Ashley Schwamm

Accidents, unfortunately, they happen everywhere, but we know that they can happen here with these roads.

Yeah, and there was a snowstorm the night before.

This is just really bad luck.

That's what we thought.

I know firsthand just how treacherous these roads can get in the winter.

My own grandfather died in an icy crash not too far from here.

But for investigators, something wasn't sitting right about the scene.

Clues that were telling them Ashley's death may not have been an accident.

You describe it as threading a needle almost.

Because that's such a narrow opening.

The team also told them it was a survivable crash.

And there was more.

Another thing that came to light was that one of the witnesses initially came by the scene.

They thought that there could be track marks in the snow in the area of the road that curved there.

You mean like footprints?

Well, and that's just it.

We weren't sure.

There was a footmark of some sort of thing in the snow.

We didn't have like what we would be looking at an actual footprint with tread markings.

It just seemed as though there could have been tracks in the snow.