WEBVTT 00:00:02.298 --> 00:00:04.175 Darrell and Stephanie were soulmates. 00:00:04.592 --> 00:00:07.804 I was very thankful for him to find someone 00:00:07.846 --> 00:00:10.598 that was like him in so many ways. 00:00:11.850 --> 00:00:13.643 In a decades-long marriage 00:00:13.685 --> 00:00:15.979 filled with highs and lows, 00:00:16.020 --> 00:00:18.273 this would be a day to remember. 00:00:18.314 --> 00:00:20.650 It sounded like she planned a grand day 00:00:20.692 --> 00:00:24.112 that any husband would be looking forward to. 00:00:25.447 --> 00:00:27.657 But when a romantic rendezvous turns 00:00:27.699 --> 00:00:29.743 into a tragic nightmare. 00:00:32.328 --> 00:00:35.331 I answer the phone and she starts hollering 00:00:35.415 --> 00:00:37.375 and screaming, "He's dead, he's dead, he's dead!" 00:00:38.460 --> 00:00:40.754 We weren't sure if it was a home invasion 00:00:40.795 --> 00:00:42.589 or maybe a robbery. 00:00:43.339 --> 00:00:46.050 Detectives uncover a complicated history 00:00:46.092 --> 00:00:48.344 that turned this couple. 00:00:48.386 --> 00:00:51.055 They had been having issues with their marriage, 00:00:51.097 --> 00:00:54.684 so she was trying to prove and show Darrell 00:00:54.726 --> 00:00:56.227 that she loved him. 00:00:58.980 --> 00:01:00.064 He definitely had motive, 00:01:00.106 --> 00:01:01.941 wanting Stephanie Blagg for himself. 00:01:02.525 --> 00:01:04.819 It seems to me like he was willing to do anything 00:01:04.861 --> 00:01:06.321 to be with her. 00:01:08.072 --> 00:01:10.867 Into a killer relationship. 00:01:12.452 --> 00:01:14.454 That's always the biggest question, 00:01:14.496 --> 00:01:16.331 who pulled the trigger 00:01:16.372 --> 00:01:18.166 and then who was the mastermind behind it all? 00:01:25.173 --> 00:01:26.925 In all my years as an attorney 00:01:26.966 --> 00:01:29.385 and now judge on "Divorce Court", 00:01:29.427 --> 00:01:32.597 I've come across marriages that have lasted days 00:01:32.639 --> 00:01:34.599 and some that have lasted decades. 00:01:34.641 --> 00:01:36.643 Truth is, there's no one right way 00:01:36.684 --> 00:01:38.895 to make a marriage successful, 00:01:38.937 --> 00:01:41.105 but typically, the ones that endure, 00:01:41.189 --> 00:01:43.066 are those that live by the maxim, 00:01:43.149 --> 00:01:46.027 what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. 00:01:46.069 --> 00:01:48.446 Sometimes though, life throws a curve ball 00:01:48.488 --> 00:01:50.698 that can knock you off your feet 00:01:50.740 --> 00:01:52.909 and how you choose to recover from that 00:01:52.951 --> 00:01:55.203 can totally change the course of your life 00:01:55.245 --> 00:01:58.456 and the lives of those around you forever, 00:01:58.498 --> 00:01:59.958 leaving everyone to wonder, 00:01:59.999 --> 00:02:01.876 how did it all go wrong? 00:02:02.919 --> 00:02:05.338 When young Darrell Blagg meets Stephanie Morris, 00:02:05.380 --> 00:02:06.756 the girl next door, 00:02:06.798 --> 00:02:09.008 in the small town of Hugo, Oklahoma, 00:02:09.008 --> 00:02:11.928 he could not predict that life would never end up 00:02:11.970 --> 00:02:15.682 being as sweet as the early days promised. 00:02:20.853 --> 00:02:24.107 Stephanie's mom would come to my aunt's house 00:02:24.190 --> 00:02:27.610 and Darrell and Stephanie, they just played together. 00:02:28.653 --> 00:02:31.281 We were like eight or 10 years old. 00:02:32.031 --> 00:02:33.825 Darrell and Stephanie, if you were around one, 00:02:33.866 --> 00:02:35.743 you were usually around the other. 00:02:36.911 --> 00:02:39.914 Same friends, same school, 00:02:39.956 --> 00:02:42.000 same everything just about. 00:02:44.919 --> 00:02:47.005 Darrell and Stephanie remained close friends 00:02:47.046 --> 00:02:49.465 even after high school graduation 00:02:49.507 --> 00:02:52.677 when both Darrell and Stephanie's brother, Glenn, 00:02:52.719 --> 00:02:54.887 joined the Marines and moved to San Diego 00:02:54.929 --> 00:02:56.723 for basic training. 00:02:56.764 --> 00:02:58.516 They got stationed at the same place 00:02:58.558 --> 00:03:01.352 and both being Oklahoma boys, 00:03:01.394 --> 00:03:03.146 they hung around together 00:03:03.229 --> 00:03:07.275 and then Stephanie went to California to visit her brother 00:03:07.316 --> 00:03:10.778 and her and Darrell, they got together. 00:03:11.320 --> 00:03:13.656 It was kind of like fate, I guess. 00:03:15.575 --> 00:03:17.744 They both liked George Strait. 00:03:17.785 --> 00:03:20.079 He would always give her a hard time over, 00:03:20.079 --> 00:03:22.415 she's gonna leave me for George Strait. 00:03:23.624 --> 00:03:26.002 I believe Darrell and Stephanie were soulmates. 00:03:26.043 --> 00:03:28.254 You could tell she loved him and he loved her. 00:03:29.297 --> 00:03:32.925 Darrell is discharged from the Marines in 1987 00:03:32.967 --> 00:03:36.012 and comes back home to Stephanie in Oklahoma. 00:03:36.053 --> 00:03:38.222 Soon enough, the couple is thrilled 00:03:38.264 --> 00:03:41.100 when they find out they're having a baby. 00:03:41.184 --> 00:03:43.603 He was right there with her the whole time 00:03:43.644 --> 00:03:45.855 and then after the baby was born, 00:03:45.897 --> 00:03:47.774 they decided to get married. 00:03:48.691 --> 00:03:51.277 Their first son, Andrew is joined by brothers, 00:03:51.319 --> 00:03:54.030 John and Dally over the next few years 00:03:54.071 --> 00:03:56.491 and the young family moves to New Mexico 00:03:56.532 --> 00:04:00.244 where Darrell finds work in the booming oil industry. 00:04:02.663 --> 00:04:04.916 He told Stephanie, "You take care of the kids. 00:04:04.957 --> 00:04:07.043 "That's your main responsibility. 00:04:07.084 --> 00:04:09.754 I'll make the money and I'll support us." 00:04:09.796 --> 00:04:11.798 And she was fine with that. 00:04:12.048 --> 00:04:13.341 If he was working late, 00:04:13.382 --> 00:04:16.636 she'd bring him supper out to his workplace. 00:04:18.304 --> 00:04:22.391 In 1996, seven years after they moved to New Mexico, 00:04:22.433 --> 00:04:25.937 Stephanie's brother Glenn moves in with them in Eunice 00:04:25.978 --> 00:04:27.522 when Darrell gets Glenn a job 00:04:27.563 --> 00:04:30.525 working alongside him in the oil field. 00:04:30.566 --> 00:04:31.776 They were at work together 00:04:31.817 --> 00:04:34.153 for probably three or four hours. 00:04:34.153 --> 00:04:36.864 It's just like they were all family 00:04:36.906 --> 00:04:39.534 and Glenn was Darrell's best friend. 00:04:40.159 --> 00:04:42.370 It's a nice situation for Darrell and Stephanie, 00:04:42.411 --> 00:04:45.998 raising a family with their closest relatives nearby. 00:04:46.040 --> 00:04:50.461 The loving marriage and the Blagg boys thrive. 00:04:53.256 --> 00:04:54.882 We were all at a ball game 00:04:54.924 --> 00:04:58.469 watching Andrew and John play baseball. 00:05:00.012 --> 00:05:02.682 And we all heard the sirens going off 00:05:02.723 --> 00:05:05.017 and a friend of ours asked me 00:05:05.059 --> 00:05:06.727 if I knew where Darrell and Stephanie was 00:05:06.769 --> 00:05:09.563 and I said, "Well, they're on their way home, what's wrong?" 00:05:09.605 --> 00:05:10.898 He said, 00:05:10.940 --> 00:05:12.108 "Glenn got shot." 00:05:14.694 --> 00:05:16.487 Glenn had been at his girlfriend's house 00:05:16.529 --> 00:05:19.699 when he suffered a rifle shot to the head. 00:05:20.199 --> 00:05:23.327 He dies on the way to the hospital. 00:05:26.289 --> 00:05:29.792 Glenn accidentally shot himself. 00:05:29.834 --> 00:05:32.545 He was playing with the 22 and accidentally shot himself. 00:05:34.297 --> 00:05:36.757 Stephanie was in shock. 00:05:36.799 --> 00:05:40.011 She was just basically 00:05:40.052 --> 00:05:43.180 heartbroken to lose Glenn. 00:05:44.390 --> 00:05:46.058 Glenn was her only brother, 00:05:46.100 --> 00:05:48.060 so they kind of babied him, you know, 00:05:48.102 --> 00:05:49.854 Stephanie was real close with him. 00:05:53.399 --> 00:05:56.360 She got cold and distanced 00:05:56.402 --> 00:06:00.865 and I think it put a strain on her relationship with Darrell. 00:06:02.700 --> 00:06:06.996 For him to watch her just lay around and be depressed, 00:06:07.038 --> 00:06:08.914 he didn't know what to do. 00:06:08.956 --> 00:06:11.709 He tried babying her, 00:06:11.751 --> 00:06:14.545 doing whatever he could for her 00:06:14.587 --> 00:06:17.423 and you know, nothing really worked. 00:06:17.923 --> 00:06:20.092 So it just seemed like they were kinda 00:06:20.134 --> 00:06:24.513 going their separate ways in dealing with the loss. 00:06:25.556 --> 00:06:26.891 Both Darrell and Stephanie 00:06:26.932 --> 00:06:29.268 are suffering from Glenn's death, 00:06:29.268 --> 00:06:31.729 but rather than coming together to support each other 00:06:31.771 --> 00:06:33.064 through the grief, 00:06:33.105 --> 00:06:35.107 they begin drifting apart 00:06:35.149 --> 00:06:39.612 and Stephanie finds unhealthy ways to cope on her own. 00:06:39.653 --> 00:06:43.657 I thought by the way she was acting 00:06:43.699 --> 00:06:46.077 that she was doing drugs, 00:06:46.118 --> 00:06:47.995 but I couldn't prove it. 00:06:48.537 --> 00:06:51.123 Before Glenn's death, no, 00:06:51.165 --> 00:06:53.083 she was totally against them. 00:06:53.709 --> 00:06:56.128 I don't even know if I ever seen Stephanie drink, 00:06:56.170 --> 00:06:57.588 to be honest with you. 00:06:57.630 --> 00:06:59.173 But I think that's where the drugs started 00:06:59.215 --> 00:07:01.008 and stuff like that. 00:07:01.592 --> 00:07:03.177 Desperate to pull Stephanie 00:07:03.219 --> 00:07:05.346 out of her downward spiral, 00:07:05.429 --> 00:07:08.182 Darrell makes a drastic decision. 00:07:08.224 --> 00:07:10.351 Glenn had only died about three blocks 00:07:10.434 --> 00:07:12.812 from where Darrell and Stephanie lived in Eunice. 00:07:12.853 --> 00:07:15.773 So Darrell loving Stephanie the way that he did, 00:07:15.815 --> 00:07:18.943 they decided them and the children move to Oklahoma 00:07:18.984 --> 00:07:21.487 to get her away from that. 00:07:22.822 --> 00:07:26.534 They packed up and they moved to Oklahoma. 00:07:29.745 --> 00:07:33.207 Close to our dad and close to her mom and sister 00:07:33.249 --> 00:07:35.167 and see if that would help. 00:07:35.876 --> 00:07:40.965 That's when she decided she wanted to work. 00:07:41.006 --> 00:07:44.134 He thought, "Well, okay, maybe it will help 00:07:44.176 --> 00:07:46.303 if she keeps busy." 00:07:48.514 --> 00:07:50.975 So she gets a job and she's working. 00:07:51.016 --> 00:07:53.102 She's working at a convenience store. 00:07:54.687 --> 00:07:57.398 That's when things really got bad. 00:07:58.274 --> 00:08:01.151 Everything started going even crazier. 00:08:04.572 --> 00:08:07.283 He was trying to remain calm, 00:08:07.324 --> 00:08:10.536 but I could tell that things weren't right. 00:08:11.203 --> 00:08:13.956 He called and he told me, he said, 00:08:13.998 --> 00:08:15.291 "We're divorced." 00:08:15.291 --> 00:08:17.626 And I'm like, "You're what?" 00:08:18.669 --> 00:08:21.297 He obviously entered in through the back door 00:08:21.338 --> 00:08:25.676 and at some point he bled out to a large pool of blood. 00:08:31.265 --> 00:08:33.142 Darrell Blagg thought that moving his family 00:08:33.183 --> 00:08:34.852 back home to Oklahoma 00:08:34.893 --> 00:08:38.772 would help his wife, Stephanie overcome the deep depression 00:08:38.814 --> 00:08:41.525 she feels after her brother's suicide. 00:08:41.567 --> 00:08:43.819 He could never have predicted the decision 00:08:43.861 --> 00:08:46.655 would backfire so dramatically. 00:08:46.697 --> 00:08:48.991 Just one month after being back, 00:08:49.033 --> 00:08:52.911 Stephanie Blagg began sleeping with another man. 00:08:54.496 --> 00:08:56.665 His name is Billy Kelley. 00:08:56.707 --> 00:08:59.918 She knew him growing up. 00:08:59.960 --> 00:09:03.380 They started seeing one another on the side. 00:09:03.422 --> 00:09:06.342 He was crazy for her. 00:09:07.051 --> 00:09:10.471 After almost 20 years as soulmates, 00:09:10.554 --> 00:09:12.848 Darrell is shocked and devastated by 00:09:12.890 --> 00:09:14.683 Stephanie's betrayal. 00:09:14.725 --> 00:09:17.061 He was trying to remain calm, 00:09:17.102 --> 00:09:20.689 but I could tell in his voice 00:09:20.731 --> 00:09:22.691 that things weren't right. 00:09:22.733 --> 00:09:25.361 He just didn't want to face it. 00:09:26.528 --> 00:09:27.696 And while all affairs 00:09:27.738 --> 00:09:29.698 are destructive and heartbreaking, 00:09:29.740 --> 00:09:33.577 this one is particularly brazen and cruel. 00:09:36.747 --> 00:09:40.918 Billy was nonstop involved in Darrell and Stephanie's life. 00:09:41.168 --> 00:09:43.295 He would come in, she would leave 00:09:43.337 --> 00:09:47.424 and then Darrell would go get her and bring Stephanie back. 00:09:47.466 --> 00:09:49.426 It was a long affair. 00:09:49.468 --> 00:09:52.137 It caused a lot of grief and misery. 00:09:53.180 --> 00:09:55.974 By now, the boys didn't know what their mom 00:09:56.016 --> 00:09:59.186 was gonna do, if she was gonna be home when they came home 00:09:59.228 --> 00:10:01.480 or if she was gonna be gone with Billy. 00:10:02.397 --> 00:10:05.275 She was torn between two men basically. 00:10:06.777 --> 00:10:09.363 I feel for Darrell, I really do. 00:10:09.404 --> 00:10:12.574 For four years, Stephanie and Billy make no effort 00:10:12.616 --> 00:10:14.118 to hide their affair. 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:16.078 Day in, day out, 00:10:16.120 --> 00:10:18.330 it's right in Darrell's face. 00:10:18.372 --> 00:10:22.084 As someone who's seen my fair share of messy divorces, 00:10:22.125 --> 00:10:25.462 I can understand why Darrell feels a need to stick around. 00:10:25.504 --> 00:10:28.257 He had 20 loving years with his wife 00:10:28.298 --> 00:10:30.926 and they have three great kids together. 00:10:30.968 --> 00:10:34.263 But in early 2004, it's actually Stephanie 00:10:34.304 --> 00:10:37.975 who ends the marriage when she files for a divorce. 00:10:40.811 --> 00:10:43.814 He called and he told me, he said, 00:10:43.856 --> 00:10:45.607 "We're divorced." 00:10:45.649 --> 00:10:47.901 And I'm like, "You're what?" 00:10:48.235 --> 00:10:50.279 He said, "Yeah, she's got her boyfriend 00:10:50.320 --> 00:10:52.531 and she divorced me." 00:10:52.614 --> 00:10:54.366 She signed the divorce papers 00:10:54.408 --> 00:10:58.745 and gave Darrell full custody of all three boys. 00:10:58.787 --> 00:11:01.915 And he decided that him and the boys 00:11:01.957 --> 00:11:03.959 would move back to New Mexico 00:11:04.001 --> 00:11:08.422 so they didn't have to deal with her and Billy. 00:11:09.882 --> 00:11:12.301 He got a house just a couple of blocks from us 00:11:12.342 --> 00:11:16.138 and you know, he was trying to make a life for the boys. 00:11:17.848 --> 00:11:21.059 It was going good for a while. 00:11:21.727 --> 00:11:23.979 He started dating another girl, 00:11:24.021 --> 00:11:26.607 probably about six months, I would say. 00:11:26.690 --> 00:11:28.066 Her name was Laronda. 00:11:28.108 --> 00:11:30.068 And he started doing pretty good, 00:11:30.110 --> 00:11:32.321 I mean, I thought he was gonna break it, 00:11:32.362 --> 00:11:35.365 you know, kind of break through the Stephanie. 00:11:38.368 --> 00:11:39.995 But in late 2004, 00:11:40.037 --> 00:11:42.247 nine months after their divorce, 00:11:42.289 --> 00:11:45.417 Darrell receives a surprising call from Stephanie 00:11:45.459 --> 00:11:49.546 who tells him she's in Eunice and wants him to consider 00:11:49.588 --> 00:11:52.007 welcoming her back into the family. 00:11:54.092 --> 00:11:57.888 Stephanie was a good mom when she was there. 00:11:57.929 --> 00:12:00.015 But with Darrell, I think there was so much hurt 00:12:00.057 --> 00:12:03.018 of watching the kids get hurt, 00:12:03.060 --> 00:12:06.897 I think that's really what kind of pushed him away from her. 00:12:08.690 --> 00:12:10.025 Of course, he took her back, 00:12:10.067 --> 00:12:12.569 'cause he loved her and the kids. 00:12:12.569 --> 00:12:15.072 The kids was, I think a big factor in Darrell's, 00:12:15.113 --> 00:12:16.365 you know, he thought of others 00:12:16.406 --> 00:12:18.408 as well as he thought of himself. 00:12:19.076 --> 00:12:20.494 Moving cautiously, 00:12:20.535 --> 00:12:23.705 Darrell doesn't allow Stephanie to live with the family, 00:12:23.747 --> 00:12:26.375 but he supports her by putting her up 00:12:26.416 --> 00:12:28.210 in an apartment nearby. 00:12:28.251 --> 00:12:30.962 He told her, "I'll help you get on your feet, 00:12:31.004 --> 00:12:32.506 "but I don't want you back at my house. 00:12:32.547 --> 00:12:36.301 "You could see the boys every day after school. 00:12:36.343 --> 00:12:38.887 "You can see them anytime you want, 00:12:38.929 --> 00:12:40.597 but they're not living with you." 00:12:41.848 --> 00:12:44.059 By the winter of 2004, 00:12:44.101 --> 00:12:46.478 Stephanie's reengaged as a mother, 00:12:46.520 --> 00:12:49.481 driving the boys to school nearly every day. 00:12:49.523 --> 00:12:53.777 She makes another emotional plea to her ex-husband. 00:12:54.194 --> 00:12:56.154 She lived there for probably a month or two 00:12:56.196 --> 00:12:57.239 and she told him, she says, 00:12:57.280 --> 00:12:58.698 "Darrell, I wanna make it work. 00:12:58.782 --> 00:13:01.493 I promise I won't do this again." 00:13:01.535 --> 00:13:03.286 So he said, "Okay." 00:13:03.328 --> 00:13:06.540 You know, so he let her move in with him 00:13:06.581 --> 00:13:10.627 and everything seemed like it was going good for a while. 00:13:10.961 --> 00:13:13.505 They had talked about they were gonna get remarried 00:13:13.547 --> 00:13:16.633 and she's all giddy and we're gonna have a big wedding, 00:13:16.675 --> 00:13:18.718 we're gonna have a big reception. 00:13:19.636 --> 00:13:22.055 The Blaggs don't have another wedding, 00:13:22.097 --> 00:13:23.932 but for the next year and a half, 00:13:23.974 --> 00:13:27.435 they do get their marriage and their lives on track. 00:13:27.477 --> 00:13:31.022 Stephanie moves home and she seems to be staying clean. 00:13:31.064 --> 00:13:33.400 Darrell is making good money in the oil fields 00:13:33.441 --> 00:13:36.444 and the kids are in school and doing well. 00:13:36.486 --> 00:13:38.280 By the fall of 2006, 00:13:38.321 --> 00:13:40.490 everything seems back to normal. 00:13:41.283 --> 00:13:44.661 Normal, that is, until August 11th. 00:13:49.583 --> 00:13:51.960 August 11th, 2006, 00:13:52.002 --> 00:13:52.919 it was raining. 00:13:52.961 --> 00:13:55.881 We had monsoon rain 00:13:55.922 --> 00:13:57.465 and it was flooding. 00:13:58.842 --> 00:14:00.552 I went to work, 00:14:00.594 --> 00:14:03.346 come home. 00:14:03.388 --> 00:14:06.766 I just get sit down on my phone had rang. 00:14:06.850 --> 00:14:09.477 I didn't get to it in time, 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:11.730 so I sit down and it starts ringing again. 00:14:13.356 --> 00:14:16.610 I answer the phone, I say, "Hello?" 00:14:16.651 --> 00:14:18.278 And it's Stephanie. 00:14:19.362 --> 00:14:21.656 And she starts hollering and screaming. 00:14:22.991 --> 00:14:24.993 She says, "Rose, Darrell's dead, 00:14:25.035 --> 00:14:26.703 "I found him in the back hall dead, 00:14:26.745 --> 00:14:28.496 he's dead, he's dead, he's dead!" 00:14:34.044 --> 00:14:38.590 August 11th, 2006, Eunice, New Mexico. 00:14:38.632 --> 00:14:40.800 At approximately 4:00 p.m., 00:14:40.884 --> 00:14:44.763 Rose Doshier receives an awful phone call. 00:14:44.846 --> 00:14:48.558 On the other end is her sister-in-law, Stephanie Blagg, 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:51.061 crying and screaming. 00:14:52.270 --> 00:14:54.314 She said Darrell's in the back hall 00:14:54.356 --> 00:14:56.858 and he's dead, somebody shot him. 00:14:57.525 --> 00:14:59.027 I jumped in the car. 00:14:59.069 --> 00:15:00.737 I get to the house. 00:15:00.779 --> 00:15:03.031 I just run in there where Darrell's at. 00:15:04.574 --> 00:15:07.035 And he's laying there up against the wall, 00:15:08.787 --> 00:15:10.789 And I'm hollering, "Darrell, Darrell!" 00:15:12.582 --> 00:15:14.000 There's no breath, 00:15:14.042 --> 00:15:15.585 no movement. 00:15:17.921 --> 00:15:19.881 Stephanie says, "Did you call the cops?" 00:15:19.923 --> 00:15:22.592 I said, "No," I said, "You call them." 00:15:24.094 --> 00:15:27.639 Stephanie calls Eunice police at 4:08 p.m. 00:15:27.681 --> 00:15:30.600 and then dials 911 at 04:10. 00:15:31.476 --> 00:15:34.521 We were told to respond to a subject 00:15:34.562 --> 00:15:36.481 that was possibly shot. 00:15:37.315 --> 00:15:40.443 Standing out in the front yard was Stephanie Blagg, 00:15:40.485 --> 00:15:43.571 Rose Doshier, Dally Blagg and John Blagg. 00:15:59.087 --> 00:16:01.548 With so few homicides in Eunice, 00:16:01.589 --> 00:16:04.759 law enforcement calls in the state police. 00:16:04.801 --> 00:16:07.595 Veteran detectives, Timothy Argo 00:16:07.637 --> 00:16:09.764 and Monica Martinez-Jones 00:16:09.806 --> 00:16:12.267 are assigned as the lead investigators. 00:16:13.977 --> 00:16:15.228 First glance, 00:16:15.270 --> 00:16:18.022 it looked like he had been shot multiple times 00:16:18.064 --> 00:16:20.066 as soon as he walked in the back door. 00:16:21.734 --> 00:16:24.237 There was actually no signs of struggle at all. 00:16:25.071 --> 00:16:27.699 His lunch pail was still next to him. 00:16:27.740 --> 00:16:31.035 There was blood spatter all over the walls, 00:16:31.119 --> 00:16:33.121 on the floor. 00:16:33.538 --> 00:16:34.706 It was a lot of blood. 00:16:37.876 --> 00:16:40.128 We all noticed that in Stephanie's bedroom, 00:16:40.170 --> 00:16:42.755 there was some guns laying out on the bed. 00:16:44.007 --> 00:16:46.301 We weren't sure if it was a home invasion 00:16:46.342 --> 00:16:48.052 or maybe a robbery. 00:16:49.053 --> 00:16:50.722 But there's two pieces of evidence 00:16:50.763 --> 00:16:54.267 that don't support the idea of a burglary gone bad. 00:16:55.977 --> 00:16:59.772 There was a barefoot impression in the blood. 00:17:01.024 --> 00:17:02.692 It was a bit odd. 00:17:03.026 --> 00:17:04.736 Your burglars or your robbers 00:17:04.777 --> 00:17:07.280 are going to be wearing some kind of footwear 00:17:07.322 --> 00:17:08.656 and not be barefooted. 00:17:10.074 --> 00:17:13.870 Stephanie Blagg said she did find Darrell's body, 00:17:13.912 --> 00:17:17.498 but she said she didn't step in any blood 00:17:17.540 --> 00:17:19.459 and so now we have an unknown. 00:17:19.500 --> 00:17:21.002 Who's footprint is it? 00:17:22.128 --> 00:17:24.631 We also noticed, which was kind of odd, 00:17:24.672 --> 00:17:27.717 that the screen in the kitchen window, 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:30.261 it looked like somebody had kicked the screen out. 00:17:30.511 --> 00:17:31.930 It looked like somebody basically went 00:17:32.013 --> 00:17:33.723 through the window like Superman 00:17:33.765 --> 00:17:35.975 and just, you know, kind of like jetted out there 00:17:36.017 --> 00:17:37.977 and flew out as quick as they could. 00:17:39.312 --> 00:17:42.398 But the window wasn't open, so, you know, 00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:45.777 you kind of piece multiple things together there and go, 00:17:45.818 --> 00:17:48.947 okay, if someone just broke into this house 00:17:49.030 --> 00:17:52.659 and burglarized it and killed the owner when they got home, 00:17:52.700 --> 00:17:54.285 that window would still be open. 00:17:57.288 --> 00:17:59.749 The police bring Stephanie and her sons 00:17:59.791 --> 00:18:01.834 down to the station to be interviewed. 00:18:02.835 --> 00:18:06.005 Detective Argo questions Stephanie in one room 00:18:06.047 --> 00:18:09.801 while detective Martinez-Jones talks to the boys in another. 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:15.181 Andrew at the time was 18 years old 00:18:15.223 --> 00:18:17.433 and then you have John who was 15 years old 00:18:17.475 --> 00:18:19.477 and Dally who's 12. 00:18:19.894 --> 00:18:23.147 I was actually trained to do child forensic interviews. 00:18:23.189 --> 00:18:25.775 So Dally was the first one that I decided 00:18:25.817 --> 00:18:28.486 to conduct an interview with. 00:18:29.862 --> 00:18:32.281 I asked him who he was with that day 00:18:32.323 --> 00:18:36.202 and he told me it was just he and John and his mother 00:18:36.244 --> 00:18:39.163 and that they had come home and found his dad in the back, 00:18:39.205 --> 00:18:43.584 but his mom wouldn't allow him to go near the back area, 00:18:43.626 --> 00:18:45.336 because his dad was back there. 00:18:48.423 --> 00:18:51.134 He was very closed with me. 00:18:51.175 --> 00:18:52.760 It seemed to me like he was trying 00:18:52.802 --> 00:18:55.972 to hide something from me, 00:18:56.013 --> 00:18:57.974 but I didn't really know what it was. 00:19:02.103 --> 00:19:03.646 With Stephanie, she told me 00:19:03.688 --> 00:19:07.900 she woke up early that morning, somewhere around 4:00 a.m. 00:19:07.942 --> 00:19:12.447 and her goal was to ensure that Darrell went to work 00:19:12.488 --> 00:19:16.075 with some brownies and cookies that she had made him. 00:19:16.909 --> 00:19:19.787 She told me that they had been having some issues 00:19:19.829 --> 00:19:24.041 with their marriage, so she was trying to work hard 00:19:24.125 --> 00:19:28.880 to prove and show Darrell that she cared and she loved him 00:19:28.921 --> 00:19:30.756 and she really wanted to know what time 00:19:30.798 --> 00:19:32.258 he was gonna come home 00:19:32.300 --> 00:19:34.510 because she was gonna ensure the kids weren't at home. 00:19:34.552 --> 00:19:37.346 She had set it as a date night. 00:19:37.388 --> 00:19:39.307 It sounded like she planned a grand day 00:19:39.348 --> 00:19:41.934 that any husband would be looking forward to. 00:19:42.894 --> 00:19:46.147 She said she had to leave the house 00:19:46.230 --> 00:19:48.399 to make certain that John and Dally, 00:19:48.441 --> 00:19:52.361 her youngest two sons, were not gonna be at the house 00:19:52.403 --> 00:19:55.865 and she went to the park where John and Dally, 00:19:55.907 --> 00:19:58.159 that's where they were gonna stay. 00:19:58.910 --> 00:20:01.162 And then when she came back, 00:20:01.204 --> 00:20:04.665 that's when she found Darrell there 00:20:04.707 --> 00:20:06.000 dead. 00:20:07.585 --> 00:20:09.545 In my interview with Stephanie Blagg, 00:20:09.587 --> 00:20:12.423 I thought there was some sincerity 00:20:12.465 --> 00:20:14.342 to what she was trying to do. 00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:16.844 The account from Stephanie of her actions 00:20:16.886 --> 00:20:19.597 that day yields few leads, 00:20:19.639 --> 00:20:21.641 except for one. 00:20:21.682 --> 00:20:24.310 So I did ask Stephanie what she saw. 00:20:24.352 --> 00:20:26.020 Did she see anything when she got home? 00:20:26.062 --> 00:20:27.813 Did she see anything before she left? 00:20:27.855 --> 00:20:29.690 Did she see anything unusual? 00:20:29.732 --> 00:20:34.946 And there was information about a red truck 00:20:34.987 --> 00:20:37.156 that she didn't know who the red truck was. 00:20:38.908 --> 00:20:40.910 As night falls in Eunice, 00:20:40.952 --> 00:20:43.663 the detectives interview additional family members 00:20:43.704 --> 00:20:45.414 and scour the neighborhood, 00:20:45.456 --> 00:20:48.334 searching for anyone who might know something 00:20:48.376 --> 00:20:49.919 related to the homicide 00:20:49.961 --> 00:20:54.215 or to the red truck Stephanie mentioned in her interview. 00:20:54.674 --> 00:20:57.051 There was a grocery store located behind the house 00:20:57.093 --> 00:21:00.012 and then across the street was a church 00:21:00.012 --> 00:21:02.974 and there was an Allsup's convenience store 00:21:03.015 --> 00:21:06.268 that was a block away from the residence. 00:21:07.311 --> 00:21:08.854 At the convenience store, 00:21:08.896 --> 00:21:11.399 detectives meet a woman named Charlotte King. 00:21:13.234 --> 00:21:16.362 She was actually the clerk that worked at Allsup's, 00:21:16.404 --> 00:21:19.365 but she was also Andrew Blagg's girlfriend 00:21:19.407 --> 00:21:21.784 and she told me that the boys were with 00:21:21.826 --> 00:21:23.244 Billy Kelley that day. 00:21:25.037 --> 00:21:28.582 So at the time, we had no idea who Billy Kelley was. 00:21:29.959 --> 00:21:33.421 I had to bring them back in and re-interview them. 00:21:33.462 --> 00:21:36.882 I asked Dally, I said, "Can you tell me who Billy is?" 00:21:36.924 --> 00:21:39.760 He said that Billy was his mom's boyfriend. 00:21:45.099 --> 00:21:47.143 New Mexico state police detectives 00:21:47.184 --> 00:21:49.562 investigating the death of Darrell Blagg, 00:21:49.603 --> 00:21:51.605 have just learned something important 00:21:51.647 --> 00:21:53.691 about the day of the murder. 00:21:54.108 --> 00:21:57.737 Something Darrell's wife, Stephanie and his three children 00:21:57.778 --> 00:21:59.655 didn't think was important to share 00:21:59.697 --> 00:22:02.575 in their initial interviews with police. 00:22:02.992 --> 00:22:06.495 Not only does Stephanie have a boyfriend named Billy Kelley, 00:22:06.537 --> 00:22:09.707 but it's possible she and her three boys 00:22:09.749 --> 00:22:13.711 were with him the day her husband was shot and killed. 00:22:16.172 --> 00:22:17.256 I asked Dally, I said, 00:22:17.298 --> 00:22:18.716 "You know, why didn't you tell me 00:22:18.758 --> 00:22:21.469 that you were with Billy today? 00:22:21.510 --> 00:22:23.345 Why didn't you tell me that?" 00:22:24.305 --> 00:22:26.390 And they fessed up right away and they were just saying, 00:22:26.432 --> 00:22:28.768 "I don't know, I just forgot that." 00:22:28.809 --> 00:22:30.936 And I said, "Did your mom tell you not to say 00:22:30.978 --> 00:22:32.188 that Billy was there?" 00:22:32.229 --> 00:22:33.564 And you know, of course they were like, 00:22:33.606 --> 00:22:35.691 "Well, no, she didn't say that." 00:22:36.650 --> 00:22:39.153 So he said that Billy would come from Lubbock 00:22:39.195 --> 00:22:40.946 to New Mexico to Eunice 00:22:40.988 --> 00:22:43.199 and he would actually come to their house 00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:45.659 in the middle of the night. 00:22:46.535 --> 00:22:48.496 Once Mr. Blagg was in bed, 00:22:48.537 --> 00:22:51.499 he would go to the boys' bedroom and knock on the window 00:22:53.125 --> 00:22:56.212 and the boys would actually let him in the window. 00:22:58.714 --> 00:23:02.092 And he would sleep at the Blagg residence at night 00:23:02.134 --> 00:23:03.677 in the boys' room 00:23:03.719 --> 00:23:05.930 while Mr. Blagg was at the residence. 00:23:10.976 --> 00:23:12.394 When you see those types of things, 00:23:12.478 --> 00:23:14.605 those start to raise all kinds of red flags 00:23:14.647 --> 00:23:18.150 and a lot of bells and whistles start to go off in your head. 00:23:19.026 --> 00:23:20.611 They sure do. 00:23:20.653 --> 00:23:23.697 After years in family court, I can tell you, thankfully, 00:23:23.739 --> 00:23:25.991 that I don't see this very often. 00:23:26.033 --> 00:23:29.203 A parent using their children to lie 00:23:29.245 --> 00:23:31.789 and cover up their own secrets. 00:23:31.830 --> 00:23:35.125 The detectives now realize that the devoted wife 00:23:35.167 --> 00:23:39.296 who claimed to be preparing for a romantic evening with her ex-husband, 00:23:39.296 --> 00:23:41.590 is a far more complex character 00:23:41.632 --> 00:23:43.509 than she initially led on. 00:23:45.010 --> 00:23:47.805 We confronted her with the information 00:23:47.846 --> 00:23:49.974 that was revealed in the interviews 00:23:50.015 --> 00:23:53.644 and I asked her who Billy Kelley was 00:23:53.686 --> 00:23:56.397 and if Billy Kelley had been at her house that day. 00:23:57.231 --> 00:23:58.774 Yeah at that point, she stopped the interview, 00:23:58.816 --> 00:24:01.944 got very belligerent with us, started cussing at us 00:24:01.986 --> 00:24:04.947 and she decided she wanted an attorney. 00:24:05.948 --> 00:24:08.826 So we're thinking, "This is probably our suspect. 00:24:08.867 --> 00:24:12.705 This lady has something to do with her husband's death." 00:24:14.957 --> 00:24:17.876 The investigators conduct a gun residue test 00:24:17.918 --> 00:24:20.170 on Stephanie's hands to determine if she 00:24:20.212 --> 00:24:21.380 shot her husband. 00:24:21.463 --> 00:24:23.298 Stephanie was on the scene 00:24:23.340 --> 00:24:25.467 and has plenty of motive, 00:24:25.509 --> 00:24:27.052 but it comes up negative. 00:24:28.262 --> 00:24:29.972 They do find something however 00:24:30.014 --> 00:24:32.891 when they execute a search warrant on her car. 00:24:32.933 --> 00:24:36.729 Kevin Massis, who was the agent with our crime scene team, 00:24:36.770 --> 00:24:39.273 he was actually processing her vehicle 00:24:39.314 --> 00:24:43.485 and says, "I just found a lot of meth 00:24:43.569 --> 00:24:45.821 in the back of this vehicle." 00:24:46.905 --> 00:24:49.742 So she wasn't able to leave the police department. 00:24:49.783 --> 00:24:52.578 We got the warrant for possession of methamphetamines 00:24:52.619 --> 00:24:55.956 and she was put in jail based on that charge. 00:24:58.917 --> 00:25:01.211 With Stephanie detained for the moment, 00:25:01.253 --> 00:25:04.673 detectives turn their attention to their other prime suspect, 00:25:04.715 --> 00:25:07.217 her boyfriend, Billy Kelley. 00:25:07.801 --> 00:25:12.264 Someone that would go and sneak into another man's house 00:25:12.306 --> 00:25:14.558 while he's there to spend time 00:25:14.600 --> 00:25:16.226 with Stephanie and her children, 00:25:16.268 --> 00:25:19.938 seems to me like he's willing to do anything to be with her. 00:25:21.732 --> 00:25:24.234 So we're thinking that Billy Kelley 00:25:24.276 --> 00:25:25.861 killed Mr. Blagg. 00:25:26.737 --> 00:25:28.614 He definitely had motive, 00:25:28.655 --> 00:25:30.574 wanting Stephanie Blagg for himself. 00:25:33.285 --> 00:25:36.246 As law enforcement in New Mexico and Oklahoma 00:25:36.288 --> 00:25:38.081 frantically searched for Billy, 00:25:38.123 --> 00:25:41.460 investigators follow up on another piece of information 00:25:41.543 --> 00:25:43.378 Charlotte King gave them. 00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:46.673 Charlotte is the Allsup's clerk managing the gas pumps 00:25:46.715 --> 00:25:49.968 and also happens to be Andrew Blagg's girlfriend. 00:25:50.844 --> 00:25:52.763 In her interview with detectives, 00:25:52.805 --> 00:25:56.683 Charlotte says she saw Billy at the Allsup's gas pumps 00:25:56.725 --> 00:25:59.228 with John and Dally around 4:00 p.m., 00:25:59.269 --> 00:26:02.606 about 10 minutes before the time police think 00:26:02.648 --> 00:26:04.316 the murder occurred. 00:26:04.691 --> 00:26:07.653 It's an alibi that the Blagg boys confirm. 00:26:10.072 --> 00:26:13.784 John and Dally were supposed to go to the park that day 00:26:13.825 --> 00:26:16.245 and stay at the park with Billy Kelley. 00:26:16.912 --> 00:26:19.873 Billy Kelley picked them up at the park. 00:26:20.332 --> 00:26:22.042 They went to the Allsup's 00:26:22.084 --> 00:26:25.295 and Billy Kelley was filling up his vehicle with gas. 00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:29.299 But it was raining and because of the weather, 00:26:29.341 --> 00:26:32.177 it had actually knocked the pumps out of service. 00:26:32.219 --> 00:26:35.347 So that would've been around four o'clock. 00:26:35.389 --> 00:26:37.182 Billy Kelley paid for the gas, 00:26:37.224 --> 00:26:39.601 so they were waiting for the pumps to come back on 00:26:39.643 --> 00:26:41.520 so that he could get the gas. 00:26:41.853 --> 00:26:44.898 Right at that time, the three of them are outside, 00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:49.069 Mr. Blagg drives by in his work truck 00:26:49.111 --> 00:26:52.072 and he sees John and Dally with Billy Kelley. 00:26:52.364 --> 00:26:53.490 So I asked John, I said, 00:26:53.573 --> 00:26:55.158 "Did you make eye contact with your dad?" 00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:57.911 And he says, "Yeah, he definitely saw 00:26:57.953 --> 00:26:59.538 that we were with Billy Kelley." 00:27:01.873 --> 00:27:05.711 Based on Stephanie's 911 call at 4:10 p.m. 00:27:05.752 --> 00:27:08.964 and the pump's going down at around 4:00 p.m., 00:27:09.006 --> 00:27:11.675 detectives Argo and Martinez-Jones 00:27:11.758 --> 00:27:14.052 know that if Darrell was on his way home 00:27:14.094 --> 00:27:16.847 when he passed by Billy at the gas station, 00:27:16.888 --> 00:27:20.100 it would be impossible for Billy to finish gassing up 00:27:20.142 --> 00:27:22.311 and then get to the Blagg house in time 00:27:22.352 --> 00:27:25.772 to kill Darrell Blagg when he walked through the door. 00:27:25.814 --> 00:27:27.524 It's a key revelation 00:27:27.607 --> 00:27:29.943 as law enforcement builds out their timeline 00:27:29.985 --> 00:27:32.362 and considers their suspects. 00:27:34.281 --> 00:27:36.366 I knew that we would be able to get video 00:27:36.408 --> 00:27:38.493 from Allsup's to corroborate 00:27:38.535 --> 00:27:40.996 or disprove the story of Billy Kelley 00:27:41.038 --> 00:27:43.957 being at the Allsup's with John and Dally Blagg 00:27:43.999 --> 00:27:46.877 at the time Darrell Blagg drove by. 00:27:47.961 --> 00:27:50.047 As they wait for the surveillance video, 00:27:50.088 --> 00:27:53.216 the detectives realize that their two lead suspects, 00:27:53.258 --> 00:27:56.887 Stephanie Blagg, who had no gun residue found on her hands, 00:27:56.928 --> 00:28:01.141 and Billy Kelley, might not be the killers after all. 00:28:02.267 --> 00:28:05.812 So detective Martinez-Jones sits the youngest Blagg boy, 00:28:05.854 --> 00:28:07.397 12-year-old Dally, 00:28:07.439 --> 00:28:09.232 down one more time 00:28:09.274 --> 00:28:11.610 and presses hard. 00:28:11.943 --> 00:28:13.070 I said, "Do you know 00:28:13.111 --> 00:28:15.697 who would have done this to your dad?" 00:28:15.739 --> 00:28:17.407 And Dally says, "I don't know, 00:28:17.449 --> 00:28:19.910 "maybe it was the people 00:28:19.951 --> 00:28:21.536 that were driving the red pickup." 00:28:25.457 --> 00:28:27.000 We went to interview them 00:28:27.042 --> 00:28:30.796 and when Tim and I drive up to the residence, 00:28:30.837 --> 00:28:32.964 there was a red pickup in the driveway. 00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:36.092 It was actually quite amazing. 00:28:40.931 --> 00:28:42.891 As Stephanie Blagg sits in a holding cell 00:28:42.933 --> 00:28:45.769 in Eunice, New Mexico for drug possession, 00:28:45.811 --> 00:28:48.146 homicide detectives investigating the murder 00:28:48.188 --> 00:28:50.065 of her husband, Darrell Blagg 00:28:50.106 --> 00:28:53.109 are still trying to track down Stephanie's boyfriend, 00:28:53.151 --> 00:28:54.778 Billy Kelley. 00:28:54.820 --> 00:28:57.823 They wanna question him on what he may know 00:28:57.864 --> 00:28:59.699 about Darrell's death. 00:28:59.741 --> 00:29:02.911 Detectives have also learned that Darrell's son, 00:29:02.953 --> 00:29:07.207 12-year-old Dally, remembers seeing a red pickup truck 00:29:07.249 --> 00:29:10.043 lingering outside the Blagg house. 00:29:10.085 --> 00:29:11.461 A vehicle description 00:29:11.503 --> 00:29:14.589 his mother also mentioned to investigators. 00:29:16.883 --> 00:29:19.719 When the boys returned from the park, 00:29:19.761 --> 00:29:22.764 their mom discovered Darrell in the back room 00:29:23.473 --> 00:29:26.393 and during this time, Stephanie has told Dally, 00:29:26.434 --> 00:29:28.019 "Don't come to the back room 00:29:28.061 --> 00:29:29.688 and you know, your dad's back here." 00:29:29.771 --> 00:29:32.399 So Dally's actually looking out the window 00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:34.985 and he sees this red pickup driving by. 00:29:36.027 --> 00:29:37.571 And he said, you know, he couldn't make out, 00:29:37.612 --> 00:29:39.281 you know, any type of truck 00:29:39.322 --> 00:29:42.075 other than it was just a red pickup. 00:29:42.784 --> 00:29:45.245 There was a million red pickups, I mean, we had no idea 00:29:45.287 --> 00:29:46.871 'cause he didn't have a license plate. 00:29:48.790 --> 00:29:51.751 Did this red pickup have anything to do with it? 00:29:53.336 --> 00:29:56.089 As law enforcement canvases every red truck 00:29:56.131 --> 00:29:59.384 in and around Eunice, 00:29:59.426 --> 00:30:02.304 the Blaggs and their extended family say goodbye 00:30:02.345 --> 00:30:05.181 to the small town dad with a big heart. 00:30:05.515 --> 00:30:08.310 We had a memorial service in Eunice 00:30:08.351 --> 00:30:10.604 for all of his friends to come in 00:30:10.645 --> 00:30:13.815 and there was a lot of people there. 00:30:15.358 --> 00:30:16.860 It was a lot of hurt 00:30:16.901 --> 00:30:20.822 because he never, he never done really bad to anybody. 00:30:20.864 --> 00:30:22.824 He was such a good hearted person. 00:30:25.618 --> 00:30:28.538 I was standing there, I was in a daze. 00:30:28.580 --> 00:30:32.417 I was standing by his coffin 00:30:32.459 --> 00:30:36.546 and the next thing I know, 00:30:36.588 --> 00:30:39.341 people's picking me up off the floor. 00:30:46.639 --> 00:30:48.266 Over the following days, 00:30:48.308 --> 00:30:49.601 the detectives are successful 00:30:49.642 --> 00:30:53.480 in tracking down two of their other leads. 00:30:53.521 --> 00:30:55.648 The first is the surveillance video 00:30:55.690 --> 00:30:57.108 from the convenience store, 00:30:57.150 --> 00:31:00.195 which could corroborate an alibi for Billy Kelley. 00:31:00.445 --> 00:31:02.739 Once I got that Allsup video 00:31:02.739 --> 00:31:06.451 and I was able to see John Blagg on there, 00:31:06.493 --> 00:31:08.036 Dally Blagg on there 00:31:08.078 --> 00:31:10.538 and then see Billy Kelley. 00:31:11.748 --> 00:31:16.544 Billy would've been probably the prime suspect 00:31:16.586 --> 00:31:19.923 if we didn't have him on video at Allsup's. 00:31:20.965 --> 00:31:24.010 And then another crucial piece of the puzzle 00:31:24.052 --> 00:31:25.595 falls into place. 00:31:25.637 --> 00:31:27.555 We learned that Mr. Blagg 00:31:27.597 --> 00:31:31.392 had two people riding with him, two other workers 00:31:31.434 --> 00:31:35.855 and he had actually dropped them off at home 00:31:35.897 --> 00:31:37.107 before he went home. 00:31:37.482 --> 00:31:39.526 So we went to interview them 00:31:39.567 --> 00:31:42.654 and when Tim and I drive up to the residence, 00:31:42.695 --> 00:31:44.781 there was a red pickup in the driveway. 00:31:47.742 --> 00:31:49.619 Once we start interviewing the gentlemen, 00:31:49.661 --> 00:31:51.079 we find out that one of them actually 00:31:51.121 --> 00:31:54.916 had left his wallet in Mr. Blagg's work truck. 00:31:54.958 --> 00:31:56.793 So unbeknownst to them, 00:31:56.793 --> 00:31:59.420 Stephanie was inside making her discovery 00:31:59.462 --> 00:32:02.090 of Mr. Blagg and they drove by, 00:32:02.132 --> 00:32:05.260 opened the truck door because Mr. Blagg left it unlocked 00:32:05.301 --> 00:32:08.888 and the one guy retrieved his wallet 00:32:08.930 --> 00:32:12.016 and so we were able to rule out the red pickup at that time. 00:32:13.518 --> 00:32:15.895 What a wild coincidence. 00:32:15.979 --> 00:32:17.272 To be a Darrell's house, 00:32:17.313 --> 00:32:20.692 practically at the same moment he is murdered. 00:32:20.692 --> 00:32:22.569 With the red truck resolved, 00:32:22.610 --> 00:32:25.238 the detectives turn their attention back 00:32:25.280 --> 00:32:27.073 to the Blagg boys. 00:32:27.115 --> 00:32:30.285 Knowing they covered up for their mother's lies before, 00:32:30.326 --> 00:32:33.079 the detectives go right back to the well 00:32:33.121 --> 00:32:37.125 and dig deeper into the early afternoon of the murder. 00:32:39.961 --> 00:32:42.380 John and Dally said their mother had told them 00:32:42.422 --> 00:32:45.508 that they were supposed to stay at the park. 00:32:46.718 --> 00:32:48.678 They were at the park 00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:50.680 and they did get rained on, 00:32:50.722 --> 00:32:53.308 so they actually had to come back to the house 00:32:53.349 --> 00:32:55.685 to get a change of clothing. 00:32:56.853 --> 00:32:59.063 When they came back to the house during the day, 00:32:59.105 --> 00:33:02.191 that's when they saw their mother and Billy 00:33:02.233 --> 00:33:04.944 talking with a Mexican guy. 00:33:08.031 --> 00:33:09.365 Stephanie told them, 00:33:09.407 --> 00:33:10.283 "Stay away from here, 00:33:10.325 --> 00:33:12.660 don't come over to the house." 00:33:13.786 --> 00:33:16.664 So she made the boys leave and go back to the park. 00:33:18.708 --> 00:33:21.586 Investigators know the mention of Billy's presence 00:33:21.628 --> 00:33:24.213 in the Blagg house earlier in the day, 00:33:24.255 --> 00:33:28.926 along with a Hispanic male is new and important information. 00:33:29.218 --> 00:33:30.678 We didn't have a name. 00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:34.265 We didn't have a whole lot of descriptors, 00:33:34.307 --> 00:33:35.850 so I knew it was gonna take some work 00:33:35.850 --> 00:33:38.811 to try to figure out who this Hispanic male was. 00:33:40.772 --> 00:33:43.191 Then on August 14th, 00:33:43.232 --> 00:33:45.276 three days after Darrell's murder, 00:33:45.318 --> 00:33:48.654 the Texas Rangers tracked down Billy Kelley in Lubbock 00:33:48.696 --> 00:33:50.740 and bring him in for an interview. 00:33:58.748 --> 00:34:01.709 Billy denies any involvement in Darrell's murder. 00:34:05.797 --> 00:34:09.258 But when detective Argo drills Billy on the Hispanic male 00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:12.720 who John and Dally had seen with him at the house early 00:34:12.762 --> 00:34:14.931 on the day of their father's murder. 00:34:23.898 --> 00:34:26.734 They sense he knows more than he's letting on. 00:34:43.626 --> 00:34:45.378 If the investigators believe Billy 00:34:45.419 --> 00:34:48.339 or Stephanie killed Mr. Blagg, 00:34:48.381 --> 00:34:50.716 the evidence is holding them back. 00:34:50.758 --> 00:34:53.803 Remember, Stephanie's hands were tested for gun residue 00:34:53.845 --> 00:34:55.304 and turned up negative 00:34:55.346 --> 00:34:58.683 and surveillance video proved Billy's whereabouts 00:34:58.724 --> 00:35:00.351 at the time of the murder. 00:35:00.393 --> 00:35:05.356 So what possible motive could a mysterious man named Juan, 00:35:05.398 --> 00:35:07.316 have had in killing Darrell Blagg? 00:35:09.777 --> 00:35:11.487 I'll be honest with you, initially I thought, 00:35:11.529 --> 00:35:14.699 oh, this guy was probably her drug dealer, 00:35:14.740 --> 00:35:16.367 but in the back of our mind, 00:35:16.409 --> 00:35:21.289 we know that Juan is probably the one that shot Mr. Blagg. 00:35:22.874 --> 00:35:24.333 Again, we're not sure, 00:35:24.375 --> 00:35:27.211 we know that there's someone that was at the residence 00:35:27.253 --> 00:35:31.382 that we can't account for what he did or why he was there. 00:35:36.846 --> 00:35:39.432 Investigators from the New Mexico state police 00:35:39.473 --> 00:35:42.685 have a seemingly impossible task: 00:35:42.727 --> 00:35:44.395 Find a guy named Juan 00:35:44.437 --> 00:35:48.316 whom they believe pulled the trigger 00:35:48.316 --> 00:35:50.067 in the shooting death of 40-year-old father, Darrell Blagg. 00:35:50.151 --> 00:35:51.360 As you can imagine, 00:35:51.402 --> 00:35:53.362 they don't get very far. 00:35:54.530 --> 00:35:56.282 We've tracked down every lead, 00:35:56.324 --> 00:35:58.910 we've interviewed as many people, 00:35:58.951 --> 00:36:00.870 nobody knew who Juan was. 00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:04.415 That's extremely frustrating, 00:36:04.457 --> 00:36:07.793 because we still got an unknown individual there. 00:36:07.835 --> 00:36:10.087 We know Stephanie's involved. 00:36:10.171 --> 00:36:12.506 We know Billy Kelley's involved, 00:36:12.548 --> 00:36:15.051 but that's always the biggest question, 00:36:15.134 --> 00:36:16.552 who pulled the trigger 00:36:16.594 --> 00:36:18.679 and then who was the mastermind behind it all? 00:36:20.556 --> 00:36:22.892 Stephanie still wasn't talking. 00:36:22.934 --> 00:36:24.894 We had her in jail this whole time 00:36:24.935 --> 00:36:28.522 because of the narcotics that was found in her vehicle, 00:36:28.564 --> 00:36:31.233 but she wasn't gonna give us any more information. 00:36:31.275 --> 00:36:34.070 The boys at that point had stopped talking to us. 00:36:34.111 --> 00:36:36.781 The only one that was still in contact with us 00:36:36.822 --> 00:36:39.492 and, you know, giving us information here and there 00:36:39.533 --> 00:36:41.869 whenever she would hear something was Rose. 00:36:42.703 --> 00:36:44.580 Rose explains to investigators 00:36:44.622 --> 00:36:48.501 why she believes Stephanie had a motive to kill Darrell. 00:36:48.542 --> 00:36:50.294 Because she wanted the boys 00:36:50.336 --> 00:36:52.546 and he would not give up custody. 00:36:52.838 --> 00:36:54.548 He told her as long as you're with Billy 00:36:54.590 --> 00:36:57.051 and as long as you're doing drugs, 00:36:57.134 --> 00:37:00.221 I will not let you have custody of the boys. 00:37:01.597 --> 00:37:05.476 I understand why the investigators are exasperated, 00:37:05.518 --> 00:37:09.855 but sometimes it's just serendipity that saves the day 00:37:09.897 --> 00:37:12.233 and that is exactly what happens 00:37:12.274 --> 00:37:15.945 seven months after Darrell Blagg's murder. 00:37:18.364 --> 00:37:21.617 I received a call from Lee County Sheriff's Department, 00:37:21.659 --> 00:37:24.453 they told me there was an informant in jail 00:37:24.495 --> 00:37:27.915 that had some information in reference to the Darrell Blagg murder. 00:37:29.208 --> 00:37:33.379 I sat down with this informant identified as Stacy Meredith. 00:37:33.421 --> 00:37:36.090 Stephanie Blagg had kind of befriended her 00:37:36.090 --> 00:37:39.468 and Stephanie told Stacy Meredith 00:37:39.510 --> 00:37:44.849 that she was involved in the killing of her husband, Darrell 00:37:44.890 --> 00:37:49.061 and also told her she knew where the murder weapon was 00:37:49.103 --> 00:37:52.022 and that she would've liked to go get it. 00:37:52.773 --> 00:37:55.067 The detectives then set up an operation 00:37:55.109 --> 00:37:57.653 where they hope to catch Stephanie red-handed 00:37:57.695 --> 00:37:59.738 as she retrieves the murder weapon, 00:37:59.780 --> 00:38:02.116 but first they need to orchestrate a way 00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:03.701 to get her out of jail 00:38:03.742 --> 00:38:06.495 and so they make a deal with their informant. 00:38:07.037 --> 00:38:08.330 Stacy tells her, "Well, hey, 00:38:08.372 --> 00:38:09.748 "I'm gonna be getting out of jail pretty soon 00:38:09.790 --> 00:38:11.584 "and if you want, I can get money together 00:38:11.625 --> 00:38:13.502 "and I can bond you out of jail 00:38:13.544 --> 00:38:15.713 and I'll help you go look for the guns." 00:38:16.589 --> 00:38:18.883 And so we were able to arrange for Stephanie Blagg 00:38:18.924 --> 00:38:20.384 to be able to bond out of jail 00:38:20.426 --> 00:38:22.928 and for Stacy Meredith to get out of jail 00:38:22.970 --> 00:38:26.515 and we surveyed them through the entire operation. 00:38:27.600 --> 00:38:29.768 Stephanie and Stacy drive to Eunice 00:38:29.810 --> 00:38:31.478 and park near the church across the street 00:38:31.520 --> 00:38:32.980 from the Blagg's house. 00:38:34.273 --> 00:38:37.359 Stephanie Blagg got out and she walked around the church 00:38:37.401 --> 00:38:39.695 and looked at several places. 00:38:40.738 --> 00:38:42.656 The agents are across the street at the church 00:38:42.698 --> 00:38:45.993 and they're watching them looking for this gun 00:38:47.661 --> 00:38:50.623 and they actually end up not finding it. 00:38:52.082 --> 00:38:56.295 But that made a big difference in proving her involvement, 00:38:56.337 --> 00:38:59.089 so we can tie her as an accessory 00:38:59.131 --> 00:39:02.760 or conspiracy to commit murder 00:39:02.801 --> 00:39:07.389 based on her overt act of going to look for the murder weapon 00:39:07.431 --> 00:39:09.016 that killed Darrell Blagg. 00:39:10.935 --> 00:39:14.772 We were able to arrest her on homicide charges. 00:39:15.522 --> 00:39:18.901 So at least one person was gonna be held accountable. 00:39:18.943 --> 00:39:20.527 It was a great feeling 00:39:20.569 --> 00:39:23.530 and now we have to figure out what Billy's involvement was 00:39:23.572 --> 00:39:26.450 and we knew that Juan, the Mexican guy, 00:39:26.492 --> 00:39:28.702 was probably involved too. 00:39:29.912 --> 00:39:31.163 Four months later, 00:39:31.205 --> 00:39:34.333 the police once again get incredibly lucky 00:39:34.375 --> 00:39:37.711 when a woman from 1,400 miles away 00:39:37.753 --> 00:39:40.255 cold calls the Eunice police department. 00:39:40.547 --> 00:39:42.424 The lady's name was Jennifer Hawkins. 00:39:42.466 --> 00:39:45.219 She lived in North Dakota. 00:39:45.219 --> 00:39:48.347 Out of fear, she moved out of state 00:39:48.389 --> 00:39:50.349 and she has some information 00:39:50.391 --> 00:39:53.102 in reference to the murder of Darrell Blagg. 00:39:54.353 --> 00:39:57.064 Jennifer tells us that her boyfriend 00:39:57.106 --> 00:39:59.441 is the one that killed Mr. Blagg. 00:40:00.484 --> 00:40:02.361 Her boyfriend was 00:40:02.403 --> 00:40:04.071 Juan Muro. 00:40:05.906 --> 00:40:08.742 This is the big break in the case that we were waiting on. 00:40:10.160 --> 00:40:12.121 We learned from Jennifer Hawkins 00:40:12.162 --> 00:40:17.042 that there had been several meetings at Jennifer Hawkins mother's house, 00:40:17.084 --> 00:40:18.919 her name was Kim Motes. 00:40:18.961 --> 00:40:21.338 Billy Kelley was involved in these meetings. 00:40:21.380 --> 00:40:24.174 Stephanie Blagg was involved in these meetings 00:40:24.216 --> 00:40:27.344 and Jennifer Hawkins' boyfriend 00:40:27.428 --> 00:40:29.221 was involved in these meetings. 00:40:31.473 --> 00:40:34.518 And the whole purpose of these meetings 00:40:34.560 --> 00:40:38.647 was to plan to kill Darrell Blagg. 00:40:40.941 --> 00:40:45.195 Stephanie tells Kim that she's tired of Darrell 00:40:45.237 --> 00:40:47.948 and she wants to be with Billy. 00:40:49.491 --> 00:40:53.662 There was discussion of payment to Juan Muro. 00:40:53.704 --> 00:40:55.664 This now makes it a murder for hire. 00:40:57.458 --> 00:40:59.877 We finally got the arrest warrant for Billy. 00:40:59.918 --> 00:41:01.962 He actually agreed to turn himself in. 00:41:03.255 --> 00:41:05.174 We figured that the motive was 00:41:05.215 --> 00:41:07.634 he wanted to be with Stephanie. 00:41:07.676 --> 00:41:09.553 If Darrell was out of the picture, 00:41:09.595 --> 00:41:13.474 then Billy could have Stephanie all to himself. 00:41:15.142 --> 00:41:18.770 And then Juan Muro was charged with murder 00:41:18.812 --> 00:41:20.481 and conspiracy to commit murder 00:41:20.522 --> 00:41:23.150 and tampering with evidence and was arrested. 00:41:24.234 --> 00:41:25.694 And he said he participated 00:41:25.736 --> 00:41:29.907 because he was gonna get some guns, drugs 00:41:29.948 --> 00:41:31.241 and money out of it. 00:41:31.241 --> 00:41:33.869 It was strictly financial for him. 00:41:35.162 --> 00:41:39.666 And Stephanie Blagg was the mastermind behind this killing. 00:41:40.667 --> 00:41:42.502 She wanted Darrell Blagg dead. 00:41:44.087 --> 00:41:47.633 And we learned that the footprint in the blood 00:41:47.674 --> 00:41:50.010 ended up being her footprint. 00:41:51.929 --> 00:41:57.184 She went to look over his body to make sure he was dead. 00:42:01.063 --> 00:42:04.650 With full confessions, the trial is speedy. 00:42:04.691 --> 00:42:07.694 Stephanie Blagg pleads guilty to solicitation 00:42:07.736 --> 00:42:09.655 to commit first degree murder 00:42:09.696 --> 00:42:12.866 and is sentenced to nine years. 00:42:12.908 --> 00:42:16.662 Billy Kelley is also sentenced to nine years. 00:42:18.247 --> 00:42:23.043 Juan Muro gets 16 years after being convicted at trial. 00:42:28.090 --> 00:42:29.841 I lost my brother. 00:42:30.759 --> 00:42:34.221 I lost one of the most important people in my life. 00:42:35.055 --> 00:42:39.601 I personally think that every one of them had a part in it, 00:42:39.643 --> 00:42:43.146 so I think they should've all gotten life. 00:42:46.900 --> 00:42:49.611 Darrell Blagg was very clearly a loving brother, 00:42:49.653 --> 00:42:52.030 a great friend and a wonderful father 00:42:52.072 --> 00:42:56.076 who only wanted to provide for and protect his three boys. 00:42:56.410 --> 00:42:58.745 Despite being hurt repeatedly, 00:42:58.787 --> 00:43:00.706 he felt the same about Stephanie, 00:43:00.747 --> 00:43:03.333 practically to the very end. 00:43:03.375 --> 00:43:07.212 He never could have imagined that the love of his life, 00:43:07.254 --> 00:43:09.047 a woman he knew since childhood 00:43:09.089 --> 00:43:11.967 could've taken their 20-year marriage 00:43:12.009 --> 00:43:13.135 and turned it 00:43:13.176 --> 00:43:15.804 into a killer relationship.