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Finally done for the day.

That was a rough one, though. Yes.

It's the end of a long shift, and a group of co -workers are heading home

the night.

We need a drink, though. I think we're going to need a drink.

The shooter was wearing black. It just appeared out of nowhere.

You!

Get on the ground!

You! Suddenly, this person in a black ninja outfit begins yelling to get on

ground.

Two co -workers get away.

One does not. Okay, look at this.

Don't hurt me.

This robed or hooded figure fired two rounds.

Execution style.

Boom. Boom.

Witnesses said they saw someone running past them to this awaiting pickup.

Please, don't freeze the shot.

Murders are not something that happen every day in Greeley.

This murder will reveal a tangled web of love and deception that will leave one

person dead and two families with blood on their hands.

36 -year -old police officer Ignacio Garris is proud to wear the badge.

He's on the job day and night.

Ignacio was a pretty prominent member of the Greeley Police Department.

He spent a lot of time in the local schools as a community liaison with the

police department.

Ig really did enjoy being a police officer.

He seemed to be very well liked.

Hi, Iggy.

Hey.

Shauna Nelson was a police dispatcher for about 13 years who had a reputation

being very calm and professional.

During her time as a dispatcher, she got to know Ignacio.

How was your softball game last week? We killed it.

Now you should really think about joining the squad team.

That was a mean short thought back in high school.

It started out as kind of a flirting type, hi, how are you, how are things

going? What's on tap for today?

Big up.

Very dangerous game we're going to be bringing now.

Well, I have your back.

So anything you need, I'm just a phone call away.

Am I interrupting something?

Hi, honey.

This is Ignacio.

He's one of our bravest officers.

Nice to meet you.

Shauna is also married to Ken Nelson, who is a Weld County Sheriff's deputy.

Shauna, Dylan's soccer game starts in 15 minutes. We gotta go.

Ken and Shauna were struggling in their marriage. He no longer felt intimate

with him.

How you doing, Eddie?

With her relationship on the rocks, Shauna can't deny her feelings for Ig.

Can you get me one, too?

Sure.

He said a lot of nice things to him, and I think that he kind of liked the

attention.

Are we sure we should be doing that?

Do you want to get out of here?

He became fascinated with her. They spent a lot of time together.

I'll meet you outside.

Eventually, it turned into an emotional and sexual relationship.

I shouldn't have done this.

What are you talking about?

I'm not leaving my husband.

This is just fun.

Ig has good reason for regret.

He's a married man of 13 years.

Oh. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

Let me get you another drink. Heather Hodges and Ignacio Garris always said

were meant to be together.

It was love at first sight during their senior year at the University of

Northern Colorado.

He was really friendly and just always came off as a really great guy.

I'm Heather.

And I'm Ignacio. But these are my friends, and they call me Ig.

Transfixed by her beauty, Ig immediately gives Heather a nickname.

You know who you look like?

Who?

I'd like to snow white just a little bit.

She had the pretty skin and the dark hair and the personality to go

along, so it was fitting for her to be snow white.

She had such a fun personality and such an innocent personality.

Anybody who got to know her just falls in love with her.

Would you want to go out sometime?

To a movie or anything? Yeah, sure.

He asked her out, and she was super excited. She came home and told us.

And she was so innocent, so, like, it was very exciting to her because she

hadn't had a whole lot of boyfriends.

So, how about that drink?

Oh, uh, it's perfect.

Thank you. If Heather is Snow White, Ignacio is every bit her prince.

Oh, I'm sorry. Can we get extra sprinkles? She loves extra sprinkles.

Thank you. If she liked something, he would go get it. Like if she liked a

coffee, he would go get it to Thought of the Blue.

Shortly after graduation, Ignacio has a serious question for Snow

White. I have a baby and she wants me to be the godmother.

And so she asked me, I was like, what are you doing?

Will you marry me?

Come on, marry me.

Ig, this is weird. Come on, come on, come on. Will you marry me? Ig, get up.

This is weird.

Weird?

I'm being serious.

Heather, will you marry me?

Oh, my gosh.

Yes.

Yes.

Oh my gosh, yes.

Heather has one rule for her future husband.

I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you.

But I do have to ask you something.

Yeah, of course.

I need you to promise me that you'll never cheat on me.

Heather had made it very clear to him that if he ever had an affair, that she

would... Divorce him. I promise, Heather. I promise.

I love you.

I love you more.

That same year, Heather and Ig say, I do.

She was so beautiful.

And she always kind of glowed. And so even extra. And they looked happy and it

was a good day.

While Ig puts in long hours at the Greeley police station.

I don't think these numbers work.

Yeah, her credit's really low.

Heather works her way up to supervisor at the town's credit union.

Your favorite customer's here.

If you could help me with this.

Hi, John.

How are you doing? Good. Everyone loved Heather.

She was very good at calming members down when we had issues.

She was just wonderful all the way around.

Five years into their marriage, the couple realizes their dream of starting

family with the birth of their daughter, Victoria.

Just keep rocking her.

She just really loved being a mother.

Heather's world revolved around Victoria.

Ig's world does, too. And as she grows into a school -age girl, Heather and Ig

share time caring for her.

They always seem to be very happy. Their family life seemed to be pretty

perfect.

But no one is immune to tragedy.

Heather is dealt a huge blow in 1997 when her father dies of a heart attack.

Within a week of her dad's death, her mom was diagnosed with cancer.

Heather cares for her mom for many years until she passes away in 2003.

Time to get up, sweetie.

It was very difficult. We were both very close to our parents.

It was a horrible time, of course, for her. I mean, who wouldn't just be

devastated? Hey, Mom, can you take me to school now?

Oh, Mommy's still not feeling well, honey.

So your dad's going to take you to school, okay?

Hey, why don't you go get your backpack?

Maybe you get out of the house today.

You know, take a walk around the block or something.

Hey, you'll get through this, okay? I promise.

He was really good about spending a little bit more time with Victoria, just

trying to help out a little more around the house to kind of help Heather get

through the rough period.

After months of supporting his wife through her grief, Ig is eager for his

family life to return to normal.

Hi.

Oh, wow.

You are my real first charming.

These are really sweet.

Oh, no.

I had a really long day at work today, okay, so I'm just going to head in

Again, early.

I left you your dinner, your leftovers, because you missed dinner.

Good night.

614, copy?

614, go ahead.

614, please, 1039 to the corner of 59th and F Street, Sangreely. So Ig turns his

attention to the woman on the radio, Shawna Nelson.

Do you want a holder?

While Heather Garris pulls double duty as mom and bank supervisor.

I'm getting so wasted right now. Her husband Ignacio finds companionship with

Shauna Nelson.

Shauna made no bones about it. She was having an affair with Ignacio. Many

people would look at her and cock their head a little bit and wonder what she's

doing. So, this is the infamous egg.

I've heard a lot about you.

This is my best friend, Michelle.

She's the sheriff's deputy.

Hi, Michelle.

Shana had admitted her affair to Michelle, told her all about her hookups

Ignacio.

I'm going to go get a few more drinks, okay? Okay.

Don't be gone too long.

Did I scare him a little bit? A little bit.

Oh, whatever. I'll have to get over it if he's going to be hanging out with us.

I know. A lot of people knew about the affair, but just were not willing to let

Heather know about it. To new friends. New friends.

Just out of their spouse's sight, Ig and Shauna's relationship heats up.

She was looking for a thrill. She was interested in...

getting as much attention as she could from men and unfortunately married men.

Where are you going?

I've got to go to work. My husband has the kids tonight, so I am not going home

a second early.

No, no, seriously, please stop.

Come on.

Hey!

Hey! I think that Shauna was convenient.

I think she was accessible because of their work situation.

I'm not finished yet. What are you doing? Get back in the car. Make me.

Obviously,

Ignacio looked upon it as sexual relationship, nothing that emotional.

Certainly, Shauna looked upon it a little differently.

Whether it's out in public or behind closed doors, the two can't keep their

hands off each other.

I have something to tell you. Mm -hmm, what's that?

I'm pregnant.

How did you get pregnant?

What do you mean, how did I get pregnant?

Maybe it's Ken's baby.

This is our baby.

Her husband, Ken, had a vasectomy, so it would have been very obvious that it

was not his child.

You can't have...

This child.

That's bad. We need to go take care of this today.

What do you mean take care of this? I am not having a kid with you.

And I'm not leaving Heather, Shauna. That's it.

Look, believe me, I have a kid at home with my wife.

You don't mean that. Yeah, I do mean it. Take care of it.

Today. He would lose everything.

He would lose his house, his daughter, his finances.

He had to talk, Shauna, into getting an abortion.

The pregnancy is a wake -up call for Ig, so he attempts to distance himself from

Shauna.

Hi, baby.

Really?

Is that the way it is? Hey, hey.

He's an ass.

He doesn't deserve you.

Let's forget about him.

He doesn't matter.

Ig's wife, Heather, knows nothing of her husband's indiscretions.

Shauna decides it's time to change that.

Yeah.

Really? Hello?

Dude, you're so much hotter than her. Hey, Jamie, what's up?

Heather went to the grocery store, and she was on the phone with me, and

Michelle and Shauna were there.

She's so romantic.

I'm tired of you.

Go.

fat bitch excuse me are you talking to me ask your husband about me you ugly

they were calling

her names and saying things to her and i could actually hear it in the

background it really bothered her and it you know made her really mad jamie um

let me call you back

That night, Heather waits up to grill Ig about his mysterious co -worker.

Hey. Hi.

You're still up?

Couldn't sleep.

I'm so exhausted.

We had this crazy guy who was drugged up. Something really weird happened to

at the grocery store today.

This girl was following me through the aisles, and I recognized her from your

work parties.

Shauna something.

She seemed really nice at the parties, but she wasn't nice today.

Today, she called me a bitch. What? You've got to be kidding me. That's

I mean, have you talked to her before?

Never. But she told me to ask you about her.

I mean, I don't know. I work with her.

You know, maybe she was pulling a prank on you or something.

He was very charming. He was able to talk the way out of it as to why this

happening.

Because they worked together, he had to handle the situation very delicately.

Look, I'll talk to her, and I'll tell her to leave me alone.

Okay, sweetie, I'm so tired. I gotta go take a shower, okay?

So, I... I have nothing to worry about. No, you don't have anything to worry

about.

I told you last time we are done.

We had fun. That was it. You leave my wife and me alone.

You don't understand.

I love you.

She told him in no uncertain terms that he was the love of her life. She thought

they were going to get married and he was going to leave his wife for her.

Look, I got your nickname tattooed right here.

So we'll never be apart.

You lost your mind.

You are so far gone. Baby, please.

I'm just getting started.

And if you don't want Heather to find out, you'll do as I say.

Now go get me a drink.

Go get your own drink.

Okay.

She wanted Ig.

She was going to do whatever it took to keep him.

Shauna quickly makes good on her threats.

He's

already

asleep.

We'll go wake him up. I'm not going to wake him up. That was a big flag for

Heather. Why would this woman come into my home and tell me to wake up my

husband?

After two years of sneaking behind his wife's back, Ignacio Garris is trying to

end his heated affair with Shauna Nelson.

I told you, last time we are done.

But his mistress refuses to go quietly.

I don't know how you guys do it, to be honest.

How does anyone do it? Where's Iggy?

Shauna came in the house and told her to wake him up.

Excuse me, what are you doing in my house?

I said, where's Iggy?

He's already asleep.

We'll go wake him up. I'm not going to wake him up.

Don't worry, he always wakes up for me.

Get out of my house. I'll go get him. No, you will not.

You will get out of my house.

I will not.

Heather did confront Ig and try to find out what's really going on.

What's your problem? What the hell, Ig?

Your stalker was just here. She put on a real nice show for everyone downstairs.

Why is that?

Shauna was here?

Yeah. Apparently she knows where we live.

What's going on, Ig?

Because I'm telling you, babe, she's obsessed with me, okay?

I love you, baby. You know that.

I don't know what to believe anymore.

When something with Shauna happened, he would explain it away, and he was very

convincing.

The truth is far more complicated.

Ig loves Heather, but he can't get away from Shauna.

What are you thinking coming to my house?

Leave us alone.

I can't leave you alone, you know that.

Leave my wife alone, Shauna?

You know, I almost told her last night.

But if you leave here without making it up to me, I will tell her.

I think Ig really felt trapped by Shauna.

She made it very clear that she would tell Heather everything that had

Ig knew that if Heather found out about the affair, that she was going to

divorce him.

Really? You are going to blackmail me for sex, really?

No, Ig. You and I are meant to be together.

I'm just trying to get you to realize that.

Now take your clothes off and get into bed.

Ignacio felt...

He had to do what she said, basically, or risk being revealed.

Come on, babe.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

She'd take photos of them together with the idea of perhaps a keepsake or

perhaps later on blackmail.

Shauna's husband, Ken, still knows nothing about the affair.

That is, until he sneaks a peek at her journal.

Ken Nelson finds Shauna's journal, which details every detail, if you will,

about her affair with Iggy from beginning to end.

He had sex in our car?

Finding something like that had to have been, well, humiliating.

He lied to me.

And to the kids.

I want a divorce.

After terrible fights with both of the men in her life, Shauna seeks comfort

with the one woman she trusts.

I know it hurts, but we will find a way to make him realize that he's meant to

be with you.

Can't ask me for a divorce.

He's mad at me.

I'm pregnant again.

Really?

But this is perfect.

Now he'll really have to step up.

This is a good thing.

I hope so.

Shawna wastes no time sharing the good news with Ig.

Her full intention with that second pregnancy was to try to get Ig away from

Heather.

This is so exciting. Can you believe it? No, I can't believe it. We can't do

this, Shauna.

I think it's a boy, Ig.

He's ours.

No, he's not. Take care of it.

I won't do it, Ig.

We're having this baby, and we're going to be together.

No, Shauna, we are not.

We're done.

Regardless of what Ig says, she's having this baby, and she'll have it on her

own if she needs to.

Two and a half years after their affair began, Shauna gives birth to a baby boy.

Ken took her back and said that he would raise the baby as his own if she would

come back and stay married to him.

News like this won't stay hidden for long.

Where have you been?

In March of 2006,

Shauna Nelson gives birth to Ignacio Garris' illegitimate child.

Ig has managed to sweet -talk away his wife's suspicions.

That's about to come to a crashing halt.

Where have you been?

It's 3 .30 in the morning.

I can't sleep, so I just went out for a walk.

Tell me the truth for once in your life and don't treat me like an idiot because

it's embarrassing.

I just, I... I don't know how.

Figure it out.

I've been having an affair.

With... Sean Nelson.

And it's been happening for a few years now. What?

Look, I tried to break it off.

I did.

But I slipped up and... And I got her pregnant.

But I love you and it was a stupid...

Shut up.

Heather pressed him and he told her about the abortion and told her about

baby and really laid it all out. How could you do this to me?

How could you do this to our family?

I trusted you.

I'm sorry.

Sorry that you got her pregnant or sorry I found out.

I'll do anything.

To make this right, I promise.

Get out right now.

Go back to your whore.

Go. Go.

She was devastated.

She was absolutely devastated. She called me and she just was in disbelief

that had happened.

As much as she wants her husband to suffer, she doesn't want to split up the

family. She would say, you have an affair, you're out.

But when you are faced with an affair, it's a different story. You can't just

close your heart to someone that you've been with for 16 years.

And as the prince rode away on his steed, the princess realized that she

need him to feel complete.

And so she lived happily ever after. The end.

It's time for bed.

I like dinosaurs better.

Yeah, well, he's not here tonight, so it's just mommy, okay?

I love you, Victoria.

You have to take into consideration that Victoria is here. You could definitely

tell that she was really torn and wasn't quite sure what she wanted to do.

She didn't want a broken home. This is who I married, who I've loved. This is

our family.

And she wanted to fight for that family.

I'm so sorry.

Here's what's going to happen.

Number one, we are going to get counseling.

Number two, you are going to give up all parental rights to that baby.

And number three, you are going to break up with that woman in front of me.

I'll do it. All of it.

Can we please, baby? I'll call later today, okay? Yes, sir.

We're doing it now.

I promise.

Later tonight. No, you promised we were going to do it now.

So we're doing it now.

Okay.

Speakerphone egg.

Hey, baby.

Shauna? I miss you. Shauna.

Can you stop for one second, please? Why haven't you been returning any of my

calls? Shauna, I'm trying to tell you something. Can you just stop for one

second and listen, please?

I'm listening.

I'm calling you to let you know that Heather knows about everything that

done. So you can stop with the blackmailing. It's over, okay? It's

I don't think so, Egg.

I know you still love me.

And I know she's controlling you.

And you and I are never going to be over. Do you hear me? You are being

You are letting her get to you.

Ignacio was the apple that Shauna couldn't pluck from the tree.

And so that infuriated her. And that's when she started harassing Heather with

texts.

Oh, my God.

What? Really?

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Heather had told me that she was getting some threatening texts from Shauna. It

had a picture of the baby and said Ig's flesh and blood.

While Ig and Heather consider filing a restraining order against Shauna, Shauna

turns yet again to Michelle. You were too good for him.

He doesn't appreciate you.

He appreciated me just fine before Heather got in the way.

She's the problem.

We can fix this problem.

We'll take care of it.

Michelle was either so much in love with Shauna or was such a good friend that

she wanted to relieve her pain.

And her pain was basically Heather.

And she said that I would have done anything for her.

It's closing time at the Greeley Credit Union.

Heather can't wait to get home and put her daughter to bed.

That was a rough one.

Yes, it was.

But I am so glad to be going home.

Me too.

I think I want a drink.

I think we all need a drink.

Yeah. Not tonight, sorry guys.

Why not?

Why? Well, I'm going to go home and snuggle up.

Okay,

okay.

I have a family.

Okay? So please, please, please don't hurt me.

Witnesses said they saw the gunman raise the right arm and shoot two times.

Point blank range.

Hello? Please.

My friend's been shot.

Oh, my God. There's blood everywhere.

Come quick, please.

And Heather was dead.

Come quick. Come quick.

An unknown assailant clothed in a black hooded robe has just shot Heather Garris

execution style.

Please don't hurt me. You're ruining my life.

And left her for dead.

We arrived on scene, and there I learned that it had been the wife of one of our

police officers that had been murdered.

Can you describe to me the appearance of the suspect?

The shooter was wearing black and just appeared out of nowhere.

All I remember is his shoes jumping into a big truck.

It looked like Ken Nelson's truck.

Deputy Nelson?

Yeah.

I know his truck. He's come into the credit union a couple times.

While officers process the bloody parking lot, Ig gets the worst phone

his life.

He was home with Victoria that day and he was cooking and they called Ig and

said there's been a suiting and Heather is at the hospital.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Sir, sir, how can I help you? I'm looking for my wife.

What's your name? Ignacio Gerez.

I'm so sorry.

Heather didn't make it.

Certainly it's not something that has ever happened to me before in my 46

in law enforcement of one of my officers having their spouse murdered.

So it was pretty emotional for all of us. And, of course, your desire

immediately is to solve the crime.

It won't take long. An all -points bulletin immediately goes out for the

matching Ken Nelson's. Soon after, the truck is located.

Now, the truck belonged to Ken Nelson, but he was working that night.

When Nelson heard the description, he jumped in the car and found the truck.

Get up. Why?

Get up. No.

Where are my kids?

They're inside. What are you doing?

What have you done?

She says that she is going out running errands. I believe she said she was

to go to the liquor store.

Get out! Get out!

The very odd part was that she was wearing no shoes.

And in Colorado, you don't go out to go anywhere without shoes in January when

it's cold.

Police recover Shauna's shoes.

dumped on the side of the road.

They analyze her clothes for gunshot residue.

All of the tests come back positive.

They had never found the murder weapon. The biggest physical link prosecutors

had was gunshot residue on her hands and clothing.

So I'm going to level with you.

Doesn't look good.

Where were you going without any shoes and wearing your husband's pants?

I had a headache.

So I decided to go get some wine. So I went to the hamper and pulled out some

dirty clothes and put them on.

But by the time I got to the store, I realized that I left my purse at home,

I raced home immediately.

That's when Ken pulled up and started yelling at me to get out of the truck.

She said that she had blacked out. She doesn't remember anything other than

showing up at the liquor store.

And she doesn't recall anything about any sort of shooting whatsoever.

Charged with murder.

Shauna's trial begins in February 2008.

Prosecutors say she had several affairs with married officers, but her fixation

on Ignacio drove her to kill Heather.

One of the witnesses testified that Shauna had so much hate for Heather that

would go to the gun range and actually imagine Heather's face as her target.

When Shauna testified, she implicated Michelle, saying Michelle was obsessed

with her.

And that she wanted to help Shauna to make her understand that she was her

friend and her lover. And she would kill Heather Garris for her.

Michelle denies she and Shauna were lovers.

Prosecutors say Shauna pulled the trigger. But Michelle did help plan the

using her law enforcement experience.

You're going to need to have some way to hide your identity.

So probably a long robe with a hood.

And then, you know, you'll have an ironclad alibi.

You were asleep upstairs while I was watching the kid.

And there's DNA.

See if you can get someone else's DNA on the crime scene.

I know his DNA, what can you... Shauna tried to frame Ken for the murder

she felt like if with Heather out of the way and with Ken out of the way, then

she would have the egg and they would live happily ever after.

Should have done this a long time ago.

To complete her master plan, prosecutors say Shauna wore Ken's clothes to the

shooting.

He was wearing his underwear at the shooting, and she was also driving his

pickup.

I see Shauna as one of those few people I would say, this person is evil.

After a short deliberation, the jury finds Shauna Nelson guilty of first

murder.

The judge stated to her that you deserve every day of the sentence that you're

going to serve.

Shauna is exactly where she needs to be. I hope that she thinks about Heather

and Victoria every single day.

of the rest of her life.

Shauna was sentenced to life in prison.

Michelle Moore was sentenced to nine years in prison as an accessory to

That was a reduced charge in exchange for her testimony against Shauna Nelson.

Unfortunately for Heather Garris' friends and family, her murder has left

wounds.

Ignacio Garris resigned his position at the Greeley Police Department about a

month after the murder.

and moved to Florida with his daughter, Victoria.

After all this, Ken Nelson resigned from the Sheriff's Department and moves out

of state with his three children.

You know, Heather was the innocent in this whole scenario.

He did not deserve what happened to her.

It was just mind -blowing that that could have happened.

To have somebody...

ripped from you for absolutely no reason

is the worst pain I have ever felt in my life.