1 00:00:56,724 --> 00:00:59,258 I'm Lester Holt, and this is Dateline. 2 00:01:08,669 --> 00:01:12,304 Here's Keith Morrison with "A Crack In Everything." 3 00:01:18,946 --> 00:01:20,312 KEITH MORRISON: It was his secret 4 00:01:20,381 --> 00:01:24,550 that started it, a secret gift. 5 00:01:24,618 --> 00:01:28,087 It was Christmas Eve in the year 2006. 6 00:01:28,155 --> 00:01:32,191 A little farm not far from a little town called Buffalo. 7 00:01:32,259 --> 00:01:33,258 Buffalo, Missouri. 8 00:01:36,597 --> 00:01:38,697 And on that farm in the fine new house 9 00:01:38,766 --> 00:01:41,700 Brad and Lisa Jennings had built for their family, 10 00:01:41,769 --> 00:01:44,503 the stockings were hung, the children 11 00:01:44,572 --> 00:01:48,841 were snug in their beds, and Lisa was sitting up very 12 00:01:48,909 --> 00:01:52,878 late drinking wine and crying. 13 00:01:52,947 --> 00:01:55,814 Meaning well, who knew? 14 00:01:55,883 --> 00:01:57,749 But for one thing with Lisa in the way, 15 00:01:57,818 --> 00:02:00,786 Brad couldn't sneak that secret of his 16 00:02:00,855 --> 00:02:03,522 into her stocking, which is what started it. 17 00:02:03,591 --> 00:02:05,157 The flurrying argument, the slamming 18 00:02:05,226 --> 00:02:07,993 doors, the sudden silence. 19 00:02:08,062 --> 00:02:12,431 Before Amanda woke up to the sound of her dad on 911. 20 00:02:12,500 --> 00:02:14,700 AMANDA JENNINGS: And he's very hysterical. 21 00:02:14,768 --> 00:02:17,636 You know, he's crying. 22 00:02:17,705 --> 00:02:20,906 Can't really say anything other than "get here quick, 23 00:02:20,975 --> 00:02:21,740 get here quick." 24 00:02:21,809 --> 00:02:24,076 I heard that two or three times. 25 00:02:24,145 --> 00:02:26,345 KEITH MORRISON: Such a complicated tale 26 00:02:26,413 --> 00:02:30,916 with its secrets and lies and shifting loyalties. 27 00:02:30,985 --> 00:02:36,221 And here of all places, this throwback to an idealized past. 28 00:02:36,290 --> 00:02:37,556 We hunted mushrooms. 29 00:02:37,625 --> 00:02:38,924 We picked up walnuts. 30 00:02:38,993 --> 00:02:41,593 KEITH MORRISON: They were inseparable children, Brad 31 00:02:41,662 --> 00:02:43,762 and his older sister Marcia. 32 00:02:43,831 --> 00:02:45,164 MARSHA ILER: He was my playmate. 33 00:02:45,232 --> 00:02:47,266 We depended on each other. 34 00:02:47,334 --> 00:02:48,901 KEITH MORRISON: Marcia became a nurse, 35 00:02:48,969 --> 00:02:54,239 Brad ran the farm, the center of their family since 1853. 36 00:02:54,308 --> 00:02:58,010 By that Christmas 2006 Brad and Lisa had been 37 00:02:58,078 --> 00:03:01,413 married 18 mostly happy years. 38 00:03:01,482 --> 00:03:02,814 We had a fairly good life. 39 00:03:02,883 --> 00:03:06,351 KEITH MORRISON: There were three kids, Amanda 16 that Christmas 40 00:03:06,420 --> 00:03:09,221 Eve, Dallas who was 11 then. 41 00:03:09,290 --> 00:03:11,323 Lacey, Lisa's daughter from a first marriage 42 00:03:11,392 --> 00:03:14,893 was 19, and had just moved into her own place in town. 43 00:03:14,962 --> 00:03:18,764 And, as Amanda said, life was fairly good. 44 00:03:18,832 --> 00:03:20,966 We would do lots of things, go on vacation a lot, 45 00:03:21,035 --> 00:03:22,000 go out and eat. 46 00:03:22,069 --> 00:03:23,635 I mean, my dad made pretty good money, 47 00:03:23,704 --> 00:03:25,737 so we were good on that end. 48 00:03:25,806 --> 00:03:30,075 Seemed like a very good and stable environment. 49 00:03:30,144 --> 00:03:31,176 [car starts] 50 00:03:32,546 --> 00:03:37,216 KEITH MORRISON: Brad loved cars, especially classic muscle cars, 51 00:03:37,284 --> 00:03:41,153 and extra especially the 1970 Chevelle Supersport 52 00:03:41,222 --> 00:03:43,488 he'd so carefully restored. 53 00:03:43,557 --> 00:03:46,225 MARSHA ILER: By the time he was 12, 54 00:03:46,293 --> 00:03:50,896 he was redoing motors, and helping put motors in and out 55 00:03:50,965 --> 00:03:52,598 of different vehicles. 56 00:03:52,666 --> 00:03:55,601 KEITH MORRISON: So Brad opened a used car dealership. 57 00:03:55,669 --> 00:03:57,703 DALLAS JENNINGS: He was a great people person, 58 00:03:57,771 --> 00:03:58,971 and I guess that's what you have to be 59 00:03:59,039 --> 00:04:01,473 when you deal cars and stuff. 60 00:04:01,542 --> 00:04:03,575 KEITH MORRISON: And their mom Lisa-- 61 00:04:03,644 --> 00:04:04,743 AMANDA JENNINGS: Very pretty. 62 00:04:04,812 --> 00:04:08,814 She could be really happy, and sort of the life 63 00:04:08,882 --> 00:04:10,115 of the party kind of person. 64 00:04:10,184 --> 00:04:11,817 DALLAS JENNINGS: Yeah, really fun to be Around. 65 00:04:11,885 --> 00:04:14,219 KEITH MORRISON: While Brad ran the farm and his car business, 66 00:04:14,288 --> 00:04:18,023 Lisa worked at a local internet company. 67 00:04:18,092 --> 00:04:20,692 MARSHA ILER: She was really good at it. 68 00:04:20,761 --> 00:04:24,196 And she became their top employee. 69 00:04:24,265 --> 00:04:25,530 KEITH MORRISON: At home, Lisa was 70 00:04:25,599 --> 00:04:30,535 the mom who actually liked video games, with Dallas mostly. 71 00:04:30,604 --> 00:04:32,137 Video games and movies. 72 00:04:32,206 --> 00:04:33,438 DALLAS JENNINGS: We had a big projector 73 00:04:33,507 --> 00:04:35,307 screen that we would put on the wall 74 00:04:35,376 --> 00:04:37,376 and watch movies really big. 75 00:04:37,444 --> 00:04:41,046 Did it seem like a happy household overall? 76 00:04:41,115 --> 00:04:42,447 Yeah. 77 00:04:42,516 --> 00:04:44,816 KEITH MORRISON: But of course there is, as Leonard Cohen used 78 00:04:44,885 --> 00:04:48,053 to sing, a crack in everything. 79 00:04:48,122 --> 00:04:49,855 And in the Jennings house, those were 80 00:04:49,923 --> 00:04:52,724 the sudden blowups when the mood went dark 81 00:04:52,793 --> 00:04:54,293 and the kids scattered. 82 00:04:54,361 --> 00:04:56,795 They would fight maybe once every couple 83 00:04:56,864 --> 00:04:57,796 of weeks or something. 84 00:04:57,865 --> 00:05:01,166 Mostly later in the evening at night 85 00:05:01,235 --> 00:05:02,668 after they've been drinking. 86 00:05:02,736 --> 00:05:06,138 There'd be yelling, and maybe slamming 87 00:05:06,206 --> 00:05:07,205 doors, things like that. 88 00:05:07,274 --> 00:05:10,542 But just arguing about anything, nothing. 89 00:05:10,611 --> 00:05:12,944 I never really thought too much about it. 90 00:05:13,013 --> 00:05:16,548 KEITH MORRISON: Anyway, now it was that calamitous Christmas 91 00:05:16,617 --> 00:05:18,850 Eve 2006. 92 00:05:18,919 --> 00:05:21,620 As always, there'd been a happy dinner celebration 93 00:05:21,689 --> 00:05:23,655 with Brad's side of the family. 94 00:05:23,724 --> 00:05:28,393 AMANDA JENNINGS: Christmas Eve we would go to my grandma's 95 00:05:28,462 --> 00:05:29,728 there in town. 96 00:05:29,797 --> 00:05:32,497 KEITH MORRISON: And then back home, games, and stocking 97 00:05:32,566 --> 00:05:34,299 stuffing, and of course-- 98 00:05:34,368 --> 00:05:35,567 AMANDA JENNINGS: We wake up real early 99 00:05:35,636 --> 00:05:37,102 and open all the presents. 100 00:05:37,171 --> 00:05:39,638 KEITH MORRISON: Lisa had no idea that Brad had bought 101 00:05:39,707 --> 00:05:42,441 her a $3,500 diamond ring. 102 00:05:42,509 --> 00:05:44,710 Got the kids to help him pick it out. 103 00:05:44,778 --> 00:05:46,778 Back from Grandma's, he waited for his chance 104 00:05:46,847 --> 00:05:49,614 to hide it in her stocking, but Lisa 105 00:05:49,683 --> 00:05:52,651 kept fiddling on the computer, and the kids 106 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:53,952 were playing a board game. 107 00:05:54,021 --> 00:05:55,887 I think it was Monopoly. 108 00:05:55,956 --> 00:05:58,323 We just played downstairs for a while, 109 00:05:58,392 --> 00:06:01,793 and then eventually went up to our rooms. 110 00:06:01,862 --> 00:06:04,096 KEITH MORRISON: It was well after midnight when they heard 111 00:06:04,164 --> 00:06:06,231 the raised voices downstairs. 112 00:06:06,300 --> 00:06:07,599 AMANDA JENNINGS: I heard the yelling 113 00:06:07,668 --> 00:06:09,801 and everything, like a normal fight 114 00:06:09,870 --> 00:06:12,003 like they would always have. 115 00:06:12,072 --> 00:06:13,672 KEITH MORRISON: And then a door slammed, 116 00:06:13,741 --> 00:06:15,006 which meant that Brad had gone out 117 00:06:15,075 --> 00:06:17,309 to his workshop to cool down. 118 00:06:17,378 --> 00:06:19,811 But Laci, home for the holiday, was furious. 119 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:22,114 Another fight and this one on Christmas Eve 120 00:06:22,182 --> 00:06:25,684 no less, and as usual, over some stupid, little thing. 121 00:06:25,753 --> 00:06:27,152 She was done. 122 00:06:27,221 --> 00:06:29,087 AMANDA JENNINGS: And so my sister decided to go downstairs 123 00:06:29,156 --> 00:06:30,455 and get into it with her. 124 00:06:30,524 --> 00:06:34,292 I think one of the last things I remember my mom even saying 125 00:06:34,361 --> 00:06:36,561 was something like, I would never 126 00:06:36,630 --> 00:06:38,530 disrespect my parents that way. 127 00:06:38,599 --> 00:06:39,931 Laci was just fed up, wasn't she? 128 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,335 Yeah she just couldn't believe they'd fight on Christmas. 129 00:06:43,404 --> 00:06:45,103 KEITH MORRISON: Then more door slamming 130 00:06:45,172 --> 00:06:47,205 and Laci was out of there. 131 00:06:47,274 --> 00:06:49,775 AMANDA JENNINGS: She went back to her house in Buffalo. 132 00:06:49,843 --> 00:06:51,977 So by the time she left, your dad 133 00:06:52,045 --> 00:06:55,313 was outside in the workshop, although you didn't really 134 00:06:55,382 --> 00:06:56,548 know where he was, right? 135 00:06:56,617 --> 00:06:57,716 Well, he was outside. 136 00:06:57,785 --> 00:06:58,784 He does that a lot. 137 00:06:58,852 --> 00:07:01,420 He'll go outside and go out to his shop. 138 00:07:01,488 --> 00:07:04,322 KEITH MORRISON: So Amanda sighed and closed her eyes 139 00:07:04,391 --> 00:07:06,992 and drifted off. 140 00:07:07,060 --> 00:07:10,462 And then sometime after 1:30 AM, that loud, frantic sound, 141 00:07:10,531 --> 00:07:12,697 her father on 911. 142 00:07:12,766 --> 00:07:15,600 She ran downstairs to her parents' bedroom. 143 00:07:15,669 --> 00:07:16,768 AMANDA JENNINGS: I opened the door, 144 00:07:16,837 --> 00:07:19,471 and you know I see her laying there, 145 00:07:19,540 --> 00:07:22,841 and my dad is kneeling next to her. 146 00:07:22,910 --> 00:07:25,777 And as soon as I had opened the door. 147 00:07:25,846 --> 00:07:28,447 He gets up and kind of pulls me out of the room. 148 00:07:28,515 --> 00:07:30,315 And he's hugging me, and crying. 149 00:07:30,384 --> 00:07:32,384 KEITH MORRISON: Their mother was dead. 150 00:07:32,453 --> 00:07:34,386 Of that there was no doubt. 151 00:07:34,455 --> 00:07:38,857 But how and why and who? 152 00:07:38,859 --> 00:07:41,259 When we come back. 153 00:07:41,328 --> 00:07:43,695 What had happened in that bedroom? 154 00:07:43,764 --> 00:07:46,531 I thought there'd been an accident. 155 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:48,900 KEITH MORRISON: The truth would be much worse. 156 00:07:48,969 --> 00:07:51,670 Did you have any inkling any suspicion 157 00:07:51,738 --> 00:07:51,770 that Brad might have had something to do with this? 158 00:07:51,938 --> 00:08:23,902 >> Reporter: DALLAS JENNINGS WAS ONLY 11 THAT AWFUL CHRISTMAS 159 00:08:23,904 --> 00:08:24,536 ONLY 11 THAT AWFUL CHRISTMAS MORNING IN 2006, THE MORNING HE 160 00:08:24,538 --> 00:08:24,903 MORNING IN 2006, THE MORNING HE LOST HIS MOTHER. 161 00:08:24,905 --> 00:08:25,470 LOST HIS MOTHER. AND IT'S PROBABLY A BLESSING 162 00:08:25,472 --> 00:08:26,104 AND IT'S PROBABLY A BLESSING THAT SOMETHING IN HIS BRAIN HAS 163 00:08:26,106 --> 00:08:26,972 THAT SOMETHING IN HIS BRAIN HAS BLOCKED THE MEMORY 164 00:08:26,974 --> 00:08:28,039 BLOCKED THE MEMORY >> A LOT OF IT'S A BLUR TO ME. 165 00:08:28,041 --> 00:08:28,640 >> A LOT OF IT'S A BLUR TO ME. >> Reporter: AMANDA, 16 AT THE 166 00:08:28,642 --> 00:08:29,241 >> Reporter: AMANDA, 16 AT THE TIME, REMEMBERS EVERY DREADFUL 167 00:08:29,243 --> 00:08:33,879 TIME, REMEMBERS EVERY DREADFUL DETAIL 168 00:08:33,881 --> 00:08:34,412 DETAIL >> JUST SHOCK. 169 00:08:34,414 --> 00:08:35,480 >> JUST SHOCK. OBVIOUSLY VERY UPSET, BUT JUST 170 00:08:35,482 --> 00:08:36,047 OBVIOUSLY VERY UPSET, BUT JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, YOU 171 00:08:36,049 --> 00:08:37,616 DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, YOU KNOW 172 00:08:37,618 --> 00:08:39,217 KNOW >> Reporter: YEAH. 173 00:08:39,219 --> 00:08:42,454 >> Reporter: YEAH. >> IT WAS VERY HARD. 174 00:08:42,456 --> 00:08:43,054 >> IT WAS VERY HARD. >> Reporter: AND THE AMBULANCE 175 00:08:43,056 --> 00:08:43,588 >> Reporter: AND THE AMBULANCE ARRIVED AND THE POLICEMEN. 176 00:08:43,590 --> 00:08:47,759 ARRIVED AND THE POLICEMEN. >> THEY ALL ARRIVED AND WE HAD 177 00:08:47,761 --> 00:08:49,895 >> THEY ALL ARRIVED AND WE HAD TO LEAVE THE HOUSE SO THEY COULD 178 00:08:49,897 --> 00:08:52,030 TO LEAVE THE HOUSE SO THEY COULD DO ALL THEIR WORK. 179 00:08:52,032 --> 00:08:53,632 DO ALL THEIR WORK. AND SO WE WENT OUTSIDE AND 180 00:08:53,634 --> 00:08:54,699 AND SO WE WENT OUTSIDE AND WAITED IN MY TRUCK 'CAUSE IT WAS 181 00:08:54,701 --> 00:08:57,335 WAITED IN MY TRUCK 'CAUSE IT WAS COLD OUT 182 00:08:57,337 --> 00:08:58,937 COLD OUT >> Reporter: LIKE, JUST HUDDLED 183 00:08:58,939 --> 00:08:59,471 >> Reporter: LIKE, JUST HUDDLED TOGETHER IN THERE? 184 00:08:59,473 --> 00:09:00,539 TOGETHER IN THERE? DID YOU TALK MUCH? 185 00:09:00,541 --> 00:09:01,106 DID YOU TALK MUCH? >> JUST SHOCK AND MOSTLY 186 00:09:01,108 --> 00:09:01,640 >> JUST SHOCK AND MOSTLY SILENCE. 187 00:09:01,642 --> 00:09:03,241 SILENCE. I REMEMBER DALLAS KEPT SAYING, 188 00:09:03,243 --> 00:09:04,843 I REMEMBER DALLAS KEPT SAYING, "SHE'S GONNA BE OKAY." 189 00:09:04,845 --> 00:09:06,444 "SHE'S GONNA BE OKAY." HE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT HAD 190 00:09:06,446 --> 00:09:08,547 HE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED, 'CAUSE HE DIDN'T SEE 191 00:09:08,549 --> 00:09:12,284 HAPPENED, 'CAUSE HE DIDN'T SEE HER OR NOTHIN' AND NO ONE WAS 192 00:09:12,286 --> 00:09:13,385 HER OR NOTHIN' AND NO ONE WAS REALLY SAYING WHAT HAPPENED. 193 00:09:13,387 --> 00:09:14,452 REALLY SAYING WHAT HAPPENED. AND MY DAD WAS JUST SITTING OVER 194 00:09:14,454 --> 00:09:16,588 AND MY DAD WAS JUST SITTING OVER IN THE PASSENGER'S SEAT JUST A 195 00:09:16,590 --> 00:09:17,656 IN THE PASSENGER'S SEAT JUST A MESS. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I 196 00:09:17,658 --> 00:09:20,825 MESS. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD EVER SEEN HIM CRY. 197 00:09:20,827 --> 00:09:23,995 HAD EVER SEEN HIM CRY. >> Reporter: NEWS OF THIS SORT 198 00:09:23,997 --> 00:09:25,630 >> Reporter: NEWS OF THIS SORT SPREADS VERY FAST, BUT OFTEN IN 199 00:09:25,632 --> 00:09:27,232 SPREADS VERY FAST, BUT OFTEN IN CONFUSED, OR INCOMPLETE OR FUZZY 200 00:09:27,234 --> 00:09:28,300 CONFUSED, OR INCOMPLETE OR FUZZY BITS, AND SO WHEN BRAD'S SISTER 201 00:09:28,302 --> 00:09:28,934 BITS, AND SO WHEN BRAD'S SISTER MARSHA HEARD SOMETHING HAPPENED 202 00:09:28,936 --> 00:09:32,037 MARSHA HEARD SOMETHING HAPPENED AT THE FARM. 203 00:09:32,039 --> 00:09:33,638 AT THE FARM. >> I DIDN'T REALIZE THE GRAVITY 204 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:34,172 >> I DIDN'T REALIZE THE GRAVITY OF IT. 205 00:09:34,174 --> 00:09:37,375 OF IT. I HAD -- THOUGHT THERE'D BEEN AN 206 00:09:37,377 --> 00:09:38,009 I HAD -- THOUGHT THERE'D BEEN AN ACCIDENT AND SHE WAS ON THE WAY 207 00:09:38,011 --> 00:09:42,681 ACCIDENT AND SHE WAS ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL. 208 00:09:42,683 --> 00:09:43,381 TO THE HOSPITAL. >> Reporter: IT WAS ANYTHING BUT 209 00:09:43,383 --> 00:09:44,282 >> Reporter: IT WAS ANYTHING BUT AN ACCIDENT. 210 00:09:44,284 --> 00:09:45,350 AN ACCIDENT. LISA WAS GONE, DEAD AT 39, 211 00:09:45,352 --> 00:09:46,952 LISA WAS GONE, DEAD AT 39, KILLED BY A BULLET AT CLOSE 212 00:09:46,954 --> 00:09:49,087 KILLED BY A BULLET AT CLOSE RANGE TO THE HEAD. 213 00:09:49,089 --> 00:09:49,621 RANGE TO THE HEAD. BRAD TOLD LOCAL SHERIFF'S 214 00:09:49,623 --> 00:09:50,655 BRAD TOLD LOCAL SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES HOW HE ARGUED WITH 215 00:09:50,657 --> 00:09:53,892 DEPUTIES HOW HE ARGUED WITH LISA, THEN WENT OUT TO HIS 216 00:09:53,894 --> 00:09:56,561 LISA, THEN WENT OUT TO HIS WORKSHOP TO COOL OFF, AND WHEN 217 00:09:56,563 --> 00:09:57,629 WORKSHOP TO COOL OFF, AND WHEN HE CAME BACK IN MAYBE 20 MINUTES 218 00:09:57,631 --> 00:09:59,764 HE CAME BACK IN MAYBE 20 MINUTES LATER, HE FOUND HER ON THE 219 00:09:59,766 --> 00:10:02,434 LATER, HE FOUND HER ON THE BEDROOM FLOOR, HIS HANDGUN 220 00:10:02,436 --> 00:10:04,035 BEDROOM FLOOR, HIS HANDGUN NEARBY 221 00:10:04,037 --> 00:10:07,772 NEARBY SO DEPUTIES TESTED LISA'S HANDS 222 00:10:07,774 --> 00:10:08,807 SO DEPUTIES TESTED LISA'S HANDS FOR GUNSHOT RESIDUE. 223 00:10:08,809 --> 00:10:09,441 FOR GUNSHOT RESIDUE. THEY DID THE SAME WITH BRAD AND 224 00:10:09,443 --> 00:10:11,476 THEY DID THE SAME WITH BRAD AND LACI 225 00:10:11,478 --> 00:10:12,110 LACI THAT, TO TELL THEM WHO FIRED THE 226 00:10:12,112 --> 00:10:13,078 THAT, TO TELL THEM WHO FIRED THE GUN. 227 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:14,145 GUN. AND? 228 00:10:14,147 --> 00:10:15,213 AND? LISA'S RIGHT HAND TESTED 229 00:10:15,215 --> 00:10:16,815 LISA'S RIGHT HAND TESTED POSITIVE FOR GUNSHOT RESIDUE 230 00:10:16,817 --> 00:10:17,816 POSITIVE FOR GUNSHOT RESIDUE BRAD AND LACI CAME OUT NEGATIVE. 231 00:10:17,818 --> 00:10:18,350 BRAD AND LACI CAME OUT NEGATIVE. MEANING, IT SEEMED TO THE 232 00:10:18,352 --> 00:10:19,985 MEANING, IT SEEMED TO THE CORONER, THAT LISA, FOR REASONS 233 00:10:19,987 --> 00:10:21,019 CORONER, THAT LISA, FOR REASONS UNKNOWN, MUST HAVE KILLED 234 00:10:21,021 --> 00:10:22,120 UNKNOWN, MUST HAVE KILLED HERSELF. 235 00:10:22,122 --> 00:10:22,721 HERSELF. >> Reporter: DID IT MAKE SENSE 236 00:10:22,723 --> 00:10:23,688 >> Reporter: DID IT MAKE SENSE TO YOU THAT SHE WOULD COMMIT 237 00:10:23,690 --> 00:10:24,789 TO YOU THAT SHE WOULD COMMIT SUICIDE? 238 00:10:24,791 --> 00:10:26,925 SUICIDE? >> NOTHING MADE SENSE TO ME THAT 239 00:10:26,927 --> 00:10:28,526 >> NOTHING MADE SENSE TO ME THAT NIGHT. 240 00:10:28,528 --> 00:10:32,263 NIGHT. >> Reporter: YEAH, I BET 241 00:10:32,265 --> 00:10:35,467 >> Reporter: YEAH, I BET >> UM, I HAD HEARD STATEMENTS, 242 00:10:35,469 --> 00:10:37,602 >> UM, I HAD HEARD STATEMENTS, YOU KNOW, THAT SHE WAS TROUBLED 243 00:10:37,604 --> 00:10:38,136 YOU KNOW, THAT SHE WAS TROUBLED ABOUT REACHING 40. 244 00:10:38,138 --> 00:10:39,170 ABOUT REACHING 40. SHE HAD HAD COSMETIC SURGERY 245 00:10:39,172 --> 00:10:41,906 SHE HAD HAD COSMETIC SURGERY COULD BE A RED FLAG. 246 00:10:41,908 --> 00:10:43,508 COULD BE A RED FLAG. >> Reporter: BRAD AND LISA'S 247 00:10:43,510 --> 00:10:45,644 >> Reporter: BRAD AND LISA'S BROTHER-IN-LAW, PAUL BRYAN, WAS 248 00:10:45,646 --> 00:10:47,779 BROTHER-IN-LAW, PAUL BRYAN, WAS STRICKEN. WHAT DID THEY MISS 249 00:10:47,781 --> 00:10:48,413 STRICKEN. WHAT DID THEY MISS >> ALL THE KIDS LOVED AUNT LISA. 250 00:10:48,415 --> 00:10:51,516 >> ALL THE KIDS LOVED AUNT LISA. SHE WAS JUST FUN 251 00:10:51,518 --> 00:10:52,117 SHE WAS JUST FUN LISA HAD SEEMED SO -- TOGETHER 252 00:10:52,119 --> 00:10:53,652 LISA HAD SEEMED SO -- TOGETHER SHE LOVED FAMILY EVENTS, LOVED 253 00:10:53,654 --> 00:10:55,754 SHE LOVED FAMILY EVENTS, LOVED HAVING KIDS AROUND 254 00:10:55,756 --> 00:10:56,821 HAVING KIDS AROUND >> THERE WAS NEVER A TIME THAT 255 00:10:56,823 --> 00:10:59,457 >> THERE WAS NEVER A TIME THAT LISA DID NOT WANT THE KIDS TO 256 00:10:59,459 --> 00:11:03,228 LISA DID NOT WANT THE KIDS TO SPEND THE NIGHT OR TO STAY AND 257 00:11:03,230 --> 00:11:04,829 SPEND THE NIGHT OR TO STAY AND SHE MIGHT END UP WITH FIVE OR 258 00:11:04,831 --> 00:11:05,897 SHE MIGHT END UP WITH FIVE OR SIX DIFFERENT CHILDREN THAT -- 259 00:11:05,899 --> 00:11:06,464 SIX DIFFERENT CHILDREN THAT -- >> Reporter: UNDER HER ROOF? 260 00:11:06,466 --> 00:11:08,033 >> Reporter: UNDER HER ROOF? >> -- SPENT THE NIGHT AND -- 261 00:11:08,035 --> 00:11:09,601 >> -- SPENT THE NIGHT AND -- >> Reporter: IT WAS FINE WITH 262 00:11:09,603 --> 00:11:10,135 >> Reporter: IT WAS FINE WITH HER? 263 00:11:10,137 --> 00:11:11,236 HER? >> YEAH, YEAH, SHE LOVED IT. 264 00:11:11,238 --> 00:11:11,770 >> YEAH, YEAH, SHE LOVED IT. >> Reporter: BUT NOW THIS 265 00:11:11,772 --> 00:11:13,371 >> Reporter: BUT NOW THIS ACCOMMODATING, FUN-LOVING, WOMAN 266 00:11:13,373 --> 00:11:14,973 ACCOMMODATING, FUN-LOVING, WOMAN WAS DEAD 267 00:11:14,975 --> 00:11:18,677 WAS DEAD IT WAS ALL VERY SHOCKING 268 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:19,744 IT WAS ALL VERY SHOCKING >> AND IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'VE HAD 269 00:11:19,746 --> 00:11:22,414 >> AND IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'VE HAD A LONG ILLNESS OR SOMETHING TO 270 00:11:22,416 --> 00:11:25,083 A LONG ILLNESS OR SOMETHING TO GET PREPARED 271 00:11:25,085 --> 00:11:26,685 GET PREPARED THIS WAS JUST SUDDEN AND - 272 00:11:26,687 --> 00:11:28,253 THIS WAS JUST SUDDEN AND - >> Reporter: YEAH. 273 00:11:28,255 --> 00:11:30,422 >> Reporter: YEAH. THE IDEA THAT SHE WOULD COMMIT 274 00:11:30,424 --> 00:11:33,091 THE IDEA THAT SHE WOULD COMMIT SUICIDE SO ABRUPTLY AND 275 00:11:33,093 --> 00:11:35,226 SUICIDE SO ABRUPTLY AND VIOLENTLY LIKE THAT. 276 00:11:35,228 --> 00:11:38,430 VIOLENTLY LIKE THAT. >> THAT -- WASN'T SOMETHING THAT 277 00:11:38,432 --> 00:11:39,130 >> THAT -- WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE EXPECTED, NO. 278 00:11:39,132 --> 00:11:40,031 WOULD BE EXPECTED, NO. >> Reporter: BUT, OF COURSE, THE 279 00:11:40,033 --> 00:11:42,167 >> Reporter: BUT, OF COURSE, THE ALTERNATIVE WAS REALLY QUITE 280 00:11:42,169 --> 00:11:43,168 ALTERNATIVE WAS REALLY QUITE UNTHINKABLE. 281 00:11:43,170 --> 00:11:43,768 UNTHINKABLE. >> Reporter: DID YOU HAVE ANY 282 00:11:43,770 --> 00:11:44,803 >> Reporter: DID YOU HAVE ANY INKLING, ANY SUSPICION, THAT 283 00:11:44,805 --> 00:11:46,938 INKLING, ANY SUSPICION, THAT BRAD MIGHT HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO 284 00:11:46,940 --> 00:11:49,074 BRAD MIGHT HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS 285 00:11:49,076 --> 00:11:49,607 DO WITH THIS >> I HAD NONE. 286 00:11:49,609 --> 00:11:51,209 >> I HAD NONE. BRAD CALLED ME ON CHRISTMAS 287 00:11:51,211 --> 00:11:53,344 BRAD CALLED ME ON CHRISTMAS MORNING AND YOU COULD TELL HE 288 00:11:53,346 --> 00:11:55,413 MORNING AND YOU COULD TELL HE WAS STILL TERRIBLY DISTRAUGHT. 289 00:11:55,415 --> 00:11:56,047 WAS STILL TERRIBLY DISTRAUGHT. SO THAT MORNING I CAME OVER AND 290 00:11:56,049 --> 00:11:56,581 SO THAT MORNING I CAME OVER AND HE TOLD ME THE WHOLE STORY 291 00:11:56,583 --> 00:12:02,420 HE TOLD ME THE WHOLE STORY AND NO, IT NEVER CROSSED MY 292 00:12:02,422 --> 00:12:03,488 AND NO, IT NEVER CROSSED MY MIND 293 00:12:03,490 --> 00:12:05,090 MIND >> Reporter: IN FACT, AFTER ALL 294 00:12:05,092 --> 00:12:07,459 >> Reporter: IN FACT, AFTER ALL THE LAB TEST RESULTS WERE IN, 295 00:12:07,461 --> 00:12:07,992 THE LAB TEST RESULTS WERE IN, THE DALLAS COUNTY SHERIFF, 296 00:12:07,994 --> 00:12:08,827 THE DALLAS COUNTY SHERIFF, CORONER AND PROSECUTOR ALL 297 00:12:08,829 --> 00:12:11,496 CORONER AND PROSECUTOR ALL OFFICIALLY RULED LISA'S DEATH 298 00:12:11,498 --> 00:12:14,165 OFFICIALLY RULED LISA'S DEATH SUICIDE. 299 00:12:14,167 --> 00:12:16,301 SUICIDE. THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER, THE BUFFALO 300 00:12:16,303 --> 00:12:17,368 THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER, THE BUFFALO REFLEX, QUOTED THE PROSECUTOR, 301 00:12:17,370 --> 00:12:19,571 REFLEX, QUOTED THE PROSECUTOR, WHO SAID, "THERE IS ZERO 302 00:12:19,573 --> 00:12:23,241 WHO SAID, "THERE IS ZERO EVIDENCE TO SHOW OTHERWISE." 303 00:12:23,243 --> 00:12:25,877 EVIDENCE TO SHOW OTHERWISE." >> Reporter: SO YOU HAD NO SENSE 304 00:12:25,879 --> 00:12:28,580 >> Reporter: SO YOU HAD NO SENSE ANYWAY, NO REASON TO THINK IT 305 00:12:28,582 --> 00:12:30,148 ANYWAY, NO REASON TO THINK IT WAS ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT THE 306 00:12:30,150 --> 00:12:31,750 WAS ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT THE CORONER AND THE SHERIFF SAID IT 307 00:12:31,752 --> 00:12:34,419 CORONER AND THE SHERIFF SAID IT WAS? 308 00:12:34,421 --> 00:12:36,554 WAS? >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. 309 00:12:36,556 --> 00:12:37,122 >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. >> Reporter: BUT, THERE WERE 310 00:12:37,124 --> 00:12:41,126 >> Reporter: BUT, THERE WERE OTHERS IN THE FAMILY AND THEY 311 00:12:41,128 --> 00:12:41,493 OTHERS IN THE FAMILY AND THEY WERE NOT SO SURE 312 00:12:41,495 --> 00:12:41,793 WERE NOT SO SURE COMING UP -- 313 00:12:41,795 --> 00:12:42,494 COMING UP -- >> SHE WENT TO THE MISSOURI 314 00:12:42,496 --> 00:12:43,428 >> SHE WENT TO THE MISSOURI HIGHWAY PATROL TO EXPRESS THEIR 315 00:12:43,430 --> 00:12:44,162 HIGHWAY PATROL TO EXPRESS THEIR BELIEF THAT THIS, IN FACT, WAS A 316 00:12:44,164 --> 00:12:45,630 BELIEF THAT THIS, IN FACT, WAS A MURDER 317 00:12:45,632 --> 00:12:47,232 MURDER >> Reporter: AND AN 318 00:12:47,234 --> 00:12:50,969 >> Reporter: AND AN INVESTIGATOR'S PRIME SUSPECT 319 00:12:50,971 --> 00:12:53,071 INVESTIGATOR'S PRIME SUSPECT BRAD JENNINGS. 320 00:12:53,073 --> 00:12:53,638 BRAD JENNINGS. >> HE STARTED ASKING ME 321 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:54,239 >> HE STARTED ASKING ME QUESTIONS ABOUT BRAD, HE GOES, 322 00:12:54,241 --> 00:12:55,240 QUESTIONS ABOUT BRAD, HE GOES, "WHAT DID JENNINGS SAY ABOUT HIS 323 00:12:55,242 --> 00:12:56,841 "WHAT DID JENNINGS SAY ABOUT HIS WIFE HAVING AN AFFAIR? 324 00:12:56,843 --> 00:13:14,092 WIFE HAVING AN AFFAIR? >> Reporter: WHEN "DATELINE" 325 00:13:14,094 --> 00:13:17,295 >> Reporter: WHEN "DATELINE" >> Reporter: IT'S A SWEET LITTLE 326 00:13:17,297 --> 00:13:19,430 >> Reporter: IT'S A SWEET LITTLE PIECE OF AMERICA 327 00:13:19,432 --> 00:13:22,634 PIECE OF AMERICA BUFFALO, MISSOURI. 328 00:13:22,636 --> 00:13:24,903 BUFFALO, MISSOURI. POPULATION THREE THOUSAND OR SO, 329 00:13:24,905 --> 00:13:26,905 POPULATION THREE THOUSAND OR SO, WHERE PEOPLE TEND TO KNOW EACH 330 00:13:26,907 --> 00:13:32,777 WHERE PEOPLE TEND TO KNOW EACH OTHER'S BUSINESS 331 00:13:32,779 --> 00:13:35,547 OTHER'S BUSINESS AND WHERE BRAD COULD HAVE A BEST 332 00:13:35,549 --> 00:13:37,582 AND WHERE BRAD COULD HAVE A BEST FRIEND HE MET WHEN THEY WERE 333 00:13:37,584 --> 00:13:38,082 FRIEND HE MET WHEN THEY WERE BOTH IN DIAPERS. 334 00:13:38,084 --> 00:13:39,150 BOTH IN DIAPERS. SO, OF COURSE, DALE POTTER 335 00:13:39,152 --> 00:13:39,717 SO, OF COURSE, DALE POTTER RUSHED OVER TO SEE BRAD THAT 336 00:13:39,719 --> 00:13:40,185 RUSHED OVER TO SEE BRAD THAT VERY CHRISTMAS MORNING 337 00:13:40,187 --> 00:13:41,219 VERY CHRISTMAS MORNING >> HE JUST KEPT SAYING, "WHY, 338 00:13:41,221 --> 00:13:41,753 >> HE JUST KEPT SAYING, "WHY, DALE 339 00:13:41,755 --> 00:13:42,253 DALE WHY DID SHE DO THIS?” 340 00:13:42,255 --> 00:13:42,854 WHY DID SHE DO THIS?” HE WAS A MESS. 341 00:13:42,856 --> 00:13:43,955 HE WAS A MESS. >> Reporter: ALL THOSE GUNS YOU 342 00:13:43,957 --> 00:13:44,522 >> Reporter: ALL THOSE GUNS YOU SEE IN THE BACKGROUND THERE? 343 00:13:44,524 --> 00:13:47,158 SEE IN THE BACKGROUND THERE? DALE OWNS BUFFALO'S ONLY GUN AND 344 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:47,725 DALE OWNS BUFFALO'S ONLY GUN AND PAWN SHOP. 345 00:13:47,727 --> 00:13:48,793 PAWN SHOP. SO WHEN LISA'S DEATH WAS 346 00:13:48,795 --> 00:13:50,395 SO WHEN LISA'S DEATH WAS DECLARED TO BE SUICIDE, AND THE 347 00:13:50,397 --> 00:13:51,963 DECLARED TO BE SUICIDE, AND THE SHERIFF RETURNED BRAD'S GUN, THE 348 00:13:51,965 --> 00:13:53,565 SHERIFF RETURNED BRAD'S GUN, THE ONE THAT KILLED HER, BRAD CALLED 349 00:13:53,567 --> 00:13:54,632 ONE THAT KILLED HER, BRAD CALLED DALE 350 00:13:54,634 --> 00:13:56,234 DALE >> AND HE SAID, "I DON'T REALLY 351 00:13:56,236 --> 00:13:57,302 >> AND HE SAID, "I DON'T REALLY WANT THE GUN BACK.” 352 00:13:57,304 --> 00:13:58,903 WANT THE GUN BACK.” >> CAN'T IMAGINE WHY HE WOULD. 353 00:13:58,905 --> 00:14:00,505 >> CAN'T IMAGINE WHY HE WOULD. >> HE SAID, "DO YOU WANT IT?” 354 00:14:00,507 --> 00:14:02,106 >> HE SAID, "DO YOU WANT IT?” AND I SAID, "YEAH, I DO.” 355 00:14:02,108 --> 00:14:02,640 AND I SAID, "YEAH, I DO.” I CLEANED IT UP. 356 00:14:02,642 --> 00:14:04,742 I CLEANED IT UP. AND JUST PUT IT IN THE SAFE AND 357 00:14:04,744 --> 00:14:06,377 AND JUST PUT IT IN THE SAFE AND FORGOT ABOUT IT. 358 00:14:06,379 --> 00:14:07,445 FORGOT ABOUT IT. >> Reporter: AND THE FAMILY 359 00:14:07,447 --> 00:14:09,047 >> Reporter: AND THE FAMILY TRIED TO MOVE ON AND DIDN'T PAY 360 00:14:09,049 --> 00:14:12,183 TRIED TO MOVE ON AND DIDN'T PAY MUCH ATTENTION WHEN LACI BEGAN 361 00:14:12,185 --> 00:14:15,053 MUCH ATTENTION WHEN LACI BEGAN SAYING, ODD THINGS 362 00:14:15,055 --> 00:14:16,621 SAYING, ODD THINGS >> YOU KNOW, WHEN MOM WAS 363 00:14:16,623 --> 00:14:18,790 >> YOU KNOW, WHEN MOM WAS MURDERED, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH 364 00:14:18,792 --> 00:14:20,391 MURDERED, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH >> Reporter: MURDERED? 365 00:14:20,393 --> 00:14:21,226 >> Reporter: MURDERED? NOT THAT IT WAS ANYTHING LIKE AN 366 00:14:21,228 --> 00:14:23,595 NOT THAT IT WAS ANYTHING LIKE AN ACCUSATION OR AGGRESSIVE, OR 367 00:14:23,597 --> 00:14:25,196 ACCUSATION OR AGGRESSIVE, OR UNFRIENDLY 368 00:14:25,198 --> 00:14:25,830 UNFRIENDLY >> SHE DIDN'T ACT ANY DIFFERENT 369 00:14:25,832 --> 00:14:26,264 >> SHE DIDN'T ACT ANY DIFFERENT WITH DAD 370 00:14:26,266 --> 00:14:27,832 WITH DAD SHE STILL CAME AROUND. 371 00:14:27,834 --> 00:14:29,367 SHE STILL CAME AROUND. HE STILL HELPED HER. 372 00:14:29,369 --> 00:14:31,035 HE STILL HELPED HER. >> Reporter: BUT, SOMETIMES -- 373 00:14:31,037 --> 00:14:32,604 >> Reporter: BUT, SOMETIMES -- THE SMALLER YOUR TOWN, THE LESS 374 00:14:32,606 --> 00:14:33,104 THE SMALLER YOUR TOWN, THE LESS YOU KNOW ABOUT WHAT YOUR 375 00:14:33,106 --> 00:14:33,671 YOU KNOW ABOUT WHAT YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE SAYING, BEHIND 376 00:14:33,673 --> 00:14:35,840 NEIGHBORS ARE SAYING, BEHIND YOUR BACK. 377 00:14:35,842 --> 00:14:36,908 YOUR BACK. NOTHING IN-YOUR-FACE 378 00:14:36,910 --> 00:14:38,509 NOTHING IN-YOUR-FACE NOTHING LIKE THAT. 379 00:14:38,511 --> 00:14:39,577 NOTHING LIKE THAT. >> IT WAS WAY MORE SUBTLE THAN 380 00:14:39,579 --> 00:14:40,645 >> IT WAS WAY MORE SUBTLE THAN THAT 381 00:14:40,647 --> 00:14:45,950 THAT >> Reporter: HOW DO YOU MEAN 382 00:14:45,952 --> 00:14:47,051 >> Reporter: HOW DO YOU MEAN >> PROBABLY EVERYONE ELSE WAS 383 00:14:47,053 --> 00:14:47,585 >> PROBABLY EVERYONE ELSE WAS TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT THEY 384 00:14:47,587 --> 00:14:48,653 TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT THEY DIDN'T TALK TO US ABOUT IT-- 385 00:14:48,655 --> 00:14:50,588 DIDN'T TALK TO US ABOUT IT-- >> Reporter: NO. 386 00:14:50,590 --> 00:14:51,322 >> Reporter: NO. THEY DIDN'T. 387 00:14:51,324 --> 00:14:52,924 THEY DIDN'T. BUT LISA'S YOUNGER SISTER SHAWN 388 00:14:52,926 --> 00:14:53,458 BUT LISA'S YOUNGER SISTER SHAWN WAS TALKING. 389 00:14:53,460 --> 00:14:54,092 WAS TALKING. >> SHE SAW A ROCKY MARRIAGE AND 390 00:14:54,094 --> 00:14:55,560 >> SHE SAW A ROCKY MARRIAGE AND HER SISTER WOULD NOT BE A PERSON 391 00:14:55,562 --> 00:14:58,763 HER SISTER WOULD NOT BE A PERSON THAT WOULD HAVE COMMITTED 392 00:14:58,765 --> 00:15:00,365 THAT WOULD HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE. 393 00:15:00,367 --> 00:15:07,272 SUICIDE. >> Reporter: THIS IS STEVE 394 00:15:07,274 --> 00:15:11,042 >> Reporter: THIS IS STEVE POKIN, WRITES A COLUMN IN THE 395 00:15:11,044 --> 00:15:11,576 POKIN, WRITES A COLUMN IN THE "SPRINGFIELD NEWS-LEADER," 396 00:15:11,578 --> 00:15:12,210 "SPRINGFIELD NEWS-LEADER," CALLED "POKIN AROUND." 397 00:15:12,212 --> 00:15:12,777 CALLED "POKIN AROUND." WHICH HE DID, AND DISCOVERED 398 00:15:12,779 --> 00:15:13,411 WHICH HE DID, AND DISCOVERED THAT LISA'S SISTER SHAWN -- GOT 399 00:15:13,413 --> 00:15:16,381 THAT LISA'S SISTER SHAWN -- GOT BUSY SOON AFTER THAT DEADLY 400 00:15:16,383 --> 00:15:16,915 BUSY SOON AFTER THAT DEADLY CHRISTMAS MORNING. 401 00:15:16,917 --> 00:15:17,548 CHRISTMAS MORNING. >> IN EARLY JANUARY, SHE WENT TO 402 00:15:17,550 --> 00:15:18,182 >> IN EARLY JANUARY, SHE WENT TO THE OFFICE OF THE MISSOURI STATE 403 00:15:18,184 --> 00:15:19,050 THE OFFICE OF THE MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL TO EXPRESS THEIR 404 00:15:19,052 --> 00:15:20,084 HIGHWAY PATROL TO EXPRESS THEIR BELIEF THAT THIS, IN FACT, WAS A 405 00:15:20,086 --> 00:15:20,618 BELIEF THAT THIS, IN FACT, WAS A MURDER 406 00:15:20,620 --> 00:15:23,821 MURDER >> Reporter: SHE LUCKED INTO A 407 00:15:23,823 --> 00:15:24,389 >> Reporter: SHE LUCKED INTO A HIGHLY EXPERIENCED DETECTIVE 408 00:15:24,391 --> 00:15:25,089 HIGHLY EXPERIENCED DETECTIVE NAMED DAN NASH 409 00:15:25,091 --> 00:15:26,491 NAMED DAN NASH >> LONG-TIME INVESTIGATOR WHO'S 410 00:15:26,493 --> 00:15:28,092 >> LONG-TIME INVESTIGATOR WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED IN -- SEVERAL 411 00:15:28,094 --> 00:15:29,160 BEEN INVOLVED IN -- SEVERAL HIGH-PROFILE MURDER CASES IN THE 412 00:15:29,162 --> 00:15:31,796 HIGH-PROFILE MURDER CASES IN THE OZARKS 413 00:15:31,798 --> 00:15:34,465 OZARKS >> Reporter: AND WHEN SERGEANT 414 00:15:34,467 --> 00:15:39,804 >> Reporter: AND WHEN SERGEANT NASH TOOK ONE LOOK AT THAT FILE, 415 00:15:39,806 --> 00:15:41,406 NASH TOOK ONE LOOK AT THAT FILE, SOMETHING FORENSIC SEEMED OFF. 416 00:15:41,408 --> 00:15:44,075 SOMETHING FORENSIC SEEMED OFF. HE WAS INCLINED TO AGREE WITH 417 00:15:44,077 --> 00:15:45,643 HE WAS INCLINED TO AGREE WITH SHAWN, DIDN'T LIKE SUICIDE AT 418 00:15:45,645 --> 00:15:46,744 SHAWN, DIDN'T LIKE SUICIDE AT ALL. 419 00:15:46,746 --> 00:15:47,779 ALL. >> HE WAS JUST -- STRUCK BY THE 420 00:15:47,781 --> 00:15:48,413 >> HE WAS JUST -- STRUCK BY THE FACT THAT IF, LISA JENNINGS HAD 421 00:15:48,415 --> 00:15:48,980 FACT THAT IF, LISA JENNINGS HAD SHOT HERSELF USING HER RIGHT 422 00:15:48,982 --> 00:15:49,580 SHOT HERSELF USING HER RIGHT HAND THAT THERE WOULD BE MORE 423 00:15:49,582 --> 00:15:50,181 HAND THAT THERE WOULD BE MORE BLOWBACK FROM THAT WOUND THAN 424 00:15:50,183 --> 00:15:50,915 BLOWBACK FROM THAT WOUND THAN ONE DROP OF BLOOD. 425 00:15:50,917 --> 00:15:52,617 ONE DROP OF BLOOD. >> Reporter: THREE MONTHS AFTER 426 00:15:52,619 --> 00:15:53,251 >> Reporter: THREE MONTHS AFTER THAT CHRISTMAS EVE, INVESTIGATOR 427 00:15:53,253 --> 00:15:56,154 THAT CHRISTMAS EVE, INVESTIGATOR NASH DROVE OVER TO BRAD'S FARM, 428 00:15:56,156 --> 00:15:57,422 NASH DROVE OVER TO BRAD'S FARM, TOLD HIM HE WAS LOOKING AT THE 429 00:15:57,424 --> 00:15:58,489 TOLD HIM HE WAS LOOKING AT THE CASE AGAIN 430 00:15:58,491 --> 00:16:02,226 CASE AGAIN >> AND WANTED THE BATHROBE THAT 431 00:16:02,228 --> 00:16:03,294 >> AND WANTED THE BATHROBE THAT MR. JENNINGS WAS WEARING THAT 432 00:16:03,296 --> 00:16:04,362 MR. JENNINGS WAS WEARING THAT NIGHT. 433 00:16:04,364 --> 00:16:06,698 NIGHT. >> Reporter: THE ROBE HE HAD ON 434 00:16:06,700 --> 00:16:07,332 >> Reporter: THE ROBE HE HAD ON WHEN HE SAID HE FOUND LISA DEAD 435 00:16:07,334 --> 00:16:08,633 WHEN HE SAID HE FOUND LISA DEAD AND HELD HER IN HIS ARMS 436 00:16:08,635 --> 00:16:09,701 AND HELD HER IN HIS ARMS >> WHY THREE MONTHS LATER WOULD 437 00:16:09,703 --> 00:16:11,336 >> WHY THREE MONTHS LATER WOULD A BATHROBE BE OF ANY USE AT ALL? 438 00:16:11,338 --> 00:16:12,370 A BATHROBE BE OF ANY USE AT ALL? I'M -- SURELY IT HAD BEEN 439 00:16:12,372 --> 00:16:15,940 I'M -- SURELY IT HAD BEEN CLEANED OR SOMETHING AFTER THIS 440 00:16:15,942 --> 00:16:21,546 CLEANED OR SOMETHING AFTER THIS EVENT? 441 00:16:21,548 --> 00:16:23,681 EVENT? >> APPARENTLY, IT HAD NOT. 442 00:16:23,683 --> 00:16:24,248 >> APPARENTLY, IT HAD NOT. >> OH. 443 00:16:24,250 --> 00:16:24,849 >> OH. >> AND MR. JENNINGS HAD SPENT 444 00:16:24,851 --> 00:16:25,650 >> AND MR. JENNINGS HAD SPENT LITTLE TIME GOING BACK INTO 445 00:16:25,652 --> 00:16:26,384 LITTLE TIME GOING BACK INTO THAT -- BEDROOM FROM -- WHERE 446 00:16:26,386 --> 00:16:26,985 THAT -- BEDROOM FROM -- WHERE FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE HIS WIFE 447 00:16:26,987 --> 00:16:27,385 FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE HIS WIFE HAD TAKEN HER LIFE 448 00:16:27,387 --> 00:16:27,986 HAD TAKEN HER LIFE >> Reporter: SO BRAD GAVE NASH 449 00:16:27,988 --> 00:16:42,367 >> Reporter: SO BRAD GAVE NASH THE BLACK BATHROBE 450 00:16:42,369 --> 00:16:43,034 THE BLACK BATHROBE AND SURE ENOUGH, IT STILL HAD 451 00:16:43,036 --> 00:16:43,434 AND SURE ENOUGH, IT STILL HAD BLOOD ON IT. 452 00:16:43,436 --> 00:16:44,068 BLOOD ON IT. SO THEY RAN SOME TESTS, AND KEPT 453 00:16:44,070 --> 00:16:45,570 SO THEY RAN SOME TESTS, AND KEPT IN TOUCH WITH BRAD 454 00:16:45,572 --> 00:16:46,204 IN TOUCH WITH BRAD >> HE WAS QUESTIONED A COUPLE OF 455 00:16:46,206 --> 00:16:46,637 >> HE WAS QUESTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES. 456 00:16:46,639 --> 00:16:47,271 TIMES. >> Reporter: THEN, A MONTH LATER 457 00:16:47,273 --> 00:16:48,239 >> Reporter: THEN, A MONTH LATER THIS WAS APRIL NOW THE SHERIFF 458 00:16:48,241 --> 00:16:48,840 THIS WAS APRIL NOW THE SHERIFF CAME TO CALL AT DALE POTTER'S 459 00:16:48,842 --> 00:16:49,307 CAME TO CALL AT DALE POTTER'S GUN AND PAWN 460 00:16:49,309 --> 00:16:50,408 GUN AND PAWN >> AND HE SAYS, "I'M HERE TO 461 00:16:50,410 --> 00:16:50,942 >> AND HE SAYS, "I'M HERE TO SEIZE THE JENNINGS GUN.” 462 00:16:50,944 --> 00:16:53,044 SEIZE THE JENNINGS GUN.” >> Reporter: THEN, FEW WEEKS 463 00:16:53,046 --> 00:16:54,078 >> Reporter: THEN, FEW WEEKS AFTER THAT, A GUY IN A T-SHIRT 464 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:55,146 AFTER THAT, A GUY IN A T-SHIRT AND KHAKIS WALKED IN 465 00:16:55,148 --> 00:16:56,214 AND KHAKIS WALKED IN >> TOLD ME HE WAS A SERGEANT 466 00:16:56,216 --> 00:16:57,815 >> TOLD ME HE WAS A SERGEANT WITH A MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY 467 00:16:57,817 --> 00:16:58,416 WITH A MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL, AND HE SAID, "I'M HERE 468 00:16:58,418 --> 00:17:01,252 PATROL, AND HE SAID, "I'M HERE TO INVESTIGATE THE MURDER OF 469 00:17:01,254 --> 00:17:02,120 TO INVESTIGATE THE MURDER OF LISA JENNINGS.” 470 00:17:02,122 --> 00:17:04,255 LISA JENNINGS.” I SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING 471 00:17:04,257 --> 00:17:05,857 I SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, MURDER? 472 00:17:05,859 --> 00:17:07,458 ABOUT, MURDER? IT WAS IN THE PAPER. 473 00:17:07,460 --> 00:17:08,526 IT WAS IN THE PAPER. YOU KNOW 474 00:17:08,528 --> 00:17:09,594 YOU KNOW IT WAS RULED A SUICIDE.” 475 00:17:09,596 --> 00:17:12,063 IT WAS RULED A SUICIDE.” AND HE SAID -- "NO 476 00:17:12,065 --> 00:17:12,463 AND HE SAID -- "NO HE KILLED HER.” 477 00:17:12,465 --> 00:17:13,297 HE KILLED HER.” >> Reporter: BUT THAT WASN'T 478 00:17:13,299 --> 00:17:14,365 >> Reporter: BUT THAT WASN'T ALL. 479 00:17:14,367 --> 00:17:14,899 ALL. >> AND HE GOES, "WHAT DID 480 00:17:14,901 --> 00:17:16,000 >> AND HE GOES, "WHAT DID JENNINGS SAY TO YOU ABOUT HIS 481 00:17:16,002 --> 00:17:20,238 JENNINGS SAY TO YOU ABOUT HIS WIFE HAVING AN AFFAIR?” 482 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:20,872 WIFE HAVING AN AFFAIR?” >> I SAID, "HE NEVER SAID A WORD 483 00:17:20,874 --> 00:17:21,506 >> I SAID, "HE NEVER SAID A WORD ABOUT HIS WIFE HAVING AN AFFAIR. 484 00:17:21,508 --> 00:17:25,576 ABOUT HIS WIFE HAVING AN AFFAIR. WHY? 485 00:17:25,578 --> 00:17:26,110 WHY? WAS SHE?” 486 00:17:26,112 --> 00:17:27,311 WAS SHE?” AND HE SAID, "YES, AND WE CAN 487 00:17:27,313 --> 00:17:27,712 AND HE SAID, "YES, AND WE CAN PROVE IT.” 488 00:17:27,714 --> 00:17:29,313 PROVE IT.” I SAID, "WELL, THAT EXPLAINS A 489 00:17:29,315 --> 00:17:29,847 I SAID, "WELL, THAT EXPLAINS A LOT.” 490 00:17:29,849 --> 00:17:30,982 LOT.” HE SAID, "YOU MEAN, WHY HE 491 00:17:30,984 --> 00:17:34,118 HE SAID, "YOU MEAN, WHY HE KILLED HER?" AND I SAID, "NO.” 492 00:17:34,120 --> 00:17:34,719 KILLED HER?" AND I SAID, "NO.” I SAID, "WHY SHE DID THIS.” 493 00:17:34,721 --> 00:17:35,653 I SAID, "WHY SHE DID THIS.” I SAID, "MAYBE EVERYTHING CAUGHT 494 00:17:35,655 --> 00:17:36,754 I SAID, "MAYBE EVERYTHING CAUGHT UP WITH HER, YOU KNOW?” 495 00:17:36,756 --> 00:17:37,722 UP WITH HER, YOU KNOW?” >> Reporter: MEANING, THOUGHT 496 00:17:37,724 --> 00:17:38,356 >> Reporter: MEANING, THOUGHT DALE, SOMETHING ABOUT THE AFFAIR 497 00:17:38,358 --> 00:17:41,526 DALE, SOMETHING ABOUT THE AFFAIR PUSHED HER OVER THE EDGE 498 00:17:41,528 --> 00:17:42,460 PUSHED HER OVER THE EDGE THEN DALE OFFERED THE SERGEANT A 499 00:17:42,462 --> 00:17:46,297 THEN DALE OFFERED THE SERGEANT A LITTLE FAMILY HISTORY. 500 00:17:46,299 --> 00:17:47,365 LITTLE FAMILY HISTORY. >> I SAID, "YOU DO KNOW, DON'T 501 00:17:47,367 --> 00:17:48,399 >> I SAID, "YOU DO KNOW, DON'T YA, THAT HER DAD KILLED 502 00:17:48,401 --> 00:17:53,771 YA, THAT HER DAD KILLED HISSELF?" AND HE GOES, "YOU'RE 503 00:17:53,773 --> 00:17:54,272 HISSELF?" AND HE GOES, "YOU'RE FULL OF CRAP.” 504 00:17:54,274 --> 00:17:58,042 FULL OF CRAP.” HE SAID, "HER DAD'S ALIVE. 505 00:17:58,044 --> 00:18:00,178 HE SAID, "HER DAD'S ALIVE. AND HE LIVES AT WINDYVILLE.” 506 00:18:00,180 --> 00:18:00,745 AND HE LIVES AT WINDYVILLE.” I SAID, "NO, YOU'RE FULL OF 507 00:18:00,747 --> 00:18:02,513 I SAID, "NO, YOU'RE FULL OF CRAP 508 00:18:02,515 --> 00:18:03,147 CRAP HER STEPDAD LIVES AT WINDYVILLE. 509 00:18:03,149 --> 00:18:03,781 HER STEPDAD LIVES AT WINDYVILLE. HER REAL DAD KILLED HIMSELF OUT 510 00:18:03,783 --> 00:18:04,282 HER REAL DAD KILLED HIMSELF OUT IN KANSAS YEARS AGO.” 511 00:18:04,284 --> 00:18:06,050 IN KANSAS YEARS AGO.” >> Reporter: ANOTHER FAMILY 512 00:18:06,052 --> 00:18:06,551 >> Reporter: ANOTHER FAMILY SUICIDE? 513 00:18:06,553 --> 00:18:07,085 SUICIDE? AN AFFAIR? 514 00:18:07,087 --> 00:18:10,321 AN AFFAIR? JUST WHERE WAS THIS 515 00:18:10,323 --> 00:18:12,457 JUST WHERE WAS THIS INVESTIGATION GOING? 516 00:18:12,459 --> 00:18:15,660 INVESTIGATION GOING? >> Reporter: COMING UP - 517 00:18:15,662 --> 00:18:16,160 >> Reporter: COMING UP - A DETERMINED DETECTIVE - 518 00:18:16,162 --> 00:18:16,794 A DETERMINED DETECTIVE - >> HE LOOKED AT ME AND TOLD ME, 519 00:18:16,796 --> 00:18:18,863 >> HE LOOKED AT ME AND TOLD ME, STRAIGHT UP, "I'VE NEVER BEEN 520 00:18:18,865 --> 00:18:19,564 STRAIGHT UP, "I'VE NEVER BEEN WRONG.” 521 00:18:19,566 --> 00:18:20,998 WRONG.” >> Reporter: AND A CONFUSED 522 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:21,532 >> Reporter: AND A CONFUSED FRIEND 523 00:18:21,534 --> 00:18:22,633 FRIEND WHAT'D YOU THINK 524 00:18:22,635 --> 00:18:23,234 WHAT'D YOU THINK >> I THOUGHT THEY MADE ONE OF 525 00:18:23,236 --> 00:18:46,924 >> I THOUGHT THEY MADE ONE OF THE WORST MISTAKES I'D EVER 526 00:18:46,926 --> 00:18:47,558 THE WORST MISTAKES I'D EVER >> Reporter: PROBABLY EVERYBODY 527 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:49,026 >> Reporter: PROBABLY EVERYBODY IN BUFFALO, MISSOURI, KNEW THAT 528 00:18:49,028 --> 00:18:51,195 IN BUFFALO, MISSOURI, KNEW THAT BRAD JENNINGS, THE APPARENTLY 529 00:18:51,197 --> 00:18:53,331 BRAD JENNINGS, THE APPARENTLY GRIEVING HUSBAND, WAS NOW A 530 00:18:53,333 --> 00:18:53,865 GRIEVING HUSBAND, WAS NOW A MURDER SUSPECT 531 00:18:53,867 --> 00:18:56,000 MURDER SUSPECT EVERYBODY WAITING FOR SOMETHING, 532 00:18:56,002 --> 00:18:57,835 EVERYBODY WAITING FOR SOMETHING, TO HAPPEN. 533 00:18:57,837 --> 00:18:59,737 TO HAPPEN. AND IN JULY 2007, 7 MONTHS AFTER 534 00:18:59,739 --> 00:19:01,305 AND IN JULY 2007, 7 MONTHS AFTER LISA'S DEATH, IT DID 535 00:19:01,307 --> 00:19:03,474 LISA'S DEATH, IT DID >> I GOT ABOUT A MILE FROM HIS 536 00:19:03,476 --> 00:19:06,677 >> I GOT ABOUT A MILE FROM HIS HOUSE, AND TWO OR THREE HIGHWAY 537 00:19:06,679 --> 00:19:07,311 HOUSE, AND TWO OR THREE HIGHWAY PATROL SERGEANTS AND THE SHERIFF 538 00:19:07,313 --> 00:19:08,246 PATROL SERGEANTS AND THE SHERIFF STOPPED HIM AND ARRESTED HIM 539 00:19:08,248 --> 00:19:08,813 STOPPED HIM AND ARRESTED HIM TOOK HIM TO THE COUNTY JAIL. 540 00:19:08,815 --> 00:19:10,381 TOOK HIM TO THE COUNTY JAIL. >> Reporter: WHAT'D YOU THINK? 541 00:19:10,383 --> 00:19:13,050 >> Reporter: WHAT'D YOU THINK? >> I THOUGHT THEY MADE ONE OF 542 00:19:13,052 --> 00:19:13,684 >> I THOUGHT THEY MADE ONE OF THE WORST MISTAKES I'D EVER 543 00:19:13,686 --> 00:19:17,355 THE WORST MISTAKES I'D EVER HEARD OF 544 00:19:17,357 --> 00:19:19,457 HEARD OF >> LATER, WE WERE TOLD THERE 545 00:19:19,459 --> 00:19:21,058 >> LATER, WE WERE TOLD THERE WERE PEOPLE AROUND THAT KNEW IT 546 00:19:21,060 --> 00:19:22,693 WERE PEOPLE AROUND THAT KNEW IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. 547 00:19:22,695 --> 00:19:23,761 WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. >> Reporter: PEOPLE LIKE LISA'S 548 00:19:23,763 --> 00:19:25,997 >> Reporter: PEOPLE LIKE LISA'S SISTER, SHAWN, WHO WENT TO THE 549 00:19:25,999 --> 00:19:26,964 SISTER, SHAWN, WHO WENT TO THE HIGHWAY PATROL IN THE FIRST 550 00:19:26,966 --> 00:19:30,201 HIGHWAY PATROL IN THE FIRST PLACE. 551 00:19:30,203 --> 00:19:30,768 PLACE. AND LISA'S DAUGHTER FROM HER 552 00:19:30,770 --> 00:19:31,202 AND LISA'S DAUGHTER FROM HER FIRST MARRIAGE, LACI 553 00:19:31,204 --> 00:19:33,271 FIRST MARRIAGE, LACI WE ASKED FOR INTERVIEWS. 554 00:19:33,273 --> 00:19:34,972 WE ASKED FOR INTERVIEWS. THEY DECLINED. 555 00:19:34,974 --> 00:19:37,642 THEY DECLINED. >> WHEN MY DAD GOT ARRESTED, 556 00:19:37,644 --> 00:19:38,276 >> WHEN MY DAD GOT ARRESTED, LACI AND SHAWN SHOWED UP AT THE 557 00:19:38,278 --> 00:19:38,876 LACI AND SHAWN SHOWED UP AT THE HOUSE TO PICK ME AND DALLAS UP 558 00:19:38,878 --> 00:19:40,845 HOUSE TO PICK ME AND DALLAS UP AND THEN, MY GRANDMA SHOWED UP 559 00:19:40,847 --> 00:19:42,914 AND THEN, MY GRANDMA SHOWED UP AS WELL TO PICK US UP. 560 00:19:42,916 --> 00:19:43,548 AS WELL TO PICK US UP. AND MY AUNT AND MY GRANDMA KIND 561 00:19:43,550 --> 00:19:43,948 AND MY AUNT AND MY GRANDMA KIND OF GOT INTO IT 562 00:19:43,950 --> 00:19:46,117 OF GOT INTO IT >> Reporter: IT SOUNDS TO ME 563 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:47,218 >> Reporter: IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THAT IS SORT OF THE MOMENT 564 00:19:47,220 --> 00:19:51,989 LIKE THAT IS SORT OF THE MOMENT WHEN THE FAMILY BROKE APART. 565 00:19:51,991 --> 00:19:52,590 WHEN THE FAMILY BROKE APART. >> THAT'S WHEN IT REALLY BLEW 566 00:19:52,592 --> 00:19:53,558 >> THAT'S WHEN IT REALLY BLEW OPEN 567 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:54,659 OPEN THAT'S WHEN, YOU KNOW, LACI QUIT 568 00:19:54,661 --> 00:19:56,794 THAT'S WHEN, YOU KNOW, LACI QUIT COMING AROUND AND EVERYTHING 569 00:19:56,796 --> 00:19:58,362 COMING AROUND AND EVERYTHING JUST FELL APART. 570 00:19:58,364 --> 00:19:59,430 JUST FELL APART. >> Reporter: THAT EVENING, 571 00:19:59,432 --> 00:19:59,997 >> Reporter: THAT EVENING, BRAD'S BROTHER-IN-LAW, PAUL, 572 00:19:59,999 --> 00:20:02,099 BRAD'S BROTHER-IN-LAW, PAUL, WHO'S MARRIED TO LISA'S OTHER 573 00:20:02,101 --> 00:20:04,101 WHO'S MARRIED TO LISA'S OTHER SISTER, SAID HE MET WITH THE 574 00:20:04,103 --> 00:20:04,735 SISTER, SAID HE MET WITH THE HIGHWAY PATROL SERGEANT WHO LED 575 00:20:04,737 --> 00:20:05,136 HIGHWAY PATROL SERGEANT WHO LED THE INVESTIGATION. 576 00:20:05,138 --> 00:20:07,271 THE INVESTIGATION. >> AND I ASKED THE ONE PATROL 577 00:20:07,273 --> 00:20:08,539 >> AND I ASKED THE ONE PATROL OFFICER IF HE'D EVER BEEN WRONG. 578 00:20:08,541 --> 00:20:09,140 OFFICER IF HE'D EVER BEEN WRONG. THAT THERE WAS A SMALL PART OF 579 00:20:09,142 --> 00:20:11,175 THAT THERE WAS A SMALL PART OF ME THAT WISHED OR HOPES THAT HE 580 00:20:11,177 --> 00:20:11,742 ME THAT WISHED OR HOPES THAT HE IS CORRECT 581 00:20:11,744 --> 00:20:16,013 IS CORRECT BECAUSE, IF NOT, HE'S GOING TO 582 00:20:16,015 --> 00:20:17,114 BECAUSE, IF NOT, HE'S GOING TO RUIN A LOT OF PEOPLE'S LIVES 583 00:20:17,116 --> 00:20:18,649 RUIN A LOT OF PEOPLE'S LIVES AND HE LOOKED AT ME AND TOLD ME, 584 00:20:18,651 --> 00:20:19,250 AND HE LOOKED AT ME AND TOLD ME, STRAIGHT UP, "I'VE NEVER BEEN 585 00:20:19,252 --> 00:20:22,920 STRAIGHT UP, "I'VE NEVER BEEN WRONG. 586 00:20:22,922 --> 00:20:24,522 WRONG. >> Reporter: NEVER BEEN WRONG? 587 00:20:24,524 --> 00:20:28,292 >> Reporter: NEVER BEEN WRONG? >> NEVER BEEN WRONG. 588 00:20:28,294 --> 00:20:29,460 >> NEVER BEEN WRONG. >> Reporter: WAS THIS 589 00:20:29,462 --> 00:20:30,928 >> Reporter: WAS THIS INVESTIGATOR DAN NASH? 590 00:20:30,930 --> 00:20:31,562 INVESTIGATOR DAN NASH? >> IT WAS. 591 00:20:31,564 --> 00:20:33,097 >> IT WAS. >> Reporter: BRAD POSTED A 592 00:20:33,099 --> 00:20:37,335 >> Reporter: BRAD POSTED A $1,000,000 BOND AND WAS ALLOWED 593 00:20:37,337 --> 00:20:38,936 $1,000,000 BOND AND WAS ALLOWED TO REMAIN FREE UNTIL HIS TRIAL 594 00:20:38,938 --> 00:20:40,605 TO REMAIN FREE UNTIL HIS TRIAL BRAD'S ATTORNEY SAID THE STATE 595 00:20:40,607 --> 00:20:41,606 BRAD'S ATTORNEY SAID THE STATE HAD NO CASE. 596 00:20:41,608 --> 00:20:42,206 HAD NO CASE. >> AND EVERY TIME THAT I SPOKE 597 00:20:42,208 --> 00:20:44,242 >> AND EVERY TIME THAT I SPOKE WITH HIM, HE SAID, "IT COULDN'T 598 00:20:44,244 --> 00:20:45,109 WITH HIM, HE SAID, "IT COULDN'T GO TO TRIAL. 599 00:20:45,111 --> 00:20:46,377 GO TO TRIAL. HE DIDN'T SAY IT WOULDN'T. 600 00:20:46,379 --> 00:20:47,445 HE DIDN'T SAY IT WOULDN'T. HE SAID IT COULDN'T. 601 00:20:47,447 --> 00:20:52,817 HE SAID IT COULDN'T. >> Reporter: HE WAS STILL SAYING 602 00:20:52,819 --> 00:20:55,453 >> Reporter: HE WAS STILL SAYING THAT THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE TRIAL 603 00:20:55,455 --> 00:20:56,954 THAT THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE TRIAL WAS TO BEGIN IN AUGUST 2009. 604 00:20:56,956 --> 00:20:59,757 WAS TO BEGIN IN AUGUST 2009. >> HE SAID, "WE'LL GO IN THERE 605 00:20:59,759 --> 00:21:00,358 >> HE SAID, "WE'LL GO IN THERE MONDAY MORNING, AND WE'LL SEE 606 00:21:00,360 --> 00:21:01,092 MONDAY MORNING, AND WE'LL SEE WHAT MOTIONS ARE FLYING AROUND." 607 00:21:01,094 --> 00:21:01,626 WHAT MOTIONS ARE FLYING AROUND." >> Reporter: BUT BY MIDDAY 608 00:21:01,628 --> 00:21:04,028 >> Reporter: BUT BY MIDDAY MONDAY, THE JURY WAS PICKED, AND 609 00:21:04,030 --> 00:21:04,729 MONDAY, THE JURY WAS PICKED, AND THE TRIAL BEGAN. 610 00:21:04,731 --> 00:21:06,130 THE TRIAL BEGAN. >> Reporter: HOW SHOCKING WAS 611 00:21:06,132 --> 00:21:08,266 >> Reporter: HOW SHOCKING WAS THAT 612 00:21:08,268 --> 00:21:10,368 THAT >> IT WAS VERY SHOCKING. 613 00:21:10,370 --> 00:21:10,935 >> IT WAS VERY SHOCKING. AND, WE HADN'T BEEN THERE AN 614 00:21:10,937 --> 00:21:11,569 AND, WE HADN'T BEEN THERE AN HOUR UNTIL I WAS GETTING SICK TO 615 00:21:11,571 --> 00:21:13,537 HOUR UNTIL I WAS GETTING SICK TO MY STOMACH JUST LISTENING. 616 00:21:13,539 --> 00:21:16,274 MY STOMACH JUST LISTENING. THE PROSECUTION WAS JUST RUNNING 617 00:21:16,276 --> 00:21:17,875 THE PROSECUTION WAS JUST RUNNING RAMPANT WITH IT. 618 00:21:17,877 --> 00:21:21,078 RAMPANT WITH IT. THAT IS, SAYING TERRIBLE THINGS 619 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:22,680 THAT IS, SAYING TERRIBLE THINGS ABOUT BRAD 620 00:21:22,682 --> 00:21:25,316 ABOUT BRAD AND I WAS WANTING TO JUMP UP AND 621 00:21:25,318 --> 00:21:26,951 AND I WAS WANTING TO JUMP UP AND OBJECT 622 00:21:26,953 --> 00:21:29,620 OBJECT >> Reporter: BECAUSE TO MARSHA, 623 00:21:29,622 --> 00:21:31,722 >> Reporter: BECAUSE TO MARSHA, IT SEEMED LIKE BRAD'S ATTORNEY, 624 00:21:31,724 --> 00:21:35,459 IT SEEMED LIKE BRAD'S ATTORNEY, DARELL DEPUTY, WASN'T OBJECTING 625 00:21:35,461 --> 00:21:36,527 DARELL DEPUTY, WASN'T OBJECTING AT ALL 626 00:21:36,529 --> 00:21:40,464 AT ALL >> MR. DEPUTY WOULDN'T SAY 627 00:21:40,466 --> 00:21:40,998 >> MR. DEPUTY WOULDN'T SAY ANYTHING IN BRAD'S DEFENSE 628 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:41,632 ANYTHING IN BRAD'S DEFENSE >> Reporter: WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO 629 00:21:41,634 --> 00:21:42,400 >> Reporter: WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO BE YOU, SITTING BACK THERE 630 00:21:42,402 --> 00:21:43,968 BE YOU, SITTING BACK THERE WATCHING THAT? 631 00:21:43,970 --> 00:21:44,535 WATCHING THAT? >> IT WAS THE MOST MISERABLE 632 00:21:44,537 --> 00:21:45,603 >> IT WAS THE MOST MISERABLE TIME OF MY LIFE. 633 00:21:45,605 --> 00:21:46,637 TIME OF MY LIFE. AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I COULD 634 00:21:46,639 --> 00:21:47,171 AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I COULD DO 635 00:21:47,173 --> 00:21:47,705 DO I WANTED TO STOP IT, AND I 636 00:21:47,707 --> 00:21:48,272 I WANTED TO STOP IT, AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW. 637 00:21:48,274 --> 00:21:49,040 DIDN'T KNOW HOW. AND MR. DEPUTY WOULD SAY, "IT'S 638 00:21:49,042 --> 00:21:51,475 AND MR. DEPUTY WOULD SAY, "IT'S ALL GOING TO COME TOGETHER 639 00:21:51,477 --> 00:21:53,110 ALL GOING TO COME TOGETHER HERE." 640 00:21:53,112 --> 00:21:56,947 HERE." AND, "DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT." 641 00:21:56,949 --> 00:21:58,416 AND, "DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT." >> Reporter: MAYBE THE ATTORNEY 642 00:21:58,418 --> 00:21:59,950 >> Reporter: MAYBE THE ATTORNEY WAS THINKING OF THE GUNSHOT 643 00:21:59,952 --> 00:22:00,318 WAS THINKING OF THE GUNSHOT RESIDUE, OR GSR. 644 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:01,619 RESIDUE, OR GSR. REMEMBER, THEY FOUND GSR ON 645 00:22:01,621 --> 00:22:03,187 REMEMBER, THEY FOUND GSR ON LISA'S RIGHT HAND, BUT NOT ON 646 00:22:03,189 --> 00:22:04,822 LISA'S RIGHT HAND, BUT NOT ON BRAD'S HANDS, IMPLYING THAT LISA 647 00:22:04,824 --> 00:22:06,957 BRAD'S HANDS, IMPLYING THAT LISA SHOT HERSELF 648 00:22:06,959 --> 00:22:10,161 SHOT HERSELF THE PROSECUTOR HAD AN 649 00:22:10,163 --> 00:22:12,330 THE PROSECUTOR HAD AN EXPLANATION. 650 00:22:12,332 --> 00:22:13,898 EXPLANATION. >> SO THE PROSECUTOR SAYS IT'S A 651 00:22:13,900 --> 00:22:15,499 >> SO THE PROSECUTOR SAYS IT'S A LOGICAL INFERENCE FROM THE FACTS 652 00:22:15,501 --> 00:22:16,100 LOGICAL INFERENCE FROM THE FACTS OF THE CASE THAT MR. JENNINGS, 653 00:22:16,102 --> 00:22:21,339 OF THE CASE THAT MR. JENNINGS, AFTER HE SHOT HIS WIFE, BEFORE 654 00:22:21,341 --> 00:22:24,475 AFTER HE SHOT HIS WIFE, BEFORE HE CALLED 911, HE WASHED HIS 655 00:22:24,477 --> 00:22:26,310 HE CALLED 911, HE WASHED HIS HANDS AND WASHED HIS FOREARMS 656 00:22:26,312 --> 00:22:27,712 HANDS AND WASHED HIS FOREARMS >> Reporter: AND BLOOD EVIDENCE. 657 00:22:27,714 --> 00:22:28,346 >> Reporter: AND BLOOD EVIDENCE. INVESTIGATOR NASH WAS THE EXPERT 658 00:22:28,348 --> 00:22:30,381 INVESTIGATOR NASH WAS THE EXPERT THE STATE PUT UP 659 00:22:30,383 --> 00:22:31,449 THE STATE PUT UP AND HE SAID THAT, IN HIS EXPERT 660 00:22:31,451 --> 00:22:32,083 AND HE SAID THAT, IN HIS EXPERT OPINION, THE WAY SPATTER HIT THE 661 00:22:32,085 --> 00:22:34,652 OPINION, THE WAY SPATTER HIT THE WALL, AND BRAD'S BLACK BATHROBE, 662 00:22:34,654 --> 00:22:35,219 WALL, AND BRAD'S BLACK BATHROBE, AND LISA'S HAND, IT LEFT NO 663 00:22:35,221 --> 00:22:36,253 AND LISA'S HAND, IT LEFT NO DOUBT THAT BRAD FIRED THE FATAL 664 00:22:36,255 --> 00:22:37,188 DOUBT THAT BRAD FIRED THE FATAL SHOT 665 00:22:37,190 --> 00:22:37,855 SHOT BUT WHY WOULD HE DO SUCH A 666 00:22:37,857 --> 00:22:39,990 BUT WHY WOULD HE DO SUCH A THING? 667 00:22:39,992 --> 00:22:41,726 THING? AN AGE-OLD REASON, SAID THE 668 00:22:41,728 --> 00:22:45,363 AN AGE-OLD REASON, SAID THE PROSECUTOR -- LISA WANTED OUT. 669 00:22:45,365 --> 00:22:49,066 PROSECUTOR -- LISA WANTED OUT. >> THE PROSECUTION AT TRIAL 670 00:22:49,068 --> 00:22:51,469 >> THE PROSECUTION AT TRIAL WANTED TO SHOW THAT SHE WAS 671 00:22:51,471 --> 00:22:52,069 WANTED TO SHOW THAT SHE WAS INTENT ON LEAVING HIM, AND SHE 672 00:22:52,071 --> 00:22:55,272 INTENT ON LEAVING HIM, AND SHE HAD AN APPLICATION AT AN 673 00:22:55,274 --> 00:22:57,641 HAD AN APPLICATION AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX WHERE LACI HAD 674 00:22:57,643 --> 00:23:00,845 APARTMENT COMPLEX WHERE LACI HAD LIVED. 675 00:23:00,847 --> 00:23:02,012 LIVED. >> Reporter: LISA WOULDN'T END 676 00:23:02,014 --> 00:23:03,447 >> Reporter: LISA WOULDN'T END HER LIFE, SAID THE STATE, 677 00:23:03,449 --> 00:23:04,048 HER LIFE, SAID THE STATE, BECAUSE SHE WAS BUSY IMPROVING 678 00:23:04,050 --> 00:23:05,783 BECAUSE SHE WAS BUSY IMPROVING IT 679 00:23:05,785 --> 00:23:08,786 IT SHE HAD BOUGHT NICE CLOTHES, HAD 680 00:23:08,788 --> 00:23:10,354 SHE HAD BOUGHT NICE CLOTHES, HAD RECENTLY HAD COSMETIC SURGERY. 681 00:23:10,356 --> 00:23:11,856 RECENTLY HAD COSMETIC SURGERY. >> THE STATE PRESENTED WITNESSES 682 00:23:11,858 --> 00:23:13,090 >> THE STATE PRESENTED WITNESSES THAT SAID SHE WAS IN GOOD 683 00:23:13,092 --> 00:23:15,192 THAT SAID SHE WAS IN GOOD SPIRITS. 684 00:23:15,194 --> 00:23:16,827 SPIRITS. AND IT'S UNLIKELY THAT SOMEONE 685 00:23:16,829 --> 00:23:18,362 AND IT'S UNLIKELY THAT SOMEONE WHO HAS COSMETIC SURGERY AND IS 686 00:23:18,364 --> 00:23:19,463 WHO HAS COSMETIC SURGERY AND IS FEELING GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES 687 00:23:19,465 --> 00:23:21,132 FEELING GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES WOULD TAKE THEIR LIVES 688 00:23:21,134 --> 00:23:21,766 WOULD TAKE THEIR LIVES >> Reporter: THE DEFENSE DIDN'T 689 00:23:21,768 --> 00:23:23,200 >> Reporter: THE DEFENSE DIDN'T MENTION THAT LISA'S FATHER 690 00:23:23,202 --> 00:23:25,636 MENTION THAT LISA'S FATHER COMMITTED SUICIDE. 691 00:23:25,638 --> 00:23:27,505 COMMITTED SUICIDE. OR THAT SHE, HERSELF, ATTEMPTED 692 00:23:27,507 --> 00:23:28,539 OR THAT SHE, HERSELF, ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL, NO 693 00:23:28,541 --> 00:23:30,674 SUICIDE BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL, NO SECRET IN TOWN BACK THEN 694 00:23:30,676 --> 00:23:34,912 SECRET IN TOWN BACK THEN AND NOBODY BROUGHT UP THE RUMOR 695 00:23:34,914 --> 00:23:36,013 AND NOBODY BROUGHT UP THE RUMOR THAT LISA WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR 696 00:23:36,015 --> 00:23:38,682 THAT LISA WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR BUT, ONE CURIOUS THING DID COME 697 00:23:38,684 --> 00:23:40,284 BUT, ONE CURIOUS THING DID COME UP 698 00:23:40,286 --> 00:23:40,851 UP THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY, IN HIS 699 00:23:40,853 --> 00:23:43,988 THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY, IN HIS CLOSING ARGUMENT, MADE A RATHER 700 00:23:43,990 --> 00:23:45,089 CLOSING ARGUMENT, MADE A RATHER FASCINATING POINT ABOUT THE 701 00:23:45,091 --> 00:23:47,758 FASCINATING POINT ABOUT THE BATHROBE BRAD WAS WEARING WHEN 702 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:48,292 BATHROBE BRAD WAS WEARING WHEN LISA WAS SHOT. 703 00:23:48,294 --> 00:23:49,226 LISA WAS SHOT. >> THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY, IN HIS 704 00:23:49,228 --> 00:23:49,827 >> THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY, IN HIS CLOSING ARGUMENT, SAID, "THEY 705 00:23:49,829 --> 00:23:52,029 CLOSING ARGUMENT, SAID, "THEY HAD THIS THING FOR TWO YEARS 706 00:23:52,031 --> 00:23:53,097 HAD THIS THING FOR TWO YEARS I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DIDN'T 707 00:23:53,099 --> 00:23:53,731 I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DIDN'T TEST IT FOR GUNSHOT RESIDUE, BUT 708 00:23:53,733 --> 00:23:55,166 TEST IT FOR GUNSHOT RESIDUE, BUT THEY DIDN'T. 709 00:23:55,168 --> 00:23:57,334 THEY DIDN'T. SO WE COULD WRAP THIS UP IN A 710 00:23:57,336 --> 00:23:58,936 SO WE COULD WRAP THIS UP IN A HEARTBEAT, WHETHER HE DID IT OR 711 00:23:58,938 --> 00:23:59,537 HEARTBEAT, WHETHER HE DID IT OR NOT, IF THEY HAD TESTED THAT." 712 00:23:59,539 --> 00:24:02,106 NOT, IF THEY HAD TESTED THAT." NOW THAT WAS INTERESTING 713 00:24:02,108 --> 00:24:03,741 NOW THAT WAS INTERESTING AND A VERY GOOD POINT. 714 00:24:03,743 --> 00:24:08,546 AND A VERY GOOD POINT. AFTER ALL, IF THEY FOUND RESIDUE 715 00:24:08,548 --> 00:24:10,147 AFTER ALL, IF THEY FOUND RESIDUE ON THE BATHROBE, IT WOULD 716 00:24:10,149 --> 00:24:12,283 ON THE BATHROBE, IT WOULD CERTAINLY POINT RIGHT AT BRAD. 717 00:24:12,285 --> 00:24:12,750 CERTAINLY POINT RIGHT AT BRAD. BUT THE MOMENT PASSED. 718 00:24:12,752 --> 00:24:13,451 BUT THE MOMENT PASSED. THE CASE WENT TO THE JURY. 719 00:24:13,453 --> 00:24:17,621 THE CASE WENT TO THE JURY. AND 2 HOURS AND 24 MINUTES 720 00:24:17,623 --> 00:24:18,656 AND 2 HOURS AND 24 MINUTES LATER, THEY FOUND BRAD GUILTY OF 721 00:24:18,658 --> 00:24:19,757 LATER, THEY FOUND BRAD GUILTY OF MURDER 722 00:24:19,759 --> 00:24:20,791 MURDER AND WHERE ELSE WOULD THIS 723 00:24:20,793 --> 00:24:21,725 AND WHERE ELSE WOULD THIS HAPPEN 724 00:24:21,727 --> 00:24:22,960 HAPPEN THEY LET HIM GO HOME ONE LAST 725 00:24:22,962 --> 00:24:23,527 THEY LET HIM GO HOME ONE LAST NIGHT BEFORE THE SENTENCING 726 00:24:23,529 --> 00:24:27,198 NIGHT BEFORE THE SENTENCING BEGAN THE FOLLOWING DAY. 727 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:30,401 BEGAN THE FOLLOWING DAY. >> AND THE NEXT MORNING -- 728 00:24:30,403 --> 00:24:31,502 >> AND THE NEXT MORNING -- HE ASKED ME TO DRIVE HIM BACK. 729 00:24:31,504 --> 00:24:36,807 HE ASKED ME TO DRIVE HIM BACK. AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE 730 00:24:36,809 --> 00:24:38,409 AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT THINGS I'VE EVER 731 00:24:38,411 --> 00:24:39,477 MOST DIFFICULT THINGS I'VE EVER HAD TO DO. 732 00:24:39,479 --> 00:24:40,811 HAD TO DO. >> Reporter: DID YOU WANT TO 733 00:24:40,813 --> 00:24:41,412 >> Reporter: DID YOU WANT TO JUST SAY, "LET'S GO SOMEWHERE 734 00:24:41,414 --> 00:24:41,679 JUST SAY, "LET'S GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, BRAD 735 00:24:41,681 --> 00:24:43,747 ELSE, BRAD LET'S JUST DRIVE TO MEXICO OR 736 00:24:43,749 --> 00:24:44,281 LET'S JUST DRIVE TO MEXICO OR SOMETHING" 737 00:24:44,283 --> 00:24:50,654 SOMETHING" >> NO. 738 00:24:50,656 --> 00:24:51,689 >> NO. THAT'S NOT WHO WE ARE. 739 00:24:51,691 --> 00:24:55,459 THAT'S NOT WHO WE ARE. AND I TOLD HIM THAT I WOULD 740 00:24:55,461 --> 00:24:57,061 AND I TOLD HIM THAT I WOULD FIGHT WITH EVERYTHING I HAD IN 741 00:24:57,063 --> 00:24:58,362 FIGHT WITH EVERYTHING I HAD IN ME TO CORRECT IT 742 00:24:58,364 --> 00:24:58,996 ME TO CORRECT IT >> Reporter: BUT WHAT COULD ONE 743 00:24:58,998 --> 00:24:59,697 >> Reporter: BUT WHAT COULD ONE LONE WOMAN DO? 744 00:24:59,699 --> 00:25:06,670 LONE WOMAN DO? NO LEGAL TRAINING. 745 00:25:06,672 --> 00:25:07,471 NO LEGAL TRAINING. NO CONTACTS. 746 00:25:07,473 --> 00:25:07,705 NO CONTACTS. NO PULL. 747 00:25:07,707 --> 00:25:08,272 NO PULL. WHAT INDEED. 748 00:25:08,274 --> 00:25:08,839 WHAT INDEED. COMING UP, A SEARCH FOR THE 749 00:25:08,841 --> 00:25:10,441 COMING UP, A SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH -- 750 00:25:10,443 --> 00:25:11,642 TRUTH -- >> IT WAS OBVIOUS THERE WAS 751 00:25:11,644 --> 00:25:15,212 >> IT WAS OBVIOUS THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT JUST WASN'T 752 00:25:15,214 --> 00:25:15,713 SOMETHING THAT JUST WASN'T RIGHT. 753 00:25:15,715 --> 00:25:16,514 RIGHT. >> Reporter: -- AND MISSING 754 00:25:16,516 --> 00:25:17,348 >> Reporter: -- AND MISSING EVIDENCE 755 00:25:17,350 --> 00:25:17,781 EVIDENCE >> I TOOK THE PHOTO. 756 00:25:17,783 --> 00:25:18,849 >> I TOOK THE PHOTO. I TEXTED IT TO DWIGHT AND JUST 757 00:25:18,851 --> 00:25:36,033 I TEXTED IT TO DWIGHT AND JUST SAID, "JACKPOT." 758 00:25:36,035 --> 00:25:37,101 SAID, "JACKPOT." >> Reporter: THE DAY AFTER 759 00:25:37,103 --> 00:25:39,770 >> Reporter: THE DAY AFTER BRAD JENNINGS WAS CONVICTED OF 760 00:25:39,772 --> 00:25:41,605 BRAD JENNINGS WAS CONVICTED OF MURDERING HIS WIFE, LISA, HE 761 00:25:41,607 --> 00:25:43,541 MURDERING HIS WIFE, LISA, HE DUTIFULLY RETURNED TO COURT FOR 762 00:25:43,543 --> 00:25:44,174 DUTIFULLY RETURNED TO COURT FOR SENTENCING 763 00:25:44,176 --> 00:25:52,049 SENTENCING HE GOT 25 YEARS, AND THEY LED 764 00:25:52,051 --> 00:25:52,550 HE GOT 25 YEARS, AND THEY LED HIM AWAY 765 00:25:52,552 --> 00:25:53,651 HIM AWAY ON A DAY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN, 766 00:25:53,653 --> 00:25:54,318 ON A DAY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN, OTHERWISE, AUSPICIOUS. 767 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:54,952 OTHERWISE, AUSPICIOUS. >> THAT WAS MY FIRST DAY OF HIGH 768 00:25:54,954 --> 00:25:56,253 >> THAT WAS MY FIRST DAY OF HIGH SCHOOL 769 00:25:56,255 --> 00:25:57,054 SCHOOL >> Reporter: DID EITHER OF YOU 770 00:25:57,056 --> 00:25:57,888 >> Reporter: DID EITHER OF YOU EVER THINK MAYBE, HE DID KILL 771 00:25:57,890 --> 00:26:00,057 EVER THINK MAYBE, HE DID KILL HER? 772 00:26:00,059 --> 00:26:00,558 HER? >> NOT EVEN ONCE 773 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:02,192 >> NOT EVEN ONCE >> IF YOU KNOW HIM EVEN, LIKE, 774 00:26:02,194 --> 00:26:03,761 >> IF YOU KNOW HIM EVEN, LIKE, AT ALL, HE'S JUST NOT THAT KIND 775 00:26:03,763 --> 00:26:05,362 AT ALL, HE'S JUST NOT THAT KIND OF PERSON. 776 00:26:05,364 --> 00:26:06,430 OF PERSON. >> Reporter: TRUE, SAID BRAD'S 777 00:26:06,432 --> 00:26:06,931 >> Reporter: TRUE, SAID BRAD'S BIG SISTER MARSHA. 778 00:26:06,933 --> 00:26:07,965 BIG SISTER MARSHA. AND SO SHE DECIDED, SHE HAD TO 779 00:26:07,967 --> 00:26:08,599 AND SO SHE DECIDED, SHE HAD TO DO EVERYTHING SHE COULD TO HELP 780 00:26:08,601 --> 00:26:10,167 DO EVERYTHING SHE COULD TO HELP HIM. 781 00:26:10,169 --> 00:26:11,769 HIM. WASN'T EASY. 782 00:26:11,771 --> 00:26:13,370 WASN'T EASY. >> Reporter: BECAUSE HE HAD TWO 783 00:26:13,372 --> 00:26:14,004 >> Reporter: BECAUSE HE HAD TWO KIDS WHO NEEDED TO BE CARED FOR. 784 00:26:14,006 --> 00:26:17,074 KIDS WHO NEEDED TO BE CARED FOR. HE HAD PAYMENTS THAT HAD TO BE 785 00:26:17,076 --> 00:26:20,811 HE HAD PAYMENTS THAT HAD TO BE MADE ON THE HOUSE, ON THE FARM, 786 00:26:20,813 --> 00:26:21,879 MADE ON THE HOUSE, ON THE FARM, ON THE CARS, ON THE -- HE HAD A 787 00:26:21,881 --> 00:26:26,684 ON THE CARS, ON THE -- HE HAD A BUSINESS THAT HAD TO BE WRAPPED 788 00:26:26,686 --> 00:26:30,454 BUSINESS THAT HAD TO BE WRAPPED UP 789 00:26:30,456 --> 00:26:31,989 UP AND HE HAD THIS HUGE PROBLEM OF 790 00:26:31,991 --> 00:26:33,424 AND HE HAD THIS HUGE PROBLEM OF HAVING BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME 791 00:26:33,426 --> 00:26:34,024 HAVING BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME YOU DIDN'T THINK HE COMMITTED. 792 00:26:34,026 --> 00:26:35,759 YOU DIDN'T THINK HE COMMITTED. SO WHAT DOES A PERSON DO IN A 793 00:26:35,761 --> 00:26:37,361 SO WHAT DOES A PERSON DO IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT? 794 00:26:37,363 --> 00:26:37,828 SITUATION LIKE THAT? >> I HAD NO IDEA 795 00:26:37,830 --> 00:26:38,929 >> I HAD NO IDEA I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO 796 00:26:38,931 --> 00:26:40,064 I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START. 797 00:26:40,066 --> 00:26:41,098 START. >> Reporter: BUT SHE KNEW SHE 798 00:26:41,100 --> 00:26:42,299 >> Reporter: BUT SHE KNEW SHE NEEDED A BETTER INCOME, SO SHE 799 00:26:42,301 --> 00:26:46,437 NEEDED A BETTER INCOME, SO SHE FOUND A JOB THAT PAID MORE, BUT 800 00:26:46,439 --> 00:26:50,174 FOUND A JOB THAT PAID MORE, BUT REQUIRED CONSTANT TRAVEL 801 00:26:50,176 --> 00:26:53,377 REQUIRED CONSTANT TRAVEL >> I COME HOME ON THURSDAY NIGHT 802 00:26:53,379 --> 00:26:55,646 >> I COME HOME ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND LEAVE SUNDAY 803 00:26:55,648 --> 00:26:56,580 AND LEAVE SUNDAY >> Reporter: AND IN THE TIME 804 00:26:56,582 --> 00:26:57,648 >> Reporter: AND IN THE TIME YOU'RE HOME, YOU WASH YOUR 805 00:26:57,650 --> 00:26:58,282 YOU'RE HOME, YOU WASH YOUR CLOTHES, SAY HI TO THE KIDS, GO 806 00:26:58,284 --> 00:26:59,783 CLOTHES, SAY HI TO THE KIDS, GO INTO THE PRISON, SEE BRAD, AND 807 00:26:59,785 --> 00:27:00,851 INTO THE PRISON, SEE BRAD, AND GET BACK ON THE PLANE AGAIN. 808 00:27:00,853 --> 00:27:03,621 GET BACK ON THE PLANE AGAIN. >> YEAH. 809 00:27:03,623 --> 00:27:04,221 >> YEAH. >> Reporter: THE FIRST APPEAL, 810 00:27:04,223 --> 00:27:05,122 >> Reporter: THE FIRST APPEAL, CLAIMED BRAD HAD INADEQUATE 811 00:27:05,124 --> 00:27:07,458 CLAIMED BRAD HAD INADEQUATE REPRESENTATION AT TRIAL. 812 00:27:07,460 --> 00:27:08,292 REPRESENTATION AT TRIAL. >> I THOUGHT THAT WAS A 813 00:27:08,294 --> 00:27:15,232 >> I THOUGHT THAT WAS A NO-BRAINER 814 00:27:15,234 --> 00:27:18,435 NO-BRAINER >> Reporter: BUT IT FAILED, 815 00:27:18,437 --> 00:27:19,903 >> Reporter: BUT IT FAILED, APPEALS COURT DIDN'T AGREE 816 00:27:19,905 --> 00:27:20,404 APPEALS COURT DIDN'T AGREE AND BRAD'S TRIAL LAWYER, 817 00:27:20,406 --> 00:27:21,005 AND BRAD'S TRIAL LAWYER, DARRELL DEPUTY, SAID HE SERVED 818 00:27:21,007 --> 00:27:21,639 DARRELL DEPUTY, SAID HE SERVED BRAD WELL. 819 00:27:21,641 --> 00:27:22,172 BRAD WELL. ANYWAY, MARSHA HIRED MORE 820 00:27:22,174 --> 00:27:25,909 ANYWAY, MARSHA HIRED MORE ATTORNEYS. 821 00:27:25,911 --> 00:27:26,443 ATTORNEYS. BUT -- 822 00:27:26,445 --> 00:27:27,911 BUT -- >> I COULDN'T GET THEM TO TALK 823 00:27:27,913 --> 00:27:28,545 >> I COULDN'T GET THEM TO TALK TO ME. 824 00:27:28,547 --> 00:27:29,613 TO ME. I COULDN'T GET THEM TO ANSWER A 825 00:27:29,615 --> 00:27:32,249 I COULDN'T GET THEM TO ANSWER A QUESTION 826 00:27:32,251 --> 00:27:33,917 QUESTION I COULDN'T GET THEM TO CALL ME 827 00:27:33,919 --> 00:27:34,418 I COULDN'T GET THEM TO CALL ME BACK 828 00:27:34,420 --> 00:27:35,185 BACK >> Reporter: DID THEY SEND YOU A 829 00:27:35,187 --> 00:27:36,020 >> Reporter: DID THEY SEND YOU A BILL 830 00:27:36,022 --> 00:27:37,054 BILL >> ABSOLUTELY. 831 00:27:37,056 --> 00:27:38,155 >> ABSOLUTELY. I'VE GOT LOTS OF BILLS 832 00:27:38,157 --> 00:27:38,989 I'VE GOT LOTS OF BILLS >> Reporter: THIS WENT ON FOR 833 00:27:38,991 --> 00:27:39,723 >> Reporter: THIS WENT ON FOR MONTHS 834 00:27:39,725 --> 00:27:41,358 MONTHS YEARS. 835 00:27:41,360 --> 00:27:43,994 YEARS. SHE HEARD ABOUT A PRIVATE 836 00:27:43,996 --> 00:27:45,629 SHE HEARD ABOUT A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR NAMED 837 00:27:45,631 --> 00:27:46,630 INVESTIGATOR NAMED DWIGHT MCNEIL, HER THEN-ATTORNEY 838 00:27:46,632 --> 00:27:49,366 DWIGHT MCNEIL, HER THEN-ATTORNEY TOLD HER, "DON'T CALL HIM. 839 00:27:49,368 --> 00:27:54,171 TOLD HER, "DON'T CALL HIM. >> SO I SAT ON IT FOR A LITTLE 840 00:27:54,173 --> 00:27:55,773 >> SO I SAT ON IT FOR A LITTLE BIT. 841 00:27:55,775 --> 00:27:57,908 BIT. AND I WAS HAVING A REALLY BAD 842 00:27:57,910 --> 00:27:58,375 AND I WAS HAVING A REALLY BAD DAY AND I CALLED 843 00:27:58,377 --> 00:28:02,713 DAY AND I CALLED AND DWIGHT PICKED UP THE PHONE 844 00:28:02,715 --> 00:28:05,883 AND DWIGHT PICKED UP THE PHONE AND I JUST STARTED CRYING, 845 00:28:05,885 --> 00:28:08,585 AND I JUST STARTED CRYING, 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN SO LONG THAT -- 846 00:28:08,587 --> 00:28:10,187 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN SO LONG THAT -- SINCE ANYONE I HAD CALLED 847 00:28:10,189 --> 00:28:11,722 SINCE ANYONE I HAD CALLED ANSWERED ME. 848 00:28:11,724 --> 00:28:12,823 ANSWERED ME. >> Reporter: AND HE DID LISTEN 849 00:28:12,825 --> 00:28:13,857 >> Reporter: AND HE DID LISTEN BUT -- 850 00:28:13,859 --> 00:28:15,492 BUT -- >> I TOLD HER I WOULDN'T LOOK AT 851 00:28:15,494 --> 00:28:17,594 >> I TOLD HER I WOULDN'T LOOK AT THE CASE 852 00:28:17,596 --> 00:28:18,696 THE CASE >> Reporter: DWIGHT WAS A FORMER 853 00:28:18,698 --> 00:28:22,433 >> Reporter: DWIGHT WAS A FORMER SHERIFF. 854 00:28:22,435 --> 00:28:23,267 SHERIFF. HE TOLD HER HIS JOB WAS CATCHING 855 00:28:23,269 --> 00:28:24,034 HE TOLD HER HIS JOB WAS CATCHING BAD GUYS, NOT GETTING THEM OUT 856 00:28:24,036 --> 00:28:24,568 BAD GUYS, NOT GETTING THEM OUT OF PRISON. 857 00:28:24,570 --> 00:28:27,771 OF PRISON. BUT, MARSHA PERSISTED. 858 00:28:27,773 --> 00:28:32,576 BUT, MARSHA PERSISTED. AND SO HE AGREED TO SEE HER IN 859 00:28:32,578 --> 00:28:35,245 AND SO HE AGREED TO SEE HER IN PERSON 860 00:28:35,247 --> 00:28:38,449 PERSON >> I EXPLAINED TO HER THAT IF I 861 00:28:38,451 --> 00:28:40,050 >> I EXPLAINED TO HER THAT IF I CONCLUDED FROM MY REVIEW OF THE 862 00:28:40,052 --> 00:28:40,684 CONCLUDED FROM MY REVIEW OF THE FILE THAT THERE WAS ANY BASIS AT 863 00:28:40,686 --> 00:28:41,318 FILE THAT THERE WAS ANY BASIS AT ALL TO BELIEVE THAT MR. JENNINGS 864 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:42,686 ALL TO BELIEVE THAT MR. JENNINGS HAD MURDERED HIS WIFE, THAT I 865 00:28:42,688 --> 00:28:43,253 HAD MURDERED HIS WIFE, THAT I WOULD USE WHATEVER INFLUENCE 866 00:28:43,255 --> 00:28:44,288 WOULD USE WHATEVER INFLUENCE AND -- WHATEVER PRESSURE I COULD 867 00:28:44,290 --> 00:28:44,922 AND -- WHATEVER PRESSURE I COULD TO MAKE SURE HE STAYED IN PRISON 868 00:28:44,924 --> 00:28:45,355 TO MAKE SURE HE STAYED IN PRISON THE REST OF HIS LIFE 869 00:28:45,357 --> 00:28:45,989 THE REST OF HIS LIFE >> Reporter: YOU COULD ACCEPT A 870 00:28:45,991 --> 00:28:48,325 >> Reporter: YOU COULD ACCEPT A DEAL LIKE THAT 871 00:28:48,327 --> 00:28:48,726 DEAL LIKE THAT >> YES, ABSOLUTELY 872 00:28:48,728 --> 00:28:50,160 >> YES, ABSOLUTELY >> Reporter: SO, DWIGHT SCANNED 873 00:28:50,162 --> 00:28:50,694 >> Reporter: SO, DWIGHT SCANNED THE FILE 874 00:28:50,696 --> 00:28:52,830 THE FILE JUST A QUICK LOOK AND -- THIS 875 00:28:52,832 --> 00:28:54,431 JUST A QUICK LOOK AND -- THIS WAS STRANGE. 876 00:28:54,433 --> 00:28:58,168 WAS STRANGE. >> IT WAS OBVIOUS THERE WAS 877 00:28:58,170 --> 00:28:58,702 >> IT WAS OBVIOUS THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT JUST WASN'T 878 00:28:58,704 --> 00:29:01,338 SOMETHING THAT JUST WASN'T RIGHT. 879 00:29:01,340 --> 00:29:02,906 RIGHT. >> Reporter: REMEMBER WHAT THE 880 00:29:02,908 --> 00:29:03,674 >> Reporter: REMEMBER WHAT THE TRIAL ATTORNEY SAID ABOUT THE 881 00:29:03,676 --> 00:29:05,109 TRIAL ATTORNEY SAID ABOUT THE BLACK BATHROBE, TOO BAD THEY 882 00:29:05,111 --> 00:29:05,843 BLACK BATHROBE, TOO BAD THEY DIDN'T TEST IT FOR "GSR," 883 00:29:05,845 --> 00:29:08,812 DIDN'T TEST IT FOR "GSR," GUNSHOT RESIDUE? 884 00:29:08,814 --> 00:29:10,447 GUNSHOT RESIDUE? DWIGHT, WITH HIS YEARS IN LAW 885 00:29:10,449 --> 00:29:13,650 DWIGHT, WITH HIS YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, LIT UP WHEN HE SAW 886 00:29:13,652 --> 00:29:16,286 ENFORCEMENT, LIT UP WHEN HE SAW THAT 887 00:29:16,288 --> 00:29:17,855 THAT THEY MUST HAVE TESTED THE ROBE 888 00:29:17,857 --> 00:29:18,956 THEY MUST HAVE TESTED THE ROBE >> THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TESTED 889 00:29:18,958 --> 00:29:19,656 >> THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR GSR ALL THE WAY UP THE RIGHT 890 00:29:19,658 --> 00:29:22,159 FOR GSR ALL THE WAY UP THE RIGHT SLEEVE 891 00:29:22,161 --> 00:29:24,862 SLEEVE >> Reporter: SURE. 892 00:29:24,864 --> 00:29:27,531 >> Reporter: SURE. >> IF -- IF HE'D FIRED THE GUN, 893 00:29:27,533 --> 00:29:30,167 >> IF -- IF HE'D FIRED THE GUN, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN GSR ON 894 00:29:30,169 --> 00:29:32,302 THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN GSR ON THAT ROBE. 895 00:29:32,304 --> 00:29:35,506 THAT ROBE. NO SUCH REPORT EXISTED FOR THE 896 00:29:35,508 --> 00:29:36,106 NO SUCH REPORT EXISTED FOR THE TESTING OF THAT SLEEVE OF THAT 897 00:29:36,108 --> 00:29:36,774 TESTING OF THAT SLEEVE OF THAT ROBE IN THE FILE 898 00:29:36,776 --> 00:29:37,374 ROBE IN THE FILE >> Reporter: DIDN'T MAKE SENSE 899 00:29:37,376 --> 00:29:38,008 >> Reporter: DIDN'T MAKE SENSE DWIGHT BEGAN WORKING WITH LAWYER 900 00:29:38,010 --> 00:29:39,243 DWIGHT BEGAN WORKING WITH LAWYER LINDSEY PHOENIX, WHO REQUESTED 901 00:29:39,245 --> 00:29:40,310 LINDSEY PHOENIX, WHO REQUESTED COPIES OF ALL THE LAB REPORTS 902 00:29:40,312 --> 00:29:41,378 COPIES OF ALL THE LAB REPORTS FROM THE HIGHWAY PATROL'S CRIME 903 00:29:41,380 --> 00:29:41,912 FROM THE HIGHWAY PATROL'S CRIME LAB. 904 00:29:41,914 --> 00:29:44,047 LAB. >> I GOT A LOVELY LETTER FROM 905 00:29:44,049 --> 00:29:45,616 >> I GOT A LOVELY LETTER FROM THEM SAYING, "HERE YOU GO. 906 00:29:45,618 --> 00:29:47,251 THEM SAYING, "HERE YOU GO. HERE'S EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE." 907 00:29:47,253 --> 00:29:48,819 HERE'S EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE." AND IT INCLUDED EVERY TEST, 908 00:29:48,821 --> 00:29:49,887 AND IT INCLUDED EVERY TEST, EXCEPT FOR THE ONE THAT I WAS 909 00:29:49,889 --> 00:29:50,420 EXCEPT FOR THE ONE THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. 910 00:29:50,422 --> 00:29:51,021 LOOKING FOR. >> Reporter: BUT, IT HAD TO BE 911 00:29:51,023 --> 00:29:51,488 >> Reporter: BUT, IT HAD TO BE THERE. 912 00:29:51,490 --> 00:29:53,090 THERE. SO LINDSEY WENT IN PERSON TO THE 913 00:29:53,092 --> 00:29:54,658 SO LINDSEY WENT IN PERSON TO THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL 914 00:29:54,660 --> 00:29:55,192 STATE HIGHWAY PATROL >> AND I SAID, "I WANT TO 915 00:29:55,194 --> 00:29:55,826 >> AND I SAID, "I WANT TO EXAMINE EVERY PIECE OF EVIDENCE 916 00:29:55,828 --> 00:29:56,760 EXAMINE EVERY PIECE OF EVIDENCE THAT YOU HAVE." AND I BROUGHT A 917 00:29:56,762 --> 00:29:57,828 THAT YOU HAVE." AND I BROUGHT A VIDEO CAMERA AND A CELL PHONE 918 00:29:57,830 --> 00:30:00,030 VIDEO CAMERA AND A CELL PHONE CAMERA AND I PHOTOGRAPHED 919 00:30:00,032 --> 00:30:01,632 CAMERA AND I PHOTOGRAPHED EVERYTHING, TRYING TO BE 920 00:30:01,634 --> 00:30:03,734 EVERYTHING, TRYING TO BE INCONSPICUOUS. 921 00:30:03,736 --> 00:30:04,568 INCONSPICUOUS. I DIDN'T WANNA TAKE A CHANCE OF 922 00:30:04,570 --> 00:30:05,135 I DIDN'T WANNA TAKE A CHANCE OF ME FINDING SOMETHING AND IT 923 00:30:05,137 --> 00:30:07,671 ME FINDING SOMETHING AND IT DISAPPEARING 924 00:30:07,673 --> 00:30:08,572 DISAPPEARING >> Reporter: AND THAT'S WHEN SHE 925 00:30:08,574 --> 00:30:10,674 >> Reporter: AND THAT'S WHEN SHE FOUND THEM, TWO SMALL CANISTERS 926 00:30:10,676 --> 00:30:11,208 FOUND THEM, TWO SMALL CANISTERS AND INSIDE 927 00:30:11,210 --> 00:30:13,644 AND INSIDE >> THE STUBS FROM THE GUNSHOT 928 00:30:13,646 --> 00:30:16,280 >> THE STUBS FROM THE GUNSHOT RESIDUE TEST THAT WERE LABELED 929 00:30:16,282 --> 00:30:19,249 RESIDUE TEST THAT WERE LABELED "ROBE. 930 00:30:19,251 --> 00:30:21,385 "ROBE. AND I TOOK THE PHOTO, I TEXTED 931 00:30:21,387 --> 00:30:24,955 AND I TOOK THE PHOTO, I TEXTED IT TO DWIGHT AND JUST SAID, 932 00:30:24,957 --> 00:30:26,723 IT TO DWIGHT AND JUST SAID, "JACKPOT." 933 00:30:26,725 --> 00:30:28,792 "JACKPOT." AND THEN I HAD TO GO THROUGH THE 934 00:30:28,794 --> 00:30:29,393 AND THEN I HAD TO GO THROUGH THE REST OF THOSE BOXES LIKE I WAS 935 00:30:29,395 --> 00:30:30,027 REST OF THOSE BOXES LIKE I WAS STILL LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ELSE 936 00:30:30,029 --> 00:30:30,694 STILL LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ELSE AND ACT LIKE IT WASN'T A BIG 937 00:30:30,696 --> 00:30:30,861 AND ACT LIKE IT WASN'T A BIG DEAL 938 00:30:30,863 --> 00:30:35,766 DEAL AND I WAS ECSTATIC 939 00:30:35,768 --> 00:30:37,367 AND I WAS ECSTATIC >> Reporter: THOSE LITTLE STUBS 940 00:30:37,369 --> 00:30:38,969 >> Reporter: THOSE LITTLE STUBS CONFIRMED, A GSR TEST HAD BEEN 941 00:30:38,971 --> 00:30:41,104 CONFIRMED, A GSR TEST HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON BRAD'S ROBE, BUT 942 00:30:41,106 --> 00:30:42,706 PERFORMED ON BRAD'S ROBE, BUT WHERE WERE THE RESULTS 943 00:30:42,708 --> 00:30:43,340 WHERE WERE THE RESULTS SHE ASKED THE HIGHWAY PATROL FOR 944 00:30:43,342 --> 00:30:43,707 SHE ASKED THE HIGHWAY PATROL FOR THEM 945 00:30:43,709 --> 00:30:48,011 THEM >> AND THEY DIDN'T SEND THEM TO 946 00:30:48,013 --> 00:30:50,714 >> AND THEY DIDN'T SEND THEM TO ME 947 00:30:50,716 --> 00:30:53,917 ME >> Reporter: SO SHE WROTE TO 948 00:30:53,919 --> 00:30:54,985 >> Reporter: SO SHE WROTE TO THEM AGAIN 949 00:30:54,987 --> 00:30:56,587 THEM AGAIN >> AND SAID, "ALL RIGHT, I KNOW 950 00:30:56,589 --> 00:30:57,120 >> AND SAID, "ALL RIGHT, I KNOW THEY'RE THERE. 951 00:30:57,122 --> 00:30:58,722 THEY'RE THERE. I HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS OF IT 952 00:30:58,724 --> 00:30:59,923 I HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS OF IT I KNOW THEY'RE THERE 953 00:30:59,925 --> 00:31:00,357 I KNOW THEY'RE THERE SEND ME THE RESULTS. 954 00:31:00,359 --> 00:31:00,858 SEND ME THE RESULTS. AND THEN THEY SENT THEM. 955 00:31:00,860 --> 00:31:01,225 AND THEN THEY SENT THEM. >> Reporter: AND 956 00:31:01,227 --> 00:31:01,859 >> Reporter: AND THE TESTS WERE CONCLUSIVE. 957 00:31:01,861 --> 00:31:02,960 THE TESTS WERE CONCLUSIVE. THERE WAS NO GUNSHOT RESIDUE ON 958 00:31:02,962 --> 00:31:04,595 THERE WAS NO GUNSHOT RESIDUE ON BRAD'S BLACK BATHROBE, JUST AS 959 00:31:04,597 --> 00:31:05,462 BRAD'S BLACK BATHROBE, JUST AS THERE WASN'T ANY ON HIS HANDS ON 960 00:31:05,464 --> 00:31:07,231 THERE WASN'T ANY ON HIS HANDS ON THE NIGHT LISA DIED. 961 00:31:07,233 --> 00:31:07,831 THE NIGHT LISA DIED. MEANING, BRAD ALMOST CERTAINLY 962 00:31:07,833 --> 00:31:08,632 MEANING, BRAD ALMOST CERTAINLY DID NOT FIRE THE GUN THAT KILLED 963 00:31:08,634 --> 00:31:09,900 DID NOT FIRE THE GUN THAT KILLED LISA 964 00:31:09,902 --> 00:31:11,501 LISA BUT WHY DIDN'T LEAD INVESTIGATOR 965 00:31:11,503 --> 00:31:12,536 BUT WHY DIDN'T LEAD INVESTIGATOR DAN NASH REVEAL THAT 966 00:31:12,538 --> 00:31:14,104 DAN NASH REVEAL THAT WELL, HE SAID, HE NEVER RECEIVED 967 00:31:14,106 --> 00:31:15,172 WELL, HE SAID, HE NEVER RECEIVED THOSE RESULTS. 968 00:31:15,174 --> 00:31:16,840 THOSE RESULTS. PLAUSIBLE? 969 00:31:16,842 --> 00:31:17,908 PLAUSIBLE? >> NOT IN A HEARTBEAT. 970 00:31:17,910 --> 00:31:18,976 >> NOT IN A HEARTBEAT. NO 971 00:31:18,978 --> 00:31:19,576 NO I WAS A PROSECUTOR BEFORE THIS 972 00:31:19,578 --> 00:31:22,713 I WAS A PROSECUTOR BEFORE THIS MY SPOUSE IS A POLICE OFFICER. 973 00:31:22,715 --> 00:31:24,314 MY SPOUSE IS A POLICE OFFICER. DWIGHT'S A POLICE OFFICER. 974 00:31:24,316 --> 00:31:27,517 DWIGHT'S A POLICE OFFICER. WE KNOW THE CARE THAT GOES INTO 975 00:31:27,519 --> 00:31:28,552 WE KNOW THE CARE THAT GOES INTO BUILDING A CASE, AND THAT'S NOT 976 00:31:28,554 --> 00:31:30,721 BUILDING A CASE, AND THAT'S NOT A STEP THAT YOU SKIP 977 00:31:30,723 --> 00:31:31,722 A STEP THAT YOU SKIP DAN NASH HAD SPECIFICALLY ASKED 978 00:31:31,724 --> 00:31:32,222 DAN NASH HAD SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR THAT TEST TO BE DONE 979 00:31:32,224 --> 00:31:32,823 FOR THAT TEST TO BE DONE >> Reporter: SO BY NOW DWIGHT 980 00:31:32,825 --> 00:31:38,695 >> Reporter: SO BY NOW DWIGHT WAS LOOKING CAREFULLY AT 981 00:31:38,697 --> 00:31:41,899 WAS LOOKING CAREFULLY AT DAN NASH 982 00:31:41,901 --> 00:31:42,466 DAN NASH HE TALKED TO A RETIRED JUDGE 983 00:31:42,468 --> 00:31:45,636 HE TALKED TO A RETIRED JUDGE >> AND HE MADE IT VERY CLEAR 984 00:31:45,638 --> 00:31:47,237 >> AND HE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT HE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS 985 00:31:47,239 --> 00:31:48,839 THAT HE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH MR. NASH'S REPUTATION FOR 986 00:31:48,841 --> 00:31:51,508 WITH MR. NASH'S REPUTATION FOR TRUTH AND HONESTY UNDER OATH 987 00:31:51,510 --> 00:31:52,042 TRUTH AND HONESTY UNDER OATH AND FROM THERE WE STARTING 988 00:31:52,044 --> 00:31:54,177 AND FROM THERE WE STARTING INTERVIEWING FORMER PROSECUTORS 989 00:31:54,179 --> 00:31:56,280 INTERVIEWING FORMER PROSECUTORS AND A NUMBER OF FORMER COURT 990 00:31:56,282 --> 00:31:58,982 AND A NUMBER OF FORMER COURT PERSONNEL WHO EXPRESSED CONCERNS 991 00:31:58,984 --> 00:32:00,584 PERSONNEL WHO EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT HIS REPUTATION FOR TRUTH 992 00:32:00,586 --> 00:32:02,719 ABOUT HIS REPUTATION FOR TRUTH AND VERACITY 993 00:32:02,721 --> 00:32:08,025 AND VERACITY >> Reporter: REMEMBER HOW, AT 994 00:32:08,027 --> 00:32:09,092 >> Reporter: REMEMBER HOW, AT THE TRIAL, NASH WAS PRESENTED AS 995 00:32:09,094 --> 00:32:09,826 THE TRIAL, NASH WAS PRESENTED AS A BLOOD SPATTER EXPERT 996 00:32:09,828 --> 00:32:12,296 A BLOOD SPATTER EXPERT HE WASN'T. 997 00:32:12,298 --> 00:32:13,931 HE WASN'T. IN FACT, NASH HAD NOT EVEN TAKEN 998 00:32:13,933 --> 00:32:16,600 IN FACT, NASH HAD NOT EVEN TAKEN A BASIC BLOODSTAIN ANALYSIS 999 00:32:16,602 --> 00:32:18,702 A BASIC BLOODSTAIN ANALYSIS CLASS WHEN HE INVESTIGATED 1000 00:32:18,704 --> 00:32:22,439 CLASS WHEN HE INVESTIGATED LISA'S DEATH 1001 00:32:22,441 --> 00:32:25,309 LISA'S DEATH HE TOOK A 40-HOUR COURSE THE 1002 00:32:25,311 --> 00:32:26,143 HE TOOK A 40-HOUR COURSE THE FOLLOWING YEAR, BUT WAS STILL 1003 00:32:26,145 --> 00:32:27,077 FOLLOWING YEAR, BUT WAS STILL NOT AN EXPERT WHEN HE TESTIFIED 1004 00:32:27,079 --> 00:32:27,311 NOT AN EXPERT WHEN HE TESTIFIED AT TRIAL 1005 00:32:27,313 --> 00:32:30,447 AT TRIAL DWIGHT SOUGHT OUT THE BEST IN 1006 00:32:30,449 --> 00:32:32,549 DWIGHT SOUGHT OUT THE BEST IN THE FIELD. 1007 00:32:32,551 --> 00:32:34,151 THE FIELD. >> I FOUND TWO OF THE WORLD'S 1008 00:32:34,153 --> 00:32:36,853 >> I FOUND TWO OF THE WORLD'S MOST RENOWNED BLOOD SPATTER 1009 00:32:36,855 --> 00:32:38,989 MOST RENOWNED BLOOD SPATTER EXPERTS. 1010 00:32:38,991 --> 00:32:40,023 EXPERTS. >> Reporter: HE SENT THE CRIME 1011 00:32:40,025 --> 00:32:40,590 >> Reporter: HE SENT THE CRIME SCENE PHOTOS TO BOTH OF THEM 1012 00:32:40,592 --> 00:32:44,328 SCENE PHOTOS TO BOTH OF THEM >> AND THEY BOTH INDEPENDENTLY 1013 00:32:44,330 --> 00:32:45,395 >> AND THEY BOTH INDEPENDENTLY CAME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION. 1014 00:32:45,397 --> 00:32:46,997 CAME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION. >> Reporter: THAT DAN NASH WAS 1015 00:32:46,999 --> 00:32:47,497 >> Reporter: THAT DAN NASH WAS QUITE SIMPLY, DEAD WRONG 1016 00:32:47,499 --> 00:32:48,065 QUITE SIMPLY, DEAD WRONG ONE OF THEM WROTE -- 1017 00:32:48,067 --> 00:32:48,665 ONE OF THEM WROTE -- "THE BLOODSTAIN EVIDENCE, AND 1018 00:32:48,667 --> 00:32:50,167 "THE BLOODSTAIN EVIDENCE, AND THE PRESENCE OF GUNSHOT RESIDUE 1019 00:32:50,169 --> 00:32:51,768 THE PRESENCE OF GUNSHOT RESIDUE ON THE RIGHT HAND OF 1020 00:32:51,770 --> 00:32:52,402 ON THE RIGHT HAND OF LISA JENNINGS ARE CONSISTENT 1021 00:32:52,404 --> 00:32:53,603 LISA JENNINGS ARE CONSISTENT WITH A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT 1022 00:32:53,605 --> 00:32:54,438 WITH A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND. 1023 00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:56,573 WOUND. BUT, AS ANY LAWYER WILL TELL 1024 00:32:56,575 --> 00:32:58,709 BUT, AS ANY LAWYER WILL TELL YOU, UN-DOING A JURY'S GUILTY 1025 00:32:58,711 --> 00:32:59,743 YOU, UN-DOING A JURY'S GUILTY VERDICT IS WELL NIGH IMPOSSIBLE. 1026 00:32:59,745 --> 00:33:04,581 VERDICT IS WELL NIGH IMPOSSIBLE. SO -- WHAT NOW 1027 00:33:04,583 --> 00:33:05,615 SO -- WHAT NOW >> Reporter: COMING UP - 1028 00:33:05,617 --> 00:33:07,751 >> Reporter: COMING UP - A LIFE INTERRUPTED 1029 00:33:07,753 --> 00:33:08,785 A LIFE INTERRUPTED >> HE MISSED OUT ON ME TURNING 1030 00:33:08,787 --> 00:33:09,653 >> HE MISSED OUT ON ME TURNING 16, ME GETTING MARRIED, I HAVE A 1031 00:33:09,655 --> 00:33:10,954 16, ME GETTING MARRIED, I HAVE A KID NOW. HE MISSED THAT. 1032 00:33:10,956 --> 00:33:11,755 KID NOW. HE MISSED THAT. >> Reporter: WOW 1033 00:33:11,757 --> 00:33:12,155 >> Reporter: WOW WOW. 1034 00:33:12,157 --> 00:33:14,558 WOW. >> HE MISSED OUT ON A LOT. 1035 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:32,175 >> HE MISSED OUT ON A LOT. >> Reporter: WILL BRAD JENNINGS 1036 00:33:32,177 --> 00:33:33,710 >> Reporter: WILL BRAD JENNINGS >> Reporter: DALLAS JENNINGS 1037 00:33:33,712 --> 00:33:36,413 >> Reporter: DALLAS JENNINGS FELT LIKE A CHEATED YOUNG MAN. 1038 00:33:36,415 --> 00:33:36,947 FELT LIKE A CHEATED YOUNG MAN. HIS FATHER IN PRISON WHEN 1039 00:33:36,949 --> 00:33:41,785 HIS FATHER IN PRISON WHEN NEITHER HE NOR AMANDA BELIEVED 1040 00:33:41,787 --> 00:33:43,387 NEITHER HE NOR AMANDA BELIEVED FOR A MINUTE THAT HE KILLED 1041 00:33:43,389 --> 00:33:44,421 FOR A MINUTE THAT HE KILLED THEIR MOTHER 1042 00:33:44,423 --> 00:33:45,989 THEIR MOTHER >> HE MISSED OUT ON ME TURNING 1043 00:33:45,991 --> 00:33:47,024 >> HE MISSED OUT ON ME TURNING 16, ME DRIVING FOR THE FIRST 1044 00:33:47,026 --> 00:33:48,058 16, ME DRIVING FOR THE FIRST TIME, MY GRADUATION, ME GETTING 1045 00:33:48,060 --> 00:33:51,895 TIME, MY GRADUATION, ME GETTING MARRIED. 1046 00:33:51,897 --> 00:33:52,963 MARRIED. I HAVE A KID NOW 1047 00:33:52,965 --> 00:33:53,497 I HAVE A KID NOW HE MISSED THAT 1048 00:33:53,499 --> 00:33:55,565 HE MISSED THAT >> Reporter: WOW 1049 00:33:55,567 --> 00:33:58,268 >> Reporter: WOW >> THE BIRTH OF HIS FIRST 1050 00:33:58,270 --> 00:34:03,073 >> THE BIRTH OF HIS FIRST GRANDCHILD 1051 00:34:03,075 --> 00:34:06,243 GRANDCHILD HE MISSED OUT ON A LOT 1052 00:34:06,245 --> 00:34:06,843 HE MISSED OUT ON A LOT >> Reporter: BUT BRAD'S SISTER 1053 00:34:06,845 --> 00:34:08,912 >> Reporter: BUT BRAD'S SISTER MARSHA WAS STILL DETERMINED TO 1054 00:34:08,914 --> 00:34:09,546 MARSHA WAS STILL DETERMINED TO BRING HIM BACK TO THAT WORLD HE 1055 00:34:09,548 --> 00:34:09,980 BRING HIM BACK TO THAT WORLD HE WAS MISSING. 1056 00:34:09,982 --> 00:34:12,649 WAS MISSING. AND WITH INVESTIGATOR DWIGHT'S 1057 00:34:12,651 --> 00:34:14,751 AND WITH INVESTIGATOR DWIGHT'S HELP, SHE FINALLY FOUND THIS 1058 00:34:14,753 --> 00:34:18,922 HELP, SHE FINALLY FOUND THIS FATHER-DAUGHTER TEAM OF 1059 00:34:18,924 --> 00:34:21,691 FATHER-DAUGHTER TEAM OF ATTORNEYS WHO SEEMED TO 1060 00:34:21,693 --> 00:34:25,128 ATTORNEYS WHO SEEMED TO UNDERSTAND THE CASE AND THE 1061 00:34:25,130 --> 00:34:25,429 UNDERSTAND THE CASE AND THE FAMILY 1062 00:34:25,431 --> 00:34:26,029 FAMILY >> THESE WERE JUST SALT OF THE 1063 00:34:26,031 --> 00:34:26,563 >> THESE WERE JUST SALT OF THE EARTH, SMALL-TOWN, COUNTRY 1064 00:34:26,565 --> 00:34:27,030 EARTH, SMALL-TOWN, COUNTRY PEOPLE 1065 00:34:27,032 --> 00:34:27,864 PEOPLE AND THEY WERE STUNNED AT THE WAY 1066 00:34:27,866 --> 00:34:28,465 AND THEY WERE STUNNED AT THE WAY THE SYSTEM HAD WORKED AGAINST 1067 00:34:28,467 --> 00:34:29,132 THE SYSTEM HAD WORKED AGAINST BRAD JENNINGS. 1068 00:34:29,134 --> 00:34:33,970 BRAD JENNINGS. >> Reporter: FIRST, BOB AND 1069 00:34:33,972 --> 00:34:36,106 >> Reporter: FIRST, BOB AND LIZ RAMSEY READ THE TRIAL 1070 00:34:36,108 --> 00:34:36,640 LIZ RAMSEY READ THE TRIAL TRANSCRIPT 1071 00:34:36,642 --> 00:34:37,240 TRANSCRIPT >> THE FIRST THING THAT JUMPED 1072 00:34:37,242 --> 00:34:39,276 >> THE FIRST THING THAT JUMPED OUT AT ME IS, I DON'T RECALL 1073 00:34:39,278 --> 00:34:42,512 OUT AT ME IS, I DON'T RECALL SEEING A DEFENSE ATTORNEY DO SO 1074 00:34:42,514 --> 00:34:44,648 SEEING A DEFENSE ATTORNEY DO SO LITTLE FOR HIS CLIENT IN MY 1075 00:34:44,650 --> 00:34:47,818 LITTLE FOR HIS CLIENT IN MY 38 YEARS OF PRACTICING LAW 1076 00:34:47,820 --> 00:34:51,121 38 YEARS OF PRACTICING LAW >> Reporter: OH, COME ON 1077 00:34:51,123 --> 00:34:53,690 >> Reporter: OH, COME ON NOT THE WORST SURELY 1078 00:34:53,692 --> 00:34:54,191 NOT THE WORST SURELY >> IT'S -- IT -- IT WAS 1079 00:34:54,193 --> 00:34:59,029 >> IT'S -- IT -- IT WAS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE WORST 1080 00:34:59,031 --> 00:35:00,664 CERTAINLY ONE OF THE WORST >> Reporter: BUT WHAT ALSO 1081 00:35:00,666 --> 00:35:01,298 >> Reporter: BUT WHAT ALSO JUMPED OUT WAS THE WORK OF THAT 1082 00:35:01,300 --> 00:35:03,266 JUMPED OUT WAS THE WORK OF THAT HIGHWAY PATROL INVESTIGATOR, 1083 00:35:03,268 --> 00:35:03,867 HIGHWAY PATROL INVESTIGATOR, DAN NASH 1084 00:35:03,869 --> 00:35:05,969 DAN NASH CONFRONTED ABOUT THE UN-REVEALED 1085 00:35:05,971 --> 00:35:07,504 CONFRONTED ABOUT THE UN-REVEALED GUNSHOT RESIDUE TEST THAT MIGHT 1086 00:35:07,506 --> 00:35:09,172 GUNSHOT RESIDUE TEST THAT MIGHT EXONERATE BRAD, NASH SAID HE 1087 00:35:09,174 --> 00:35:11,274 EXONERATE BRAD, NASH SAID HE NEVER SAW THE REPORT 1088 00:35:11,276 --> 00:35:12,876 NEVER SAW THE REPORT SAID IT NEVER MADE IT TO HIS 1089 00:35:12,878 --> 00:35:14,511 SAID IT NEVER MADE IT TO HIS DESK 1090 00:35:14,513 --> 00:35:15,011 DESK >> IF THAT TEST HAD BEEN 1091 00:35:15,013 --> 00:35:15,579 >> IF THAT TEST HAD BEEN POSITIVE, WOULD IT HAVE BEEN 1092 00:35:15,581 --> 00:35:16,046 POSITIVE, WOULD IT HAVE BEEN LOST IN A FAX MACHINE? 1093 00:35:16,048 --> 00:35:17,013 LOST IN A FAX MACHINE? >> IT'S JUST INCOMPREHENSIBLE 1094 00:35:17,015 --> 00:35:20,250 >> IT'S JUST INCOMPREHENSIBLE THAT HE WOULDN'T FOLLOW UP AND 1095 00:35:20,252 --> 00:35:23,053 THAT HE WOULDN'T FOLLOW UP AND SAY, "HEY, WHAT HAPPENED TO 1096 00:35:23,055 --> 00:35:25,122 SAY, "HEY, WHAT HAPPENED TO MY -- MY GUNSHOT RESIDUE TEST 1097 00:35:25,124 --> 00:35:27,757 MY -- MY GUNSHOT RESIDUE TEST THAT I ORDERED?" 1098 00:35:27,759 --> 00:35:28,325 THAT I ORDERED?" WELL, HE WAS EITHER GROSSLY 1099 00:35:28,327 --> 00:35:28,925 WELL, HE WAS EITHER GROSSLY NEGLIGENT OR HE SUPPRESSED IT 1100 00:35:28,927 --> 00:35:29,226 NEGLIGENT OR HE SUPPRESSED IT DELIBERATELY 1101 00:35:29,228 --> 00:35:29,960 DELIBERATELY >> Reporter: NO QUESTION ABOUT 1102 00:35:29,962 --> 00:35:32,095 >> Reporter: NO QUESTION ABOUT IT 1103 00:35:32,097 --> 00:35:32,729 IT THE ISSUE OF THAT UNREVEALED GSR 1104 00:35:32,731 --> 00:35:33,096 THE ISSUE OF THAT UNREVEALED GSR TEST WAS HUGE. 1105 00:35:33,098 --> 00:35:34,764 TEST WAS HUGE. >> I THOUGHT, IT'S A CLASSIC 1106 00:35:34,766 --> 00:35:36,366 >> I THOUGHT, IT'S A CLASSIC BRADY VIOLATION. 1107 00:35:36,368 --> 00:35:37,968 BRADY VIOLATION. IT'S THE KIND OF EVIDENCE THAT 1108 00:35:37,970 --> 00:35:39,569 IT'S THE KIND OF EVIDENCE THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN A TRIAL. 1109 00:35:39,571 --> 00:35:40,203 MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN A TRIAL. >> Reporter: SO, THEY ELECTED TO 1110 00:35:40,205 --> 00:35:41,671 >> Reporter: SO, THEY ELECTED TO SHOOT FOR THE MOON 1111 00:35:41,673 --> 00:35:43,840 SHOOT FOR THE MOON THEIR ONE CHANCE TO OVERTURN THE 1112 00:35:43,842 --> 00:35:44,474 THEIR ONE CHANCE TO OVERTURN THE JURY VERDICT, A HABEAS PETITION 1113 00:35:44,476 --> 00:35:45,075 JURY VERDICT, A HABEAS PETITION THAT CLAIMED WITHHELD EVIDENCE 1114 00:35:45,077 --> 00:35:45,976 THAT CLAIMED WITHHELD EVIDENCE COULD HAVE CHANGED THE RESULT OF 1115 00:35:45,978 --> 00:35:47,144 COULD HAVE CHANGED THE RESULT OF THE TRIAL. 1116 00:35:47,146 --> 00:35:49,112 THE TRIAL. >> I DON'T PROMISE ANYTHING TO A 1117 00:35:49,114 --> 00:35:51,281 >> I DON'T PROMISE ANYTHING TO A CLIENT, OTHER THAN "I'LL GIVE 1118 00:35:51,283 --> 00:35:52,883 CLIENT, OTHER THAN "I'LL GIVE YOU MY BEST SHOT." 1119 00:35:52,885 --> 00:35:55,018 YOU MY BEST SHOT." AND ALL I TOLD HIM WAS, "THIS 1120 00:35:55,020 --> 00:35:57,154 AND ALL I TOLD HIM WAS, "THIS GIVES YOU A SHOT." 1121 00:35:57,156 --> 00:35:57,721 GIVES YOU A SHOT." >> Reporter: VANISHINGLY FEW 1122 00:35:57,723 --> 00:35:58,455 >> Reporter: VANISHINGLY FEW SUCH PETITIONS EVER GO ANYWHERE. 1123 00:35:58,457 --> 00:36:01,424 SUCH PETITIONS EVER GO ANYWHERE. STILL, THEY FILED. 1124 00:36:01,426 --> 00:36:04,094 STILL, THEY FILED. AND WAITED 1125 00:36:04,096 --> 00:36:07,297 AND WAITED AND AGAINST ALL ODDS WERE 1126 00:36:07,299 --> 00:36:10,734 AND AGAINST ALL ODDS WERE GRANTED A HEARING. 1127 00:36:10,736 --> 00:36:11,234 GRANTED A HEARING. >> WE WERE VERY EXCITED. 1128 00:36:11,236 --> 00:36:12,102 >> WE WERE VERY EXCITED. >> Reporter: YEAH. 1129 00:36:12,104 --> 00:36:15,138 >> Reporter: YEAH. >> BUT CAUTIOUS. 1130 00:36:15,140 --> 00:36:15,739 >> BUT CAUTIOUS. IT WAS ALMOST LIKE THIS LITTLE 1131 00:36:15,741 --> 00:36:15,805 IT WAS ALMOST LIKE THIS LITTLE 1132 00:36:15,873 --> 00:36:20,477 DIM LIGHT AT THE END OF A TUNNEL 1133 00:36:20,479 --> 00:36:21,011 TUNNEL >> Reporter: THIS WAS THE 1134 00:36:21,013 --> 00:36:21,645 >> Reporter: THIS WAS THE HEARING IN NOVEMBER 2017, ALMOST 1135 00:36:21,647 --> 00:36:23,113 HEARING IN NOVEMBER 2017, ALMOST 11 YEARS AFTER THAT TERRIBLE 1136 00:36:23,115 --> 00:36:23,680 11 YEARS AFTER THAT TERRIBLE CHRISTMAS EVE. 1137 00:36:23,682 --> 00:36:24,281 CHRISTMAS EVE. HERE BRAD'S ATTORNEYS REVEALED 1138 00:36:24,283 --> 00:36:27,450 HERE BRAD'S ATTORNEYS REVEALED THE GSR RESULT THAT SUGGESTED 1139 00:36:27,452 --> 00:36:29,553 THE GSR RESULT THAT SUGGESTED HIS INNOCENCE. 1140 00:36:29,555 --> 00:36:31,688 HIS INNOCENCE. AND THE EXPERT'S BLOOD SPATTER 1141 00:36:31,690 --> 00:36:32,289 AND THE EXPERT'S BLOOD SPATTER FINDINGS THAT DID THE SAME AND 1142 00:36:32,291 --> 00:36:32,856 FINDINGS THAT DID THE SAME AND WITNESSES WHO QUESTIONED THE 1143 00:36:32,858 --> 00:36:35,425 WITNESSES WHO QUESTIONED THE HONESTY OF DETECTIVE NASH. 1144 00:36:35,427 --> 00:36:36,059 HONESTY OF DETECTIVE NASH. >> I THINK THAT HIS CREDIBILITY 1145 00:36:36,061 --> 00:36:40,230 >> I THINK THAT HIS CREDIBILITY WAS PUT AT ISSUE FOR THE ENTIRE 1146 00:36:40,232 --> 00:36:43,433 WAS PUT AT ISSUE FOR THE ENTIRE HEARING. 1147 00:36:43,435 --> 00:36:45,402 HEARING. >> Reporter: LAWYERS FROM THE 1148 00:36:45,404 --> 00:36:47,704 >> Reporter: LAWYERS FROM THE MISSOURI ATTORNEY GENERAL'S 1149 00:36:47,706 --> 00:36:49,272 MISSOURI ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE WERE THERE, TOO, AND TOLD 1150 00:36:49,274 --> 00:36:50,373 OFFICE WERE THERE, TOO, AND TOLD THE JUDGE THAT WHAT THE DEFENSE 1151 00:36:50,375 --> 00:36:51,107 THE JUDGE THAT WHAT THE DEFENSE CAME UP WITH WOULD NOT HAVE 1152 00:36:51,109 --> 00:36:52,976 CAME UP WITH WOULD NOT HAVE CHANGED THE GUILTY VERDICT 1153 00:36:52,978 --> 00:36:55,679 CHANGED THE GUILTY VERDICT THEIR CASE WAS SO STRONG 1154 00:36:55,681 --> 00:36:57,280 THEIR CASE WAS SO STRONG WE WANTED TO HEAR FROM THE 1155 00:36:57,282 --> 00:36:58,982 WE WANTED TO HEAR FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, FROM 1156 00:36:58,984 --> 00:37:00,483 ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, FROM SGT. DAN NASH AND THE HIGHWAY 1157 00:37:00,485 --> 00:37:01,551 SGT. DAN NASH AND THE HIGHWAY PATROL AND ALL DECLINED OUR 1158 00:37:01,553 --> 00:37:02,586 PATROL AND ALL DECLINED OUR REQUESTS 1159 00:37:02,588 --> 00:37:04,221 REQUESTS AND THEN 1160 00:37:04,223 --> 00:37:06,890 AND THEN MONTHS WENT BY AND THEY ALL HAD 1161 00:37:06,892 --> 00:37:08,892 MONTHS WENT BY AND THEY ALL HAD TO WAIT FOR THE JUDGE UNTIL 1162 00:37:08,894 --> 00:37:10,093 TO WAIT FOR THE JUDGE UNTIL FEBRUARY 8TH, 2018 1163 00:37:10,095 --> 00:37:12,729 FEBRUARY 8TH, 2018 FINALLY. A RULING. 1164 00:37:12,731 --> 00:37:15,932 FINALLY. A RULING. >> MY FIRST REACTION WAS TO GO 1165 00:37:15,934 --> 00:37:19,202 >> MY FIRST REACTION WAS TO GO RIGHT TO THE LAST PARAGRAPH AND 1166 00:37:19,204 --> 00:37:19,703 RIGHT TO THE LAST PARAGRAPH AND SEE WHAT THE RESULT WAS. 1167 00:37:19,705 --> 00:37:23,940 SEE WHAT THE RESULT WAS. AND THE LAST SENTENCE OF HIS 1168 00:37:23,942 --> 00:37:30,880 AND THE LAST SENTENCE OF HIS ORDER IS, "AT A MINIMUM THE 1169 00:37:30,882 --> 00:37:31,414 ORDER IS, "AT A MINIMUM THE SUPPRESSION OF THE GUNSHOT 1170 00:37:31,416 --> 00:37:31,982 SUPPRESSION OF THE GUNSHOT CONFIDENCE IN THAT VERDICT." 1171 00:37:31,984 --> 00:37:32,482 CONFIDENCE IN THAT VERDICT." >> Reporter: CONVICTION 1172 00:37:32,484 --> 00:37:35,118 >> Reporter: CONVICTION OVERTURNED 1173 00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:40,657 OVERTURNED >> IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT WE 1174 00:37:40,659 --> 00:37:47,297 >> IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAD HAD A POSITIVE OUTCOME 1175 00:37:47,299 --> 00:37:53,970 HAD HAD A POSITIVE OUTCOME IT WAS WONDERFUL 1176 00:37:53,972 --> 00:37:55,038 IT WAS WONDERFUL >> Reporter: THE NEXT DAY, 1177 00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:56,640 >> Reporter: THE NEXT DAY, ON THE JUDGE'S ORDER, 1178 00:37:56,642 --> 00:37:57,207 ON THE JUDGE'S ORDER, BRAD JENNINGS WALKED OUT OF 1179 00:37:57,209 --> 00:37:58,775 BRAD JENNINGS WALKED OUT OF PRISON AFTER EIGHT AND A HALF 1180 00:37:58,777 --> 00:38:00,377 PRISON AFTER EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS AND INTO THE ARMS OF THE 1181 00:38:00,379 --> 00:38:02,512 YEARS AND INTO THE ARMS OF THE PEOPLE WHO NEVER, FOR A MINUTE, 1182 00:38:02,514 --> 00:38:04,080 PEOPLE WHO NEVER, FOR A MINUTE, GAVE UP ON HIM 1183 00:38:04,082 --> 00:38:06,316 GAVE UP ON HIM >> IT'S THE KIND OF STUFF THAT 1184 00:38:06,318 --> 00:38:07,284 >> IT'S THE KIND OF STUFF THAT YOU DREAM ABOUT IN LAW SCHOOL. 1185 00:38:07,286 --> 00:38:08,885 YOU DREAM ABOUT IN LAW SCHOOL. AND I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BRAD 1186 00:38:08,887 --> 00:38:09,953 AND I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BRAD IS INNOCENT, SO TO WALK HIM OUT 1187 00:38:09,955 --> 00:38:10,553 IS INNOCENT, SO TO WALK HIM OUT WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST HONORS 1188 00:38:10,555 --> 00:38:12,022 WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST HONORS OF MY LIFE 1189 00:38:12,024 --> 00:38:14,758 OF MY LIFE LIKE, I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT 1190 00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:18,495 LIKE, I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT DAY. 1191 00:38:18,497 --> 00:38:21,698 DAY. >> IT WAS JUST UNBELIEVABLE. 1192 00:38:21,700 --> 00:38:25,302 >> IT WAS JUST UNBELIEVABLE. WE HAD ALL WAITED SO LONG FOR IT 1193 00:38:25,304 --> 00:38:26,503 WE HAD ALL WAITED SO LONG FOR IT AND WONDERED IF IT WAS EVER 1194 00:38:26,505 --> 00:38:27,037 AND WONDERED IF IT WAS EVER GONNA HAPPEN 1195 00:38:27,039 --> 00:38:32,509 GONNA HAPPEN BUT IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST DAYS 1196 00:38:32,511 --> 00:38:35,011 BUT IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE 1197 00:38:35,013 --> 00:38:36,613 OF MY LIFE >> IT WAS REALLY AWESOME TO SEE 1198 00:38:36,615 --> 00:38:38,181 >> IT WAS REALLY AWESOME TO SEE HIM WALK OUT, YOU KNOW, KNOWING 1199 00:38:38,183 --> 00:38:40,350 HIM WALK OUT, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THAT HE WAS GONNA COME HOME WITH 1200 00:38:40,352 --> 00:38:41,918 THAT HE WAS GONNA COME HOME WITH US, THAT WAS AMAZING 1201 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:43,520 US, THAT WAS AMAZING >> Reporter: THAT RIDE HOME HAD 1202 00:38:43,522 --> 00:38:44,054 >> Reporter: THAT RIDE HOME HAD TO BE QUITE SOMETHING, HUH 1203 00:38:44,056 --> 00:38:44,621 TO BE QUITE SOMETHING, HUH >> IT WAS. 1204 00:38:44,623 --> 00:38:47,290 >> IT WAS. >> YEAH, IT WAS. 1205 00:38:47,292 --> 00:38:48,858 >> YEAH, IT WAS. IT WAS WEIRD 1206 00:38:48,860 --> 00:38:51,061 IT WAS WEIRD IT WAS THE FIRST TIME MY DAD'S 1207 00:38:51,063 --> 00:38:53,697 IT WAS THE FIRST TIME MY DAD'S EVER SEEN ME DRIVE 1208 00:38:53,699 --> 00:38:55,265 EVER SEEN ME DRIVE YEAH, I DROVE HIM HOME 1209 00:38:55,267 --> 00:38:55,899 YEAH, I DROVE HIM HOME >> Reporter: BRAD JENNINGS WAS A 1210 00:38:55,901 --> 00:38:56,833 >> Reporter: BRAD JENNINGS WAS A MAN OF FEW WORDS WHEN HE MET US 1211 00:38:56,835 --> 00:38:59,569 MAN OF FEW WORDS WHEN HE MET US A FEW WEEKS LATER. 1212 00:38:59,571 --> 00:39:01,705 A FEW WEEKS LATER. AS IF HE WAS STILL AFRAID TO 1213 00:39:01,707 --> 00:39:04,374 AS IF HE WAS STILL AFRAID TO BELIEVE IT, AND LET GO 1214 00:39:04,376 --> 00:39:05,975 BELIEVE IT, AND LET GO AND HE KNOWS THE STATE HAS AN 1215 00:39:05,977 --> 00:39:06,509 AND HE KNOWS THE STATE HAS AN OPTION TO RETRY HIM. 1216 00:39:06,511 --> 00:39:08,645 OPTION TO RETRY HIM. >> BUT IF WE GO TO TRIAL AGAIN, 1217 00:39:08,647 --> 00:39:10,246 >> BUT IF WE GO TO TRIAL AGAIN, I THINK WE CAN WIN 1218 00:39:10,248 --> 00:39:11,314 I THINK WE CAN WIN >> Reporter: BUT WE TALKED A BIT 1219 00:39:11,316 --> 00:39:12,916 >> Reporter: BUT WE TALKED A BIT ABOUT THAT CHRISTMAS EVE 1220 00:39:12,918 --> 00:39:14,517 ABOUT THAT CHRISTMAS EVE AND THE MYSTERY OF WHAT SO UPSET 1221 00:39:14,519 --> 00:39:16,086 AND THE MYSTERY OF WHAT SO UPSET LISA 1222 00:39:16,088 --> 00:39:18,722 LISA >> SHE WAS CRYING. 1223 00:39:18,724 --> 00:39:19,823 >> SHE WAS CRYING. THAT'S ONE THING I ASKED HER, 1224 00:39:19,825 --> 00:39:21,491 THAT'S ONE THING I ASKED HER, WHY SHE WAS CRYING 1225 00:39:21,493 --> 00:39:23,526 WHY SHE WAS CRYING >> Reporter: HUH 1226 00:39:23,528 --> 00:39:27,430 >> Reporter: HUH AND SHE COULDN'T TELL YOU? 1227 00:39:27,432 --> 00:39:27,831 AND SHE COULDN'T TELL YOU? >> UNH-UH. 1228 00:39:27,833 --> 00:39:28,932 >> UNH-UH. >> Reporter: DIDN'T WANT TO TELL 1229 00:39:28,934 --> 00:39:31,534 >> Reporter: DIDN'T WANT TO TELL YOU. 1230 00:39:31,536 --> 00:39:31,968 YOU. >> DIDN'T WANNA TALK 1231 00:39:31,970 --> 00:39:32,502 >> DIDN'T WANNA TALK DIDN'T WANNA SAY ANYTHING. 1232 00:39:32,504 --> 00:39:33,103 DIDN'T WANNA SAY ANYTHING. >> Reporter: WASN'T 'TIL YEARS 1233 00:39:33,105 --> 00:39:33,737 >> Reporter: WASN'T 'TIL YEARS LATER, HE SAID, THAT HE LEARNED 1234 00:39:33,739 --> 00:39:34,371 LATER, HE SAID, THAT HE LEARNED SHE'D BEEN HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH 1235 00:39:34,373 --> 00:39:34,771 SHE'D BEEN HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH HER BOSS 1236 00:39:34,773 --> 00:39:38,508 HER BOSS AND THAT MAN HAD JUST BROKEN IT 1237 00:39:38,510 --> 00:39:40,009 AND THAT MAN HAD JUST BROKEN IT OFF MEANING SHE WAS ALSO OUT OF 1238 00:39:40,011 --> 00:39:41,144 OFF MEANING SHE WAS ALSO OUT OF A JOB. 1239 00:39:41,146 --> 00:39:43,279 A JOB. >> SHE HAD TOLD ME SHE WASN'T 1240 00:39:43,281 --> 00:39:44,881 >> SHE HAD TOLD ME SHE WASN'T COMING BACK TO WORK THE DAY 1241 00:39:44,883 --> 00:39:46,483 COMING BACK TO WORK THE DAY BEFORE THIS. 1242 00:39:46,485 --> 00:39:46,950 BEFORE THIS. >> Reporter: HE DIDN'T 1243 00:39:46,952 --> 00:39:47,984 >> Reporter: HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT, THEN. 1244 00:39:47,986 --> 00:39:48,518 UNDERSTAND IT, THEN. BUT NOW? 1245 00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:49,152 BUT NOW? MAYBE THAT WAS AN ANSWER TO HIS 1246 00:39:49,154 --> 00:39:49,552 MAYBE THAT WAS AN ANSWER TO HIS LONG AGO QUESTION. 1247 00:39:49,554 --> 00:39:50,120 LONG AGO QUESTION. WHY DID SHE SHE END HER OWN 1248 00:39:50,122 --> 00:39:50,587 WHY DID SHE SHE END HER OWN LIFE 1249 00:39:50,589 --> 00:39:51,187 LIFE ONCE HE MIGHT HAVE CONFRONTED 1250 00:39:51,189 --> 00:39:52,188 ONCE HE MIGHT HAVE CONFRONTED THE OTHER MAN. 1251 00:39:52,190 --> 00:39:52,889 THE OTHER MAN. NOW? 1252 00:39:52,891 --> 00:39:53,390 NOW? NOTHING TO BE DONE 1253 00:39:53,392 --> 00:39:55,191 NOTHING TO BE DONE >> I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE HE'S 1254 00:39:55,193 --> 00:39:55,525 >> I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE HE'S AT NOW 1255 00:39:55,527 --> 00:39:56,092 AT NOW THAT BUSINESS SHUT -- CLOSED 1256 00:39:56,094 --> 00:39:58,027 THAT BUSINESS SHUT -- CLOSED DOWN NOW 1257 00:39:58,029 --> 00:39:59,829 DOWN NOW >> Reporter: THE ONCE-CLOSE 1258 00:39:59,831 --> 00:40:00,597 >> Reporter: THE ONCE-CLOSE FAMILY IS BADLY SPLIT. 1259 00:40:00,599 --> 00:40:01,431 FAMILY IS BADLY SPLIT. LISA'S SISTER SHAWN AND 1260 00:40:01,433 --> 00:40:02,031 LISA'S SISTER SHAWN AND DAUGHTER, LACI, STILL BELIEVE 1261 00:40:02,033 --> 00:40:05,702 DAUGHTER, LACI, STILL BELIEVE BRAD IS GUILTY 1262 00:40:05,704 --> 00:40:07,237 BRAD IS GUILTY SO, FOR NOW -- 1263 00:40:07,239 --> 00:40:09,406 SO, FOR NOW -- >> IT'S JUST LIKE STARTIN' OVER 1264 00:40:09,408 --> 00:40:13,676 >> IT'S JUST LIKE STARTIN' OVER AGAIN, THOUGH, YOU KNOW I MEAN 1265 00:40:13,678 --> 00:40:15,812 AGAIN, THOUGH, YOU KNOW I MEAN >> Reporter: AND HE CLINGS TO 1266 00:40:15,814 --> 00:40:21,184 >> Reporter: AND HE CLINGS TO HIS KIDS, HIS SISTER, HIS MOM, 1267 00:40:21,186 --> 00:40:21,818 HIS KIDS, HIS SISTER, HIS MOM, AND THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN HIM, TO 1268 00:40:21,820 --> 00:40:22,786 AND THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN HIM, TO HIS ANCESTRAL FARM AND HIS OTHER 1269 00:40:22,788 --> 00:40:28,658 HIS ANCESTRAL FARM AND HIS OTHER LONG-TIME LOVE THE OLD CHEVELLE. 1270 00:40:28,660 --> 00:40:29,692 LONG-TIME LOVE THE OLD CHEVELLE. >> I KNEW BRAD WAS INNOCENT. 1271 00:40:29,694 --> 00:40:31,227 >> I KNEW BRAD WAS INNOCENT. THE ONLY THING I'VE EVER WANTED 1272 00:40:31,229 --> 00:40:38,201 THE ONLY THING I'VE EVER WANTED WAS FOR FINALLY EVERYONE TO HEAR 1273 00:40:38,203 --> 00:40:41,704 WAS FOR FINALLY EVERYONE TO HEAR THE TRUTH. 1274 00:40:41,706 --> 00:40:47,744 THE TRUTH. >> Reporter: THAT'S ALL FOR NOW. 1275 00:40:47,746 --> 00:40:50,480 >> Reporter: THAT'S ALL FOR NOW. THIS EDITION OF "DATELINE. 1276 00:40:50,482 --> 00:40:53,649 THIS EDITION OF "DATELINE.