WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:05.000 This episode may contain content of a graphic nature, including descriptions of physical and 2 00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:10.480 sexual violence against adults, children, and animals. Listener discretion is advised. 3 00:00:12.679 --> 00:00:18.000 Hi everyone, I'm Tanya and I'm Talia, and we are Crimes and Consequences, 4 00:00:18.079 --> 00:00:37.399 a true crime podcast. Hi Talia, Hi Tanya. Welcome back everyone 5 00:00:37.439 --> 00:00:42.719 to another exciting episode of Crimes and Consequences. Before I get started with today's 6 00:00:42.759 --> 00:00:48.719 story, I'm going to remind everyone to hit subscribe, like follow whatever on 7 00:00:48.840 --> 00:00:54.560 whatever. Just do it please. I'm gonna tell your story today about Chandler 8 00:00:55.039 --> 00:00:59.399 Halderson. I don't know him. He was a twenty three year old Wisconsin 9 00:00:59.479 --> 00:01:07.640 man who reported his parents, Bart and Krista Halderson missing after they disappeared after 10 00:01:07.719 --> 00:01:14.000 heading up to their family cabin for a Fourth of July weekend. The same 11 00:01:14.079 --> 00:01:19.040 month. Remains were found in Dane County, Wisconsin, and they were Bart 12 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:23.040 and Christa's. So how far is that from their cabin? Your I have 13 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:30.640 no idea. Why are you asking me? Couple hours? Probably? Bart 14 00:01:30.719 --> 00:01:36.799 and Christa were Wisconsin natives and they both earned bachelor's degrees from the University of 15 00:01:36.840 --> 00:01:41.680 Wisconsin in Madison. The two married in July of nineteen ninety four, and 16 00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:47.040 they had two sons, Mitchell and Chandler. Bart worked as a CPA and 17 00:01:47.239 --> 00:01:52.239 Krista worked as an administrative assistant for an automotive company. Okay, so they're 18 00:01:52.280 --> 00:01:56.159 well employed. Yeah. They lived in Windsor, Wisconsin, and they were 19 00:01:56.239 --> 00:02:00.840 a relatively normal family by all accounts. They lived a great life and they 20 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:06.239 had a beautiful home. Everyone that knew them really enjoyed their company. They 21 00:02:06.239 --> 00:02:12.560 had lots of friends. So and then something happened happened. Barton Krista devoted 22 00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:17.080 their lives to raising their two boys, and they also supported local organizations and 23 00:02:17.199 --> 00:02:23.599 charities. The family would spend their time attending local football games and at their 24 00:02:23.639 --> 00:02:30.039 property in Lane Laide County. Chandler, who was twenty three at the time 25 00:02:30.159 --> 00:02:32.439 that our story takes place, he was in college to get his degree in 26 00:02:32.599 --> 00:02:38.400 it while he lived at home with his parents. His younger or his older 27 00:02:38.439 --> 00:02:40.759 brother, Mitchell, was just a year older. At twenty four. He 28 00:02:40.919 --> 00:02:46.240 worked in tact and he was engaged to be married. Chandler was a student 29 00:02:46.280 --> 00:02:52.199 at the Madison Area Technical College and he received his associates degree in Computer Information 30 00:02:52.240 --> 00:02:55.639 Technology, Administration and Management. I have something like that yeah, you do 31 00:02:57.039 --> 00:03:00.120 puter information systems. Right. While he was going to college, he worked 32 00:03:00.120 --> 00:03:06.240 as a lifeguard and a teaching assistant. According to his LinkedIn profile, the 33 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:12.479 majority of his experience, like work experience, was either lifeguarding or in technology. 34 00:03:12.960 --> 00:03:15.719 But he didn't stop there. He said he had a quote strong understanding 35 00:03:15.719 --> 00:03:22.639 of solar panels and the installation process that goes with them, and that he 36 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:29.360 had experienced in teaching in leadership for when he was a teaching assistant leadership leadership. 37 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:34.000 Chandler was unemployed at the time of our story because he's in school right, 38 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:36.840 right, And like I said, he was living at home, so 39 00:03:37.080 --> 00:03:38.840 mom and dad are paying the bills, mooching off the parents, right. 40 00:03:39.719 --> 00:03:43.960 Rather than going into work every day to make his own money, he stayed 41 00:03:44.199 --> 00:03:46.439 home all day to play video games. Well why not? Why not? 42 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:50.759 I suppose when he wasn't in school, If my parents were gonna pay for 43 00:03:50.840 --> 00:03:54.240 wording, just play video games too. Play video games from son up to 44 00:03:54.319 --> 00:04:00.360 sundown. He was on those games. Yeah, probably had a headset talking 45 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:05.159 to people. Yeah internationally, right, I know, right, some avatar. 46 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:13.080 Even though he was playing these video games all day, his parents thought 47 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:15.759 he had a job. They thought he was working, so it was he 48 00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:20.120 graduated then, I believe, so maybe he was graduated with his associate. 49 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:25.279 Sorry, So his parents were like, since you're making money, why aren't 50 00:04:25.319 --> 00:04:29.319 you pitching in to help with the bills? And even his brother Bart had 51 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:33.720 asked him, why aren't you paying rent? Why aren't you contributing since you're 52 00:04:33.720 --> 00:04:40.079 working, And he just had this like web of elaborate lies. First, 53 00:04:40.120 --> 00:04:44.439 he said that the insurance company, which was called American Family Insurance, he 54 00:04:44.480 --> 00:04:47.079 said he worked for them. He said they were withholding his track because they 55 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:53.560 screwed up his payroll. Okay, the payroll department apparently had mistakenly had him 56 00:04:53.600 --> 00:04:58.279 in their system as an hourly worker instead of salary. But when that lie 57 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:01.879 ran its course, Chandler then told his parents he gave the company, the 58 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:09.319 peril department incorrect direct deposit information. So oops, again I don't have my 59 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:13.759 paycheck. Oh shit, right, And then when that lie ran its course, 60 00:05:14.120 --> 00:05:17.480 Chandler said that since the company had owed him so much money, that 61 00:05:17.560 --> 00:05:21.040 when the check was issued to his checking account, the bank flagged it because 62 00:05:21.079 --> 00:05:26.839 they thought it was fraudulent. Oh yeah, Chandler was so wrapped up in 63 00:05:26.839 --> 00:05:30.319 his own lies that he even went as far as to stage fake emails between 64 00:05:30.399 --> 00:05:35.480 himself and the fake HR representative. He only see, Mom, I'm working 65 00:05:35.480 --> 00:05:40.120 on him. Oh my god, just get a goddamn job. It's not 66 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:43.879 that hard man, you know. The HI rep just so happened to have 67 00:05:43.879 --> 00:05:48.959 a generic email address which Bart made him forward to him, and these lines 68 00:05:49.040 --> 00:05:56.800 worked for a little while until they didn't. Dude, come on. Chandler 69 00:05:56.839 --> 00:06:01.319 lied to everyone around him. Family and friends thought he was a very impressive 70 00:06:01.319 --> 00:06:05.920 guy who studied technology at college and was working with the Madison Police Department as 71 00:06:05.959 --> 00:06:12.519 a scuba diver for the rescue. Oh wow. Then he apparently had just 72 00:06:12.560 --> 00:06:15.959 gotten a job at elon Musk's space. Ax. Really yeah, Okay. 73 00:06:16.079 --> 00:06:20.480 He lied to his parents about attending college in Wisconsin. Chandler had told his 74 00:06:20.560 --> 00:06:26.079 parents that the college was withholding his transcripts. So did he graduate? I 75 00:06:26.120 --> 00:06:30.879 don't know. Yeah, Bart called the college pretending to be his son. 76 00:06:30.199 --> 00:06:34.680 This reminds me of the one case I did the Walking Dead. Oh yeah, 77 00:06:34.720 --> 00:06:42.319 that he lied about everything, lied about everything. There was an event 78 00:06:42.680 --> 00:06:46.399 found on Bart's phone calendar that showed that he was planning to meet with school 79 00:06:46.399 --> 00:06:50.800 officials with his son. Chandler on July first, at three pm. Why 80 00:06:50.839 --> 00:06:54.120 do I feel like they didn't make that? I don't think they made that 81 00:06:54.279 --> 00:06:58.680 now. Bart texted Chandler at two ten, when the day came for them 82 00:06:58.759 --> 00:07:01.519 to meet with the school the x red quote I'm ready whenever you are end 83 00:07:01.600 --> 00:07:06.160 quote. The text was sent about an hour before the murders. M This 84 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:12.720 was the very last time that Bart would ever use his phone. M After 85 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:16.319 Bart was murdered, Chandler texted his mom and told her that Bart's phone had 86 00:07:16.399 --> 00:07:19.360 died, and then they asked if she could bring him a soda since she 87 00:07:19.480 --> 00:07:23.560 was out. What she's like, Hey Mom, Hey mom, can you 88 00:07:23.560 --> 00:07:27.240 pick me up a diet coke? I guess I don't know. She replied 89 00:07:27.279 --> 00:07:31.199 with quote kay, I can end quote and with a smiley face emoji. 90 00:07:31.759 --> 00:07:36.079 So Raylan's video shows Christa coming home, but she was never seen alive again. 91 00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:43.560 Motherfucker going back. Bart had found out about all of the lies that 92 00:07:43.720 --> 00:07:46.720 Chandler was spewing when he called the college and found out the administration had no 93 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:50.040 record of Chandler being a student there, and why is it got an appointment 94 00:07:50.160 --> 00:07:56.279 because Chandler was so insistent that he do. So they were going to let 95 00:07:56.560 --> 00:08:00.879 go straighten this ship out. Remember that lie told you about the Madison Police. 96 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:05.480 He worked to a scuba Yeah, they didn't even have a scuba chee 97 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:11.160 and Chandler did go to college, but he flunked out after only one semester. 98 00:08:13.439 --> 00:08:18.120 The job with the insurance company that he allegedly had also came to an 99 00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:22.839 end. Sense Then Chandler claimed he had gotten that job with SpaceX oh geez, 100 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:28.800 and said, I'm moving to Titusville, Florida, where those I'm working 101 00:08:28.839 --> 00:08:33.440 for Eli I'm working for Elon Musk. He told his girlfriend that he was 102 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:37.080 going to be an astronaut. Oh oh, after I've done scuba dining. 103 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:43.879 What he faked so much shit, Taliah. He faked like I'm getting an 104 00:08:43.879 --> 00:08:50.240 apartment. He faked that he had a serious concussion from falling down the stairs, 105 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:56.159 where he claimed that he had brain bleed along with a serious hematoba and 106 00:08:56.639 --> 00:09:01.200 bad spinal damage. Because of that, he's that he wasn't able to drive 107 00:09:01.799 --> 00:09:03.320 or scuba diving. Yeah, I mean it was crazy. Well, how's 108 00:09:03.320 --> 00:09:05.919 it going to be a goddamn master not? He said he couldn't fly on 109 00:09:07.080 --> 00:09:09.320 planes. He needed the calassmate back. I just want to I'm just giving 110 00:09:09.360 --> 00:09:13.080 you like a rundown of all these bullshit lies that He'm going to go to 111 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:18.080 Mars. There's so Yeah, I'm gonna join SpaceX and I'm gonna be the 112 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:24.320 first human on Mars. Okay, but I can't go on a plane. 113 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:30.440 Yeah. There are pictures of Chandler wearing a neck brace, but there's also 114 00:09:30.480 --> 00:09:33.879 a video from when after the murders occurred showing him without the neck brace. 115 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:41.039 Yeah cured. Yeah, so on July first, I told you that's the 116 00:09:41.120 --> 00:09:46.240 day of the murder. Records from Chris's employer noted that she left work at 117 00:09:46.279 --> 00:09:52.600 around four fifty eight pm. Video from the neighbor's ring security system showed her 118 00:09:52.759 --> 00:09:56.600 Volvo pulling into the Halderson residence at about five to twelve, and that same 119 00:09:56.600 --> 00:10:03.159 footage shows the same vehicle calling out of the driveway at about eight sixteen pm. 120 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:07.440 A car matching the same description was seen at a Quick Trip convenience store 121 00:10:07.840 --> 00:10:11.799 at eight twenty two and a minute later, a man who was later identified 122 00:10:11.840 --> 00:10:18.240 as Chandler emerged from the vehicle with a diet coke and he went in to 123 00:10:18.399 --> 00:10:24.120 the convenience store. He bought two bags of ice, and he used Venmo 124 00:10:24.279 --> 00:10:26.759 to purchase that. I know you could use a Venomo. You can do 125 00:10:26.799 --> 00:10:31.000 that at a Comedians don't check that out. I know. The Vovo then 126 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:35.159 left the parking lot at about eight twenty nine, and the neighbor's ring security 127 00:10:35.159 --> 00:10:39.960 camera footage showed the Vovo pulling back into the Halderson residence. I didn't realize 128 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:41.000 ring could do that. I mean, I thought it was just like the 129 00:10:41.039 --> 00:10:46.840 front porch, like when pizza guy comes a videotapes because it maybe maybe it's 130 00:10:46.840 --> 00:10:52.159 across the street right, Maybe I don't know. Chandler originally claimed that On 131 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:56.679 July second, the day after the murders, at about six pm, he 132 00:10:58.039 --> 00:11:01.559 said that his parents left for their cabin for the weekend. However, Christa 133 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:05.320 was expected at work that day, and when she didn't show up, her 134 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:09.600 co workers began calling and texting her to see where she was. According to 135 00:11:09.679 --> 00:11:13.360 Christa's cellular data, on July second, all incoming calls to her phone went 136 00:11:13.440 --> 00:11:18.320 straight to voicemail. A text from Christa's phone was sent to Chandler on July 137 00:11:18.440 --> 00:11:22.120 fourth, Two days later, she sent him in text, Hey, I'm 138 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:26.919 doing well in the cottage something like that. Did you get my oak, 139 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:31.320 he said, made it safely, can't get anything through and yes it's packed, 140 00:11:31.639 --> 00:11:35.960 going to Waite like today for the parade and we'll be home Monday night 141 00:11:35.039 --> 00:11:41.799 slash Tuesday early. Love you lots exclamation point, exclamation point. Oh he's 142 00:11:41.840 --> 00:11:45.600 it, dick, Yeah, I want to know what he did, Tanya. 143 00:11:45.960 --> 00:11:50.039 I know. On July seventh, twenty twenty one, around eleven thirty 144 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:54.559 am, bart and Christa were reported missing by Chandler. He told police that 145 00:11:54.639 --> 00:11:58.799 his parents left for their cabin on July second, and he hadn't seen that 146 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:07.360 since they departed. Dane County detectives Sabrina Simms and Brian Shrunk were assigned to 147 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:11.759 the case. After further investigation, law enforcement discovered that Barton Krista never even 148 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:16.320 left home for the Fourth of July weekend. How did they find that? 149 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:20.960 Probably cameras? Yeah, probably where's Mitchell and all this? I don't think 150 00:12:20.960 --> 00:12:24.159 Mitchell lives at home, so he's probably off just living his life. Yeah, 151 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:28.559 but hey, brother, I know parents are, yeah, right where 152 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:31.559 his mom and dad? He probably just told them all they're up at the 153 00:12:31.600 --> 00:12:35.480 cabin. I don't know, Okay. When Chandler explained to investigators that his 154 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:41.200 parents left for their home in Langlade County. Detectives went to search the cabin 155 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:43.919 neither. That's how they known they never went. There's no signs of them, 156 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:46.720 right, Yeah. The front door of the property was locked and the 157 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:50.360 home appeared undisturbed. No car there. Yeah, nobody had been there for 158 00:12:50.440 --> 00:12:54.360 quite some time, is what the police determined. A family member of the 159 00:12:54.399 --> 00:13:00.799 Holderson's told police that they last saw Barton Krista on July first, twenty twenty 160 00:13:00.799 --> 00:13:03.559 one, and, according to Chandler Christa, Texas, him memory till junely 161 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:07.919 fourth, but he said he hadn't heard from either of his parents since then. 162 00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:15.159 He reported to the area's local news station, NBC fifteen what because he 163 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:18.679 was interviewed, he said, we'll find them. It's better not to listen 164 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:22.519 to the negative theories. My last message I got from them they were going 165 00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:26.200 to White Lake for the Fourth of July. There's some festivities that go on 166 00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:30.639 around there. Better drink prices at bars, stuff like that. What White 167 00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:35.279 Lake, Wisconsin. Their plan to my knowledge, they were going to Langlade 168 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:39.679 County to a cabin. Their cabin along the way. They could have stopped 169 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:41.840 at many places, but I wouldn't know any of them, but it's about 170 00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:46.159 three hours north of Madison or Dane County due. He went on to say 171 00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:50.919 then that his parents were probably just at the casino. Oh that's okay, 172 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:54.240 that's a long time at the fucking casino, you know, with their phones 173 00:13:54.360 --> 00:13:58.480 off, or they went out on a boat having fun with their friends. 174 00:13:58.559 --> 00:14:05.320 Gay Later, when he asked who these friends were, who did they possibly 175 00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:07.639 go out of a boat with? And supposedly they went with friends up north. 176 00:14:07.679 --> 00:14:11.159 Just from that's all you need to know, Chandler couldn't name them. 177 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:16.840 It's like, I don't know those friends. Yeah, and it's because they 178 00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:20.960 didn't exist. And the weirdest thing about the news report was that the reporter 179 00:14:22.120 --> 00:14:26.720 saw Chandler going door to door asking neighbors if he could take a look at 180 00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:31.799 their security footage. He wanted he wanted to see if he find they're just 181 00:14:31.840 --> 00:14:35.759 at the casino. He wanted to find the footage that showed his parents leaving 182 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:41.200 the house. According to the neighbors, Chandler seemed more concerned if the road 183 00:14:41.919 --> 00:14:46.200 or their house was visible in the footage. Yeah, investigators are sent on 184 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:50.759 a wild use chase. That's fucked up. They're fine, they're just out 185 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:54.080 on a boat. Yeah, they're great gambling. But can I look at 186 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:58.639 your footage? I know, right, just want to check it out. 187 00:15:00.039 --> 00:15:03.519 The day after he reported his parents missing July eighth, Chandler made a Google 188 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:09.919 search between ninety four yeh and nine forty five am boy to see if his 189 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:16.000 parents' bodies were found. Oh the Google search? What the fuck is that? 190 00:15:16.039 --> 00:15:20.039 The Google searches round? Wouldn't he know you would think like, Okay, 191 00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:24.480 if your parents were really missing, you reported a missing, you reported 192 00:15:24.519 --> 00:15:28.120 a missing, if bodies were found, wouldn't he be notified? Yeah? 193 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:31.360 He would think. Well, maybe he's wondering if any bodies were like found. 194 00:15:31.039 --> 00:15:37.399 He googled body found Wisconsin. He googled dead body found Wisconsin, body 195 00:15:37.440 --> 00:15:43.000 found in Milwaukee River. Oh, well that's specific. And he also googled 196 00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:50.159 this a little bit of a spoiler alert Wisconsin dismembered body found. Oh what 197 00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:56.000 off? Yeah? Fuck? Yeah? What the fuck? Barts remains? 198 00:15:56.080 --> 00:16:00.480 Oh my god, Tanya, what did he do? I'm gonna tell you. 199 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:06.840 Bart's remains were found that same day. They were found around three pm, 200 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:11.200 the same day that these Google searches were made, and that same day 201 00:16:11.320 --> 00:16:15.720 Chandler was brought in for questioning, and his story was just not adding up 202 00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:19.759 for I know. Originally, he tells the police that his parents were heading 203 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:22.799 up to their cabin. Yeah, yeah, they're gonna have a good time 204 00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:26.840 for a little getaway with friends. It's the fourth of July. I'm gonna 205 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:30.399 get drunk and gamble. Right, they're gonna get cell phone service, No 206 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:33.480 cell phone service. Maybe they're going out on a boat. Maybe they're contexted 207 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:38.559 exactly. But now that he was being interrogated, Chandler told police that his 208 00:16:38.679 --> 00:16:44.360 parents had gone up to the cabin due to a plumbing emergency. He had 209 00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:48.679 helped them pack up tools. He then mentioned that his parents packed lots of 210 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:52.720 booze. Oh for a plumbing emergency, And well, you know what, 211 00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:57.919 I'm not judging them. I pack up lots of boots for less than that. 212 00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:02.799 I'd be like, Oh, the fucking pipes burst. We'd better bring 213 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:04.960 a bottle of vodka. Oh, I gotta do the dishes. Where's the 214 00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:11.079 vodka? I know? So, as a side note to that little they 215 00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:15.519 brought lots of booze. Friends of Barton Krista were interviewed and they said that 216 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:19.640 they rarely drank and even when they did. Neither of them had more than 217 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:26.559 two drinks, so they weren't like tighter than better than me. During the 218 00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:30.920 interrogation, one of the detectives let Chandler know that it was mandatory that he 219 00:17:32.039 --> 00:17:34.119 tell the truth about what happened to his parents. Oh okay, I don't 220 00:17:34.119 --> 00:17:38.759 know. Does that work? Oh okay? Absolutely. The detectives were trying 221 00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:42.599 to get Chandler to feel that law enforcement was on his side. Detectives let 222 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:48.599 him know that something simply just could have happened while Chandler was defining himself, 223 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:52.039 or something may have happened if he just got fed up with his parents. 224 00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:56.079 Oh yeah, that whole Hey boy, you know they do. You were 225 00:17:56.119 --> 00:18:00.440 abused child, did you you had to kill and chop their bottles? You 226 00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:03.519 could just come clean with us. I'm your friend, Tell your friend. 227 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:10.440 Really, I understand, I understand. Chandler denied any type of allegation that 228 00:18:10.599 --> 00:18:15.599 he was either defending himself or that something happened. The detective went on to 229 00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:18.039 say, quote, you know what happened. We're not going to tell you 230 00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:22.240 what happened. You were there when it happened, and we are not bullshitting 231 00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:25.200 you. We know more than you think we know, and oh, I 232 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:29.160 wouldn't be able to control myself of the detective. I feel like, listen, 233 00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:32.200 you little fucker, I know what you did. You know what you 234 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:33.920 did. Just tell me, Just fucking tell me. Just tell us. 235 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:38.079 Not your friend anymore, just we already know. Just tell us. Yeah, 236 00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:45.720 Detective Shunk, let Chandler know that people have come forward with information about 237 00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:49.279 this whole thing, and they have evidence against him. They have proved did 238 00:18:49.319 --> 00:18:55.519 they probably not? Shunk. Let Chandler know that his parents never made it 239 00:18:55.559 --> 00:19:00.599 to the cabin and that you probably already know that the detective my mom tech 240 00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:06.640 what. The detectives began to ask Chandler about blood they found at the home, 241 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:10.920 and they found blood, yeah, and Chandler defended that by saying that 242 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:14.880 he had cut his foot and that he cleaned it up with hydrogen peroxide and 243 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:18.640 a swiffer. Chandler said, quote, I didn't feel sick, so there 244 00:19:18.640 --> 00:19:22.640 couldn't have been that much unquote whatever that means. Detectives let him know that 245 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:29.000 the blood wasn't his, but it was his parents' blooded DNA. Yeah. 246 00:19:29.079 --> 00:19:33.480 So Chandler was like, well, you know both of my parents had nosebleeds. 247 00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:38.480 I knew nosebleeds were coming into the air conditioning. His father was also 248 00:19:38.640 --> 00:19:42.279 bleeding from scratching a psoriasis patch on his skin. I mean you have to 249 00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:45.960 really, I mean, come on, he said, Quote my dad scratches 250 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:48.880 his psoriasis until he gushes blood. Quote, well couldn't. He also just 251 00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:52.920 showed that he didn't have a cut on his foot, right right, Yeah, 252 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:56.960 maybe he did, Maybe he did. He volunteered this information after being 253 00:19:57.000 --> 00:20:02.240 asked if there was any reason that his parents' blood could have been evident in 254 00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:07.279 the house. In the video footage of the interrogation, the detective asks simple 255 00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:11.079 questions, but rather than giving the detective simple answers, he engages in just 256 00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:18.200 elaborate stories and lies. While detectives were speaking with them, the deputies received 257 00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:22.000 a tip. Someone said while they're speaking with them. Yeah, someone said 258 00:20:22.039 --> 00:20:26.920 that they saw a suspicious man walking away from a car, wearing a backpack 259 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:33.839 and heading away from the river a backpack. Yeah, around the time that 260 00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:40.079 snapchat captured Chandler's location there. Yeah, that snapchat's got your location, damn. 261 00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:45.000 But what was in the Detectives kept this information to themselves, and they 262 00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:48.680 continued questioning Chandler until he asked for a lawyer that dumbask didn't notice, shut 263 00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:56.200 off his location on Snapchat, leave your cell phone at home. Chandler was 264 00:20:56.319 --> 00:21:00.039 arrested on July eighth, and after the booking was complete, detective asked him 265 00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:04.839 if he was suicidal. He responded and said he didn't have any reborse about 266 00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:10.319 what he did. Oh what he did I know. Chandler was originally held 267 00:21:10.359 --> 00:21:15.559 in Dane County Jail and was charged with providing false information for a missing persons 268 00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:19.640 investigation. The Dane County Sheriff's Office released a statement and made a post on 269 00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:26.039 Instagram extending their thoughts and prayers to the family of Barton Christa, letting them 270 00:21:26.119 --> 00:21:30.599 know that the Sheriff's office was doing everything in their power to quote bring closure 271 00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:34.720 and justice end quote to the investigation. A family member of the Halderson's responded 272 00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:38.480 to the post, thinking the police department quote, thank you everyone for your 273 00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:42.640 prayers and any help you can give in finding them. So hard waiting for 274 00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:48.240 updates and not being able to do anything to help. Also appreciate all the 275 00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:52.920 work law enforcement is doing to find Barton Christa. We have always been big 276 00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:56.359 backers of the police and never thought we would be in a situation like this 277 00:21:56.440 --> 00:22:00.519 and neither help. So much. Thank you all. The family member Blake 278 00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:07.519 Halderson went on to reveal how none of what happened made any sense. The 279 00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:11.319 Halderson family was loved by the community. A member of the community wrote on 280 00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:15.839 the post about how kind, caring and general Krista and Bart they were just 281 00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:21.279 those types of people. Two days later, Chandler was charged with the murder 282 00:22:21.319 --> 00:22:26.720 of his dad because by then Bart's body was found parts. Yes, he 283 00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:33.319 was also charged with dismembering and concealing a body. The police still didn't know 284 00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:37.279 what had happened to Christa or if she was even still alive. I'm going 285 00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:41.400 to take a guess on them. Yeah. After the police interviewed neighbors, 286 00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:47.720 family, and friends, they came across some very interesting information from a woman 287 00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:52.839 named Katherine Melander. She went by Kat oh Boy, Chandler's then girlfriend of 288 00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:56.759 two years. No what does she know? Kat was brought in for questioning 289 00:22:56.880 --> 00:23:00.400 and she said, quote, I just believed parents were missing and I just 290 00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:06.559 want them to be found. As part of her own cooperation, she allowed 291 00:23:06.599 --> 00:23:11.480 detectives to download data from her phone. She wanted to help investigators in any 292 00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:15.440 way she could, since she said Bart and christ were really good people. 293 00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:19.160 Detechasens was told that Chandler had cheated on Kat in the past, so she 294 00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:26.759 kept tabs on her man's location with the well known nap snapchat Snapchat. This 295 00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:30.359 app gives friends the capability to keep track of their friends whereabouts in real time, 296 00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:34.119 but only if the location services are turned on yep, I got it, 297 00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:40.519 and if the app has been used recently. Luckily for Investigators, Chandler 298 00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:45.079 had his location on yes, and he had just used the app on July 299 00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:49.440 third. Can't notice that Chandler was in a very remote location near the Wisconsin 300 00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:53.000 River. Oh, that's what you were talking about. That's how they knew. 301 00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:57.799 So she decided to take and save a screenshot of it, probably because 302 00:23:57.799 --> 00:24:02.039 she was going to be like, why the fuck were you at the Wisconsin 303 00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:04.720 River right? And where are your parents? Yeah? And where are your 304 00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:11.799 parents? In the screenshot, Chandler's bit Mooji is seen in Roxbury. In 305 00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:17.200 Cat's phone, Chandler's contact is set to Hubby, so in the screen shot, 306 00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:22.359 Hobby is standing in the middle of nowhere off Route sixty in Golf Road 307 00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:26.440 and there the Wisconsin River can be seen in the screen shot clear as day, 308 00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:33.680 stupid. I know the screenshot was taken at the exact time Barton Christo 309 00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:38.359 were missing. Kat told investigators at one point Chandler had asked her to bring 310 00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:45.319 him over hydrogen peroxide, ice and a mop. A mop and a mop. 311 00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:47.720 You get a mob. You can't go buy these things on your own? 312 00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:49.720 Well, what are you playing that bad? Honey? And in need? 313 00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:52.839 Am up? I can't use a paper towel. And just so you 314 00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:56.240 know, when you screenshot on snapchat, it lets the person know, Oh, 315 00:24:56.319 --> 00:25:00.839 yeah, you're right, But I'd be like a mo a mom, 316 00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:03.359 I'll go to the hospital. Why do you need this? Why do you 317 00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:04.759 need it? Your mom doesn't have a mom at home? A mop? 318 00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:08.759 Yeah? Right, come on now. Kat told investigators that she had believed 319 00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:11.839 everything that Chandler told her. He told her about a job he was going 320 00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:15.359 to take at SpaceX, and she had planned to move to Florida be with 321 00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:21.160 him after August twenty one. Cat questioned the job opportunity since she never saw 322 00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:25.960 his grades or any money that he earned whatsoever. When asked around the time 323 00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:30.279 when Barton Christa went missing, she said she went to Chandler's home on July 324 00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:34.960 second, and smelled heavy smoke when she asked smoke. Yeah. When she 325 00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:40.160 asked hibout the smell, he told her that he had broke the fireplace while 326 00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:44.359 playing fetch with one of the family dogs. What how would them make smoke? 327 00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:48.119 Exactly? How would that? May spoke it? According to Kat's family, 328 00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:52.839 Chandler had told him that he lost the job at SpaceX due to his 329 00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:56.480 severehead concussion. Oh yeah, you know. Kat's mother, Dulce, was 330 00:25:56.559 --> 00:26:02.200 dating a woman named Crescent Lasai. On July fifth, Chandler visited the home 331 00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:07.039 of Crescent and asked if he could use the pool sort of as physical therapy 332 00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:10.839 for a leg injury he had. He's got a leg injury. Yeah sure. 333 00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:15.480 Chandler seemed frazzled. He's got everything right, I noticed, and when 334 00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:18.559 he was asked if he was okay, he replied, Oh no, I'm 335 00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:22.440 not okay. I'm having problems reading words in numbers. His head head injury. 336 00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:27.599 How did he get that again? I don't know. Bumped his head 337 00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:30.519 on the wall. Yeah, some talked into a door. He did something 338 00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:34.599 okay on the stage. Chandler was alone and drove himself there in one of 339 00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:40.839 his parents' cars. Crescent told investigators that Chandler was not only seen at the 340 00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:45.640 pool, he was also seen in a wooded area near a shed. And 341 00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:48.119 he actually went missing for a little while. Oh shit. And when she 342 00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:53.160 looked outside the pool cover was untouched, like he hadn't gone in the Conno, 343 00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:56.400 but he went in the woods. Yeah, near shed. And should 344 00:26:56.440 --> 00:27:00.839 he even be driving with his head injury? I know, right, I'm 345 00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:04.440 just saying the trunk of the Halderson car was open at the time. He's 346 00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:07.480 got the trunk open, and he's in the fucking woods and he's in the 347 00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:11.359 woods. Yes. When he reappeared, he was seen taking a dip in 348 00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:18.039 the pool and appeared to be washing himself off. Incidentally, when police searched 349 00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:22.200 the wooded area on July eighth, Bart's remains were discovered and Cottage Grove, 350 00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:26.319 Wisconsin. I thought they were in the river. Yeah, I think that's 351 00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:30.200 near the river. His remains showed that he was shot at least two times 352 00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:36.559 in the back. Neighbors reported that they had seen vultures circling ball Man and 353 00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:41.759 this was unusual. Yeah. Yeah. The investigation ended up turning from two 354 00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:45.039 missing people to a double homicide in a matter of weeks. The shed that 355 00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:52.079 I mentioned at Pressence's residence that was searched inside the shed, there was a 356 00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:57.000 rifle that was found and that was used to murder Bart and there was also 357 00:27:57.039 --> 00:28:04.480 a blood covered tarp was fall man. Scissors in a sob blade were found. 358 00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:10.160 Scissors, yes, scissors. They were found inside an oil drum. 359 00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:14.880 Where was the oil drum in the shed? And a sochal warrant was obtained 360 00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:18.200 for the Hulderson residence once that was found. Did you think they're never going 361 00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:21.200 to chuck their shed? I know, right, at some point you go 362 00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:23.200 in your shed, they're all looking. There's a rifle and a fucking bloody 363 00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:29.519 tart, right, I know, how do you leave this stuff somewhere? 364 00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:33.240 I don't know. They're better places, That's all I'm saying exactly, there 365 00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:36.960 are better places. No, I don't know that you go to a fucking 366 00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:42.319 shed and somebody else's property. No, anyway, anyway, Sorry, Okay, 367 00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:45.799 So I told you. Chandler was arrested. Yes. On July fifteenth, 368 00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:52.240 Chandler had his first court appearance. Court Commissioner Brian Asmus set bail for 369 00:28:52.400 --> 00:29:00.000 a million dollars. Chandler's defense attorney told Asthmus that Chandler was a lifelong residence 370 00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:04.440 who was an Eagle Scout and was involved in church organizations with no prior criminal 371 00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:11.160 record. He's a saint. The defense asked that Chandler's bail stayed at ten 372 00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:15.559 thousand dollars. A fourteen page document was released that same day that detailed the 373 00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:21.079 investigation into the murder of Bart. This document had information about the interviews that 374 00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:26.359 were held with chandler friends, witnesses, and family members. It didn't specify 375 00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:30.680 where and when Bart was killed, but it did place Chandler at the site 376 00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:36.240 where Bart was found the open murder charge or something. The document continued on 377 00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:41.680 to explain what happened at Crescence's property and that a family friend provided the gun 378 00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:47.440 and ammunition to Chandler on June twelveth, What like it wasn't his so somebody 379 00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:49.559 could get like one of his family members just made up some bullshit. I 380 00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:53.000 need a rifle. Yeah, And before I tell you more, we're going 381 00:29:53.039 --> 00:30:00.839 to take a break. On July twenty second, investigators targeted a new location 382 00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:06.359 to search for Krista. The Dane County Sheriff's Office in Dank County is square 383 00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:11.599 the family lives. That's where they're ya house. Revealed that they were searching 384 00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:15.880 a waste management land film near Johnson's Creek in hope of finding her. Dive 385 00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:19.960 teams and candaver dogs searched the pond near the Halderson residence. The ponds drained 386 00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:25.240 to gain better access, and cadaver dogs pointed the police to areas that ended 387 00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:29.920 up just being insignificant, like dead ends. Yeah. The spokesperson for the 388 00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:33.759 Sheriff's office said that this location was just it's just an obvious location. They 389 00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:37.960 had to search it because it's by their house. It's by the house. 390 00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:42.759 On Friday, July thirtieth, the Sheriff's office confirmed that remains were found in 391 00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:48.799 Roxbury, not in the pond, and that the remains were identified as Krista's. 392 00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:56.359 Investigators asked the District Attorney's office add a second first degree homicide charge against 393 00:30:56.559 --> 00:31:00.319 Chandler, along with the additional charges that he was being charged with, like 394 00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:04.559 hiding a corpse and mutilating a corpse. Sheriff Calvin Barrett said, we have 395 00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:08.559 kept the Halsdersen family in our thoughts and prayers throughout this investigation, and we 396 00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:14.240 extend our continued sympathies to them. Today we have said everyone allow them to 397 00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:18.119 grieve this tremendous loss with the utmost respect and dignity. That's so sad, 398 00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:23.680 like terrible. On July twenty eighth, even more evidence was found. There 399 00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:30.119 was a black rope tied around Bart's remains around his torso, and the same 400 00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:33.720 black rope was found so they were able to make a match like at the 401 00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:37.759 house. Yeah mean, all technology from the house was seized as evidence. 402 00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:41.759 Barton Christa's phones were found in the garage. The phones along with both of 403 00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:45.920 their drivers. Like kept the phones in the garage, they kept it. 404 00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:49.279 He kept them rams in aluminum foil and paper towels, and he used to 405 00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:53.160 stuff them inside of a shoe. Oh, no, one will find them 406 00:31:53.200 --> 00:32:00.000 there. Next, the detectives took a look at cellular data from Barton Christa's 407 00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:05.759 phones. It was found that Christa's phone never pained from Langlaide County, and 408 00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:10.839 that's where the cottages where Chandler told investigators that his parents went up to remember 409 00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:15.079 she had supposedly sent him attacks. Well the text that was sent from her 410 00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:21.279 phone. Their data from it revealed that the text was sent from Dane County, 411 00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:27.039 where they lived, and autopsy was done on Bart's remains, and the 412 00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:32.440 report revealed that he had been shot with an sks Narenko rifle. I don't 413 00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:37.480 know what that is. It's a foreign military style rifle and it fires very 414 00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:43.200 specific ammunition and a shell casing for the ammunition was found inside the Halderson residence. 415 00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:45.079 Okay, he didn't even take out the shell. No, like, 416 00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:49.799 he couldn't pick up that shell, right, And they also found they were 417 00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:53.759 parts of the floor removed and a part of a wall. That's hello, 418 00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:59.640 hello right. Chandler was charged with the murders of both of his parents on 419 00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:02.920 twenty fourth, two thousand and one. He was charged with two counts of 420 00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:08.799 first degree homicide, providing false information in a missing person's case, and mutilation 421 00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:14.799 and hiding of a corpse. And I haven't told you what exactly he did 422 00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:19.440 to his parents. Oh, he murdered them, yes, I got that 423 00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:27.640 part. He dismembered them using a saw, scissors, pruning shears, and 424 00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:31.720 then that well, and then he burned some of the remains in the family 425 00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:37.640 fireplace, which bone fragments were found in the family fireplace. How many like 426 00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:44.240 over two hundred and yeah, and then he buried some of the remains. 427 00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:47.960 Oh my god, I'm August twenty fifth, Chandler filed a request for a 428 00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:52.920 speedy trial, and in September he pleaded not guilty to first degree murder. 429 00:33:52.119 --> 00:33:58.119 Wasn't giving false information, I mean he pluged not guilty to every charge thereout 430 00:33:58.920 --> 00:34:01.279 eight charges in total. In early January of twenty twenty two, the trial 431 00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:05.559 began. So I guess he did get that speedy trial, and the prosecutor, 432 00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:09.400 William Brown, revealed that Christa had discovered that Chandler didn't have a job, 433 00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:15.480 nor was he actually in school. Surprise. The prosecutor went on to 434 00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:19.079 say that Chandler was playing video games at home rather than working, and said 435 00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:23.320 that he lived a life of lies. Prosecutors presented evidence that Chandler dropped out 436 00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:28.039 of school and told a jury that he made up a series of fake emails 437 00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:32.199 to make his parents believe that he was actually attending college. The prosecutor claimed 438 00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:37.840 that Chandler posed as life insurance company employees and college officials in emails that he 439 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:42.360 forwarded to his father like as proof that he had this job and that he 440 00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:45.400 was enrolled in school. The prosecution also said that the defendant made up that 441 00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:50.800 job at SpaceX no no shit, no shit, and lied to his then 442 00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:53.280 girlfriend that he had bought a car and signed a lease for an apartment for 443 00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:58.679 a future move to Titusville, Florida. When the story fell apart, Chandlers 444 00:34:58.679 --> 00:35:01.679 fall down a flight of stairs was an escape plan so that friends and family 445 00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:07.079 wouldn't find out that he had fabricated like every fucking thing he was talking about. 446 00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:09.519 And what about his foot and the blood? Utah, that was true? 447 00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:14.239 Actually that was true. Yeah, that was true. That happened. 448 00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:16.079 Well, he said he was playing with the dog and he might have scraped 449 00:35:16.119 --> 00:35:23.960 it on the fireplace or whatever, But I doubt that's what really happens. 450 00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:30.920 I do scissors, yeah, or the saw or something. The prosecution didn't 451 00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:35.159 stop there, though, They displayed video evidence of Chandler buying a tarp along 452 00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:39.320 with twenty pound bags of ice that he used ice his father's dead body. 453 00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:45.320 What what? Why is he icing his dad's dead body? No? Was 454 00:35:45.320 --> 00:35:50.119 it easier to cut up I don't fucking know to cut up its frozen frozen 455 00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:52.199 chickens harder than I don't. I'm being crude. I don't need to be 456 00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:58.519 crude. The scissors and sobling found were tested by forensic team and the results 457 00:35:58.559 --> 00:36:01.519 were announced during the trial that both Christa and Bart's DNA were on both. 458 00:36:02.199 --> 00:36:07.360 The prosecution showed the jury of photo of the broken glass from the fireplace inside. 459 00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:12.039 That's how he did it. Yeah, that's when he mentioned during his 460 00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:15.400 interrogation that he cut his foot, and the jury was shown a picture of 461 00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:19.800 the bottom his foot and the cut is less than a centimeter long. Oh 462 00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:22.599 it hurts a bitter no man, the cut looked to be a splinter. 463 00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:27.480 I need a mop and his big toe. There was also a video shown 464 00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:30.599 from a neighbor security system. The neighbor I think that lives across the street 465 00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:36.079 that I originally mentioned, who had like fourteen cameras around his house. It 466 00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:38.880 wasn't just a ring camera, yeah he was. He had the security hookup. 467 00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:44.639 Wow, that's a lot of cameras. Yeah. That security footage from 468 00:36:44.639 --> 00:36:50.400 his house showed a flicker of light coming from inside of the home the day 469 00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:53.559 that Bart and Krista were supposedly killed. So that's when he was probably burning 470 00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:57.920 stuff in the fireplace and in the business summer. This is like July. 471 00:36:58.440 --> 00:37:01.760 Yeah, I get cold, easy in Wisconsin, where it's nice and humid 472 00:37:01.800 --> 00:37:07.000 like it is in Michigan. It's believed that Chandler cut them up and attempted 473 00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:09.880 to burn the heads, arms, and lings of each of them inside the 474 00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:16.039 fireplace. Yeah, forensic specialists took the stand to explain the two hundred bone 475 00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:22.360 fragments that I mentioned earlier. The same forensic expert went on to explain blood 476 00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:25.320 evidence. Blood was found in the basement of the home and an attempt to 477 00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:30.920 clean up the blood and the basement. Yeah, that was evident. The 478 00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:34.480 jury was shown a photo of what appeared to be a clean basement floor, 479 00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:39.000 but the expert revealed that in the dark, blue light revealed traces of blood. 480 00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:45.599 Next, the prosecution explained that the rifle found in the shed it was 481 00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:49.920 found on the same property where Bart's remains were found, and the medical examiner 482 00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:54.280 confirmed the evidence. They also noted that Christa's cause of death was unknown and 483 00:37:54.440 --> 00:38:00.199 wasn't determined, and that so blade that they found when it was found, 484 00:38:00.320 --> 00:38:06.800 it had what looked to be like slimy material on it. Slimy which they 485 00:38:06.800 --> 00:38:12.719 believe was fatty tissue. Oh my god, he didn't even bother to clean 486 00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:16.599 it. No, he didn't even bother witnesses. Several witnesses took the stand 487 00:38:16.639 --> 00:38:21.599 to testify against Chandler. Kat's mother, A. Dulce, took the stand 488 00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:23.840 because he went to her house right, yeah, and she recalled it. 489 00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:29.199 Chandler had told her about his job working for the Wisconsin Department of Nancial Resources 490 00:38:29.280 --> 00:38:32.360 and that he needed to be on call for water rescues. Remember it because 491 00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:36.400 he's a scuba die. Yes. He also mentioned to her that he worked 492 00:38:36.440 --> 00:38:40.000 for that insurance company, American Family Insurance. Lastly, she was told that 493 00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:45.039 he had received a new job working for SpaceX in Florida. It's okay, 494 00:38:45.079 --> 00:38:47.719 I can't. I cannot hear about his fucking chileman and like SpaceX again. 495 00:38:49.119 --> 00:38:52.599 Dulce mentioned to the jury that after hearing this, she took him out to 496 00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:55.400 dinner to celebrate, but then said that the job fell through due to his 497 00:38:55.480 --> 00:39:01.079 inability to fly because he had that severe concussion. When asked about seeing Chandler 498 00:39:01.199 --> 00:39:06.719 at Crescent's farm, she let the jury know that she saw Chandler with one 499 00:39:06.760 --> 00:39:10.039 of his parents' cars out in the field with the trunk open. When Chandler 500 00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:14.480 came back from the field, he was acting really strangely. Yeah, I 501 00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:19.599 bet yeah. Next to testify was Dulcha's significant other, Crescents, since her 502 00:39:19.679 --> 00:39:23.360 firm was cited as the crime scene. Oh man, I know. She 503 00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:28.159 told a jury that Chandler had asked if he could use the pool for physical 504 00:39:28.199 --> 00:39:31.679 therapy. Remember I told you yeah, because my tell yeah in my head. 505 00:39:31.880 --> 00:39:36.880 My fine. Yeah. He said his concussion caused nerve damage to his 506 00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:40.119 legs. Crescent went on to tell the jury that Chandler was only in the 507 00:39:40.119 --> 00:39:44.559 pool to wash himself off after he had walked around the property for about an 508 00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:46.920 hour and a half. She recalled it his demeanor and I think that's weird. 509 00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:52.760 He's just walking around the half. But I don't think that like anything's 510 00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:57.599 really that wrong, anything right, And I'm just saying, yeah. She 511 00:39:57.719 --> 00:40:00.960 recalled that his demeanor was kind of off and he was acting kind of weird. 512 00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:05.679 Oh, I bet yeah. Two days later in the trial, Chandler's 513 00:40:05.719 --> 00:40:08.599 former girlfriend, kat took the stand to testify against him. She told the 514 00:40:08.639 --> 00:40:14.840 prosecution that she was with Chandler the most between July first through seventh. She 515 00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:17.920 let the jury know that she fully cooperated with law enforcement and she gave police 516 00:40:17.960 --> 00:40:22.199 everything they asked. For During the questioning process, she told the prosecutor that 517 00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:27.840 Chandler had asked her to bring him the swiffer like this fucking swiffer. Oh 518 00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:32.360 yeah, yeah, that's the mop along with hydrogen peroxide, which investigator said 519 00:40:32.519 --> 00:40:37.079 was to actually clean up the crime scene. She had ordered the supplies from 520 00:40:37.159 --> 00:40:39.440 Target via the Target app, and a photo was taken to the Target bag 521 00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:44.440 with her name, order number, and order date. The bag was noted 522 00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:47.599 at the crime scene since the bag contained bloody rags. Oh. Kat was 523 00:40:47.639 --> 00:40:52.440 in tears on the stand when she was asked if she had helped her ex 524 00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:55.440 boyfriend cleaned the blood up after he brudely killed his parents, and she denied 525 00:40:55.440 --> 00:41:00.880 it. The prosecution noted to the jury that Kat was innocent of any crime. 526 00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:02.800 Yeah. I think by the time he got there he cleaned most of 527 00:41:02.800 --> 00:41:07.360 it off. Yeah. From when I read about it, he said he 528 00:41:07.400 --> 00:41:10.840 broke some glass in the fireplace and needed the swiffer. Yeah, and cleaned 529 00:41:10.880 --> 00:41:15.239 it off. His big toe hurt. This is another weird thing that Kat 530 00:41:15.280 --> 00:41:20.280 testified to. She said she spent the night with Chandler on July second, 531 00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:23.519 So this is the night after he had killed his parents, and she remembered 532 00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:28.079 it being really weird because she said they didn't sleep in his bedroom. She 533 00:41:28.199 --> 00:41:30.719 said that he had made a fort with the couches in the living room and 534 00:41:30.840 --> 00:41:36.960 bedding sheets, so they slept inside the fort. Oh okay. The last 535 00:41:36.960 --> 00:41:39.239 thing she told the jury was that she just wanted them to find Krista and 536 00:41:39.280 --> 00:41:44.440 Bart more than anything else. After Kat, two different doctors were called to 537 00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:47.760 the standard discuss Chandler's falled down the stairs. One doctor in particular told a 538 00:41:47.840 --> 00:41:52.559 jury that he didn't diagnose Chandler with a brain bleed. He didn't have a 539 00:41:52.599 --> 00:41:57.119 hematoma, he didn't have a spinal injury, nor did he have any other 540 00:41:57.159 --> 00:42:00.719 ailment. These diagnosises were what Chandler decided to tell his friends and family. 541 00:42:01.280 --> 00:42:05.400 The doctor, I think that would be a big deal if you had that. 542 00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:08.239 Like, you know, I went to urgent care. I got all 543 00:42:08.280 --> 00:42:14.039 this ship right, bravely. But I'm good now. The doctor did say 544 00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:17.079 that he sent Chandler home with a neck brace. Jesus yeah. One of 545 00:42:17.079 --> 00:42:22.360 the detectives took the stand and very graphic images were shown to the jury of 546 00:42:22.440 --> 00:42:29.599 Bart's remains. There was also testimony that Chandler, when they had arrested him. 547 00:42:29.639 --> 00:42:34.559 There were bruises all over his backside. He had scrapes on his legs 548 00:42:34.639 --> 00:42:38.119 that were probably from like a briar bush, which is where Bart's torso and 549 00:42:38.199 --> 00:42:45.119 legs were found. The joke deliberated for two hours, and Chandler was found 550 00:42:45.119 --> 00:42:47.559 guilty of all eight charges. How long did they deliberate? Two? Who 551 00:42:47.599 --> 00:42:54.519 long? Two hours? For about two people. He was sentenced to life 552 00:42:54.519 --> 00:43:00.320 in prison without the possibility of parole. Chandler requested to be absent from on 553 00:43:00.320 --> 00:43:02.840 the day of sentencing. Yeah, I would be like, I'm busy, 554 00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:07.840 I don't need to be there. Yeah. Deputy District Attorney William Brown argued 555 00:43:08.000 --> 00:43:13.559 against this motion that he shouldn't be there, and he said that Chandler had 556 00:43:13.639 --> 00:43:16.280 zero right to skip the court hearing simply due to the fact that it's uncomfortable 557 00:43:16.400 --> 00:43:22.679 and to avoid being held responsible for his cruel actions. Dane County Judge John 558 00:43:22.760 --> 00:43:27.480 Highland agreed with the prosecutor and denied the motions, so Chandler had to face 559 00:43:27.480 --> 00:43:31.400 the music. He was given the maximum penalty for each of the lesser charges, 560 00:43:31.599 --> 00:43:36.239 and he will spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder 561 00:43:36.239 --> 00:43:39.119 of his parents. All because he was a fucking liar. Well, thank 562 00:43:39.119 --> 00:43:44.360 you for Telia for listening. Thank you, thank you everyone for listening. 563 00:43:44.760 --> 00:43:49.800 And I know, and don't forget to hit the subscribe like follow whatever button 564 00:43:49.920 --> 00:43:54.239 on your app. And if you would like to hear more episodes that aren't 565 00:43:54.239 --> 00:43:59.360 released to the public like this one, you can go to patreon dot com 566 00:43:59.400 --> 00:44:05.119 slash t n T like Dynamite dum TNT crimes, or you can go to 567 00:44:05.119 --> 00:44:07.280 our website. You can find a link there, or if you listen on 568 00:44:07.519 --> 00:44:14.360 the Apple app, you can subscribe there. So they only found Christa's legs. 569 00:44:14.599 --> 00:44:16.840 Yeah, they only found her legs I think yeah, I think it 570 00:44:16.880 --> 00:44:20.719 was her legs. Yeah, they didn't find anything else, so they really 571 00:44:20.760 --> 00:44:23.599 couldn't determine how she was killed because, I mean, legs really ain't going 572 00:44:23.679 --> 00:44:30.039 to tell you much. So why what a psycho? I'm poor his brother 573 00:44:30.119 --> 00:44:32.639 Mitchell, I know it's probably Mitchell's probably like, what the fuck? What 574 00:44:32.719 --> 00:44:37.320 the fuck he lost his brother, lost his parents. I know, right, 575 00:44:37.760 --> 00:44:40.639 it's terrible. Oh my goodness, it's awful. What the fuck? 576 00:44:40.760 --> 00:44:45.480 I hate people? I hate people, man, I know, yeah, 577 00:44:45.519 --> 00:44:49.280 and you your own son, I know, right, What the fuck? 578 00:44:49.440 --> 00:44:52.199 Why? Why because of school, because it's that's what I'm saying, because 579 00:44:52.239 --> 00:44:55.920 of school. Really, Like, what ain't the probably really going to get 580 00:44:55.920 --> 00:44:59.800 into with your parents? I told you video games have been going on. 581 00:45:00.039 --> 00:45:04.159 Honestly, you're not gonna get all You're gonna get a job, oh shit, 582 00:45:04.320 --> 00:45:07.679 and be an adult. Yeah, unbelievable. I wish there was a 583 00:45:07.719 --> 00:45:13.320 psychological report on him. He's a psychopath. Yeah, for sure, I 584 00:45:13.400 --> 00:45:15.559 had to be. Signs had to be. You know, you don't just 585 00:45:15.639 --> 00:45:21.559 chop up your parents. No, you don't signs What the hell like? 586 00:45:21.559 --> 00:45:24.320 Oh, you're just in a bad mood, mad at your mom, Yeah, 587 00:45:24.480 --> 00:45:28.119 mad at your dad and you chop him up. No, no, 588 00:45:28.519 --> 00:45:31.159 anyway, anyway, Thank you guys, Thank you everyone for listening up and 589 00:45:31.360 --> 00:45:36.239 to our next episode. Don't kill each other or your parents. People, 590 00:45:36.559 --> 00:46:04.199 your parents, nice to them.