Ashley Schwamm

Maybe Ashley's death was just a terrible accident.

He was sure the boss was about to shut down the investigation.

Like everything checks out.

That's not why he wanted him to come back.

The pathologist had the results of Ashley's autopsy.

Did your jaw just drop in that moment?

It did, and she added to the fact that she would have been dead before the fire was even lit in the car.

James Schwamm's friends were worried about him in the days after Ashley's death.

Jordan Paris and others reached out to him to offer condolences.

But James rarely responded.

I'd reached out, like, many times, just checking in constantly and trying to, like, go over there and help him out and reconnect.

They assumed he was deep into his grief.

But unlike James's friends, Detective Schiffman was not convinced Ashley had died in an accident.

As he interviewed James about the crash, Detective Lloyd was two hours away in Toronto waiting for the results of Ashley's autopsy.

The body was very badly burned.

The autopsy lasted all day.

When it was over, the pathologist pulled the detective into an office.

And she posed the question, like, are you guys homicide detectives?

And I'm like, yeah, we are.

And she said, well, that's good because I really believe you have a homicide.