A police detective reviewing a cold case claimed that a contact lens case led to a husband being charged with the murder of his wife. Raven Abaroa was arrested in February 2010 and charged with first-degree murder in the death of his first wife Janet. Five years earlier in 2005, Janet Abaroa 25, was stabbed to death in her home in Durham, North Carolina. Raven Abaroa, (right), pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter over the 2005 death of his wife Janet Abaroa, (left). The couple married in August 2010 and lived in North Carolina Raven Abaroa was arrested on Feb. 1, 2010, and charged with first-degree murder in the death of his first wife after detectives reviewed evidence in the death five years previously Raven Abaroa said he discovered his dead wife's body in their home office after returning home from playing soccer that evening. Their 6-month-old son, Kaiden, was left unharmed in another room. Janet Abaroa's murder remained unsolved, but her family suspected her husband was involved in her death. In 2009 Durham Police assigned a new detective to Janet Abaroa's case and Charles Sole reviewed the evidence again. He claimed he noticed a contact lens case on the counter when reviewing crime scene photos and something struck him as odd based on a previous interview with Raven. An ABC 20/20 program, entitled 'The Secret in her eyes', revisits the tragic case of Abaroa's death as the man charged in connection with her death is free after spending seven years in prison. In an interview Sole said: 'Raven never kept the lies straight. His statements to law enforcement, initially, they were contradictory. 'I noticed the contact case on the counter with the top off of it indicating to me that the likelihood that the contacts were probably not in there, which would be contrary to her going to bed or, as Raven said, in the bed going to sleep.' When police interviewed Janet Abaroa's family and friends, Sole said they told them Janet Abaroa always removed her contacts before going to sleep. He said he found this detail 'suspicious.' The couple did have marital problems according to Janet's family. But they went on to have a son called Kaiden, (far right), who was just six-months-old when his mother was killed In July 2010, Janet Abaroa's body was exhumed and authorities determined that she had been wearing contacts when she was buried, which was a key factor in proving Abaroa's guilt 'Then the next thing is not seeing any disturbance based on the manner of her death. A stabbing. 'I mean, is not immediate. It's usually violent, [with] struggling, [a] disturbance.' In July 2010, Janet Abaroa's body was exhumed and authorities determined that she had been wearing contacts when she was buried. This conflicted with Raven Abaroa's claim that she had been going to bed before she was killed. There were also no signs of forced entry at the home, again contrary to Raven's claim. Raven was arrested the following February and charged with first-degree murder in the death of his first wife. Abaroa pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter March 12, acknowledging that there was evidence to convict him but not admitting guilt. Janet Abaroa's death was a mystery that captivated North Carolina and the case remained unsolved for years until detectives examined evidence and arrested her husband in 2010 In 2010, Durham Police Detective Charles Sole reviewed evidence again and claimed a statement Abaroa made about his wife's contact lenses led to a breakthrough in the case A judge sentenced him to between 95 and 123 months in jail. He was released from prison on Christmas Day 2017 and living in Utah. Janet Christiansen, who was one of ten children, grew up in a Mormon family and met Raven Abaroa, also a Mormon, in 1998 at Southern Virginia University, where she played soccer. After two years together, Janet and Raven Abaroa married at the Mormon temple in Washington, D.C. in 2010. They settled in southeastern Virginia, her friends and family thought that life for the newlywed couple was perfect. In 2005, Abaroa said his wife had been getting ready for bed around 8 pm when he left to play soccer with friends, according to the account he gave police about that night. Abaroa's second wife Vanessa Pond, (pictured), went public in spring 2009 with her fears that he killed his first wife after she claimed he began acting violently towards her He said he returned home after 10 pm and found Janet Abaroa's body with multiple stab wounds. He initially claimed that his wife had 'been shot' however Durham Police quickly realized that she had been stabbed. After his wife's death, Abaroa moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, with their son. He then met Vanessa Pond, a single mother whose daughter was in the same day care program as Abaroa's son Kaiden. She told ABC News at the time she wasn't convinced Raven Abaroa was innocent, but after asking him questions, she said he 'removed any and every doubt from my mind.' 'He had his stories about how people were trying to frame him, about how horrible the cops were and how he continued to try to contact the police to find out what's going on,' said Pond. In 2005, Abaroa said his wife had been getting ready for bed around 8 p.m. when he left to play soccer with friends. He said he returned home after 10 pm and found Janet Abaroa's body with multiple stab wounds Durham Police Detective Charles Sole said statements to law enforcement initially were contradictory and 'he couldn't keep the lies straight' In summer 2008, three years after Janet Abaroa's death was still unsolved, Pond and Raven Abaroa were married in the backyard of her parents' home. But soon afterwards, Pond said Raven Abaroa began acting violently towards her and his outbursts became physical. She told 20/20: 'I was heartbroken. I [did] not want to believe at all, that he had done this. 'Within moments, he could switch. He could say the most horrible things. And then moments later, he would apologize. 'He grabbed me from the door and threw me up against the wall, and then I fell,' Pond said. Later, he tried to convince me that I had tripped. Raven Abaroa denied he was ever physically abusive to Pond. Just four months into their marriage, Pond said she feared for her safety. The couple separated and the marriage was annulled. Pond went public in spring 2009 with her fears that he killed his first wife. The knife which Janet Aboroa was stabbed with in 2005 at her home in North Carolina The evidence in the case was then reviewed and Raven Abaroa was arrested on February 1, 2010. During his trial, which began in 2013, prosecutors presented Raven Abaroa as a controlling husband. Pond, who testified as a witness for the prosecution, detailed how she saw Raven Abaroa become violent on the soccer field and how his aggression turned on her. 'When he sees weakness, he just comes at you harder and harder,' Pond said in court. 'He told me how much he hated me and how much it didn't matter if I died, she added. Raven Abaroa entered a voluntary manslaughter plea on March 12, acknowledging that there was evidence to convict him but not admitting guilt. A judge sentenced him to between 95 and 123 months in jail. All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility