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and Brandon. You're. Listening

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to Episode eighty One. The

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socialite. Nine

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emergency. Or

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whatever yatra be emergency.

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About a lot rather apartment. Prepared

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I on tell me exactly why

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out and for my or for

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heard. I

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don't remember driver. Who

1:08

was nancy sister. And. Why

1:10

would someone want to murder her? Nancy

1:16

sister was born in Nineteen Fifty

1:18

Six. She was the baby a

1:20

three children who were born to

1:22

Art and Betty Fister. Now.

1:24

Art. Was from Minnesota.

1:26

And. He was drafted into World War Two

1:28

as a fighter pilot. But. As it

1:31

would turn out our it wouldn't be the only pilot in

1:33

the family. His future wife,

1:35

Betty. Was. A World War

1:37

Two Wasp. Which. Is short.

1:40

For. Women's Airforce Service

1:42

Pilot. This. Was a

1:44

program where women flu military aircraft

1:46

during the war. In. Fact Betty

1:49

would receive the Congressional Gold Medal

1:51

for her service. And. She

1:53

would also be named one of

1:56

the one hundred most influential women

1:58

in Aviation history. The it

2:00

wasn't or leather flying at brought the

2:02

couple together. It was skiing

2:04

in Aspen, Colorado. After.

2:11

The war ours. Had visited Aspen to

2:14

ski and loved it so much that

2:16

he decided to stay. He

2:18

began building a home on Castle Creek

2:20

and Nineteen Forty Seven. And then

2:22

later that year he bought the

2:24

seven hundred acre Lazy Chair Ranch.

2:26

On Buttermilk Mountain for thirty thousand

2:28

dollars. Certain. Betty

2:31

would meet on the slopes. And

2:33

then they would marry. And Nineteen Sixty Four. They

2:36

went on to have three daughters. Suzanne.

2:39

Christina and Nancy. At

2:41

first Art raise cattle on his ranch

2:44

and he had horses. But. He was

2:46

a visionary. And he had big plans

2:48

for his land. He went

2:50

to a friend who just so happen

2:52

to own a large piece of Buttermilk

2:54

property and together they would develop Buttermilk

2:56

Mountain into a ski area in Nineteen

2:59

Fifty Eight. So two years after Nancy

3:01

was born, The bold

3:03

move with solidify the sister family as

3:05

as and royalty they would go on

3:08

to play a huge role in Aspen

3:10

basically becoming the ultimate playground for

3:12

the rich and famous. World.

3:14

Class keen, a vibrant arts scene,

3:16

upscale shopping and dining, and growing

3:18

up Nancy had a front row

3:21

seat for an all or Parents

3:23

were adventurous and fine, totally plugged

3:25

into the social scene. Her childhood

3:27

was a fairytale and as she

3:29

muttered, Nancy became Aspens It. Girl

3:31

everyone wanted to be in her or of

3:33

it. When she was young,

3:35

she had been briefly engaged to actor

3:38

Michael Douglas party to the Jack Nicholson

3:40

and journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson

3:42

and Nancy traveled the world. She had

3:44

the spirit of adventure flowing. Through her

3:46

veins, She always came back to Aspen

3:48

and her father would built her a home

3:51

on Buttermilk Mountain and it's here that she

3:53

would go on to raise two children as

3:55

a single mom. By. Twenty Thirteen.

3:57

Nancy sister was fifty seven years old

3:59

and an empty nester and she had

4:02

another big trip planned to Australia for

4:04

six months. For plants

4:06

included renting out her home while she was

4:08

gone. So in the fall of Twenty Thirteen,

4:10

she placed an ad in the newspaper advertising

4:13

her forty four hundred square foot home for

4:15

rent. Nancy thought she'd struck

4:17

gold when she met sixty five year old

4:19

Trace Tyler when his sixty two year old

4:21

wife who was also. Named Nancy.

4:24

From. The moments that the Stylers pulled

4:26

into her driveway in their jag. You

4:28

are everything sell to. Wait,

4:34

For. Stylers had been married for decades.

4:37

And. They had quite a story to tell. Try

4:39

had been and on the rise

4:42

anesthesiologist in Denver when he met

4:44

his Nancy. So train and see.

4:46

worked at the same Denver hospital. he was

4:48

a doctor and she was a nurse and

4:50

they would go on to get married and

4:52

enjoy a long. And fruitful marriage. They

4:55

had a big home and upscale neighborhood.

4:57

But They're world would come crashing down

5:00

in the early two thousands when Tray

5:02

was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease, a

5:04

condition that rendered it impossible for him

5:06

to continue practicing medicine. He would be

5:09

forced to give up his practice a

5:11

few years later, But. By

5:13

then, Nancy had become an expert on

5:15

growing giant water lilies. The couple was

5:18

passionate about them, and Trey helped her

5:20

with her gardening business. The. However

5:22

the stylers finances continued to

5:24

free fall after to protracted

5:27

legal battles had less them

5:29

in a bad way financially.

5:32

That. Nancy Styler had a planned

5:34

to change their bleak financial future.

5:37

A grand plan to open a medical

5:39

spot. As a nurse should

5:41

be able to provide expensive treatments

5:43

for the rich and famous and

5:46

what better place to offer these

5:48

expensive services. And at Aspens Historic

5:50

Hotel Jerome located in the heart

5:52

of Aspen hotels around was built

5:55

in Eighteen Eighty Nine by the

5:57

Jerome Wheeler during the Silver Boom.

6:00

The Hotel Jerome was Aspen's

6:02

original luxury hotel, but

6:04

the silver boom would eventually bust. But

6:07

thanks to Nancy Pfister's family, after World

6:09

War II, Aspen would be developed into

6:11

a world-class ski resort and the Hotel

6:13

Jerome was primed for a piece of

6:15

it, playing host to the rich and

6:17

famous, and it's here that

6:19

the Stylers had set their sights on

6:21

opening their medical spa. And

6:24

it just so happened that Nancy

6:26

Pfister, with connections all over town,

6:28

loved the Hotel Jerome. And

6:31

she loved the Stylers, and pretty much

6:33

it was all settled. The Stylers would rent out

6:35

Nancy Pfister's home for six months, paying her $4,000

6:37

a month for rent. The

6:40

agreement called for a $12,000 deposit. The

6:43

Stylers would pay Nancy Pfister $6,000

6:45

of the deposit up-front, and

6:47

they would pay the additional $6,000 when they

6:50

first moved in. It

6:52

was great. The trio got along so

6:54

well that Nancy Pfister offered to let

6:56

the Stylers move in a few weeks

6:58

early as she was getting ready for

7:00

her trip to Australia, which they did.

7:04

Nancy Pfister was so bullish on the couple's

7:06

plans for a business that she threw a

7:08

party at her house for them and invited

7:10

all of her rich and famous friends, basically

7:12

the who's who of Aspen, and

7:14

the party was a rousing success. But

7:19

there's a thing about new relationships. They're

7:22

hardly forged in fire. In

7:24

a short amount of time, the Stylers and

7:26

Nancy Pfister threw their lot in with each

7:28

other. It was all still quite

7:30

a bit flimsy. And underneath the

7:33

surface, small cracks were

7:35

beginning to form as

7:37

they cohabitated together before Nancy took off

7:39

for Australia. Nancy

7:41

Stylers felt that once the

7:43

couple had signed on the dotted line and moved in, that

7:46

Nancy Pfister had been on best behavior, but

7:49

that after they moved in, she'd become

7:51

a tyrant, according to Nancy Stylers.

7:54

And the thing is, is that Nancy Pfister was

7:57

beloved in the community. But she also

7:59

had a reputation. for rubbing some people the wrong

8:01

way. I mean, she was a woman

8:03

who was used to getting what she wanted, when she

8:05

wanted it, how she wanted it. And if you stood

8:08

in her way, well, she also

8:10

had a reputation for being loud about it. During

8:14

the weeks that the couple had lived with Nancy Pfister,

8:16

they felt that they weren't being treated as equals. And

8:19

Nancy Styler felt that Pfister was treating her like

8:21

a slave, and she didn't like it

8:23

that Pfister walked around the house naked in front of

8:26

her husband. But Trey would

8:28

caution his wife to be patient, that soon

8:30

Nancy Pfister would be leaving for her trip,

8:32

and they'd have the place all to themselves.

8:35

Well, sort of. Katherine

8:37

Carpenter, or Kathy, was

8:40

Pfister's personal assistant. The

8:42

house sort of came with Kathy. She would

8:44

be around to take care of things. This

8:47

was a role Kathy had played in Nancy

8:49

Pfister's life for the past seven years. Kathy

8:51

had met Nancy Pfister at the bank where

8:53

she worked as a tiller. They'd actually

8:55

struck up a friendship, and Nancy had

8:57

invited her to lunch. And then she asked

8:59

Kathy if she'd like to become her personal

9:02

assistant when she wasn't working her teller shifts

9:04

at the bank. Kathy would do

9:06

stuff like drive Pfister around, run errands,

9:08

and help her when she was out

9:10

of town. Over the years, it

9:12

wasn't all work and no play. Through

9:14

Pfister, Kathy was able to enjoy some

9:16

of the fringe benefits of being a

9:18

personal assistant to a socialite and Aspen.

9:22

So in November of 2013, Nancy

9:24

finally heads off to Australia, knowing her

9:26

house is being taken care of by

9:28

the Stylers, and that Kathy is

9:30

there too to make sure that her dog,

9:32

Gabe, was in good hands. Part

9:35

of the rental agreement was that Nancy

9:37

Pfister's dog, Gabe, came with

9:39

the house. Eight

9:46

weeks after Nancy Pfister left for Australia.

9:49

Even though she was nearly 9,000 miles

9:51

away from Aspen, trouble was brewing.

9:54

Apparently the Stylers hadn't paid any of the

9:57

$4,000 a month rent, and they still owed

9:59

her the other half of the $12,000 deposit.

10:04

Pfister told the stylers that they needed

10:06

to pay what they owed, but the stylers

10:08

pushed back, because according to

10:10

them there were some issues with the

10:12

utilities and some of the appliances weren't

10:14

working. The relationship

10:16

between the three had become so toxic

10:19

that Nancy Pfister would send Kathy an

10:21

email saying, quote, help me,

10:24

get them out of there, find me new

10:26

renters, get me my money, help

10:28

me, anything, Nancy.

10:32

On January 16th, Nancy Pfister's attorney

10:34

would reach out to Trey Stylar

10:36

about the non-payment, to which Trey

10:38

replied, quote, I don't know

10:41

why Ms. Pfister is distressed. Perhaps she

10:43

expected more communication from us, but there

10:45

is no cause for concern here. We

10:48

recognize that we owe Ms. Pfister some

10:50

money, and fully intend to pay fully.

10:53

The $10,000 check we expected to receive last

10:55

week has not yet arrived here in Aspen,

10:58

and the moment it clears, Ms. Pfister will

11:00

be paid in full. But

11:02

Ms. Pfister wasn't paid in full, and

11:04

she was so frustrated and angry she went

11:07

on social media to vent her grievances on

11:10

January 24th, writing, hi,

11:12

everyone. I'm still in Australia, and

11:14

I'd like to be staying in Australia, but

11:16

the people that were supposedly taking care of

11:18

my house are not doing what they said

11:20

they would do. They're not paying

11:22

rent, and they haven't paid utilities. I put

11:24

the rent very low so they would take

11:27

care of my dog, a beautiful labradoodle named

11:29

Gabe. If you have any ideas how

11:31

to help me get someone in there by February 22nd,

11:33

that would be great. Thank you. Ms.

11:37

Stylar's were friends with Pfister

11:39

on social media, so they were outraged

11:41

when they saw the post. In the

11:43

competitive field of health and wellness, they

11:45

felt that Nancy had torched their

11:47

reputations. In a world where word

11:49

of mouth is everything, the

11:51

Stylars were not happy. In

11:54

Fact, the relationship had devolved to such a

11:56

state that they actually refused to speak with

11:58

Pfister over the past year. The Pain

12:00

in Cook County Sisters personal

12:03

assistants became the go between

12:05

the dolphin because nancy sister

12:07

was coming home. Three.

12:09

Months early from her trip. She

12:11

told the sailors that she would be back in

12:13

town on February twenty second and that they needed

12:15

to be out of her home when she returned.

12:18

with their belongings and true to

12:20

her word, Nancy sister flew home

12:22

and Kathy would be there to pick her

12:24

up at the airports. And. When

12:26

Kathy and Nancy arrived back to her

12:29

home, the sailors were gone. But.

12:31

They'd had to temporarily leave behind their

12:33

expenses spy equipment a critical piece in

12:35

their plans to open a new business.

12:37

They wanted to come back and get

12:39

the equipment, but the day that Nancy

12:41

returned, she made it clear to the

12:44

stylers that they were not to enter

12:46

her house to get the rest of

12:48

their stuff and that they wouldn't get

12:50

their equipment until they paid her. Fourteen

12:52

thousand dollars for unpaid utility bills and

12:54

damage to her place. Two.

12:57

Days after nancy sister had returned,

12:59

she was still jet lagged. When.

13:02

So in February twenty fourth. Kathy.

13:04

Would place a do not disturb sign

13:06

on nancy sister's bedroom door. She.

13:08

Didn't want any one interrupting nancy

13:10

sister who needed some much needed

13:12

sleep. And. Kathy left to go work at

13:15

the bank. Two days

13:17

later, Kathy. Was working another shift

13:19

at the bank. When. She saw a

13:21

friend of Nancy Sisters. The. Walked up

13:23

to her tell her window. Kathy could

13:26

barely contain her anxiety when she asked

13:28

her if she'd seen or talked to

13:30

Nancy Bomb and shook her head like

13:32

know. Kathy then explained to her that.

13:34

She. Hadn't spoken to Nancy in two

13:36

days. Which. Was totally out of

13:39

character for her, she's also worried about

13:41

gave Nancy's dogs, who was looking after

13:43

him of Nancy had taken. The

13:45

woman was confused by kathy sense of

13:47

urgency. She knew that sister could be

13:49

impulsive. I mean, case in point. Nancy

13:51

was supposed to be on a trip

13:53

to Australia and tell May and here

13:56

it was only February and she had

13:58

suddenly returned to Aspen. Nancy. Had

14:00

always live the life as a socialite. The

14:02

Kathy wasn't convinced and by the end of

14:04

her shift. She. Was driving up

14:07

to Nancy secluded home on Buttermilk Fountain.

14:10

It was around side forty five when Cassie

14:12

walk through Nancy's front door which was weird

14:14

because it wasn't locked. But. She felt

14:16

really flash over her when she heard. Gave

14:18

of barking. The. Ceiling was short

14:20

lived. As she observed, gibbs

14:22

food bowl was empty. When he'd

14:24

gone to the bathroom. Multiple times inside

14:27

the house. Kathy.

14:29

Crept up the carpeted stairs. Calling

14:31

out Nancy's name, But. If

14:33

is only silence. As she slowly

14:36

made her way toward the master bedroom. Something.

14:39

She'd done a thousand times before.

14:41

But this time. Everything. Sell

14:43

the Us. Inside

14:46

Nancy's room. She. Saw

14:48

a swipe of blood on the headboard

14:50

of her slay bed frame. The

14:53

queen size mattress was a mess and

14:55

blankets. There was no nancy. And

14:57

at the same time. Kathy.

14:59

Was hit with a god awful smell.

15:02

When. She got closer to the master closet.

15:05

Kathy went to turn the door handle. And

15:07

it was locked. which was weird because

15:09

when she's left Nancy two days before.

15:12

Remember she was ready to hunker down

15:14

for a long sleep, as he knew

15:16

that she'd left the key to Nancy's

15:19

closet inside the lock. And they've

15:21

gone now. Kathy went to get her

15:23

spare. Key. And back

15:25

at the door. She put the key in the lock

15:27

and she turned the door handle. When

15:29

she opened the door she was

15:32

hit with an overwhelming stench. Stepping.

15:34

Inside she sees white

15:37

bed sheets, Covering

15:39

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15:57

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One One What is the address of the

18:08

Emergency. What

18:11

is the address of the Emergency room?

18:17

About a business or apartment. With.

18:25

Me and. I

18:33

go into cool. Man

18:38

tell me exactly what happened. Was.

18:43

Simply Sisters. Are

18:47

so few. Dollars is there really? Is

18:53

a threat to their. Own money as

18:55

I don't know. I

18:58

couldn't. Figure

19:01

out around with a fair

19:04

to get out. For.

19:10

I need you to tell me exactly. What

19:12

happened? I turn

19:14

my mother. In

19:17

her closet? Yes, Okay, to down the

19:19

line with me. Work in a mantra

19:21

that way. The

19:29

Nine One one operator would ask you

19:31

to check for a pulse. But

19:33

by then is hysterical Kathy had already

19:35

fled to home during that nine one

19:37

one call. she would say that she

19:39

saw that Nancy was covered in blood

19:41

and as she was driving down Buttermilk

19:44

Mountain City for the police station. The.

19:46

Operator asks county to pull over

19:48

and to wait for police to

19:50

come to her location. And.

19:52

When deputies arise, Cathy is so distraught

19:55

that she's taken as a hospital immediately

19:57

and given a said it is. Meantime,

20:00

investigators arrive at Nancy's house. They

20:02

enter the master bedroom closet. They

20:04

see the sheets covering a shape

20:07

on the for. A

20:09

deputy bends down. Peel. Back

20:11

the covers, Exposing a jumble

20:13

of towels around a black garbage

20:15

bag and what appears to be.

20:18

A human shoulder. Me: Feels

20:20

for a pulse. But. Doesn't find

20:22

one. The body

20:24

had been wrapped in multiple bags and at

20:27

this point. It is unclear

20:29

who the victim is and so the

20:31

plastic bags would be pulled down, revealing

20:33

blonde hair. During autopsy

20:35

it would be confirmed that the

20:38

victim shrouded in know she's was

20:40

Nancy sister. The. Cause

20:42

of death was blunt force trauma to the

20:44

head. It was believe that she been dead

20:46

between thirty six and forty eight hours. He

20:49

was determined to that Nancy had no defensive

20:51

wounds and there were no signs of a

20:54

struggle. Which. Meant Nancy had been

20:56

brutally murdered, struck in the head

20:58

multiple times with a blunt object

21:00

while she was sleeping. A

21:02

forensic team would begin the process

21:05

of scouring nancy sister's home, but

21:07

one thing was obvious: there was

21:09

no evidence of a burglary. And

21:11

that whoever had killed sister. Had

21:14

taken the murder weapon with him. Investigators

21:16

knew that they had to speak with happy.

21:18

Carpenter right away. Remember.

21:20

Kathy had been given a said it is

21:23

but by nine pm. She was ready

21:25

to sit down and speak with investigators. And

21:27

right away Kathy would tell them about

21:30

the couple had been renting Nancy's house

21:32

she believes. That the sailors were

21:34

the killers. She. Explained that

21:36

the Stylers knowing that Nancy would

21:38

be back, had rented a room

21:40

at a motel in Basalt, about

21:42

twenty five minutes away from Aspen.

21:44

How the Stylers were embittered: that

21:46

sister had refused to let them

21:48

get their expensive spot equipment until

21:50

they cost up to fourteen thousand

21:52

dollars. The Nancy sister said that

21:54

they owed her money, they just

21:56

didn't have. Kathy

21:58

would also say that she her Nancy

22:00

styler on multiple occasions say that she

22:02

was going to kill nancy sister and

22:04

that Tray had a bad temper. How

22:07

on February Twenty Fourth and Twenty says

22:09

Nancy Styler had texted her saying that

22:11

they were cleaning Nancy's house and moving

22:14

their belongings which was weird because Sister

22:16

had made it clear that the couple

22:18

was not allowed back in her home

22:20

until they paid the money. The

22:23

following morning after nancy sister's body

22:26

had been sound, investigators had obtained

22:28

a search warrant for the Stylers

22:30

motel room. As they

22:32

went inside of her I'm one twenty two

22:34

detectives would get in a close look. At

22:37

how trace illness had ravaged the

22:39

lower part of his body when

22:42

they took photographs of the couple

22:44

obviously to document any and or

22:47

unexplainable wounds that might indicate a

22:49

struggle with Nancy sister. Trays

22:51

upper body was in decent shape for a

22:54

man his age. From the waist

22:56

down, he appeared emaciated. His

22:58

legs were extremely thin. Macabre.

23:01

Were brought down to the station to be

23:03

interviewed and Dna was collected from them both.

23:09

During. These separate interrogations tray and

23:11

Nancy Siler would adamantly denied having

23:13

anything to do with Nancy Sisters

23:15

murder. They. Would say that on

23:18

February twenty fifth, the sailors had returned

23:20

to Buttermilk Road and found that Nancy

23:22

sister wasn't home. So along with their movers,

23:24

they loaded up the rest of their

23:26

things. when they went back on the

23:28

Twenty sixth and did it again and

23:30

there was still no sign of sister.

23:32

The sailors also said that they were together

23:34

the entire time, that they never separated.

23:37

So. Essentially, they were each other's alibis. Ultimately,

23:42

The sailors would be released. There was

23:44

no physical evidence tying them to the

23:46

crime, at least at that time because

23:48

the results of the forensic evidence that

23:50

had been collected still hadn't come in

23:53

yet. But I didn't mean that investigators.

23:55

Were done with the sailors. In. Fact

23:57

After the interviews, investigators butler the

23:59

night and he sisters queen size

24:02

mattress had been flipped over. And

24:04

at the underside of the mattress had

24:06

large fresh blood stains on it's. knowing

24:08

the physical and medical state of tray,

24:10

it was difficult for them to believe

24:12

that he could have flipped a queen

24:15

size mattress from one side to the

24:17

other on his own and then with

24:19

other circumstantial evidence piling up. That. Spoke

24:21

to Trace Tyler's. State of mind

24:23

in the days before Nancy's

24:26

murder and also the stylers

24:28

larger financial situation. Investigators

24:30

had learned from an employee at Alpine

24:32

Bank that Tray had gone there for

24:34

days before Nancy sister return from Australia

24:36

applying for a twenty five to fifty

24:38

thousand dollar loan. He said he needed

24:40

the money to pay first last and

24:42

deposit for a new home and he

24:44

went on to over share saying that

24:46

he was being asked to leave Nancy

24:48

sister's home on short notice and he

24:51

also said that he needed the money

24:53

for a business venture and that Nancy

24:55

sister with a mean person adding if

24:57

something were to happen to Sister it

24:59

would be best for all involved. Month

25:01

was denied. Tray would tell the bank

25:03

manager that he could commit suicide, that

25:05

he had a million dollar life. Insurance

25:07

policy that would ensure some security

25:10

for his wife Nancy. A

25:13

few days later, Tray. Went into

25:15

a jewelry store looking upon one of his

25:17

life's rings a three carats pear shaped diamond

25:19

ring with to one carrot diamonds on either

25:21

side. Tray said he needed the money to

25:24

open a spot at the Jerome and that

25:26

he had to move out of his house

25:28

and three to four days. The

25:30

jeweler made an offer. That. It

25:32

was so low trade didn't just refuse

25:34

the all a her best. he lowered

25:36

his head punched. His. Shoulders. And.

25:38

Didn't speak for some time. When. He

25:41

finally looked up. In. Front of

25:43

the jeweler. He. Threatened to kill himself.

25:45

Then. He eventually settled out the

25:47

door. One of the last emails said

25:49

tray with send a sister. He

25:52

said quote be careful what you wish

25:54

for. You may get more than you

25:56

expect. The

25:58

case would make a doormat. Turn on February

26:01

twenty eighth, Two days

26:03

after Nancy sister's body was found in

26:05

the closet, a maintenance worker for the

26:07

City of the Salt would call Nine

26:09

One One. He'd found a bag of

26:11

trash in a receptacle in front of

26:13

Alpine Bank would just so happen to

26:15

be directly behind the motel where the

26:18

Stylers were staying. The. Heavy duty

26:20

trash bag caught the maintenance workers attention

26:22

because he was like twenty five pounds

26:24

which was odd for that type of

26:26

are sceptical. So. He looked inside.

26:29

And found a jewelry box filled

26:31

with stickers and old photographs and

26:34

empty prescription bottles with the name

26:36

nancy sister and immediately. It.

26:38

All clicked. By. Then

26:40

the gruesome murder of the Aspen

26:42

Socialite had captured media attention across

26:45

the nation and around the world.

26:48

The maintenance worker recognized nancy sister's

26:50

name because he'd read a news

26:52

report about her murder and the

26:54

local paper that morning. When.

26:56

The investigators got their hands on

26:58

the bag they would recover and

27:00

old bloody. Hammer. There were numerous

27:02

credit cards belonging to sister for

27:05

passport and driver's. License and

27:07

other documents. Inside

27:09

that bag, they also found registration

27:11

papers for the styler's vehicle and

27:14

additional paperwork, which included their P.

27:16

O. Three days later,

27:18

a key to sisters master

27:20

bedroom closet was discovered near

27:22

a trash can which was

27:24

just outside the Stylers Motel

27:26

room. The. Key which was

27:29

given to investigators was labeled

27:31

owners closet. By then, the

27:33

hammer that had been found inside the garbage

27:35

bag had been determined to be the murder

27:38

weapon. The blood on the hammer belong to

27:40

Nancy sister and Trace Tyler's dna would be

27:42

found on the weapon. These.

27:44

Developments would lead to the arrest

27:46

of Tray and Nancy Styler. to

27:48

continue to deny any involvement in

27:51

the murder. But investigators

27:53

were suspicious. They certainly didn't think

27:55

they had a slam dunk because

27:57

everything wasn't adding up. Tyler's

28:00

where the killers They struggled

28:02

with their parents carelessness, the

28:05

garbage bag. Conveniently sound

28:07

stuffed in a waste receptacle.

28:10

Near. Where the couple had been

28:12

staying. And then the employees

28:14

signing the key. To Nancy

28:16

Sisters closet. Right by their

28:19

motel. Room Door. I. Mean

28:21

why would you leave a key that

28:23

would connect you to a murder rate

28:25

by here hotel room. They had to

28:27

wonder where the stylers being framed and

28:29

if so. Of whom. The

28:32

logical question would be who would have

28:34

the motive and the opportunity? The key

28:36

to the closet that was found by

28:38

the Sailors hotel. Room when it was

28:40

tested. Didn't have the sailors forensic

28:42

evidence on it but Kathy Carpenters.

28:45

And that county serpent her, it

28:47

was still on their radar. County

28:50

had consented to a polygraph examination

28:52

two days after she'd found Nancy's

28:54

body. Among the questions

28:56

she was asked: did you cause

28:58

the death of Nancy sister and

29:01

do you know for sure who

29:03

caused the death of Nancy Sister

29:05

Kathy would answer note both but

29:07

the public refer said her answers

29:09

or deceptive. Trace

29:12

Tyler had also failed his

29:14

polygraph test. Party.

29:17

Was the last person to seen as

29:19

he sister allies. She had penned

29:22

a do not disturb sign on sister's

29:24

bedroom door before she left. On

29:26

the twenty Fourth, remembered Nancy was found

29:28

on the Twenty sixth and her time

29:31

as glass was believed to be thirty

29:33

six to forty eight hours before she'd

29:35

been discovered by Kathy in the closet.

29:38

And. Investigators would learn that the

29:41

day after sister's body was

29:43

found. Kathy went to the bank.

29:45

And took out six thousand dollars

29:48

in cash and to heirloom rains

29:50

from sister safety deposit box. Detectors

29:54

also went back to Nancy's hysterical

29:56

nine One One call. And.

29:58

At one point, He said

30:01

he dead. Full blood.

30:03

But how could not be true? When. Compared

30:05

to what the deputy saw when

30:08

they arrived at the scene, if

30:10

you'll recall, A deputy saw

30:12

a see beneath a bunch of seats

30:14

and when they bent down and pulled

30:16

back the cover, the only skyn that

30:18

was visible was a shoulder. No

30:21

blood. And. name's his head

30:23

had been raft and to garbage bags. You.

30:25

Couldn't tell who it was. Then.

30:28

When investigators spoke to Nancy's inner

30:30

circle. They. Would say that

30:32

Kathy had appeared less than happy about.

30:34

Her working relationship with her boss

30:36

who. Often sucker for granted.

30:39

And. Kathy had become close to the Stylers when

30:42

her bosses out of town. The.

30:44

Three of them as started hanging

30:46

out publicly trash talking Nancy sister.

30:49

Kathy Carpenter would be arrested

30:51

eleven days. Mr. Tray and

30:53

Nancy Styler. She. Was the

30:55

third person charged with Nancy's murder.

30:58

Despite Kathy's denials that she had

31:00

nothing to do with Nancy's murder,

31:02

investigators believe that she had worked

31:04

with the Stylers to carry out

31:06

the murder. But.

31:09

The investigation would be turned on

31:11

it's head once again. A week

31:13

before the preliminary hearing. Trace

31:16

Seiler would come forward. He

31:18

wanted to make a deal. With prosecutors. He.

31:21

Would confess that he and he

31:23

alone murdered Nancy sister. He

31:25

told them that he snuck out of the

31:28

motel room the morning of February twenty fifth,

31:30

that he went to nancy sister's house because

31:32

he wanted to reason with her. He

31:34

still had a key. So. We unlock the

31:36

door. Climb Those stairs.

31:39

Went into nancy sister's bedroom. Where.

31:41

He sees her lying in bed. She's.

31:44

Asleep. She's. Wearing an

31:46

eye mask. He didn't realize

31:48

that she had earplugs in. As he begins

31:50

talking to her, He says that

31:52

when she doesn't respond. He just

31:54

goes into a rage. And begins

31:56

bashing her head multiple times with a

31:58

hammer. He then. The mean. That.

32:01

In an. Adrenalin fused frenzy, He

32:03

was able to move her dead

32:05

body to the floor, drag her

32:07

to the closet rapper and garbage

32:09

bags and sheets, and then flip

32:11

over the queen size mattress. Betrays

32:14

plea deal stipulated. That

32:17

in exchange for his cooperation, charges

32:19

would be dropped against his life.

32:21

And. Coffee. Needed. This alone.

32:24

And. Thus, the gators weren't since and said

32:26

he acted alone but without any physical

32:28

evidence connecting the women to the murder.

32:30

They agreed to the deal. Nancy

32:33

would be released with prejudice, which

32:35

meant she could never be charged

32:37

with the crime. The kathy

32:39

was released without prejudice, which

32:41

meant she was still under

32:43

suspicion. In. June of

32:46

Twenty fourteen. Tray. Would

32:48

be sentenced to twenty years. In prison.

32:50

For the murder of Nancy sister. In

32:54

August of Twenty sixteen. Trace

32:56

Tyler. Would. Hang himself

32:58

in his prison cell. But.

33:02

The story doesn't end here. Up

33:05

next. My. Co Host Brandon

33:07

Morgan and I will discuss some details

33:09

about the case. That didn't

33:11

make it into this episode. Will

33:13

talk about a book that was

33:15

written by Nancy Styler and the

33:17

million dollar life insurance policy that

33:19

she collected after his suicide. So

33:21

stay with us for more criminal

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