Catherine Townsend

You have a witness who apparently saw her at the crime scene around the time of the murder. You have the fact that there's a life insurance policy, of which, according to police, she's the sole beneficiary. $100,000. There was marital infidelity. She had a boyfriend in Louisiana. And according to the source we talked to, April and Doug were not living in the home together.

You have a witness who apparently saw her at the crime scene around the time of the murder. You have the fact that there's a life insurance policy, of which, according to police, she's the sole beneficiary. $100,000. There was marital infidelity. She had a boyfriend in Louisiana. And according to the source we talked to, April and Doug were not living in the home together.

She was living somewhere else. So you have a separation. And then we found out something else. It turned out that Doug was not the first person close to April who died violently under mysterious circumstances. Years earlier, April's mother, Anna Thompson, was also fatally shot. We're going to get a lot more into April Janice's family history next week.

She was living somewhere else. So you have a separation. And then we found out something else. It turned out that Doug was not the first person close to April who died violently under mysterious circumstances. Years earlier, April's mother, Anna Thompson, was also fatally shot. We're going to get a lot more into April Janice's family history next week.

But for now, we can say April grew up in the Hemphill, Texas area with her mom, Anna, and her father, Bob Thompson, who, by the way, was a character in his own right. Bob was an Army veteran who later ran a trucking company. Bob was known around town as the one-armed biker. This was said with affection because he had had an arm amputated after an injury.

But for now, we can say April grew up in the Hemphill, Texas area with her mom, Anna, and her father, Bob Thompson, who, by the way, was a character in his own right. Bob was an Army veteran who later ran a trucking company. Bob was known around town as the one-armed biker. This was said with affection because he had had an arm amputated after an injury.

But he loved to constantly ride his motorcycle around. Like Doug, Bob was into hunting and fishing and going out on the lake. So we're gonna go down to the area where Doug Janus was murdered and see what we can find out. We've been warned this could be dangerous.

But he loved to constantly ride his motorcycle around. Like Doug, Bob was into hunting and fishing and going out on the lake. So we're gonna go down to the area where Doug Janus was murdered and see what we can find out. We've been warned this could be dangerous.

This is a part of the world where things burn to the ground, suspicious fires, flying bullets, violent weather, and alligators are not rare occurrences. But we found out several things that in my opinion are completely groundbreaking and could change everything in this case. Several things that make me question how and why this case is apparently going cold rather than being actively investigated.

This is a part of the world where things burn to the ground, suspicious fires, flying bullets, violent weather, and alligators are not rare occurrences. But we found out several things that in my opinion are completely groundbreaking and could change everything in this case. Several things that make me question how and why this case is apparently going cold rather than being actively investigated.

One was that April Janice was not just much younger than her husband. We've heard April was a teenager when she started dating Doug. Doug's friend April actually addressed this. She said she noticed how young April looked next to Doug when she first met them.

One was that April Janice was not just much younger than her husband. We've heard April was a teenager when she started dating Doug. Doug's friend April actually addressed this. She said she noticed how young April looked next to Doug when she first met them.

Some of his friends seem to kind of gloss over the fact that April was so young, but they may be unaware of just how young April was when she started becoming involved with Doug. According to people who knew April and Doug well, April and Doug started dating when she was very young. She was just 13 years old. At that time, Doug would have been in his 40s.

Some of his friends seem to kind of gloss over the fact that April was so young, but they may be unaware of just how young April was when she started becoming involved with Doug. According to people who knew April and Doug well, April and Doug started dating when she was very young. She was just 13 years old. At that time, Doug would have been in his 40s.

Obviously, we're not here to blame victims, but I do think it's important to develop a complete picture of Doug Janis in order to understand why someone would have wanted to murder him execution style. And a big piece of that puzzle is understanding what his exact relationship was with April.

Obviously, we're not here to blame victims, but I do think it's important to develop a complete picture of Doug Janis in order to understand why someone would have wanted to murder him execution style. And a big piece of that puzzle is understanding what his exact relationship was with April.

Bob Thompson, April's father, wrote an entire book about April's life and the night her mother, Anna, was killed. Bob passed away. We're going to be reading excerpts from his book and we're going to try to piece this story together. We're going to talk to someone very close to April and we're going to track down the witness who saw Doug's boat burned to the ground.

Bob Thompson, April's father, wrote an entire book about April's life and the night her mother, Anna, was killed. Bob passed away. We're going to be reading excerpts from his book and we're going to try to piece this story together. We're going to talk to someone very close to April and we're going to track down the witness who saw Doug's boat burned to the ground.

We're going to try to find the person who allegedly saw April leaving the scene. And we're going to try to figure out what happened in that remote lakeside area way back in the woods. We will also get into Anna Thompson's death a lot more next week. But a lot of the records in this case are sealed.

We're going to try to find the person who allegedly saw April leaving the scene. And we're going to try to figure out what happened in that remote lakeside area way back in the woods. We will also get into Anna Thompson's death a lot more next week. But a lot of the records in this case are sealed.