>>> TONIGHT ON "DATELINE" --
>> HE'S DYING. HE'S DYING
>> HE SHOT HIMSELF >> YEAH.
>> I HEARD BRENDA SAY, "HE'S DEAD."
AND I SAID, "WHO'S DEAD? AND SHE SAID, "IT'S JONATHAN."
>> TO SEE YOUR OWN CHILD IN A CASKET, THAT'S THE MEMORY I WILL
NEVER BE ABLE TO GET RID OF. >> Reporter: YOU EVER HEAR HIM
EVER TALK ABOUT HAVING SUICIDAL THOUGHTS
>> NO. >> THAT'S NOT SOMETHING JONATHAN
WOULD HAVE DONE. >> IT EITHER HAD TO BE A SUICIDE
OR MURDER. >> THE CHINESE DELIVERY GUY
SHOWS UP, AND HE COULD HEAR FIGHTING
>> SHE DIDN'T SHOW UP AT THE FUNERAL.
THEY STARTED TELLING US WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH.
>> Reporter: IF THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ANSWER, YOU'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO FIND IT. >> IT'S THE LAST THING WE WANTED
TO DO. >> THE START OF THE TRIAL WAS
INCREDIBLY TENSE THE FAMILY HAD A LOT RIDING ON
THIS >> A VERDICT HAS BEEN DELIVERED.
>> IT WAS A REALLY SURREAL MOMENT
THE THING I REALLY WANTED WAS FOR JONATHAN TO BE VINDICATED.
I WANTED HIS LEGACY TO BE THE TRUE LEGACY.
>> A YOUNG LIFE ENDED. DEATH BY SUICIDE, OR SOMETHING
DARKER FOLLOW ALONG AS HIS FAMILY TAKES
AN EXTRAORDINARY STEP TO TRY TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY.
I'M LESTER HOLT, AND THIS IS "DATELINE.
HERE'S JOSH MANKIEWICZ WITH "BEHIND DOOR 813."
>> Reporter: SUPER BOWL SUNDAY 2014, SEAHAWKS-BRONCOS
AND LIKE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS, EMILY AND HER BOYFRIEND JACOB
WERE HEADED TO A PARTY THEY WERE HOPING TO SPEND TIME
WITH THE BEST FRIEND JACOB AND EMILY SHARED, A GUY NAMED
JONATHAN CREWS ONLY THAT NIGHT, JONATHAN HAD
OTHER PLANS. >> HE WAS SUPPOSED TO HANG OUT
WITH US, AND HE WAS INSISTENT THAT HE WANTED TO STAY AT HIS
APARTMENT. >> Reporter: JONATHAN HAD JUST
MOVED INTO A NEW APARTMENT HERE IN THE CITY OF COPPELL, JUST
OUTSIDE DALLAS, AND HE HAD A LONG TO-DO LIST.
EMILY TEXTED HIM DURING THE PARTY.
>> ONE OF THE COUPLES THAT WE WERE THERE WITH, THEY HAD A
COUCH THAT THEY WERE SELLING AND I TEXTED JONATHAN, YOU KNOW,
PICTURES OF IT AND I WAS SAYING, "HEY, THESE
PEOPLE ARE SELLING A COUCH UM, SOMEBODY FROM MY WORK IS
ALSO SELLING ONE I'LL SEND YOU A PICTURE OF THAT
IN A LITTLE BIT. >> Reporter: SHE DIDN'T KNOW
THAT NOT LONG AFTER THE GAME, A CALL WOULD COME INTO 911
ON THE OTHER END WAS A VOICE FULL OF FEAR
>> COPPELL 911 >> OH, MY GOD.
OH, MY GOD OH, MY GOD
PLEASE, SOMEBODY HELP. SOMEBODY HELP ME
>> Reporter: THAT PANICKED VOICE BELONGED TO BRENDA LAZARO, A
26-YEAR-OLD TEACHER AND MARTIAL ARTS INSTRUCTOR.
BRENDA WAS JONATHAN'S GIRLFRIEND
THEY WERE TOGETHER AT HIS APARTMENT, WHEREVER THAT WAS
>> WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE APARTMENT?
>> I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW
PLEASE PLEASE
HE'S DYING HE'S DYING
HE SHOOT HIMSELF HE SHOOT HIMSELF
>> HE SHOT HIMSELF >> YES
>> Reporter: BRENDA SAID SHE DIDN'T KNOW THE EXACT ADDRESS.
JONATHAN HAD JUST MOVED IN A WEEK EARLIER
>> WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOMEONE THERE.
>> OH, MY GOD. JONATHAN, JONATHAN
>> DO YOU -- MA'AM, DO YOU HAVE ANY MAIL OR ANYTHING THAT YOU
CAN GIVE ME THE EXACT ADDRESS? >> NO, THERE'S NOBODY HERE
THERE'S JUST ME. OH, MY GOD
>> DID HE USE A GUN, OR WHAT HAPPENED
>> YES, HE USED A GUN. I CAN'T SEE THE WOUND BECAUSE
IT'S SO MUCH BLOOD I'M JUST PRESSING ON IT.
>> Reporter: THE 911 OPERATOR ASKED BRENDA TO SEE IF A
NEIGHBOR COULD GIVE HER THE ADDRESS.
>> I WANT YOU TO GO AND KNOCK ON A DOOR OR FIND A NAME OF
SOMETHING -- >> RIVERCHASE APARTMENTS
>> RIVERCHASE? OKAY
>> Reporter: WITH THAT, FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ON THEIR WAY
JONATHAN'S PARENTS, JOHN AND PAM CREWS, WERE HOME THAT NIGHT
WITH THEIR DAUGHTER DANI AND THEIR OTHER SON CHRISTIAN.
THEY WERE JUST A FEW MILES FROM JONATHAN'S NEW APARTMENT
>> WE HAD JUST SETTLED DOWN. IT WAS SUPER BOWL SUNDAY
AND DANI AND I HAD TAPED A TV SHOW THAT WE WATCHED EVERY
SUNDAY AND WE HAD JUST TURNED IT ON
WHEN HER PHONE RANG. >> Reporter: IT WAS BRENDA
>> IT WAS HARD TO UNDERSTAND HER.
SHE WAS JUST SCREAMING THE WHOLE TIME
AND I HEARD HER SAY, "HE'S DEAD."
AND I SAID, "WHO'S DEAD? AND SHE SAID, "IT'S JONATHAN."
AND THEN MY PARENTS STARTED LIKE, "WHO -- WHAT'S GOING ON?
AND SO SHE WALKED TO THE END OF MY ROOM, AND SHE SAID, "BRENDA
SAID JONATHAN SHOT HIMSELF." AND JOHN MADE JUST THIS HORRIBLE
NOISE AND JUMPED OUT OF THE BED. I DON'T KNOW HOW HE DID THIS,
BUT HE WAS IN CLOTHES AND RUNNING DOWN THE -- THE HALLWAY
LESS THAN 30 SECONDS >> I THOUGHT IF I GET THERE, I
CAN -- WHATEVER IT IS, I CAN FIX IT
>> Reporter: COPPELL POLICE ARRIVED AT 11:40 P.M
>> IT WAS CHAOTIC. THERE WERE POLICE EVERYWHERE
THERE WERE SEVERAL EMERGENCY VEHICLES
IT WAS CRAZY >> Reporter: THIS IS WHAT BODY
CAMERAS RECORDED AS OFFICERS REACHED THE DOOR OF JONATHAN'S
APARTMENT AND SPOKE WITH BRENDA. >> WHERE'S HE AT
>> HE'S INSIDE >> OKAY.
JUST STAY OUT HERE, OKAY >> PLEASE, I NEED TO SEE HIM
>> ALL RIGHT OKAY
ANOTHER OFFICER'S COMIN', OKAY 213, I'M GONNA MAKE ENTRY.
>> Reporter: THE FIRST OFFICER ENTERED THE APARTMENT AND
SMELLED GUNPOWDER. >> IS HE DEAD?
>> SEND IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT >> IS HE DEAD?
>> I WANNA TALK TO YOU COME TALK TO ME.
>> Reporter: PARAMEDICS WERE ON THE SCENE, BUT IT WAS ALREADY
TOO LATE >> IS HE DEAD?
>> YES, MA'AM. I'M SORRY.
>> OH, MY GOD. NO
>> Reporter: OFFICERS FOUND
JONATHAN CREWS LYING IN HIS BED WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS
CHEST. HE WAS 27 YEARS OLD.
>> I REMEMBER WALKING UP TO THE POLICE OFFICER
>> WHAT'S GOIN' ON >> WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SIR
>> JOHN. AND I REMEMBER I -- BECAUSE I
JUST DIDN'T BELIEVE IT, I ASKED HIM THREE TIMES.
IS HE OKAY OR -- AND HE TOLD ME THREE TIMES HE
WAS GONE >> UNFORTUNATELY, UH -
>> NO. OH
OH, NO >> YOU WANT TO SIT DOWN SIR?
>> NO, I WANNA -- I WANNA SEE HIM.
THE LAST THING ON MIND AT -- AT THAT POINT WAS, WHAT HAPPENED?
I MEAN, JUST TRYING TO -- TRYING TO ABSORB THE IDEA THAT HE WAS
NOT -- LONGER WITH US WAS ABOUT ALL MY BRAIN AND EMOTIONS COULD
DEAL WITH. >> Reporter: MOMENTS AFTER JOHN
AND DANI ARRIVED AT THE APARTMENT CAME JONATHAN'S MOM
PAM. WHEN DO YOU SEE EACH OTHER, AND
WHAT DO YOU SAY? >> GOSH.
>> YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, IT'S KIND OF A BLUR.
I -- I REMEMBER US ALL HUGGING AT ONE POINT
>> JOHN JUST KEPT TRYING TO GET TO JONATHAN.
>> I JUST WANTED TO SEE HIM. >> YEAH.
AND I KNEW I COULDN'T SEE HIM. NOT HOW YOU WANNA -- YOU KNOW,
WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR KIDS, YOU ALWAYS THINK OF THESE LITTLE
NEWBORN BABIES, YOU KNOW AND YOU -- YOU JUST ALWAYS LOOK
BACK AND THAT, YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T SEE MY BABY WITH A HOLE
BLOWN THROUGH HIM. >> Reporter: AT THIS POINT, THE
ONLY STORY THIS FAMILY HAD HEARD BOILED DOWN TO THREE SIMPLE
WORDS. "JONATHAN SHOT HIMSELF."
AND THAT SIMPLE STORY RAISED A LOT OF COMPLICATED QUESTIONS
COULD THIS REALLY BE SUICIDE OR MAYBE SOMETHING ELSE
ALTOGETHER >> I CONCLUDED THAT BRENDA MUST
BE WRONG THERE MUST HAVE BEEN AN INTRUDER
IN THE HOUSE THAT SHOT JONATHAN. >> Reporter: IT WAS JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT, AND A YEARS-LONG SEARCH FOR ANSWERS WAS JUST
GETTING STARTED.
JONATHAN CREWS RETURNED TO THEIR HOME IN THE SMALL HOURS OF THE
MORNING, REELING FROM THE NEWS OF HIS APPARENT SUICIDE.
WHAT WERE YOU THINKING >> REALLY NOT MUCH OF ANYTHING
I THINK I WAS JUST KIND OF IN SHOCK AND I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW
WHAT TO DO OR WHAT TO THINK. >> WE'RE OUT OF OUR MINDS AT
THAT POINT LIKE, THERE'S NO RATIONALITY AT
ALL. >> YEAH.
I WAS TAKING AMBIEN AND AMBIEN TO SLEEP
>> Reporter: JONATHAN'S CLOSE FRIEND EMILY WOKE UP THAT
MORNING AFTER THE SUPER BOWL WITH A BAD FEELING
SHE'D GOTTEN A STRANGE TEXT FROM JONATHAN AFTER THE GAME.
>> I PLUGGED MY PHONE IN, AND A TEXT MESSAGE POPPED UP
AND IT WAS FROM JONATHAN IT SAID, "I WANT TO DIE,
PERIOD." >> Reporter: YOU EVER HEAR HIM
SAY ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE? >> NO.
>> Reporter: EMILY SAYS WHEN SHE FIRST SAW THE TEXT, SHE DIDN'T
TAKE IT LITERALLY. SHE THOUGHT MAYBE JONATHAN WAS
HAVING A BAD NIGHT OR BEING DRAMATIC
NOW IT WAS MORNING, AND SHE HADN'T HEARD FROM HIM AGAIN.
>> I THINK I TRIED TO CALL HIS PHONE AND HE DIDN'T ANSWER
AND I LOOKED AT JACOB AND SAID "YOU DON'T THINK SOMETHING
HAPPENED, RIGHT? LIKE, THIS IS JUST SO WEIRD.
>> Reporter: EMILY DECIDED TO DRIVE OVER TO JONATHAN'S
BEFORE SHE COULD GET THERE, THE FAMILY CALLED JACOB WITH THE
HORRIBLE NEWS. >> AND THEN I GOT A PHONE CALL
FROM JACOB, AND ALL THAT I COULD MAKE OUT THAT HE WAS SAYING WAS
JONATHAN IS DEAD AND HE'S BEEN SHOT
>> I'M PISSED. I'M CONFUSED
LIKE, I DON'T -- LIKE, HOW DID HE GET SHOT?
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE HE GOT SHOT
>> Reporter: ONE THING HE AND EVERYONE CLOSE TO JONATHAN DID
KNOW -- JONATHAN WAS A GUN ENTHUSIAST AND KEPT SEVERAL
FIREARMS AT HIS PLACE. HOW MANY GUNS DID HE HAVE?
>> PROBABLY A HALF DOZEN MAYBE >> I DIDN'T REALLY LIKE THE
GUNS I'D SHOOT WITH HIM
HE WAS THE ONE THAT FIRST TAUGHT ME TO SHOOT.
>> Reporter: POLICE DETERMINED THE GUN THAT KILLED JONATHAN WAS
INDEED ONE OF HIS OWN. GUNS HAD BEEN A PART OF HIS
FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS NOW THE ENTIRE FAMILY WAS IN
PIECES >> AND I SHOW UP AT THEIR HOUSE
AND, YOU KNOW, HIS FAMILY IS JUST IN A DAZE
>> Reporter: FOR THOSE EARLY, NUMB MOMENTS OF GRIEF, ALL
ANYONE COULD THINK OF WAS JONATHAN, SUCH A YOUNG LIFE
LOST >> WE WERE A VERY CLOSE FAMILY,
UM, BUT HE WAS KIND OF THE RINGLEADER FOR EVERYTHING THAT
HAPPENED >> HE SEEMED TO GREET EVERY DAY
WITH A -- WITH AN EXCITEMENT FOR WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
>> HE WAS THE ONE THAT ALWAYS, LIKE, BROUGHT THE PARTY, YOU
KNOW >> I MET HIM IN EIGHT OR NINTH
GRADE. I KIND OF FELL INTO THE NERDY
GROUP. AND -- AND WHEN JONATHAN CAME IN
AND, YOU KNOW, HE WAS TALL, HANDSOME, AND, YOU KNOW, PRETTY
ATHLETIC AND - >> Reporter: HE WAS THE COOL
GUY. >> YEAH, HE WAS A COOL GUY FOR A
WHILE. AND THEN HE KIND OF BECAME
FRIENDS WITH MY GROUP. >> Reporter: THE BEST FRIENDS
WENT ON TO BE ROOMMATES AT BAYLOR UNIVERSITY, WHERE
JONATHAN MAJORED IN HISTORY. AFTER COLLEGE, HE WANTED TO SAVE
FOR GRAD SCHOOL. SO JONATHAN, A SNAPPY DRESSER
WHO LOVED COLORFUL NECKTIES, WORKED AS A MANAGER IN THE MEN'S
DEPARTMENT AT DILLARD'S. THAT'S WHERE HE MET EMILY.
>> WE HAD VERY SIMILAR PERSONALITIES.
WE WOULD ALWAYS KIND OF JOKE THAT I WAS, LIKE, THE FEMALE
VERSION OF HIM >> Reporter: AND AT ONE POINT,
YOU GUYS VERY BRIEFLY WENT OUT >> SO WE WENT ON ONE DATE.
HE ASKED ME TO GO OUT TO, LIKE, DINNER AND DRINKS ONE NIGHT.
I LOOKED AT HIM. I WOULD GO, YOU KNOW, "THIS
WOULD NEVER WORK, RIGHT? AND HE GOES, "YEAH, I KNOW
WE'RE -- WE'RE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME PERSON.
IT WOULD BE WEIRD FOR ME TO DATE MYSELF."
>> Reporter: AND THAT WAS IT AND THEN AFTER THAT, YOU GUYS
WERE FRIENDS >> YES, REALLY GOOD FRIENDS.
>> Reporter: SUCH GOOD FRIENDS THAT JONATHAN LATER PLAYED
MATCHMAKER >> ME, JACOB, AND JONATHAN HAD
GONE OUT TO DRINKS ONE NIGHT, AND JACOB LEFT AND WENT TO THE
BATHROOM AND I LOOKED AT JONATHAN, AND I
GO, "I THINK I LIKE YOUR FRIEND."
HE GOES, "OKAY, I'M COOL WITH THAT
I'LL HELP YOU. AND THEN THAT NIGHT, I THINK WE
KIND OF CONSPIRED TOGETHER >> THEY CONSPIRED AGAINST ME
>> SO. >> Reporter: THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT
AGAINST YOU. THAT'S FOR YOU
>> YEAH, RIGHT YOU'RE MARRIED NOW
>> Reporter: ALONG WITH HIS TIGHT CIRCLE OF FRIENDS, MUCH OF
JONATHAN'S LIFE STARTED TO REVOLVE AROUND THIS PLACE, WU YI
SHAOLIN, A MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOL IN A COPPELL STRIP MALL.
AND IT BECAME A FAMILY AFFAIR. JONATHAN, PAM, AND DANI ALL TOOK
KUNG FU. >> THERE WERE A LOT OF SOCIAL
EVENTS YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HUNG OUT A LOT.
THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, FRIENDSHIPS AND CLIQUES MADE
WITHIN SCHOOLS >> Reporter: IT WAS THERE DANI
FIRST MET BRENDA LAZARO. SHE WAS ORIGINALLY FROM MEXICO
AND A PART-TIME INSTRUCTOR AT THE MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOL.
YOU THOUGHT OF BRENDA AS YOUR BEST FRIEND?
>> YES SHE WAS ONE OF THE LEADERS IN
THE SCHOOL AND I -- I ACTUALLY SAID TO
JONATHAN SOMETIME, YOU KNOW, "THIS GIRL BRENDA SEEMS LIKE A
NICE GIRL. MAYBE YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
HER. >> Reporter: JONATHAN WAS
INTERESTED >> HE CAME TO ME AND SAID, "I
KNOW SHE'S YOUR BEST FRIEND. WOULD YOU MIND?"
AND I DID, IN FACT, MIND MY ONE STIPULATION WAS, "DON'T
RUIN MY FRIENDSHIP WITH HER. LIKE, "DON'T COME BETWEEN US OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT." >> Reporter: AND HE PROMISED HE
WOULDN'T DO THAT >> PROMISED.
>> Reporter: JONATHAN AND BRENDA BEGAN DATING IN NOVEMBER 2013.
SPARKS VERY QUICKLY TURNED INTO FIRE, AND BRENDA TOLD FRIENDS
SHE THOUGHT JONATHAN WAS THE ONE.
HOW WAS JONATHAN AS A BOYFRIEND FROM WHAT YOU COULD TELL
>> VERY GIVING >> YEAH, VERY GIVING
>> VERY FULL THROTTLE, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW.
HE WAS A PERSON THAT IMMERSED HIMSELF FULLY INTO
RELATIONSHIPS. >> Reporter: BRENDA SEEMED TO BE
NO EXCEPTION IF SHE AND JONATHAN WEREN'T
TOGETHER, THEY WERE CONSTANTLY TEXTING.
JONATHAN TOLD HIS MOM THE RELATIONSHIP HAD BECOME PRETTY
INTENSE. HE SAID BRENDA HAD GONE THROUGH
A ROUGH CHILDHOOD, THAT SHE HAD TRUST ISSUES AND COULD BE KIND
OF INSECURE. >> AND SO I SAID, "UM, WHY DON'T
YOU GIVE HER A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE WITH A NICE
PERSON BECAUSE WHEN SHE SEES HOW LOYAL
AND WONDERFUL YOU ARE, SHE'LL START TO BE A LITTLE MORE
SECURE." >> Reporter: THREE MONTHS INTO
THAT WHIRLWIND OF A ROMANCE, JONATHAN DECIDED TO MOVE OUT OF
HIS PARENTS' HOUSE AND GET HIS OWN APARTMENT.
BRENDA HELPED HIM PICK THAT PLACE OUT.
>> I BELIEVE SHE WENT WITH HIM LOOKING FOR SOME PLACES, YES
AND SHE WAS THERE. SHE HELPED HIM MOVE.
SHE CAME OVER AND BORROWED SOME CLEANING SUPPLIES AND CLEANED
EVERYTHING OUT >> Reporter: TO HIS MOM AND DAD,
JONATHAN SEEMED TO BE EMBARKING ON HIS NEXT CHAPTER.
HE HAD A NEW JOB, A NEW GIRLFRIEND, A NEW APARTMENT.
AND SO AS THEY SAT CRUSHED AT THE FAMILY HOME, THE IDEA OF
SUICIDE JUST DIDN'T MAKE SENSE >> I MADE A MENTAL NOTE OF EVERY
AREA OF HIS LIFE EVERYTHING WAS GOING SO WELL IN
HIS LIFE AND SO I CONCLUDED THAT BRENDA
MUST BE WRONG. THERE MUST HAVE BEEN AN INTRUDER
IN THE HOUSE THAT SHOT JONATHAN. AND SHE CAME IN AND FOUND HIM
THAT WAY AND MADE AN ASSUMPTION. >> Reporter: LET ME ASK YOU
THIS, WHICH IS NOT PLEASANT. AT ANY TIME, JONATHAN EVER
EXPRESS ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT TAKING HIS OWN LIFE OR HURTING
HIMSELF? >> NO.
>> Reporter: WAS HE DEPRESSED? >> NO.
>> Reporter: POSSIBLE THAT HE WAS DEPRESSED OR SAD OR
MISERABLE IN SOME WAY AND YOU MISSED IT?
>> NO, I ACTUALLY THINK THAT JONATHAN WAS IN ONE OF THE BEST
PLACES THAT HE'D EVER BEEN IN -- IN HIS LIFE.
>> Reporter: WHAT HAPPENED IN JONATHAN'S APARTMENT THAT NIGHT?
THE ONLY WITNESS TO THIS TRAGEDY HAD A STORY TO TELL.
>> AND THEN I JUST HEARD HE SHOT THE GUN.
>>> HAVE A SEAT. >> Reporter: ON THE NIGHT
JONATHAN CREWS DIED, COPPELL POLICE SPOKE WITH THE ONLY OTHER
PERSON WHO WAS THERE -- HIS GIRLFRIEND BRENDA LAZARO
>> OKAY, SO -- >> SHE WAS SITTING ON SOME
STAIRS IN THE BACK OF THE APARTMENT OUTSIDE.
AND SHE WAS -- THERE WAS A POLICE OFFICER SPEAKING TO HER
AND I WALKED UP, ASKED WHAT HAPPENED, AND HE BASICALLY SAID,
"GO AWAY." >> OKAY, SIR, IF YOU WOULDN'T
MIND JUST LETTIN' ME TALK TO HER FOR A MINUTE, AND THEN -- THEN
YOU CAN TALK TO HER FOR A SECOND
>> Reporter: BRENDA BEGAN DESCRIBING WHAT HAPPENED THAT
NIGHT AT JONATHAN'S APARTMENT. >> WE ATE SOME CHINESE FOOD HE
ORDERED. >> CHINESE FROM HERE IN TOWN
DID THEY DELIVER >> YEAH.
>> Reporter: BRENDA SAID THEY ATE, WATCHED TV IN BED, AND
TALKED THEY WERE HAVING A SERIOUS
CONVERSATION ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP
SHE SAID AT SOME POINTS IT BECAME EMOTIONAL
>> HE TOLD ME HE LOVED ME, AND I TOLD HIM THAT I LOVE HIM TOO
AND THEN HE'S -- HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS GONNA SHOW ME
WE WERE NOT TALKING FOR A LONG TIME
WE STAYED QUIET. HE WAS ON THE BED AND I WAS AT
THE EDGE OF THE BED, AND WE WERE JUST THERE
WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. AND THEN HE JUST TOLD ME THAT HE
WAS GONNA SHOW ME THAT HE LOVED ME
AND HE ASKED ME -- >> WHAT'D HE SAY
SAY HOW HE SAID IT, OKAY >> HE JUST SAID, "BABY, I LOVE
YOU. AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU THAT I
LOVE YOU." AND THEN HE ASKED ME TO COVER MY
EARS, AND I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT HE HAD A GUN
OR ANYTHING. >> SO YOU DIDN'T KNOW HE HAD A
GUN IN THE HOUSE >> I KNEW HE HAD GUNS IN THE
HOUSE -- >> YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE
>> I DIDN'T KNOW THAT HE HAD A GUN WITH HIM
>> WHERE WERE YOU WHEN ALL THIS HAPPENED
>> I WAS BY THE EDGE OF THE BED, SITTING DOWN ON THE FLOOR.
>> OKAY, AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED? HE TOLD -- HE TOLD YOU TO COVER
YOUR EARS, RIGHT OKAY, WHAT HAPPENED?
>> HE ASKED ME A FEW TIMES TO COVER MY EARS, AND I DIDN'T
WANNA DO IT. I TOLD HIM, "NO, WHY?" AND HE
JUST -- "TRUST ME, JUST COVER YOUR EARS.
AND THEN I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING AND THEN I JUST HEARD IT
HE SHOT THE GUN. >> Reporter: SO NO INTRUDER AS
JONATHAN'S MOM HAD WONDERED. BRENDA TOLD POLICE SHE WAS RIGHT
THERE WHEN JONATHAN SHOT HIMSELF.
>> BRENDA, BRENDA -- >> Reporter: POLICE ASKED HER TO
COME WITH THEM TO THE STATION. >> WE'LL GET YOU IN THERE AND
GET YOU SOMETHIN' TO DRINK NOT THAT IT'S GONNA MAKE IT ANY
BETTER, BUT AT LEAST TRY TO MAKE YOU A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE.
THAT -- WOULD THAT BE ALL RIGHT WITH YOU
>> Reporter: IN THE BACK OF THE POLICE CAR, BRENDA SOBBED.
SHE WAS STILL CRYING INSIDE THE INTERVIEW ROOM
IT TOOK ABOUT TWENTY MINUTES BEFORE SHE WAS CALM ENOUGH TO
TALK >> I NEED TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT YOU SO I CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE OKAY.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHO TO CALL, WE NEED TO KNOW IF THERE'S FAMILY
THAT YOU HAVE. >> Reporter: AND THEN BRENDA
TOLD POLICE THE STORY AGAIN. >> HE SAID HE LOVED YOU AND
WHAT >> AND THEN I HEAR THE GUN
>> Reporter: BY THE TIME SHE FINISHED, IT WAS EARLY MORNING
LATER THAT DAY, SHE WENT TO STAY WITH THE CREWS FAMILY.
>> YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER TAKING HER FACE IN MY HANDS AND LOOKING
AT HER AND SAYING, "THIS WASN'T YOUR FAULT."
I THOUGHT, "I NEED TO HELP HER SO THAT SHE'S NOT RUINED FOR THE
REST OF HER LIFE." >> Reporter: BRENDA DIDN'T SAY
MUCH TO JONATHAN'S PARENTS ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED THAT NIGHT
SHE DID TALK WITH HER CLOSE FRIEND, HIS SISTER DANI.
>> I ASKED HER WHAT HAPPENED, AND SHE SAID THAT THEY WERE
HAVING A CONVERSATION. >> Reporter: NOT A FIGHT
>> SHE SAID THAT -- I THINK THEY HAD HAD A FIGHT EARLIER THAT
DAY, BUT SHE SAID THAT IT WAS CALM
THEY WERE JUST HAVING A CONVERSATION
AND THEN HE SAID, "I'M GOING TO PROVE HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU," AND
THEN PULLED OUT A GUN AND SHOT HIMSELF, AND HE FELL BACK ONTO
THE BED. >> Reporter: DANI THOUGHT
BRENDA'S STORY SOUNDED STRANGE -- WHO SHOOTS THEMSELVES
TO PROVE THEIR LOVE FOR SOMEONE ELSE
YOU THOUGHT THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT
>> I FIGURED THAT MUST BE WHAT -- IT MUST BE AN ACCIDENT
>> Reporter: JONATHAN'S DAD WAS HOPING POLICE COULD PROVIDE SOME
CLARITY. >> I'M SURE THEY ASKED ME THINGS
LIKE, "WAS HE DEPRESSED?" AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
ALTHOUGH THE THING THAT STANDS OUT IS THEM TRYING TO IMPRESS
UPON ME, BASICALLY, "DON'T THINK THIS WAS A SUICIDE, WHATEVER THE
OUTCOME IS, DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
>> Reporter: THAT WAS THEIR BIG MESSAGE TO YOU
>> THAT WAS THEIR BIG MESSAGE. >> Reporter: SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE
THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER
>> WELL, I -- I ASSUMED THEY WERE -- THEY HAD SOME REASON FOR
THAT STATEMENT LIKE IT WASN'T JUST TO MAKE ME
FACTS THAT SUPPORTED THAT. >> Reporter: THE GUN'S MAGAZINE
WAS FOUND NOT IN THE GUN BUT IN A DRAWER. THE WEAPON, A SIG
SAUER 9MM, CAN HOLD A BULLET IN ITS CHAMBER EVEN WITHOUT THE
MAGAZINE SO MAYBE JONATHAN DIDN'T KNOW
THE GUN WAS LOADED >> WHAT WE HEARD -- OR WHAT I
HEARD, AT LEAST, WAS AT THE VERY LEAST THIS WAS SOME SORT OF AN
ACCIDENT >> Reporter: THE FAMILY HAD NO
CLEAR ANSWERS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AS THEY BRACED FOR
JONATHAN'S FUNERAL >> TO SEE YOUR OWN CHILD IN A
CASKET IS -- I MEAN, THAT'S THE MEMORY I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO
GET RID OF >> IT WAS AWFUL TO SEE, LIKE --
LIKE, HIS PARENTS HAVING TO KIND OF, LIKE, JUST GREET PEOPLE,
LIKE, NEXT TO A CASKET OF THEIR KID.
THIS IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST THINGS I HAVE EVER DONE.
>> IT WAS JUST KIND OF WAS A BLUR
I REMEMBER TALKING AND THAT'S ABOUT IT
>> Reporter: SO MANY PEOPLE WHO LOVED JONATHAN PAID THEIR
RESPECTS, EXCEPT FOR ONE BRENDA WASN'T THERE.
>> SHE'D BEEN TEXTING ME, ASKING IF SHE COULD WEAR JEANS AND
ASKING THE ADDRESS AND SO WHEN SHE JUST DIDN'T SHOW
UP, I WAS LIKE, "THAT'S SO WEIRD.
>> Reporter: THE FAMILY HAD SAVED HER A SEAT UP FRONT WITH
THEM, AND HER ABSENCE SPARKED A NEW FEAR
>> PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT HER, WE WERE AFRAID MAYBE SHE'D
DONE SOMETHING TO HERSELF, OR MAYBE SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED TO
HER. >> Reporter: THE QUESTIONS WERE
PILING UP, AND SOME OF THE POTENTIAL ANSWERS DIDN'T MAKE
SENSE. GUN SAFETY WAS SOMETHING HE TOOK
VERY SERIOUSLY >> TOOK VERY SERIOUSLY
* (MÚSICA) *OUSL FAMILY BELIEVED HE NEVER WOULD
HAVE SHOT HIMSELF -- AT LEAST NOT ON PURPOSE
AND YET THE MORE THEY THOUGHT ABOUT IT, THE IDEA OF AN
ACCIDENT DIDN'T FIT EITHER JONATHAN'S GRANDFATHER HAD
TAUGHT HIM AND HIS BROTHER ALL ABOUT GUNS FROM CHILDHOOD.
>> HE WAS TEACHING THEM ABOUT HOW TO SHOOT, GUN SAFETY, ALL
THAT, FROM THE TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE PRETTY, PRETTY
YOUNG. >> Reporter: SO GUN SAFETY WOULD
NOT HAVE BEEN SOMETHING NEW TO JONATHAN
>> NO. UH, QUITE -- QUITE THE OPPOSITE.
HE WAS VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY CAREFUL WITH HIS GUNS.
>> I WENT HUNTING WITH HIM AND HE WAS ALWAYS, UM, VERY CAREFUL
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE MUZZLE WAS POINTED, IF IT WAS
LOADED OR UNLOADED, DEPENDING ON WHAT HE WAS DOING.
>> Reporter: HE HAD MORE FORMAL FIREARMS TRAINING AS HE GOT
OLDER, AND SHOT COMPETITIVELY. HERE HE IS ON HOME VIDEO AT A
SHOOTING RANGE OUTSIDE OF TOWN JONATHAN'S PARENTS BELIEVED
THERE HAD TO BE ANOTHER EXPLANATION.
MAYBE BRENDA COULD HELP THEM UNDERSTAND
SO WHERE WAS SHE IT TURNED OUT DANI HEARD FROM
HER AFTER THE FUNERAL. BRENDA WAS ALIVE AND WELL.
>> AND THEN SHE WAS LIKE, "WELL, I JUST COULDN'T DO IT.
THAT'S -- I'M TOO UPSET. >> Reporter: DANI COULD NOT
UNDERSTAND WHY SHE DIDN'T SHOW UP
YOU WERE UPSET THAT SHE WASN'T THERE.
>> I MEAN, I THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY AWFUL THING TO DO
>> Reporter: AS THEY EXCHANGED MESSAGES ON FACEBOOK, THINGS GOT
TENSE. BRENDA TOLD DANI SHE WAS
BOTHERED BY HOW THE SERVICE HAD BEEN PLANNED
>> SHE WAS VERY UPSET THAT THEIR RELATIONSHIP WAS NOT THE FOCAL
POINT OF THE FUNERAL >> Reporter: THEIR RELATIONSHIP?
>> THEIR RELATIONSHIP. SHE WANTED THE WORLD TO KNOW
ABOUT THEIR LOVE AND HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO HIM.
>> Reporter: EVEN THOUGH THEY'D BEEN TOGETHER LIKE THREE MONTHS
AND HE'D BEEN WITH YOUR FAMILY HIS ENTIRE LIFE.
>> EXACTLY >> Reporter: SHE THINKS IT
SHOULD BE ABOUT HER. >> YEAH.
>> Reporter: WHEN THEY STARTED DATING, JONATHAN PROMISED TO
KEEP HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH BRENDA FROM AFFECTING DANI'S
FRIENDSHIP WITH BRENDA DANI SAYS SHE NOW REALIZES THAT
WAS WISHFUL THINKING ONCE JONATHAN AND BRENDA WERE A
COUPLE, DANI STARTED TO SEE A SIDE OF BRENDA SHE DIDN'T LIKE
SO WHAT'D YOU OBSERVE? >> A LOT OF WEIRDNESS.
>> Reporter: STUFF YOU HADN'T SEEN BEFORE?
>> NO. >> Reporter: LIKE WHAT
>> SO BEFORE THEY EVEN OFFICIALLY STARTED DATING, HE
AND I MADE PLANS TO HANG OUT ON A SATURDAY
HE KEPT GETTING TEXT MESSAGES. AND HE WAS LIKE, "HEY, SO
BRENDA'S REALLY UPSET WITH ME BECAUSE SHE TEXTED ME THIS
MORNING AND WANTED TO SPEND A DAY TOGETHER, BUT I'M NOT GOING
TO CANCEL PLANS THAT I'VE ALREADY MADE WITH YOU TO HANG
OUT WITH HER." AND SHE WAS COMPLAINING THAT HE
WASN'T MAKING HER A PRIORITY IN HIS LIFE
>> Reporter: AND -- AND THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT, THREE DAYS OLD AT
THAT POINT >> YEAH.
I WAS LIKE, "PRIORITY? YOU JUST MET HER
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" >> Reporter: ANOTHER EXAMPLE, A
FEW WEEKS INTO THE RELATIONSHIP THE CREWS FAMILY TOOK A VACATION
TO EUROPE. EVERYONE ON THAT TRIP REMEMBERS
JONATHAN TEXTING BRENDA NONSTOP. THEY HAD ONLY BEEN GOING OUT A
VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. >> YES, BUT HE SPENT A LOT OF
TIME TEXTING WITH HER TO WHERE WE HAD TO ASK HIM, YOU KNOW, PUT
IT DOWN WHEN WE'RE TOGETHER. PUT IT DOWN WHEN WE'RE AT
DINNER, YOU KNOW SHE CAN WAIT FOR YOU TO COME
BACK >> Reporter: AFTER THEY
RETURNED, DANI SAYS IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE BRENDA'S JEALOUSY
ARRIVED LIKE THE NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN
SUDDENLY THERE WERE RULES IN THIS RELATIONSHIP, AND
JONATHAN'S NEW JOB WAS TO FOLLOW THEM
>> AT ONE POINT HE WISHED A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A FEMALE
FRIEND ON FACEBOOK THAT HE HADN'T SPOKEN TO IN YEARS.
AND SHE FREAKED OUT ABOUT IT AND WANTED HIM TO GET RID OF ALL OF
HIS FEMALE FRIENDS ON FACEBOOK >> Reporter: RIDICULOUS, OR
REASONABLE PEOPLE CAN DISAGREE ON THAT.
THEN, AFTER JONATHAN'S FUNERAL, THIS
>> WE WANTED TO CHANGE HIS FACEBOOK PAGE TO A MEMORIAL PAGE
AND WE COULDN'T ACCESS THE FACEBOOK
>> Reporter: SHE THOUGHT BRENDA MIGHT HAVE JONATHAN'S PASSWORDS.
>> I ASKED FOR THEM AND SHE WAS LIKE, "WELL YOU HAVE TO
PROMISE -- YOU KNOW, WE MADE THE DECISION THAT HE WAS GOING TO
REMOVE ALL OF HIS EX-GIRLFRIENDS
AND SO YOU HAVE TO PROMISE ME, BECAUSE IT'S HIS WISHES, THAT
YOU WON'T ADD THEM BACK. >> Reporter: SHE'S STILL
THINKING ABOUT THAT AFTER HE'S DEAD
>> YES THAT WAS LIKE HER ONE -- HER ONE
STIPULATION FOR GIVING US THE PASSWORDS, IS HIS EX-GIRLFRIENDS
CANNOT BE RE-ADDED TO HIS FACEBOOK
>> Reporter: SO YOU WENT ALONG WITH THAT?
>> YEAH. WE AGREED.
WE DID WHAT WE HAD TO DO TO GET OUR OUR ACCESS
>> Reporter: SO WHILE JONATHAN'S FAMILY WAS FRUSTRATED WITH
BRENDA, HIS CLOSE FRIENDS WERE JUST PLAIN SKEPTICAL ABOUT HER
STORY. >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN, LIKE,
"COVER YOUR EARS, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU"?
THAT'S DUMB. >> Reporter: HE WOULDN'T TALK
LIKE THAT. >> NO.
ALSO, LIKE, WHO DOES THAT? THAT'S NOT SOMETHING JONATHAN
WOULD HAVE DONE. THAT'S A WEIRD STORY
>> Reporter: SO WAS IT A MADE-UP STORY?
COULD THIS BE THE OPENING ACT OF A COVERUP?
MAYBE SOMETHING DARKER LED UP TO THE NIGHT JONATHAN CREWS DIED.
>> FINALLY I SAID, "JONATHAN, YOU KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO GET
BETTER, BECAUSE, LIKE, IT'S JUST ESCALATING AT THIS POINT."
>> Reporter: DESPITE BEING ONE OF JONATHAN'S BEST FRIENDS,
EMILY DIDN'T KNOW HIS GIRLFRIEND BRENDA ALL THAT WELL
EVEN SO, SHE HAD A UNIQUE WINDOW INTO THEIR RELATIONSHIP.
EARLY ON, JONATHAN ASKED EMILY AND JACOB ON A DOUBLE DATE SO
THEY COULD MEET BRENDA >> WE BOTH GAVE HIM A REALLY BIG
HUG LIKE WE NORMALLY DO WHEN WE SEE HIM.
>> Reporter: THEY SAY BRENDA WAS QUIET DURING THE WHOLE MEAL.
SO YOU'RE TRYING TO DRAW OUT A LITTLE BIT -
>> RIGHT, YEAH >> Reporter: -- AND -- AND
NOTHING. >> YEAH.
>> NOTHING >> LATER, I THINK, HE HAD TEXTED
ME AND SAID, LIKE, "OH, SHE'S NOT FEELING GOOD."
SO, IN MY BRAIN, I THOUGHT, "OKAY, THAT'S WHY SHE'S QUIET.
I DON'T -- I DON'T TALK A LOT WHEN I'M SICK.
>> Reporter: NOW, FAST FORWARD A COUPLE OF MONTHS, TO THE DAY OF
JONATHAN'S DEATH THE THREE FRIENDS MET FOR
BRUNCH >> JONATHAN STARTED TO GET SOME
TEXT MESSAGES AND SEEMED DISTRACTED BY HIS PHONE.
AND THEN HE STARTED THE CONVERSATION BY SAYING, "SO,
BRENDA HAS A PROBLEM WITH YOU. AND I REMEMBER BEING VERY CAUGHT
OFF GUARD BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, "WAIT, WHAT?
WHY? AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, "SHE WAS
REALLY UPSET WHEN YOU AND I WENT TO DINNER THAT, LIKE, I HUGGED
YOU. AND I'M LIKE, "WHY WAS SHE UPSET
THAT I HUGGED YOU? THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
ESPECIALLY SINCE I WAS DATING HIS BEST FRIEND.
>> Reporter: JONATHAN TRIED TO EXPLAIN -- HE MENTIONED BRENDA'S
DIFFICULT UPBRINGING IN MEXICO >> HE SAID THAT SHE'D BEEN
THROUGH A LOT OF TRAUMATIC THINGS
AND ONE OF THOSE BEING THAT HER UNCLE WAS MURDERED IN FRONT OF
HER BY THE CARTEL. AND SO, YOU KNOW, HER FAMILY HAD
TO FLEE MEXICO AND THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO GO BACK, SO IT MADE
HER HARD TO TRUST PEOPLE >> Reporter: THEN JONATHAN'S
PHONE RANG IT WAS BRENDA, AND SHE WANTED TO
TALK - TO EMILY
>> WHEN I TOOK THE PHONE, SHE LITERALLY WAS LIKE SCREAMING AT
ME >> Reporter: WHAT DID SHE
SPECIFICALLY SAY TO YOU? >> SHE WAS TELLING ME THAT I WAS
A DISRESPECTFUL LITTLE GIRL FOR HUGGING HER MAN, AND THAT I
NEEDED TO STAY AWAY FROM HIM AND KEEP MY HANDS OFF OF HIM
UM, I SAID TO HER, "I'M SORRY IF IT BOTHERS YOU THAT I HUGGED
HIM, BUT HE'S MY FRIEND. I GREET EVERYONE THAT WAY.
I'M NOT GOING TO NOT HUG HIM BECAUSE THAT BOTHERS YOU
I'M NOT INTERESTED IN HIM, LIKE, IT'S NEVER BEEN LIKE THAT.
I'VE NEVER EVEN KISSED HIM." >> Reporter: AND THAT DIDN'T --
THAT DIDN'T CALM HER DOWN? >> NO, SHE SAID AFTERWARDS, "LET
ME TALK TO MY MAN -- MAN -- MY MAN.
AND I SAID, ABSOLUTELY AND I HANDED JONATHAN THE PHONE.
>> Reporter: AND DID YOU SAY, "YOUR CRAZY GIRLFRIEND WANTS TO
TALK TO YOU" >> TO BE HONEST, I WAS A LITTLE
BIT OVERWHELMED. I HANDED HIM THE PHONE AND GOT
UP FROM THE TABLE AND WENT TO THE BATHROOM AND IMMEDIATELY
STARTED CRYING >> Reporter: WHEN EMILY RETURNED
TO THE TABLE, JONATHAN TRIED TO APOLOGIZE.
>> HE JUST KEPT ON APOLOGIZING ALL OVER HIMSELF
I SAID, "I KNOW THAT YOU LIKE HER, LIKE, YOU'RE IN A
RELATIONSHIP WITH HER. I DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE TO
CHOOSE BETWEEN YOUR GIRLFRIEND AND ME
I JUST, LIKE, RIGHT NOW I DON'T WANT TO BE AROUND HER.
>> Reporter: EMILY DIDN'T KNOW IT AT THE TIME, BUT BRENDA'S
ISSUES WITH HER HAD BEEN A STICKING POINT IN THE
RELATIONSHIP SINCE THAT FIRST DINNER
AND IN PART BECAUSE OF THAT, JONATHAN HAD BEEN THINKING ABOUT
ENDING THE RELATIONSHIP. A DAY EARLIER, HE'D SENT HIS
SISTER DANI A TEXT LAYING OUT HIS OPTIONS.
>> FIGHT IT AND TRY TO MAKE IT BETTER, WHICH WON'T HAPPEN
TWO, CHOOSE BRENDA IN OTHER WORDS, GIVE UP EMILY.
>> UH-HMM. >> Reporter: THREE, REFUSE TO
GIVE UP EITHER AND SEE IF BRENDA ENDS IT.
>> UH-HMM. >> Reporter: FOUR, END IT WITH
BRENDA NOW >> UH-HMM.
>> Reporter: AND HE DECIDES OUT OF THOSE FOUR CHOICES THAT --
TO -- TO END IT. >> YES
HE SAID IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN SOON
AND HE GOES, YOU KNOW, "I'M REALLY SORRY."
YOU KNOW, "I KNOW THIS IS A LOT OF DRAMA AND I'M -- KNOW IT HAS
PROBABLY AFFECTED YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HER, AND A
BREAKUP MIGHT RUIN IT FURTHER, AND I'M REALLY SORRY BECAUSE
THAT WAS MY ONE THING THAT I PROMISED YOU."
>> Reporter: NOW AT BRUNCH, AFTER HEARING BRENDA LOSE IT
ABOUT EMILY, HE TOLD HIS FRIENDS WHAT HE WAS THINKING
>> JONATHAN MAKE IT CLEAR DURING THAT CONVERSATION THAT WAS GOING
TO BE THE END OF HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH BRENDA
>> VERY CLEAR. HE SAID SEVERAL TIMES THAT HE
WAS GOING TO PACK UP ALL OF HER THINGS AND THAT HE WAS
ABSOLUTELY DONE. >> Reporter: THIS IS LESS THAN
24 HOURS FROM THE END OF JONATHAN'S LIFE.
>> RIGHT DRIVING IN THE CAR BACK TO HIS
APARTMENT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WAS JUST KIND OF QUIET
AND HE ALL OF A SUDDEN GOT REALLY TENSE AND GOES, "OH, MY
GOSH, THERE'S HER CAR. AND JACOB WAS LIKE, "EMILY,
WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO I DON'T WANT YOU TO TALK TO
HER. I WAS LIKE, "OF COURSE, I'M NOT
GOING TO TALK TO HER." LIKE SHE'S A BLACK BELT IN LIKE
KUNG FU OR WHATEVER. SHE WOULD BEAT ME UP
>> Reporter: THEN THE NEXT MORNING, SHE HEARD JONATHAN HAD
BEEN SHOT. EMILY'S GUT TOLD HER SOMETHING
WASN'T RIGHT IT WAS A FEELING SHE COULD NOT
SHAKE. >> I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THAT SHE
HAD DONE SOMETHING TO HIM. I KNEW JONATHAN.
I -- I KNEW THAT HE WOULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS
>> Reporter: SO THEN WHAT ABOUT THAT TEXT EMILY RECEIVED FROM
JONATHAN AFTER THE SUPER BOWL? "I WANT TO DIE."
>> YEAH. >> Reporter: DID HE TALK THAT
WAY? >> NO.
>> NO, JONATHAN WHEN HE GOT STRESSED OUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I
USED TO LIVE WITH HIM, AND WHAT I KNOW ABOUT HIM, HE'D JUST GO
SLEEP. HIM TEXTING JUST THAT ONE LITTLE
THING WOULDN'T HAVE MADE SENSE HE WOULD HAVE SAID NOTHING AT
ALL OR HE WOULD HAVE CALLED HER. >> Reporter: EMILY AND JACOB
TURNED IT OVER AND OVER IN THEIR MINDS.
YOU NOW DO NOT BELIEVE JONATHAN SENT THAT TEXT
>> NO. >> NO.
>> Reporter: YOU THINK THAT'S BRENDA AFTER HE DIES
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> A HUNDRED PERCENT
>> Reporter: THE RAGING JEALOUSY, THAT UNHINGED PHONE
CALL -- DID THOSE POINT TO MURDER
THAT WAS HOW EMILY AND JACOB SAW IT
NOW, WOULD POLICE AGREE? >> IF WE NEEDED TO TAKE YOUR
DNA, DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH US DOIN' THAT?
>> Reporter: IT WASN'T LONG AFTER JONATHAN CREWS DIED THAT
HIS BEST FRIEND EMILY REACHED OUT TO HIS BROTHER
SHE WANTED TO SHARE HER SUSPICIONS ABOUT BRENDA.
>> HE SAID, "PLEASE DON'T TALK TO MY PARENTS ABOUT THIS RIGHT
NOW. THEY HAVE ENOUGH GOING ON.
THEY CANNOT HANDLE IT. >> Reporter: SO A WEEK AND A
HALF WENT BY BEFORE EMILY, JACOB, AND ANOTHER CLOSE FRIEND
SAT DOWN IN THE FAMILY LIVING ROOM
>> ONE OF THEM SAID, "SHOULD WE SHOW HER?"
AND I SAID, "WELL, YOU'RE SHOWING ME NOW."
AND SO THEY SHOWED ME THIS TEXT MESSAGE THAT SAID, "I WANT TO
DIE. AND I SAID, "JONATHAN DIDN'T
WRITE THAT." AND THEY SAID, "WE KNOW.
WE KNOW HE WOULD NEVER WRITE THAT."
>> Reporter: SO WHO DID? PAM ALREADY KNEW ABOUT BRENDA'S
JEALOUS STREAK, BUT SAYS SHE WAS STUNNED AT HOW ON THE LAST DAY
OF JONATHAN'S LIFE, BRENDA DEMONSTRATED SO MUCH FURY
TOWARDS EMILY. >> I KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM
WITH EMILY, BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS THAT ONGOING.
>> Reporter: WHAT WOULD YOUR ADVICE HAVE BEEN IF HE HAD
MENTIONED THAT TO YOU? >> RUN
>> YES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH FOR
ME TO KNOW THAT WAS UNREASONABLE JEALOUSY
>> Reporter: BY FAR EMILY AND JACOB'S BIGGEST REVELATION WAS
JONATHAN'S PLAN TO BREAK UP WITH BRENDA ON THE VERY DAY HE WAS
SHOT YOU WERE UNAWARE OF THAT UNTIL
THAT MOMENT? >> I DIDN'T -- YEAH, I WAS
THE FIRST TIME I HEARD ANY OF THAT, THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH THE
GAME CHANGER >> Reporter: THIS WAS THE MOMENT
JONATHAN'S PARENTS BECAME CONVINCED IT WAS BRENDA WHO HAD
SHOT THEIR SON IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR FAMILIES
OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN THEIR OWN LIVES TO NOT WANT TO ADMIT
THAT THEY MISSED SOME OF THE SIGNS.
>> RIGHT >> Reporter: AND SO THEY START
LOOKING FOR SOMEONE OR SOMETHING ELSE TO BLAME.
>> UH-HMM. >> Reporter: THAT'S NOT WHAT'S
GOING ON HERE? >> NO.
ABSOLUTELY NOT
>> Reporter: THE SIGNS YOU BLAME YOURSELF FOR MISSING ARE ALL
ABOUT BRENDA >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> Reporter: DANI ALSO BLAMED HERSELF.
THE WOMAN SHE NOW SUSPECTED OF BEING HER BROTHER'S KILLER HAD
BEEN HER BEST FRIEND THAT HAS TO BE A TERRIBLE
FEELING. >> DEFINITELY MAKES ME QUESTION
MY ABILITY TO -- TO READ PEOPLE. I MEAN, I TRUSTED THIS PERSON.
>> Reporter: THE FAMILY'S SUSPICIONS WERE ACTUALLY JUST
CATCHING UP WITH WHAT SOME INVESTIGATORS SUSPECTED FROM THE
GET-GO POLICE ALREADY KNEW ABOUT THE
TENSION OVER EMILY THEY HEARD ABOUT IT FROM BRENDA
THAT NIGHT >> I JUST TOLD HIM I DONT LIKE
THAT GIRL. >> Reporter: RIGHT AWAY BRENDA
TOLD THIS POLICE OFFICER SHE AND JONATHAN HAD BEEN ARGUING ABOUT
EMILY. >> IS THIS A FRIEND, AN
EX-GIRLFRIEND, WHAT? >> FRIEND.
IT'S A GIRLFRIEND OF HIS BEST FRIEND
>> Reporter: SHE GAVE MORE DETAILS TO A SERGEANT AT THE
POLICE STATION, INCLUDING HER TAKE ON THAT PHONE CALL WITH
EMILY. >> I WAS UPSET WHEN I TALKED TO
HER. I TOLD HER THAT SHE WAS ACTING
FLIRTY >> Reporter: BRENDA SAID SHE
BECAME EVEN MORE UPSET WHEN JONATHAN STOPPED TAKING HER
CALLS AFTER THAT SO SHE SAID SHE WENT TO FIND HIM
AT HIS APARTMENT >> WHEN I MET HIM, I WAS JUST
REALLY UPSET AT HIM. >> OKAY.
>> Reporter: THAT WAS LATE AFTERNOON, BRENDA SAID
THEY ARGUED, BUT IT WAS BRIEF. AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE AS THEY
GOT READY FOR DINNER >> WE WERE DOING DISHES WHILE WE
WERE WAITING FOR THE FOOD, AND WE WERE -- WE WERE FINE.
WE WERE HAVING FUN >> Reporter: BRENDA DID NOT
MENTION ANYTHING TO POLICE ABOUT A BREAK-UP
SHE DID SAY THEY'D BEEN TALKING ABOUT MOVING IN TOGETHER, AND
SHE WORRIED JONATHAN WAS GETTING COLD FEET.
>> I HAVE TO FIND SOMEWHERE TO LIVE
>> OKAY. >> I WASN'T SURE THAT HE WAS
SURE ABOUT ME LIVING WITH HIM. >> Reporter: SHE SAID EVEN
THOUGH THINGS WERE CALM AS THEY ORDERED DINNER, JONATHAN LATER
MENTIONED EMILY'S NAME AGAIN, LEADING TO ANOTHER QUARREL
THAT'S WHEN SHE SAID JONATHAN TOLD HER TO COVER HER EARS
AND THEN CAME THE GUNSHOT. >> I STAND UP RIGHT AWAY
THEN I SAW BLOOD ON THE SHEETS, AND HE WAS JUST THERE.
>> Reporter: WAS THAT THE WHOLE STORY?
OR HAD THE STRESS AND JEALOUSY BOILED OVER INTO VIOLENCE?
>> I NEED YOU TO BE AS HONEST WITH ME AS YOU CAN, ALL RIGHT?
DID -- DID YOU SHOOT HIM >> NO.
>> ARE YOU SURE? >> I AM SURE
>> SO WHEN WE DO OUR INVESTIGATION, IS IT GONNA SHOW
THAT HE SHOT HIMSELF >> YES
>> IF WE -- WE NEEDED TO TAKE YOUR DNA, DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM
WITH US DOIN' THAT >> NO.
>> Reporter: THE SERGEANT AND ANOTHER OFFICER SWABBED BRENDA'S
HANDS FOR BLOOD AND A GUNSHOT RESIDUE TEST
THEY ALSO TOOK HER SWEATSHIRT TO TEST FOR BLOOD SPATTER
IT WAS ALL PACKED UP FOR THE LAB, MARKED "RUSH.
EMILY SAYS WHEN SHE WENT TO TALK WITH POLICE, THEY TOLD HER,
"WATCH YOUR BACK." >> WHEN I WAS GIVING THEM MY
PASSWORD TO LOG IN TO THE FACEBOOK, THEY HAD SAID TO ME,
"YOU NEED TO NOT EVER TAG OR POST WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW,
BECAUSE YOU SEEM TO BE SOMEBODY THAT UPSETS HER.
>> Reporter: WEEKS PASSED, THEN MONTHS
THE LOCAL MEDICAL EXAMINER WAS FINISHING UP THE AUTOPSY REPORT.
HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE MAKING SENSE OF EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED
IF YOU'VE WATCHED ENOUGH "DATELINE," YOU PROBABLY KNOW A
DEATH CERTIFICATE HAS TWO IMPORTANT BOXES TO CHECK
FIRST IS THE CAUSE OF DEATH, IN THIS CASE PRETTY OBVIOUS, A
GUNSHOT WOUND. AND JUST AS IMPORTANT, A MEDICAL
EXAMINER HAS TO DETERMINE THE MANNER OF DEATH.
WAS THIS ACCIDENT, SUICIDE, OR HOMICIDE
AND IN THIS CASE, THE M.E. COULDN'T REACH A CONCLUSION.
SO JONATHAN'S DEATH WENT DOWN AS "UNDETERMINED.
THEN NEARLY A YEAR AFTER THE SHOOTING, JONATHAN'S PARENTS
LEARNED THERE WAS A NEW TEAM ASSIGNED TO THEIR SON'S CASE
>> THEY SAID, "THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE WHO INVESTIGATED THIS ARE
NO LONGER ON THE CASE. YOU GOT, BASICALLY, A NEW TEAM
ON THE FILE. WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IT VERY
CLOSELY. AND THEY BEGAN TO MAKE NOISES
ABOUT MAKING AN ARREST >> THE THING I REMEMBER THEM
SAYING RIGHT OFF THE BAT WHEN WE GOT IN THERE WAS, "GIVE US ABOUT
SIX WEEKS AND WE THINK THAT WILL HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS FOR YOU.
>> Reporter: THAT IS WHY WHAT HAPPENED NEXT CAME AS A SHOCK
AND LED THEM TO THIS WOMAN YOU WON'T SUGARCOAT THIS FOR
PEOPLE >> NO, NOT AT ALL.
>> A YEAR AFTER JONATHAN'S DEATH, NEW INVESTIGATORS WERE ON
THE CASE HIS PARENTS EXPECTED BRENDA TO
BE CHARGED AT ANY MOMENT WITH HIS KILLING.
THEN CAME UNEXPECTED NEWS. THE FAMILY SAYS DETECTIVES TOLD
THEM AN ARREST WAS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN ANYTIME SOON.
>> Reporter: I'M PRETTY SURE YOU SAID WHAT CHANGED.
YOU MADE US THINK THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A -- AN ARREST FOR
MURDER. AND WHAT'S NEW NOW >> WE STARTED GETTING A LOT
OF -- I CAN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT IT
>> HERE'S THEIR MEMORY OF WHAT POLICE DID SAY
>> WHEN THEY STARTED TELLING US WE CAN'T GET HER, WE DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH, THEY SAID BUT THIS IS THE KIND OF CRIME SHE'LL BE
LIKELY TO -- TO REPEAT. AND WE'LL GET HER THE NEXT TIME.
>> Reporter: WE'LL GET HER THE NEXT TIME.
>> TO THAT EFFECT. >> Reporter: YOUR SON IS LIKE
THE FREE SPACE IN THE MIDDLE OF BINGO.
LIKE - >> YES
>> Reporter: THAT'S -- YOU GET ONE, BUT THEN AFTER THAT -
WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU HEARD THAT
>> I WAS APPALLED. I THOUGHT IF -- I BET THEY
WOULDN'T SAY THAT IF THEY THOUGHT THE NEXT PERSON WAS
GOING TO BE THEIR SON. >> BRENDA HIRED A LAWYER WHO
TOLD POLICE SHE WOULDN'T BE TALKING.
AND IN JULY 2015, JONATHAN'S CASE WAS MARKED INACTIVE
>> I THINK THE LAST THING THEY SAID TO US WAS LIVE YOUR LIVES
>> GREAT ADVICE. >> Reporter: WELL, THAT'S --
>> THANK YOU >> Reporter: THAT'S EASIER SAID
THAN DONE, ISN'T IT? >> YES
>> Reporter: YEAH. >> THE LAST THING THEY WERE
GOING TO DO WAS STOP TRYING TO GET ANSWERS FOR JONATHAN
JONATHAN'S FATHER IS AN ATTORNEY
HE REACHED OUT TO TOM SHAW, A COLLEAGUE HE'D BATTLED IN COURT.
TOM WORKS WITH HIS SON TAYLOR. >> I FELT SORRY FOR THEM BECAUSE
THEY WERE -- THEY WERE TWO BROKEN PEOPLE AT THAT POINT.
>> I COULD SEE A BROKEN FAMILY THAT WAS LOOKING FOR AN
EXPLANATION. >> THEY TALKED ABOUT FILING A
WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT AGAINST BRENDA AND DECIDED TO BRING ON A
PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR >> Reporter: WHY DID YOU
RECOMMEND SHEILA WYSOCKI >> I WAS FASCINATED BY HER
STORY. >> Reporter: THAT WAS A STORY I
COVERED ON "DATELINE" BACK IN 2012
SHEILA WAS A SUBURBAN MOM WHO BECAME A P.I. JUST TO HELP SOLVE
HER COLLEGE ROOMMATE'S COLD CASE MURDER
SHE DID IT IN PART BY GETTING ON THE PHONE TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT SHE DID THAT MORE THAN
700 TIMES. >> Reporter: YOU FOUGHT PRETTY
HARD TO FIND OUT WHO KILLED HER. >> I DID
I DID. >> NOW HERE WE WERE AGAIN MORE
THAN A DECADE LATER. >> Reporter: I'M TEMPTED TO SAY
THAT YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE A P.I., EXCEPT THAT I THINK THAT THE
FACT THAT I DON'T THINK THAT MEANS THAT YOU PROBABLY DO LOOK
LIKE AN EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE P.I. >> I CAN GET THROUGH DOORS
BECAUSE I LOOK LIKE EVERYBODY'S MOM.
IF I KNOCK, I'M EITHER LOST, RUNS THROUGH YOUR MIND, OR
THERE'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY THIS OLDER LADY'S
KNOCKING AT YOUR DOOR. >> Reporter: AND SUDDENLY THERE
YOU ARE AND YOU'RE ASKING QUESTIONS?
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> Reporter: SHEILA WORKS WITH
ANOTHER P.I. DANIELLE BURCH. AND AGREED TO HELP JONATHAN'S
PARENTS, ON ONE CONDITION. >> THEY SAID IT WAS CALLED IN AS
A SUICIDE. AND I TOLD THEM, IF I TAKE THE
CASE THAT IF IT'S SUICIDE, I STOP
WE'RE DONE >> Reporter: I MEAN, YOU WON'T
SUGARCOAT THIS FOR PEOPLE. >> NO, NOT AT ALL, PROBABLY A
LITTLE TOO, UH, FORTHCOMING. IF YOU BELIEVE IT'S MURDER AND
IT'S SUICIDE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE ME
>> I WAS SCARED OF HER BECAUSE SHE WAS JUST VERY KURT
AND SHE SAID I'M GOING TO LOOK AT THIS FROM EVERY ANGLE
AND IF I FIND OUT YOUR SON KILLED HIMSELF, I'M GOING TO
TELL YOU CAN YOU LIVE WITH THAT
AND I SAID, YES. >> Reporter: SHEILA STARTED BY
ASKING JONATHAN'S FRIENDS AND CO-WORKERS ABOUT HIS MENTAL
HEALTH SEEMED SUICIDAL OR EVEN
DEPRESSED. >> WE PULLED HIS RECORDS FROM
THE DOCTOR NOTHING.
WE WENT TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY HE WAS COVERED UNDER AND LOOKED
TO SEE IF THERE WAS A PSYCHIATRIST, PSYCHOLOGIST OR
WHATEVER >> Reporter: A YEAR EARLIER, HE
HAD BEEN PRESCRIBED THE ANTI-ANXIETY MEDICATION XANAX
BUT TOLD HIS FAMILY HE ONLY TOOK ONE PILL AND NEVER REFILLED THE
PRESCRIPTION >> Reporter: ANY EVIDENCE THAT
HE WAS UNDER PSYCHIATRIC CARE OR WAS ON ANY KIND OF
ANTI-DEPRESSANTS >> THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE
>> Reporter: AS SHEILA WORKED, THE FAMILY FILED THEIR CIVIL
LAWSUIT AGAINST BRENDA SEEKING MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS IN
DAMAGES AND ASKING FOR A JURY TRIAL.
SHEILA MANAGED TO GET HER HANDS ON PART OF THE POLICE CASE FILE.
AND THIS DETAIL CAUGHT SHEILA'S ATTENTION.
REMEMBER HOW INVESTIGATORS FOUND THE MAGAZINE OF THE GUN THAT
KILLED JONATHAN IN A DRAWER? WELL, THAT DRAWER ALSO HELD HIS
NECKTIES, AND ONE THING SHEILA KNEW ABOUT JONATHAN WAS THAT HE
CARED ABOUT HOW HE LOOKED AND DRESSED.
>> JONATHAN IS A TIE PERSON. HE'S VERY METICULOUS ABOUT HIS
CLOTHES. AND HAVING A GREASY MAGAZINE IN
HIS TIE DRAWER DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
>> Reporter: HAD SOMEONE ELSE PUT IT THERE
AND COULD THAT SOMEONE BE BRENDA
AS SHE TRACKED DOWN WITNESSES, SHEILA FOUND SOMEONE POLICE HAD
NEVER SPOKEN WITH. IT'S THE DELIVERY MAN WHO
BROUGHT JONATHAN AND BRENDA CHINESE FOOD ON THAT FINAL
NIGHT. HE RECALLED A VERBAL ARGUMENT SO
INTENSE HE COULD HEAR IT FROM THE HALLWAY.
>> THE CHINESE DELIVERY GUY SHOWS UP AND HE KNOCKS ON THE
DOOR AND HE HAS TO CONTINUOUSLY KNOCK ON THE DOOR BECAUSE
THEY'RE FIGHTING BEHIND THE DOOR
HE COULDN'T GET THEIR ATTENTION. >> Reporter: CAN HE HEAR THEM
FIGHTING >> HE COULD HEAR FIGHTING BUT
NOT THE WORDS. >> Reporter: SHEILA ALSO LOCATED
A WITNESS WHO'D ALREADY BEEN INTERVIEWED BY POLICE -- A
NEIGHBOR OF JONATHAN'S WHO SAID SHE HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A
GUNSHOT JUST BEFORE 11:00 P.M. HERE SHE IS IN A VIDEOTAPED
DEPOSITION RECORDED FOR THE LAWSUIT.
>> I SAT UP, I JUST THOUGHT TO MYSELF "WAS THAT A GUNSHOT?
COULDN'T BE IN THIS AREA." IT'S A NICE AREA AND SO I JUST
LAY BACK DOWN. >> Reporter: REMEMBER HOW IN HER
CALL TO 911 BRENDA SAID SHE DIDN'T KNOW THE ADDRESS?
>> I WANT YOU TO GO AND KNOCK ON A DOOR OR FIND A NAME OF
SOMETHING. >> Reporter: JONATHAN'S NEIGHBOR
SAYS SHE HEARD A KNOCK ON HER DOOR
>> WHAT WAS THE TIME GAP IF YOU CAN REMEMBER WAS IT RIGHT AWAY
THAT YOU HEARD THE KNOCK ON THE DOOR
>> IT WASN'T RIGHT AWAY IT SEEMED LIKE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
MAYBE 20 MINUTES >> OKAY.
>> Reporter: IN HER INTERVIEW WITH POLICE THE NEIGHBOR GUESSED
IT COULD HAVE BEEN AS LONG AS 45 MINUTES
WHY THE TIME GAP TOM SHAW HAS HIS SUSPICIONS.
>> SHE WAS STALLING TO WAIT FOR HIM TO DIE
>> Reporter: YOU THINK SHE WAITED LIKE WHAT A HALF HOUR TO
CALL 911 >> YES
BE DEAD? >> YES
>> Reporter: SHEILA TOO IS SKEPTICAL OF THE WHOLE "DIDN'T
KNOW THE ADDRESS" ELEMENT OF BRENDA'S STORY
SHE THINKS THAT MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN A STALLING TACTIC
>> SHE HELPED JONATHAN PICK OUT THE LOCATION
IT'S ACROSS THE STREET FROM KUNG FU, AND SHE HAS A HARD TIME
TELLING THEM WHERE SHE WAS >> Reporter: BUT IF YOU BELIEVE
BRENDA, SHE JUST SAW HER BOYFRIEND KILL HIMSELF
AND SHE'S HYSTERICAL AND SHE'S A LITTLE OVERWROUGHT AS SOMEBODY
MIGHT BE IN THAT SITUATION SO, MAYBE SHE ISN'T FUNCTIONING
THE WAY THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT OR YOU WOULD HOPE
>> TRUE OR SHE JUST SHOT HIM AND SHE'S JUST TRYING -- SHE'S
PANICKED A LITTLE BIT AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW SHE'S GOING TO
GET OUT OF THIS. >> Reporter: THIS IS HIS BRAND
NEW APARTMENT. >> THAT SHE HELPED PICK OUT.
>> Reporter: OKAY. BUT IT'S POSSIBLE -- HE'S ONLY
BEEN THERE A WEEK, MAYBE SHE DOESN'T KNOW THE ADDRESS
>> OKAY, I'LL GIVE YOU THAT. I'LL GIVE YOU THAT
>> Reporter: THERE WAS MORE IN THE CASE FILE THAT RAISED RED
FLAGS FOR SHEILA THE TRAJECTORY OF THE BULLET
THAT KILLED JONATHAN SEEMED TO BE TELLING A STORY, ONE THAT
DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. AND THE STORY IS THAT JONATHAN
SHOT HIMSELF LIKE THIS
THEIR SON WAS UNBEARABLE FOR PAM AND JOHN CREWS
SOME MOMENTS WERE WORSE THAN OTHERS
>> JONATHAN LOVED CHRISTMAS. HE LOVED HOLIDAYS.
AND SO CHRISTMAS MUSIC WAS JUST AN ASSAULT
AND WE HAD A FEW TIMES WHERE WE JUST COULDN'T KEEP IT TOGETHER
>> Reporter: AS THE CIVIL CASE MOVED FORWARD, THE FAMILY'S
PRIVATE EYE SHEILA WYSOCKI KEPT REVISITING ONE DETAIL -- THE
LOCATION OF JONATHAN'S WOUND TRADITIONALLY, WHEN MEN KILL
THEMSELVES WITH A GUN, THEY SHOOT THEMSELVES IN THE HEAD
>> ESPECIALLY SOMEBODY WHO'S WELL EDUCATED AS JONATHAN ON
GUNS SO JONATHAN WAS TRAINED IN GUN
SAFETY AND DID COMPETITIONS. SO IF HE'S GOING TO KILL HIMSELF
OVER A GIRL OR ANYBODY, HE'S GOING TO KNOW HOW TO PUT A GUN
TO HIS MOUTH OR HIS HEAD AND GET IT OVER WITH
>> Reporter: SHE ALSO GOT A LOOK AT THE RESULTS OF THOSE GUNSHOT
RESIDUE TESTS CONDUCTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
JONATHAN HAD GSR ON HIS RIGHT HAND
AND BRENDA THE LAB DETECTED RESIDUE ON BOTH
HER HANDS AND THE FRONT OF HER SWEATSHIRT
THAT SEEMED ODD TO SHEILA SINCE BRENDA DESCRIBED BEING AT THE
FOOT OF THE BED WHEN THE SHOOTING HAPPENED.
>> ARE YOU AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BED?
YES. YOU CAN GET GUNPOWDER ON YOU,
BUT IT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK AT AS AN INVESTIGATOR.
>> Reporter: IN 2018, SHEILA ASSEMBLED A TEAM OF PRIVATE
INVESTIGATORS AND FORENSIC EXPERTS.
>> WE SPENT PROBABLY EIGHT TO TEN HOURS ON JONATHAN'S BED WITH
THE TRAJECTORY OF THE BULLET TO SEE IT
DOES IT WORK DOES IT -- DOES IT NOT
>> Reporter: SHEILA SAYS THEY KNEW THE EXACT PATH THE BULLET
TOOK THROUGH JONATHAN'S BODY BASED ON THE AUTOPSY
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT LATER DETERMINED THE GUN WAS FIRED AT
CLOSE RANGE. THE GSR TESTS TOLD THEM JONATHAN
MUST HAVE HELD THE GUN WITH HIS RIGHT HAND
SO TO THEM THAT MEANT THERE WAS ONLY ONE WAY JONATHAN COULD HAVE
SHOT HIMSELF THIS IS AN EXACT REPLICA OF THE
GUN? >> IT IS
>> Reporter: AND THE STORY IS THAT JONATHAN SHOT HIMSELF LIKE
THIS >> YES
>> Reporter: WHY WOULD ANYBODY USE THIS GRIP?
WHY WOULD ANYBODY SHOOT THEMSELVES IN SUCH AN INCREDIBLY
AWKWARD WAY? >> NOBODY WOULD.
>> Reporter: TO SHEILA AND THE FAMILY, THE EVIDENCE WAS CLEAR
JONATHAN DID NOT KILL HIMSELF. AS THEIR WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT
WORKED ITS WAY THROUGH THE COURTS, THEY DIDN'T GIVE UP ON
THE IDEA OF CRIMINAL CHARGES >> THE FIRST TIME I HEARD ABOUT
IT WAS WHEN HIS PARENTS ASKED IF THEY COULD COME AND TALK TO ME
>> Reporter: MIKE SNIPES JOINED THE DALLAS DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE AS A PROSECUTOR IN 2017, ABOUT 3 THREE YEARS AFTER
JONATHAN'S DEATH AFTER THE CREWS FAMILY REACHED
OUT, SNIPES WAS ASKED TO LOOK INTO JONATHAN'S CASE
>> IT'S A CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE CASE, BUT IN MY MIND, A
VERY, VERY GOOD ONE. >> Reporter: SNIPES SAYS ONE
STUMBLING BLOCK IN CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS CAN BE WHAT'S
WRITTEN ON THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S REPORT.
SO IF THE CORONER SAYS CAUSE OF DEATH IS UNDETERMINED AND YOU GO
IN WITH A MURDER CASE, LIKE, THAT'S KIND OF YOUR REASONABLE
DOUBT RIGHT THERE. EVEN THE CORONER CAN'T MAKE UP
THEIR MIND >> IT CONCEIVABLY COULD BE
>> Reporter: AND IT MAKES IT A LOT HARDER
>> YES >> Reporter: DIFFICULT, HE SAYS,
BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE >> WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THAT THE
STORY THAT SHE GAVE TO THE POLICE, AND THAT WAS THE
PREVAILING STORY, THAT IT WAS SUICIDE, WAS PHYSICALLY
IMPOSSIBLE, LEAVING IT ONLY ONE OTHER PERSON COULD HAVE DONE IT.
AND THAT WAS THE SUSPECT SO THAT WAS KIND OF MY HOLY
GRAIL ON THIS. >> Reporter: SNIPES SAYS HE
WANTED POLICE TO KEEP INVESTIGATING AND SUGGESTED
STEPS INVESTIGATORS COULD TAKE TO BRING THE CASE CLOSER TO A
CRIMINAL PROSECUTION >> I WAS WANTING THE CASE TO GO
TO THE GRAND JURY. I JUST HAD SOME MORE THINGS I
WANTED THE COPPELL POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DO, AND THAT JUST
NEVER HAPPENED >> Reporter: BUT WHAT, YOU WERE
OVERRULED? >> NO, I WASN'T OVERRULED.
BUT YOU WANT TO HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DECIDE THAT THEY WANT
TO FILE THE CASE WITH THE D.A.'S OFFICE, AND THEY NEVER REACHED
THAT POINT >> Reporter: SNIPES LEFT THE
D.A.'S OFFICE AT THE END OF 2018, AND THE CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION WENT NOWHERE THE CIVIL CASE CONTINUED, ALONG
WITH SHEILA'S INVESTIGATION. SHE'D FOUND DOZENS OF WITNESSES,
INCLUDING SOMEONE FROM BRENDA'S PAST
>> SHE JUST HELD SOME SCISSORS IN HER HAND, SAID, "I'M GOING TO
GO SEE YOUR MOM. THAT WAS ONE TIME.
AND THAT'S THE TIME THAT I CALLED THE POLICE ON HER
>> Reporter: JONATHAN'S BEST FRIEND EMILY TOLD ANYONE WHO'D
LISTEN ABOUT HIS LIFE, ABOUT HIS DEATH, AND ABOUT THE GIRLFRIEND
SHE SUSPECTED OF KILLING HIM >> THERE WAS A GIRL THAT HAD
JUST RECENTLY STARTED WORKING AT MY COMPANY
AS WE WERE BUILDING A RAPPORT AND A FRIENDSHIP, SHE KNEW A LOT
ABOUT WHAT HAD BEEN HAPPENING. SHE ASKED ME TO SEE WHAT THE
GIRL LOOKS LIKE. SO, I TOOK MY PHONE AND I HANDED
IT TO HER AND I LEFT THE ROOM AND WENT TO THE BATHROOM
AND WHEN I CAME BACK IN, I WILL NEVER FORGET IT, HER FACE WAS
PRETTY MUCH WHITE. >> Reporter: THE CO-WORKER KNEW
ALL ABOUT BRENDA SHE WAS FRIENDS WITH THE MAN
BRENDA DATED BEFORE MEETING JONATHAN AND THAT EX HAD SOME
STORIES. >> I CONTACTED THE POLICE AND
SAID, LIKE, HI, I HAVE -- I HAVE THIS PERSON, YOU GUYS SHOULD
TALK TO HIM. >> Reporter: ACCORDING TO POLICE
RECORDS A DETECTIVE VISITED BRENDA'S EX BUT HE WASN'T HOME
SO THE DETECTIVE LEFT A BUSINESS CARD AND ANOTHER AT THE MAN'S
MOTHER'S HOUSE >> MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THEY
TRIED TO CONTACT HIM HE WASN'T AVAILABLE AND THERE
WAS NO FOLLOW UP >> WHICH IN FAIRNESS, THIS IS
THE POLICE IF THEY REALLY WANT TO SPEAK
WITH SOMEBODY ABOUT AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION, THEY CAN MAKE
THAT HAPPEN. >> Reporter: SHEILA SUCCESSFULLY
TRACKED HIM DOWN SO DID WE.
>> Reporter: HIS NAME IS MATTHEW KIRK
AND HE MIGHT BE THE MOST INTERESTING MAN IN IRVING TEXAS.
>> I HAVE AN INSURANCE BUSINESS. I PAINT, I DO BALLET, I PRACTICE
MARTIAL ARTS AND I LOST, UH, 65 POUNDS SINCE
2019 >> Reporter: THE MARTIAL ARTS
PART OF THAT IS WHAT CONNECTED HIM TO BRENDA.
>> SO I MET BRENDA IN NORTH LAKE COLLEGE.
I MET HER IN OUR KUNG FU CLASS WE'RE TAKING TOGETHER, TAKEN
FIRST SEMESTER >> BRENDA WAS, UH, SHE WAS A
GOOD GIRL AND SHE'S A CARING PERSON
SHE WAS A VERY HARD WORKER SHE WORKED OUT HARD.
SHE'S VERY INTELLIGENT SHE'S A VERY PASSIONATE PERSON
>> Reporter: MATTHEW SAYS HE FELL HARD FOR BRENDA
>> SHE WAS WITH ME SEVEN DAYS A WEEK
THERE WERE A FEW DAYS IN A YEAR WHERE WE DID NOT SEE EACH OTHER.
>> Reporter: BUT OTHERWISE YOU WERE TOGETHER ALL THE TIME
>> YEAH. YEAH
SHE REALLY LIKED HANGING OUT WITH ME.
I'M A FUN PERSON, SO I DON'T BLAME HER.
>> Reporter: THE RELATIONSHIP STARTED OFF SO WELL AND THEN -
>> RELATIONSHIP WITH BRENDA, WHAT, WAS YOU KNOW, AS ANY OTHER
RELATIONSHIP, IT WAS UPS AND DOWNS.
>> Reporter: TELL ME ABOUT THE DOWNS.
>> THE DOWNS WAS, UM SHE WAS A BIT JEALOUS.
UH, ESPECIALLY AROUND, LIKE, MAYBE WITH MY SISTER-IN-LAW, OR
SHE DID NOT LIKE ME BEING IN AN ELEVATOR WITH ANOTHER GIRL ALONE
TOO LONG >> Reporter: JUST AS WE HEARD
FROM THOSE AROUND JONATHAN, BRENDA'S EX SAYS HER JEALOUSY
WAS A CONSTANT THING >> Reporter: YOU EVER GIVE HER A
REASON TO FEEL SO JEALOUS? >> I WAS A GOOD-LOOKING GUY AT
THE TIME, YOU KNOW >> YOU'RE A GOOD-LOOKING GUY
NOW. >> YEAH, BUT I WAS -- ACTUALLY,
I WAS UGLIER THEN. I WAS -- I HAD HAIR AND I WAS
CHUBBIER, BUT, AT THAT TIME, UH I DIDN'T GIVE HER MUCH REASON TO
BE JEALOUS >> Reporter: BUT, I MEAN, DID
YOU CHEAT ON HER >> I NEVER CHEATED ON HER.
>> Reporter: SO WHAT WAS THE SOURCE OF THAT JEALOUSY?
>> INSECURITY. SHE'S A VERY INSECURE PERSON
>> Reporter: SOMETIMES IT'S NOT JUST LOVE THAT'S BLIND
SOMETIMES JEALOUSY IS TOO. MATTHEW SAID BRENDA BECAME
ENRAGED WHEN HE PLANNED TO VISIT HIS SISTER-IN-LAW AT THE
HOSPITAL AFTER SHE GAVE BIRTH. >> THE DAY THAT MY SISTER-IN-LAW
HAD HER BABY, SHE DIDN'T WANT ME TO BE THERE.
>> Reporter: BRENDA DIDN'T WANT YOU TO BE THERE?
>> NO, NO, SHE REALLY, REALLY DIDN'T WANT ME TO BE THERE
UH, AND THERE WAS ONE POINT WHERE SHE WAS CRYING, REALLY
UPSET. SHE BROKE A MIRROR IN THE
BATHROOM, USED MIRROR SHARDS TO CUT HER WRISTS. WHEN I WAS NOT
IN THE BATHROOM, SHE HAD THE DOOR SHUT, AND THEN SHE LEFT.
AND THEN I WENT TO GO SEE MY, YOU KNOW, BABY NIECE AND -
>> Reporter: SHE, UH, USED THE SHARDS TO CUT HER WRIST BECAUSE
YOU WANTED TO GO BE WITH YOUR SISTER-IN-LAW WHEN SHE HAD HER
BABY >> RIGHT
YEAH SHE HAD A LOT OF DEMONS INSIDE
HER. >> Reporter: HE SAYS ONE FIGHT
WITH BRENDA WAS SO SCARY HE CALLED POLICE.
THAT WAS WHEN MATTHEW WAS TRYING TO END IT WITH HER
>> I THINK I WAS, LIKE, TRYING TO BREAK UP WITH HER AT ONE
POINT AND, UH, SHE GRABBED SOME SCISSORS, AND SHE SAYS, "I'M
GOING TO GO SEE YOUR MOM." AND I WAS LIKE, "WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT? SHE SAID, "I'M GOING TO" -- AND
SHE GOT IN HER CAR AND STARTED DRIVING TO MY MOM'S HOME
>> Reporter: MATTHEW SAYS HE GOT INTO HIS CAR HOPING TO MAKE IT
TO HIS MOM'S HOUSE FIRST AND ON THE WAY CALLED POLICE
>> HEY, MY GIRLFRIEND IS GETTING A LITTLE UPSET, CAN Y'ALL GO
TAKE CARE OF THIS? AND SO, THEY GOT HER HOME AND
TOOK HER TO THE HOSPITAL >> Reporter: IF YOU HADN'T
INTERVENED, IF YOU HADN'T CALLED THE COPS, WHAT DO YOU THINK
WOULD HAVE HAPPENED? >> OH, MY MOM'S A VERY SWEET
LADY PROBABLY MY MOM WOULD HAVE SWEET
TALKED TO HER, MADE HER FEEL BETTER AND ALL THAT.
ALSO, MY MOM'S SECOND-DEGREE BLACK BELT IN TAEKWONDO, SO.
>> Reporter: AFTER FOUR YEARS TOGETHER, MATTHEW AND BRENDA
BROKE UP HE SAYS HE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT
HER MUCH UNTIL MONTHS LATER WHEN HE GOT A CALL FROM BRENDA AND
SHE WANTED TO MEET UP. IT WAS THE DAY AFTER JONATHAN
CREWS DIED >> SHE SAID, "HEY, I NEED HELP."
AND I SAID, "SURE. AND SHE'S, LIKE, "WILL YOU DO
ANYTHING FOR ME? AND I WAS LIKE, "LIKE, WHAT'S
GOING ON?" >> SHE SAYS "I NEED YOU TO DO ME
A FAVOR. I WAS LIKE, "UM, WHAT'S THE
FAVOR? AND SHE SAYS, "I WANT YOU TO
KILL ME. I WAS LIKE, "NO, I'M NOT GOING
TO DO THAT." AND SHE SAYS, "YOU -- OKAY, THEN
CAN YOU GIVE ME A GUN, I WANT TO KILL MYSELF.
I WAS LIKE, "NO, I'M NOT GOING GIVE YOU A GUN
WHAT'S GOING ON? WHAT'S HAPPENING?"
AND SHE SAYS THAT, UM -- AND SHE WAS, UH, HER BOYFRIEND UH WAS --
HAD A GUN AND HE PUT THE GUN UP TO HIS HEAD AND SHOT HIMSELF IN
THE HEAD >> Reporter: WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
ONE SECOND IN THE HEAD?
>> OH, YEAH. YEAH
SHE SAID THE HEAD. >> Reporter: NO QUESTION
SHE SAID IN THE HEAD >> RIGHT
>> Reporter: THAT WAS A NEW VERSION OF EVENTS.
THE ATTORNEYS THOUGHT MATTHEW'S STORIES WERE IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO
INCLUDE IN THE CIVIL CASE WHICH FINALLY WENT TO TRIAL IN
SEPTEMBER 2022 >> ALL RISE.
>> Reporter: A JURY WAS ABOUT TO >> Reporter: IN THE YEARS SINCE
JONATHAN'S DEATH, BRENDA LAZARO HAD CREATED A NEW LIFE
SHE WAS MARRIED NOW WITH TWO KIDS
AND ACCORDING TO HER DEFENSE ATTORNEY, ANDREW JEE, SHE WAS
BEING TORMENTED BY A GRIEVING FAMILY THAT WOULD NEVER BE
SATISFIED. >> I THINK THAT THE THING THAT'S
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER ABOUT -- ABOUT BRENDA IS THAT SHE'S
EXPERIENCED A TREMENDOUS LOSS HERE AS WELL
THIS WAS SOMEONE THAT WAS VERY CLOSE TO HER THAT DIED
TRAGICALLY IN FRONT OF HER >> Reporter: WHEN THE WRONGFUL
DEATH TRIAL BEGAN IN SEPTEMBER 2022, BRENDA WAS THERE IN THE
COURTROOM WITH HER NEW FAMILY. >> HER HUSBAND WAS THERE THE
ENTIRE TIME, AS WELL AS HER IN-LAWS.
>> Reporter: REPORTER NAHEED RAJWANI-DHARSI COVERED
THE TRIAL FOR THE NEWS OUTLET AXIOS.
>> THE START OF THE TRIAL WAS INCREDIBLY TENSE
YOU COULD TELL JOHN, AND PAM, AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY HAD A
LOT, YOU KNOW, RIDING ON THIS. AND I CAN IMAGINE IT WAS A BIG
DAY FOR BRENDA AS WELL, RIGHT? UM, IF SHE TRULY IS INNOCENT,
THIS IS A BIG WAY FOR HER TO PROVE THAT INNOCENCE
>> Reporter: THIS CASE THOUGH WAS IN CIVIL COURT -- WHERE
JURIES DON'T DECIDE GUILT OR INNOCENCE JUST BLAME LEGAL
LIABILITY. AND THE BURDEN OF PROOF IS LOWER
THAN BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT HOW HARD IS IT TO PROVE A MURDER
IN A CIVIL CASE? >> THE BURDEN OF PROOF'S
DIFFERENT IN A CIVIL CASE. IT'S MORE LIKELY THAN NOT.
SO, JUST A LITTLE MORE LIKELY THAT SHE DID IT.
IN A CRIMINAL CASE, IT'S BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT WHICH THE
D.A. WILL TELL YOU IS -- IS A VERY HIGH BURDEN THAT THEY HAVE
COMPARED TO THE BURDEN THAT -- THAT THE CIVIL LAWYERS LIKE US
HAVE >> THIS IS A BIG DEAL.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CASE. >> Reporter: IF JURORS FOUND
BRENDA RESPONSIBLE TOM SHAW ASKED THEM TO AWARD THE FAMILY
MORE THAN $90 MILLION. THE CREWS FAMILY KNEW BRENDA DID
NOT HAVE ANYWHERE NEAR THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY -- AND THEY
DIDN'T CARE. THIS WAS ABOUT ANSWERS, AND IN
CIVIL COURT, MONEY IS THE CLOSEST YOU GET TO JUSTICE
>> AFTER YOU'VE HEARD ALL THE EVIDENCE, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO
WHAT NO CRIMINAL JURY EVER HAD A CHANCE TO DO -- TO BRING JUSTICE
TO JONATHAN'S LIFE TO BRING JUSTICE TO THOSE FROM
WHOM HE WAS TAKEN >> Reporter: JONATHAN'S FAMILY DESCRIBED TO
THE JURY WHAT THEY'D LOST WHEN JONATHAN DIED.
>> HE WANTED TO GET MARRIED SOME DAY.
HE WANTED TO HAVE GRANDKIDS. AND WE WERE CERTAINLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO THAT. >> CAN YOU DESCRIBE FOR THE JURY
WHAT THE LAST EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS HAS BEEN LIKE?
>> IT'S LIKE A HUGE PART OF MY HEART, JUST THREW IT AWAY.
>> Reporter: SHAW AND HIS SON SET OUT TO SHOW THE JURY ALL THE
REASONS THEY BELIEVED JONATHAN COULD NOT HAVE DIED BY HIS OWN
HAND FIRST, AND FOREMOST, WAS THEIR
ANALYSIS OF THE BULLET TRAJECTORY AS IT TRAVELED
THROUGH JONATHAN'S BODY. TO THEM IT MEANT JONATHAN WOULD
HAVE HAD TO REACH AT AN ODD ANGLE TO SHOOT HIMSELF
>> HE WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE BEEN A CONTORTIONIST IN ORDER
TO -- TO TAKE THAT SHOT AND TO PULL THE TRIGGER
BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR WEAPON, THE SIG SAUER, HAS A REAL -- A
REAL HARD PULL ON THE TRIGGER. >> I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE MOST
COMPELLING EVIDENCE IN THE CASE, WAS -- WAS THAT.
>> NOT SPATTER NO. >> Reporter: AND THE PLAINTIFF'S
EXPERT WITNESS SAID IT WAS ALL THE MORE UNLIKELY BECAUSE
JONATHAN HAD A SHOULDER INJURY THIS FORMER HOUSTON POLICE
DETECTIVE TESTIFIED ABOUT JONATHAN VISITING A DOCTOR IN
THE DAYS BEFORE HIS DEATH. >> MY EXPERT OPINION,
JONATHAN CREWS COULD NOT CONTORT HIS SHOULDER ACROSS HIS BODY IN
THAT SUCH MANNER IN ORDER TO MANEUVER THE WEAPON IN ORDER TO
MAKE THE SHOT INTO HIS OWN CHEST WITHOUT PUSHING THROUGH A
BIZARRE AMOUNT OF PAIN WHEN HE COULD HAVE JUST STOOD UP, PUT
THE WEAPON TO HIS HEAD, IN HIS MOUTH, UNDER HIS CHIN, OR
SQUARELY INTO HIS HEART. >> Reporter: THE FAMILY'S
ATTORNEYS TOLD THE JURY ABOUT THOSE GUNSHOT RESIDUE TESTS --
SHOWING BRENDA HAD GSR ON HER SWEATSHIRT AND BOTH HER HANDS.
AND THEY ARGUED THAT WHILE JONATHAN HAD NO MOTIVE TO KILL
HIMSELF, BRENDA DID HAVE A MOTIVE
JONATHAN WAS ABOUT TO BREAK UP WITH HER
EMILY TESTIFIED TO HOW ANGRY BRENDA HAD BEEN ON THE DAY OF
JONATHAN'S DEATH >> I SPOKE TO HER ON THE PHONE
ON THE DAY HE WAS KILLED >> Reporter: THE ATTORNEYS
PLAYED THE VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF MATTHEW KIRK.
HE RECOUNTED THOSE STORIES ABOUT HOW BRENDA'S JEALOUS STREAK
SOMETIMES VERGED ON VIOLENCE >> SHE JUST HELD SOME SCISSORS
IN HER HAND, SAY, "I'M GOING TO GO SEE YOUR MOM.
I'M TRYING TO FORGET THAT GIRL SHE ALMOST RUINED MY LIFE.
>> Reporter: ATTORNEYS FOR THE CREWS FAMILY SAID BRENDA TOLD
DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE SHOOTING STORY TO DIFFERENT
PEOPLE IN SOME SHE WAS IN THE ROOM WHEN
THE GUN WENT OFF IN OTHERS SHE SAID SHE WAS IN A
DIFFERENT ROOM DANI TESTIFIED TO WHAT BRENDA
TOLD HER >> SHE WAS IN THE DOORWAY FACING
HIM. THEY WERE JUST HAVING A
CONVERSATION >> Reporter: THE ATTORNEYS
DEPOSED SEVERAL OF BRENDA'S MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOL FRIENDS, WHO
ALSO HEARD CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS. THAT SHE WENT TO THE BATHROOM,
AND WHEN SHE CAME OUT HE WAS ALREADY SHOT
WELL SHE SAID HE SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD
IS IT POSSIBLE, DO YOU THINK, THAT THAT'S THE STRESS, THE
MISERY OF THAT MOMENT OF BEING PRESENT WHEN SOMEBODY YOU LOVE
KILLS THEMSELVES? THAT MAYBE DISTORTED HER MEMORY OR MADE IT
HARDER FOR HER TO THINK CLEARLY? >> I BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU'RE
PART OF A TRAUMATIC MOMENT YOU DON'T FORGET THE SMELL OF THE
ENVIRONMENT. THOSE THINGS NEVER LEAVE YOU
IS BRENDA SOMEBODY WHO IS AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULE OF THAT
TRAUMATIC MOMENT AND DOESN'T REMEMBER IT?
I DON'T KNOW BUT I BELIEVE THAT YOU DON'T
TELL DIFFERENT STORIES TO FIVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE
>> Reporter: SO IF JONATHAN DIDN'T SHOOT HIMSELF, THEN WHAT
DID HAPPEN IN COURT, THE FAMILY ATTORNEYS
PRESENTED THEIR STORY OF THAT NIGHT.
THEY BELIEVE JONATHAN WENT TO BED, AND WHILE HE WAS SLEEPING,
BRENDA USED HIS PHONE TO SEND THAT, "I WANT TO DIE," TEXT
MESSAGE TO EMILY >> SHE WAS SO OBSESSED WITH
EMILY. WHO DID SHE SEND THAT TEXT TO?
THAT LAST TEXT IT WENT TO EMILY, BECAUSE SHE
WAS SAYING TO EMILY, "IF I CAN'T HAVE HIM, YOU CAN'T HAVE HIM."
>> Reporter: TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT THEY THINK HAPPENED NEXT, THE
FAMILY'S LAWYERS SHOWED THE JURY AN ANIMATION
IT WAS CREATED BY SHEILA, AND HER TEAM, BASED ON THEIR
ANALYSIS OF THE BULLET TRAJECTORY AND ON POLICE REPORTS
ABOUT THE EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE. IT DEPICTS BRENDA APPROACHING
JONATHAN WHILE HE LIES IN BED, AND THEN SHOOTING HIM AS HE
WAKES UP >> THE ANIMATION MATCHES ALL THE
EVIDENCE THAT WE SHOWED IN TRIAL.
AND THAT ONE WE DID, BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR A JURY TO
VISUALLY SEE WHAT HAPPENED >> Reporter: SO MANY ACCUSATIONS
AGAINST HER. SO WHAT WOULD BRENDA LAZARO HAVE
TO SAY >> AND ISN'T IT TRUE THAT YOUR
MOTIVE FOR SHOOTING JONATHAN IS THE OLDEST MOTIVE IN THE BOOK?
JEALOUSY >> COMING UP THIS SUNDAY ON
"DATELINE" - >> PLEASE, PLEASE LET HER COME
HOME TO US >> IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS SINCE SHE
VANISHED MOM-TO-BE, LACI PETERSON
NOW, A NEW TURN IN THE CASE. HER HUSBAND, SCOTT, FIGHTS FOR A
NEW TRIAL! >> Reporter: DID SCOTT PETERSON
KILL HIS WIFE? >> I DON'T BELIEVE HE DID >>
Reporter: I MEAN, REALLY * (MÚSICA) *LD HAVE DONE IT?
WERE INVESTIGATING >> Reporter: BRENDA LAZARO SAT
AND LISTENED TO EVERY WITNESS. >> HE'S NOT GOING TO THEN KILL
HIMSELF. EVIDENCE WILL SHOW THAT JONATHAN
CREWS WAS THE VICTIM OF A HOMICIDE
>> Reporter: EVERY BIT OF TESTIMONY THAT THE CREWS FAMILY
LAWYERS USED - >> THOUGHT SHE WAS KIND OF ODD
OR A LITTLE BIT STRANGE. >> Reporter: -- TO BLAME HER FOR
JONATHAN'S DEATH >> HER HUSBAND WAS BY HER SIDE
THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME THERE WERE MOMENTS WHEN, IF
THERE WAS A DIFFICULT DAY IN TRIAL, THEY EMBRACED EACH OTHER
FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME YOU COULD SEE THAT SHE NEEDED
SUPPORT, AND SHE TURNED TO HER HUSBAND OR HER IN-LAWS FOR THAT.
>> Reporter: HER ATTORNEY ANDREW JEE SPOKE FOR HER
GIVE ME A LITTLE THUMBNAIL OF BRENDA LAZARO.
WHO IS SHE >> BRENDA IS A IS A MOTHER OF
TWO CHILDREN SHE'S A GREAT MOM AND A GREAT
WIFE AND SHE'S REALLY, UH, JUST GOT
CAUGHT UP IN SOME REALLY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.
>> Reporter: IN COURT, HE ATTACKED THE PLAINTIFF'S CASE
PIECE BY PIECE >> WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE
FAMILY CLEARLY TRAUMATIC.
BUT THAT DOESN'T PROVE THE ALLEGATION
THAT DOESN'T PROVE WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS TRUE
>> Reporter: FIRST, THE NOTION THAT BRENDA TOLD DIFFERENT
VERSIONS OF THE STORY TO DIFFERENT FRIENDS.
HER ATTORNEY SAID IT WAS THE FRIENDS' MEMORIES THAT WERE
WRONG, NOT BRENDA'S STORIES. >> HAS ANYBODY EVER TOLD
SOMEBODY SOMETHING IMPORTANT AND REPEATED THAT TO MULTIPLE
PEOPLE ARE THEY ALL GOING TO SAY THE
SAME THING THAT YOU SAID EXACTLY?
PROBABLY NOT WHAT ABOUT TWO YEARS LATER
PROBABLY LESS LIKELY >> Reporter: AND THERE WERE
OTHER PARTS OF THOSE DEPOSITIONS IN WHICH HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY
SAID LOVELY THINGS ABOUT BRENDA. >> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE
BRENDA >> SOMEBODY I TRUST.
SOMEBODY I CAN COUNT ON. >> SHE WAS ALWAYS A GOOD --
GREAT PERSON YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS LOOKED UP TO
HER AS AN OLDER SISTER AND, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS VERY KIND
AND RESPECTFUL >> IS SHE A JEALOUS TYPE
>> NO. >> NOT AT ALL?
>> NO. >> Reporter: BRENDA'S EX,
MATTHEW KIRK, HAD ALL THOSE CRAZY STORIES TO SHARE, BUT NOT
EVEN HE DESCRIBED BRENDA AS A KILLER
>> WOULD YOU CONSIDER HER TO BE CAPABLE OF THAT?
>> UH, I DON'T KNOW. >> Reporter: IS IT CONCEIVABLE
TO YOU THAT BRENDA WAS SO ANGRY AT JONATHAN FOR BREAKING UP WITH
HER THAT SHE LOST HER TEMPER, LOST HER GRIP, GRABBED THE GUN,
AND SHOT HIM >> NO.
BECAUSE WE BROKE UP PROBABLY TWO OR THREE TIMES IN THAT
RELATIONSHIP, AND SHE NEVER TRIED TO KILL ME
>> Reporter: DID YOU HAVE A GUN IN THE HOUSE
>> YEAH. AND SHE NEVER TRIED TO GRAB A
GUN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I NEVER EVEN SEE HER EVEN, LIKE,
TRY DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT SO - >> Reporter: HER EX-BOYFRIEND
MATT DEFINITELY DESCRIBES BRENDA AS BEING CONTROLLING, JEALOUS,
KIND OF OBSESSIVE. BUT EVEN HE SAYS HE DIDN'T THINK
BRENDA WOULD KILL ANYBODY. >> YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HOPES
THEY DON'T KNOW SOMEONE WHO COULD PULL A TRIGGER AND SHOOT
SOMEONE. YOU -- IT MAY BE HOPEFULNESS
>> Reporter: BRENDA'S ATTORNEY SAYS JONATHAN COULD HAVE SHOT
HIMSELF AT THAT ANGLE EVEN WITH A SHOULDER INJURY.
IT WASN'T THAT BIG OF A DEAL >> HE MOVED HIS APARTMENT THE
WEEK PRIOR OR SO WITH THAT SAME INJURY, APPARENTLY, WITH NO
PROBLEMS >> Reporter: JEE ALSO MENTIONED
AN INCIDENT FROM WHEN JONATHAN WAS IN COLLEGE
HE FIRED A GUN RECKLESSLY AFTER DRINKING, SUGGESTING HE WASN'T
ALWAYS CAREFUL AROUND FIREARMS AND THE ATTORNEY SAID THERE WAS
NO MOTIVE FOR BRENDA TO SHOOT JONATHAN
IT'S NOT EVEN CLEAR HE WAS REALLY BREAKING UP WITH HER.
>> IF YOU'RE GOING TO BREAK UP WITH SOMEONE, YOU DON'T ORDER
DINNER FOR 2 AT 8:00 AT NIGHT AND HAVE HIM SPEND THE NIGHT
THAT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
>> Reporter: SO YOU DON'T THINK JONATHAN WANTED TO BREAK UP WITH
HER? OR YOU JUST DON'T THINK THERE'S
ENOUGH EVIDENCE THERE OF THAT? >> I THINK THAT'S TOTAL
SPECULATION. >> Reporter: AND HER ATTORNEY
SAYS THERE WAS ZERO EVIDENCE THAT BRENDA WAS THE ONE WHO SENT
THAT TEXT MESSAGE TO EMILY >> I THINK IT'S LIKELY THAT HE
SENT IT BECAUSE IT WAS FROM AN IPHONE THAT WAS LOCKED AND IT
NEEDED A PASSCODE. >> Reporter: AND ACCORDING TO
EVERYBODY WHO KNOWS JONATHAN, HE GAVE HER HIS PASSCODES
>> AGAIN, THAT'S JUST ABSOLUTE SPECULATION.
THERE'S NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT BRENDA SENT THAT TEXT
>> Reporter: AS FOR BRENDA WAITING TO CALL 911, HE SAID THE
NEIGHBOR'S MEMORY WAS UNRELIABLE
SHE'D BEEN IN BED WHEN SHE HEARD THE GUNSHOT.
>> SO I JUST LAY BACK DOWN - >> Reporter: AND THERE WAS THIS.
>> IF YOU LISTEN TO THAT 911 CALL AND YOU LISTEN
CAREFULLY, YOU CAN HEAR JONATHAN CREWS MOANING ON THAT TAPE
SO HE WAS ALIVE DURING THAT 911 CALL
>> Reporter: HERE'S THE MOMENT BRENDA'S ATTORNEY IS TALKING
ABOUT. >> WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE
APARTMENT? >> I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW PLEASE, PLEASE, SEND SOMEONE
QUICK. >> Reporter: WHAT THE CREWS
FAMILY REALLY WANTED TO HEAR WAS WHAT BRENDA HAD TO SAY
THE PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEY CALLED HER TO THE STAND
>> MS. LAZARO, ISN'T IT TRUE THAT YOU SHOT PAM'S SON,
JONATHAN CREWS >> I RESPECTFULLY INVOKE MY
PRIVILEGE AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION
>> Reporter: SHE TOOK THE FIFTH AGAIN AND AGAIN.
THAT DIDN'T STOP THE CREWS FAMILY ATTORNEY FROM ASKING HER
QUESTION AFTER QUESTION. >> AND ISN'T IT TRUE THAT YOUR
MOTIVE FOR SHOOTING JONATHAN IS THE OLDEST MOTIVE IN THE BOOK --
JEALOUSY >> I RESPECTFULLY INVOKE MY
PRIVILEGE AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION
>> Reporter: HOW MANY TIMES DID BRENDA SAY I TAKE THE FIFTH?
>> ABOUT 130, 140 TIMES. >> Reporter: BRENDA'S ATTORNEY
SAYS IT IS UNFAIR TO READ ANYTHING INTO THAT
>> ALL LAWYERS WILL TELL A CLIENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO
CRIMINAL PROSECUTION, ESPECIALLY A MURDER IN A STATE THAT CARRIES
A DEATH PENALTY, TO TAKE THE FIFTH.
IT WOULD BE LEGAL MALPRACTICE TO ADVISE SOMEONE TO DO ANYTHING
DIFFERENT. >> Reporter: BRENDA MAY HAVE
SAID LITTLE ON THE STAND BUT HER ATTORNEY SAID THE FACTS
OF THE CASE SPOKE FOR HER. DESPITE THEIR SUSPICIONS, POLICE
NEVER ARRESTED BRENDA AND THE M.E. NEVER RULED JONATHAN'S
DEATH A HOMICIDE >> YOU ALSO WON'T SEE ANY
EVIDENCE THAT BRENDA WAS EVER ARRESTED, CHARGED, PROSECUTED,
OR CONVICTED I'M NOT SURE THAT YOU'LL SEE ANY
EVIDENCE THAT INDICATES THERE'S AN ONGOING POLICE INVESTIGATION.
>> Reporter: IN THE END, HER ATTORNEY ECHOED ONE OF THE
THEORIES THAT HAD FLOATED AROUND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT -- THAT
JONATHAN DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A BULLET IN THE CHAMBER AND THIS
WAS ALL A TRAGIC MISTAKE >> I BELIEVE THIS WAS AN
ACCIDENT >> Reporter: THE CASE WENT TO
THE JURY WHAT WOULD THE ANSWER BE
>> ALL RISE.
AFTER LESS THAN THREE HOURS OF DELIBERATION, THE JURY HAD A
VERDICT. AS THEY WAITED TO HEAR IT,
JONATHAN'S PARENTS AND SIBLINGS HUGGED EACH OTHER TIGHTLY.
>> ALL RISE. >> IT WAS A REALLY SURREAL
MOMENT BECAUSE IT'S THE THING THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR FOR
SO LONG. >> A VERDICT HAS BEEN DELIVERED.
IT IS A UNANIMOUS VERDICT. >> Reporter: THE JURY FOUND
BRENDA LAZARO RESPONSIBLE FOR SHOOTING AND KILLING
JONATHAN CREWS >> JOHN, IT'S $8 MILLION
PAM IS $16 MILLION >> Reporter: THEN THE JUDGE
RATTLED OFF SOME STAGGERING NUMBERS.
THE JURY'S CALCULATION OF WHAT BRENDA OWED THE FAMILY
>> JOHN, IT'S $24 MILLION. PAM, IT'S $48 MILLION.
FOR THEIR SUFFERING. AND FOR THEIR SON'S LIFE
>> Reporter: THEY COME BACK WITH AN AWARD OF $206 MILLION
>> YES >> Reporter: WHICH IS MONEY THAT
BRENDA LAZARO DOESN'T HAVE AND IS NEVER GOING TO HAVE
>> NO, AND THAT -- >> Reporter: BUT THAT'S A
VICTORY. >> IT'S -- IT'S AN INCREDIBLE
VICTORY BECAUSE THE PARENTS WERE TOLD, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THAT
THEIR SON DIDN'T TAKE HIS OWN LIFE
>> I UNDERESTIMATED HOW IMPORTANT THIS WAS TO MY
DAUGHTER, TO JONATHAN'S FRIENDS, EVEN TO MY WIFE.
>> Reporter: EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A CRIMINAL TRIAL
>> EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A CRIMINAL TRIAL
>> THE THING I REALLY WANTED WAS FOR JONATHAN TO BE VINDICATED,
YOU KNOW HE'S NOT HERE TO SPEAK FOR
HIMSELF. HE DIDN'T KILL HIMSELF
>> WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT SHE -- SHE KILLED HIM.
>> Reporter: WE SPOKE WITH JURY FOREMAN EDDIE BROWN.
HE TOLD US JURORS PRETTY MUCH AGREED BRENDA WAS THE SHOOTER
BEFORE THEY EVEN TOOK THEIR FIRST VOTE
>> THE BIGGEST THING THAT LED US TO OUR DECISION WAS THE
TRAJECTORY OF THE BULLET EVERY ONE OF US IN THE JURY
ATTEMPTED TO RECREATE THE ANGLE OF WHAT THE BULLET WOULD HAVE
WENT THROUGH, WHERE HE HAD TO AN ACCIDENT ON HIS PART OR NOT
IT SEEMED EXTREMELY UNLIKELY WE -- WE COULDN'T RECREATE IT.
>> Reporter: AND AS FOR THAT LOWER STANDARD OF PROOF IN A
CIVIL TRIAL, THE FOREMAN TOLD US MANY JURORS THOUGHT THE EVIDENCE
WAS SO STRONG AGAINST BRENDA, THEY BELIEVED SHE WAS
RESPONSIBLE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.
COULD YOU HAVE VOTED TO LOCK UP BRENDA INSTEAD OF A FINANCIAL
AWARD? >> YES
>> Reporter: YOU WOULDN'T HAVE HAD ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT?
>> NO, NOT AT ALL. >> Reporter: DID ANYONE WONDER
WHY THIS WAS IN CIVIL COURT AND NOT CRIMINAL COURT
>> YES WE WERE KIND OF CURIOUS WHY THE
D.A. WASN'T MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CRIMINAL CASE.
>> Reporter: JONATHAN'S PARENTS HOPED A WIN IN CIVIL COURT MIGHT
LEAD TO CRIMINAL CHARGES THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.
FIVE MONTHS AFTER THE CIVIL VERDICT, THE DALLAS DISTRICT
ATTORNEY INVITED THEM TO A MEETING AND SAID THERE WAS
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO PROCEED.
>> THEY MADE A PRESENTATION THAT SUGGESTED THAT THE VIDEO THAT WE
HAD MADE WAS -- WAS INCORRECT AND THAT WE MISREPRESENTED THE
FACTS TO THE JURY. >> Reporter: WE ASKED THE D.A.'S
OFFICE WHAT FACTS THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT.
THEY SAID, UNLIKE WHAT'S SHOWN IN THE ANIMATION, THEY COULDN'T
DRAW A RELIABLE CONCLUSION ABOUT THE BULLET TRAJECTORY BASED ON
THE EVIDENCE. THAT'S BECAUSE WHEN POLICE WENT
LOOKING FOR WHERE THE BULLET ENDED UP, THEY TOOK APART
JONATHAN'S BED, AND THE D.A. THINKS THE BULLET COULD HAVE
ROLLED AROUND IN THE PROCESS WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT ELSE
POLICE DID OR DIDN'T DO. THEY DECLINED TO ANSWER OUR
QUESTIONS. SO WE REQUESTED THEIR CASE FILE
AND OBTAINED SOME RECORDS THAT NEITHER SIDE IN THE CIVIL TRIAL
EVER SAW FIRST, WHAT'S MISSING?
THERE'S NO PHOTO OF THE GUN NEAR JONATHAN'S BODY.
>> YOU SEE THE GUN ANYWHERE? >> HE HE ALREADY HAD MOVED IT.
HE WENT IN HERE BEFORE I GOT IN HERE
>> HE DID? >> YEAH, HE MOVED IT ALL AND I
DON'T KNOW WHERE HE PUT IT >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT.
THE FIRST OFFICER ON SCENE PICKED UP THE GUN AND MOVED IT
FROM THE BEDROOM TO THE KITCHEN, DISTURBING A KEY PIECE OF
EVIDENCE AND, ACCORDING TO RECORDS WE
EXAMINED, THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE POLICE DID NOT HAVE --
FINGERPRINTS THEY WAITED SIX MONTHS TO TEST
THE GUN FOR THEM BY THAT TIME IT HAD BEEN SENT TO
A LAB AND SWABBED FOR DNA, POSSIBLY WIPING AWAY USABLE
PRINTS THE CRIME LAB DID FIND "UNKNOWN
DNA" ON THE GUN ALONG WITH JONATHAN'S, EXCEPT THERE'S NO
RECORD OF POLICE GETTING A DNA SAMPLE FROM BRENDA TO COMPARE IT
TO >> IF WE -- WE NEEDED TO TAKE
YOUR DNA, DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH US DOIN' THAT
>> NO. >> Reporter: AN ENVELOPE
LABELLED "DNA SAMPLE FROM BRENDA" WAS SENT TO THE LAB, BUT
IT TURNED OUT TO BE A SWAB OF JONATHAN'S BLOOD OFF HER HANDS
>> I KNOW THIS IS HARD, BUT I HAVE TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS, ALL
RIGHT? >> Reporter: THAT NIGHT, BRENDA
WAS QUESTIONED BY POLICE FOR MORE THAN TWO HOURS.
THE STORY SHE TOLD POLICE WAS CONSISTENT
>> I WAS ASKING HER SOME QUESTIONS, TRYING TO CATCH HER
IN A LIE, BUT EVERYTHING MATCHES UP
>> Reporter: EVEN SO, HER STORY STILL RAISED A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
>> BUT YOU SEE HOW THIS DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE, RIGHT?
>> YES >> IT DID NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME
AT ALL >> Reporter: TO THIS DAY, FORMER
PROSECUTOR MIKE SNIPES THINKS POLICE COULD HAVE DONE MORE.
AND HE SAYS HE WAS WILLING TO TAKE A CASE AGAINST
BRENDA LAZARO BEFORE A JURY IN CRIMINAL COURT
WAS THIS DISAPPOINTING >> IT WAS.
>> Reporter: I MEAN, LOOK, IF YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE'S A MURDERER
WALKING AROUND OUT THERE FREE. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Reporter: BRENDA'S ATTORNEY SAYS THE FACT BRENDA WAS NEVER
CHARGED IS THE WHOLE POINT SHE WASN'T CHARGED BECAUSE SHE'S
INNOCENT OF ANY TIME. >> SHE'S
BEEN HOUNDED NOW FOR NINE YEARS OVER THIS AND SHE WOULD REALLY
LIKE TO PUT THIS EXPERIENCE BEHIND HER AND -- AND MOVE
FORWARD. >> Reporter: PAM AND JOHN SAY
THEY WILL NEVER GIVE UP FIGHTING FOR ANSWERS ABOUT THEIR SON'S
DEATH. AND THEY ALSO WANT PEOPLE TO
REMEMBER HOW HE LIVED. THEIR BIG HEARTED, GOOFY SON
THE DOTING BIG BROTHER AND BEST FRIEND WHO BROUGHT LAUGHTER INTO
ALL THEIR LIVES. AND LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT
>> HE WAS SOMETHING ELSE, WASN'T HE
NEVER STOPPED MOVING HE WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT LIFE AND
HE NEVER LOST THAT JUST THE JOY OF EVERY DAY.
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