When she arrived home, she saw something on his phone about another woman. And there are persons of interest in this case and we have not yet established, where they were and what they were doing at the time that we believe these deaths occurredThats what Im trying to establish here, and until that question is answered satisfactorily for every single person of interest in this case, its not going to be closed.. 2022 UPDATE: Three years later, no answers in Anaqua Springs killings. In 2010 Olsen appeared on NBC's "Dateline" to state her innocence. Your login session has expired. Her core group saw much less of her, Turney said. Wheeler went to Fredericksburg High School through his sophomore year and was home-schooled by his mother after that. The final evidence, according to a KLTV report, was the therapy session with a young Riley, who had witnessed his father kill Nichole. The home, which Wheeler bought in April 2017, spanned 4,500 square feet, on a lot of nearly 3 acres. But as other pieces of proof were also used, the appeals court had to overturn Jasons conviction in 2013 following a suitable motion. She was shaking, she was crying, she was terrified about everything. While Nichole was shot in the back of her head, her son had a bullet wound in his face. Real trust. San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, TX): Autopsy rules mothers shooting death a suicide, by Peggy OHare and Caleb Downs. At the time, the. Except, as the legal system gave its final verdict after thorough consideration, Jason remains guilty, until proven otherwise. Olsens then-boyfriend, Charles Wheeler, called 911 after he said he discovered them dead inside the home, but four calls were reportedly to 911 before Wheelers call, that came from Olsens phone. "She was incredibly proud of who they were as people.". Another friend, Justin Davis, 36, of Madisonville, described Wheeler as a good guy willing to go out of his way for anyone. House of Horrors will air on Dateline NBC, on September 17, 2022. Benessa Russell, a cousin of Olsens, described her as having transcended her hard-knocks upbringing. Police arrived and found Nichole's body in a bedroom downstairs with no weapons around. KABB Fox 29 News (San Antonio, TX): Anaqua Springs where is the investigation.. San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, TX): Insufferable circus Family wants Texas Rangers to investigate deaths of Nichol Olsen and two daughters in Anaqua Springs, by Peggy OHare. Then she sat down on a couch, rocking back and forth, wrapping her arms around herself. The lawsuit accuses Wheeler of ignoring Olsens escalating behavior during the night they argued and failing to protect the children. Wheeler, 31, was an avid hunter and a former rodeo competitor turned successful businessman. Read on to learn more about the case ahead of House of Horrors. He dictated the rules. Autopsies found that Olsen and Alexa had each been shot once in the head. She joined the San Antonio Express-News in 2013. The fact that Nichol Olsens death, right now, has been ruled a suicide, we cant just say that, Oh, well then she mustve been the one who did this to these two little girls,' Salazar told KSAT. Olsen lost both of her parents when she was young. As Olsen and Turney sat in the hot tub outside, Wheeler became upset because someone had dropped pepperoni from a pizza on the kitchen floor, Turney said. The younger girls deaths were ruled homicides. Were not going to stop investigating until we verify that, Salazar said. Olsen had three children and had been divorced twice. In addition to the above, the rifle recovered from the site of the incident was missing any fingerprints as if it was cleaned before being placed near Austin's body. The District Attorneys office elected to retry Jason Payne. 'I will never believe that it was a suicide and I will never believe that she killed her children.'. We went over it all, and shes like, No, youre right, youre right, Im leaving. We just stayed up the whole night talking about this.. Her humor was contagious if she was particularly amused, she would crinkle her nose and tilt her head as she laughed. After moving in, Olsen continued working as a hairstylist. Circumstantial evidence starts mounting and pointing to one suspect. She was upset.". Payne's attorneys had filed for an appeal at the Texas Court of Appeals, but it was denied in 2017. News 4 San Antonio (San Antonio, TX): MURDER MYSTERY: Anaqua Springs investigation, by Ariana Lubelli. When you visit this site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. Patel said Olsen texted her after returning home to express thanks for her help. Olsen divorced from Alexas father, Carlos, in 2006 when she was 25. The Bexar County Sheriffs Office in Texas is using technology they paid $15,000 for, that could possibly help them solve the untimely deaths of a San Antonio woman and her two young daughters. "It's crazy for anyone to think she would kill her daughters'," says Nichol's brother Justin. O'Hare interviewed friends and family members of both Wheeler and Olsen, including Olsen's brother and cousin and Wheeler's mother. She had been found dead in a field," NBC's Canning narrates. Relative IDs woman found dead with 2 slain teen girls in Far NW Bexar County home. Her sons father later claimed Olsen failed to make nearly $24,000 in payments. I just know. Happy birthday to this guy! And it's hard, but it's part of the process. Nichol said her childhood memories revolve around her dad, not her mom.. On Friday's episode of NBC's Dateline, Andrea Canning investigates the case. Oct. 24, 2015. Since the prosecutors didnt seek the death penalty, just like in 2010, Jason was given a life sentence without the possibility of parole. After her first divorce, Olsen worked at a series of low-paying jobs at places like Las Palapas and had trouble keeping up with child support for her son, who at times lived with his father, court records show. San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, TX): Second lawsuit filed against Wheeler for Anaqua Springs shooting deaths, by Peggy OHare. San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, TX): Not so picture perfect, by Peggy OHare. San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, TX): Sheriff says boyfriend of woman in San Antonio triple shooting is person of interest, but not a suspect, by Peggy OHare. Blood was everywhere. After her death, when the insurance company was unsuccessful in extracting a statement from Jason regarding his wife's death, the proceeds were handed over to Payne's mother. The bodies were cold and rigid. The basics of the infotainment system of the car are on the dashboard, Salazar said. So it's going to be a little while, but we're having to deal with that. She married her sons father, James W. Nobles II, in 1998 when she was 16. She had a bruised eye and began applying makeup to conceal the injury, Turney said. Olsen and her daughters were living with Olsen'sboyfriendCharlie Wheeler in his luxury home in the gated enclave ofAnaquaSprings Ranch. Wheelers parents have been accused online of protecting him and not expressing public condolences for Olsens and her daughters deaths. On the morning of December 11, 2007, Jason Payne dialed 911 after he found his wife and stepson dead in his house in Quitman, Texas. Alexas family sent a letter asking the Wheelers to stay away from all services, according to one of Charlie Wheelers attorneys. Crime Junkie If you can never get enough true crime. The pair broke up but remained close confidants, sometimes even talking to each other as much as 20 times a day. The way the system works is it just wasnt engaged long enough for us to be able to attach a GPS positioning to that call.. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Nichol Leila Olsen, 37, and her two daughters, London Sophia Bribiescas, 10, and Alexa Denice Montez, 16, were found deceased in a sprawling, lavish mansion in the Anaqua Springs Ranch community, close to Boerne, around 25 miles northwest of San Antonio, in January 2019. Her father, who worked for H.B. At the time of her death, Olsen had made plans for one of her daughters to take a singing class and was looking forward to seeing her son the following weekend. The assault charge against Olsen was dismissed nearly a year later because of the boyfriends lack of cooperation, records show. Cynthia Wheeler said her son and Olsen quarreled at times, but she observed nothing between them that isnt typical in relationships. Records of Olsen's two divorces and three child custody cases shed light on her life before she met Wheeler in 2016. The DWI charge was dismissed seven months later. We have not spoken to, to the extent that I would see them, Id like to see them spoken to. His parents celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary last summer. Cynthia Wheeler said her son then worked with his father in Fredericksburg on ranching, oil and gas endeavors. And the homes are probably very well constructed. (Photo: William Luther, San Antonio Express-News), Nichol Olsen, Charlie Wheeler and the unsolved case of the Anaqua Springs shootings. Charles Edward Wheeler was booked into the Gillespie County Jail on Dec. 27, 2009, on a charge of driving while intoxicated. They got into a fight, with VanderHeyden leaving the bar they were at and accusing Detrie of abuse and infidelity. My son is suffering, too. However, in 2017, the Texas Court of Appeals denied it, affirming that the trial courts judgment held right. According to the lawsuit, plaintiff Carlos Montez Jr. sued Wheeler for gross negligence and wrongful death. He and VanderHeyden had been at a rock concert the night of the murder. Yet, that shattered when detectives uncovered that hed taken out a $100,000 worth life insurance policy on 35-year-old Nichole shortly before her passing. A handgun was found near Olsen's body. Olsen made friends everywhere she went, including with rodeo competitor turned entrepreneur Charlie Wheeler. A little over a year later, Wheeler was arrested by Fredericksburg police for driving while intoxicated. On Oct. 12, 2008, Wheeler, then 21, was arrested for public intoxication at a country and western nightclub near Angleton during the Brazoria County Fair. In the video, Olsen and Wheeler looked every bit the giddy couple, cuddling and smiling while gazing into each other's eyes. Though he came from money, Wheeler aimed to make it on his own. One of the calls connected with a 911 dispatcher but Salazar declined to provide details about what may have been said. The house was tucked inside a gated community that had 24-hour video surveillance and a security guard monitoring the entrance. He went on to establish an oil field services business. A post shared by Nichol_O (@nichol.olsen) on Aug 28, 2017 at 6:06am PDT. Jason was thus charged with double homicide and was arrested eight months later, in September 2008. Its been two years since a Texas mother and her two daughters were found dead inside her boyfriends home, but a Bexar County sheriff says there are too many unanswered questions to officially close the case. The medical examiner has ruled the girls' deaths as. I would trust you, Turney said, recalling Wheelers words. Authorities have not named a suspect in the case, but Alexas father filed a lawsuit this week against Charles Wheeler. Early on, the couple was featured in a promotional video and photo shoots for KeVa Col, a wristwatch and jewelry business that Olsen co-owned with Turney and another friend, Kelly Myrick. Instead, Wheeler counted backward from 31 to zero and told the officer he did so to prove a point, the report says. It will follow the Payne family and will feature exclusive interviews with Jason's children, Riley and Joseph. "I don't know. Theyre multi-million dollar homes. Cynthia Wheeler said she and her husband havent spoken publicly before now because Charlies attorneys instructed them to remain silent. He said hed left about 10 the previous night after arguing with Olsen and had spent the night at a relatives house. While Nichole was shot in the . Please logout and login again. A harrowing silence fell over the crowd. Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar announced his team was still investigating, but in the fall of 2020, he said investigators did not find anything to overturn the coroner's ruling. Olsen and Wheeler met in person for the first time at La Cantera Resort. Londons father, Hector Bribiescas, said his life will never be the same. During the visitation, Olsen and Alexa lay in closed caskets in the same room at Mission Park Funeral Chapels Stone Oak location. Autopsy was conducted for both Nichole and Austin. She kept an immaculate home. Olsen didnt disagree. Their daughter, London, was born in 2008. Hope all your ? Thus, with no signs of forced entry and the fact that the pair was supposed to be the only ones in their home, it initially looked like an uncomplicated murder-suicide. He appealed on the grounds of insufficient evidence to sustain the verdict and that a recorded conversation between him and his mother while in jail shouldnt have been used as evidence. She had a business meeting at the resort, and she had invited Wheeler after he reached out to her on Instagram. She was resolutely upbeat, having survived a string of hardships in her younger years. Olsen, a 37-year-old hairdresser, Alexa Denice Montez, a high school student and cheerleader, and London Bribiescas, a 10-year-old elementary school student, were all found dead from gunshot wounds at Charles Wheelers gated-community home, The Daily Mail reports. As for Detrie, they used his Fitbit to exonerate him. So, if we can show that at around 9:29 p.m. a cell phone made a phone call, and at 9:29 this car was here as opposed to here that could yield some good information. News 4 San Antonio (San Antonio, TX): Friends cast doubt on suicide ruling in Anaqua Springs deaths, by Robert Price. Her dark hair cascaded past her shoulders and was always meticulously styled. Be the first one to comment on this story. Within days, Olsen's death was ruled a suicide by the Bexar County Medical. News 4 San Antonio (San Antonio, TX): Anaqua Springs tragedy not a closed case, by Yami Virgin. She quit high school during her junior year, according to North East Independent School District records. Patel told her to reach out again if she ever needed anything. [Feature Photo: Nichol Olsen and children/Facebook], MANHUNT: Hobby Lobby Distribution Center Manager Shot Dead in Altercation With Employee, 16-Year-Old High School Student Fatally Stabbed in Classroom Fight, Young Child FaceTimes for Help After 4 Members of Family Slain, subscribe to the Crime Stories with Nancy Grace podcast. He used his winnings from the rodeo circuit to start a security-gate company, which he sold when he was 24. For someone who was as social as Nichol its a little odd, you know. She said, I am a guest in this house. "Green Bay, Wisconsin, home of the legendary Packers. Sheriff Javier Salazar said Wheeler remains a person of interest, but not a suspect. Her romance with Wheeler took off quickly. She later obtained a GED, friends said. And he cant even mourn. TX - Nichol Olsen, 37, & her 2 daughters found shot dead inside mansion, Bexar County, 10 Jan 2019. . Olsen said she was mad because she had called her boyfriend for a ride, but he didnt answer. Where Are Remington and Jackson Payne Now. Join Nancy Grace for her new online video series designed to help you protect what you love most your children. According to The Daily Mail, Olsen had her first child, Skylar, when she was just 15. George S. Burch was charged with murdering VanderHeyden, but the defense soon pointed the finger at Detrie. Her recent work has focused on the Iconic Village apartment fire in San Marcos and its aftermath. Salazar said that while the medical examiner has ruled Olsens death a suicide, he is not ready to say she killed her two children. She told me that theyve had lots of fights. After the Spurs game, the friends went to Jazz Texas, a music club and restaurant at the Pearl. 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