Chris Davis
Appearances
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
He really, really wanted to fly, and he loved that type of stuff. He was working on his pilots. Now, he wanted to fly helicopters.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
We had a fundraiser, and from the fundraiser, we believe we raised a little over $15,000. It was a big deal.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
I said, in pure West Virginian, this ain't good. I really felt in my heart something was going on.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
There were never any contracts. There were never any bids. It doesn't exist.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
not about the business. He was stressed about the government. He did not understand why the government will not give them their money, and he just couldn't figure it out. How can they do this?
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
We were all pretty devastated. To the point, we all get the paperwork to go get our bone marrow tested to see if there was any way we could help her.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
Yeah. And my reaction in the text was, is he OK? What's going on? He's fine. The contractors are here putting him on the couch. OK.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
The wording of the messages were as if she was communicating with him. He won't go to the hospital. Oh. He won't go to the hospital. Yes. When she says, he won't go to the hospital, in my mind, I'm thinking that he's told her, I'm going to the hospital.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
I get a message at around 6.30. I'm at Gavin's basketball game. And the message says, can you come by after the game?
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
I knew something was wrong. He's just totally unresponsive. I was like, well, he's got to go. He's got to go to the hospital.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
She makes this decision. You know, she's going to take him off the ventilator and everything.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
The judge said, if I can give you more, I would. He acknowledged the fact that the lawyers had reached this plea agreement and had capped what he could have done to her. So no, at that moment, I didn't believe it was fair. And just as I told the judge, there's 2.5 million reasons why it wasn't fair.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
They were a great couple. They loved each other. They always wanted to be together.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
The investigator said, did she ever borrow insulin from you? And that's when Jennifer was like, yeah, she needed it. She had cancer and she got sick. And that's when they were like, you know when? And... I felt like at that moment, we both were like, oh my goodness. Because now we know that she's a thief and a fraud.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
He loved sports, and that was probably our biggest connection. Our family, you see their family at games, and that's really how it got started is just loving sports and hanging out.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
Yes, and I walk in the living room. He's laying on the couch like he's sleeping. What did you do? So I go over to him. I just remember saying, ma'am, hey, buddy, we'll take you to the hospital. And that's exactly what I did.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
Oh, yes. Mike and I, we won a lot of championships together coaching our kids.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
It was really the family aspect. They were a great couple. They loved each other. They always wanted to be together. We gravitate toward friends who are always together and love their spouses, because we're always together.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
Not once they talked to us. And then I started going back through, you know, my text. And, you know, Chris and I started talking. And then I was just in shock, disbelief. I was still in shock. It just doesn't seem real at all.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
Initially, it's very grim because it's, hey, this is what this is. It's never going to change. And this is what it's going to require.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
Oh, absolutely. He took his supplements, his pre-workouts, and those things. He tried to take care of his body.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
Mike wasn't a bodybuilder. He ate too much pizza to be a bodybuilder. Was he fit? He was. Was he in shape? He was. Did he work hard for that? He did.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
And that's the exact same thing she used. and borrowed from me. And that's hard. And that's something I'll have to live with.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
She was heavily involved in that because Mike was a coach. They were involved in tons of leagues and different things.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
Investigators look at you and say, there were never any contracts. There were never any bids. It doesn't exist.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
They were building onto their house, and they put up a new fence. Mike got a car.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
They got this niche. A woman-owned small business. The idea of the federal government will pay $50 for a $10 hammer. You just got to be able to get in there and get the contracts and fight with the big guys.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
But it was more than just, hey, do you want to invest? There were supposed to be dental facilities on military bases. That's why we couldn't see any of the documents. Because she knew I was going to ask that. I was like, what's the content? Well, you can't see it. You don't have authorization. We can't do that because the Department of Defense. And so we were like, sure. Yeah, man, we'll help out.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
Absolutely. The names that were lining up, it fit like, OK, these people aren't going to do anything crazy.