Ashley Schwamm

They were certain he was lying.

They knew Ashley never filled those gas cans.

Detectives believed that gas can text was just a ruse to fool police into thinking Ashley put them in her SUV.

In truth, they said, James got the gas two days before the murder.

When he was on his way to the fire hall to start his shift, he actually puts a gas can, a red Jerry gas can in his car.

And off he goes.

They thought he filled both those cans and later planted them in the back of Ashley's SUV.

This is looking like premeditation now to you.

This was the first bit of planned and deliberate.

The more they looked, the worse it seemed for James.

Days before the murder, cameras captured him adjusting the home's security system.

And he moves the camera system from inside the garage to the back of his house.

It's full of snow.

The detectives could think of only one reason why he'd want that camera out of the garage.

that he appeared to fine-tune in the run-up to his wife's murder.

To detectives, it looked like James was scoping out the lot near the crash site.

That's like a whole new level of evil if you're bringing your son along for the pre-planning of his mom's murder.

It's horrible.

Then they say James roped in his unwitting parents.

A new car entering the picture.