All language subtitles for Crime Beat_ Stolen second chances — the Jessica Newman story _ S2 E8 (1080p_30fps_H264-128kbit_AAC)

GOOD EVENING I'M ANTONY ROBART THIS IS CRIME BEAT...

TONIGHT--THE CASE OF A YOUNG MOTHER WHO'S PLANS TO  REBUILD HER LIFE WERE TRAGICALLY INTERRUPTED.

911 CALL : HI 911 FOR WHAT CITY PLEASE... CALLER- HELLO I AM ACTUALLY JUST OUTSIDE OF

CALGARY. WE FOUND A DEAD BODY IN THE DITCH... DET. DAVE SWEET- I GOT A PHONE CALL

FROM THE RCMP SAYING THAT THEY HAD FOUND A

FEMALE. ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY, SHANE PARKER: HER REDEMPTION WAS INTERRUPTED

RHONDA STEWART- IT'S A TERRIBLE,  TERRIBLE THING TO START WONDERING

WHO WHO COULD KILL YOUR DAUGHTER. RYAN CHAMBERLAIN- IT SERIOUSLY MESSED ME UP. I

THINK ABOUT HER EVERY DAY MICHAEL HAHN: I GUESS IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE

MOVIES AND TV SHOWS ABOUT  CRIME, IT'S ALWAYS, YOU KNOW,

THE PEOPLE CLOSEST TO THEM FIRST AT THE SUSPECT ANTONY-- HERE S CRIME REPORTER NANCY HIXT WITH

STOLEN SECOND CHANCES...THE  JESSICA NEWMAN STORY.

RHONDA: THAT S WHEN SHE WAS THE FLOWER GIRL  AT MY DAD S WEDDING, AND HER FIRST PONY RIDE.

NANCY HIXT: JESSICA NEWMAN WAS  BASICALLY THE GIRL NEXT DOOR

SHE LOVED SIMPLE PLEASURES LIKE  BAKING, GAMING AND SINGING KARAOKE.

(SOUND UP OF JESSICA SINGING KARAOKE)

SHE JUST LIKES TO BE IN THE CENTRE  OF ATTENTION AND, UH, YEAH, SHE,

SHE USED TO DO KARAOKE WITH HER ROOMMATE. IN 2015...THE BRIGHT EYED 24 YEAR OLD WAS FOCUSED

ON WORKING, AND SUPPORTING HER YOUNG SON. EVERYTHING WAS GOING WELL...UNTIL

ONE NIGHT THAT MARCH...WHEN SHE VANISHED. RHONDA- SHE HAD A BIG DOG AT HOME THAT NEEDS

TO BE FED AND TAKEN OUT. SHE DIDN'T COME HOME  THAT NIGHT AND SHE DIDN'T COME ON THE NEXT DAY.

AND THEN FRIDAY HER ROOMMATE WENT DOWN TO  HER WORK AND SHE HAD MISSED WORK AS WELL.

JESSICA NEWMAN WAS ORIGINALLY FROM BC...AND MOVED  TO CALGARY WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT FIVE YEARS OLD.

HER MOM SAYS...JESSICA WAS  ALWAYS STRONG WILLED...FEISTY.

RHONDA- WHEN YOU NEEDED TO COMB YOUR HAIR WHEN SHE WAS LITTLE, SHE HAD LONG BLONDE HAIR. YOU HAD TO

BASICALLY HOLD HER DOWN WHEN IT WAS WET  AND THEN FRENCH BRAID IT REALLY QUICK.

AND IT WAS GOOD FOR LIKE 4 DAYS BECAUSE SHE  HATED HAVING HER HAIR COMBED THAT BAD.

JESSICA BECAME A MOM HERSELF...AT A VERY  YOUNG AGE...SHE WAS JUST 16 YEARS OLD...AND

A SHORT TIME LATER...SHE HAD A SECOND CHILD. RHONDA SAID...AT THAT POINT IN HER LIFE--SHE WAS

TOO YOUNG--AND FAR FROM SETTLED SO HER FAMILY HELPED

JESSICA RAISE HER TWO BOYS. YEARS LATER... IN HER 20 S...SHE STARTED TO THINK

ABOUT HER FUTURE-- SHE WAS MAKING PLANS TO GO BACK  TO SCHOOL...AND SHE DREAMED OF FINDING LOVE

THAT S WHEN KEVIN RUBLETZ WALKED INTO HER LIFE. RHONDA- SHE WAS SUPER INFATUATED WITH HIM.SHE

REALLY, REALLY LIKED HIM. SHE WANTED TO HAVE A  FAMILY SO BAD. SHE WAS JUST VERY, VERY EXCITED

AND THOUGHT HE WAS. HE WAS THE ONE. THEY WERE  LIVING TOGETHER PRETTY MUCH IMMEDIATELY.

NOT LONG AFTER... NEWS THE  COUPLE WAS EXPECTING...

ON AUGUST 1, 2012 KEVIN AND  JESSICA HAD A BABY BOY.

JESSICA S FAMILY WAS HAPPY FOR HER...BUT  THEY ALSO WORRIED... AFTER LEARNING ABOUT

SOME PROBLEMS IN THE RELATIONSHIP. RHONDA- SHE CALLED ME EXCITED AT FIRST.

AND THEN HE HAD ACTUALLY CHEATED ON HER DURING  THE PREGNANCY SO SHE WAS VERY DISTRAUGHT

AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. IN AUGUST OF 2014...THE COUPLE BROKE UP.

KEVIN RUBLETZ GOT CUSTODY OF  THEIR TWO-YEAR- OLD SON...

RHONDA- SHE PHONED ME FROM THE COURTHOUSE  SCREAMING. I COULDN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND HER,

THAT SHE HAD LOST HIM. I MEAN, OF COURSE,  I'M IN QUESNEL. I CAN'T DO ANYTHING.

SO I WAS TRYING TO GET HER TO FIRST CALM DOWN SO  I COULD UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

KEVIN MADE ALLEGATIONS THAT JESSICA WAS  A DRUNK, A FULL ALCOHOLIC. SHE WASN'T,

BUT SHE STILL HAD TO GO TO THESE COUNSELLORS AND  GET A LITTLE PIECE OF PAPER THAT SAID SHE WASN'T

AND. THEN TAKE THAT PAPER BACK TO THE COURT  BEFORE SHE COULD HAVE HER VISITATION BACK.

JESSICA WAS DESPERATE TO GET HER SON BACK... SHE NEEDED A PERMANENT HOME--SO THE COURTS

WOULD SEE SHE HAD A STABLE ENVIRONMENT TO  ALLOW FOR VISITS WITH HER LITTLE BOY.

ONE OF HER FRIENDS..MICHAEL  HAHN...STEPPED IN TO HELP...

MICHAEL HAHN- HER EX KICKED HER OUT, RIGHT  AFTER THEY HAD AN ARGUMENT. THEY JUST, THEY JUST

RECENTLY GOT ENGAGED, APPARENTLY.SO SHE TOOK OFF  THE ENGAGEMENT RING AND SAYS, WHEN YOU'RE READY TO

TREAT ME LIKE YOUR WIFE, YOU CAN GIVE IT BACK TO  ME. WELL, HE PRETTY MUCH SAID TO ALL, WE BROKE UP,

YOU'RE OUT OF HERE. RIGHT? SO SHE LITERALLY WAS  STAYING ON FRIEND'S COUCHES AND EVERYTHING ELSE

AND WASN'T A GOOD WAY OF BEING ABLE TO BRING HER  SON OVER FOR VISITATIONS SO I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT?

IT'S NOT THE BEST, BEST PLACE.  BUT I HAVE AN EMPTY BASEMENT.

WE CAN SET UP YOUR ROOM DOWN  THERE, RIGHT? BE ALL YOURS.

MICHAEL WAS 30 YEARS OLDER THAN JESSICA AND HE  ADMITS--AT FIRST--DESPITE THEIR AGE DIFFERENCE

...HE HAD A BIT OF A CRUSH ON HER BUT OVER TIME--HE SAID IT TURNED INTO MORE

OF A FATHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIP. SHE CONFIDED IN HIM ABOUT HER

RELATIONSHIP STRUGGLES WITH KEVIN.... MICHAEL- SHE TOLD ME SHE'S PLAYING IT OUT.

SHE'S BEING NICE, NICE TO HIM AND STUFF LIKE THAT,  YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW, WHEN HE, YOU KNOW, COME BY,

YOU KNOW, BE NICE TO HIM, GIVE HIM HUGS, YOU KNOW,  AND YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF TIMES HE GAVE HER A

KISS AND SHE KISSED HIM BACK TYPE OF THING. JESSICA ALSO STARTED SEEING SOMEONE NEW...RYAN

CHAMBERLAIN. RHONDA- I REALLY LIKED RYAN.RYAN HAS A NICE BOY,

THE SAME AGE, AND HE KNOWS HOW TO PARENT. RYAN CHAMBERLAIN-SHE'S KIND, SWEET. SHE WOULD

GIVE THE SHIRT OFF HER BACK. GO OUT OF HER WAY  TO HELP ANYBODY. JUST A BUBBLY SOUL...GREAT

PERSON TO BE AROUND. A VERY ADDICTIVE SMILE. RYAN AND JESSICA HAD A LOT IN COMMON...INCLUDING

LEARNING TO CO-PARENT WITH THEIR EX S.

WE WERE BOTH GOING THROUGH CUSTODY AND WE BOTH  HAD SOMEBODY TO TALK TO AND CONFIDE IN AND

GET SUGGESTIONS FROM. AT THAT POINT IN  TIME, MY PARTYING STAGES WERE DONE. SO

WE'RE JUST HANGING OUT AT HOME WITH THE KIDS AND  WATCHING MOVIES AND ALL THAT. WE WENT TO DINNER

USUALLY EVERY SUNDAY OR SATURDAY. WE'D HANG OUT AND SHE'D SPEND THE

NIGHT AND I DRIVE HER HOME MONDAY  MORNING ON MY WAY TO WORK.

MARCH 10TH 2015...WAS ONE OF  THOSE TYPICAL MONDAYS.

RYAN DROPPED JESSICA OFF ON HIS WAY TO WORK RYAN- I LOVE YOU S AND HAVE A GOOD DAY AND

TEXT DURING THE DAY. AND THAT WAS ABOUT IT. JESSICA HAD AN IMPORTANT COURT DATE THE NEXT DAY--

WHERE SHE WAS TOLD SHE WOULD FINALLY  GET 50/50 CUSTODY OF HER SON.

THAT NIGHT JESSICA WORKED A LATE  SHIFT AT THE WATER GRILL.

MICHAEL- YEAH, I ACTUALLY DROVE HER TO  WORK. RIGHT. IT WAS IT WAS MY DAY OFF.

SO I ACTUALLY DROVE HER TO WORK AND STUFF...  I GOT HER TO WORK OUT ONE MINUTE TO FOUR

MICHAEL SAID HE EXPECTED TO HEAR  HER COME HOME-- AROUND 10PM

HOURS PASSED... JESSICA...NEVER CAME

HOME... AT ALL... THAT NIGHT. MICHAEL KNEW TUESDAY MARCH 11TH

WAS A BIG DAY FOR HER -- SO HE TEXTED HER MICHAEL- YA- GOOD LUCK IN THE MORNING. AND THEN,

UM, THAT THAT AFTERNOON AFTER WORK, I TEXTED  HER ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK. ARE WE STILL GOING

TO THE GYM. NO RESPONSE. WELL, I GOT A LITTLE  CONCERNED WEDNESDAY WHEN SHE WHEN SHE NEVER

RESPONDED TO ME. RIGHT. AND I'M GOING. WELL, MAYBE  SOMETHING HAPPENED IN COURT AND SHE JUST WANTS TO

BE BY HERSELF. SO SHE'D MAYBE WENT AND GONE TO  A FRIEND'S PLACE. SO I WENT FRIDAY TO HER WORK

AND SAID, I'M HERE TO SEE JESSICA. AND HER  BOSS GOES, WELL, SHE HAD SHE'S NOT HERE AND

SHE HASN'T SHE WASN'T HERE YESTERDAY WHOA NOW ALL  OF A SUDDEN BELLS WENT OF IN MY HEAD I'M GOING,

OK, THIS IS NOT LIKE JESSICA. SHE WOULD HAVE AT  LEAST CALL HER BOSS IF SHE WASN'T COMING IN.

THAT NIGHT- - MICHEAL WENT TO WORK...HE SAID WHILE  HE WAS GONE...JESSICA'S EX...KEVIN RUBLETZ SHOWED

UP AT THEIR APARTMENT...LOOKING FOR JESSICA. MICHAEL- HE CAME BY THE HOUSE AND HE WENT TO

CAME AND DROP OFF THEIR SON. RIGHT. HE SAID, WELL,  JESSICA WASN'T THERE SO HE COULDN T DROP HIM OFF.

HE BASICALLY LEFT HIS TELEPHONE NUMBER WITH MY  SON AND ASKED ME TO CALL HIM BACK, YOU KNOW,

TO FIND OUT, OK, YOU KNOW WHERE JESSICA IS.  RIGHT. AND SO, YEAH. SO WHEN I WAS TALKING TO HIM,

I TOLD HIM THIS IS YEAH, I WAS AT HER WORK TODAY  AND WAS TALKING TO THE BOSS AND THEIR BOSS SAID

SHE HASN'T BEEN AT WORK THE LAST TWO DAYS. NONE OF JESSICA S FAMILY OR FRIENDS--HAD

HEARD FROM HER IN FOUR DAYS MICHAEL- I CALLED NINE ONE ONE,

EXPLAINED THE SITUATION AND STUFF LIKE THAT  AND WHATNOT. AND SO THE LADY AT THER END,

YOU KNOW, CHECKED SOME OF THE DIFFERENT PLACES,  THE HOSPITAL, THE MORGUE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

IF ANYBODY CAME IN AND NOTHING, SHE SAID, OKAY,  I'M GOING TO SEND A COUPLE OF POLICE OFFICERS BY

AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND GO FROM THERE. I PRINTED  OFF A PICTURE OFF OF MY COMPUTER OF THE ONE THEY

ENDED UP USING FOR THE MISSING PERSONS REPORT  ACTUALLY, THE VERY FIRST NIGHT WHEN THE COPS

CAME BY, THEY SEARCHED HER ROOM. RIGHT. THEN THAT  SUNDAY, THEY CAME BY AGAIN WITH ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE

POLICE OFFICERS TO DO A CANVASS,  NEIGHBOURHOOD CANVASS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

RHONDA- WELL, I WAS HOPING THAT HE JUST JUMPED  THE GUN IN THAT SHE'S JUST STAYING WITH FRIENDS.

LIKE, I WAS JUST REALLY HOPING THAT. ANTONY- COMING UP ON CRIME BEAT...AS JESSICA

S FAMILY TRIES TO HOLD OUT HOPE SHE WOULD BE  FOUND SAFE..THERE IS A BREAK IN THE CASE...

ANTONY- JESSICA S CASE IS MOVED FROM THE  MISSING PERSON S UNIT TO THE HOMICIDE UNIT.

WE NOW RETURN TO NANCY HIXT WITH STOLEN  SECOND CHANCES...THE JESSICA NEWMAN STORY.

NANCY-IT WAS HARD FOR JESSICA S LOVED ONES  TO BELIEVE...SOMEONE MAY HAVE HURT HER

BUT THE LONGER SHE WAS  MISSING...THE MORE THEY WORRIED.

RHONDA-THE FIRST FEW DAYS WERE THE WORST  BECAUSE I THOUGHT SHE MIGHT BE ALIVE SOMEWHERE,

LIKE LOCKED UP SOMEWHERE BY HERSELF AND  THAT WE NEEDED TO GET TO HER BEFORE SHE

RAN OUT OF WATER OR FOOD. JUST WEEKS AFTER HER DISAPPEARANCE-

VETERAN HOMICIDE DETECTIVE DAVE SWEET  TOOK OVER AS THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR.

DET. DAVE SWEET- IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY  TO THEM TO TRY AND GET THEM THE TRUTH

TO WHATEVER'S HAPPENED. A LOOK AT JESSICA S BANK AND

PHONE RECORDS-- PAINTED AN OMINOUS PICTURE.. DET. SWEET- THE STOP DATE FOR EVERYTHING- WHAT WE

CALL FOOTPRINTS OF LIFE -SEEMS TO END BETWEEN 9:00  P.M. AND 10:00 P.M. ON MARCH 10TH OF 2015.

DETECTIVE SWEET IS A DETERMINED INVESTIGATOR HE WORKED TIRELESSLY ON THIS CASE...AND SPENT

HOURS OUT DRIVING--TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT COULD  HAPPENED TO JESSICA...AND WHERE SHE COULD BE

DET. SWEET- EVERY TIME I SAW A BODY OF  WATER, I WOULD JUST SORTA SLOW DOWN

A LITTLE BIT JUST TO SEE IF MAYBE SHE  WAS IN ONE OF THOSE BODIES OF WATER.

AS INVESTIGATORS RETRACED JESSICA S STEPS .THEY  LEARNED SHE MET UP WITH SOMEONE AFTER SHE GOT

OFF WORK...THE MONDAY SHE DISAPPEARED... DET. SWEET- ON MARCH 10TH, AT ABOUT 9:00 P.M.,

HER EMPLOYER WATCHED JESSICA LEAVE THE BAR AND  GRILL AND GET INTO A VEHICLE IN THE PARKING LOT

AND THEN LEAVE FOR THE NIGHT. WE THEN LEARNT

THAT THE PERSON THAT SHE HAD BEEN  PICKED UP FROM WAS HER EX-BOYFRIEND

AND FATHER OF THEIR YOUNG SON. THEY HAD  JUST GONE FOR COFFEE TO DISCUSS THE UPCOMING

COURT PROCEEDING THE NEXT MORNING. NO INDICATIONS  THAT THERE WAS ANY KIND OF ISSUES OR CONCERNS.

IT SOUNDED LIKE THE RELATIONSHIP WAS QUITE  AMICABLE AND THERE WAS SOME AGREEMENTS THAT WERE

BEING MADE IN RELATION TO HOW MUCH ACCESS JESSICA  WAS GOING TO HAVE WITH THEIR SON AND HOW MUCH

ACCESS HE WAS GOING TO HAVE. WE KNOW FROM KEVIN  THAT ACCORDING TO HIM, HE HAD DROPPED JESSICA OFF

BACK AT HER RESIDENCE AT ABOUT 10:00 P.M. ON  MARCH 10TH. AND HE DIDN'T WATCH HER TO THE DOOR,

BUT HE DROPPED HER RIGHT IN FROM THE RESIDENCE. IF THAT WAS TRUE-- POLICE NOW NEEDED TO GO BACK

AND VERIFY--MICHAEL HAHN S STORY-- DET. SWEET- OBVIOUSLY,

THE ROOMMATE THAT JESSICA WAS LIVING WITH  WAS SOMEBODY THAT WE CERTAINLY NEED TO SPEAK

TO. HE WAS ALSO THE COMPLAINANT THAT REPORTED  HER MISSING. HE'S ASKED A SERIES OF QUESTIONS

AS WELL IN RELATION TO WHEN THE LAST TIME HE HAD  SEEN JESSICA. AND ACCORDING TO HIM, THE LAST TIME

HE HAD SEEN HER WAS ON THE NIGHT OF MARCH 10TH  WHEN HE HAD DROPPED HER OFF AT THE RESTAURANT.

THE ROOMMATE DID NOT ADMIT TO EVER SEEING HER  COME IN THE DOOR -OR THE THRESHOLD OF THE DOOR.

ON THE NIGHT SHE WENT MISSING. POLICE SAID-- SOMETHING DIDN'T ADD UP.

HAVING 50/50 CUSTODY OF HER SON--  WAS EVERYTHING TO JESSICA--

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE HAPPENED--FOR  HER TO SKIP THAT COURT APPEARANCE?

DET. SWEET- ACCORDING TO FAMILY MEMBERS AND  FRIENDS, JESSICA WAS IN A REALLY GOOD PLACE

IN HER LIFE. SHE WAS LOOKING FORWARD  TO THE COURT DATE THE FOLLOWING DAY.

SHE'D ACTUALLY REARRANGED HER WORK SCHEDULE  TO MAKE SURE SHE COULD ACCOMMODATE THE TIME

FOR HER NOT TO SHOW UP WAS  UNUSUAL FOR FAMILY MEMBERS

DET SWEET PREPARED JESSICA S  FAMILY...FOR THE WORST...

RHONDA- DAVE SWEET CALLED ME EVERY  TIME SOMEBODY WOULD BE FOUND.

I WOULD GET A CALL AND THEN DAVE SWEET WOULD GO  OUT TO WHEREVER THIS PERSON WAS. AND THEN HE WOULD

CALL ME BACK AND TELL ME IF IT'S HER OR NOT. THEN .A DAY SHY...OF THE 8 WEEK MARK

AFTER JESSICA S DISAPPEARANCE...  THERE WAS A BREAK IN THE CASE.

911 CALL : HI 911 FOR WHAT CITY PLEASE... CALLER- HELLO I AM ACTUALLY JUST OUTSIDE

OF CALGARY. WE FOUND A DEAD BODY ON THE DITCH NANCY HIXT- WORKERS WITH A PAVING CREW DISCOVERED

THE BODY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON SHE WAS FOUND  IN THE DITCH JUST OFF THIS RURAL ROAD...POLICE

ARE NOW SEARCHING THIS ENTIRE AREA FOR EVIDENCE.

THE SEARCH FOR FURTHER FORENSICS  CONTINUES WITH OFFICERS DOING AN

EXHAUSTIVE GRID SEARCH NEAR BALZAC. DET. SWEET- I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM THE RCMP

SAYING THAT THEY HAD FOUND A FEMALE. ON THE  OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY, NEAR THE BALZAC MALL

IN A DITCH. AND SHE HAD BLONDE HAIR AND  A DISTINGUISHABLE TATTOO UP HER SPINE,

WHICH WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE TATTOO  OF JESSICA. AND I KNEW RIGHT THEN

AND THERE THAT SHE HAD BEEN LOCATED. AS PLANS WERE MADE FOR AN AUTOPSY...DETECTIVE

SWEET--NOTIFIED JESSICA S MOM.. RHONDA- HE JUST CALLED ME AND SAID THAT

THEY FOUND ANOTHER BODY. HE'S PRETTY SURE  IT'S JESSIE S AND HE'S ON HIS WAY OUT

TO CONFIRM AND THAT THERE WOULD BE  SOMEBODY BY TO TELL ME IF, IF IT IS.

AND HE SAID HE WAS GONNA CALL ME BACK AND HE  NEVER DID. BUT WITHIN FORTY FIVE MINUTES OR SO, A

POLICE CAR PULLED UP IN MY DRIVEWAY AND WITH  VICTIM SERVICES. AND THEN I KNEW IT WAS HER. SO

I WAS ALREADY CRYING BEFORE I OPENED THE DOOR

COMING UP ON CRIME BEAT...NOW THAT JESSICA NEWMAN  S BODY HAD BEEN FOUND THE QUESTIONS FOCUSSED ON

WHO WOULD DO THIS...AND WHY?

JESSICA S FAMILY WAS DEVASTATED  TO LEARN SHE WAS MURDERED

AND INVESTIGATORS WORKED TO UNRAVEL THE  MYSTERY. WE NOW RETURN TO NANCY HIXT.

JESSICA S CASE WAS NOW OFFICIALLY A  HOMICIDE...AND HER FAMILY WAS HAUNTED

BY SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS... RHONDA- OH, A MILLION DIFFERENT THEORIES.

NONE OF THEM GOOD. AND IT'S IT'S A TERRIBLE,  TERRIBLE THING TO START WONDERING WHO WHO COULD

KILL YOUR DAUGHTER AND HOW THEY MIGHT DO IT. THIS WASN T A STRAIGHT FORWARD CASE FOR POLICE-

IN FACT--IT S WHAT THEY CALL A CLASSIC  WHODUNNIT -- A CASE WITH MULTIPLE SUSPECTS

DET. SWEET- ONE, TWO, THREE,  FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN FOURTEEN.

SO IN THIS PARTICULAR INVESTIGATION.  THROUGH OUR INITIAL ENQUIRIES WE

IDENTIFIED 14 PEOPLE OR EVENTS OF INTEREST TO  US, THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO EXAMINE FURTHER.

AGAIN, NOW THROUGH AN INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS AND IS  GOING THROUGH ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE OF INTEREST AND

ESTABLISHING ALIBI, REVIEWING THEIR STATEMENTS,  CORROBORATING THEIR STATEMENTS TO FACTS.

IN SOME CASES, WE CARRIED OUT FORENSIC  EXAMINATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, AT JESSICA'S HOME, THE

HOME THAT SHE SHARED WITH THE ROOMMATE, WE CARRIED  OUT A FORENSIC EXAMINATION OF THAT LOCATION,

CONDUCTED FORENSIC SEARCHES, LOOKING FOR BLOOD  AND DNA EVIDENCE OF CRIME SCENES. WE ALSO DID THAT

AT ANOTHER RESIDENCE INVOLVING

HER MOST RECENT BOYFRIEND.

PROBABLY WITHIN I WANT TO SAY, EVEN BEFORE DAVE  SWEET OFFICIALLY TOOK OVER, I WAS ALREADY GIVING

ADVICE ON THE MISSING PERSON ASPECT OF IT BECAUSE  IT WAS STARTING LOOK MORE AND MORE LIKE JESSICA

WAS GONNA BE A VICTIM OF HOMICIDE. VETERAN CROWN SHANE PARKER HAS BEEN A

PROSECUTOR IN ALBERTA SINCE 2006...BEFORE THAT HE  WAS A CRIMINAL DEFENCE LAWYER IN NOVA SCOTIA.

HE S EXTREMELY SKILLED AT PAINTING A COMPELLING  PICTURE IN COURT--THAT MAKES A CASE EASY TO

FOLLOW IF YOU RE A JUROR-- OR A REPORTER PARKER- HER KILLING CAME AT A TIME WHERE,

AS A 24 YEAR OLD, SHE WASN'T GIVEN  THAT EXTRA TIME TO FULLY COME TO

REBUILDING HER LIFE AND REALLY HAVING  A LIFE OF HER OWN AS A 24 YEAR OLD.

SO YOU KNOW THE PARTY PHASE, IT ENDED AND  SHE WAS NOW GOING ON A, ON A PHASE THAT,

FOR ALL INTENT AND PURPOSES, LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS  SHE WAS GOING TO BE A REAL SOLID ADULT AND WANT TO

HAVE TIME WITH HER CHILDREN. HER REDEMPTION  WAS INTERRUPTED BY THE SAVAGE KILLING.

SHE WAS DUMPED IN A DITCH OUTSIDE  THE CITY LIMITS...NEAR A MAJOR

SHOPPING MALL NORTH OF CALGARY. PARKER SAID...THE DISCOVERY OF

JESSICA S REMAINS...PROVIDED GRAPHIC BUT  VALUABLE EVIDENCE FOR THE PROSECUTION

PARKER-THIS WAS AN OVERKILL, WHICH AGAIN,  STARTS TO LOOK AT WHO EMOTIONALLY WOULD BE SO

INVOLVED IN THIS THAT THEY WOULD GO TO THOSE  EXTREME LENGTHS TO CAUSE AND WANT TO CAUSE

SOMEONE'S DEATH. SOMEONE MUST HAVE BEEN  VERY UPSET TO HAVE DONE WHAT THEY DID.

THE PROBLEM WAS--THERE WERE SEVERAL SUSPECTS  THAT COULD FIT THAT DESCRIPTION.

FIRST...THERE WAS JESSICA S  ROOMMATE...MICHAEL HAHN--

MICHAEL- I GUESS IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE MOVIES  AND TV SHOWS ABOUT CRIME, IT'S ALWAYS, YOU KNOW,

THE PEOPLE CLOSEST TO THEM FIRST AT THE  SUSPECT, YOU KNOW. SO I'M GOING. WELL,

SHE WAS LIVING WITH ME SO OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, I'M  GOING TO BE A, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE TOP SUSPECTS.

I'VE GOT NOTHING TO HIDE. I'M AN OPEN BOOK. YOU  KNOW, I MEAN, LOOK, ALL THE THINGS I'VE DONE, YOU

KNOW, YOU SEARCH MY HOUSE. YOU KNOW HOW MANY? FOUR  OR FIVE TIMES. YOU'VE CHECKED MY COMPUTER. YOU

CHECKED MY MY CELL PHONE, YOU CHECKED MY CAR. DET. SWEET- SOMETHING WE CONSIDERED WAS

IF THE ROOMMATE MAYBE HAD A  ROMANTIC INTEREST IN JESSICA

NANCY- AND IT WASN'T RETURNED OR SOMETHING? SWEET- THAT IT WASN'T RETURNED. EXACTLY,

ONE THING WE CAN DO IS WE CAN LOOK AT COMPUTER  USAGE. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IT WAS ACTUALLY

THE ROOMMATE THAT CONSENTED TO US ALLOWED. THAT  ALLOWED US TO GO ON TO THE COMPUTER AND LOOK

BUT...MICHAEL WASN T THE ONLY  PERSON POLICE WERE LOOKING AT

AT THE SAME TIME-- POLICE ALSO LOOKED AT  JESSICA S BOYFRIEND- RYAN CHAMBERLAIN

RYAN-I NEVER THOUGHT I'D BE INVOLVED IN A MURDER  INVESTIGATION. I WAS INTERROGATED AND ASKED FOR

STUFF. NOTHING TO HIDE. NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.  THEY CAME TO MY HOUSE. THEY SEARCH MY HOUSE. THEY

WANTED COMPUTERS. HAVE AT ER IT WASN'T STRESSFUL.  IT WASN T AN INCONVENIENCE. IT HAD TO BE DONE.

AND... THERE WAS AN ADDED TWIST... RYAN- DETECTIVES GOT AN ANONYMOUS LETTER

APPARENTLY WRITTEN ON MY BEHALF,  CONFESSING AS TO WHAT HAPPENED.

HENCE WHY THEY WANTED TO LOOK AT MY COMPUTERS. THAT S SOMETHING YOU WOULD SEE ON A TV SHOW

BUT AT THE SAME TIME I DIDN'T  DO IT, SO I DON'T CARE.

JESSICA S EX BOYFRIEND-KEVIN  RUBLETZ WAS ALSO LOOKED AT.

IT SEEMED-- HE WAS THE LAST KNOWN  PERSON TO SEE JESSICA ALIVE.

POLICE SAID--KEVIN WAS COOPERATIVE. DET. SWEET- THE VERY FIRST DAY THE POLICE

WENT AND SPOKE TO KEVIN. KEVIN CONSENTED  TO A SEARCH OF THAT VEHICLE. THE VAN.

BUT INVESTIGATORS SAID THERE WAS SOMETHING  THAT STOOD OUT ABOUT KEVIN RUBLETZ...

DET. SWEET- KEVIN S STORY KEEPS CHANGING. ANTONY- COMING UP ON CRIME BEAT--...POLICE

WORKED TO ELIMINATE SOME SUSPECTS

AND ZERO IN ON THE KILLER.

A COMBINATION OF FORENSIC EVIDENCE--AND A  SLIP UP BY A SUSPECT--ALLOW POLICE TO MAKE

AN ARREST IN JESSICA S MURDER. WE NOW RETURN TO NANCY HIXT.

DET. SWEET-IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, TALKING TO  KEVIN FROM THAT FIRST DAY, SECOND DAY AND THIRD

DAY, WE JUST NOTICED THERE WERE SMALL CHANGES  IN THE STORY TO POTENTIALLY ACCOUNT FOR EVIDENCE

THAT WE MAY COLLECT INTO THE FUTURE. HE TOLD  A STORY THAT DIDN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO US.

HE TOLD US THAT HE DROPPED  HER OFF AT THE RESIDENCE,

THAT SHE GAVE HIM A KISS ON THE CHEEK, AND THAT  KISS ON THE CHEEK STIRRED UP A LOT OF EMOTIONS.

IN HIM. AND HE DECIDES TO GO FOR A LONG DRIVE. DET. SWEET SAID THERE WAS ALSO AN ISSUE

WITH KEVIN S CELL PHONE. DET. SWEET- KEVIN A MADE AN OFFER

TO GIVE US HIS CELL PHONE SO THAT WE COULD  ANALYSE HIS CELL PHONE. BUT HAD ASKED THAT

HE HOLD ONTO THE PHONE FOR A COUPLE MORE DAYS AS  IT WAS A WORK PHONE AND HE WOULD RETURN IT TO US

ON...I THINK IT WAS A SUNDAY AND HE CONTACTED  THE INVESTIGATORS ON SUNDAY AND SAID HE HAD

LOST IT AT A HOUSE PARTY THE DAY BEFORE.  AND SO HE NO LONGER HAD THE CELL PHONE.

POLICE CONTINUED TO LOOK INTO EACH PERSON  OF INTEREST...EXAMINING ALL EVIDENCE...AND

CLUES-- AS THEY TRIED TO FIGURE OUT...WHO  WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR JESSICA S MURDER.

DET. SWEET SAID AFTER A THOROUGH  INVESTIGATION--RYAN CHAMBERLAIN WAS

CLEARED OF ANY INVOLVEMENT IN JESSICA S DEATH. RYAN- IT'S SERIOUSLY MESSED ME UP.I THINK ABOUT

HER EVERY DAY. AND THERE'S ALWAYS  THE WHAT IFS AND WHAT COULD HAVE,

EATS YOU AWAY...YOU CAN'T HELP BUT THINK ABOUT  IT. I'M A FIRM BELIEVER. YOU HAVE ONE PERSON.

THERE'S ONE PERSON OUT THERE FOR EVERYONE. IT  JUST DOESN'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, THIS

I SHOULD NOTE--THE REAL AUTHOR OF THOSE  LETTERS CLAIMING RYAN WAS RESPONSIBLE--HAS

NEVER--BEEN IDENTIFIED--TO THIS DAY. MICHAEL HAHN WAS ALSO CLEARED--

SHANE PARKER-POLICE ALSO LOOKED AT  HIS COMPUTERS TO SEE WHERE HE WAS,

WHAT HE WAS DOING ONLINE. SO WE WERE ABLE TO TO  REALLY CLEAR MICHAEL HAHN FROM AN INVESTIGATIVE

STANDPOINT BASED ON HIS ELECTRONIC FOOTPRINT TO  REALLY ESSENTIALLY GIVE HIM AN ALIBI THERE.

JUST WEEKS AFTER JESSICA S MEMORIAL...WITH  FLOWERS IN HAND, AND PAIN IN THEIR HEARTS,

JESSICA S FAMILY AND FRIENDS VISITED THE RURAL  SITE WHERE THE PAVING CREW FOUND HER BODY

I MET THEM ALONG THE REMOTE ROAD...IT

WAS AN EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL DAY LYNDA ABELL-WE LIVE WITH IT EVERY DAY...AND

I KNOW SHE'S GOT THREE CHILDREN...BUT THERE'S  MANY FAMILIES A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT CARE ABOUT

HER AND THEY JUST NEED TO KNOW..IT'S HARD  TO GO ON THINKING WE WILL NEVER FIND OUT

LISA SHAW-WHAT DID SHE HAVE TO GO THROUGH  THOSE QUESTIONS ALWAYS REMAIN IN YOUR HEAD

DID SHE SUFFER...WAS SHE ALONE COMPLETELY  DID SHE KNOW IT WAS GONNA HAPPEN

THAT SAME DAY...I WAS THE FIRST TO REPORT--THAT  POLICE WERE NARROWING IN ON A SUSPECT--

THEN...JUST TWO DAYS LATER

KEVIN RUBELTZ WAS ARRESTED--WITH HIS  HANDS CUFFED BEHIND HIS BACK--DETECTIVE

DAVE SWEET ESCORTED HIM INTO CUSTODY. LINDA OLSEN- GLOBAL NEWS FIRST REPORTED

THIS WEEK - POLICE WERE 'CLOSING IN'  ON A PERSON OF INTEREST AND TONIGHT..

THAT SUSPECT IS IN POLICE CUSTODY. GLOBAL S NANCY HIXT IS IN THE NEWSROOM

WITH MORE, NANCY. NANCY-FAMILY

MEMBERS CONFIRM JESSICA S EX BOYFRIEND IS IN  POLICE CUSTODY FAMILY WAS NOTIFIED THAT HER

THE FATHER OF HER YOUNGEST SON KEVIN RUBLETZ  WAS ARRESTED FOR HER MURDER THIS MORNING

RUBLETZ WAS CHARGED WITH THE SECOND  DEGREE MURDER OF JESSICA NEWMAN.

IT WAS ALLEGED THAT HE INTENDED TO KILL JESSICA--  BUT NOT THAT IT WAS PLANNED OR PREMEDITATED

JUST OVER TWO YEARS LATER IN NOVEMBER  OF 2017 KEVIN RUBLETZ STOOD TRIAL

NANCY- THE JURY HEARD THE TWO WERE IN  A CUSTODY DISPUTE...AND THE DAY AFTER

HER DISAPPEARANCE--THERE WAS AN IMPORTANT  COURT HEARING. THE PROSECUTION'S THEORY IS,

THIS WAS "A CRIME OF PASSION...A SPONTANEOUS BUT  INTENTIONAL MURDER. DETAILS OF THE CASE...ARE HARD

TO HEAR---BUT HER FAMILY WANTS ANSWERS. LYNDA-IT'S ALWAYS THERE LOOMING OVER YOU

LISA SHAW-IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US TO KNOW WHAT  HAPPENED. SOMEBODY HAS GOT TO BE THERE FOR JESS,

AND AS A FAMILY WE FEEL LIKE WE GOTTA  STICK IT OUT FOR HER BE HER VOICE

RHONDA S COUSINS, LYNDA ABELL AND LISA  SHAW...ATTENDED EVERY DAY OF THE TRIAL...AND

UPDATED JESSICA S MOTHER AS SHE WATCHED  THE CASE UNFOLD FROM HER HOME IN BC.

THEY.. ALONG WITH THE JURORS... HEARD  GRISLY DETAILS OF JESSICA S DEATH.

PARKER- MURDER IS MURDER IN TERMS OF THE INTENT.  THERE HAS TO MEAN INTENT TO KILL. AND WE CERTAINLY

HAD THAT LEVEL OF INTENT WITH JUST LOOKING AT  JESSICA'S BODY FOR THE SEVENTY FIVE STAB WOUNDS.

SOMEONE REALLY, REALLY WANTED JESSICA TO DIE THAT  NIGHT. AND AS I SAY, WAS AN EMOTIONAL KILLING.

JURORS HEARD...WHILE RUBLETZ AND JESSICA WERE  BROKEN UP--AND BOTH SEEING OTHER PEOPLE-- THEY

WERE STILL SOMEWHAT ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED PARKER- THEY WERE IN A RELATIONSHIP WHERE THEY

WERE STILL SECRETLY TOGETHER IN THAT  HE'D GIVEN BACK AN ENGAGEMENT RING

AND EVEN REFERRED TO HER IN JANUARY AS HIS FIANCE,  IN OTHER WORDS, THEY WERE COMING BACK TOGETHER

AGAIN. BUT HE'S DATING OTHER WOMEN AND SHE'S  SEEING OTHER MEN. PART OF THE THEORY WAS THAT

BY JESSICA GOING TO SUCH A REMOTE LOCATION  AFTER WORK, THEY WERE CONFIRMING DETAILS FOR

MARCH 11TH.... THAT CONSISTENT WITH SOME OF  THE OTHER ELECTRONIC MESSAGE WE HAD BETWEEN

RUBLETZ AND JESSICA, THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE  A BIT OF A LOVER'S LANE OUT MAKEOUT SESSION. AND

ONCE THAT OCCURRED SOMEWHERE IN THERE, THAT'S WHEN  THE MURDER OCCURRED. ALSO FOUND WAS HER PURSE,

WHICH ALSO HAD MONEY AND OTHER ITEMS OF VALUE IN  IT. SO THE ONLY THING THAT WAS TAKEN WAS JESSICA'S

ENGAGEMENT RING, WHICH AGAIN WAS THE CENTRE OF  SOME OF THOSE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS EARLIER.

IT ALSO STARTS TO PUT TOGETHER WHO MIGHT BE  RESPONSIBLE FOR HER DEATH, THAT SHE WOULD

GO TO A SCENE THAT IS STARTING TO LOOK MORE  LIKE A CONSENT SEXUAL ACT TAKING PLACE. HE HAD

FULL CUSTODY OF THE CHILD. AND JESSICA ONLY HAD  VISITATION. THERE WAS ALLEGATIONS THAT JESSICA

SUFFERED FROM ALCOHOLISM, HAD SOME OTHER  ISSUES. THOUGH WHEN YOU DRILL DOWN,

I'M NOT SURE REALLY THERE THAT WAS EVER AN  EXTENT. IT WAS PROBABLY MORE OF A FAMILY LAW

KIND OF ALLEGATION THAT SHE WAS A BAD MOTHER. JURORS HEARD...ABOUT THE COURT DATE SHE WAS

LOOKING FORWARD TO...MARCH 11, 2015 PARKER- ACCORDING TO WHAT JESSICA WAS

UNDERSTANDING, THAT WAS GOING TO BE THE DAY WHERE  RUBLETZ WAS GOING TO CONSENT TO A 50/50 SPLIT.

FOR HER TO HAVE ACCESS TO HER CHILD AGAIN. NANCY- SO SHE WAS REALLY EXCITED

SHE WAS REALLY EXCITED. THIS WAS A PIVOTAL ONE  THAT REALLY ALL EVENTS HAD BEEN LEADING UP TO

FOR MONTHS OF GETTING THIS HERE. HIS STORY IS  IN VERSION ONE. HE COMES BACK AND DROPS HER OFF

AT HER TOWNHOUSE WHERE MICHAEL HAHN LIVED.  HE SEES HER GET OUT, TAKES A FEW STEPS, AND

THEN HE DRIVES AWAY- VERSION ONE. VERSION TWO HE  SAYS, WELL, SHE GAVE ME A PECK ON THE CHEEK. AND

THEN I WENT TO DRIVE OUT THE BALZAC TO CLEAR MY  HEAD, WHICH EXTENDS THE TIME BECAUSE THE TIME IF

WHEN HE GETS HOME, NEEDS TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR. DETECTIVE WAYNE BIRKS SO WHEN WAS THE LAST

TIME YOU HAD ANY FORM OF CONTACT WITH JESSICA? KEVIN RUBLETZ: THAT WOULD BE THE TUESDAY NIGHT

WHEN I DROPPED HER OFF. DETECTIVE  WAYNE BIRKS: THE KISS AND THE HUG?

KEVIN RUBLETZ: YEAH. DETECTIVE WAYNE BIRKS:

YOU DID NOT SEE HER GOING TO THAT HOUSE. KEVIN RUBLETZ: NO.

DET-SO LAST NIGHT YOU DROPPED IT ON US  THAT YOU WENT FOR A 45 MINUTE DRIVE

KEVIN RUBLETZ: DRIVING CLEARS MY HEAD. UM DETECTIVE WAYNE BIRKS: UM IS THAT NORMAL?

KEVIN RUBLETZ: YEAH. I DO IT ALL THE TIME. DETECTIVE WAYNE BIRKS: OKAY.

UM WHY DIDN T YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT AT FIRST KEVIN RUBLETZ: IT DIDN T EVEN DAWN ON ME.

PARKER- HE INJECTS BALZAC INTO THE END OF THE  NARRATIVE BEFORE, MONTHS BEFORE JESSICA WOULD

HAVE BEEN FOUND. SO HE WAS A PRETTY GOOD. IT WAS  A SLIP, I THINK WAS THE WAY I PUT IT TO THE JURY.

IT'S A SLIP BECAUSE HE KNEW HOW SHE DIED AND SHE  KNEW HE KNEW WHERE SHE DIED BEFORE THE POLICE HAD

EVEN FOUND HER. SO THOSE ARE SLIPS BECAUSE HE HAD  KNOWLEDGE THAT ONLY THE KILLER WOULD HAVE KNOWN.

AND HE ULTIMATELY WAS PROVED RIGHT.  HE DID KNOW WHERE SHE DIED BECAUSE

HE WAS THE ONE WHO DID IT.

COMING UP ON CRIME BEAT-- AS THE TRIAL  CONTINUES...JURORS LEARN ABOUT KEY EVIDENCE THAT

DISAPPEARED DURING THE INVESTIGATION ANTONY- WELCOME BACK TO CRIME BEAT

JURORS DELIVER A VERDICT...BUT WILL  THERE BE JUSTICE FOR JESSICA NEWMAN?

HERE S NANCY HIXT WITH THE CONCLUSION  OF STOLEN SECOND CHANCES ...

NANCY-REMEMBER THE VAN...THAT KEVIN  RUBLETZ CONSENTED TO HAVE SEARCHED

IN THE DAYS AFTER JESSICA WENT MISSING? DET SWEET-THE INVESTIGATORS THAT WERE THERE

AND DID THE SEARCH FOR THAT VEHICLE, DID WHAT  I CONSIDERED TO BE A CURSORY SEARCH OF THE CAR.

BUT THEY, THEY SAW NOTHING INSIDE THE VAN THAT  CAUSED THEM MAJOR SIGNIFICANT ALARM IN TERMS OF,

THEY NOTICED THE VEHICLE TO BE DIRTY. A NUMBER  OF TOOLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT INSIDE THE CAR.

BUT THEY DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY OBVIOUS  TOWARDS IT BEING INVOLVED IN A MURDER.

AFTER JESSICA WAS FOUND---POLICE NEEDED  TO DO A MORE FORMAL SEARCH OF THAT VAN.

THE PROBLEM WAS--IT WAS GONE.

THE VAN--HAD BEEN SOLD PARKER- JESSICA'S FOUND MAY 4TH.

MAY 5TH. THE VAN GOES TO THE WRECK YARD. AND THEN  ONCE YOU FIND THE VAN AT THE WRECKING YARD, IT'S

GOT DISTINCTIVE GOUGE MARKS IN BOTH THE PASSENGER  AND DRIVER SEAT BY WHERE THE SEAT BELTS ATTACH

AND HOW THAT VAN JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN GOES TO  THE WRECKING YARD ONE DAY AFTER SHE'S FOUND AND

THE NEWS BREAKS ON GLOBAL THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S  THE OVERHEAD SHOTS OF THE HELICOPTER GOING AROUND

AND THAT A BODY WAS FOUND. FORTUNATELY- POLICE WERE ABLE TO

TRACK THE VEHICLE DOWN-- AND A FULL  FORENSIC EXAMINATION WAS DONE.

PARKER-THEY KNEW THERE HAD TO BE SOMETHING  IN THAT VEHICLE THAT MADE IT SIGNIFICANT.

SO THEY LITERALLY TOOK THE VEHICLE APART. THEY  TOOK THE SEATS OUT. THEY TOOK THE FABRIC OFF THE

CHAIR, OFF THE CHAIRS. THEY DID THE ANALYSIS  UNDERNEATH. BUT AS I SAY, FROM THE FABRIC TO

THE WICKING OF THE FOAM, THEY TOOK THE CARPET  OUT. SO IT WAS IT WAS LITERALLY STRIPPED CLEAN

BY THE POLICE TO DO THEIR ANALYSIS AT THE END OF  THE DAY. THAT WAS A KEY KEY BREAK FOR US. BECAUSE

THE OTHER THING IS JESSICA'S BLOOD WAS FOUND  IN THE BOLTING MECHANISM TO THE PASSENGER SEAT.

AND IT WAS REALLY THAT BLOOD. AND, YOU KNOW, THINK  FOR YOURSELF HOW MUCH FLUID MUST HAVE BEEN THERE

FOR IT TO SEEP THROUGH A BOLTING  MECHANISM THAT ATTACHES THAT CHAIR TO THE,

TO THE FLOORBOARDS OF THE OTHER VEHICLE. SHANE PARKER CALLED IT A BOTCHED CLEANUP

--BECAUSE WHILE THE EVIDENCE WASN T EASY TO  SPOT WITH THE NAKED EYE...EXPERTS IN FORENSIC

TESTING--EASILY FOUND THE BLOOD--IT SHOWS UP  HIGHLIGHTED WITH BLUE IN THESE POLICE PHOTOS.

PARKER- UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY TOOK THE  SEAT COVERS OFF AND PUT IT UNDER THE

THE LCV CHEMICAL ENHANCEMENT, THEN YOU COULD  SEE THAT THE TOP OF THE COVERS LOOKED CLEAN. BUT

UNDERNEATH, WHEN YOU PULL THEM AWAY FROM THE FOAM,  THEN YOU COULD SEE WHERE THE BODILY MATERIAL, THE

BLOOD FROM JESSICA HAD ACTUALLY WICKED UNDERNEATH  AND WASN'T CAPTURED BY ANY KIND OF A CLEANING.

POLICE CONFIRMED--IT WAS JESSICA S  BLOOD...HER DNA WAS FOUND IN THE VAN.

THE ONLY REAL QUESTION LEFT--WAS  WHY...WHY WAS JESSICA KILLED?

PARKER-AND THAT WILL ALWAYS BE THE MYSTERY  AS TO WHAT WAS THE TRIGGERING MOMENT

THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED KEVIN RUBLETZ TO  DO A FRENZIED ATTACK AND EMOTIONAL KILLING

UPON HIS EX PARTNER AND THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILD.  WE KNOW AT ONE POINT TIME IT WAS FRIENDLY. THERE

DIDN'T SEEM TO BE. SHE WILLINGLY WAS GOING  WITH RUBLTEZ THAT NIGHT AFTER WORK. SOMETHING

TURNED BAD IN THAT CAR RIDE OR AT THAT STOP UP IN  BALZAC. AND THAT'S WHEN SHE MET HER MAKER.

RUBLETZ HOWEVER...MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE PARKER- THEY TRIED TO INJECT A THIRD PARTY

SUSPECT INTO IT, THAT BEING RUBLETZ S MOTHER,  WHO ALSO SUPPOSEDLY DIDN'T LIKE JESSICA. AND

THEY LEFT OPEN THE POSSIBILITY, WELL, SHE  MAY HAVE HAD ACCESS TO THE VAN AS WELL.

THAT WAS ARGUED BY DEFENCE. I DON'T THINK  THEIR HEART WAS REALLY IN THAT ARGUMENT

BECAUSE I THINK THEY KNEW IT HAD SOME, IT  HAD SOME HOLES OR SOME PROBLEMS WITH IT.

I SHOULD NOTE--RUBLTEZ S  MOTHER...DID NOT ATTEND THE TRIAL.

IT TOOK JURORS JUST EIGHT HOURS  TO REACH A VERDICT IN THE CASE.

KEVIN RUBLETZ WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THE  SECOND DEGREE MURDER OF JESSICA NEWMAN.

SEVERAL MONTHS LATER--A  SENTENCING HEARING WAS HELD--

JESSICA S MOTHER--MADE THE LONG  DRIVE FROM BC TO CALGARY--TO

BE IN THE COURTROOM... TO  FACE HER DAUGHTER'S KILLER.

RHONDA-I LOOKED AT HIM A LOT. I DON'T  THINK THERE'S ANY REMORSE THERE.

AND I THINK THAT HE SHOULD APOLOGIZE AND UNTIL  HE APOLOGIZES THERE SHOULD BE NO PAROLE

RHONDA STEWART SAID SHE HATES THAT  RUBLETZ KNEW WHERE JESSICA WAS THE

ENTIRE TIME AND CHOSE NOT TO TELL ANYONE RHONDA- THE ACTUAL FINDING OUT HOW SHE DIED.

I STRUGGLE WITH KNOWING, NOT KNOWING HOW MUCH PAIN  SHE WAS IN AND FOR HOW LONG SHE WAS IN PAIN BEFORE

SHE DIED. I STRUGGLE WITH THE FACT THAT SHE JUST  LAY THERE BY HERSELF. AND I DON'T I DON'T KNOW

HOW LONG SHE WAS ALIVE FOR THERE, IF AT ALL. SCOTT FEE: A CALGARY MAN WHO MURDERED THE MOTHER

OF HIS CHILD HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON  WITH NO CHANCE OF PAROLE FOR AT LEAST 17 YEARS.

LINDA OLSEN-BUT AS NANCY HIXT  REPORTS THE RULING IS NOT MUCH

COMFORT FOR THE VICTIMS GRIEVING LOVED ONES. NANCY- KEVIN RUBLETZ WILL BE 50 YEARS OLD BEFORE

HE'S ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE (PAUSE)

PARKER-WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU  EMOTIONAL CLOSURE FOR AN EVENT THAT'S GOING TO

HAVE TO COME EITHER FROM YOUR PASTOR, FROM YOUR  PSYCHOLOGIST, FROM YOUR FAMILY, FROM YOUR FRIENDS.

AND OBVIOUSLY, A GREAT DEAL INTERNALLY TO COME TO  GRIPS EMOTIONALLY WITH HOW THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT

YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. BUT THE COURT  PROCESS WILL NOT BE GIVING YOU CLOSURE.

YEARS LATER-- THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT  HAPPENED TO JESSICA-- IS STILL HARD

FOR HER LOVED ONES TO COMPREHEND HER MOM...THINKS ABOUT WHAT SHE'D

SAY TO RUBLETZ--IF SHE EVER GOT THE CHANCE. RHONDA-LIKE, I WOULD WANT TO HURT HIM AS MUCH AS

HE HURT ME. BUT THERE'S NO WORDS TO DO THAT.  I DON'T THINK I COULD SAY ANYTHING THAT WOULD

MAKE HIM FEEL AS BAD AS I THINK HE NEEDS TO  FEEL. HE DOESN'T HE DOESN'T CARE. HE DOESN'T.

HE PROBABLY SLEEPS FINE EVERY NIGHT. I DON'T.

SHE WAS MY ONLY DAUGHTER. AND I HAVE A HOUSEFUL OF  BOYS THAT MISS THEIR SISTER. WE MISS HER COOKING.

WE MISS HER WHEN WE'RE OUT SHOPPING. I ALWAYS  SEE SOMETHING THAT WOULD LOOK SO CUTE ON HER OR.

YEAH, WE RUN INTO HER FRIENDS ALL  THE TIME. I THINK ABOUT HER FRIENDS

ALL THE TIME. THEY'RE HAVING BABIES AND  GOING TO THE PARK WITH THEIR KIDS AND

JUST DOING ALL THE STUFF THAT SHE SHOULD BE  DOING. THERE IS THE BIG THINGS, RIGHT. SHE

YOU KNOW, SHE'S NOT GOING TO  GET TO BE ANY OF HER DREAMS.

THERE ARE NOW...THREE YOUNG  BOYS...WITHOUT THEIR MOTHER.

RHONDA- HER OLDEST IS JUST NOW STARTING TO  ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS. NOW WE'RE TAKING

HIM TO A COUNSELLOR SO THAT HE CAN TRY AND  SORT THAT OUT WITH SOMEBODY KNOWLEDGEABLE

IN HOW TO TELL KIDS THAT WITHOUT ADDING ANY  MORE TRAUMA THAN HE'S ALREADY HAD.

RHONDA SAID- -IT S HARD

TO TALK ABOUT JESSICA WITH THE KIDS -- RHONDA-UMM WE DO SOMETIMES. BUT I LET THE

KIDS MORE OR LESS LEAD THE CONVERSATION. IT'S  JUST...THE LITTLE THINGS, YOU KNOW, THAT THE

KIDS DO AND THEY'RE EXCITED AND THEY'RE EXCITED TO  SHOW ME. AND IT'S, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD

YOU SHOULD BE SHOWING YOUR MOM, YOU KNOW, YOUR  MOM'S MISSING OUT ON THESE LITTLE MOMENTS.

JESSICA S YOUNGEST SON WAS JUST TWO AND A  HALF YEARS OLD WHEN SHE WAS MURDERED.

HE S NOW...IN ELEMENTARY RHONDA-HE'S FOUND A REALLY GREAT LIVING SITUATION

AND HE'S DOING WELL IN SCHOOL. HE HAD A TEDDY BEAR...WITH A VIDEO

JESSICA RECORDED ON IT-- SO HE COULD FEEL  LIKE SHE WAS CLOSE--EVEN WHEN SHE WASN T.

JESSICA S FAMILY HAS SAVED THAT VIDEO--SO HER  LITTLE BOY...WILL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO SEE HIS

MOM...AND HEAR HER VOICE...WHEN HE NEEDS HER. JESSICA NEWMAN-NIGHT NIGHT PUMPKIN, LOVE YOU.

SEE YOU IN A FEW DAYS.

ANTONY: RUBLETZ SOUGHT

TO HAVE HIS CONVICTION OVERTURNED. HIS APPEAL WAS HEARD IN EARLY 2020.

ALBERTA S TOP COURT REJECTED THAT  BID...-AND DISMISSED THE APPEAL.

HIS CONVICTION FOR SECOND  DEGREE MURDER STANDS.

I M ANTONY ROBART- THANK YOU FOR  JOINING US TONIGHT ON CRIME BEAT.