you invest years in falling in love and constructing a life together with someone throughout the time spent with them you evolve together and your trust grows deeper you believe you comprehend them or do you for one spouse this nightmare became a harrowing reality when he stumbled Upon A horrifying Revelation about his former spouse Zach MacArthur found himself in conversation with law enforcement officials concerning his wife Ashley Arthur after the discovery of their friend Taylor Wright's body in September 2017 he was responding to inquiries about his life and finances even establishing an alibi Zach may have believed he was speaking for himself but unbeknownst to him the interrogating officers had different intentions you see it was revealed that Zach's wife Ashley was actually the prime suspect in the murder investigation the police had an entire roster of potential culprits including Taylor 's ex-husband from whom she had taken $100,000 her new romantic partner Cassandra and her closest friend Ashley one fateful day Ashley had given Taylor a ride and then made an impromptu stop at her parents' Farm it was there that she ended Taylor's life and concealed her remains Ashley who had previously worked as a crime scene technician then absconded with her friend's phone and assumed Taylor's identity sending messages to make it appear as if Taylor was still alive she even responded to anxious messages from Cassandra who inquired about her girlfriend's well-being by claiming that she needed some alone time Taylor subsequently canceled dinner plans with her partner citing a need to clear her mind after embezzling approximately $34,000 from Taylor Ashley coldly shot her friend in the back of the head at her parents' Farm where she buried her using concrete according to prosecutors Ashley had purportedly been aiding her friend throughout a contentious divorce safeguarding Taylor's funds to conceal her assets during the legal proceedings however rather than placing the money in a secure deposit box she was covertly depositing it into her own account Zach who had previously worked as a private investigator underwent police questioning during the investigation following inquiries about his whereabouts and finances a recorded conversation captured an officer asking given the line of work we're in and the field you used to work in what are your thoughts setting aside emotions another officer added Zach sighed deeply pausing before responding I can't Envision her doing something like that she's incredibly intelligent she holds a master's degree it's just so halfhazard it's a messy situation I can't picture her being involved what do you think happened to Taylor I couldn't tell you Jason I mean I don't I don't know I don't know I mean nobody nobody deserves to ever get anything happened to him like that whatsoever I don't know Budd I don't know what happened to her and you know I'm asking you do as this investigation continues whether it's text phone records computers financials is there going to be anything that hems you up or absolutely nothing nothing nothing none I'm not that guy man you know and Jason God damn you know me but if you're in my shoes this has to be I'm right it has to I'm right y'all I mean I'm not I'm not that guy I never have been I'm never going to be well I'm not just being involved in the actual murder but as far as you know afterward helping conceal if any person in this world was like hey Zach come help me do something I would run from that [ __ ] as fast as I could I don't want no I hell no no no I don't break the law I don't hell it's all over the news yeah you've read it yeah read it read it and I'm I'm and I mean trying to swallow it and and and figure it all I mean it's like it it's terrible I it sucks but you've read it so you know at least some of the details and all I know is what I've read finish your question and and just based upon that and your knowledge of the job that we do and the job that you used to do what's your thought feeling's aside just logically we didn't just [ __ ] show up at Brit Road I can't I can't I can't see her doing something like that I mean she's super intelligent you know she's got a criminal I mean a uh um master's degree yeah or B is it Masters or I don't I don't know one of the two and and uh that's just sloppy I mean that's sloppy [ __ ] that's sloppy I can't see her doing that it's super sloppy regrettably the evidence against Ashley had mounted she had been caught on surveillance footage at a hardware store purchasing the exact same concrete used to fill Taylor's grave after a 4-day trial a jury reached a verdict finding Ashley guilty she was convicted of first-degree murder and received a life sentence with a minimum of 25 years in custody