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[Narrator] <i>A surprise</i>
<i>late night visit</i>

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<i>leads to a horrifying discovery.</i>

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There were two bullet holes.

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He has a revolver in
one of his hands.

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We start questioning exactly
what we had,

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if it was a suicide
or a homicide.

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[Narrator] <i>To get to the truth,</i>

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<i>investigators must make sense of</i>
<i>a complicated dynamic.</i>

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It's very clear this family,
these women,

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are very close to each other.

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There appeared to be a weird and
very close nexus between them.

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[Narrator] <i>But will</i>
<i>this tangled loyalty</i>

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<i>come undone from the inside out?</i>

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[Kenneth] <i>He starts</i>
<i>to relay that,</i>

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"There's more going on here
that you need to be aware of."

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[Keith] <i>She had foreclosure</i>
<i>on her house,</i>

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her cars were bein' repossessed.

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This is out of desperation.

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[Ben] <i>The only narrative</i>
<i>we have left</i>

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is one of premeditated,
cold-blooded, calculated murder.

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[Narrator] <i>March 21st, 2016.</i>

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<i>Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.</i>

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<i>At 9:11 PM, 911 operators</i>
<i>receive a frantic call</i>

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<i>from 69-year-old Judith Nix.</i>

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[Narrator] <i>Officers with</i>

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<i>the Broken Arrow</i>
<i>Police Department</i>

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<i>arrive at the rural home of</i>
<i>69-year-old Ken Nix.</i>

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When they arrive,

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they find Judith Nix
in the front yard.

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<i>She looks distraught.</i>

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[Narrator] <i>Judith directs</i>
<i>the officers</i>

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<i>towards Ken's bedroom</i>
<i>in the back of the house.</i>

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[Jackie] <i>Upon arrival,</i>

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<i>there was Mr. Nix deceased</i>
<i>in the master bedroom</i>

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with what appeared to be
a gunshot wound to the head,

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and there was a gun
underneath his hand.

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<i>Mr. Nix had a injury to</i>
<i>the left temple,</i>

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<i>blood running down his face.</i>

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There was blood on his shirt
that he was wearing.

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[Scott] <i>After seein' that</i>
<i>it was a suicide,</i>

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they call out to detectives
to come out and investigate.

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[Narrator] <i>As investigators</i>
<i>arrive,</i>

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<i>a tearful Judith tells them that</i>
<i>she feared this day would come.</i>

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Judith says he suffered from
this chronic medical condition.

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He was in a tremendous amount
of pain, he was very unhappy.

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[Keith] <i>My dad was on methadone,</i>

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because he has neuropathy and
a lot of pain issues.

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[Scott] <i>Accordin' to her,</i>

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he had talked about shootin' and
killin' himself.

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<i>And initially, you know,</i>
<i>it looked like a suicide.</i>

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But questions are,
are clickin' in your mind that,

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you know, is this really a,
a suicide?

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Or is it somethin' else?

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[Narrator] <i>Ken Nix was born on</i>
<i>September 19th, 1946,</i>

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<i>to Belton and Betty Nix</i>
<i>in Lake Charles, Louisiana.</i>

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He had six siblings.
My father was the, the oldest.

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[Keith] <i>During his childhood</i>
<i>in Lake Charles,</i>

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<i>he loved to restore cars</i>
<i>as a hobby.</i>

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And tinkered with the vehicles
and motorcycles in general,

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<i>'cause he was very much into</i>
<i>motorcycles.</i>

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[Narrator] <i>After high school,</i>

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<i>Ken followed his love</i>
<i>for mechanics</i>

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<i>and attended technical school,</i>

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<i>where he honed his skills before</i>

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<i>opening up</i>
<i>his own service station.</i>

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[Kevin] <i>My dad was</i>
<i>a very good mechanic.</i>

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He was the youngest
Texaco gas station owner

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<i>in Lake Charles, Louisiana.</i>

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[Narrator] <i>Ken was hoping</i>
<i>to find someone</i>

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<i>to share his success with,</i>

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<i>and in his 20's,</i>
<i>he met Manita Moriarity</i>

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<i>and fell in love.</i>

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My dad told me that when
he first met my mother, Manita,

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<i>it was at an apartment complex.</i>

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<i>My father and my mother were</i>
<i>married in 1966.</i>

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<i>And then I was born</i>
<i>February 20th, 1967.</i>

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<i>And then a year later,</i>
<i>had my sister.</i>

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Just a year right after that,
we moved to Tulsa

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to be closer to my grandmother.

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<i>And after that,</i>
<i>they had my brother.</i>

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I remember seein' a lot of
videos of us

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as young children,

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<i>and my father and mother</i>
<i>just looked happy.</i>

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<i>But eventually, there were</i>
<i>some issues,</i>

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<i>and I know that they got</i>
<i>separated.</i>

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So, me and my brother
and my sister were livin' in

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<i>an apartment with my mother,</i>
<i>Manita.</i>

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[Narrator] <i>Unfortunately,</i>
<i>on August 29th, 1974,</i>

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<i>tragedy struck the family.</i>

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[Kevin] <i>And during</i>
<i>that separation,</i>

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<i>I was age seven.</i>

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<i>My mother called my father</i>
<i>and said that</i>

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<i>she was gonna commit suicide.</i>

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And my mother did commit
suicide.

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<i>I remember my father</i>
<i>bein' there,</i>

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<i>and he took us home.</i>

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And we never saw
our mother again.

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[Narrator] <i>Over the next</i>
<i>ten years,</i>

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<i>Ken married and divorced</i>
<i>three more times.</i>

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[Kevin] <i>I asked my father,</i>
<i>I said, "Dad..."</i>

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"Why do you keep gettin'
married all the time?"

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<i>And he said, "Son, I want you</i>
<i>guys to have both a mom</i>

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<i>"and a father figure.</i>

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And I'm gonna try it 'til
I get it right."

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[Narrator] <i>While his marriages</i>
<i>may have failed,</i>

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<i>Ken's professional life</i>
<i>flourished.</i>

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<i>In 1980, he started</i>
<i>his own business.</i>

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[Kevin] <i>He opened up</i>
<i>Inland Divers business,</i>

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a commercial
scuba diving business.

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[Keith] <i>Inland Divers had</i>
<i>salvage capabilities,</i>

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so they could pull vehicles out
of the water

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or boulders near a dam.

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<i>He could do anything</i>
<i>to make money.</i>

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[Narrator] <i>But even with</i>
<i>all that success,</i>

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<i>Ken never gave up</i>
<i>searching for love.</i>

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<i>And in 1984,</i>
<i>he met Judith Bailey,</i>

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<i>a divorced mother of</i>
<i>two daughters:</i>

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<i>16-year-old Angela</i>
<i>and 12-year-old Shelly.</i>

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My sister, Kim, was gonna go
to a sleepover.

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<i>When my sister was</i>
<i>bein' brought home,</i>

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<i>Judith met my father.</i>

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<i>And I guess there was</i>
<i>an attraction there.</i>

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[Narrator] <i>When Judith met</i>
<i>Ken Nix,</i>

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<i>she was not looking for romance.</i>

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Growing up, Judith spent
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and studying, kept to herself.

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[Keith] <i>She was born and raised</i>
<i>in Texas,</i>

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and then she moved to Tulsa,
near her parents.

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[Narrator] <i>As a young woman,</i>

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<i>Judith caught the eye of</i>
<i>the preacher's son.</i>

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[Jax] <i>Their lifelong friendship</i>
<i>turned into romance,</i>

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and they married in
the late 1960's.

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[Keith] <i>Judy and her husband</i>
<i>lived out in the country,</i>

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<i>30 minutes outside of Tulsa.</i>

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And she was an accountant for
Amoco at the time.

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[Jax] <i>Shortly after</i>
<i>having two kids,</i>

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<i>Judith and her husband divorced.</i>

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There was drinking and
infidelity,

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and, well, Judith just
couldn't take it anymore.

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[Narrator] <i>Judith was reluctant</i>
<i>to commit to anything serious,</i>

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<i>but Ken pulled out</i>
<i>all the stops.</i>

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Ken introduced Judith
to scuba diving,

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and it became a shared passion
between them.

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[Keith] <i>They were very much</i>
<i>into diving.</i>

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<i>Judy was wonderful.</i>

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<i>I never heard them fight.</i>

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<i>But then my previous moms,</i>

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there were fights, you know...

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around us.

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<i>But with Judy,</i>
<i>I never noticed any issues.</i>

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[Narrator] <i>A year after meeting,</i>
<i>they married in February, 1985.</i>

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<i>And shortly after, Judith moved</i>
<i>in with Ken and his kids.</i>

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I was probably 13
by the time she moved in.

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[Narrator] <i>Her two daughters,</i>
<i>Shelly and Angela,</i>

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<i>chose to stay with their father,</i>
<i>who lived nearby.</i>

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They had another high school
they went to, and friends.

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<i>So, it just was good for</i>
<i>their rhythm.</i>

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[Narrator] <i>Once</i>
<i>the newlywed phase ended,</i>

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<i>Ken and Judith got down</i>
<i>to business.</i>

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<i>They focused on the growth</i>
<i>of Inland Divers.</i>

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She became part of the business
with the administrative side

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and then going to the sites
with him.

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[Narrator] <i>For years,</i>

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<i>both their business and</i>
<i>family life were thriving...</i>

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<i>But after almost three decades</i>
<i>of marriage,</i>

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<i>the couple found themselves</i>
<i>unable to meet on common ground.</i>

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[Keith] <i>My father raised me</i>
<i>and my brother</i>

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to able to be on our own
and not dependent on anybody.

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<i>But Judy coddled her kids,</i>

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<i>financed her kids</i>
<i>any time they had a problem,</i>

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and that caused turmoil
between my father and Judy.

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So communication
between the two was diminishing.

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[Narrator] <i>Judith and Ken</i>
<i>divorced in 2011,</i>

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<i>ending 26 years of marriage.</i>

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<i>But even after five years</i>
<i>of being divorced,</i>

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<i>the couple had a hard time</i>
<i>letting go.</i>

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She had went and bought
her own house,

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<i>but Judith was still stayin' at</i>
<i>my dad's house sometimes.</i>

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They spent a lot of time
together after the divorce.

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<i>Judy would come over,</i>
<i>and they would eat dinner.</i>

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<i>But their family's world is</i>
<i>shattered on March 21st, 2016...</i>

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<i>When Judith calls 911 to report</i>
<i>that she's just found Ken dead</i>

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<i>from an apparent</i>
<i>self-inflicted gunshot wound.</i>

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Judith says, "Last time I was
here was the night before,

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"between 4 to 5 PM,

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and left because he got kinda
grumpy and tired."

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[Narrator] <i>She says she tried</i>
<i>calling Ken several times</i>

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<i>earlier that day,</i>
<i>but he didn't answer.</i>

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[Scott] <i>Ultimately,</i>
<i>she went to the store</i>

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<i>to get some chicken for dinner</i>

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and came back to the residence
that evening.

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[Narrator] <i>Judith says she</i>
<i>arrived around 9 PM.</i>

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[Scott] <i>That was when she went</i>
<i>back to the bedroom</i>

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<i>and found him on the bed.</i>

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She just noticed the gun layin'
next to him.

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<i>So, she just assumed that</i>
<i>Mr. Nix had shot himself.</i>

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Judith says,
"I found him like this,"

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<i>without further information.</i>

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At this point, we don't know
what does or doesn't add up.

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[Narrator] <i>Before investigators</i>
<i>get a chance</i>

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<i>to ask more questions,</i>

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<i>they notice she seems unwell.</i>

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She appears to be
physically distraught.

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She complains of chest pain.

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[Scott] <i>He asked her if</i>
<i>she was feelin' okay,</i>

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<i>and she said that she wasn't.</i>

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The EMS who came out to
the scene

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<i>determined that she needed to go</i>
<i>to the hospital.</i>

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[Narrator] <i>Coming up.</i>

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<i>A seemingly straightforward case</i>
<i>takes a twisted turn.</i>

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The medical examiner found that
there were two bullet holes.

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[Narrator] <i>And investigators</i>
<i>uncover family secrets.</i>

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There's a lot of bitterness.
There's a lot of engrained rage.

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They viewed him to be somebody
who was mean,

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<i>and just someone they,</i>
<i>they absolutely did not have</i>

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a good relationship with.

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[Narrator] <i>In March of 2016,</i>

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<i>police in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma</i>
<i>are investigating</i>

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<i>a reported suicide after Ken Nix</i>
<i>is found dead inside his home</i>

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<i>with a gun in his hand.</i>

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<i>While giving her statement</i>
<i>to investigators,</i>

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<i>Ken's ex-wife, Judith,</i>
<i>begins experiencing chest pains.</i>

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[Kenneth] <i>So, they're wantin' to</i>
<i>take her to the hospital.</i>

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In doing so, they're asking,

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is there anything that they
can do to help her

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<i>or help make sure</i>
<i>the house is okay?</i>

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<i>And she said,</i>
<i>"Yes, call Shelly."</i>

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<i>Shelly was her daughter.</i>

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She wanted Shelly to come
and take care of her dog.

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[Narrator] <i>Less than an hour</i>

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<i>after officials</i>
<i>responded to the scene,</i>

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<i>Judith is transported to</i>
<i>the hospital,</i>

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<i>while detectives head back</i>
<i>inside.</i>

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[Scott] <i>Once we got to</i>
<i>the bedroom, we found him.</i>

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The gun was layin' next to him,

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and initially, you know,
it looked like a suicide.

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[Narrator] <i>The medical examiner</i>
<i>joins detectives,</i>

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<i>and they take a closer look</i>
<i>at Ken's injuries.</i>

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[Jackie] <i>The blood on the side</i>
<i>of his head was dry,</i>

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<i>and I could see lividity.</i>

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<i>Lividity is the pooling</i>
<i>of blood.</i>

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Takes hours to develop.

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[Scott] <i>We were able</i>
<i>to deduct that</i>

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<i>he'd been there quite a while.</i>

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We had a general idea that
it'd been early in the morning

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<i>that he supposedly had</i>
<i>shot himself.</i>

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[Narrator] <i>The medical examiner</i>
<i>determines</i>

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<i>Ken died around 7:30 AM,</i>

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<i>approximately 14 hours before</i>
<i>Judith called 911.</i>

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[Jackie] <i>We knew that there had</i>
<i>been a delay in</i>

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the call up to 911.

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And that could have been
just because

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<i>there was no one there</i>
<i>to find him.</i>

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[Narrator] <i>But then,</i>
<i>the medical examiner makes</i>

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<i>a startling discovery.</i>

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He was able to move the body

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<i>and clean off of some</i>
<i>of the blood,</i>

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<i>and found that there were</i>
<i>two bullet holes</i>

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approximately an inch apart.

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[Narrator] <i>Investigators are</i>
<i>immediately suspicious</i>

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<i>of Judith's story.</i>

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Who commits suicide and is able
to shoot themselves

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twice in the head?

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[Narrator] <i>And upon closer</i>
<i>inspection of Ken's body,</i>

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<i>investigator Jackie Smithson</i>
<i>catches a new clue.</i>

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[Jackie] <i>I saw that</i>
<i>the blood stain on the shirt</i>

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that Mr. Nix was wearing
at the time

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<i>didn't align with the injury and</i>
<i>the position in which he was in.</i>

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<i>Blood flows with gravity,</i>

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<i>the laws of physics.</i>

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So the injury was to
his left temple,

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<i>and the blood should have</i>
<i>ran straight down.</i>

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<i>But the shirt was in</i>
<i>a position in which</i>

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the blood ran at an angle
from his left side to his navel,

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instead of straight down.

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<i>So there was movement</i>
<i>after he was shot.</i>

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At that point, we realized that
we have a homicide.

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[Narrator] <i>After the suicide</i>
<i>theory falls apart,</i>

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<i>the homicide investigation</i>
<i>goes into full swing.</i>

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<i>The team starts to comb</i>
<i>the house for clues.</i>

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[Jackie] <i>There was nothing</i>
<i>knocked over,</i>

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there were no signs of
a struggle.

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<i>The house was just normal,</i>

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<i>there were no signs of</i>
<i>forced entry.</i>

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[Narrator] <i>In the kitchen,</i>

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<i>investigators spot the dinner</i>

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<i>Judith reported bringing</i>
<i>for her ex-husband.</i>

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On the kitchen island there was

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<i>a container that was</i>
<i>holding fried chicken.</i>

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[Narrator] <i>And they find</i>
<i>something else of interest.</i>

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[Jackie] <i>We did observe that</i>
<i>there was a security-type camera</i>

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that was pointing toward
the master bedroom.

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[Scott] <i>We went ahead and seized</i>
<i>the camera system,</i>

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<i>security system,</i>

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we sent that away to a lab
to look at it.

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[Narrator] <i>As investigators</i>
<i>continue processing the scene,</i>

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<i>they get word that Judith's</i>
<i>youngest daughter, Shelly,</i>

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<i>has just arrived at Ken's</i>
<i>to pick up her dog.</i>

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When Ms. Nix's daughter,
Shelly, came to recover the dog,

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she made a passing comment

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that caused some of the officers
to perk up.

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[Kenneth] <i>Shelly's talking to</i>
<i>officers and says,</i>

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"Oh, yes, I was here earlier
this morning,

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when my mom was here."

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Judith told us that she hadn't
been at that house

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since the 20th, the day before.

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[Kenneth] <i>Could there be</i>
<i>an explanation?</i>

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<i>Sure.</i>

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The lady just found
her ex-husband's dead body,

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that could make anybody
distraught.

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<i>But it's gonna give them things</i>
<i>they need to follow up on.</i>

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Her statements, timeline wise,

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are not linking up with
Judith's.

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<i>They ask Shelly to come back to</i>
<i>the police station</i>

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<i>and give a more</i>
<i>thorough statement.</i>

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[Narrator] <i>Judith is held at</i>
<i>the hospital overnight</i>

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<i>for observation.</i>

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<i>The following morning,</i>
<i>on March 22nd,</i>

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<i>detectives sit down with</i>
<i>47-year-old Shelly Davis.</i>

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<i>Investigators question Shelly</i>

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<i>about her mother's relationship</i>
<i>with Ken.</i>

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We started gettin' a lot more
information on

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the relationship
between Kenneth and Judith,

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<i>that it wasn't</i>
<i>a great relationship.</i>

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[Narrator] <i>Shelly claims that</i>
<i>Ken was hostile towards Judith.</i>

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[Scott] <i>Shelly, she made</i>
<i>accusations that</i>

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<i>he had abused her,</i>

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pushed her around,
threatened her,

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and stuff like that.

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[Kenneth] <i>You got very quickly</i>

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a sense that they did not like
Kenneth Nix,

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<i>and Kenneth Nix did not like</i>
<i>Shelly or her sister, Angela.</i>

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<i>They viewed him to be somebody</i>
<i>who was mean,</i>

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<i>somebody who was abusive.</i>

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They absolutely did not have
a good relationship with.

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[Narrator] <i>Next, detectives ask</i>
<i>Shelly for her whereabouts</i>

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<i>the day prior.</i>

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<i>She tells police she went to</i>
<i>Ken's house</i>

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<i>around 11 o'clock that morning.</i>

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She said she went to the house,

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and she was met at
the front door by Judith,

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<i>and they exchanged money there.</i>

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<i>She never went inside</i>
<i>the residence.</i>

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[Narrator] <i>With</i>
<i>the estimated time of death</i>

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<i>at 7:30 AM,</i>

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<i>investigators now suspect</i>
<i>Ken was already dead</i>

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<i>when Shelly stopped by</i>
<i>the house.</i>

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[Ben] Now we have a problem,

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because if Judith's been
there all morning,

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then it's clear she's known
about his death

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for a lot longer.

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At this point, they don't think
that Judith or Shelly

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are being completely honest
with here.

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<i>They already know Judith lied.</i>

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[Scott] <i>It's a homicide.</i>

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And if you have information,

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you need to release that
information.

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<i>They were tryin' to</i>
<i>be secretive about it.</i>

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[Narrator] <i>In an effort to</i>
<i>pin down the truth,</i>

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<i>investigators make a bold move.</i>

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[Scott] <i>We charged her with</i>
<i>accessory to murder.</i>

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We're not lookin' to, you know,
put everybody in jail.

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We just wanna find
the right person.

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<i>We thought that we could put</i>
<i>pressure</i>

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<i>a little bit on Judith that,</i>

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<i>"Hey, we arrested</i>
<i>your daughter, Shelly.</i>

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We're comin' after you.
You're next."

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[Narrator] <i>But before</i>
<i>they get a chance</i>

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<i>to pay Judith a visit,</i>

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<i>a call comes in to</i>

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<i>the Broken Arrow</i>
<i>Police Department</i>

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<i>from Todd Moore,</i>
<i>her daughter Angela's ex,</i>

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<i>claiming he has information</i>
<i>on Ken's murder.</i>

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Todd Moore makes
his own phone call to the police

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to say, "Hey there's more
going on here

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<i>"that you need to be aware of.</i>

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<i>What's happening is not the way</i>
<i>that it's,</i>

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<i>it's being portrayed."</i>

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[Narrator] <i>Coming up.</i>

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<i>A family insider brings forth</i>
<i>a shocking claim...</i>

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[Ben] <i>He's thinking,</i>
<i>"Oh, my goodness.</i>

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Why are you coming to me with
this and telling me this?"

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[Narrator] <i>Leaving investigators</i>

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<i>with more questions than</i>
<i>answers.</i>

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There's nothing really
to tell us who did

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or didn't actually pull
that trigger.

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[Narrator] <i>Authorities in</i>
<i>Broken Arrow, Oklahoma</i>

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<i>investigating the shooting death</i>
<i>of Ken Nix</i>

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<i>are getting ready to question</i>
<i>his estranged wife, Judith,</i>

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<i>when they receive a call from</i>
<i>her former son-in-law,</i>

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<i>Todd Moore.</i>

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[Kenneth] <i>Angela's ex-husband,</i>
<i>Todd,</i>

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<i>winds up calling police himself,</i>

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trying to give them
the information about

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what he had at least heard or
seen about

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what actually took
place inside the home.

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[Narrator] <i>Todd tells detectives</i>

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<i>that around noon on the day</i>
<i>of the murder,</i>

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<i>his ex, Angela,</i>
<i>and her sister, Shelly,</i>

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<i>showed up with quite</i>
<i>a story to tell.</i>

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[Ben] <i>Shelly and her sister,</i>
<i>Angela,</i>

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<i>actually end up going to</i>

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<i>Angela's estranged husband's</i>
<i>house,</i>

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where they tell him that
Judith has shot Kenneth.

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<i>He's thinking, "Oh, my goodness.</i>

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Why are you coming to me with
this and telling me this?"

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00:22:20,874 --> 00:22:24,310
[Narrator] <i>Todd says Angela and</i>
<i>Shelly were desperately trying</i>

413
00:22:24,344 --> 00:22:27,947
<i>to figure out how to help</i>
<i>their mother cover up the crime.</i>

414
00:22:28,948 --> 00:22:30,483
[Ben] <i>According to Todd,</i>

415
00:22:30,517 --> 00:22:32,385
<i>they had discussed her fleeing</i>
<i>to the Philippines.</i>

416
00:22:32,652 --> 00:22:36,222
At one point, they had discussed
staging the scene as a robbery.

417
00:22:39,459 --> 00:22:41,194
[Narrator] <i>Refusing to</i>
<i>participate in</i>

418
00:22:41,227 --> 00:22:43,563
<i>their brainstorming session,</i>

419
00:22:43,596 --> 00:22:46,700
<i>Todd urged the women to take</i>
<i>a different course of action.</i>

420
00:22:46,733 --> 00:22:50,704
Todd actually encouraged them to
self-report,

421
00:22:50,737 --> 00:22:53,206
<i>which caused Angela,</i>
<i>I believe, to leave.</i>

422
00:22:53,239 --> 00:22:56,810
<i>She just up, walked away.</i>
<i>Obviously distraught.</i>

423
00:22:57,444 --> 00:22:58,912
[Narrator] <i>Todd tells</i>
<i>authorities</i>

424
00:22:58,945 --> 00:23:02,615
<i>he has not seen</i>
<i>or heard from Angela since.</i>

425
00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:08,121
[Ben] <i>Todd's crucial</i>

426
00:23:08,154 --> 00:23:10,490
<i>because he's the first person</i>
<i>who doesn't have</i>

427
00:23:10,523 --> 00:23:13,960
a vested interest in seeing her
get away with it, necessarily.

428
00:23:14,060 --> 00:23:16,296
[Narrator] <i>Todd makes it</i>
<i>clear to detectives</i>

429
00:23:16,329 --> 00:23:19,165
<i>that Judith and her daughters</i>
<i>are unwavering</i>

430
00:23:19,199 --> 00:23:21,501
<i>in their loyalty to one another.</i>

431
00:23:21,534 --> 00:23:23,937
[Ben] <i>It actually puts</i>
<i>the picture together completely,</i>

432
00:23:23,970 --> 00:23:27,073
because you have to understand,
people lie for reasons.

433
00:23:27,073 --> 00:23:29,075
<i>It's very clear this family,</i>
<i>these women,</i>

434
00:23:29,075 --> 00:23:30,910
<i>are very close to each other.</i>

435
00:23:30,944 --> 00:23:32,212
[Kenneth] <i>In the case,</i>
<i>in regards to motive</i>

436
00:23:32,245 --> 00:23:33,646
<i>for why this happened,</i>

437
00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:35,648
investigators start looking at
the animosity between

438
00:23:35,682 --> 00:23:37,951
both Shelly and Angela,

439
00:23:37,984 --> 00:23:39,886
<i>and Kenneth Nix and Judith.</i>

440
00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:43,289
<i>But there's nothing really to</i>
<i>tell us one way or the other</i>

441
00:23:43,323 --> 00:23:45,892
who did or didn't actually pull
that trigger.

442
00:23:50,530 --> 00:23:52,866
[Narrator] <i>Before detectives</i>
<i>make their next move,</i>

443
00:23:52,899 --> 00:23:55,101
<i>they hear back about</i>
<i>the security cameras</i>

444
00:23:55,101 --> 00:23:57,437
<i>found in Ken's home.</i>

445
00:23:58,204 --> 00:24:00,774
[Kenneth] <i>They found there was</i>
<i>no memory to recover,</i>

446
00:24:00,807 --> 00:24:02,575
<i>there was no videos to recover.</i>

447
00:24:02,609 --> 00:24:04,044
<i>Unfortunately, they were never</i>
<i>able to determine</i>

448
00:24:04,044 --> 00:24:07,147
<i>what exactly happened to</i>
<i>the security footage.</i>

449
00:24:07,180 --> 00:24:08,848
<i>But again, this is another</i>
<i>red flag.</i>

450
00:24:09,449 --> 00:24:11,251
Something else that adds to
the pile of

451
00:24:11,284 --> 00:24:12,652
"this doesn't make sense".

452
00:24:15,822 --> 00:24:19,426
[Narrator] <i>Still hoping to get</i>
<i>to the bottom of what happened</i>

453
00:24:19,459 --> 00:24:21,861
<i>inside the Nix home</i>
<i>that morning,</i>

454
00:24:22,195 --> 00:24:23,963
<i>investigators head to</i>
<i>the hospital</i>

455
00:24:24,064 --> 00:24:25,732
<i>to speak with Judith.</i>

456
00:24:26,533 --> 00:24:28,468
[Kenneth] <i>Once Shelly was</i>
<i>arrested,</i>

457
00:24:28,501 --> 00:24:30,870
<i>Judith Nix, in the hospital,</i>
<i>tells one of the officers,</i>

458
00:24:30,904 --> 00:24:33,373
"I'm ready to talk
to the detectives now."

459
00:24:34,307 --> 00:24:36,276
<i>Judith starts to describe</i>

460
00:24:36,309 --> 00:24:38,611
Kenneth's deteriorating
physical heath

461
00:24:38,645 --> 00:24:40,814
<i>and his mental health again,</i>

462
00:24:40,847 --> 00:24:43,616
<i>and that he was angry and</i>
<i>uncomfortable.</i>

463
00:24:46,820 --> 00:24:49,089
[Narrator] <i>But then,</i>
<i>Judith admits that</i>

464
00:24:49,122 --> 00:24:52,158
<i>she hasn't been</i>
<i>completely honest with police.</i>

465
00:24:52,726 --> 00:24:56,329
<i>She presents them with</i>
<i>a very different chain of events</i>

466
00:24:56,363 --> 00:24:58,398
<i>leading up to Ken's death.</i>

467
00:25:32,332 --> 00:25:34,167
[Narrator] <i>Judith also tells</i>
<i>investigators</i>

468
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:35,769
<i>what Shelly already reported:</i>

469
00:25:35,802 --> 00:25:38,705
<i>that she had long suffered</i>
<i>domestic violence</i>

470
00:25:38,738 --> 00:25:41,908
<i>at the hands of her ex-husband.</i>

471
00:26:18,044 --> 00:26:19,646
[Narrator] <i>The morning of</i>
<i>Ken's murder,</i>

472
00:26:19,679 --> 00:26:23,149
<i>Judith says Ken confronted her</i>
<i>in the bedroom--</i>

473
00:26:23,183 --> 00:26:26,186
<i>this time, with his gun</i>
<i>in hand.</i>

474
00:26:36,096 --> 00:26:38,865
[Narrator] <i>Fearing for her life</i>
<i>and acting on instinct,</i>

475
00:26:38,898 --> 00:26:42,235
<i>Judith lunged at him,</i>
<i>and a scuffle ensued.</i>

476
00:27:08,828 --> 00:27:13,733
[Jackie] <i>Judith Nix said she</i>
<i>panicked after what occurred,</i>

477
00:27:13,767 --> 00:27:17,037
went to her daughters for
support and direction

478
00:27:17,070 --> 00:27:18,605
as to what she should do,

479
00:27:19,139 --> 00:27:21,775
and created a worse situation.

480
00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:28,915
[Narrator] There's only
one problem...

481
00:27:29,182 --> 00:27:31,484
<i>Judith's account</i>
<i>doesn't match up</i>

482
00:27:31,518 --> 00:27:34,054
<i>with the evidence found</i>
<i>at the scene.</i>

483
00:27:34,387 --> 00:27:36,756
There does not appear to be
really any evidence

484
00:27:36,790 --> 00:27:40,326
of a struggle, signs of a fight,

485
00:27:40,360 --> 00:27:43,863
a physical or verbal altercation
that led to somebody losing it.

486
00:27:43,897 --> 00:27:47,167
<i>And we have a man with</i>
<i>two bullet holes in his head,</i>

487
00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,069
<i>where she said,</i>
<i>"I had to shoot him"?</i>

488
00:27:49,102 --> 00:27:51,438
Those facts don't line up
whatsoever.

489
00:27:51,971 --> 00:27:54,574
[Narrator] <i>The investigation</i>
<i>is far from over,</i>

490
00:27:54,607 --> 00:27:58,445
<i>but they aren't letting Judith</i>
<i>leave the hospital a free woman.</i>

491
00:27:59,279 --> 00:28:00,780
[Ben] <i>Judith Nix was charged</i>
<i>with murder,</i>

492
00:28:00,814 --> 00:28:02,482
<i>so she is arrested there</i>

493
00:28:02,515 --> 00:28:03,883
and transported immediately from
the hospital

494
00:28:03,917 --> 00:28:06,353
to the jail for booking.

495
00:28:09,689 --> 00:28:13,126
[Narrator] <i>There is one person</i>
<i>alleged to be involved</i>

496
00:28:13,159 --> 00:28:15,261
<i>who police haven't</i>
<i>talked to yet:</i>

497
00:28:16,029 --> 00:28:17,831
<i>Judith's daughter, Angela.</i>

498
00:28:17,864 --> 00:28:21,334
[Kenneth] <i>Shelly and Angela may</i>
<i>have been involved with this,</i>

499
00:28:21,368 --> 00:28:23,403
either in planning it,
or at the very least,

500
00:28:23,436 --> 00:28:26,873
in helping clean it up and
conceal it after the fact.

501
00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:29,209
[Scott] <i>We went looking for</i>
<i>Angela.</i>

502
00:28:29,242 --> 00:28:30,744
We knew where she
lived in Tulsa,

503
00:28:30,777 --> 00:28:34,047
and we went to her residence
a couple of times,

504
00:28:34,047 --> 00:28:36,049
<i>and couldn't find her.</i>

505
00:28:36,082 --> 00:28:37,250
[Narrator] <i>In the meantime,</i>

506
00:28:37,617 --> 00:28:40,320
<i>detectives put in a request</i>
<i>for phone records</i>

507
00:28:40,353 --> 00:28:43,056
<i>for Angela, Shelly, and Judith.</i>

508
00:28:46,559 --> 00:28:48,061
[Kenneth] <i>Police are,</i>
<i>are talking to Shelly.</i>

509
00:28:48,094 --> 00:28:50,063
<i>They're starting to get some</i>
<i>statements from Judith,</i>

510
00:28:50,063 --> 00:28:52,165
but they haven't heard
from Angela yet.

511
00:28:52,198 --> 00:28:54,501
<i>They were leaving voicemails</i>
<i>of like, "You need to come in."</i>

512
00:28:55,702 --> 00:28:57,404
When they have no luck
finding Angela,

513
00:28:57,437 --> 00:28:59,706
they issue a material witness
warrant for her arrest.

514
00:29:04,144 --> 00:29:05,578
[Narrator] <i>Coming up.</i>

515
00:29:06,112 --> 00:29:09,082
<i>Investigators reach</i>
<i>for a bluff...</i>

516
00:29:10,150 --> 00:29:12,252
[Kenneth] <i>In confronting her</i>
<i>with the camera or</i>

517
00:29:12,285 --> 00:29:13,787
the possible footage,
she got a little spooked.

518
00:29:15,288 --> 00:29:18,024
[Narrator] <i>And</i>
<i>a well-hidden motive emerges.</i>

519
00:29:19,225 --> 00:29:21,561
[Kevin] <i>He was always gettin'</i>
<i>his pills taken.</i>

520
00:29:21,761 --> 00:29:24,898
I believe it was to fuel
her drug habit.

521
00:29:42,782 --> 00:29:46,920
[Narrator] <i>It's been 48 hours</i>
<i>since the murder of Ken Nix,</i>

522
00:29:46,953 --> 00:29:49,489
<i>and investigators have</i>
<i>his ex-wife Judith</i>

523
00:29:49,522 --> 00:29:52,525
<i>and her daughter Shelly</i>
<i>in police custody,</i>

524
00:29:52,559 --> 00:29:56,062
<i>while they work to track down</i>
<i>Judith's other daughter, Angela.</i>

525
00:29:56,329 --> 00:29:57,731
[Scott] <i>We needed to find her,</i>

526
00:29:57,764 --> 00:29:59,833
because we're tryin' to get
the three pieces together

527
00:29:59,866 --> 00:30:03,737
just to get the right story.

528
00:30:08,108 --> 00:30:11,277
[Narrator] <i>Finally,</i>
<i>three days after Ken's murder,</i>

529
00:30:11,311 --> 00:30:13,346
<i>Angela Moore turns up.</i>

530
00:30:13,913 --> 00:30:17,117
[Kenneth] <i>It takes days of</i>
<i>trying to communicate with her,</i>

531
00:30:17,150 --> 00:30:18,551
to get her to come in,

532
00:30:18,585 --> 00:30:20,420
to where the police almost have
to issue a warrant

533
00:30:20,453 --> 00:30:22,288
to get her to come in.

534
00:30:22,322 --> 00:30:24,791
She finally comes in and
provides a statement.

535
00:30:25,458 --> 00:30:28,194
[Narrator] <i>Despite</i>
<i>her ex-husband Todd's claims,</i>

536
00:30:28,495 --> 00:30:32,232
<i>Angela says that she knows</i>
<i>nothing about Ken's murder.</i>

537
00:30:33,266 --> 00:30:34,668
Angela made statements of,

538
00:30:34,701 --> 00:30:36,636
"I was in the house, but I
didn't go into the bedroom.

539
00:30:36,670 --> 00:30:38,872
I just kinda stayed in the,
the front area."

540
00:30:39,205 --> 00:30:42,208
Angela told police she didn't
help cover anything up,

541
00:30:42,242 --> 00:30:44,577
<i>and she didn't help stage</i>
<i>the suicide.</i>

542
00:30:47,647 --> 00:30:50,283
[Narrator] <i>Investigators</i>
<i>don't believe her.</i>

543
00:30:50,784 --> 00:30:52,285
<i>They reach for a bluff,</i>

544
00:30:52,318 --> 00:30:53,586
<i>telling Angela that</i>

545
00:30:53,620 --> 00:30:55,422
<i>the security camera</i>
<i>in the kitchen</i>

546
00:30:55,455 --> 00:30:57,223
<i>was in working order.</i>

547
00:30:58,124 --> 00:30:59,693
There was no memory on
that camera,

548
00:30:59,726 --> 00:31:02,862
so we had no access to anything
that happened

549
00:31:02,896 --> 00:31:04,931
<i>inside that residence.</i>

550
00:31:05,598 --> 00:31:07,467
[Narrator] <i>But instead of</i>
<i>getting her to talk,</i>

551
00:31:07,500 --> 00:31:09,836
<i>when investigators bring up</i>
<i>the camera,</i>

552
00:31:09,869 --> 00:31:12,072
<i>Angela shuts down.</i>

553
00:31:13,273 --> 00:31:14,941
[Kenneth] <i>In confronting Angela</i>
<i>with the camera</i>

554
00:31:14,974 --> 00:31:16,376
<i>or the possible footage,</i>

555
00:31:16,409 --> 00:31:18,111
Angela got a little spooked.

556
00:31:18,144 --> 00:31:19,546
[Scott] <i>She lawyered up on us,</i>

557
00:31:19,579 --> 00:31:23,149
and we really didn't get
any information from her.

558
00:31:27,420 --> 00:31:28,822
[Kenneth] <i>In looking at</i>
<i>Angela, Shelly's,</i>

559
00:31:28,855 --> 00:31:30,957
<i>and Judith's statements,</i>

560
00:31:30,990 --> 00:31:33,493
none of them appeared, really,
to match one with the other.

561
00:31:34,494 --> 00:31:36,162
[Narrator] <i>At the very least,</i>

562
00:31:36,196 --> 00:31:38,698
<i>investigators believe</i>
<i>Judith's daughters</i>

563
00:31:38,732 --> 00:31:41,534
<i>tried to help her</i>
<i>stage the suicide.</i>

564
00:31:42,836 --> 00:31:44,838
[Kenneth] <i>When looking at</i>
<i>Kenneth's clothes, you know,</i>

565
00:31:44,871 --> 00:31:47,907
they appear to be bunched
somewhat under the armpits,

566
00:31:47,941 --> 00:31:50,243
like his body had attempted to
been moved.

567
00:31:50,276 --> 00:31:52,879
<i>The blood trail doesn't add up</i>
<i>or make sense.</i>

568
00:31:52,912 --> 00:31:55,115
<i>And there's no other reason for</i>
<i>her daughter</i>

569
00:31:55,115 --> 00:31:56,383
<i>to go into that house,</i>

570
00:31:56,416 --> 00:31:58,118
<i>unless she's going to</i>
<i>help her mother</i>

571
00:31:58,118 --> 00:32:00,253
try to set the scene up and
make it look different.

572
00:32:03,323 --> 00:32:04,958
[Narrator] <i>To get to the truth,</i>

573
00:32:05,058 --> 00:32:09,195
<i>investigators take a deep dive</i>
<i>into Judith and Ken's marriage,</i>

574
00:32:09,496 --> 00:32:13,400
<i>starting with Judith's claims</i>
<i>that Ken was abusive.</i>

575
00:32:14,534 --> 00:32:16,469
When Judith Nix raises
the flag that

576
00:32:16,503 --> 00:32:17,904
"I'm a victim of violence,"

577
00:32:17,937 --> 00:32:21,541
we want to make sure
I'm not further victimizing her

578
00:32:21,574 --> 00:32:23,943
by prosecuting her for
defending herself.

579
00:32:23,977 --> 00:32:25,879
<i>So, we take it very seriously.</i>

580
00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:28,481
[Narrator] <i>Investigators</i>
<i>do uncover</i>

581
00:32:28,515 --> 00:32:30,550
<i>a few domestic disturbance calls</i>

582
00:32:30,583 --> 00:32:32,318
<i>to the Broken Arrow</i>
<i>Police Department</i>

583
00:32:32,352 --> 00:32:34,320
<i>over the last six years.</i>

584
00:32:34,954 --> 00:32:38,324
[Kenneth] <i>In looking at Judith</i>
<i>and Kenneth's relationship,</i>

585
00:32:38,358 --> 00:32:39,859
we could tell things started to

586
00:32:39,893 --> 00:32:43,096
deteriorate more towards
the end,

587
00:32:43,263 --> 00:32:47,233
to where there were a couple of
911 calls placed between them.

588
00:32:47,867 --> 00:32:49,469
[Ben] <i>There had been</i>
<i>several incidents,</i>

589
00:32:49,502 --> 00:32:51,705
but ironically, some of those
calls actually involved

590
00:32:51,738 --> 00:32:54,107
Kenneth calling the police and
saying that

591
00:32:54,107 --> 00:32:55,809
Judith was
threatening to kill him.

592
00:32:57,110 --> 00:32:59,112
[Scott] <i>We had been out there,</i>

593
00:32:59,112 --> 00:33:00,046
but nobody had ever been
arrested,

594
00:33:00,046 --> 00:33:02,682
nobody wanted to arrest anybody.

595
00:33:06,152 --> 00:33:08,488
[Narrator] <i>Investigators</i>
<i>gain more insight</i>

596
00:33:08,521 --> 00:33:12,826
<i>when they receive phone records</i>
<i>for Judith, Shelly, and Angela.</i>

597
00:33:12,859 --> 00:33:15,061
[Ben] <i>Once we get into</i>
<i>her phones,</i>

598
00:33:15,061 --> 00:33:17,464
we get into some
heart-stopping communications

599
00:33:17,497 --> 00:33:20,367
<i>that Judith was having with her</i>
<i>own daughters.</i>

600
00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:23,203
<i>For weeks prior and days prior,</i>
<i>she's texting about</i>

601
00:33:23,236 --> 00:33:25,805
<i>how much she dislikes and</i>
<i>loathes Kenneth.</i>

602
00:33:26,272 --> 00:33:29,275
When you look at these texts,
there's a lot of bitterness.

603
00:33:29,309 --> 00:33:31,811
<i>There's a lot of ingrained rage.</i>

604
00:33:33,980 --> 00:33:38,585
[Narrator] <i>As Judith's hatred</i>
<i>for Ken comes into focus,</i>

605
00:33:38,618 --> 00:33:42,222
<i>so does a complicated</i>
<i>financial dynamic.</i>

606
00:33:42,655 --> 00:33:45,825
There appeared to be a,
a weird and very close nexus

607
00:33:45,859 --> 00:33:49,362
between Judith and her daughters
and their financial status.

608
00:33:50,830 --> 00:33:54,167
Judy and my father would talk,
and they would agree,

609
00:33:54,567 --> 00:33:58,471
"We can't keep supporting
our adult kids."

610
00:33:58,905 --> 00:34:01,408
<i>But she just kept feedin'</i>
<i>money to them.</i>

611
00:34:05,111 --> 00:34:08,281
[Narrator] <i>In a disturbing turn,</i>
<i>on March 15th,</i>

612
00:34:08,581 --> 00:34:10,617
<i>just five days before</i>
<i>the murder,</i>

613
00:34:10,650 --> 00:34:14,320
<i>Judith texts her daughter Angela</i>
<i>about a gun.</i>

614
00:34:15,121 --> 00:34:16,056
[Ben] <i>There's a lot of</i>
<i>discussion</i>

615
00:34:16,056 --> 00:34:17,457
<i>with her and her daughters.</i>

616
00:34:17,490 --> 00:34:20,694
One of the conversations that
comes up involves a gun.

617
00:34:21,061 --> 00:34:23,396
<i>She discusses a .22.</i>

618
00:34:23,730 --> 00:34:26,066
The murder weapon, in this case,
was a .22-caliber Ruger.

619
00:34:27,567 --> 00:34:28,968
<i>Here she is,</i>
<i>days before the homicide,</i>

620
00:34:29,069 --> 00:34:31,604
<i>talking about a .22-caliber gun.</i>

621
00:34:32,772 --> 00:34:35,442
To detectives,
that comes out as intent.

622
00:34:35,475 --> 00:34:38,078
You know that she's thinkin'
about getting a gun

623
00:34:38,078 --> 00:34:40,647
<i>and shooting Kenneth.</i>

624
00:34:43,149 --> 00:34:44,951
[Narrator] <i>Investigators</i>
<i>reach out to Ken's sons,</i>

625
00:34:44,984 --> 00:34:47,620
<i>Keith and Kevin.</i>

626
00:34:47,887 --> 00:34:49,356
<i>They confirm that</i>
<i>the relationship</i>

627
00:34:49,389 --> 00:34:52,892
<i>between Judith and Ken was</i>
<i>marred by distrust.</i>

628
00:34:54,394 --> 00:34:56,496
[Jax] <i>Judith stole money from</i>
<i>Ken at every turn.</i>

629
00:34:56,529 --> 00:34:57,897
Ken was on to her,

630
00:34:57,931 --> 00:35:00,066
and was fed up
with the stealing.

631
00:35:00,100 --> 00:35:01,835
[Kevin] <i>The stealing</i>
<i>with his money</i>

632
00:35:01,868 --> 00:35:03,837
<i>was prior to their divorce,</i>

633
00:35:03,870 --> 00:35:05,872
<i>and it was even after</i>

634
00:35:05,905 --> 00:35:09,809
she was coming back over to
my father's house.

635
00:35:10,276 --> 00:35:12,812
<i>The stealing was just</i>
<i>a constant thing.</i>

636
00:35:13,313 --> 00:35:15,582
[Narrator] <i>But Ken's sons</i>
<i>tell investigators</i>

637
00:35:15,615 --> 00:35:18,585
<i>that wasn't the only thing</i>
<i>she stole.</i>

638
00:35:19,085 --> 00:35:21,254
[Kevin] <i>He had neuropathy,</i>

639
00:35:21,287 --> 00:35:23,890
<i>and he was always gettin' his</i>
<i>pills taken by Judy.</i>

640
00:35:25,158 --> 00:35:27,861
<i>And when he would confront her</i>
<i>about the stealing,</i>

641
00:35:27,894 --> 00:35:30,830
<i>she would say that he was crazy,</i>

642
00:35:30,864 --> 00:35:33,900
and that he, that he just took
too many pills and forgot.

643
00:35:34,501 --> 00:35:36,536
<i>But she still would steal.</i>

644
00:35:37,103 --> 00:35:40,073
<i>I believe it was to fuel</i>
<i>her drug habit.</i>

645
00:35:43,810 --> 00:35:46,312
[Narrator] <i>Kevin explains that's</i>
<i>what led his father</i>

646
00:35:46,346 --> 00:35:48,915
<i>to install the camera</i>
<i>in the kitchen.</i>

647
00:35:50,183 --> 00:35:52,218
[Kevin] <i>He caught her on camera,</i>

648
00:35:52,252 --> 00:35:55,255
and she'd say,
"Sorry, sorry, sorry."

649
00:35:55,288 --> 00:35:58,224
<i>And he was like,</i>
<i>"I need that for my neuropathy."</i>

650
00:36:01,461 --> 00:36:04,898
<i>The weekend prior to his murder,</i>
<i>Judy was there.</i>

651
00:36:04,931 --> 00:36:07,033
<i>And I talked to my dad.</i>

652
00:36:07,033 --> 00:36:08,668
<i>He was like,</i>
<i>"Things aren't good."</i>

653
00:36:08,702 --> 00:36:10,170
<i>He was like,</i>
<i>"She needs to leave."</i>

654
00:36:11,438 --> 00:36:13,039
<i>My father was telling my wife,</i>
<i>"It ain't good."</i>

655
00:36:13,073 --> 00:36:15,208
Kind of said
the same thing to me,

656
00:36:15,241 --> 00:36:16,543
<i>but he's a man.</i>

657
00:36:16,576 --> 00:36:18,712
<i>It's his house,</i>
<i>so we can't say anything.</i>

658
00:36:22,415 --> 00:36:23,783
[Narrator] <i>Following</i>
<i>the interviews,</i>

659
00:36:23,817 --> 00:36:27,220
<i>investigators look into</i>
<i>Judith's finances.</i>

660
00:36:27,253 --> 00:36:30,924
<i>And they find she was under</i>
<i>a mountain of debt.</i>

661
00:36:30,957 --> 00:36:34,060
[Kenneth] <i>Not only is she in</i>
<i>financial distress,</i>

662
00:36:34,060 --> 00:36:36,062
<i>but you have some very</i>
<i>specific statements</i>

663
00:36:36,096 --> 00:36:37,364
<i>from Kenneth of,</i>

664
00:36:37,397 --> 00:36:40,200
"Get me this money by this day
or get out."

665
00:36:40,500 --> 00:36:43,703
So, you have that, that clock
that's slowly ticking down,

666
00:36:43,737 --> 00:36:46,706
to where she feels like she has
no other choice

667
00:36:47,307 --> 00:36:49,476
<i>but to kill Kenneth Nix.</i>

668
00:36:53,079 --> 00:36:55,215
[Narrator]
<i>But investigators wonder</i>

669
00:36:55,248 --> 00:36:57,083
<i>if Ken was Judith's gravy train,</i>

670
00:36:57,083 --> 00:37:01,621
<i>wouldn't he be worth more</i>
<i>to her alive than dead?</i>

671
00:37:01,888 --> 00:37:04,591
<i>Investigators discover that</i>

672
00:37:04,624 --> 00:37:06,659
<i>a condition of</i>
<i>their divorce agreement</i>

673
00:37:06,693 --> 00:37:08,862
<i>may hold the answer</i>
<i>to that question.</i>

674
00:37:10,163 --> 00:37:12,799
[Kenneth] <i>After their divorce...</i>

675
00:37:12,832 --> 00:37:15,535
at that point in time,
Judith Nix owned her own home

676
00:37:15,568 --> 00:37:18,371
and there was the marital home
of Kenneth and Judith,

677
00:37:18,405 --> 00:37:20,040
where she had
a partial interest.

678
00:37:20,774 --> 00:37:22,709
[Narrator] <i>At the time of</i>
<i>their divorce,</i>

679
00:37:22,742 --> 00:37:25,412
<i>Ken Nix was the sole tenant</i>
<i>of the house.</i>

680
00:37:25,445 --> 00:37:28,615
<i>However, according to</i>
<i>financial records,</i>

681
00:37:28,648 --> 00:37:32,252
<i>Judith maintained</i>
<i>the right of survivorship.</i>

682
00:37:33,153 --> 00:37:35,088
It's kind of a perfect storm,

683
00:37:35,121 --> 00:37:37,057
to where if Kenneth is gone,

684
00:37:37,057 --> 00:37:39,559
<i>Judith receives the house</i>
<i>in its entirety.</i>

685
00:37:44,064 --> 00:37:45,331
[Kevin] <i>So her deal was,</i>

686
00:37:45,365 --> 00:37:48,335
<i>"I can kill him,</i>
<i>I get the whole house."</i>

687
00:37:48,368 --> 00:37:51,504
<i>So she would sell that,</i>
<i>be outta debt easily.</i>

688
00:37:51,538 --> 00:37:55,075
But you can't
kill somebody and gain.

689
00:37:55,108 --> 00:37:57,777
<i>So she tried to make it look</i>
<i>like a suicide.</i>

690
00:38:01,081 --> 00:38:02,849
[Narrator] <i>Coming up.</i>

691
00:38:03,483 --> 00:38:06,152
<i>Judith maintains her defense.</i>

692
00:38:06,186 --> 00:38:08,655
They hired a, an expert
to try to come in

693
00:38:08,688 --> 00:38:11,124
and talk about
battered woman syndrome.

694
00:38:12,192 --> 00:38:14,728
[Narrator] <i>But who will</i>
<i>a jury believe?</i>

695
00:38:15,128 --> 00:38:17,831
Judith Nix did not seem like she
would hurt a fly.

696
00:38:20,900 --> 00:38:24,037
[music]

697
00:38:33,046 --> 00:38:35,415
<i>Judith Nix</i>
<i>remains in custody</i>

698
00:38:35,448 --> 00:38:39,486
<i>for her alleged involvement in</i>
<i>the murder of Ken Nix.</i>

699
00:38:39,819 --> 00:38:43,790
<i>Investigators believe they have</i>
<i>uncovered her true motive.</i>

700
00:38:45,191 --> 00:38:46,426
[Kenneth] <i>The house and</i>
<i>the property,</i>

701
00:38:46,459 --> 00:38:47,927
<i>that would have gone to her.</i>

702
00:38:47,961 --> 00:38:50,530
That appeared to be, to us,
a driving motivating factor

703
00:38:50,563 --> 00:38:52,532
for Judith committing
this homicide.

704
00:38:55,735 --> 00:38:57,470
[Narrator] <i>With the evidence</i>
<i>against Judith</i>

705
00:38:57,504 --> 00:38:58,905
<i>getting stronger by the day,</i>

706
00:38:58,938 --> 00:39:01,574
<i>prosecutors and investigators</i>

707
00:39:01,608 --> 00:39:04,711
<i>are ready to move forward</i>
<i>with their case.</i>

708
00:39:05,078 --> 00:39:07,847
The only narrative we have left
is one of...

709
00:39:08,248 --> 00:39:10,850
premeditated, cold-blooded,
calculated murder.

710
00:39:11,184 --> 00:39:14,154
<i>The decision was made to</i>
<i>ultimately bring</i>

711
00:39:14,187 --> 00:39:16,456
<i>a murder, first degree charge</i>
<i>against Judith Nix.</i>

712
00:39:20,026 --> 00:39:23,129
[Narrator] <i>As prosecutors</i>
<i>prepare for trial,</i>

713
00:39:23,363 --> 00:39:27,167
<i>they attempt to bring</i>
<i>two unlikely witnesses on board:</i>

714
00:39:27,701 --> 00:39:30,603
<i>Judith's daughters,</i>
<i>Angela and Shelly.</i>

715
00:39:32,272 --> 00:39:34,040
[Kenneth] <i>Judith's daughters,</i>
<i>as far as we can tell,</i>

716
00:39:34,074 --> 00:39:36,242
we didn't find any evidence

717
00:39:36,276 --> 00:39:39,813
they were involved with trying
to plan this or set it up.

718
00:39:40,780 --> 00:39:42,048
[Ben] <i>In this case,</i>

719
00:39:42,048 --> 00:39:43,550
priority number one,
if somebody is shot,

720
00:39:43,583 --> 00:39:46,653
is making sure that the shooter,
if they've committed a crime,

721
00:39:46,686 --> 00:39:48,154
is held accountable.

722
00:39:48,188 --> 00:39:51,858
Oftentimes that means that
people who are ancillary to

723
00:39:51,891 --> 00:39:56,262
or in some ways after the fact,
assisting their testimony,

724
00:39:56,296 --> 00:39:59,866
is so necessary that
we use that testimony

725
00:39:59,899 --> 00:40:01,401
<i>as part of our prosecution.</i>

726
00:40:01,434 --> 00:40:04,437
<i>When you charge a defendant,</i>
<i>they can't testify.</i>

727
00:40:05,972 --> 00:40:07,440
[Narrator] <i>In the end,</i>

728
00:40:07,474 --> 00:40:11,044
<i>Angela and Shelly are not</i>
<i>charged in Ken's murder.</i>

729
00:40:12,045 --> 00:40:13,646
While we might have
our personal opinions

730
00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:14,881
about what happened,

731
00:40:14,914 --> 00:40:16,649
without some of
that actual evidence

732
00:40:16,683 --> 00:40:18,251
to be able to charge,

733
00:40:18,284 --> 00:40:21,755
we felt that it was far better
to use their testimony

734
00:40:21,788 --> 00:40:23,890
<i>in the light of witnesses.</i>

735
00:40:27,694 --> 00:40:32,365
[Narrator] <i>Judith Nix stands</i>
<i>trial in March of 2017.</i>

736
00:40:32,932 --> 00:40:34,734
[Ben] <i>The defense was tryin' to</i>
<i>establish</i>

737
00:40:34,768 --> 00:40:37,370
that Judith was a victim,
that she was defending herself.

738
00:40:37,771 --> 00:40:39,372
<i>That she had been consistently</i>
<i>assaulted</i>

739
00:40:39,406 --> 00:40:40,940
<i>and battered by him.</i>

740
00:40:40,974 --> 00:40:43,410
Judith Nix was a very
sympathetic defendant

741
00:40:43,443 --> 00:40:44,944
<i>in the sense that</i>
<i>she did not seem like</i>

742
00:40:44,978 --> 00:40:46,379
<i>she would hurt a fly.</i>

743
00:40:46,413 --> 00:40:48,615
<i>She doesn't seem to be a threat</i>
<i>to the community.</i>

744
00:40:48,648 --> 00:40:51,251
These are all pinpoints that
the defense focused on.

745
00:40:55,655 --> 00:40:57,957
[Narrator] <i>Prosecutors argue</i>
<i>that it was Judith</i>

746
00:40:57,991 --> 00:40:59,859
<i>who terrorized Ken.</i>

747
00:40:59,893 --> 00:41:04,898
<i>And on the morning of</i>
<i>March 21st, 2016,</i>

748
00:41:04,931 --> 00:41:08,368
<i>motivated by a mix of</i>
<i>anger and greed,</i>

749
00:41:08,401 --> 00:41:11,371
<i>she snuck into his bedroom</i>
<i>as he slept.</i>

750
00:41:12,639 --> 00:41:15,075
The evidence was not consistent
with Judith's story

751
00:41:15,108 --> 00:41:16,843
<i>about a struggle over a gun.</i>

752
00:41:16,876 --> 00:41:18,545
<i>But it is consistent with</i>

753
00:41:18,578 --> 00:41:20,847
<i>her having approached him while</i>
<i>he was asleep,</i>

754
00:41:21,614 --> 00:41:24,084
<i>pressing the gun to his face</i>
<i>at very close range.</i>

755
00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:31,091
The first shot was nonlethal,
would have been very painful.

756
00:41:31,324 --> 00:41:33,827
<i>And then the evidence would have</i>
<i>been consistent with Judith</i>

757
00:41:33,860 --> 00:41:35,528
<i>then taking the second time</i>

758
00:41:35,562 --> 00:41:37,731
to press the gun closer to
his head and firing.

759
00:41:40,533 --> 00:41:42,369
<i>The lethal shot was</i>
<i>the second shot.</i>

760
00:41:46,639 --> 00:41:50,477
[Narrator] <i>Prosecutors call</i>
<i>Angela and Shelly to the stand.</i>

761
00:41:51,111 --> 00:41:53,980
<i>The women testify about</i>
<i>the panic that ensued</i>

762
00:41:54,014 --> 00:41:56,516
<i>in the aftermath of the murder.</i>

763
00:41:57,317 --> 00:41:59,953
Judith's daughters said
what we needed them to say,

764
00:42:00,053 --> 00:42:03,656
in the sense of they told the
bare-minimum facts

765
00:42:03,690 --> 00:42:05,058
to line up the case.

766
00:42:05,225 --> 00:42:07,127
They helped us establish
a timeline.

767
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:10,530
They help us establish when
things were said,

768
00:42:10,563 --> 00:42:12,132
and what things were observed.

769
00:42:12,165 --> 00:42:13,733
<i>Their testimony helped us</i>

770
00:42:13,767 --> 00:42:16,569
<i>knock out a bunch of different</i>
<i>alternative possibilities.</i>

771
00:42:18,538 --> 00:42:20,340
<i>They did testify against</i>
<i>their mother,</i>

772
00:42:20,373 --> 00:42:21,708
<i>and I know that wasn't easy.</i>

773
00:42:21,741 --> 00:42:23,276
<i>And they knew what</i>
<i>they were saying,</i>

774
00:42:23,309 --> 00:42:25,712
the parts that were true were
gonna be hurtful for her.

775
00:42:29,249 --> 00:42:31,951
[Narrator] <i>On March 10th, 2017,</i>

776
00:42:32,252 --> 00:42:34,954
<i>it takes the jury</i>
<i>less than two hours</i>

777
00:42:34,988 --> 00:42:36,790
<i>to reach a verdict.</i>

778
00:42:38,158 --> 00:42:40,694
[Ben] <i>The jury deliberated about</i>
<i>an hour and a half,</i>

779
00:42:40,727 --> 00:42:42,095
<i>and returned with</i>
<i>a verdict of guilty</i>

780
00:42:42,095 --> 00:42:43,630
<i>and sentenced her to</i>
<i>life in prison.</i>

781
00:42:44,698 --> 00:42:46,533
<i>No matter how sympathetic</i>
<i>she was,</i>

782
00:42:46,566 --> 00:42:48,535
<i>no jury was gonna side with her,</i>

783
00:42:48,568 --> 00:42:50,570
her decision to
murder him in his sleep.

784
00:42:50,603 --> 00:42:56,576
[music]

785
00:42:56,609 --> 00:42:59,913
[Narrator] <i>Today,</i>
<i>Ken's children and grandchildern</i>

786
00:42:59,946 --> 00:43:03,783
<i>are a living legacy of</i>
<i>the man Ken was.</i>

787
00:43:04,617 --> 00:43:07,654
[Kevin] <i>I want everybody to know</i>
<i>he was a great dad.</i>

788
00:43:07,854 --> 00:43:11,124
He built three great kids that
could stand on their own

789
00:43:11,157 --> 00:43:12,726
<i>and take care of themselves.</i>

790
00:43:13,126 --> 00:43:14,861
[Ben] <i>The legacy Kenneth</i>
<i>left behind</i>

791
00:43:14,894 --> 00:43:16,329
<i>was of a family that</i>
<i>loved him deeply,</i>

792
00:43:16,363 --> 00:43:18,565
of sons that miss him very much.

793
00:43:18,598 --> 00:43:20,700
Of great grandkids that are
never going to get to meet him.

794
00:43:20,734 --> 00:43:23,403
<i>And his sons essentially give</i>
<i>him credit for</i>

795
00:43:23,436 --> 00:43:25,772
<i>everything that makes</i>
<i>them who they are every day.</i>

796
00:43:25,805 --> 00:43:27,741
[music]

797
00:43:29,075 --> 00:43:42,722
[music]