1 00:00:02,349 --> 00:00:04,264 Darrell and Stephanie were soulmates. 2 00:00:04,656 --> 00:00:07,876 I was very thankful for him to find someone 3 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:10,662 that was like him in so many ways. 4 00:00:11,924 --> 00:00:13,708 In a decades-long marriage 5 00:00:13,752 --> 00:00:16,059 filled with highs and lows, 6 00:00:16,102 --> 00:00:18,322 this would be a day to remember. 7 00:00:18,365 --> 00:00:20,715 It sounded like she planned a grand day 8 00:00:20,759 --> 00:00:24,197 that any husband would be looking forward to. 9 00:00:25,503 --> 00:00:27,722 But when a romantic rendezvous turns 10 00:00:27,766 --> 00:00:29,811 into a tragic nightmare. 11 00:00:32,379 --> 00:00:35,426 I answer the phone and she starts hollering 12 00:00:35,469 --> 00:00:37,428 and screaming, "He's dead, he's dead, he's dead!" 13 00:00:42,607 --> 00:00:44,913 We weren't sure if it was a home invasion 14 00:00:44,957 --> 00:00:46,741 or maybe a robbery. 15 00:00:47,481 --> 00:00:50,223 Detectives uncover a complicated history 16 00:00:50,267 --> 00:00:52,486 that turned this couple. 17 00:00:52,530 --> 00:00:55,228 They had been having issues with their marriage, 18 00:00:55,272 --> 00:00:58,840 so she was trying to prove and show Darrell 19 00:00:58,884 --> 00:01:00,364 that she loved him. 20 00:01:03,149 --> 00:01:04,237 He definitely had motive, 21 00:01:04,281 --> 00:01:06,109 wanting Stephanie Blagg for himself. 22 00:01:06,674 --> 00:01:08,981 It seems to me like he was willing to do anything 23 00:01:09,024 --> 00:01:10,461 to be with her. 24 00:01:12,245 --> 00:01:15,030 Into a killer relationship. 25 00:01:16,597 --> 00:01:18,599 That's always the biggest question, 26 00:01:18,643 --> 00:01:20,471 who pulled the trigger 27 00:01:20,514 --> 00:01:22,299 and then who was the mastermind behind it all? 28 00:01:38,532 --> 00:01:40,317 In all my years as an attorney 29 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:42,754 and now judge on "Divorce Court", 30 00:01:42,797 --> 00:01:45,974 I've come across marriages that have lasted days 31 00:01:46,018 --> 00:01:47,976 and some that have lasted decades. 32 00:01:48,020 --> 00:01:50,022 Truth is, there's no one right way 33 00:01:50,065 --> 00:01:52,285 to make a marriage successful, 34 00:01:52,329 --> 00:01:54,505 but typically, the ones that endure, 35 00:01:54,548 --> 00:01:56,463 are those that live by the maxim, 36 00:01:56,507 --> 00:01:59,379 what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. 37 00:01:59,423 --> 00:02:01,816 Sometimes though, life throws a curve ball 38 00:02:01,860 --> 00:02:04,079 that can knock you off your feet 39 00:02:04,123 --> 00:02:06,299 and how you choose to recover from that 40 00:02:06,343 --> 00:02:08,562 can totally change the course of your life 41 00:02:08,606 --> 00:02:11,826 and the lives of those around you forever, 42 00:02:11,870 --> 00:02:13,350 leaving everyone to wonder, 43 00:02:13,393 --> 00:02:15,265 how did it all go wrong? 44 00:02:16,309 --> 00:02:18,703 When young Darrell Blagg meets Stephanie Morris, 45 00:02:18,746 --> 00:02:20,139 the girl next door, 46 00:02:20,183 --> 00:02:22,359 in the small town of Hugo, Oklahoma, 47 00:02:22,402 --> 00:02:25,318 he could not predict that life would never end up 48 00:02:25,362 --> 00:02:29,061 being as sweet as the early days promised. 49 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,504 Stephanie's mom would come to my aunt's house 50 00:02:37,548 --> 00:02:40,986 and Darrell and Stephanie, they just played together. 51 00:02:42,030 --> 00:02:44,642 We were like eight or 10 years old. 52 00:02:45,425 --> 00:02:47,210 Darrell and Stephanie, if you were around one, 53 00:02:47,253 --> 00:02:49,124 you were usually around the other. 54 00:02:50,300 --> 00:02:53,303 Same friends, same school, 55 00:02:53,346 --> 00:02:55,348 same everything just about. 56 00:02:58,308 --> 00:03:00,397 Darrell and Stephanie remained close friends 57 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:02,834 even after high school graduation 58 00:03:02,877 --> 00:03:06,054 when both Darrell and Stephanie's brother, Glenn, 59 00:03:06,098 --> 00:03:08,274 joined the Marines and moved to San Diego 60 00:03:08,318 --> 00:03:10,102 for basic training. 61 00:03:10,145 --> 00:03:11,886 They got stationed at the same place 62 00:03:11,930 --> 00:03:14,715 and both being Oklahoma boys, 63 00:03:14,759 --> 00:03:16,543 they hung around together 64 00:03:16,587 --> 00:03:20,634 and then Stephanie went to California to visit her brother 65 00:03:20,678 --> 00:03:24,159 and her and Darrell, they got together. 66 00:03:24,682 --> 00:03:27,032 It was kind of like fate, I guess. 67 00:03:28,947 --> 00:03:31,123 They both liked George Strait. 68 00:03:31,166 --> 00:03:33,430 He would always give her a hard time over, 69 00:03:33,473 --> 00:03:35,780 she's gonna leave me for George Strait. 70 00:03:36,998 --> 00:03:39,392 I believe Darrell and Stephanie were soulmates. 71 00:03:39,436 --> 00:03:41,612 You could tell she loved him and he loved her. 72 00:03:42,656 --> 00:03:46,312 Darrell is discharged from the Marines in 1987 73 00:03:46,356 --> 00:03:49,402 and comes back home to Stephanie in Oklahoma. 74 00:03:49,446 --> 00:03:51,578 Soon enough, the couple is thrilled 75 00:03:51,622 --> 00:03:54,494 when they find out they're having a baby. 76 00:03:54,538 --> 00:03:56,975 He was right there with her the whole time 77 00:03:57,018 --> 00:03:59,238 and then after the baby was born, 78 00:03:59,282 --> 00:04:01,153 they decided to get married. 79 00:04:02,067 --> 00:04:04,635 Their first son, Andrew is joined by brothers, 80 00:04:04,678 --> 00:04:07,420 John and Dally over the next few years 81 00:04:07,464 --> 00:04:09,857 and the young family moves to New Mexico 82 00:04:09,901 --> 00:04:13,600 where Darrell finds work in the booming oil industry. 83 00:04:16,037 --> 00:04:18,301 He told Stephanie, "You take care of the kids. 84 00:04:18,344 --> 00:04:20,433 "That's your main responsibility. 85 00:04:20,477 --> 00:04:23,131 I'll make the money and I'll support us." 86 00:04:23,175 --> 00:04:25,177 And she was fine with that. 87 00:04:25,438 --> 00:04:26,700 If he was working late, 88 00:04:26,744 --> 00:04:30,008 she'd bring him supper out to his workplace. 89 00:04:31,662 --> 00:04:35,753 In 1996, seven years after they moved to New Mexico, 90 00:04:35,796 --> 00:04:39,322 Stephanie's brother Glenn moves in with them in Eunice 91 00:04:39,365 --> 00:04:40,888 when Darrell gets Glenn a job 92 00:04:40,932 --> 00:04:43,891 working alongside him in the oil field. 93 00:04:43,935 --> 00:04:45,153 They were at work together 94 00:04:45,197 --> 00:04:47,504 for probably three or four hours. 95 00:04:47,547 --> 00:04:50,245 It's just like they were all family 96 00:04:50,289 --> 00:04:52,900 and Glenn was Darrell's best friend. 97 00:04:53,553 --> 00:04:55,729 It's a nice situation for Darrell and Stephanie, 98 00:04:55,773 --> 00:04:59,385 raising a family with their closest relatives nearby. 99 00:04:59,429 --> 00:05:03,824 The loving marriage and the Blagg boys thrive. 100 00:05:06,610 --> 00:05:08,263 We were all at a ball game 101 00:05:08,307 --> 00:05:11,832 watching Andrew and John play baseball. 102 00:05:13,399 --> 00:05:16,054 And we all heard the sirens going off 103 00:05:16,097 --> 00:05:18,404 and a friend of ours asked me 104 00:05:18,448 --> 00:05:20,101 if I knew where Darrell and Stephanie was 105 00:05:20,145 --> 00:05:22,930 and I said, "Well, they're on their way home, what's wrong?" 106 00:05:22,974 --> 00:05:24,279 He said, 107 00:05:24,323 --> 00:05:25,498 "Glenn got shot." 108 00:05:28,066 --> 00:05:29,850 Glenn had been at his girlfriend's house 109 00:05:29,894 --> 00:05:33,071 when he suffered a rifle shot to the head. 110 00:05:33,593 --> 00:05:36,683 He dies on the way to the hospital. 111 00:05:39,643 --> 00:05:43,168 Glenn accidentally shot himself. 112 00:05:43,211 --> 00:05:45,910 He was playing with the 22 and accidentally shot himself. 113 00:05:47,651 --> 00:05:50,131 Stephanie was in shock. 114 00:05:50,175 --> 00:05:53,396 She was just basically 115 00:05:53,439 --> 00:05:56,573 heartbroken to lose Glenn. 116 00:05:57,748 --> 00:05:59,445 Glenn was her only brother, 117 00:05:59,489 --> 00:06:01,447 so they kind of babied him, you know, 118 00:06:01,491 --> 00:06:03,231 Stephanie was real close with him. 119 00:06:06,757 --> 00:06:09,716 She got cold and distanced 120 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:11,892 and I think it put a strain 121 00:06:11,936 --> 00:06:14,242 on her relationship with Darrell. 122 00:06:16,070 --> 00:06:20,379 For him to watch her just lay around and be depressed, 123 00:06:20,423 --> 00:06:22,294 he didn't know what to do. 124 00:06:22,337 --> 00:06:25,079 He tried babying her, 125 00:06:25,123 --> 00:06:27,908 doing whatever he could for her 126 00:06:27,952 --> 00:06:30,781 and you know, nothing really worked. 127 00:06:31,303 --> 00:06:33,479 So it just seemed like they were kinda 128 00:06:33,523 --> 00:06:37,875 going their separate ways in dealing with the loss. 129 00:06:38,919 --> 00:06:40,268 Both Darrell and Stephanie 130 00:06:40,312 --> 00:06:42,619 are suffering from Glenn's death, 131 00:06:42,662 --> 00:06:45,099 but rather than coming together to support each other 132 00:06:45,143 --> 00:06:46,449 through the grief, 133 00:06:46,492 --> 00:06:48,494 they begin drifting apart 134 00:06:48,538 --> 00:06:52,977 and Stephanie finds unhealthy ways to cope on her own. 135 00:06:53,020 --> 00:06:57,024 I thought by the way she was acting 136 00:06:57,068 --> 00:06:59,462 that she was doing drugs, 137 00:06:59,505 --> 00:07:01,376 but I couldn't prove it. 138 00:07:01,899 --> 00:07:04,510 Before Glenn's death, no, 139 00:07:04,554 --> 00:07:06,469 she was totally against them. 140 00:07:07,078 --> 00:07:09,515 I don't even know if I ever seen Stephanie drink, 141 00:07:09,559 --> 00:07:10,951 to be honest with you. 142 00:07:10,995 --> 00:07:12,562 But I think that's where the drugs started 143 00:07:12,605 --> 00:07:14,389 and stuff like that. 144 00:07:14,955 --> 00:07:16,566 Desperate to pull Stephanie 145 00:07:16,609 --> 00:07:18,742 out of her downward spiral, 146 00:07:18,785 --> 00:07:21,571 Darrell makes a drastic decision. 147 00:07:21,614 --> 00:07:23,747 Glenn had only died about three blocks 148 00:07:23,790 --> 00:07:26,184 from where Darrell and Stephanie lived in Eunice. 149 00:07:26,227 --> 00:07:29,143 So Darrell loving Stephanie the way that he did, 150 00:07:29,187 --> 00:07:32,320 they decided them and the children move to Oklahoma 151 00:07:32,364 --> 00:07:34,845 to get her away from that. 152 00:07:36,194 --> 00:07:39,893 They packed up and they moved to Oklahoma. 153 00:07:43,114 --> 00:07:46,596 Close to our dad and close to her mom and sister 154 00:07:46,639 --> 00:07:48,554 and see if that would help. 155 00:07:49,250 --> 00:07:54,342 That's when she decided she wanted to work. 156 00:07:54,386 --> 00:07:57,520 He thought, "Well, okay, maybe it will help 157 00:07:57,563 --> 00:07:59,696 if she keeps busy." 158 00:08:01,872 --> 00:08:04,352 So she gets a job and she's working. 159 00:08:04,396 --> 00:08:06,485 She's working at a convenience store. 160 00:08:08,052 --> 00:08:10,794 That's when things really got bad. 161 00:08:11,664 --> 00:08:14,537 Everything started going even crazier. 162 00:08:17,931 --> 00:08:20,673 He was trying to remain calm, 163 00:08:20,717 --> 00:08:23,894 but I could tell that things weren't right. 164 00:08:24,590 --> 00:08:27,332 He called and he told me, he said, 165 00:08:27,375 --> 00:08:28,638 "We're divorced." 166 00:08:28,681 --> 00:08:30,988 And I'm like, "You're what?" 167 00:08:32,032 --> 00:08:34,687 He obviously entered in through the back door 168 00:08:34,731 --> 00:08:39,039 and at some point he bled out to a large pool of blood. 169 00:08:44,654 --> 00:08:46,525 Darrell Blagg thought that moving his family 170 00:08:46,569 --> 00:08:48,222 back home to Oklahoma 171 00:08:48,266 --> 00:08:52,139 would help his wife, Stephanie overcome the deep depression 172 00:08:52,183 --> 00:08:54,881 she feels after her brother's suicide. 173 00:08:54,925 --> 00:08:57,188 He could never have predicted the decision 174 00:08:57,231 --> 00:09:00,017 would backfire so dramatically. 175 00:09:00,060 --> 00:09:02,367 Just one month after being back, 176 00:09:02,410 --> 00:09:06,284 Stephanie Blagg began sleeping with another man. 177 00:09:07,851 --> 00:09:10,027 His name is Billy Kelley. 178 00:09:10,070 --> 00:09:13,291 She knew him growing up. 179 00:09:13,334 --> 00:09:16,773 They started seeing one another on the side. 180 00:09:16,816 --> 00:09:19,732 He was crazy for her. 181 00:09:20,428 --> 00:09:23,867 After almost 20 years as soulmates, 182 00:09:23,910 --> 00:09:26,217 Darrell is shocked and devastated by 183 00:09:26,260 --> 00:09:28,045 Stephanie's betrayal. 184 00:09:28,088 --> 00:09:30,438 He was trying to remain calm, 185 00:09:30,482 --> 00:09:34,051 but I could tell in his voice 186 00:09:34,094 --> 00:09:36,053 that things weren't right. 187 00:09:36,096 --> 00:09:38,708 He just didn't want to face it. 188 00:09:39,883 --> 00:09:41,058 And while all affairs 189 00:09:41,101 --> 00:09:43,060 are destructive and heartbreaking, 190 00:09:43,103 --> 00:09:46,933 this one is particularly brazen and cruel. 191 00:09:50,110 --> 00:09:51,851 Billy was nonstop involved 192 00:09:51,895 --> 00:09:54,288 in Darrell and Stephanie's life. 193 00:09:54,549 --> 00:09:56,682 He would come in, she would leave 194 00:09:56,726 --> 00:10:00,817 and then Darrell would go get her and bring Stephanie back. 195 00:10:00,860 --> 00:10:02,819 It was a long affair. 196 00:10:02,862 --> 00:10:05,517 It caused a lot of grief and misery. 197 00:10:06,561 --> 00:10:09,347 By now, the boys didn't know what their mom 198 00:10:09,390 --> 00:10:12,567 was gonna do, if she was gonna be home when they came home 199 00:10:12,611 --> 00:10:14,874 or if she was gonna be gone with Billy. 200 00:10:15,788 --> 00:10:18,661 She was torn between two men basically. 201 00:10:20,140 --> 00:10:22,752 I feel for Darrell, I really do. 202 00:10:22,795 --> 00:10:25,929 For four years, Stephanie and Billy make no effort 203 00:10:25,972 --> 00:10:27,495 to hide their affair. 204 00:10:27,539 --> 00:10:29,454 Day in, day out, 205 00:10:29,497 --> 00:10:31,717 it's right in Darrell's face. 206 00:10:31,761 --> 00:10:35,460 As someone who's seen my fair share of messy divorces, 207 00:10:35,503 --> 00:10:38,855 I can understand why Darrell feels a need to stick around. 208 00:10:38,898 --> 00:10:41,640 He had 20 loving years with his wife 209 00:10:41,684 --> 00:10:44,295 and they have three great kids together. 210 00:10:44,338 --> 00:10:47,646 But in early 2004, it's actually Stephanie 211 00:10:47,690 --> 00:10:51,345 who ends the marriage when she files for a divorce. 212 00:10:54,174 --> 00:10:57,177 He called and he told me, he said, 213 00:10:57,221 --> 00:10:58,962 "We're divorced." 214 00:10:59,005 --> 00:11:01,268 And I'm like, "You're what?" 215 00:11:01,616 --> 00:11:03,662 He said, "Yeah, she's got her boyfriend 216 00:11:03,706 --> 00:11:05,925 and she divorced me." 217 00:11:05,969 --> 00:11:07,753 She signed the divorce papers 218 00:11:07,797 --> 00:11:12,105 and gave Darrell full custody of all three boys. 219 00:11:12,149 --> 00:11:15,282 And he decided that him and the boys 220 00:11:15,326 --> 00:11:17,328 would move back to New Mexico 221 00:11:17,371 --> 00:11:21,811 so they didn't have to deal with her and Billy. 222 00:11:23,247 --> 00:11:25,684 He got a house just a couple of blocks from us 223 00:11:25,728 --> 00:11:29,514 and you know, he was trying to make a life for the boys. 224 00:11:31,211 --> 00:11:34,432 It was going good for a while. 225 00:11:35,085 --> 00:11:37,348 He started dating another girl, 226 00:11:37,391 --> 00:11:40,003 probably about six months, I would say. 227 00:11:40,046 --> 00:11:41,439 Her name was Laronda. 228 00:11:41,482 --> 00:11:43,441 And he started doing pretty good, 229 00:11:43,484 --> 00:11:45,704 I mean, I thought he was gonna break it, 230 00:11:45,748 --> 00:11:48,751 you know, kind of break through the Stephanie. 231 00:11:51,754 --> 00:11:53,364 But in late 2004, 232 00:11:53,407 --> 00:11:55,627 nine months after their divorce, 233 00:11:55,670 --> 00:11:58,804 Darrell receives a surprising call from Stephanie 234 00:11:58,848 --> 00:12:02,939 who tells him she's in Eunice and wants him to consider 235 00:12:02,982 --> 00:12:05,376 welcoming her back into the family. 236 00:12:07,465 --> 00:12:11,251 Stephanie was a good mom when she was there. 237 00:12:11,295 --> 00:12:13,384 But with Darrell, I think there was so much hurt 238 00:12:13,427 --> 00:12:16,387 of watching the kids get hurt, 239 00:12:16,430 --> 00:12:20,260 I think that's really what kind of pushed him away from her. 240 00:12:22,045 --> 00:12:23,394 Of course, he took her back, 241 00:12:23,437 --> 00:12:25,918 'cause he loved her and the kids. 242 00:12:25,962 --> 00:12:28,442 The kids was, I think a big factor in Darrell's, 243 00:12:28,486 --> 00:12:29,748 you know, he thought of others 244 00:12:29,792 --> 00:12:31,794 as well as he thought of himself. 245 00:12:32,446 --> 00:12:33,883 Moving cautiously, 246 00:12:33,926 --> 00:12:37,060 Darrell doesn't allow Stephanie to live with the family, 247 00:12:37,103 --> 00:12:39,758 but he supports her by putting her up 248 00:12:39,802 --> 00:12:41,586 in an apartment nearby. 249 00:12:41,629 --> 00:12:44,328 He told her, "I'll help you get on your feet, 250 00:12:44,371 --> 00:12:45,895 "but I don't want you back at my house. 251 00:12:45,938 --> 00:12:49,681 "You could see the boys every day after school. 252 00:12:49,724 --> 00:12:52,249 "You can see them anytime you want, 253 00:12:52,292 --> 00:12:53,990 but they're not living with you." 254 00:12:55,208 --> 00:12:57,428 By the winter of 2004, 255 00:12:57,471 --> 00:12:59,865 Stephanie's reengaged as a mother, 256 00:12:59,909 --> 00:13:02,868 driving the boys to school nearly every day. 257 00:13:02,912 --> 00:13:07,133 She makes another emotional plea to her ex-husband. 258 00:13:07,568 --> 00:13:09,527 She lived there for probably a month or two 259 00:13:09,570 --> 00:13:10,615 and she told him, she says, 260 00:13:10,658 --> 00:13:12,095 "Darrell, I wanna make it work. 261 00:13:12,138 --> 00:13:14,880 I promise I won't do this again." 262 00:13:14,924 --> 00:13:16,664 So he said, "Okay." 263 00:13:16,708 --> 00:13:19,929 You know, so he let her move in with him 264 00:13:19,972 --> 00:13:24,020 and everything seemed like it was going good for a while. 265 00:13:24,324 --> 00:13:26,892 They had talked about they were gonna get remarried 266 00:13:26,936 --> 00:13:30,026 and she's all giddy and we're gonna have a big wedding, 267 00:13:30,069 --> 00:13:32,115 we're gonna have a big reception. 268 00:13:33,029 --> 00:13:35,422 The Blaggs don't have another wedding, 269 00:13:35,466 --> 00:13:37,294 but for the next year and a half, 270 00:13:37,337 --> 00:13:40,819 they do get their marriage and their lives on track. 271 00:13:40,863 --> 00:13:44,388 Stephanie moves home and she seems to be staying clean. 272 00:13:44,431 --> 00:13:46,781 Darrell is making good money in the oil fields 273 00:13:46,825 --> 00:13:49,828 and the kids are in school and doing well. 274 00:13:49,872 --> 00:13:51,656 By the fall of 2006, 275 00:13:51,699 --> 00:13:53,876 everything seems back to normal. 276 00:13:54,659 --> 00:13:58,054 Normal, that is, until August 11th. 277 00:14:02,972 --> 00:14:05,322 August 11th, 2006, 278 00:14:05,365 --> 00:14:06,279 it was raining. 279 00:14:06,323 --> 00:14:09,239 We had monsoon rain 280 00:14:09,282 --> 00:14:10,849 and it was flooding. 281 00:14:12,198 --> 00:14:13,939 I went to work, 282 00:14:13,983 --> 00:14:16,724 come home. 283 00:14:16,768 --> 00:14:20,163 I just get sit down on my phone had rang. 284 00:14:20,206 --> 00:14:22,861 I didn't get to it in time, 285 00:14:22,905 --> 00:14:25,124 so I sit down and it starts ringing again. 286 00:14:26,734 --> 00:14:29,999 I answer the phone, I say, "Hello?" 287 00:14:30,042 --> 00:14:31,652 And it's Stephanie. 288 00:14:32,740 --> 00:14:35,047 And she starts hollering and screaming. 289 00:14:36,353 --> 00:14:38,355 She says, "Rose, Darrell's dead, 290 00:14:38,398 --> 00:14:40,096 "I found him in the back hall dead, 291 00:14:40,139 --> 00:14:41,880 he's dead, he's dead, he's dead!" 292 00:14:47,407 --> 00:14:51,977 August 11th, 2006, Eunice, New Mexico. 293 00:14:52,021 --> 00:14:54,197 At approximately 4:00 p.m., 294 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:58,157 Rose Doshier receives an awful phone call. 295 00:14:58,201 --> 00:15:01,944 On the other end is her sister-in-law, Stephanie Blagg, 296 00:15:01,987 --> 00:15:04,424 crying and screaming. 297 00:15:05,643 --> 00:15:07,688 She said Darrell's in the back hall 298 00:15:07,732 --> 00:15:10,213 and he's dead, somebody shot him. 299 00:15:10,909 --> 00:15:12,389 I jumped in the car. 300 00:15:12,432 --> 00:15:14,130 I get to the house. 301 00:15:14,173 --> 00:15:16,393 I just run in there where Darrell's at. 302 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:20,397 And he's laying there up against the wall, 303 00:15:22,181 --> 00:15:24,183 And I'm hollering, "Darrell, Darrell!" 304 00:15:25,968 --> 00:15:27,360 There's no breath, 305 00:15:27,404 --> 00:15:28,971 no movement. 306 00:15:31,277 --> 00:15:33,236 Stephanie says, "Did you call the cops?" 307 00:15:33,279 --> 00:15:35,978 I said, "No," I said, "You call them." 308 00:15:37,457 --> 00:15:41,026 Stephanie calls Eunice police at 4:08 p.m. 309 00:15:41,070 --> 00:15:43,986 and then dials 911 at 04:10. 310 00:15:44,856 --> 00:15:47,902 We were told to respond to a subject 311 00:15:47,946 --> 00:15:49,861 that was possibly shot. 312 00:15:50,688 --> 00:15:53,821 Standing out in the front yard was Stephanie Blagg, 313 00:15:53,865 --> 00:15:56,955 Rose Doshier, Dally Blagg and John Blagg. 314 00:16:12,449 --> 00:16:14,929 With so few homicides in Eunice, 315 00:16:14,973 --> 00:16:18,150 law enforcement calls in the state police. 316 00:16:18,194 --> 00:16:20,979 Veteran detectives, Timothy Argo 317 00:16:21,023 --> 00:16:23,155 and Monica Martinez-Jones 318 00:16:23,199 --> 00:16:25,636 are assigned as the lead investigators. 319 00:16:27,333 --> 00:16:28,595 First glance, 320 00:16:28,639 --> 00:16:31,381 it looked like he had been shot multiple times 321 00:16:31,424 --> 00:16:33,426 as soon as he walked in the back door. 322 00:16:35,124 --> 00:16:37,604 There was actually no signs of struggle at all. 323 00:16:38,431 --> 00:16:41,086 His lunch pail was still next to him. 324 00:16:41,130 --> 00:16:44,437 There was blood spatter all over the walls, 325 00:16:44,481 --> 00:16:46,483 on the floor. 326 00:16:46,918 --> 00:16:48,093 It was a lot of blood. 327 00:16:51,270 --> 00:16:53,490 We all noticed that in Stephanie's bedroom, 328 00:16:53,533 --> 00:16:56,145 there was some guns laying out on the bed. 329 00:16:57,363 --> 00:16:59,670 We weren't sure if it was a home invasion 330 00:16:59,713 --> 00:17:01,411 or maybe a robbery. 331 00:17:02,412 --> 00:17:04,109 But there's two pieces of evidence 332 00:17:04,153 --> 00:17:07,634 that don't support the idea of a burglary gone bad. 333 00:17:09,332 --> 00:17:13,162 There was a barefoot impression in the blood. 334 00:17:14,380 --> 00:17:16,078 It was a bit odd. 335 00:17:16,382 --> 00:17:18,123 Your burglars or your robbers 336 00:17:18,167 --> 00:17:20,647 are going to be wearing some kind of footwear 337 00:17:20,691 --> 00:17:22,040 and not be barefooted. 338 00:17:23,433 --> 00:17:27,263 Stephanie Blagg said she did find Darrell's body, 339 00:17:27,306 --> 00:17:30,875 but she said she didn't step in any blood 340 00:17:30,918 --> 00:17:32,833 and so now we have an unknown. 341 00:17:32,877 --> 00:17:34,357 Who's footprint is it? 342 00:17:35,488 --> 00:17:38,012 We also noticed, which was kind of odd, 343 00:17:38,056 --> 00:17:41,103 that the screen in the kitchen window, 344 00:17:41,146 --> 00:17:43,627 it looked like somebody had kicked the screen out. 345 00:17:43,888 --> 00:17:45,324 It looked like somebody basically went 346 00:17:45,368 --> 00:17:47,109 through the window like Superman 347 00:17:47,152 --> 00:17:49,328 and just, you know, kind of like jetted out there 348 00:17:49,372 --> 00:17:51,374 and flew out as quick as they could. 349 00:17:52,679 --> 00:17:55,769 But the window wasn't open, so, you know, 350 00:17:55,813 --> 00:17:59,164 you kind of piece multiple things together there and go, 351 00:17:59,208 --> 00:18:02,341 okay, if someone just broke into this house 352 00:18:02,385 --> 00:18:06,040 and burglarized it and killed the owner when they got home, 353 00:18:06,084 --> 00:18:07,651 that window would still be open. 354 00:18:10,654 --> 00:18:13,135 The police bring Stephanie and her sons 355 00:18:13,178 --> 00:18:15,224 down to the station to be interviewed. 356 00:18:16,225 --> 00:18:19,358 Detective Argo questions Stephanie in one room 357 00:18:19,402 --> 00:18:23,188 while detective Martinez-Jones talks to the boys in another. 358 00:18:26,104 --> 00:18:28,541 Andrew at the time was 18 years old 359 00:18:28,585 --> 00:18:30,804 and then you have John who was 15 years old 360 00:18:30,848 --> 00:18:32,850 and Dally who's 12. 361 00:18:33,285 --> 00:18:36,506 I was actually trained to do child forensic interviews. 362 00:18:36,549 --> 00:18:39,161 So Dally was the first one that I decided 363 00:18:39,204 --> 00:18:41,859 to conduct an interview with. 364 00:18:43,252 --> 00:18:45,645 I asked him who he was with that day 365 00:18:45,689 --> 00:18:49,562 and he told me it was just he and John and his mother 366 00:18:49,606 --> 00:18:52,522 and that they had come home and found his dad in the back, 367 00:18:52,565 --> 00:18:56,961 but his mom wouldn't allow him to go near the back area, 368 00:18:57,004 --> 00:18:58,702 because his dad was back there. 369 00:19:01,792 --> 00:19:04,490 He was very closed with me. 370 00:19:04,534 --> 00:19:06,144 It seemed to me like he was trying 371 00:19:06,188 --> 00:19:09,365 to hide something from me, 372 00:19:09,408 --> 00:19:11,367 but I didn't really know what it was. 373 00:19:15,458 --> 00:19:17,024 With Stephanie, she told me 374 00:19:17,068 --> 00:19:21,290 she woke up early that morning, somewhere around 4:00 a.m. 375 00:19:21,333 --> 00:19:25,816 and her goal was to ensure that Darrell went to work 376 00:19:25,859 --> 00:19:29,428 with some brownies and cookies that she had made him. 377 00:19:30,299 --> 00:19:33,171 She told me that they had been having some issues 378 00:19:33,215 --> 00:19:37,436 with their marriage, so she was trying to work hard 379 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:42,267 to prove and show Darrell that she cared and she loved him 380 00:19:42,311 --> 00:19:44,138 and she really wanted to know what time 381 00:19:44,182 --> 00:19:45,618 he was gonna come home 382 00:19:45,662 --> 00:19:47,881 because she was gonna ensure the kids weren't at home. 383 00:19:47,925 --> 00:19:50,710 She had set it as a date night. 384 00:19:50,754 --> 00:19:52,669 It sounded like she planned a grand day 385 00:19:52,712 --> 00:19:55,324 that any husband would be looking forward to. 386 00:19:56,281 --> 00:19:59,545 She said she had to leave the house 387 00:19:59,589 --> 00:20:01,765 to make certain that John and Dally, 388 00:20:01,808 --> 00:20:05,725 her youngest two sons, were not gonna be at the house 389 00:20:05,769 --> 00:20:09,251 and she went to the park where John and Dally, 390 00:20:09,294 --> 00:20:11,514 that's where they were gonna stay. 391 00:20:12,297 --> 00:20:14,517 And then when she came back, 392 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:18,042 that's when she found Darrell there 393 00:20:18,085 --> 00:20:19,348 dead. 394 00:20:20,958 --> 00:20:22,916 In my interview with Stephanie Blagg, 395 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:25,789 I thought there was some sincerity 396 00:20:25,832 --> 00:20:27,704 to what she was trying to do. 397 00:20:28,618 --> 00:20:30,228 The account from Stephanie of her actions 398 00:20:30,272 --> 00:20:32,970 that day yields few leads, 399 00:20:33,013 --> 00:20:35,015 except for one. 400 00:20:35,059 --> 00:20:37,670 So I did ask Stephanie what she saw. 401 00:20:37,714 --> 00:20:39,411 Did she see anything when she got home? 402 00:20:39,455 --> 00:20:41,195 Did she see anything before she left? 403 00:20:41,239 --> 00:20:43,067 Did she see anything unusual? 404 00:20:43,110 --> 00:20:48,333 And there was information about a red truck 405 00:20:48,377 --> 00:20:50,509 that she didn't know who the red truck was. 406 00:20:52,294 --> 00:20:54,296 As night falls in Eunice, 407 00:20:54,339 --> 00:20:57,037 the detectives interview additional family members 408 00:20:57,081 --> 00:20:58,778 and scour the neighborhood, 409 00:20:58,822 --> 00:21:01,694 searching for anyone who might know something 410 00:21:01,738 --> 00:21:03,305 related to the homicide 411 00:21:03,348 --> 00:21:07,613 or to the red truck Stephanie mentioned in her interview. 412 00:21:08,048 --> 00:21:10,442 There was a grocery store located behind the house 413 00:21:10,486 --> 00:21:13,358 and then across the street was a church 414 00:21:13,402 --> 00:21:16,361 and there was an Allsup's convenience store 415 00:21:16,405 --> 00:21:19,625 that was a block away from the residence. 416 00:21:20,670 --> 00:21:22,236 At the convenience store, 417 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:24,761 detectives meet a woman named Charlotte King. 418 00:21:26,589 --> 00:21:29,722 She was actually the clerk that worked at Allsup's, 419 00:21:29,766 --> 00:21:32,725 but she was also Andrew Blagg's girlfriend 420 00:21:32,769 --> 00:21:35,162 and she told me that the boys were with 421 00:21:35,206 --> 00:21:36,599 Billy Kelley that day. 422 00:21:38,427 --> 00:21:41,952 So at the time, we had no idea who Billy Kelley was. 423 00:21:43,345 --> 00:21:46,783 I had to bring them back in and re-interview them. 424 00:21:46,826 --> 00:21:50,264 I asked Dally, I said, "Can you tell me who Billy is?" 425 00:21:50,308 --> 00:21:53,137 He said that Billy was his mom's boyfriend. 426 00:21:58,490 --> 00:22:00,536 New Mexico state police detectives 427 00:22:00,579 --> 00:22:02,929 investigating the death of Darrell Blagg, 428 00:22:02,973 --> 00:22:04,975 have just learned something important 429 00:22:05,018 --> 00:22:07,064 about the day of the murder. 430 00:22:07,499 --> 00:22:11,111 Something Darrell's wife, Stephanie and his three children 431 00:22:11,155 --> 00:22:13,026 didn't think was important to share 432 00:22:13,070 --> 00:22:15,942 in their initial interviews with police. 433 00:22:16,378 --> 00:22:19,859 Not only does Stephanie have a boyfriend named Billy Kelley, 434 00:22:19,903 --> 00:22:23,080 but it's possible she and her three boys 435 00:22:23,123 --> 00:22:27,084 were with him the day her husband was shot and killed. 436 00:22:29,565 --> 00:22:30,609 I asked Dally, I said, 437 00:22:30,653 --> 00:22:32,089 "You know, why didn't you tell me 438 00:22:32,132 --> 00:22:34,831 that you were with Billy today? 439 00:22:34,874 --> 00:22:36,702 Why didn't you tell me that?" 440 00:22:37,660 --> 00:22:39,749 And they fessed up right away and they were just saying, 441 00:22:39,792 --> 00:22:42,142 "I don't know, I just forgot that." 442 00:22:42,186 --> 00:22:44,318 And I said, "Did your mom tell you not to say 443 00:22:44,362 --> 00:22:45,581 that Billy was there?" 444 00:22:45,624 --> 00:22:46,930 And you know, of course they were like, 445 00:22:46,973 --> 00:22:49,062 "Well, no, she didn't say that." 446 00:22:50,020 --> 00:22:52,544 So he said that Billy would come from Lubbock 447 00:22:52,588 --> 00:22:54,328 to New Mexico to Eunice 448 00:22:54,372 --> 00:22:56,592 and he would actually come to their house 449 00:22:56,635 --> 00:22:59,029 in the middle of the night. 450 00:22:59,899 --> 00:23:01,858 Once Mr. Blagg was in bed, 451 00:23:01,901 --> 00:23:04,861 he would go to the boys' bedroom and knock on the window 452 00:23:06,515 --> 00:23:09,605 and the boys would actually let him in the window. 453 00:23:12,085 --> 00:23:15,480 And he would sleep at the Blagg residence at night 454 00:23:15,524 --> 00:23:17,047 in the boys' room 455 00:23:17,090 --> 00:23:19,310 while Mr. Blagg was at the residence. 456 00:23:24,358 --> 00:23:25,795 When you see those types of things, 457 00:23:25,838 --> 00:23:27,971 those start to raise all kinds of red flags 458 00:23:28,014 --> 00:23:30,321 and a lot of bells and whistles start to go off 459 00:23:30,364 --> 00:23:31,540 in your head. 460 00:23:32,410 --> 00:23:33,977 They sure do. 461 00:23:34,020 --> 00:23:37,067 After years in family court, I can tell you, thankfully, 462 00:23:37,110 --> 00:23:39,373 that I don't see this very often. 463 00:23:39,417 --> 00:23:42,594 A parent using their children to lie 464 00:23:42,638 --> 00:23:45,162 and cover up their own secrets. 465 00:23:45,205 --> 00:23:48,513 The detectives now realize that the devoted wife 466 00:23:48,557 --> 00:23:50,994 who claimed to be preparing for a romantic evening 467 00:23:51,037 --> 00:23:52,648 with her ex-husband, 468 00:23:52,691 --> 00:23:54,954 is a far more complex character 469 00:23:54,998 --> 00:23:56,869 than she initially led on. 470 00:23:58,392 --> 00:24:01,178 We confronted her with the information 471 00:24:01,221 --> 00:24:03,354 that was revealed in the interviews 472 00:24:03,397 --> 00:24:07,010 and I asked her who Billy Kelley was 473 00:24:07,053 --> 00:24:09,752 and if Billy Kelley had been at her house that day. 474 00:24:10,622 --> 00:24:12,145 Yeah at that point, she stopped the interview, 475 00:24:12,189 --> 00:24:15,322 got very belligerent with us, started cussing at us 476 00:24:15,366 --> 00:24:18,325 and she decided she wanted an attorney. 477 00:24:19,326 --> 00:24:22,199 So we're thinking, "This is probably our suspect. 478 00:24:22,242 --> 00:24:26,072 This lady has something to do with her husband's death." 479 00:24:28,335 --> 00:24:31,251 The investigators conduct a gun residue test 480 00:24:31,295 --> 00:24:33,558 on Stephanie's hands to determine if she 481 00:24:33,602 --> 00:24:34,777 shot her husband. 482 00:24:34,820 --> 00:24:36,692 Stephanie was on the scene 483 00:24:36,735 --> 00:24:38,824 and has plenty of motive, 484 00:24:38,868 --> 00:24:40,434 but it comes up negative. 485 00:24:41,653 --> 00:24:43,350 They do find something however 486 00:24:43,394 --> 00:24:46,266 when they execute a search warrant on her car. 487 00:24:46,310 --> 00:24:50,096 Kevin Massis, who was the agent with our crime scene team, 488 00:24:50,140 --> 00:24:52,664 he was actually processing her vehicle 489 00:24:52,708 --> 00:24:56,886 and says, "I just found a lot of meth 490 00:24:56,929 --> 00:24:59,192 in the back of this vehicle." 491 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:03,109 So she wasn't able to leave the police department. 492 00:25:03,153 --> 00:25:05,938 We got the warrant for possession of methamphetamines 493 00:25:05,982 --> 00:25:09,333 and she was put in jail based on that charge. 494 00:25:12,292 --> 00:25:14,599 With Stephanie detained for the moment, 495 00:25:14,643 --> 00:25:15,905 detectives turn their attention 496 00:25:15,948 --> 00:25:18,037 to their other prime suspect, 497 00:25:18,081 --> 00:25:20,605 her boyfriend, Billy Kelley. 498 00:25:21,171 --> 00:25:25,654 Someone that would go and sneak into another man's house 499 00:25:25,697 --> 00:25:27,917 while he's there to spend time 500 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:29,614 with Stephanie and her children, 501 00:25:29,658 --> 00:25:33,313 seems to me like he's willing to do anything to be with her. 502 00:25:35,098 --> 00:25:37,622 So we're thinking that Billy Kelley 503 00:25:37,666 --> 00:25:39,232 killed Mr. Blagg. 504 00:25:40,103 --> 00:25:41,974 He definitely had motive, 505 00:25:42,018 --> 00:25:43,933 wanting Stephanie Blagg for himself. 506 00:25:46,675 --> 00:25:49,634 As law enforcement in New Mexico and Oklahoma 507 00:25:49,678 --> 00:25:51,462 frantically searched for Billy, 508 00:25:51,505 --> 00:25:54,857 investigators follow up on another piece of information 509 00:25:54,900 --> 00:25:56,772 Charlotte King gave them. 510 00:25:56,815 --> 00:26:00,036 Charlotte is the Allsup's clerk managing the gas pumps 511 00:26:00,079 --> 00:26:03,343 and also happens to be Andrew Blagg's girlfriend. 512 00:26:04,214 --> 00:26:06,129 In her interview with detectives, 513 00:26:06,172 --> 00:26:10,046 Charlotte says she saw Billy at the Allsup's gas pumps 514 00:26:10,089 --> 00:26:12,614 with John and Dally around 4:00 p.m., 515 00:26:12,657 --> 00:26:15,965 about 10 minutes before the time police think 516 00:26:16,008 --> 00:26:17,706 the murder occurred. 517 00:26:18,054 --> 00:26:21,013 It's an alibi that the Blagg boys confirm. 518 00:26:23,450 --> 00:26:27,150 John and Dally were supposed to go to the park that day 519 00:26:27,193 --> 00:26:29,631 and stay at the park with Billy Kelley. 520 00:26:30,283 --> 00:26:33,243 Billy Kelley picked them up at the park. 521 00:26:33,722 --> 00:26:35,419 They went to the Allsup's 522 00:26:35,462 --> 00:26:38,683 and Billy Kelley was filling up his vehicle with gas. 523 00:26:39,771 --> 00:26:42,687 But it was raining and because of the weather, 524 00:26:42,731 --> 00:26:45,559 it had actually knocked the pumps out of service. 525 00:26:45,603 --> 00:26:48,737 So that would've been around four o'clock. 526 00:26:48,780 --> 00:26:50,564 Billy Kelley paid for the gas, 527 00:26:50,608 --> 00:26:52,958 so they were waiting for the pumps to come back on 528 00:26:53,002 --> 00:26:54,917 so that he could get the gas. 529 00:26:55,221 --> 00:26:58,268 Right at that time, the three of them are outside, 530 00:26:58,311 --> 00:27:02,446 Mr. Blagg drives by in his work truck 531 00:27:02,489 --> 00:27:05,449 and he sees John and Dally with Billy Kelley. 532 00:27:05,754 --> 00:27:06,885 So I asked John, I said, 533 00:27:06,929 --> 00:27:08,539 "Did you make eye contact with your dad?" 534 00:27:08,582 --> 00:27:11,281 And he says, "Yeah, he definitely saw 535 00:27:11,324 --> 00:27:12,891 that we were with Billy Kelley." 536 00:27:15,241 --> 00:27:19,071 Based on Stephanie's 911 call at 4:10 p.m. 537 00:27:19,115 --> 00:27:22,335 and the pump's going down at around 4:00 p.m., 538 00:27:22,379 --> 00:27:25,077 detectives Argo and Martinez-Jones 539 00:27:25,121 --> 00:27:27,427 know that if Darrell was on his way home 540 00:27:27,471 --> 00:27:30,213 when he passed by Billy at the gas station, 541 00:27:30,256 --> 00:27:33,477 it would be impossible for Billy to finish gassing up 542 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:35,697 and then get to the Blagg house in time 543 00:27:35,740 --> 00:27:39,135 to kill Darrell Blagg when he walked through the door. 544 00:27:39,178 --> 00:27:40,919 It's a key revelation 545 00:27:40,963 --> 00:27:43,313 as law enforcement builds out their timeline 546 00:27:43,356 --> 00:27:45,750 and considers their suspects. 547 00:27:47,665 --> 00:27:49,754 I knew that we would be able to get video 548 00:27:49,798 --> 00:27:51,887 from Allsup's to corroborate 549 00:27:51,930 --> 00:27:54,367 or disprove the story of Billy Kelley 550 00:27:54,411 --> 00:27:57,327 being at the Allsup's with John and Dally Blagg 551 00:27:57,370 --> 00:28:00,243 at the time Darrell Blagg drove by. 552 00:28:01,331 --> 00:28:03,420 As they wait for the surveillance video, 553 00:28:03,463 --> 00:28:06,597 the detectives realize that their two lead suspects, 554 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:10,253 Stephanie Blagg, who had no gun residue found on her hands, 555 00:28:10,296 --> 00:28:14,518 and Billy Kelley, might not be the killers after all. 556 00:28:15,649 --> 00:28:19,175 So detective Martinez-Jones sits the youngest Blagg boy, 557 00:28:19,218 --> 00:28:20,785 12-year-old Dally, 558 00:28:20,829 --> 00:28:22,613 down one more time 559 00:28:22,656 --> 00:28:24,963 and presses hard. 560 00:28:25,311 --> 00:28:26,443 I said, "Do you know 561 00:28:26,486 --> 00:28:29,054 who would have done this to your dad?" 562 00:28:29,098 --> 00:28:30,795 And Dally says, "I don't know, 563 00:28:30,839 --> 00:28:33,276 "maybe it was the people 564 00:28:33,319 --> 00:28:34,930 that were driving the red pickup." 565 00:28:38,847 --> 00:28:40,370 We went to interview them 566 00:28:40,413 --> 00:28:44,156 and when Tim and I drive up to the residence, 567 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:46,332 there was a red pickup in the driveway. 568 00:28:47,159 --> 00:28:49,466 It was actually quite amazing. 569 00:28:54,297 --> 00:28:56,255 As Stephanie Blagg sits in a holding cell 570 00:28:56,299 --> 00:28:59,128 in Eunice, New Mexico for drug possession, 571 00:28:59,171 --> 00:29:01,521 homicide detectives investigating the murder 572 00:29:01,565 --> 00:29:03,436 of her husband, Darrell Blagg 573 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:06,483 are still trying to track down Stephanie's boyfriend, 574 00:29:06,526 --> 00:29:08,137 Billy Kelley. 575 00:29:08,180 --> 00:29:11,183 They wanna question him on what he may know 576 00:29:11,227 --> 00:29:13,055 about Darrell's death. 577 00:29:13,098 --> 00:29:16,275 Detectives have also learned that Darrell's son, 578 00:29:16,319 --> 00:29:20,584 12-year-old Dally, remembers seeing a red pickup truck 579 00:29:20,627 --> 00:29:23,413 lingering outside the Blagg house. 580 00:29:23,456 --> 00:29:24,849 A vehicle description 581 00:29:24,893 --> 00:29:27,939 his mother also mentioned to investigators. 582 00:29:30,246 --> 00:29:33,075 When the boys returned from the park, 583 00:29:33,118 --> 00:29:36,165 their mom discovered Darrell in the back room 584 00:29:36,861 --> 00:29:39,777 and during this time, Stephanie has told Dally, 585 00:29:39,821 --> 00:29:41,387 "Don't come to the back room 586 00:29:41,431 --> 00:29:43,085 and you know, your dad's back here." 587 00:29:43,128 --> 00:29:45,783 So Dally's actually looking out the window 588 00:29:45,827 --> 00:29:48,351 and he sees this red pickup driving by. 589 00:29:49,395 --> 00:29:50,962 And he said, you know, he couldn't make out, 590 00:29:51,006 --> 00:29:52,659 you know, any type of truck 591 00:29:52,703 --> 00:29:55,445 other than it was just a red pickup. 592 00:29:56,141 --> 00:29:58,622 There was a million red pickups, I mean, we had no idea 593 00:29:58,665 --> 00:30:00,232 'cause he didn't have a license plate. 594 00:30:02,147 --> 00:30:05,107 Did this red pickup have anything to do with it? 595 00:30:06,717 --> 00:30:09,459 As law enforcement canvases every red truck 596 00:30:09,502 --> 00:30:12,766 in and around Eunice, 597 00:30:12,810 --> 00:30:15,682 the Blaggs and their extended family say goodbye 598 00:30:15,726 --> 00:30:18,555 to the small town dad with a big heart. 599 00:30:18,903 --> 00:30:21,688 We had a memorial service in Eunice 600 00:30:21,732 --> 00:30:23,995 for all of his friends to come in 601 00:30:24,039 --> 00:30:27,172 and there was a lot of people there. 602 00:30:28,739 --> 00:30:30,219 It was a lot of hurt 603 00:30:30,262 --> 00:30:34,179 because he never, he never done really bad to anybody. 604 00:30:34,223 --> 00:30:36,181 He was such a good hearted person. 605 00:30:39,010 --> 00:30:41,926 I was standing there, I was in a daze. 606 00:30:41,970 --> 00:30:45,799 I was standing by his coffin 607 00:30:45,843 --> 00:30:49,934 and the next thing I know, 608 00:30:49,978 --> 00:30:52,719 people's picking me up off the floor. 609 00:31:00,031 --> 00:31:01,641 Over the following days, 610 00:31:01,685 --> 00:31:02,991 the detectives are successful 611 00:31:03,034 --> 00:31:06,864 in tracking down two of their other leads. 612 00:31:06,908 --> 00:31:09,040 The first is the surveillance video 613 00:31:09,084 --> 00:31:10,476 from the convenience store, 614 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:13,566 which could corroborate an alibi for Billy Kelley. 615 00:31:13,827 --> 00:31:16,091 Once I got that Allsup video 616 00:31:16,134 --> 00:31:19,833 and I was able to see John Blagg on there, 617 00:31:19,877 --> 00:31:21,400 Dally Blagg on there 618 00:31:21,444 --> 00:31:23,925 and then see Billy Kelley. 619 00:31:25,143 --> 00:31:29,931 Billy would've been probably the prime suspect 620 00:31:29,974 --> 00:31:33,282 if we didn't have him on video at Allsup's. 621 00:31:34,326 --> 00:31:37,373 And then another crucial piece of the puzzle 622 00:31:37,416 --> 00:31:38,983 falls into place. 623 00:31:39,027 --> 00:31:40,942 We learned that Mr. Blagg 624 00:31:40,985 --> 00:31:44,771 had two people riding with him, two other workers 625 00:31:44,815 --> 00:31:49,211 and he had actually dropped them off at home 626 00:31:49,254 --> 00:31:50,473 before he went home. 627 00:31:50,864 --> 00:31:52,910 So we went to interview them 628 00:31:52,954 --> 00:31:56,044 and when Tim and I drive up to the residence, 629 00:31:56,087 --> 00:31:58,133 there was a red pickup in the driveway. 630 00:32:01,136 --> 00:32:03,007 Once we start interviewing the gentlemen, 631 00:32:03,051 --> 00:32:04,443 we find out that one of them actually 632 00:32:04,487 --> 00:32:08,273 had left his wallet in Mr. Blagg's work truck. 633 00:32:08,317 --> 00:32:10,145 So unbeknownst to them, 634 00:32:10,188 --> 00:32:12,799 Stephanie was inside making her discovery 635 00:32:12,843 --> 00:32:15,454 of Mr. Blagg and they drove by, 636 00:32:15,498 --> 00:32:18,631 opened the truck door because Mr. Blagg left it unlocked 637 00:32:18,675 --> 00:32:22,244 and the one guy retrieved his wallet 638 00:32:22,287 --> 00:32:25,377 and so we were able to rule out the red pickup at that time. 639 00:32:26,900 --> 00:32:29,294 What a wild coincidence. 640 00:32:29,338 --> 00:32:30,643 To be a Darrell's house, 641 00:32:30,687 --> 00:32:34,038 practically at the same moment he is murdered. 642 00:32:34,082 --> 00:32:35,953 With the red truck resolved, 643 00:32:35,997 --> 00:32:38,608 the detectives turn their attention back 644 00:32:38,651 --> 00:32:40,436 to the Blagg boys. 645 00:32:40,479 --> 00:32:43,656 Knowing they covered up for their mother's lies before, 646 00:32:43,700 --> 00:32:46,442 the detectives go right back to the well 647 00:32:46,485 --> 00:32:50,489 and dig deeper into the early afternoon of the murder. 648 00:32:53,318 --> 00:32:55,755 John and Dally said their mother had told them 649 00:32:55,799 --> 00:32:58,889 that they were supposed to stay at the park. 650 00:33:00,108 --> 00:33:02,066 They were at the park 651 00:33:02,110 --> 00:33:04,068 and they did get rained on, 652 00:33:04,112 --> 00:33:06,679 so they actually had to come back to the house 653 00:33:06,723 --> 00:33:09,073 to get a change of clothing. 654 00:33:10,248 --> 00:33:12,424 When they came back to the house during the day, 655 00:33:12,468 --> 00:33:15,558 that's when they saw their mother and Billy 656 00:33:15,601 --> 00:33:18,300 talking with a Mexican guy. 657 00:33:21,390 --> 00:33:22,739 Stephanie told them, 658 00:33:22,782 --> 00:33:23,653 "Stay away from here, 659 00:33:23,696 --> 00:33:26,047 don't come over to the house." 660 00:33:27,178 --> 00:33:30,051 So she made the boys leave and go back to the park. 661 00:33:32,096 --> 00:33:34,968 Investigators know the mention of Billy's presence 662 00:33:35,012 --> 00:33:37,580 in the Blagg house earlier in the day, 663 00:33:37,623 --> 00:33:42,280 along with a Hispanic male is new and important information. 664 00:33:42,585 --> 00:33:44,065 We didn't have a name. 665 00:33:44,108 --> 00:33:47,633 We didn't have a whole lot of descriptors, 666 00:33:47,677 --> 00:33:49,200 so I knew it was gonna take some work 667 00:33:49,244 --> 00:33:52,203 to try to figure out who this Hispanic male was. 668 00:33:54,162 --> 00:33:56,555 Then on August 14th, 669 00:33:56,599 --> 00:33:58,644 three days after Darrell's murder, 670 00:33:58,688 --> 00:34:02,039 the Texas Rangers tracked down Billy Kelley in Lubbock 671 00:34:02,083 --> 00:34:04,128 and bring him in for an interview. 672 00:34:12,136 --> 00:34:15,096 Billy denies any involvement in Darrell's murder. 673 00:34:19,187 --> 00:34:22,625 But when detective Argo drills Billy on the Hispanic male 674 00:34:22,668 --> 00:34:26,107 who John and Dally had seen with him at the house early 675 00:34:26,150 --> 00:34:28,326 on the day of their father's murder. 676 00:34:37,292 --> 00:34:40,121 They sense he knows more than he's letting on. 677 00:34:57,007 --> 00:34:58,748 If the investigators believe Billy 678 00:34:58,791 --> 00:35:01,707 or Stephanie killed Mr. Blagg, 679 00:35:01,751 --> 00:35:04,101 the evidence is holding them back. 680 00:35:04,145 --> 00:35:07,191 Remember, Stephanie's hands were tested for gun residue 681 00:35:07,235 --> 00:35:08,671 and turned up negative 682 00:35:08,714 --> 00:35:12,065 and surveillance video proved Billy's whereabouts 683 00:35:12,109 --> 00:35:13,719 at the time of the murder. 684 00:35:13,763 --> 00:35:18,724 So what possible motive could a mysterious man named Juan, 685 00:35:18,768 --> 00:35:20,683 have had in killing Darrell Blagg? 686 00:35:23,164 --> 00:35:24,861 I'll be honest with you, initially I thought, 687 00:35:24,904 --> 00:35:28,081 oh, this guy was probably her drug dealer, 688 00:35:28,125 --> 00:35:29,735 but in the back of our mind, 689 00:35:29,779 --> 00:35:34,653 we know that Juan is probably the one that shot Mr. Blagg. 690 00:35:36,264 --> 00:35:37,700 Again, we're not sure, 691 00:35:37,743 --> 00:35:40,572 we know that there's someone that was at the residence 692 00:35:40,616 --> 00:35:44,750 that we can't account for what he did or why he was there. 693 00:35:50,234 --> 00:35:52,802 Investigators from the New Mexico state police 694 00:35:52,845 --> 00:35:56,066 have a seemingly impossible task: 695 00:35:56,109 --> 00:35:57,763 Find a guy named Juan 696 00:35:57,807 --> 00:35:59,156 whom they believe pulled the trigger 697 00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:02,246 in the shooting death of 40-year-old father, 698 00:36:02,290 --> 00:36:03,465 Darrell Blagg. 699 00:36:03,508 --> 00:36:04,727 As you can imagine, 700 00:36:04,770 --> 00:36:06,729 they don't get very far. 701 00:36:07,904 --> 00:36:09,645 We've tracked down every lead, 702 00:36:09,688 --> 00:36:12,300 we've interviewed as many people, 703 00:36:12,343 --> 00:36:14,258 nobody knew who Juan was. 704 00:36:16,434 --> 00:36:17,783 That's extremely frustrating, 705 00:36:17,827 --> 00:36:21,178 because we still got an unknown individual there. 706 00:36:21,222 --> 00:36:23,485 We know Stephanie's involved. 707 00:36:23,528 --> 00:36:25,878 We know Billy Kelley's involved, 708 00:36:25,922 --> 00:36:28,446 but that's always the biggest question, 709 00:36:28,490 --> 00:36:29,926 who pulled the trigger 710 00:36:29,969 --> 00:36:32,058 and then who was the mastermind behind it all? 711 00:36:33,930 --> 00:36:36,280 Stephanie still wasn't talking. 712 00:36:36,324 --> 00:36:38,282 We had her in jail this whole time 713 00:36:38,326 --> 00:36:41,894 because of the narcotics that was found in her vehicle, 714 00:36:41,938 --> 00:36:44,593 but she wasn't gonna give us any more information. 715 00:36:44,636 --> 00:36:47,422 The boys at that point had stopped talking to us. 716 00:36:47,465 --> 00:36:50,163 The only one that was still in contact with us 717 00:36:50,207 --> 00:36:52,862 and, you know, giving us information here and there 718 00:36:52,905 --> 00:36:55,256 whenever she would hear something was Rose. 719 00:36:56,082 --> 00:36:57,954 Rose explains to investigators 720 00:36:57,997 --> 00:37:01,871 why she believes Stephanie had a motive to kill Darrell. 721 00:37:01,914 --> 00:37:03,655 Because she wanted the boys 722 00:37:03,699 --> 00:37:05,918 and he would not give up custody. 723 00:37:06,223 --> 00:37:07,920 He told her as long as you're with Billy 724 00:37:07,964 --> 00:37:10,445 and as long as you're doing drugs, 725 00:37:10,488 --> 00:37:13,578 I will not let you have custody of the boys. 726 00:37:14,971 --> 00:37:18,844 I understand why the investigators are exasperated, 727 00:37:18,888 --> 00:37:23,240 but sometimes it's just serendipity that saves the day 728 00:37:23,284 --> 00:37:25,590 and that is exactly what happens 729 00:37:25,634 --> 00:37:29,333 seven months after Darrell Blagg's murder. 730 00:37:31,727 --> 00:37:34,991 I received a call from Lee County Sheriff's Department, 731 00:37:35,034 --> 00:37:37,820 they told me there was an informant in jail 732 00:37:37,863 --> 00:37:39,125 that had some information 733 00:37:39,169 --> 00:37:41,302 in reference to the Darrell Blagg murder. 734 00:37:42,564 --> 00:37:46,742 I sat down with this informant identified as Stacy Meredith. 735 00:37:46,785 --> 00:37:49,440 Stephanie Blagg had kind of befriended her 736 00:37:49,484 --> 00:37:52,835 and Stephanie told Stacy Meredith 737 00:37:52,878 --> 00:37:55,403 that she was involved in the killing 738 00:37:55,446 --> 00:37:58,231 of her husband, Darrell 739 00:37:58,275 --> 00:38:02,453 and also told her she knew where the murder weapon was 740 00:38:02,497 --> 00:38:05,369 and that she would've liked to go get it. 741 00:38:06,152 --> 00:38:08,459 The detectives then set up an operation 742 00:38:08,503 --> 00:38:11,027 where they hope to catch Stephanie red-handed 743 00:38:11,070 --> 00:38:13,116 as she retrieves the murder weapon, 744 00:38:13,159 --> 00:38:15,510 but first they need to orchestrate a way 745 00:38:15,553 --> 00:38:17,076 to get her out of jail 746 00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:19,862 and so they make a deal with their informant. 747 00:38:20,428 --> 00:38:21,690 Stacy tells her, "Well, hey, 748 00:38:21,733 --> 00:38:23,126 "I'm gonna be getting out of jail pretty soon 749 00:38:23,169 --> 00:38:24,954 "and if you want, I can get money together 750 00:38:24,997 --> 00:38:26,869 "and I can bond you out of jail 751 00:38:26,912 --> 00:38:29,088 and I'll help you go look for the guns." 752 00:38:29,959 --> 00:38:32,265 And so we were able to arrange for Stephanie Blagg 753 00:38:32,309 --> 00:38:33,745 to be able to bond out of jail 754 00:38:33,789 --> 00:38:36,313 and for Stacy Meredith to get out of jail 755 00:38:36,357 --> 00:38:39,882 and we surveyed them through the entire operation. 756 00:38:40,970 --> 00:38:43,146 Stephanie and Stacy drive to Eunice 757 00:38:43,189 --> 00:38:44,843 and park near the church across the street 758 00:38:44,887 --> 00:38:46,367 from the Blagg's house. 759 00:38:47,629 --> 00:38:50,719 Stephanie Blagg got out and she walked around the church 760 00:38:50,762 --> 00:38:53,069 and looked at several places. 761 00:38:54,113 --> 00:38:56,028 The agents are across the street at the church 762 00:38:56,072 --> 00:38:59,380 and they're watching them looking for this gun 763 00:39:01,033 --> 00:39:03,993 and they actually end up not finding it. 764 00:39:05,473 --> 00:39:09,651 But that made a big difference in proving her involvement, 765 00:39:09,694 --> 00:39:12,480 so we can tie her as an accessory 766 00:39:12,523 --> 00:39:16,135 or conspiracy to commit murder 767 00:39:16,179 --> 00:39:20,749 based on her overt act of going to look for the murder weapon 768 00:39:20,792 --> 00:39:22,403 that killed Darrell Blagg. 769 00:39:24,317 --> 00:39:28,147 We were able to arrest her on homicide charges. 770 00:39:28,887 --> 00:39:32,282 So at least one person was gonna be held accountable. 771 00:39:32,325 --> 00:39:33,892 It was a great feeling 772 00:39:33,936 --> 00:39:36,895 and now we have to figure out what Billy's involvement was 773 00:39:36,939 --> 00:39:39,811 and we knew that Juan, the Mexican guy, 774 00:39:39,855 --> 00:39:42,074 was probably involved too. 775 00:39:43,293 --> 00:39:44,555 Four months later, 776 00:39:44,599 --> 00:39:47,689 the police once again get incredibly lucky 777 00:39:47,732 --> 00:39:51,083 when a woman from 1,400 miles away 778 00:39:51,127 --> 00:39:53,608 cold calls the Eunice police department. 779 00:39:53,912 --> 00:39:55,784 The lady's name was Jennifer Hawkins. 780 00:39:55,827 --> 00:39:58,569 She lived in North Dakota. 781 00:39:58,613 --> 00:40:01,703 Out of fear, she moved out of state 782 00:40:01,746 --> 00:40:03,705 and she has some information 783 00:40:03,748 --> 00:40:06,490 in reference to the murder of Darrell Blagg. 784 00:40:07,709 --> 00:40:10,451 Jennifer tells us that her boyfriend 785 00:40:10,494 --> 00:40:12,801 is the one that killed Mr. Blagg. 786 00:40:13,845 --> 00:40:15,717 Her boyfriend was 787 00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:17,458 Juan Muro. 788 00:40:19,285 --> 00:40:22,114 This is the big break in the case that we were waiting on. 789 00:40:23,551 --> 00:40:25,509 We learned from Jennifer Hawkins 790 00:40:25,553 --> 00:40:27,729 that there had been several meetings 791 00:40:27,772 --> 00:40:30,427 at Jennifer Hawkins mother's house, 792 00:40:30,471 --> 00:40:32,298 her name was Kim Motes. 793 00:40:32,342 --> 00:40:34,692 Billy Kelley was involved in these meetings. 794 00:40:34,736 --> 00:40:37,565 Stephanie Blagg was involved in these meetings 795 00:40:37,608 --> 00:40:40,742 and Jennifer Hawkins' boyfriend 796 00:40:40,785 --> 00:40:42,613 was involved in these meetings. 797 00:40:44,833 --> 00:40:47,879 And the whole purpose of these meetings 798 00:40:47,923 --> 00:40:52,014 was to plan to kill Darrell Blagg. 799 00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:58,586 Stephanie tells Kim that she's tired of Darrell 800 00:40:58,629 --> 00:41:01,327 and she wants to be with Billy. 801 00:41:02,851 --> 00:41:07,029 There was discussion of payment to Juan Muro. 802 00:41:07,072 --> 00:41:09,031 This now makes it a murder for hire. 803 00:41:10,815 --> 00:41:13,252 We finally got the arrest warrant for Billy. 804 00:41:13,296 --> 00:41:15,341 He actually agreed to turn himself in. 805 00:41:16,647 --> 00:41:18,562 We figured that the motive was 806 00:41:18,606 --> 00:41:20,999 he wanted to be with Stephanie. 807 00:41:21,043 --> 00:41:22,914 If Darrell was out of the picture, 808 00:41:22,958 --> 00:41:26,831 then Billy could have Stephanie all to himself. 809 00:41:28,529 --> 00:41:32,141 And then Juan Muro was charged with murder 810 00:41:32,184 --> 00:41:33,838 and conspiracy to commit murder 811 00:41:33,882 --> 00:41:36,537 and tampering with evidence and was arrested. 812 00:41:37,625 --> 00:41:39,061 And he said he participated 813 00:41:39,104 --> 00:41:43,282 because he was gonna get some guns, drugs 814 00:41:43,326 --> 00:41:44,588 and money out of it. 815 00:41:44,632 --> 00:41:47,243 It was strictly financial for him. 816 00:41:48,549 --> 00:41:53,031 And Stephanie Blagg was the mastermind behind this killing. 817 00:41:54,032 --> 00:41:55,860 She wanted Darrell Blagg dead. 818 00:41:57,470 --> 00:42:00,996 And we learned that the footprint in the blood 819 00:42:01,039 --> 00:42:03,389 ended up being her footprint. 820 00:42:05,304 --> 00:42:10,571 She went to look over his body to make sure he was dead. 821 00:42:14,444 --> 00:42:18,013 With full confessions, the trial is speedy. 822 00:42:18,056 --> 00:42:21,059 Stephanie Blagg pleads guilty to solicitation 823 00:42:21,103 --> 00:42:23,018 to commit first degree murder 824 00:42:23,061 --> 00:42:26,238 and is sentenced to nine years. 825 00:42:26,282 --> 00:42:30,025 Billy Kelley is also sentenced to nine years. 826 00:42:31,635 --> 00:42:36,422 Juan Muro gets 16 years after being convicted at trial. 827 00:42:41,471 --> 00:42:43,212 I lost my brother. 828 00:42:44,126 --> 00:42:47,608 I lost one of the most important people in my life. 829 00:42:48,434 --> 00:42:52,961 I personally think that every one of them had a part in it, 830 00:42:53,004 --> 00:42:56,529 so I think they should've all gotten life. 831 00:43:00,272 --> 00:43:02,971 Darrell Blagg was very clearly a loving brother, 832 00:43:03,014 --> 00:43:05,408 a great friend and a wonderful father 833 00:43:05,451 --> 00:43:09,455 who only wanted to provide for and protect his three boys. 834 00:43:09,804 --> 00:43:12,110 Despite being hurt repeatedly, 835 00:43:12,154 --> 00:43:14,069 he felt the same about Stephanie, 836 00:43:14,112 --> 00:43:16,724 practically to the very end. 837 00:43:16,767 --> 00:43:20,597 He never could have imagined that the love of his life, 838 00:43:20,641 --> 00:43:22,425 a woman he knew since childhood 839 00:43:22,468 --> 00:43:25,341 could've taken their 20-year marriage 840 00:43:25,384 --> 00:43:26,516 and turned it 841 00:43:26,559 --> 00:43:29,214 into a killer relationship.