How an Iowa woman became a key witness in her own murder
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48 Hours How Iowa woman Angela Prichard helped police solve her own murder .chip { background-image: url('/fly/bundles/cbsnewscore/images/chip-bgd/chip-bgd-48-hours.jpg'); } By Jonathan Vigliotti, Jonathan Vigliotti Correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti is a CBS News correspondent based in Los Angeles. Vigliotti's reporting has taken him to more than three dozen countries and territories across six continents. Read Full Bio Jonathan Vigliotti, Mead Stone Updated on: June 10, 2026 / 8:59 AM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google On the morning of Oct. 8, 2022, the serene Mississippi River town of Bellevue, Iowa, population about 2,500, woke up to a calamity — news of an apparent homicide, the first in nearly a decade. Dozens of investigators from six different law enforcement agencies were combing the crime scene at the Mississippi Ridge Boarding Kennels with body cameras rolling. The woman who ran the kennels, Angela Prichard, 55, had been gunned down.Her sister, Wendy Budde, believed she knew who was responsible: Angela's husband, Chris Prichard.Wendy Budde (emotional): He knew how to get in the front door.Jonathan Vigliotti | "48 Hours" contributor: In that moment, did you know it was Chris?Wendy Budde: A hundred percent. One hundred percent, I knew it was him. On the morning of Oct. 8, 2022, Angela Prichard was shot and killed at her workplace, the Mississippi Ridge Boarding Kennels in Bellevue, Iowa. Joshua Close Budde says Angela had been trying to leave him for months — and lived in fear he would kill her. Ryan Kedley: This appeared to be an assailant that knew her very well. Ryan Kedley and Dustin Henningsen are special agents with Iowa's Department of Criminal Investigation. Bellevue's small police force, with just several officers, invited the state police to lead the investigation. While Angela's family was convinced Chris Prichard was the killer, the special agents had to connect all the dots.ANGELA PRICHARD NAMES HER KILLER IN HER FINAL MOMENTSDust...




