Two days ago, this channel published the interrogation of Skylar Nikolas Bear Nemetz, in relation to Mr. Nemetz shooting his wife in the back of her head with an AR-15.
Extensive information regarding the case was communicated in a pinned comment on that video. Excerpts from that comment are duplicated in a pinned comment on this video.
This is the police interview of Jeremy Henry.
Earlier today, we published the police interview of Michael Newton.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsNdYX6l8Kc ** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) **
Additional, largely-unreported, information regarding the investigation of Skylar Nemetz follows. Note that the information provided here is excerpted from a larger body of information I reported along with the interrogation of Mr. Nemetz and along with the interview of Michael Newton. If you already read that material, you already read this material.
Karie Faas
On the morning of October 17, 2014, detectives were contacted by Karie Faas, who advised that she had information about the incident. According to Faas, Nemetz and Danielle had a violent relationship. Faas stated that over the two years she had known Danielle, she had seen Danielle with bruises up and down her arms. Faas stated that she thought she still had a picture of Danielle with her face swollen and bruised, and that Danielle had told her it was from a mosquito bite.
Faas went on to say that Nemetz was extremely jealous and almost possessive, and that Nemetz was extremely controlling; he would not let her go places, and he controlled who she could see and what she could wear. Faas stated that Nemetz called Danielle names – specifically, "cunt." Faas stated that Danielle was getting close to her boss from her new job, and that he had kind of hinted that he was interested romantically but Danielle just kind of blew it off. Faas stated that she warned Danielle that she was playing with fire.
Faas also stated that Danielle did not want to be friends with her boss on Facebook, because she didn't want Skylar to find out. Karie stated that Danielle was really happy that Skylar was coming home, and that she had gone out shopping and bought new underwear. Danielle stated that she had also bought Nemetz alcohol, so he would be happy when he got home. When asked, Karie stated that Nemetz is a big drinker, that he had a lot of barbecues on the weekend, and that a lot of people go to Nemetz's house to drink.
Faas also stated that she heard Nemetz had "snapped" in the field. She stated that during his training deployment he had snapped and "freaked out" on a bunch of soldiers. Faas also stated "there is no way this was an accident, he was only home for a few hours". Faas stated that she knew that Danielle's new job was going to cause problems, and that she had told Danielle to stand her ground if Skylar tried to make her quit.
Faas then stated she knew that Nemetz was upset when he left work over who had bought the alcohol for Danielle (which was actually for him). Faas stated that her husband, Anthony Faas, was the last one to see Nemetz at work and he had told Skylar that someone else had bought the alcohol. Faas stated that Danielle had a friend named Jeremy, who had recently been stationed locally at Fort Lewis. Jeremy had spent the night a couple times with Danielle in the past three weeks. Faas stated that she had some text messages from Danielle that said "Jeremy is here, he can help you bring the kids' stuff up." Faas stated that she knows that her husband Anthony had gone through her phone, and that and he may have seen those texts and told Nemetz.
In subsequent interviews with Danielle's boss, as well as with Danielle's friend Jeremy Newton, both appeared forthright, and both adamantly denied that Danielle had been unfaithful with them.
Anthony Faas
Detectives subsequently interviews Anthony Faas, the husband of Karie Faas. Anthony stated that that Nemetz was assigned to his platoon back in 2013 and they became friends right away because they were both from Northern California. He stated that they would hang out together with their wives, and that after a few months, "Dannie" told them that Nemetz would hit her. He stated that at first that didn't believe it, but that they went camping one weekend, and when they got home Dannie had sent a picture of the side of her face swollen. Anthony stated that Skylar told Dannie to say it was the result of a bug bite, however it looked like she had been hit.
Anthony said that he and his old team leader, Sam Phipps, confronted Skylar about hitting Dannie, and told him that if he ever did it again they were going to do something about it. He said that Skylar never admitted to assaulting Dannie, and that he subsequently became distant from him and Phipps. Anthony stated that Skylar was a really good dude and a good soldier, adding that Skylar was really good with guns. Anthony stated that all Skylar wanted to do was build guns.
Anthony then stated that the deployment was difficult because of new supervision and that everyone was on edge. Anthony stated that Skylar and he started to butt heads, so he pulled Skylar aside and asked him what was going on. Anthony stated that Skylar started cursing at him, and that Skylar was "freaking out" on everyone. Anthony said Skylar commented that everyone was picking on him too much. When he later met up with Skylar, Anthony stated that Skylar thanked him for buying him some alcohol. Anthony replied that he hadn't bought him any alcohol, and that some other guy had bought it for him. Anthony said that Skylar got "real mad" and that his hands were shaking.
The Diary
On February 24, 2015, detectives contacted Skylar's mother, Danetta Heller, as they had obtained information that she was possibly in possession of Danielle's diary that was taken from her apartment after the homicide. The following day, Danetta confirmed that she was in possession of Danielle's diary. Danetta stated there were some pages missing from the diary, but stated that she had not removed the missing pages.
Danetta stated that she had removed the diary from the apartment because it contained information that she thought would be hurtful to her son, stating that Danielle was a "busy little girl." After speaking with Skylar's attorney, Danetta ceased to cooperate, however she turned over Danielle's diary to Skylar's attorney, who turned it over to the prosecutor. Several pages had been removed.
There was an entry about Danielle having sex with a male named Kennedy. It stated that Kennedy and Danielle used to date, that they were still having sex, and that Kennedy's current girlfriend Chloe did not know. That entry was dated April 23, 2012. (Prior to Danielle's marriage with Skylar.)
Eureka Interviews
On November 24, 2014, detectives traveled to Eureka, California, to conduct interviews. Among those interviewed was Samatha Minton, who stated that she knew Danielle most of her whole life. According to Minton, Danielle had met Skylar on the internet approximately two months before they married. Minton stated that she had observed what she thought was odd behavior between the couple. For example, when Daniella and Skylar would visit, Skylar would drop her off at the house and leave her there all day, while he visited with his friends.
Detectives also interviewed Michayla Yingling, who had known Danielle her whole life. Yingling confirmed that Danielle had met Skylar on the internet two months before they had married.
Yingling said Danielle never gave her any indication Skylar was being abusive. She knew that Skylar had broken Danielle's cell phone, but she did not know the details. Yingling said Danielle never talked negatively about Skylar, but she got the impression that Danielle was being fake. Yingling stated that Skylar would not let Danielle come to her baby shower, and that Skylar was indecisive on wanting Danielle to get a job. Skylar would tell Danielle to get a job, and when she looked for a job he would tell her she didn't need one. Yingling said Danielle just wanted someone to love her and take care of her.
Yingling said Danielle thought her new boss was attractive, and that Danielle had told her that her new boss used to be an underwear model. Yingling said she had a FaceTime session with Danielle and her boss, while they were out to dinner. Yingling was positive that Danielle would not cheat on Skylar.
Yingling said on the night Danielle died she had FaceTimed with her at approximately 1600 hours. Yingling said nothing appeared to be out the ordinary, and that at one point Danielle had pointed the phone at Skylar, who had smiled and waved to her.
According to Mikala Rippeon, Danielle's youngest sister, Danielle was always wearing long-sleeved shirts and turtleneck sweaters. Mikala remembered seeing what appeared to be fingertip bruises on Danielle's arms.
This detective is great.
“…I’m not saying she’s a PROSTITUTE…†ummm good sir because we don’t use that word, SIR. “…did she have an intimate relationship with the boss?? I need to know everything before we charge Skylar, Because I don’t want to OVER CHARGE him…†oh yeah, cause he def would be OVERCHARGED for killing her if she SLEPT WITH SOMEONE ELSE… gawddd I hate this cop ;; ACAB—- n esp this one.
I’m so grateful to this detective for going into dad-mode for this soldier. My daughter is a MP in the Army and it can be very isolating and mentally tough for them. I wish the best for this soldier!!â¤ï¸â¤ï¸
Jodie Jodie, 6 foot four, lol what a blue falcon
P i n k, did any of y'all listen to this interview? In the beginning Jeremy states that years back, they had tried intimacy and they just decided to just stay friends. Pink is making claims that there was more going on and Jeremy wasn't admitting to it because he was afraid of what the military would do to him if he had, by what you're saying told the truth. First of all y'all know anything because you weren't there. And everyone agreeing with pink. Like what do y'all know?
Jody comes in all forms shapes and sizes.
When a guy and a girl are close friends one of them always always wants to get freaky with the other unless some gayness is involved. That's how humans work end of story. I know some of yall are gonna say I've had relationships blah blah blah but you don't know the others true feelings.
Blueeee Falcoonnnn!!!!!
If you get abused the 1st time you're a victim. If you get abused a 2nd time, you're now a volunteer so suck it up.
Research the signs of abuse, coercive control, gaslighting, pre-attack indicators. And if you see the warning signs, HEED THEM and dump the abuser like last nights turd.
You are your own Defender, live like no one will rescue you. Listen to your gift of fear.
Read the Gift of Fear by Gavin De Becker, learn it's lesson payed for in blood.
Watch the Active Self Protection channel.
The worst monsters hide behind the nicest personas. Then they'll isolated you to control and abuse you.
Avoidance is easier than Extraction.
Learn the difference between "do you want picking up?" And "I will pick you up!" It's insidious.
Stay safe everyone.
I was married to a soldier based at Fort Lewis. He cheated on me while I was pregnant & got his mistress pregnant. Then he divorced me from Basrah to marry her while I was holding it down for him. She was 20 years younger & only just graduated high school (we were in our 30’s at the time). She was an “army brat†in that she grew up in Lacey & was taught to marry a soldier & give birth ASAP immediately after graduating high school to be set for life. I had a miscarriage. They went on to have 2 kids & after 10 years she walked out on him AND the kids. Karma.
Lol deleted text. Sleeping over while husband is away. Hiding form husband that he is there when he calls while away. Hiding from husband the fact they used to date 😂They found her panties in the extra bed. Yeah they def weren’t hooking up lmao. This kid was a slime ball.
This investigator has already made up his mind. It's a job I personally couldn't do without making judgment and its why I'm not an investigator. It's strange Skylar lied so much but I don't think he done it out of a moment of rage……. what your guys thoughts?
A married woman has former boyfriends sleep over while her husband is deployed? What a dumb woman
I normally get pissed listening to cops, but this guy has some great advice for this young man and losing his good friend!!!
“You’re in the military so you don’t want to be a Jody?†What does that mean?
Sadly, this event had likely been in the making for sometime. No doubt murdering Danielle had already crossed his mind. Hindsight shows that Jeremy was given one last visit with his mini me. It's helpful to recognize things like that. 💜ðŸ™ðŸ’œ
Wait, what? 13 years for killing your wife?? How did he pull that off? Scumbag.
“Part time asshole†😮
Theres a jodi
My “mini me†basically he was piping
Herr we go agen
Jeremy seems like an adopted brother to me, they go way back, Skylar was an asshole to not accept their friendship.
I hope he listened to this detective when he gave him the little live for her speech. It sounds like they were really close. Intimate or not this kid loved his friend.
I was laughing when the cops said, "So, you're not a Jodi?" Omg, I was dying.
Damn, this investigator had me bawling my eyes out. It's not often I hear a man being openly in touch with his emotions, let alone a cop. This man has empathy and an understanding of life.
The more I learn about this case, the more attached I feel to this girl. I really strongly relate to so much of what i'm hearing. I've experienced a lot of it. But she was still so young with her whole life ahead of her that she was still full of hope and excitement about the potential possibilities in her future. Then a selfish little boy stole it all away from her. This world can be so cruel and unfair.