Payton Moreland

I think to police, it's like, how did she die in her own neighborhood, just like steps away from her house? This is really the only option, is that one of the other neighbors got her before she got to her actual house. So knowing that Esmeralda was last seen wandering around the neighborhood, Chris and Cassandra are climbing to the top of the suspect list quickly.

I think to police, it's like, how did she die in her own neighborhood, just like steps away from her house? This is really the only option, is that one of the other neighbors got her before she got to her actual house. So knowing that Esmeralda was last seen wandering around the neighborhood, Chris and Cassandra are climbing to the top of the suspect list quickly.

I think to police, it's like, how did she die in her own neighborhood, just like steps away from her house? This is really the only option, is that one of the other neighbors got her before she got to her actual house. So knowing that Esmeralda was last seen wandering around the neighborhood, Chris and Cassandra are climbing to the top of the suspect list quickly.

So investigators next move is to follow up on another little detail from that tipster. The fact that Chris rented a U-Haul to get rid of Esmeraldas body. So they start calling local U-Haul stores and sure enough. One of them finds that a rental was made to a Christopher Prestapino just days after Esmeralda went missing. And on that contract is Christopher's phone number, email, home address.

So investigators next move is to follow up on another little detail from that tipster. The fact that Chris rented a U-Haul to get rid of Esmeraldas body. So they start calling local U-Haul stores and sure enough. One of them finds that a rental was made to a Christopher Prestapino just days after Esmeralda went missing. And on that contract is Christopher's phone number, email, home address.

So investigators next move is to follow up on another little detail from that tipster. The fact that Chris rented a U-Haul to get rid of Esmeraldas body. So they start calling local U-Haul stores and sure enough. One of them finds that a rental was made to a Christopher Prestapino just days after Esmeralda went missing. And on that contract is Christopher's phone number, email, home address.

He did not even try to use a fake name renting this U-Haul.

He did not even try to use a fake name renting this U-Haul.

He did not even try to use a fake name renting this U-Haul.

Just as the police are making some moves on this case, another anonymous tip comes in telling police, if you want to find out what happened to Esmeralda, you should speak to this woman named Trisha Ott. And police are like, oh my gosh, how many freaking tips can we get? We already have a really, really obvious one.

Just as the police are making some moves on this case, another anonymous tip comes in telling police, if you want to find out what happened to Esmeralda, you should speak to this woman named Trisha Ott. And police are like, oh my gosh, how many freaking tips can we get? We already have a really, really obvious one.

Just as the police are making some moves on this case, another anonymous tip comes in telling police, if you want to find out what happened to Esmeralda, you should speak to this woman named Trisha Ott. And police are like, oh my gosh, how many freaking tips can we get? We already have a really, really obvious one.

But it would be shoddy police work to not follow up every tip. So they track down Trisha, even though they feel like they're on the right path. And when they speak with her, they realize that this tipster actually was being helpful because she begins to connect the dots even more for police.

But it would be shoddy police work to not follow up every tip. So they track down Trisha, even though they feel like they're on the right path. And when they speak with her, they realize that this tipster actually was being helpful because she begins to connect the dots even more for police.

But it would be shoddy police work to not follow up every tip. So they track down Trisha, even though they feel like they're on the right path. And when they speak with her, they realize that this tipster actually was being helpful because she begins to connect the dots even more for police.

She tells the police that in early June, a week or so after Esmeralda went missing, her friend, Christopher Prestapino, called her in the middle of the night. He told her he needed her help moving something large and asked if she could come over to the house right away.

She tells the police that in early June, a week or so after Esmeralda went missing, her friend, Christopher Prestapino, called her in the middle of the night. He told her he needed her help moving something large and asked if she could come over to the house right away.

She tells the police that in early June, a week or so after Esmeralda went missing, her friend, Christopher Prestapino, called her in the middle of the night. He told her he needed her help moving something large and asked if she could come over to the house right away.

Trisha got out of bed, made the drive over, and when she got there, she found her friend Christopher blasting music and the TV so loud that she could barely speak to him. But also, Christopher was acting really paranoid. He was going on and on about a woman who had come over to his house and he had tied her up and maybe he accidentally killed her.

Trisha got out of bed, made the drive over, and when she got there, she found her friend Christopher blasting music and the TV so loud that she could barely speak to him. But also, Christopher was acting really paranoid. He was going on and on about a woman who had come over to his house and he had tied her up and maybe he accidentally killed her.