1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,660 (intense music) 2 00:00:06,660 --> 00:00:10,198 - [Narrator] A beloved \hteacher gunned down. 3 00:00:10,198 --> 00:00:13,132 - Whoever shot her, \hwanted her dead. 4 00:00:13,132 --> 00:00:16,396 - [Narrator] Her husband \hfacing tough questions. 5 00:00:16,396 --> 00:00:20,264 - Why not go in the house and make sure she’s okay? 6 00:00:20,264 --> 00:00:21,726 - ’Cause I was afraid. 7 00:00:21,726 --> 00:00:24,264 - [Narrator] Intimate secrets. 8 00:00:24,264 --> 00:00:25,132 - We were finding out there was 9 00:00:25,132 --> 00:00:27,528 some type of a love triangle. 10 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:31,000 - [Narrator] Investigators \h\h\hsearching for answers 11 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:33,330 in the interrogation room. 12 00:00:33,330 --> 00:00:36,132 - [Detective] Did you \hever offer to kill 13 00:00:36,132 --> 00:00:38,660 Desiree Sunford for Paige? 14 00:00:38,660 --> 00:00:40,000 - I didn’t kill anyone. 15 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,363 \h\hShe (beep) pin this (beep) on me. 16 00:00:52,462 --> 00:00:55,132 \h\h\h\h- [Narrator] Every suspect accused of a crime 17 00:00:55,132 --> 00:00:56,726 has the right to remain silent. 18 00:00:56,726 --> 00:00:59,462 \h\hMany agree to be interrogated anyway, 19 00:00:59,462 --> 00:01:02,528 \h\hbut they can stop the interview at any moment, 20 00:01:02,528 --> 00:01:05,231 making it a race against time. 21 00:01:06,528 --> 00:01:09,660 Justice hangs in the balance. 22 00:01:16,594 --> 00:01:19,528 (phone rings) 23 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,330 (intense music) (police radio) 24 00:02:05,066 --> 00:02:06,528 - When I rolled up \hto the residence, 25 00:02:06,528 --> 00:02:10,000 I saw somebody had their \hspotlight on the house 26 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,264 and he had a pistol drawn. 27 00:02:12,264 --> 00:02:16,099 \h\h\h\hThat person was later identified as Scott Sunford. 28 00:02:16,099 --> 00:02:18,528 \hAnd I asked him, what was going on? 29 00:02:18,528 --> 00:02:20,000 Why didn’t you go in? 30 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,660 \h\h\hHe said, "I don’t know what’s in there." 31 00:02:23,132 --> 00:02:26,000 It was a very odd \hanswer to give. 32 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:28,528 I entered the house 33 00:02:28,528 --> 00:02:32,330 and I remember walking \h\h\hdown the hallway 34 00:02:32,330 --> 00:02:34,363 in the first room to my left 35 00:02:34,594 --> 00:02:37,363 and there were bullet casings on the floor. 36 00:02:37,594 --> 00:02:42,594 \h\hTo the left. I could see the body of Desiree Sunford. 37 00:02:44,396 --> 00:02:45,660 She was partially dressed. 38 00:02:45,660 --> 00:02:47,594 I believe she was \hin a nightgown. 39 00:02:47,594 --> 00:02:51,528 Pretty bloody, I could see \hbullet holes in her body. 40 00:02:51,528 --> 00:02:55,066 She had been shot \hnumerous times. 41 00:02:55,660 --> 00:02:58,528 It wasn’t a burglary \hthat had gone bad. 42 00:02:58,528 --> 00:03:01,759 Whoever shot her, wanted her dead. 43 00:03:03,132 --> 00:03:05,396 At that point when ahead \h\hand exited the house 44 00:03:05,396 --> 00:03:11,396 and walked over to Mr. \hSunford and told him 45 00:03:11,726 --> 00:03:14,660 that there was a deceased \h\h\hwoman in the house. 46 00:03:14,660 --> 00:03:15,462 We believe it’s your wife. 47 00:03:15,462 --> 00:03:18,330 I remember telling him, \h\hI’m terrible sorry. 48 00:03:18,330 --> 00:03:19,759 I’m terribly sorry. 49 00:03:20,594 --> 00:03:23,231 He had a stone cold \hlook on his face. 50 00:03:23,396 --> 00:03:27,099 \h\hIt seemed like it meant nothing to him. 51 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,594 And I told this to detectives \hwhen they arrived on scene, 52 00:03:30,594 --> 00:03:32,462 I think this guy knows \hsomething about this. 53 00:03:32,462 --> 00:03:36,528 \hEither he did it, or he knew who did. 54 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,396 - [Woman] Deputies are still \htrying to paint the picture 55 00:03:40,396 --> 00:03:44,000 of what led to the shooting \h\h\h\hof Desiree Sunford. 56 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,462 - [Woman] The life of the beloved art teacher gone. 57 00:03:48,528 --> 00:03:51,396 - Desiree Sunford was a 30 year old 58 00:03:51,396 --> 00:03:55,264 \hmiddle school art teacher who had a wonderful smile, 59 00:03:55,264 --> 00:03:57,396 she had a great personality. 60 00:03:57,660 --> 00:03:59,660 Desiree was a very \h\hbubbly person. 61 00:03:59,660 --> 00:04:01,264 She liked comedy, 62 00:04:01,264 --> 00:04:03,264 she loved to laugh. 63 00:04:03,264 --> 00:04:04,528 She loved music. 64 00:04:04,528 --> 00:04:10,495 Everything about her was that upbeat personality. 65 00:04:10,660 --> 00:04:14,066 She had very specific traits that made her 66 00:04:14,066 --> 00:04:16,264 highly qualified as a teacher. 67 00:04:16,264 --> 00:04:19,660 \h\h\h\hShe seemed to make connections with the kids. 68 00:04:19,660 --> 00:04:21,594 Like she was one of them. 69 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,528 - She was well liked \h\hby her coworkers, 70 00:04:25,528 --> 00:04:29,528 \h\hthe kids in the school district, just a very good, 71 00:04:29,528 --> 00:04:32,660 very nice, genuine person. 72 00:04:32,660 --> 00:04:35,462 - She was smart, she was outgoing 73 00:04:35,462 --> 00:04:38,132 and she loved her motorcycle. 74 00:04:38,396 --> 00:04:41,000 (motorbike engine roars) 75 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,132 \h\h\h\hWe don’t get that many teachers that wanna ride bikes. 76 00:04:44,132 --> 00:04:44,660 She was into it instantly, 77 00:04:44,660 --> 00:04:48,132 almost like the first big ride \h\hwould be 20, 30 mile ride. 78 00:04:48,132 --> 00:04:50,594 \hWe went on, she, where we going now? 79 00:04:50,594 --> 00:04:52,264 She really liked it. 80 00:04:52,264 --> 00:04:55,264 - [Woman] Desiree Sanford’s \hdeath is being felt here 81 00:04:55,264 --> 00:04:56,528 at Wapato Middle School. 82 00:04:56,528 --> 00:04:59,396 - I couldn’t imagine \h\h\h\hwhat somebody 83 00:04:59,396 --> 00:05:01,495 would’ve wanted to kill her for. 84 00:05:01,495 --> 00:05:04,000 What purpose there \h\hwas behind it. 85 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:05,264 I was dumbfounded. 86 00:05:05,264 --> 00:05:07,660 - It kind of didn’t make any sense because where we lived, 87 00:05:07,660 --> 00:05:10,132 might hear of a robbery or \hsomething here and there, 88 00:05:10,132 --> 00:05:13,759 or a break in, but nothing like that. 89 00:05:14,198 --> 00:05:16,396 \h\h\hI think everybody was wondering what was going on 90 00:05:16,396 --> 00:05:17,132 and nobody really knew. 91 00:05:17,132 --> 00:05:18,264 \h\h\hI mean they were getting bits and pieces 92 00:05:18,264 --> 00:05:21,627 and nobody really wanted \h\h\hto assume anything. 93 00:05:21,627 --> 00:05:24,726 (intense music) 94 00:05:35,726 --> 00:05:38,660 (timer ticks) 95 00:05:42,660 --> 00:05:45,330 - Scott Sunford was a big guy. 96 00:05:45,330 --> 00:05:48,396 About 6’5", very neatly groomed. 97 00:05:48,396 --> 00:05:52,132 \h\h\h\h- He was a 31 year old veteran in the National Guard. 98 00:05:52,132 --> 00:05:54,528 \h\hHe actually worked at the local training center 99 00:05:54,528 --> 00:05:57,660 \hfor the military base here in Yakima county. 100 00:06:19,099 --> 00:06:21,627 \h\h- I’ve never seen that in any of the cases I’ve worked 101 00:06:21,627 --> 00:06:23,660 \hwhere they’re trying to psych themselves up 102 00:06:23,660 --> 00:06:29,396 \h\hor calm themselves down to prepare them for an interview. 103 00:06:34,660 --> 00:06:38,000 - All right, got you some clothes 104 00:06:38,264 --> 00:06:40,495 brought over from the house 105 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,264 so that you can change. 106 00:06:42,264 --> 00:06:43,660 - We want him to feel comfortable 107 00:06:43,660 --> 00:06:46,528 \h\hand see what we can start locking him into, 108 00:06:46,528 --> 00:06:49,000 some kind of a story. 109 00:07:09,066 --> 00:07:11,660 - Scott informed us that he had \hgone down to the Tri-Cities, 110 00:07:11,660 --> 00:07:16,528 \hwhich is about an hour and a half, two hours South of Yakima 111 00:07:16,528 --> 00:07:17,660 to a attend a funeral. 112 00:07:17,660 --> 00:07:20,396 \h\h\h\hAnd he attended the funeral Saturday afternoon 113 00:07:20,396 --> 00:07:21,660 and then he had called Desiree, 114 00:07:21,660 --> 00:07:25,594 said he was gonna spend \hthe night down there. 115 00:08:01,528 --> 00:08:04,396 \h\h- He received texts from the alarm company 116 00:08:04,396 --> 00:08:06,132 saying something had gone wrong 117 00:08:06,132 --> 00:08:09,132 or something tripped the alarm. 118 00:08:49,198 --> 00:08:53,132 - It didn’t make sense that a husband would stand back 119 00:08:53,132 --> 00:08:54,660 \hand not go into the house to see 120 00:08:54,660 --> 00:08:57,099 if his wife’s hurt or injured. 121 00:08:57,099 --> 00:09:00,132 (intense music) 122 00:10:11,528 --> 00:10:12,264 - In my 30 year career, 123 00:10:12,264 --> 00:10:15,198 \hI have never seen anything like this. 124 00:10:15,396 --> 00:10:18,000 For a guy his size stature \h\h\hand armed with the 45 125 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,132 to wait for a police \hofficer to show up, 126 00:10:20,132 --> 00:10:22,396 \h\h\hto check on the welfare of his wife. 127 00:10:22,396 --> 00:10:23,132 And then his reaction 128 00:10:23,132 --> 00:10:27,132 \hafter finding out that she had been shot multiple times, 129 00:10:27,132 --> 00:10:29,132 who was dead on the floor. 130 00:10:29,396 --> 00:10:31,000 Things were not adding up. 131 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:34,627 \hWhat he was telling us it just, it stunk. 132 00:10:35,264 --> 00:10:37,132 Something was wrong here. 133 00:10:47,594 --> 00:10:48,264 - Hello, everyone. 134 00:10:48,264 --> 00:10:50,396 The timeline might be the \hkey to solving a murder 135 00:10:50,396 --> 00:10:52,000 of a local art teacher. 136 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:53,660 - [Woman] They found her shot to death in her home 137 00:10:53,660 --> 00:10:56,396 on North St. Haler Road Sunday night. 138 00:10:56,396 --> 00:10:59,000 Deputies only went there \h\hafter getting a call 139 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:00,000 from her husband. 140 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:00,660 He told them he was out of town 141 00:11:00,660 --> 00:11:04,000 and he was worried after not \h\hhearing anything from her 142 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,660 in more than a day. 143 00:11:05,660 --> 00:11:08,759 (intense music) 144 00:11:35,396 --> 00:11:37,198 - He’s not like he’s in shock. 145 00:11:37,198 --> 00:11:40,396 \h\h\h\hHe’s understanding everything we have to say, 146 00:11:40,396 --> 00:11:42,462 \h\hbut he’s just not showing any emotion. 147 00:11:42,462 --> 00:11:45,231 No anger, no sorrow. 148 00:11:46,528 --> 00:11:48,000 It just not right. 149 00:13:52,264 --> 00:13:55,000 \h\h\h\h- [Johnson] We’re in the beginning of this investigation. 150 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:56,264 As we learn more and more, 151 00:13:56,264 --> 00:14:00,363 we were finding out there was some type of a love triangle. 152 00:14:01,264 --> 00:14:07,132 \h\hPaige Blades was a 23 year old mistress to Scott Sunford. 153 00:14:30,660 --> 00:14:33,528 - We felt that we were not \h\hgetting the full story. 154 00:14:33,528 --> 00:14:38,000 It’s a relationship between a mistress and a and gentleman 155 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:39,396 and his wife is dead. 156 00:14:39,396 --> 00:14:43,132 Okay, how much is he involved \h\hor how much she involved 157 00:14:43,132 --> 00:14:45,132 or are they both involved? 158 00:14:46,264 --> 00:14:47,264 (timer ticks) 159 00:14:47,264 --> 00:14:50,066 - I do plenty of searches \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hmyself... 160 00:15:00,132 --> 00:15:03,198 (intense music) 161 00:15:13,396 --> 00:15:16,264 \h- The team drove to interview Paige 162 00:15:16,264 --> 00:15:18,132 \h\hand to get any type of background 163 00:15:18,132 --> 00:15:21,594 \h\hshe could tell us about her relationship with Scott 164 00:15:21,594 --> 00:15:24,627 and the activities from that weekend. 165 00:15:50,396 --> 00:15:53,660 - She was very cooperative, \h\h\h\h\hvery forthright, 166 00:15:53,660 --> 00:15:56,462 \h\h\h\h\hdidn’t seem to be concerned about us knowing 167 00:15:56,462 --> 00:15:59,462 about her relationship \h\h\h\h\h\hwith Scott. 168 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:59,198 - Paige blades became a person of interest 169 00:16:59,198 --> 00:17:00,660 after the interview. 170 00:17:00,660 --> 00:17:04,000 (intense music) 171 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,528 The crime lab determined \h\h\hthat the shoe sizes 172 00:17:18,528 --> 00:17:22,264 were between a 12 and a 14 man size 173 00:17:22,264 --> 00:17:25,066 and also a Dr. Scholl’s tread. 174 00:17:25,066 --> 00:17:27,660 We did look at a number of shoes that we found 175 00:17:27,660 --> 00:17:29,132 in the Sunford residence 176 00:17:29,132 --> 00:17:32,000 \h\h\h\hand none of those matched the type of shoe 177 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:35,462 and a size and the print \h\hthat it would leave. 178 00:17:36,462 --> 00:17:39,264 We still felt that Scott was involved 179 00:17:39,264 --> 00:17:41,528 but without any physical \h\h\h\hor hard evidence, 180 00:17:41,528 --> 00:17:44,396 it’s gonna be hard to put \hhim at the crime scene. 181 00:17:44,396 --> 00:17:47,264 So we started collecting \h\h\h\h\hcell phone data 182 00:17:47,264 --> 00:17:51,396 and as much information on \hScott that we could find. 183 00:17:58,264 --> 00:18:02,264 We suspected that Paige maybe \h\hwas giving him an alibi, 184 00:18:02,264 --> 00:18:05,264 that he maybe was not \hthere that evening. 185 00:18:05,264 --> 00:18:09,462 But his phone was not any \hwere near the residence 186 00:18:09,462 --> 00:18:10,231 at the time of the homicide. 187 00:18:10,231 --> 00:18:14,198 \h\hEven though he’s still our number one person of interest, 188 00:18:14,198 --> 00:18:18,000 \h\hit just wasn’t connecting him to the crime at the time. 189 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:20,462 We looked at all sorts \hof the relationship, 190 00:18:20,462 --> 00:18:23,660 financial, personal, \h\h\hrelationships, 191 00:18:23,660 --> 00:18:25,264 friends, neighbors, 192 00:18:25,264 --> 00:18:28,066 \h\hwe were coming up with nothing that would indicate 193 00:18:28,066 --> 00:18:31,132 \h\h\hthere was a major problem in the marriage 194 00:18:31,132 --> 00:18:34,066 \h\h\h\hto a point where someone would be killed. 195 00:18:44,528 --> 00:18:47,396 (calm music) 196 00:18:48,132 --> 00:18:54,330 \h- What I want for Christmas is an end to this nightmare. 197 00:18:54,528 --> 00:18:57,000 \h\h\h\h- [Woman] That was Connie Kast’s Christmas wish last year. 198 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,462 Her daughter dead, her \h\hdaughter’s murderer 199 00:18:59,462 --> 00:19:01,495 nowhere to be found. 200 00:19:02,462 --> 00:19:06,099 - [Connie] Somebody out there knows something. 201 00:19:22,132 --> 00:19:24,528 \h\h- A tip came through the local crime stoppers 202 00:19:24,528 --> 00:19:27,396 telephone network and \hthe person told us 203 00:19:27,396 --> 00:19:31,462 \h\h\hthat the name of the shooter was a Marty Grismer 204 00:19:31,462 --> 00:19:34,198 and that he had killed \h\h\hDesiree Sunford. 205 00:19:34,198 --> 00:19:38,132 \h\hWe had not heard that name anywhere in the investigation. 206 00:19:38,132 --> 00:19:42,000 We needed to confirm how this \hperson that was calling us 207 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:43,594 knew about this stuff 208 00:19:44,264 --> 00:19:48,363 and it turned out that it was \hPaige Blade’s phone number. 209 00:19:48,660 --> 00:19:50,198 If she knew this information, 210 00:19:50,198 --> 00:19:52,066 why didn’t she call us directly? 211 00:19:52,066 --> 00:19:54,660 Things are just not adding up. 212 00:20:02,660 --> 00:20:05,264 - [Woman] This blue house on North St. Hilaire Road 213 00:20:05,264 --> 00:20:09,528 turned from a married couple’s \h\h\hhome into a crime scene. 214 00:20:12,660 --> 00:20:14,363 And now, an empty reminder 215 00:20:14,363 --> 00:20:17,198 of the murder of Desiree Sunford. 216 00:20:17,396 --> 00:20:20,000 \h\h\h\h- Desiree was a wonderful young woman. 217 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,132 She had a lot to look forward to. 218 00:20:22,132 --> 00:20:26,231 \h\h\hShe was so kind to everyone and openly warm 219 00:20:26,231 --> 00:20:28,462 that this world needed her. 220 00:20:29,396 --> 00:20:32,528 (intense music) 221 00:20:44,264 --> 00:20:45,363 - Hi Paige. \h\h\h- Hi. 222 00:20:45,363 --> 00:20:46,132 - [David] Long time, no see. 223 00:20:46,132 --> 00:20:47,660 - Long time, no see. - We’re trying to get 224 00:20:47,660 --> 00:20:49,528 Paige to open up. 225 00:20:49,594 --> 00:20:53,264 We’re trying to help get this \h\hweight off her shoulders. 226 00:20:53,264 --> 00:20:56,264 (timer ticks) 227 00:21:15,495 --> 00:21:18,330 (Paige sobs) 228 00:21:19,396 --> 00:21:22,660 - [Johnson] Paige told us that \h\hMarty is a friend of hers, 229 00:21:22,660 --> 00:21:24,396 that they work together 230 00:21:24,396 --> 00:21:27,000 \h\hand he kind of takes care of her. 231 00:21:48,396 --> 00:21:50,231 - [Johnson] At one point, \h\hI believe she told us 232 00:21:50,231 --> 00:21:53,264 \hthat he just worshiped the ground she walks on. 233 00:21:53,264 --> 00:21:55,396 Like he was obsessed with her. 234 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:00,066 (intense music) 235 00:23:09,528 --> 00:23:13,363 - We were skeptical about what type of information 236 00:23:13,363 --> 00:23:15,000 she was providing. 237 00:23:15,264 --> 00:23:16,264 \hIs she throwing him under the bus 238 00:23:16,264 --> 00:23:20,594 \h\h\hor is she directing it differently for us to follow? 239 00:24:33,528 --> 00:24:35,000 - We continued to \htalk with Paige 240 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:38,660 and see if we could get her to meet with Marty 241 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:42,396 \hand get him to tell the same story again, 242 00:24:42,396 --> 00:24:44,132 how he killed Desiree. 243 00:24:44,132 --> 00:24:46,528 But this time, it \hwould be taped. 244 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,264 \h\h\h\h- It’s getting more complicated as we go along. 245 00:24:59,264 --> 00:25:03,000 We’re not sure did Scott \h\h\hget a hold of Marty 246 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:04,264 to kill his wife? 247 00:25:04,264 --> 00:25:07,660 Did Paige get a hold of \hMarty to kill Desiree 248 00:25:07,660 --> 00:25:09,132 so she could have Scott 249 00:25:09,132 --> 00:25:12,396 \hor did Marty just do this on his own? 250 00:25:21,132 --> 00:25:22,759 - Information coming out about the murder 251 00:25:22,759 --> 00:25:26,396 of Desiree Sunford might only scratch the surface 252 00:25:26,396 --> 00:25:26,759 of this case. 253 00:25:26,759 --> 00:25:30,264 Police believe Sunford’s \hhusband had a mistress. 254 00:25:30,660 --> 00:25:34,000 (intense music) 255 00:26:32,132 --> 00:26:33,528 - Marty wouldn’t cooperate. 256 00:26:33,528 --> 00:26:35,528 She’d try to lead him a little bit 257 00:26:35,528 --> 00:26:38,264 \h\hwithout putting words in his mouth, 258 00:26:38,264 --> 00:26:40,528 but he seemed to be very nervous, 259 00:26:40,528 --> 00:26:44,000 \h\h\h\h\hvery cautious in his conversation with her that day 260 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:47,660 \h\h\hand we did not get any information that was usable. 261 00:26:48,264 --> 00:26:51,396 (intense music) 262 00:27:09,363 --> 00:27:11,660 The Sheriff’s office received a phone call 263 00:27:11,660 --> 00:27:13,264 from one of the other managers. 264 00:27:13,264 --> 00:27:16,264 \hWas cleaning where Marty had his office 265 00:27:16,264 --> 00:27:19,132 and found a bag of gun parts. 266 00:27:19,396 --> 00:27:22,660 So our team immediately \hdrove to Moses Lake, 267 00:27:22,660 --> 00:27:24,132 recovered the gun parts 268 00:27:24,132 --> 00:27:26,396 and took them directly \h\h\hto the crime lab 269 00:27:26,396 --> 00:27:28,264 to have them examined. 270 00:27:28,396 --> 00:27:32,264 \h\hIt was determined that this barrel was on the gun 271 00:27:32,264 --> 00:27:35,066 used to kill Desiree Sunford. 272 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,528 \h\h\h\hThe bullets that we recovered from her autopsy 273 00:27:39,528 --> 00:27:41,264 came from that barrel. 274 00:27:45,396 --> 00:27:48,330 (date clanks) 275 00:27:55,528 --> 00:27:58,528 (timer clicks) 276 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:03,132 \hWe had evidence in our hands that gave us enough 277 00:28:03,132 --> 00:28:04,528 to arrest him on the spot, 278 00:28:04,528 --> 00:28:06,528 but we’d really like to have a confession. 279 00:28:06,528 --> 00:28:10,132 And so we started off just \h\ha general conversation. 280 00:28:10,132 --> 00:28:11,660 How he knows Paige, 281 00:28:11,660 --> 00:28:12,660 how he knows Desiree 282 00:28:12,660 --> 00:28:15,660 or does he knows the \h\hSunford’s at all? 283 00:28:26,660 --> 00:28:28,627 - We’re not gonna drop the \hhammer on him right away. 284 00:28:28,627 --> 00:28:30,660 We’re building up that relationship with him, 285 00:28:30,660 --> 00:28:34,759 \h\h\htrying to get him to feel comfortable in talking with us 286 00:28:34,759 --> 00:28:37,132 and to see what he’ll admit to. 287 00:28:55,396 --> 00:28:57,759 - He told us that he dealt \h\hwith guns quite often, 288 00:28:57,759 --> 00:29:02,099 \h\hfixing ’em, repairing ’em, trading guns with other people. 289 00:29:02,099 --> 00:29:06,099 \hHe was also telling us that he very rarely loans the guns 290 00:29:06,099 --> 00:29:08,264 or any of his parts to anybody. 291 00:29:08,264 --> 00:29:10,495 He always keeps ’em himself. 292 00:29:14,396 --> 00:29:16,528 \h\hWe’re trying to get him to open up. 293 00:29:16,528 --> 00:29:20,000 We’re not giving him all the \hfacts we have in our hand, 294 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,000 \hbut we wanna see his reaction as we come up 295 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,660 \h\hwith these little nuggets we call ’em. 296 00:31:21,264 --> 00:31:24,000 - The color just drained \h\h\h\hout of his face. 297 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,264 \h\h\h\hI thought he was actually gonna get sick. 298 00:31:51,099 --> 00:31:53,726 (intense music) 299 00:32:43,396 --> 00:32:44,363 - We were confronting him 300 00:32:44,363 --> 00:32:47,132 \hwith some pretty heavy information. 301 00:32:47,132 --> 00:32:48,759 And you know, as he was thinking, 302 00:32:48,759 --> 00:32:51,495 his eyes are wandering around. 303 00:32:51,495 --> 00:32:55,198 He’s trying to figure out what he’s gonna say next. 304 00:33:56,231 --> 00:33:59,264 (intense music) 305 00:34:39,495 --> 00:34:40,330 - He’s changing his story. 306 00:34:40,330 --> 00:34:42,231 He said, he’d never loaned \h\hthe gun out to anybody. 307 00:34:42,231 --> 00:34:45,660 Now he knows that the gun \hwas used in the murder, 308 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,660 he’s gotta find somebody \hthat he gave the gun to 309 00:34:48,660 --> 00:34:51,264 and Paige is a likely person. 310 00:35:18,231 --> 00:35:23,660 - I asked him when he got the \hgun back and he says March. 311 00:35:23,660 --> 00:35:25,528 He says that twice. 312 00:35:25,660 --> 00:35:28,264 And all of a sudden he realize 313 00:35:28,726 --> 00:35:31,000 the murder happened in April. 314 00:35:31,462 --> 00:35:33,066 He’s not thinking fast enough, 315 00:35:33,066 --> 00:35:34,363 or he’s got the dates wrong. 316 00:35:34,363 --> 00:35:36,627 Otherwise he’s the \hone with the gun 317 00:35:36,627 --> 00:35:38,528 at the time of the murder. 318 00:35:41,132 --> 00:35:43,132 (timer ticks) 319 00:36:19,495 --> 00:36:22,594 (intense music) 320 00:36:46,396 --> 00:36:50,000 (timer ticks) 321 00:37:33,528 --> 00:37:35,759 \h\h\h- We were hoping if there was any connection 322 00:37:35,759 --> 00:37:38,066 between Scott’s involvement 323 00:37:38,066 --> 00:37:41,726 \hor Paige’s involvement in the death of Desiree, 324 00:37:41,726 --> 00:37:43,462 that Marty wouldn’t go alone. 325 00:37:43,462 --> 00:37:47,198 \h\hI mean, why take the rap by yourself? 326 00:38:09,660 --> 00:38:10,462 - In Yakima County, 327 00:38:10,462 --> 00:38:12,264 \h\hDeputies say the murder investigation 328 00:38:12,264 --> 00:38:13,396 took a turn last month 329 00:38:13,396 --> 00:38:16,264 \hwhen a man called to say he found gun parts 330 00:38:16,264 --> 00:38:18,396 in the office of a former worker. 331 00:38:18,396 --> 00:38:21,264 That worker was Marty Grismer. 332 00:38:21,264 --> 00:38:24,462 (intense music) 333 00:39:10,066 --> 00:39:12,660 \h\h- You can see that he is getting really antsy, 334 00:39:12,660 --> 00:39:14,396 color in his face is draining. 335 00:39:14,396 --> 00:39:16,396 That’s something you don’t \h\hhave any control over. 336 00:39:16,396 --> 00:39:20,759 He’s showing us enough body \hlanguage that he’s lying. 337 00:39:21,660 --> 00:39:24,660 \h\hWe’re still thinking Paige is involved somehow 338 00:39:24,660 --> 00:39:27,726 \hand he’s not doing this all by himself. 339 00:39:42,396 --> 00:39:45,363 (timer ticks) 340 00:40:14,330 --> 00:40:17,264 \h- The interview lasted a little over two hours. 341 00:40:17,264 --> 00:40:19,726 \hWe’re getting to a point where there’s nothing else 342 00:40:19,726 --> 00:40:21,330 we could push ’em with. 343 00:40:21,330 --> 00:40:23,000 And so the interview \h\h\hwas terminated 344 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:27,000 and he was taken into custody \hand brought back to Yakima. 345 00:40:36,660 --> 00:40:39,000 \h\h- [Woman] This case was set to go to a jury trial, 346 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:41,528 \hbut the state offered a plea deal to Grismer 347 00:40:41,528 --> 00:40:42,198 at the last minute 348 00:40:42,198 --> 00:40:46,000 \h\hdue to uncertainty in some of their witnesses. 349 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:55,396 \h- And Alford plea is he’s not admitting to the crime, 350 00:40:55,396 --> 00:40:57,132 he’s not confessing \h\h\hto the crime, 351 00:40:57,132 --> 00:40:59,396 he’s just saying that the state, 352 00:40:59,396 --> 00:41:01,066 which would be the prosecution, 353 00:41:01,066 --> 00:41:04,528 \hhas enough evidence to get a conviction. 354 00:41:05,264 --> 00:41:08,198 - A Yakima Superior Court \h\hJudge accepted a plea 355 00:41:08,198 --> 00:41:10,495 to send Marty Grismer to prison for killing 356 00:41:10,495 --> 00:41:14,660 \h\h\hWapato art teacher, Desiree Sunford in 2013. 357 00:41:14,660 --> 00:41:17,660 \h\h\hDesiree’s mother Connie Kast spoke at the sentencing 358 00:41:17,660 --> 00:41:21,528 \hand asked the judge to send Grismer away for a long time. 359 00:41:21,528 --> 00:41:25,363 - People, they tell me \hthey know how I feel. 360 00:41:26,132 --> 00:41:28,594 You have no idea how I feel. 361 00:41:29,099 --> 00:41:31,495 \hI don’t want you to know how I feel 362 00:41:31,660 --> 00:41:35,528 because no one should have to deal with this type of pain. 363 00:41:38,660 --> 00:41:41,660 \h\h- Court is going to go along with the resolution. 364 00:41:41,660 --> 00:41:44,660 \hIn this case, I will sentence you to a term 365 00:41:44,660 --> 00:41:49,627 of 15 years with the State Department of Corrections. 366 00:41:50,330 --> 00:41:51,066 If I had the authority, 367 00:41:51,066 --> 00:41:54,198 I would make sure that you went to the harshest prison 368 00:41:54,198 --> 00:41:56,132 in the state of Washington. 369 00:41:56,660 --> 00:41:59,462 (sad music) 370 00:42:08,528 --> 00:42:11,462 - Desiree wasn’t any \h\htype of a threat. 371 00:42:11,660 --> 00:42:16,528 \h\hYou would think if Marty wanted Paige all to himself, 372 00:42:16,528 --> 00:42:18,528 just eliminate Scott. 373 00:42:18,528 --> 00:42:21,396 It just didn’t make sense. 374 00:42:21,660 --> 00:42:23,660 There’s gotta be other \h\h\hreasons than just 375 00:42:23,660 --> 00:42:28,198 he did this all on his own \h\hfor his love for Paige. 376 00:42:30,264 --> 00:42:32,198 - You know unfortunately, 377 00:42:33,264 --> 00:42:35,132 it’s not what you know, 378 00:42:35,132 --> 00:42:36,726 it’s what you can prove. 379 00:42:38,726 --> 00:42:42,198 \hThese cases will follow a detective, 380 00:42:42,198 --> 00:42:45,132 \ha deputy, a police officer for the rest of their lives. 381 00:42:45,132 --> 00:42:48,000 There’s a lot of relief that comes along with solving them 382 00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:51,759 because you know, we want justice for the families. 383 00:42:52,660 --> 00:42:56,264 \h- [Johnson] Desiree’s mother passed away a few years later, 384 00:42:56,264 --> 00:42:58,396 but we were able to let her know that we caught 385 00:42:58,396 --> 00:43:02,495 her daughter’s killer and that \h\hhe was sentenced to prison.