{"id":13231,"date":"2025-03-16T04:25:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T04:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/how-iowa-woman-angela-prichard-helped-police-solve-her-own-murder\/"},"modified":"2025-03-16T04:25:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T04:25:23","slug":"how-iowa-woman-angela-prichard-helped-police-solve-her-own-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/how-iowa-woman-angela-prichard-helped-police-solve-her-own-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"How Iowa woman Angela Prichard helped police solve her own murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>On the morning of Oct. 8, 2022, the serene Mississippi River town of Bellevue, Iowa, population about 2,500, woke up to a calamity \u2014 news of an apparent homicide, the first in nearly a decade. <\/p>\n<p>Dozens of investigators from six different law enforcement agencies were combing the crime scene at the Mississippi Ridge Boarding Kennels with body cameras rolling. The woman who ran the kennels, Angela Prichard, 55, had been gunned down.<\/p>\n<p>Her sister, Wendy Budde, believed she<em> <\/em>knew who was responsible: Angela&#8217;s husband, Chris Prichard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong> (emotional): He knew how to get in the front door.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti |<\/strong> <strong>&#8220;48 Hours&#8221; contributor<\/strong>: In that moment, did you know it was Chris?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: A hundred percent. One hundred percent, I knew it was him.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Angela Prichard \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/12\/17707990-83e6-4f9d-8788-97b3cac20766\/thumbnail\/620x349\/f74cb6f4e66baab2732f25282321b29b\/prichard-sneakpeek.jpg?v=e7f44f50e1cf6b32bb81cbfeaec70acf 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/12\/17707990-83e6-4f9d-8788-97b3cac20766\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/588a272ce7b62f8f8caf90e84d0c8371\/prichard-sneakpeek.jpg?v=e7f44f50e1cf6b32bb81cbfeaec70acf 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">On the morning of Oct. 8, 2022, Angela Prichard was shot and killed at her workplace, the Mississippi Ridge Boarding Kennels in Bellevue, Iowa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Joshua Close<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Budde says Angela had been trying to leave him for months \u2014 and lived in fear he would kill her. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryan Kedley<\/strong>: This appeared to be an assailant that knew her very well. <\/p>\n<p>Ryan Kedley and Dustin Henningsen are special agents with Iowa&#8217;s Department of Criminal Investigation. Bellevue&#8217;s small police force, with just several officers, invited the state police to lead the investigation. While Angela&#8217;s family was convinced Chris Prichard was the killer, the special agents had to connect all the dots.<\/p>\n<h2>ANGELA PRICHARD NAMES HER KILLER IN HER FINAL MOMENTS<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Dustin Henningsen<\/strong>: We had received a word that there was a 911 call in the morning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong>: Tell me about that 911 call.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dustin Henningsen<\/strong>: Essentially, you&#8217;re listening to the end of her life on the 911 call \u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>911 OPERATOR: 911, where is your emergency?<\/p>\n<p>ANGELA PRICHARD): Please \u2026 get out of here &#8230;\u00a0 I have customers coming in.<\/p>\n<p>911 OPERATOR: 911<\/p>\n<p>ANGELA PRICHARD: Please get out of here.<\/p>\n<p>911 OPERATOR: OK, where are you at?<\/p>\n<p>ANGELA PRICHARD: Chris! (gunshot)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Those were the last words spoken by Angela \u2013 and the first clue investigators had to identify her killer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong>: She says the name Chris on this call. Who is Chris?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryan Kedley<\/strong>: Chris Prichard, her estranged husband. <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>911 OPERATOR: Ma&#8217;am, where are you at?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Dustin Henningsen<\/strong>: As the dispatcher continues to ask what&#8217;s your emergency \u2026 \u00a0you can faintly hear somebody say\u2026 <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>911 CALL (male voice): F*** you.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong>: When you listen to this 911 call \u2026 how do you process what you were hearing?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryan Kedley<\/strong>: On a personal level, it&#8217;s a very difficult thing to listen to someone&#8217;s end of life moments. \u2026 On an investigative level, that was a pivotal piece of evidence in the opening stages of the investigation. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Dustin Henningsen<\/strong>: It was a very violent scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"Prichard crimescene \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/16\/169f3a3d-5a50-4d84-bff4-1f7f23eac73c\/thumbnail\/620x349\/1745a186510f4df9a450ff80b03877f9\/prichard-kennel-crimescene.jpg?v=e7f44f50e1cf6b32bb81cbfeaec70acf 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/16\/169f3a3d-5a50-4d84-bff4-1f7f23eac73c\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/02ffd49d228e9fd4336787ec1c113522\/prichard-kennel-crimescene.jpg?v=e7f44f50e1cf6b32bb81cbfeaec70acf 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Angela Prichard was found lying face down in the kennel&#8217;s washroom when investigators arrived at the scene.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Ryan Kedley<\/strong>: Passing by the kennel door on the right \u2026 and this is the area where we initially get a firsthand glimpse of Angela&#8217;s deceased body here on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>Pools of morning light illuminated pools of blood surrounding her body. Angela was lying face down in the kennel&#8217;s washroom where she bathed the dogs. Kedley photographed the scene.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryan Kedley<\/strong>: She has a very large significant gunshot wound to the chest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong>: At close range.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryan Kedley<\/strong>: At, I would say, at very close range. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryan Kedley<\/strong>: There has to have been some very, very high emotions involved in that &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong>: You have Angela Prichard deceased here. You have Chris Prichard, a person of interest, nowhere to be found. How do you track him down?<\/p>\n<p>The special agents spotted a barely visible blood trail.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryan Kedley<\/strong>: Leading out of this room and then into the dog kennel area through this door \u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryan Kedley<\/strong>: We believe our assailant traveled from that area \u2026 left some blood evidence, and then likely went out this door, directly in front of us. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryan Kedley<\/strong>: We&#8217;re certainly trying to keep an open mind and determine that, OK, if Chris didn&#8217;t do this, well, then who did?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"Angela and Christopher Prichard \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/16\/fee8b2be-6550-46db-a2cf-7c8a9d920f1b\/thumbnail\/620x349\/01388c48681faf84790438d05bf077ac\/prichard-angela-chris.jpg?v=e7f44f50e1cf6b32bb81cbfeaec70acf 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/16\/fee8b2be-6550-46db-a2cf-7c8a9d920f1b\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/b1b9b2f1f7a2437bad51fdb477c170d6\/prichard-angela-chris.jpg?v=e7f44f50e1cf6b32bb81cbfeaec70acf 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Angela and Christopher Prichard<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Joshua Close<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Digging into Chris Prichard&#8217;s life, the special agents soon learned about his volatile history with Angela, which included violence and violations of a restraining order.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryan Kedley<\/strong>: But at this point, all of the information seems to be consistent with Chris being the guy that we need to locate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dustin Henningsen<\/strong>: As we continue to work the investigation \u2026 We began to establish our timeline. <\/p>\n<p>Investigators reviewed the footage starting at midnight the day of the shooting. For hours, there was nothing to see. But just after 4 a.m., there was something to hear.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dustin Henningsen<\/strong>: You can hear dogs start to bark. \u2026 We had determined that was most likely the point when he arrived at the kennels.<\/p>\n<p>Henningsen believes Chris Prichard entered the kennels and lay in wait for nearly four hours.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dustin Henningsen<\/strong> (with Vigliotti at kennels): The first video that they really got was Angela coming down to work in the morning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dustin Henningsen<\/strong> (pointing to monitor in his office): And right up here you&#8217;re going to see Angela start to pull down \u2026 to the entrance at the \u2026 Mississippi Ridge Boarding Kennels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dustin Henningsen<\/strong> (at kennels): Pulling up to the kennel at 7:34. You can see her get out of her vehicle and she&#8217;s gathering her belongings, and then walking into the kennel itself.<\/p>\n<p>Angela Prichard had less than six minutes to live. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Dustin Henningsen<\/strong>\u00a0(looking at monitor in office) : At 7:39 and 43 seconds, we hear a gunshot go off in the video.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong> (at the kennels): At any point do you clearly see Chris on any of these surveillance cameras?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dustin Henningsen<\/strong>: Yes. We believe we see him leaving.<\/p>\n<p>About two minutes after the gunshot, at 7:41 a.m., the man they now suspected to be her killer, Chris Prichard, appeared.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Angela Prichard evidence \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/16\/45e0a6a8-9ccb-4228-97e9-0a5b8aa09baa\/thumbnail\/620x349\/73479fe64a92f76f5b64c75b5d3285ff\/prichard-securitycam.jpg?v=e7f44f50e1cf6b32bb81cbfeaec70acf 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/16\/45e0a6a8-9ccb-4228-97e9-0a5b8aa09baa\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/0d2e18f21c875d5f77bbcb698791c476\/prichard-securitycam.jpg?v=e7f44f50e1cf6b32bb81cbfeaec70acf 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Security video from a neighbor&#8217;s house shows a man (highlighted), believed to be Christopher Prichard, leaving the kennels two minutes after the gunshot is heard. Investigators say he entered the kennels and lay in wait for Angela Prichard for nearly four hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Iowa DCI<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Dustin Henningsen<\/strong> (at kennels with Vigliotti): Actually walking from the kennel area down to the fence area \u2026\u00a0 That makes us believe that this is the first area that we need to check.<\/p>\n<p>Outside the kennels, miles of thick woods stretch to the horizon \u2014 an area of northeastern Iowa locals call, &#8220;The Wilderness.&#8221;\u00a0 It was rugged terrain Chris Prichard knew well, says Budde. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: He knows the outdoors. \u2026 I knew that he could probably survive out there for quite a while in hiding.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dustin Henningsen<\/strong>: We have every resource at our disposal to try and do this manhunt. We have canines, we have airplanes, we have drones &#8230;<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong>: This is your worst nightmare.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde <\/strong>(crying): Yeah. Yeah. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong>: Everything you&#8217;ve been trying to prevent come true.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: Everything I&#8217;ve been trying so hard to protect her and to keep her safe, and he got her. (crying) He got to her. <\/p>\n<h2>SEARCHING FOR CHRISTOPHER PRICHARD<\/h2>\n<p>The manhunt for Chris Prichard was widening.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryan Kedley<\/strong>: You&#8217;ve got a fugitive out there on the run, potentially armed \u2026<\/p>\n<h3>TWO HOURS ON THE RUN<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Dustin Henningsen<\/strong>: There&#8217;s hundreds of acres here of farmland and woods, and we have the Mississippi River not far away, so knowing that he could have went any direction really makes the search difficult \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Fanning out from the kennels, heavily armed officers searched nearby neighborhoods \u2014 house to house, barn to barn. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong>: Angela was a mother and grandmother. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: She was.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong>: What kind of mother and grandmother was she?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: I don&#8217;t know that you would find somebody better than her. You hear a lot of people say, people put their kids in front of themselves. That was truly her.<\/p>\n<p>Angela Prichard&#8217;s world revolved around family, especially her two sons and six grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: They were the loves of her life \u2014 her kids and her grandkids.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Angela Prichard \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/14\/6ad253d7-b1dd-430f-92ff-6560b154ec27\/thumbnail\/620x349\/8fd8342bf69b8c4581262a1c4d3f5014\/prichard-pups.png?v=e7f44f50e1cf6b32bb81cbfeaec70acf 1x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Angela Prichard with one of her first litters of Husky puppies.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Joshua Close<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And, with almost equal billing, Angela&#8217;s five Huskies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: She always was an animal lover.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua Close and CJ Hancock are Angela&#8217;s sons.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CJ Hancock<\/strong> \u00a0She was beautiful inside and out. She liked to make everybody happy, especially her family. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: She loved you so much, yeah \u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>CJ Hancock<\/strong>: She loved to spoil the grandkids rotten (laughs) and they could do no wrong in her eyes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joshua Close<\/strong>: She loved doing arts and crafts. \u2026 She still decorated her tree with the ones we made when we were kids.<\/p>\n<p>And making memories with their mom later in life was Chris Prichard \u2013 the very man investigators were now chasing. Wendy Budde and her husband Jim had known Prichard for years.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Angela and Christopher Prichard \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/16\/6d070d1e-ea65-495c-a6c8-64327e1cbf83\/thumbnail\/620x349\/0b2f8df63bfefcad3764835ab8e25354\/prichard-costume.jpg?v=e7f44f50e1cf6b32bb81cbfeaec70acf 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/16\/6d070d1e-ea65-495c-a6c8-64327e1cbf83\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/88555235e028acf0c5dcb92e8ffc86f2\/prichard-costume.jpg?v=e7f44f50e1cf6b32bb81cbfeaec70acf 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">After dating for about two years, the couple married in March 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Wendy Budde<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: I would&#8217;ve trusted him with our children. \u2026 He was nice, friendly, sincere, a hard worker, fun to be around.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Prichard, a longtime Bellevue resident, was an established electrician in town. Soon Angela found her calling. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: To be a kennel owner, to do something with animals. \u2026 I was thrilled for her. It really seemed like everything was falling into place.<\/p>\n<p>After dating for nearly two years, they moved into a home in<em> <\/em>Bellevue, and even got married there in March 2019. The newlyweds were over the moon for about eight months.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong>: When did things change?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: I truly think that things started to change when he lost his job. He got fired. <\/p>\n<p>Fired and charged with first-degree theft, a felony, after he allegedly stole $36,000 worth of supplies from the electric company where he worked. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>:\u00a0 She was just beside herself, what are we going to do now? We need that income.<\/p>\n<p>Awaiting trial, Prichard was out on bail and out of work, says Budde.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: He wasn&#8217;t looking for work. He was definitely drinking more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: As the \u2026 months went on, it just was like, wow, he&#8217;s really kind of changing.<\/p>\n<p>Prichard finally took some odd job and helped Angela at the kennels, but in the summer of 2021, Budde says Angela discovered her husband was using methamphetamine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: And then I knew \u2026 that things are really getting bad.<\/p>\n<p>The simmering tension reached a boiling point on April 18, 2022.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>:\u00a0 She said, &#8220;Chris hit me.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><strong>CJ Hancock<\/strong>: She said \u2026 &#8220;he&#8217;s drunk. He&#8217;s on drugs.&#8221; \u2026 So I told her, we&#8217;re gonna call the cops.<\/p>\n<p>Bellevue Police responded, and the call recorded on police bodycam:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Angela Prichard\/Bellevue PD bodycam \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/16\/309f6d36-a57c-42ad-9e2b-72c193890f75\/thumbnail\/620x349\/218bbe9d05d130b43b10e9f857034aff\/prichard-bodycam-angela-041822.jpg?v=e7f44f50e1cf6b32bb81cbfeaec70acf 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/16\/309f6d36-a57c-42ad-9e2b-72c193890f75\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/0f507a69cc5665111656a78f9a6cc967\/prichard-bodycam-angela-041822.jpg?v=e7f44f50e1cf6b32bb81cbfeaec70acf 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A still from Bellevue police bodycam video shows Angela Prichard, center, in her kitchen talking with a responding officer and her sister, Wendy Budde, left, after her family called police on April 18, 2022, to report she had been hit by her husband, Christopher Prichard.\u00a0                 &#8220;You have no idea what I go through every single day with him. No idea,&#8221; Angela told the officer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Bellevue Police Department<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>ANGELA PRICHARD (bodycam): He hit me and then I just, I came in the house. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: She was crying. She was \u2026 visibly shaking \u2026\u00a0 She had a mark on her face. And she said,&#8221; I&#8217;m so scared.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Police didn&#8217;t have far to go to find Chris Prichard. He was in the garage.<\/p>\n<p><em>BELLVUE OFFICER (bodycam): State of Iowa law requires that somebody goes to jail \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>CHRIS PRICHARD: I can&#8217;t believe I&#8217;m going to jail.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BELLEVUE OFFICER: Well, she&#8217;s got a mark on her face \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Chris Prichard was arrested and charged with domestic assault.<\/p>\n<p><em>WENDY BUDDE (bodycam | in kitchen): He&#8217;s very, very, very messed up on drugs. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>WENDY BUDDE: We&#8217;ve seen him change right in front of our eyes. Haven&#8217;t we?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Chris Prichard spent the night in jail and was released awaiting trial, staying with family. Angela Prichard sought and received a temporary no-contact order.<\/p>\n<p><em>ANGELA PRICHARD (bodycam): So he can&#8217;t come back here?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>OFFICER: Nope.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong>: The no-contact order now exists protecting your sister. But a few weeks later, it&#8217;s lifted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: Even after it happened \u2026 she said, I \u2014 I don&#8217;t want this. I want our marriage to work. <\/p>\n<p>Each had been married before, but had hoped this would be their last marriage, says Budde. Angela withdrew the no-contact order.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: I believe he said everything that needed to be said for her to drop that order. \u2026The drinking will stop. He will be home more \u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Promises he failed to keep, says Budde. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: She said, I&#8217;m scared of him \u2026 especially if he&#8217;s been drinking.<\/p>\n<p>Budde says Angela was furious when she found a tracking device in her car, and two hidden cameras in the house.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: I told her \u2026 you need to get a divorce. You need to be done with this, Ange.<\/p>\n<h3>FOUR HOURS ON THE RUN<\/h3>\n<p>Chris Prichard seemed to have vanished in the vast wilderness. Even the police dogs had lost his scent, says Henningsen. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong> (outside at the kennels): How do you find somebody that doesn&#8217;t want to be caught?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dustin Henningsen<\/strong>: This is where our local resources really help us.<\/p>\n<p>Right from the start, Henningsen had corralled state and local law enforcement agencies \u2014 even farmers and hunters \u2014 to help determine where he might be.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dustin Henningsen<\/strong>: If we thought that Chris was going to make his way, say, back to Bellevue, what&#8217;s the most likely path? \u2026 Where are his friends at?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeff Junk<\/strong>: It&#8217;s a small town. Everybody talks.<\/p>\n<p>Cattle farmer Jeff Junk and his girlfriend Kim Klein were once close friends with Chris Prichard. Neighbors called them about the rumor racing through town \u2013 Prichard had shot his wife, Angela.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kim Klein<\/strong>: Get outta here! I \u2014 I didn&#8217;t believe it.<\/p>\n<p>A Jackson County chief deputy stopped by Junk&#8217;s house to warn them Prichard was on the run and might be looking for help from his friends. Then, there was a knock on the door. <\/p>\n<h2>ANGELA PRICHARD&#8217;S DIARY OF DOMESTIC ABUSE<\/h2>\n<p>The knock on their front door \u2014 the one they&#8217;ll always remember \u2014 came around 8:15 that October night, Kim Klein says. She and boyfriend Jeff Junk were not expecting company.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kim Klein<\/strong>: When the second knock happened \u2026 I says, &#8220;I believe it&#8217;s Chris and you need to answer the door.&#8221;\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong>: So you open the door and what is it that you see on the other side?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeff Junk<\/strong>: I see Chris \u2026<\/p>\n<h3>12 HOURS ON THE RUN<\/h3>\n<p>Chris Prichard, their old friend \u2014 now a hunted fugitive suspected of murder \u2014 was standing in the dim light holding a shotgun.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kim Klein<\/strong>: Jeff goes, you need to hand that gun to me, and he did. No problem.<\/p>\n<p>Junk and Klein knew they had to call the police, but until they could do that safely, Klein says, they were playing along. <\/p>\n<p>Chris Prichard told them he&#8217;d been running all day from the cops and their dogs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kim Klein<\/strong>: Jeff said, &#8220;Hey dude, you know you shot your wife?&#8221; &#8220;Oh yeah, how&#8217;s she doing?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The couple told him Angela was dead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong>: Did he \u2026 express any remorse?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kim Klein<\/strong>: No.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeff Junk<\/strong>: Nothing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kim Klein<\/strong>: Nothing. He was sitting here laughing and drinking, and they were talking about old times. <\/p>\n<p>The moment felt so surreal, Klein says, she snapped a photo.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Christopher Prichard \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/16\/7c856904-3392-4757-a2db-20ae488067ec\/thumbnail\/620x349\/f517963f68266304e36bef6e55fc27f9\/prichard-junkcombo.jpg?v=e7f44f50e1cf6b32bb81cbfeaec70acf 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/16\/7c856904-3392-4757-a2db-20ae488067ec\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/c1d5a0dcc44d87da4f48d73547b00d38\/prichard-junkcombo.jpg?v=e7f44f50e1cf6b32bb81cbfeaec70acf 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Christopher Prichard (left) with Jeff Junk, in the photo at left, and Prichard asleep in a recliner at the home of Jeff Junk and Kim Klein before the couple called police.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Kim Klein<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Kim Klein<\/strong>: Just to show that no, he wasn&#8217;t having any remorse. He never talked about her the rest of the night. And then I took the one when he was passed out.<\/p>\n<p>And the time was finally right, says Junk, to text the chief deputy who had stopped by earlier. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeff Junk<\/strong>: I said \u2026 &#8220;he&#8217;s up here and he is passed out. Come \u2014 come get him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When police arrived around midnight, Chris was still in the La-Z-Boy chair, out cold. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dustin Henningsen<\/strong>: He didn&#8217;t know what was coming.<\/p>\n<p><em>CHRIS PRICHARD (bodycam | handcuffed, swears at officers): \u00a0&#8220;What the f*** \u00a0is wrong with you guys? Jesus Christ, I was sleeping.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryan Kedley<\/strong>: He&#8217;s verbally belligerent to officers that have arrested him.<\/p>\n<p>Special Agent Henningsen collected the evidence Chris Prichard had left behind: a 20-gauge shotgun and his torn clothes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dustin Henningsen<\/strong>: He \u2026 took Angela&#8217;s possessions, money, a cellphone with him.<\/p>\n<p>Special Agent Kedley escorted Prichard to the Jackson County Jail.<\/p>\n<p><em>OFFICER (bodycam): Do you want your seatbelt, Chris?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>CHRIS PRICHARD: I want a bullet in the head.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Christopher Prichard booking photo \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/16\/1ef3585e-8763-449d-a4e2-15a15b04086e\/thumbnail\/620x349\/251a8baa54db607dc183f491bb83ed6b\/prichard-murder-arrest.jpg?v=e7f44f50e1cf6b32bb81cbfeaec70acf 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/16\/1ef3585e-8763-449d-a4e2-15a15b04086e\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/0fabf4ffc64e9e84e5c092f37965dca6\/prichard-murder-arrest.jpg?v=e7f44f50e1cf6b32bb81cbfeaec70acf 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">After about 16 hours on the run, Christopher Prichard was arrested and charged with first- degree murder and robbery on Oct. 9, 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Jackson County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shortly after 1 a.m. on October 9, a despondent Chris Prichard was booked into the county jail, eventually charged with first-degree murder and robbery. After hours on the run through Iowa&#8217;s wilderness, Prichard found himself surrounded by concrete and steel \u2014 largely put there by the weight of a single word.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>ANGELA PRICHARD (911 call): Will you please get out of here! Chris!&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wendy Budde says the day Prichard ended her sister&#8217;s life followed months of increasingly erratic behavior and escalating rage, which Angela had documented.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong>: Tell me about this journal and her words that lived on&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: She was this &#8220;sticky note queen &#8230;&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Dozens of Angela&#8217;s brightly colored sticky notes told a dark story. The scribbled entries became Angela&#8217;s diary of domestic abuse.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"prichard-stickynotes.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/16\/6ca3b760-bb74-4c0f-b1b1-b70e43157c4e\/thumbnail\/620x349\/170163848160e71b5f5780ba5841b24a\/prichard-stickynotes.png?v=e7f44f50e1cf6b32bb81cbfeaec70acf 1x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Angela Prichard documented her husband Christopher Prichard&#8217;s escalating rage on brightly colored sticky notes \u2013 her diary of domestic abuse, her sister Wendy Budde tells &#8220;48 Hours.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>WENDY BUDDE (reading sticky notes): <\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>&#8220;August 23rd text message. Calling me names. Saying it&#8217;s gonna get real f****** ugly.&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;He&#8217;s been stalking me and watching me. \u2026 Very scared of him \u2026&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I think Chris is capable of anything \u2026&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Booze and drugs every day \u2026&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Said he doesn&#8217;t give a f*** if he goes to jail.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Always looking over my shoulder to see if he&#8217;s around.&#8221;\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: Her words to me are, &#8220;I&#8217;m done. \u2026 This is it. We&#8217;re not living in the same house.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Budde invited her sister to move in with her. Angela gratefully agreed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: I was like, you have a shadow now because I&#8217;m not leaving. \u2026 You&#8217;re stuck with me. <\/p>\n<p>The next day, Angela requested a second temporary no-contact order, granted Sept. 1, 2022. A no-contact order means just that: no contact<em>\u00a0<\/em>of any kind with the protected person.<em> <\/em>In the State of Iowa, even a single violation requires a mandatory arrest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong>: But that doesn&#8217;t stop Chris.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CJ Hancock<\/strong>: No. \u2026 Once that second no-contact order got put in place, I would say that&#8217;s when things went really downhill. <\/p>\n<p>And it<em> <\/em>was<em> <\/em>in place when Angela went back to the home she once shared with Chris Prichard to pick up a few things, says Budde. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: I was with her.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong>: You were with her along with police.<\/p>\n<p>The Bellevue police were there just in case Prichard showed up. The court had ordered him to move out temporarily. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: We walked in the front door. \u2026 The house was destroyed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: There was ink and paint thrown everywhere. <\/p>\n<p><strong>CJ Hancock<\/strong>: Picture frames broken \u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: \u2026 furniture was destroyed. \u2026 He had actually taken the mattress off her bed and rubbed it in dog feces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joshua Close<\/strong>: \u2026 guns he placed them all over the house \u2026 to intimidate her. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: I mean, we both just started crying. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong>:\u00a0 This is in clear violation of the restraining order. What do the police do?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: The police \u2026 said, there&#8217;s nothing we can do. This is his house \u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong>: There&#8217;s nothing we can do is what they say to you?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: &#8230; This is his house as well. <\/p>\n<p>Under Iowa law, with a no-contact order in place, Bellevue police should<em> <\/em>have taken Chris Prichard&#8217;s guns. But for reasons unknown, he was allowed to keep them. Angela&#8217;s sister and sons say, throughout September, the frightening violations continued \u2014 not physical assaults, but psychological terror.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CJ Hancock<\/strong>: Sitting outside of her house, following her, texting her, stalking her, going and cutting the grass at the kennels while she wasn&#8217;t there.<\/p>\n<p>Bellevue police arrested Chris Prichard just once,<em> <\/em>on September 15, for sending Angela a text message, another violation of the no-contact order. He spent one night behind bars before posting bail. The next day, says Budde, he resumed his flurry of offenses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: He had been driving by our house multiple times.<\/p>\n<p>One night, says Budde, Chris Prichard drove by six times in one hour.<\/p>\n<p><em>WENDY BUDDE (reading sticky note):<\/em>\u00a0<em>&#8220;I don&#8217;t feel safe anymore anywhere \u2013 my sister&#8217;s, my house, my sons, stores in town &#8230;&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong>: You have a ticking time bomb on your hands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: Yeah. \u2026 pretty much and that&#8217;s what it felt like.<\/p>\n<p>But instead of making arrests. the Bellevue police were making excuses, say Angela&#8217;s sons, for not enforcing the law.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CJ Hancock<\/strong>: They said that they&#8217;d tell him to knock it off or have a talk with him. Nothing, nothing was done, and she was terrified.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong>: You&#8217;re reaching out to police \u2026 They&#8217;re not doing anything. Are you running out of hope here?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: Yes. \u2026 What do you do when nobody is willing to help you?<\/p>\n<p><em>WENDY BUDDE (reading sticky note): I fear for my safety. Fear for my life. He has guns.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: The fear\u2026 It consumed our life.<\/p>\n<h2>THE CASE AGAINST CHRISTOPHER PRICHARD<\/h2>\n<p>It was 5 a.m. at the Jackson County Jail. Twenty-one hours after Angela Prichard was found dead, Chris Prichard waived his Miranda rights and talked about the encounter at the dog kennels with special agents Dustin Henningsen and Ryan Kedley.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Christopher Prichard police interview \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/16\/5d06eca7-8a20-4265-9000-1d7aa4500a75\/thumbnail\/620x349\/be7d229a3da55990c77534ddd4cf2c22\/prichard-policeinterview.jpg?v=e7f44f50e1cf6b32bb81cbfeaec70acf 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/16\/5d06eca7-8a20-4265-9000-1d7aa4500a75\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/86ae433063de2b153ff129ea80b310d1\/prichard-policeinterview.jpg?v=e7f44f50e1cf6b32bb81cbfeaec70acf 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Special agents Dustin Henningsen, left, and Ryan Kedley, center, with Iowa&#8217;s Department of Criminal Investigation, interview Christopher Prichard, right, at the Jackson County Jail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Jackson County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>CHRIS PRICHARD (police interview): She said, &#8220;you gotta leave &#8230; you gotta leave now or I&#8217;m gonna call the police.&#8221; \u2026 I said &#8220;I just want to talk&#8221;\u00a0 &#8230;and she shoved me &#8230; and I hit the cabinet. The gun \u2014 I don&#8217;t know what the gun hit, but it went off.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong>: So, in so many words, he says, &#8220;I shot Angela. It was an accident.&#8221;\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryan Kedley<\/strong>: Essentially, Yes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong>: Are you believing any of this?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryan Kedley<\/strong>: No. \u2026 I&#8217;m only believing the fact that he shot Angela.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Prichard pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and robbery charges. His trial began on Feb. 7, 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nicole Leonard<\/strong>: We believed that Mr. Prichard \u2026 planned this all out and very meticulously for that matter. <\/p>\n<p>To prove premeditated murder, prosecutors Nicole Leonard and John Kies told jurors Chris Prichard put his plan in motion on Oct. 7, 2022, the day before<em> <\/em>he shot his wife \u2013 the same day Angela&#8217;s temporary restraining order became permanent.<em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nicole Leonard<\/strong>: We believe that that was sort of the snapping point for the defendant. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Nicole Leonard<\/strong>: \u2026 he became more and more obsessed with the situation, and not letting her go.<\/p>\n<p><em>CHRIS PRICHARD (police interview): \u2026 she wanted to drag me through the mud and make me a monster. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Before taking Angela&#8217;s life, Chris Prichard took steps to cover his tracks, say the prosecutors. He borrowed a white pickup truck, to avoid using his own vehicle. <\/p>\n<p><strong>John Kies<\/strong>: So what we think was \u2026 he was setting up an alibi. <\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors say Chris Prichard secretly parked the borrowed truck inside a barn belonging to Lori and Mike Blaser, just a few miles from the Mississippi Ridge Boarding Kennels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mike Blaser<\/strong>: We walk in, you know, notice this white pickup truck &#8230;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Christopher Prichard evidence \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/16\/111f70db-1c0f-4be4-9057-92054b8904d4\/thumbnail\/620x349\/7742b3779bd980113ba5813ee62d6348\/prichard-truck-note.png?v=e7f44f50e1cf6b32bb81cbfeaec70acf 1x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The handwritten note Christopher Prichard left for the Lori and Mike Blaser inside the borrowed pickup truck he left in their garage while on the run<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Jackson County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With a note from Chris Prichard saying he had gone hunting: &#8220;<em>Keys are in the truck if you need to move it. I&#8217;ll be back. Chris.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lori Blaser<\/strong>: We knew Chris. \u2026 He would \u2026 tell us how much he loved Angela, how devastated he was that there was a restraining order. <\/p>\n<p>The Blasers would soon become crucial witnesses for the prosecution. Shortly after finding the truck and note, they heard the news about a shooting at the dog kennels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lori Blaser<\/strong>: We knew the minute that there was a shooting at the kennel \u2026 something had happened with Chris. \u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lori Blaser<\/strong>: We were concerned that this was a getaway vehicle for him in here because it was just so odd, it had no reason to be here. I called 911 immediately \u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>LORI BLASER (911 call): I see that you guys are looking for Chris Prichard. <\/p>\n<p>911 OPERATOR: Yes.<\/p>\n<p>LORI BLASER: His truck is in our garage &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Lori Blaser<\/strong>: It was very intense because at that point, he was still missing &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lori Blaser<\/strong>: And we were scared to death.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors later viewed home surveillance footage from a camera on the Blasers&#8217; property showing Chris Prichard entering the barn where the Blasers kept their horse trailer. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Lori Blaser <\/strong>(inside the horse trailer): The minute we came in the door, I knew that Chris Prichard had spent some time in here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lori Blaser<\/strong>: He certainly made himself at home here.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Prichard left the horse trailer in the middle of the night, hiking through the dense woods to the kennels, says Leonard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nicole Leonard<\/strong>: We believe his next appearance is around 4:00 a.m. on October 8th at the dog kennels \u2026 in which the dogs start to go crazy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong>: And you believe from that point forward, he&#8217;s inside the kennel?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nicole Leonard<\/strong>: Correct. <\/p>\n<p><strong>John Kies<\/strong>: I think he always had the plan to murder her.<\/p>\n<p>To prove it, the prosecutors played audio clips from Prichard&#8217;s police interviews for the jury.<\/p>\n<p><em>SPECIAL AGENT KEDLEY (police interview): You show up at a place where you know she&#8217;s gonna be. You&#8217;ve got a gun with her. You know you&#8217;ve got a no contact order \u2026 An argument breaks out. \u2026 She calls 911. She winds up dead &#8230; This wasn&#8217;t just some accident.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Dustin Henningsen<\/strong>: If this was an accident, why are you taking her cellphone, which is her only means of survival? \u2026 Why aren&#8217;t you calling for help yourself? Why aren&#8217;t you rendering any type of aid for your wife? <\/p>\n<p>And Prichard kept adding details to the story of the accidental shooting, say the special agents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dustin Henningsen<\/strong>: The gun was leaning up against the cupboards. \u2026 He went to retrieve a backpack and it fell and then that went off and shot her.<\/p>\n<p>But at trial, an Iowa State medical examiner testified the gunshot had a downward<em> <\/em>trajectory \u2013 meaning Chris Prichard had the weapon in his hands and was standing when he fired, say prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p><em>CHRIS PRICHARD (police interview): It looked like it hit her in the arm. \u2026 How would you die from that?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Angela was shot dead center in the chest, testified the medical examiner, and died in seconds.<\/p>\n<p><em>CHRIS PRICHARD (police interview): I would&#8217;ve loved to have stuck around but Angie and her temper \u2026 I thought maybe it didn&#8217;t even really hit her that bad &#8217;cause \u2026 she was yelling at me, like she wasn&#8217;t even hurt.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryan Kedley<\/strong>: And the fact that he&#8217;s saying that, after the gun went off and it struck her \u2013 that she&#8217;s yelling profanities back at him. Well, we have a 911 recording of that conversation. That did not take place.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors say Chris Prichard&#8217;s last words on the 911 call prove his actions were premeditated \u2013 a final explosion of violence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nicole Leonard<\/strong>: When you hear his statement standing over her dying body on that 911 call using profanity.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>911 CALL: (Chris Prichard&#8217;s voice in background): &#8220;F*** you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Joshua Close<\/strong>: You definitely don&#8217;t say what he said at the end of the phone call, after you accidentally shoot someone.<\/p>\n<p>Prichard&#8217;s defense attorneys \u2013 who declined &#8220;48 Hours&#8221;&#8216; request for an interview \u2013 maintained the shooting was accidental, and the case against Chris Prichard was a rush to judgement. <\/p>\n<p>After four days of testimony, the case went to the jury.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: We were outside the courthouse, just kind of stretching, and you know, the jury is back! <\/p>\n<p>Dave O&#8217;Brien was also waiting for the verdict and already preparing for another trial \u2013 a federal lawsuit against the Bellevue Police Department. It failed Angela, he says, time and time again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong>: If police took action, would Angela be alive today?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dave O&#8217;Brien<\/strong>: Absolutely.<\/p>\n<h2>COULD ANGELA PRICHARD HAVE BEEN SAVED?<\/h2>\n<p>In February 2024 \u2013 16 months after Angela Prichard&#8217;s death \u2013 her family&#8217;s wait for a measure of justice was over.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: That&#8217;s got to be a good sign that they are back in less than an hour.<\/p>\n<p>The jury found Chris Prichard guilty of first-degree murder and robbery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: When they said it, it was just a big sigh of relief.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Christopher Prichard \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/16\/56cc2f6b-a830-4ad3-b326-5c89f37fc49a\/thumbnail\/620x349\/0c63009de0c82d6bfebf7c2f8e6cecc4\/prichard-sentencing.jpg?v=e7f44f50e1cf6b32bb81cbfeaec70acf 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/16\/56cc2f6b-a830-4ad3-b326-5c89f37fc49a\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/e72cd360c3fae76cde8a6340b0cc6799\/prichard-sentencing.jpg?v=e7f44f50e1cf6b32bb81cbfeaec70acf 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Christopher Prichard was found guilty and in March 2024, he was sentenced to life in prison without parole.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                David Kettering for the Telegraph Herald<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In March, Prichard was sentenced to life in prison without parole.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: It will never bring her back. \u2026 But he is going to spend the rest of his life behind bars.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: I also gave a victim impact statement and \u2026 I said to him \u2026 I hope while you&#8217;re behind bars \u2026 you always have to look over your shoulder and be scared for everything you do. \u2026 \u00a0How <em>she<\/em> felt. I hope you just feel a tiny bit of that, the way you tortured her.<\/p>\n<p>Civil rights attorney Dave O&#8217;Brien represents Angela Prichard&#8217;s family. She would be alive today, he says, if the Bellevue Police Department had enforced a judge&#8217;s order of protection.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong>: You filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Bellevue and three officers, why?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dave O&#8217;Brien<\/strong>: Because they didn&#8217;t do their job, and it&#8217;s that simple.<\/p>\n<p>That lawsuit lists multiple failures to arrest Chris Prichard. O&#8217;Brien says this led to what&#8217;s called a &#8220;state-created danger,&#8221; meaning the officers&#8217; alleged inaction and indifference actually increased the threat to Angela Prichard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong>: Can a police officer decide, should I arrest him or not? Is that up to their discretion?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dave O&#8217;Brien<\/strong>: Absolutely not. \u2026 Here in Iowa \u2026 only a judge can show discretion not to enforce this restraining order. <\/p>\n<p>Starting Sept. 1, 2022, when Angela&#8217;s second protection order was issued \u2014 until her murder 37 days later \u2014 O&#8217;Brien says Chris Prichard continued to violate the no-contact order with no consequences. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Dave O&#8217;Brien<\/strong>: A dozen times during this relevant time period, Angela Prichard called the Bellevue Police Department, and they failed to follow that law, that judge&#8217;s order.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s because, O&#8217;Brien says, the Bellevue police officers showed Chris Prichard favoritism.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dave O&#8217;Brien<\/strong>: We have reason to believe that he was friendly with law enforcement officers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong>: To prove this \u2026 you must prove that the police officer&#8217;s failure to enforce the protection order was intentional and reckless. How can you do that?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dave O&#8217;Brien<\/strong>: Well, just by the sheer number of times that it was not enforced. <\/p>\n<p>In October 2024, Chief Federal Judge C.J. Williams dismissed the lawsuit in its entirety<em>. <\/em>The Bellevue Police Department, he ruled, <em>&#8220;Did not put Angela in a more dangerous situation,&#8221; <\/em>and the three officers, <em>&#8220;simply did not commit outrageous conduct<\/em>.&#8221;\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>The judge added there was no evidence of police favoritism:<em> &#8220;The alleged facts, even taken as true \u2026 are a far cry from establishing that any of the defendants were friends with Christopher.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Brien was granted a hearing in December 2024 after learning, he says, the three Bellevue officers had withheld evidence and made false statements, allegedly concealing their friendships with Chris Prichard \u2014 accusations they deny. <\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Brien argued the officers were well aware Chris Prichard was a serious threat to his wife. Nine days before her murder, the Jackson County attorney warned the Bellevue Police Department in an email that Chris Prichard had 24 hours to turn himself in:<\/p>\n<p><em>JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY EMAIL: &#8220;If he does not report I will be requesting a warrant. I wanted all of you to be aware as I&#8217;m afraid he might try to do something tonight.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The next day, when Prichard failed to appear at the county jail, the arrest warrant was issued. Seven<em> <\/em>days before her murder, O&#8217;Brien says<em> <\/em>\u00a0bodycam footage of a Bellevue police officer speaking with Wendy and Angela confirms police knew Angela was in danger<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Angela Prichard\/Bellevue PD bodycam \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/16\/cfc294f5-4a52-4591-b018-1b29cf08c933\/thumbnail\/620x349\/8bef71521a46f3c7f9492fa2c00fb661\/prichard-bodycam-angela-chief.jpg?v=e7f44f50e1cf6b32bb81cbfeaec70acf 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/16\/cfc294f5-4a52-4591-b018-1b29cf08c933\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/556aa477069ee810543840e5cf8999f5\/prichard-bodycam-angela-chief.jpg?v=e7f44f50e1cf6b32bb81cbfeaec70acf 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Seven days before Angela Prichard&#8217;s murder, bodycam footage shows a Bellevue police officer speaking with Wendy Budde, left, and Angela outside her home. Attorney Dave O&#8217;Brien says it confirms police knew Angela was in danger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Bellevue Police Department<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>CHIEF SCHROEDER (bodycam | to Angela Prichard and Wendy Budde): &#8220;Because right now I guarantee he&#8217;s not thinking straight.&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>WENDY BUDDE: No, not at all.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>CHIEF SCHROEDER: That&#8217;s my biggest fear. That&#8217;s my department&#8217;s biggest fear is he&#8217;s going to try to hurt you and then hurt himself.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>CHIEF SCHROEDER: My job is to protect you at all costs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>During the final week of Angela&#8217;s life, O&#8217;Brien says Bellevue police<em> <\/em>could<em> <\/em>have protected her by finding and arresting Chris Prichard. But they never did. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong>: Is it hard to find Chris?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joshua Close<\/strong>: Shouldn&#8217;t be. \u2026Everybody knew his Jeep \u2013 had a customized tag that says &#8220;0Dark30&#8221; on it. \u2026 So, you can&#8217;t miss it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dave O&#8217;Brien<\/strong>: We have not been provided with any record showing there was any effort made to enforce the arrest warrant once it was issued on the 30th of September.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Vigliotti<\/strong>: Had that arrest warrant been executed, would Angela be here today?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dave O&#8217;Brien<\/strong>: Absolutely. \u2026 He should have been in jail.<\/p>\n<p>At the December hearing, defense attorneys insisted the new information presented by O&#8217;Brien was \u2026\u2026<em> &#8220;improper, should be stricken and not considered by the Court.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dave O&#8217;Brien<\/strong>: Our ideal outcome would be just a complete reversal of the judge&#8217;s decision. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In January 2025, Judge Williams refused to reverse his dismissal. Bellevue Police Chief Dennis Schroeder issued this statement to a local newspaper, which read in part : <em>&#8220;We are pleased with the decision \u2026 \u2026 We continue to strengthen our services and response efforts to prevent domestic violence and provide support to those in need.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dave O&#8217;Brien<\/strong>: I&#8217;ve heard people say that \u2026<strong> <\/strong>no-contact orders aren&#8217;t worth the paper they&#8217;re written on. And in this case that was true. But I firmly believe that they are worth something, but they have to be enforced.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Angela Prichard \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/13\/87744004-9107-4117-ac3b-69bc6865bfd4\/thumbnail\/620x349\/df18995b57785f3a41d5a36cce9ff147\/prichard-full.jpg?v=e7f44f50e1cf6b32bb81cbfeaec70acf 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/13\/87744004-9107-4117-ac3b-69bc6865bfd4\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/ca3c02c66e4ab519f592b09e9b47d738\/prichard-full.jpg?v=e7f44f50e1cf6b32bb81cbfeaec70acf 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Angela Prichard<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Wendy Budde<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Wendy Budde<\/strong>: I still, to this day, I have a lot of, um, I guess it&#8217;s guilt, because I think in my mind, what if I would&#8217;ve went with her that day? Maybe I could have saved her. \u2026\u00a0 But part of me was so proud of her for like being as strong as she was in that time. \u2026 She \u2014 she named her killer. And so, she helped them bring him to justice.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Prichard&#8217;s life sentence also helped bring her family some comfort, and the courage to move forward. They believe Angela would want them to make this public plea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joshua Close<\/strong>: Maybe other police departments that maybe are a little lenient on stuff, won&#8217;t be so lenient next time. <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em>According to the Violence Policy Center nearly three women in the U.S. are killed by an intimate partner each day.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehotline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>National Domestic Violence Hotline<\/em><\/a><em> can be reached at 1-800-799-7233.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em>Produced by Mead Stone. Iris Carreras Toneatto is the field producer. Michelle Fanucci and Tami Weitzman are the development producers. Marcus Balsam, Diana DeCilio, and Mead Stone are the editors. Anthony Batson is the senior producer. Nancy Kramer is the executive story editor. 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