Chandler reported to the police that he found the bodies. He said he had been in the couple’s neighborhood checking on his ex-girlfriend’s house when Mr. Steinberger invited Chandler into his home and asked him to mow his lawn.
The day after the crime, Chandler called an investigator and asked whether the police were going to arrest him. The investigator said no, but asked Chandler to accompany him to the victims’ house and point out any missing items. Chandler agreed.
At the house, officers asked Chandler why anyone would go into the woods to be killed. He replied that the couple was ordered out of the house. Chandler mentioned that they had been stabbed, although the authorities had not yet released that information.
When officers asked whether the victims might have resisted, Chandler speculated that they would not resist if the murderer placed a knife to the wife’s throat. He further stated that the couple was probably killed for the $150,000 they made on the sale of their former home, information he would have known from an examination of their bank account record.
Finally, Chandler stated that if he were the officers, he would arrest him.