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

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

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

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

FROM THE RCMP SAYING THAT THEY HAD FOUND A

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

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

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

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

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

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

STOLEN SECOND CHANCES...THE JESSICA NEWMAN STORY.

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

NANCY HIXT: JESSICA NEWMAN WAS BASICALLY THE GIRL NEXT DOOR

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

(SOUND UP OF JESSICA SINGING KARAOKE)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LEARNING TO CO-PARENT WITH THEIR EX S.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

HOURS PASSED... JESSICA...NEVER CAME

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

AND THEN LEAVE FOR THE NIGHT. WE THEN LEARNT

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FOR HER NOT TO SHOW UP WAS UNUSUAL FOR FAMILY MEMBERS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ARE NOW SEARCHING THIS ENTIRE AREA FOR EVIDENCE.

THE SEARCH FOR FURTHER FORENSICS CONTINUES WITH OFFICERS DOING AN

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I WAS ALREADY CRYING BEFORE I OPENED THE DOOR

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

WHO WOULD DO THIS...AND WHY?

JESSICA S FAMILY WAS DEVASTATED TO LEARN SHE WAS MURDERED

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SO IN THIS PARTICULAR INVESTIGATION. THROUGH OUR INITIAL ENQUIRIES WE

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

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

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

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

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

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

AT ANOTHER RESIDENCE INVOLVING

HER MOST RECENT BOYFRIEND.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

IF THE ROOMMATE MAYBE HAD A ROMANTIC INTEREST IN JESSICA

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WORKED TO ELIMINATE SOME SUSPECTS

AND ZERO IN ON THE KILLER.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I MET THEM ALONG THE REMOTE ROAD...IT

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

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

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

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

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

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

THEN...JUST TWO DAYS LATER

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

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

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

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

WITH MORE, NANCY. NANCY-FAMILY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

KEVIN RUBLETZ: YEAH. DETECTIVE WAYNE BIRKS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

HE WAS THE ONE WHO DID IT.

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

DISAPPEARED DURING THE INVESTIGATION ANTONY- WELCOME BACK TO CRIME BEAT

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THE PROBLEM WAS--IT WAS GONE.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

HE'S ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE (PAUSE)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

RHONDA SAID- -IT S HARD

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SEE YOU IN A FEW DAYS.

ANTONY: RUBLETZ SOUGHT

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

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

HIS CONVICTION FOR SECOND DEGREE MURDER STANDS.

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