> 00:28:44,349 "Did the Stylers really do this?" 494 00:28:44,391 --> 00:28:46,476 Or are the Stylers being set up?" 495 00:28:47,644 --> 00:28:50,271 - NARRATOR: Investigators start looking at the possibility 496 00:28:50,313 --> 00:28:52,982 that the Stylers are being framed. 497 00:28:53,024 --> 00:28:55,652 Or that someone else may be in on it, 498 00:28:55,694 --> 00:28:58,238 and is planting evidence to pin the murder 499 00:28:58,279 --> 00:29:01,616 exclusively on Nancy and Trey. 500 00:29:01,658 --> 00:29:06,454 But who would have the motive and the opportunity? 501 00:29:06,496 --> 00:29:09,040 - BETH: One of the crucial pieces of evidence 502 00:29:09,082 --> 00:29:11,918 was that there was a key to the closet 503 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:17,882 that was found very close to the Styler's motel room. 504 00:29:17,924 --> 00:29:23,304 - This was the key to the owner's closet that was missing. 505 00:29:23,346 --> 00:29:25,140 - BETH: But when it was tested, 506 00:29:25,181 --> 00:29:28,810 they were looking to see who had touched that key, 507 00:29:28,852 --> 00:29:33,064 it was Kathy Carpenter who had some forensic type evidence 508 00:29:33,106 --> 00:29:34,566 on that key. 509 00:29:36,192 --> 00:29:39,863 She had, obviously, access to that key. 510 00:29:39,904 --> 00:29:43,992 That was the biggest fact that made me start to think 511 00:29:44,034 --> 00:29:46,619 that maybe the Stylers were being framed 512 00:29:46,661 --> 00:29:48,246 by Kathy Carpenter. 513 00:29:51,082 --> 00:29:53,001 - NARRATOR: Investigators decide to revisit 514 00:29:53,043 --> 00:29:55,420 Kathy's statements to police. 515 00:29:55,462 --> 00:29:58,840 They begin by examining her 911 call. 516 00:30:00,717 --> 00:30:02,719 - JASON: Kathy said in her 911 call 517 00:30:02,761 --> 00:30:05,013 that there was blood all over the body 518 00:30:05,055 --> 00:30:08,183 and that when she opened the closet door, 519 00:30:08,224 --> 00:30:12,562 she was able to see that it was Nancy Pfister. 520 00:30:27,994 --> 00:30:29,371 - JASON: The problem with that was, 521 00:30:29,412 --> 00:30:32,082 that investigators, when they arrived on scene, 522 00:30:32,123 --> 00:30:34,542 couldn't see any blood on the body, 523 00:30:34,584 --> 00:30:37,045 and in fact, had to unwrap the body 524 00:30:37,087 --> 00:30:39,089 from the garbage bags and the sheets 525 00:30:39,130 --> 00:30:41,675 in order to see any blood at all. 526 00:30:41,716 --> 00:30:44,386 - LISA: If you took a look at the crime scene photos, 527 00:30:44,427 --> 00:30:48,056 you couldn't tell if it was a man, 528 00:30:48,098 --> 00:30:50,725 if it was a woman, 529 00:30:50,767 --> 00:30:55,897 all you could see was a little bit of white skin, 530 00:30:55,939 --> 00:30:58,733 and you saw sheets. 531 00:30:58,775 --> 00:31:02,946 Her head had been concealed, actually sealed up 532 00:31:02,987 --> 00:31:05,073 in another trash bag. 533 00:31:05,115 --> 00:31:09,744 There was nothing to indicate any identity of this person. 534 00:31:11,538 --> 00:31:14,082 - NARRATOR: Detectives realize Kathy had also been quick 535 00:31:14,124 --> 00:31:16,418 to push suspicion toward the Stylers 536 00:31:16,459 --> 00:31:20,255 when she was interviewed by police. 537 00:31:20,296 --> 00:31:21,715 - LISA: Kathy Carpenter 538 00:31:21,756 --> 00:31:24,300 immediately mentioned the Stylers. 539 00:31:24,342 --> 00:31:26,553 The Stylers were delivered to us 540 00:31:26,594 --> 00:31:31,182 on this platter of people that we should be interested in. 541 00:31:31,224 --> 00:31:34,436 - NARRATOR: Investigators speak with Nancy Pfister's friends 542 00:31:34,477 --> 00:31:38,314 to discuss her relationship with Kathy Carpenter. 543 00:31:38,356 --> 00:31:41,735 They learn Kathy had become increasingly bitter 544 00:31:41,776 --> 00:31:45,321 about her seven-year friendship with Nancy Pfister. 545 00:31:46,948 --> 00:31:50,118 - BETH: Nancy Pfister always wanted to be a little bit above 546 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:53,913 these people that she had around her. 547 00:31:53,955 --> 00:31:57,542 They didn't seem to be relationships of equals. 548 00:31:57,584 --> 00:32:00,754 So, there was some indication that maybe Nancy Pfister 549 00:32:00,795 --> 00:32:02,547 didn't always treat her that well, 550 00:32:02,589 --> 00:32:05,050 and there was some animosity. 551 00:32:05,091 --> 00:32:07,802 - TERESA: One time we're sitting on the sofa, chatting, 552 00:32:07,844 --> 00:32:09,596 and she's like, "Kathy!" She screamed for Kathy, 553 00:32:09,637 --> 00:32:12,182 who was downstairs, and said, 554 00:32:12,223 --> 00:32:14,476 "We ran out of Prosecco! 555 00:32:14,517 --> 00:32:17,145 Go get us some more Prosecco, we ran out." 556 00:32:17,187 --> 00:32:19,397 And all of the sudden you hear a car 557 00:32:19,439 --> 00:32:21,149 peeling out of that gravel driveway 558 00:32:21,191 --> 00:32:22,942 as fast as it could. 559 00:32:22,984 --> 00:32:25,570 Kathy was angry, she was tired of being pushed around, 560 00:32:25,612 --> 00:32:27,072 but she was pushed around an awful lot. 561 00:32:27,113 --> 00:32:28,823 "Get me this. Get me that." 562 00:32:30,617 --> 00:32:33,036 - NARRATOR: Friends also reveal that Kathy had become 563 00:32:33,078 --> 00:32:38,583 close with the Stylers while Nancy was traveling overseas. 564 00:32:38,625 --> 00:32:40,293 - JASON: Part of Kathy's job 565 00:32:40,335 --> 00:32:44,172 was to take care of Nancy Pfister's house, 566 00:32:44,214 --> 00:32:46,174 so she was over there all the time, 567 00:32:46,216 --> 00:32:48,343 and while she was over there, 568 00:32:48,385 --> 00:32:49,886 she got to know the Stylers, 569 00:32:49,928 --> 00:32:53,682 and started spending some personal time with them. 570 00:32:53,723 --> 00:32:55,266 - JOYCE: They got to know each other, 571 00:32:55,308 --> 00:32:58,978 and they got to share their grievances 572 00:32:59,020 --> 00:33:01,981 about Nancy Pfister. 573 00:33:02,023 --> 00:33:04,776 - JASON: Investigators began hearing more and more stories 574 00:33:04,818 --> 00:33:07,821 about the Stylers and Kathy Carpenter 575 00:33:07,862 --> 00:33:11,533 hanging around town and openly badmouthing Nancy Pfister. 576 00:33:13,576 --> 00:33:17,080 - NARRATOR: On March 1st, police decide to bring Kathy in 577 00:33:17,122 --> 00:33:20,125 for another round of questioning. 578 00:33:20,166 --> 00:33:24,379 They press her about the inconsistencies in her 911 call 579 00:33:24,421 --> 00:33:26,715 and previous statements. 580 00:33:26,756 --> 00:33:28,800 - LISA: Kathy Carpenter, her interview with us 581 00:33:28,842 --> 00:33:32,262 sticks to, "Hey, I knew that was my friend." 582 00:33:32,303 --> 00:33:34,848 "How did you know that was your friend?" 583 00:33:34,889 --> 00:33:39,102 is what we ask her as law enforcement investigators, 584 00:33:39,144 --> 00:33:40,478 and at one point in the interview, 585 00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:42,689 she actually reaches up to her own head, 586 00:33:42,731 --> 00:33:45,150 and she said, "It's the hair, it's the hair," 587 00:33:45,191 --> 00:33:48,653 and she starts stroking, "I recognized her blonde hair." 588 00:33:48,695 --> 00:33:50,530 There was no hair free flowing 589 00:33:50,572 --> 00:33:54,451 from underneath this sealed bag that was actually, 590 00:33:54,492 --> 00:33:57,954 literally tied around the neck of Nancy Pfister. 591 00:33:59,622 --> 00:34:03,668 - NARRATOR: Still, Kathy refuses to implicate herself. 592 00:34:24,689 --> 00:34:27,317 - NARRATOR: Despite her claims of innocence, 593 00:34:27,359 --> 00:34:29,027 authorities believe they have enough 594 00:34:29,069 --> 00:34:32,489 circumstantial evidence against Kathy. 595 00:34:32,530 --> 00:34:36,201 11 days after the Stylers were taken into custody, 596 00:34:36,242 --> 00:34:38,787 Kathy Carpenter is the third person 597 00:34:38,828 --> 00:34:43,917 arrested and charged with Nancy Pfister's murder. 598 00:34:43,958 --> 00:34:47,545 - RITA: When she got arrested with the Stylers, 599 00:34:47,587 --> 00:34:51,341 I was really surprised that she was involved. 600 00:34:51,383 --> 00:34:53,301 - JIMMY: When I first heard about it, 601 00:34:53,343 --> 00:34:55,428 I couldn't believe it. Like, "Holy moly, 602 00:34:55,470 --> 00:34:57,681 what the hell did Kathy do?" 603 00:35:00,350 --> 00:35:01,726 - NARRATOR: Coming up, 604 00:35:01,768 --> 00:35:06,481 an unexpected confession threatens to upend the case, 605 00:35:06,523 --> 00:35:09,526 leading to more questions, theories, and doubts 606 00:35:09,567 --> 00:35:13,655 about what really happened to Nancy Pfister. 607 00:35:13,697 --> 00:35:15,240 - LISA: This was a resolution 608 00:35:15,281 --> 00:35:20,286 that was distasteful and disgusting to me as a cop. 609 00:35:20,328 --> 00:35:24,040 - It was so shocking that they could lie to that extent. 610 00:35:37,387 --> 00:35:39,514 - NARRATOR: In the winter of 2014, 611 00:35:39,556 --> 00:35:41,725 law enforcement in Aspen, Colorado 612 00:35:41,766 --> 00:35:43,727 have indicted three people 613 00:35:43,768 --> 00:35:47,939 for the murder of celebrated socialite Nancy Pfister: 614 00:35:47,981 --> 00:35:50,275 her former close friends and tenants, 615 00:35:50,316 --> 00:35:52,027 Nancy and Trey Styler-- 616 00:35:52,068 --> 00:35:56,906 and her longtime assistant and friend, Kathy Carpenter. 617 00:35:59,159 --> 00:36:01,995 As the first preliminary hearing approaches, 618 00:36:02,037 --> 00:36:06,833 prosecutors solidify their theory for motive. 619 00:36:06,875 --> 00:36:09,753 - LISA: Kathy Carpenter being a follower, 620 00:36:09,794 --> 00:36:12,047 needing somebody to show her attention, 621 00:36:12,088 --> 00:36:15,258 she found that in the Stylers. 622 00:36:15,300 --> 00:36:21,014 And they bonded over their mutual hatred of Nancy Pfister. 623 00:36:21,056 --> 00:36:23,683 We believe that the Stylers were the driving force. 624 00:36:23,725 --> 00:36:26,978 Stylers lost everything, they had nowhere to go, 625 00:36:27,020 --> 00:36:28,980 they were desperate, they were lost, 626 00:36:29,022 --> 00:36:31,858 they just didn't know what to do, 627 00:36:31,900 --> 00:36:35,737 and what desperate people do sometimes is lash out. 628 00:36:37,238 --> 00:36:38,656 - NARRATOR: Then, 629 00:36:38,698 --> 00:36:41,576 one week before the preliminary hearing is scheduled, 630 00:36:41,618 --> 00:36:46,039 Trey Styler makes an unexpected plea. 631 00:36:46,081 --> 00:36:49,042 - Trey Styler contacts, through his lawyer, 632 00:36:49,084 --> 00:36:51,044 the prosecution team, and says, 633 00:36:51,086 --> 00:36:54,089 "I wanna...I wanna talk to you." 634 00:36:54,130 --> 00:36:58,551 So, they bring him in, they bring him in his wheelchair, 635 00:36:58,593 --> 00:37:01,721 and he tells them, "I did this, 636 00:37:01,763 --> 00:37:04,099 I did it all by myself." 637 00:37:06,976 --> 00:37:08,978 - NARRATOR: According to Trey Styler, 638 00:37:09,020 --> 00:37:11,773 on the morning of February 25th, 639 00:37:11,815 --> 00:37:14,984 he went to Nancy Pfister's house to try and talk with her 640 00:37:15,026 --> 00:37:18,029 about the escalating drama. 641 00:37:18,071 --> 00:37:21,574 - Trey admits to police that he still had a key to the house, 642 00:37:21,616 --> 00:37:24,119 so he lets himself in. 643 00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:27,080 - He goes up the stairs, he doesn't hear anything there, 644 00:37:27,122 --> 00:37:29,457 he goes into Nancy Pfister's bedroom, 645 00:37:29,499 --> 00:37:32,961 he walks in the door, he sees her sleeping in her bed, 646 00:37:33,003 --> 00:37:35,547 she has on her eye mask and her earplugs, 647 00:37:35,588 --> 00:37:38,216 which is what she was known for, 648 00:37:38,258 --> 00:37:42,721 and she's just lying there in front of him. 649 00:37:42,762 --> 00:37:44,764 - BETH: He said he saw her there sleeping 650 00:37:44,806 --> 00:37:48,560 and he just felt this rage, and he, 651 00:37:48,601 --> 00:37:51,146 he crushed her head with a hammer. 652 00:37:54,524 --> 00:37:57,986 - NARRATOR: After Trey was sure Nancy Pfister was dead, 653 00:37:58,028 --> 00:38:03,283 he tells investigators how he cleaned up his crime. 654 00:38:03,324 --> 00:38:08,163 - He said he and he alone moved her body to the floor. 655 00:38:08,204 --> 00:38:11,332 He said he and he alone dragged her body to the closet, 656 00:38:11,374 --> 00:38:12,876 wrapped her in sheets. 657 00:38:12,917 --> 00:38:16,921 He said he and he alone flipped the mattress. 658 00:38:19,632 --> 00:38:23,053 - Investigators heard his story, but they weren't buying it. 659 00:38:23,094 --> 00:38:27,140 They did not believe that he could have acted on his own. 660 00:38:27,182 --> 00:38:28,808 - JOYCE: He was always in a wheelchair, 661 00:38:28,850 --> 00:38:31,353 so it was always a question of how much 662 00:38:31,394 --> 00:38:35,315 could he actually move, stand, you know, lift? 663 00:38:35,357 --> 00:38:37,859 And when asked about committing that crime, 664 00:38:37,901 --> 00:38:39,444 he just said, 665 00:38:39,486 --> 00:38:42,864 "Well, I can only attribute it to the adrenaline effect." 666 00:38:44,032 --> 00:38:45,992 - NARRATOR: In exchange for his cooperation, 667 00:38:46,034 --> 00:38:48,745 Trey asks authorities to drop the charges 668 00:38:48,787 --> 00:38:54,000 against his wife Nancy and Kathy Carpenter. 669 00:38:54,042 --> 00:38:57,003 - LISA: I sat in that interview room 670 00:38:57,045 --> 00:39:02,008 just not believing Trey Styler. 671 00:39:02,050 --> 00:39:05,470 He was throwing himself on the sword, 672 00:39:05,512 --> 00:39:09,391 he was taking the rap so Nancy could go free. 673 00:39:09,432 --> 00:39:11,101 He was also telling us Kathy Carpenter 674 00:39:11,142 --> 00:39:14,396 had no involvement in this at all. 675 00:39:16,898 --> 00:39:18,942 - From my review of the evidence, 676 00:39:18,983 --> 00:39:21,528 I just didn't see anything 677 00:39:21,569 --> 00:39:25,448 that suggested that Nancy Styler had anything to do with it. 678 00:39:27,492 --> 00:39:29,077 - NARRATOR: Without any physical evidence 679 00:39:29,119 --> 00:39:30,912 to disprove his story, 680 00:39:30,954 --> 00:39:33,873 authorities know they won't have a foolproof case 681 00:39:33,915 --> 00:39:37,544 against Nancy Styler or Kathy Carpenter. 682 00:39:37,585 --> 00:39:40,463 - JOYCE: After Trey Styler had confessed to the murder, 683 00:39:40,505 --> 00:39:44,217 Nancy Styler and Kathy Carpenter were basically let off. 684 00:39:44,259 --> 00:39:47,679 You know, Nancy Styler was let off with prejudice, 685 00:39:47,721 --> 00:39:50,807 which means that she could never be charged with the case again. 686 00:39:50,849 --> 00:39:52,726 Kathy Carpenter, on the other hand, 687 00:39:52,767 --> 00:39:54,477 was released without prejudice, 688 00:39:54,519 --> 00:39:56,730 in legal terms meaning that she was still 689 00:39:56,771 --> 00:39:59,357 under the umbrella of suspicion. 690 00:40:00,734 --> 00:40:05,572 - NARRATOR: On June 20th, 2014, Trey Styler pleads guilty 691 00:40:05,613 --> 00:40:10,035 to second-degree murder inside a packed Aspen courtroom. 692 00:40:10,076 --> 00:40:13,288 He's sentenced to 20 years in prison. 693 00:40:15,457 --> 00:40:19,169 While justice is served in the case against Trey Styler, 694 00:40:19,210 --> 00:40:22,547 not everyone agrees with the district attorney's decision. 695 00:40:24,966 --> 00:40:26,468 - I would not have signed on to participate 696 00:40:26,509 --> 00:40:29,679 in the arrest of Trey and Nancy Styler 697 00:40:29,721 --> 00:40:32,349 if I didn't believe both were part 698 00:40:32,390 --> 00:40:35,268 of committing the murder of Nancy Pfister. 699 00:40:35,310 --> 00:40:38,104 I wholeheartedly believed when I signed on 700 00:40:38,146 --> 00:40:40,523 to participate in the arrest and be part of it, 701 00:40:40,565 --> 00:40:43,777 that Kathy Carpenter was involved in the murder 702 00:40:43,818 --> 00:40:46,029 of Nancy Pfister. 703 00:40:46,071 --> 00:40:47,697 This was a resolution 704 00:40:47,739 --> 00:40:51,618 that was distasteful and disgusting to me as a cop, 705 00:40:51,659 --> 00:40:54,829 but at least we were holding someone accountable. 706 00:40:54,871 --> 00:40:57,457 Everybody could've gone free. 707 00:40:58,958 --> 00:41:00,418 - NARRATOR: Following his incarceration, 708 00:41:00,460 --> 00:41:03,421 Trey Styler agrees to sit down with a book author 709 00:41:03,463 --> 00:41:06,257 and describes how he committed the murder 710 00:41:06,299 --> 00:41:09,177 despite his medical condition. 711 00:41:16,768 --> 00:41:18,019 - NARRATOR: In his interview, 712 00:41:18,061 --> 00:41:21,439 Trey also reiterates his wife's innocence. 713 00:41:39,290 --> 00:41:41,167 - NARRATOR: In August 2015, 714 00:41:41,209 --> 00:41:44,254 barely a year after his guilty plea, 715 00:41:44,295 --> 00:41:48,675 Trey kills himself in his prison cell. 716 00:41:48,717 --> 00:41:50,176 - He hung himself in his cell, 717 00:41:50,218 --> 00:41:53,054 hung himself to death. 718 00:41:53,096 --> 00:41:55,015 - JIMMY: He took the easy way out, 719 00:41:55,056 --> 00:41:57,434 and I'd rather see him rot in prison, you know? 720 00:41:57,475 --> 00:41:58,643 He should suffer. 721 00:42:02,814 --> 00:42:06,067 - NARRATOR: As for Nancy Styler and Kathy Carpenter, 722 00:42:06,109 --> 00:42:11,031 they both still vehemently maintain their innocence. 723 00:42:11,072 --> 00:42:14,117 - In my heart, I did not believe she had anything 724 00:42:14,159 --> 00:42:16,161 to do with this murder. 725 00:42:16,202 --> 00:42:20,206 Nancy loved her husband, it completely blew her mind 726 00:42:20,248 --> 00:42:23,209 that this man that she was married to 727 00:42:23,251 --> 00:42:26,171 was capable of this kind of an act. 728 00:42:29,591 --> 00:42:31,968 - NARRATOR: Today, there's still a strong feeling 729 00:42:32,010 --> 00:42:33,928 in the Aspen community that the case 730 00:42:33,970 --> 00:42:37,515 may never be fully resolved. 731 00:42:37,557 --> 00:42:39,476 - STEPHAN: In the aftermath of the crime, 732 00:42:39,517 --> 00:42:42,645 there was a lot of anger in Aspen 733 00:42:42,687 --> 00:42:45,774 among people we interviewed, among people we talked to, 734 00:42:45,815 --> 00:42:48,902 who absolutely felt that justice had not been done 735 00:42:48,943 --> 00:42:51,404 for Nancy Pfister. 736 00:42:51,446 --> 00:42:56,076 - JIMMY: The town of Aspen loved Nancy Pfister, okay? 737 00:42:56,117 --> 00:42:57,619 She was iconic, 738 00:42:57,660 --> 00:43:01,039 she lived her life the way she wanted to live it. 739 00:43:01,081 --> 00:43:02,957 She had fun. 740 00:43:02,999 --> 00:43:05,543 And she had fun a lot. 741 00:43:05,585 --> 00:43:10,340 And she shared her good fortune and her friendship 742 00:43:10,382 --> 00:43:12,092 with all of her friends. 743 00:43:12,133 --> 00:43:14,260 She was too young to pass, 744 00:43:14,302 --> 00:43:16,721 she had too much life left in her. 745 00:43:16,763 --> 00:43:20,308 We just pray to god it never happens to anyone else again. 746 00:43:22,811 --> 00:43:34,197 - *