The next day, Chris was arrested and eventually charged with first-degree murder as well as unlawful termination of a pregnancy. “Had we had any inclination that we thought he was involved, at all, no way would I have let him in my house with my wife and kid,” Nick said. Now knowing that the man who allegedly killed Emily’s best friends spent the night so close to her is something that the Thayer parents are still coping with. “It’s just a haunting memory at this point,” Nick said. “God, our daughter just loved them so much,” Amanda added. He also profusely apologized to her for taking in the man who allegedly killed her child and grandchildren. “‘I’m so sorry, like, we didn’t know. We thought we were doing the right thing,’” he recalled saying. To which, he says a family member responded, “We get it. We don’t hold it against you.” “They were always hugging, holding hands, or kissing. They had the perfect family,” Amanda said. “Honestly, she wasn’t worried. But you know when your husband doesn’t answer his text messages, as a woman, your thought process just goes to the wrong things. It was never a serious concern of hers.” Shanann, however, may have been right to be suspicious. According to an affidavit, Chris was having an affair with a coworker before the murders.
