Ashley Schwamm

Ian gathered everyone together in his chalet at the mountain.

He was especially worried about James, thrust overnight into the role of grieving single dad.

Detectives were now piecing together the hours leading up to the crash.

When they talked to James at the shop, he told them it was just a normal morning.

The children, who were nine and six, were asleep.

He'd left the house at 5.14 a.m.

to walk the dog.

A hike he thought Ashley had planned the night before.

Near their ski club, about a 10-mile drive, James pulled out his phone and showed them home security video from that morning.

He went one way and she went the other.

James also showed detectives other texts he said Ashley sent that morning.

One read, I had a text that talked about gas.

That's a piece of the puzzle right there.

Another text suggested why Ashley might have lost control of her car.

Did Ashley suffer from some type of vertigo?

Yes.

Yes, she did.

I mean, she would call and complain and talk about it.

She had a vertigo attack in the grocery store and my brother had to go get her.

To the family, everything pointed to a tragic accident.