1 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:11,000 LYNDA: Cathy and Albert's relationship seemed perfect. 2 00:00:11,066 --> 00:00:14,500 He's a police officer, upstanding citizen in 3 00:00:14,567 --> 00:00:15,667 our community. 4 00:00:16,667 --> 00:00:19,100 It seemed like a perfect family. 5 00:00:19,166 --> 00:00:20,867 I think it was exactly what she 6 00:00:20,967 --> 00:00:24,066 had wanted in her vision of her family. 7 00:00:26,367 --> 00:00:28,100 [all speaking] 8 00:00:29,567 --> 00:00:32,300 No one would have guessed 9 00:00:32,367 --> 00:00:35,667 what was happening behind closed doors 10 00:00:35,767 --> 00:00:39,667 and just the darkness that I saw when he looked at her. 11 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,500 It was, like, unraveling even more, and he was changing 12 00:00:45,567 --> 00:00:47,367 even more. 13 00:00:47,367 --> 00:00:49,667 Spiraling out of control. 14 00:00:49,667 --> 00:00:52,500 SHANNON: This person is a monster. 15 00:00:54,367 --> 00:00:58,367 There was this feeling inside of me, telling me 16 00:00:58,367 --> 00:01:00,100 that someone was gonna die. 17 00:01:00,166 --> 00:01:03,800 [theme music playing] 18 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:17,867 NARRATOR: It's July 1995 on Big Island, Hawaii. 19 00:01:18,900 --> 00:01:20,266 [Cathy speaking] 20 00:01:21,767 --> 00:01:25,166 NARRATOR: 36-year-old Cathy Pacheco films her husband, 21 00:01:25,166 --> 00:01:29,266 Albert, as he landscapes their property in Waimea. 22 00:01:29,266 --> 00:01:32,667 [Cathy speaking] 23 00:01:45,066 --> 00:01:47,667 I'm Cathy's oldest daughter from her 24 00:01:47,667 --> 00:01:50,967 first marriage to my father, Arnold. 25 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:56,100 At that point, my dad had custody of me, 26 00:01:56,166 --> 00:02:00,266 so I would go and visit my mom on the weekends, and I'd spend 27 00:02:00,266 --> 00:02:03,667 holidays with her and my stepdad, Albert. 28 00:02:03,667 --> 00:02:08,567 It was pretty amazing to live, um, in that part 29 00:02:08,667 --> 00:02:13,266 of Waimea and on the Big Island and in that home. 30 00:02:14,367 --> 00:02:15,867 [pig squealing] 31 00:02:15,867 --> 00:02:16,867 That's my sister, Rebecca. 32 00:02:16,867 --> 00:02:20,000 She was about nine years old in this video. 33 00:02:20,066 --> 00:02:21,567 REBECCA: Don't run! 34 00:02:22,767 --> 00:02:25,166 SHANNON: That was her pet pig, Sarah, 35 00:02:25,266 --> 00:02:27,100 and she really loved that pig. 36 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:31,200 She would talk to her animals. 37 00:02:31,266 --> 00:02:35,767 She would just be outside all day playing with her animals. 38 00:02:35,767 --> 00:02:36,767 It was really cute. 39 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:41,700 And there's my sister, Naomi. 40 00:02:43,367 --> 00:02:46,700 NARRATOR: The Pachecos moved from Oahu to Big Island 41 00:02:46,767 --> 00:02:48,100 five years ago. 42 00:02:59,100 --> 00:03:01,767 NARRATOR: They record a video message to 43 00:03:01,867 --> 00:03:03,300 the friends they left behind. 44 00:03:07,667 --> 00:03:10,500 NARRATOR: The Pachecos are committed to a rural lifestyle. 45 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:15,166 Come back! 46 00:03:15,266 --> 00:03:17,667 SHANNON: It was always a dream of my mom and Albert's 47 00:03:17,667 --> 00:03:21,600 to have a really big property and have different animals. 48 00:03:21,667 --> 00:03:23,900 My stepdad was a police officer. 49 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,967 I believe he was a patrol officer. 50 00:03:26,967 --> 00:03:30,000 And, at that point, my stepdad, Albert, was 51 00:03:30,066 --> 00:03:33,667 just the primary, um, provider for the family. 52 00:03:34,900 --> 00:03:38,000 My mom stopped working pretty much as 53 00:03:38,100 --> 00:03:39,667 soon as they moved to the Big Island. 54 00:03:39,667 --> 00:03:42,100 She stayed home and she just took care of the kids. 55 00:03:42,166 --> 00:03:45,800 Um, at that time, she was also home schooling 56 00:03:45,867 --> 00:03:48,667 Naomi and Rebecca, my two sisters. 57 00:03:52,767 --> 00:03:56,767 NARRATOR: Cathy was born in Texas in January 1959 58 00:03:56,867 --> 00:03:59,900 to a sergeant in the U.S. Army and a Japanese mother. 59 00:04:02,567 --> 00:04:05,467 SHANNON: My grandma's name was Teruko. 60 00:04:05,467 --> 00:04:09,066 She was from Japan, and my grandfather's name 61 00:04:09,066 --> 00:04:10,900 was Eugene Yuzell. 62 00:04:12,667 --> 00:04:15,200 They came to Hawaii when my mom was a baby 63 00:04:16,567 --> 00:04:20,000 but split up when she was about seven years old. 64 00:04:20,100 --> 00:04:22,467 NARRATOR: Cathy goes to live with her mother, 65 00:04:22,567 --> 00:04:25,700 who runs a successful Japanese restaurant. 66 00:04:25,767 --> 00:04:28,500 BRENDA: Cathy's mom was a hard worker. 67 00:04:28,567 --> 00:04:33,100 She woke up early in the morning, two o'clock, 68 00:04:33,166 --> 00:04:35,100 went to work, prepared all the food, 69 00:04:35,166 --> 00:04:37,600 sold the food in her restaurant, 70 00:04:37,667 --> 00:04:41,367 cleaned up every single day that way. 71 00:04:41,367 --> 00:04:44,467 I met Cathy when we were nine years old. 72 00:04:44,467 --> 00:04:48,600 She became my best friend immediately. 73 00:04:48,667 --> 00:04:51,567 We did everything together. 74 00:04:51,567 --> 00:04:54,667 We went to the beach, because that's what you do in Hawaii, 75 00:04:54,767 --> 00:04:57,700 and, of course, when we were older and there was a car, 76 00:04:57,767 --> 00:05:02,100 it was unlimited -- it was fun, it was a fun time. 77 00:05:05,100 --> 00:05:08,400 NARRATOR: Cathy moves out of her mom's house aged 18. 78 00:05:09,667 --> 00:05:14,266 She marries 31-year-old Arnold Robyn soon after. 79 00:05:14,266 --> 00:05:17,567 Cathy met Arnold in 1977. 80 00:05:17,567 --> 00:05:19,567 That's actually the year that we graduated. 81 00:05:19,667 --> 00:05:23,367 He was much older than her, and he had a nice Corvette, 82 00:05:23,467 --> 00:05:28,000 and he was a good-looking guy, and it was a roller coaster. 83 00:05:29,166 --> 00:05:33,166 NARRATOR: Cathy gives birth to Shannon in August 1978, 84 00:05:34,867 --> 00:05:38,000 but her and Arnold's relationship ends in divorce 85 00:05:39,100 --> 00:05:41,967 shortly after Shannon's arrival. 86 00:05:41,967 --> 00:05:45,266 After Cathy and Arnold got divorced, 87 00:05:45,367 --> 00:05:47,767 we started hanging out again together. 88 00:05:47,867 --> 00:05:50,767 Wherever we went out, the guys liked her. 89 00:05:50,867 --> 00:05:54,800 She was beautiful, and it was fun being 90 00:05:54,867 --> 00:05:57,800 with her -- she would catch the guys. 91 00:06:06,700 --> 00:06:09,266 NARRATOR: A few years on from her divorce from Arnold, 92 00:06:09,266 --> 00:06:12,367 Cathy meets Albert in Waikiki. 93 00:06:12,367 --> 00:06:16,467 SHANNON: My mom and Albert met during a traffic stop. 94 00:06:16,467 --> 00:06:19,967 Albert was a patrol officer at the time, 95 00:06:19,967 --> 00:06:23,500 and he saw her at a light and followed them. 96 00:06:23,567 --> 00:06:27,967 My mom was with her best friend, Brenda, and I think 97 00:06:27,967 --> 00:06:31,500 he pulled them over, and he got my mom's phone number. 98 00:06:31,567 --> 00:06:35,867 Cathy quickly falls for the young police officer. 99 00:06:35,867 --> 00:06:40,867 I think what my mom saw in Albert was a man who looked 100 00:06:40,867 --> 00:06:45,867 very stable, who had a pretty reputable job. 101 00:06:45,867 --> 00:06:48,600 He was also a born-again Christian. 102 00:06:48,667 --> 00:06:53,100 So she saw pretty solid foundation in him. 103 00:06:53,166 --> 00:06:55,266 BRENDA: Cathy and Albert got married. 104 00:06:55,367 --> 00:06:57,000 Now she had a husband, 105 00:06:57,066 --> 00:07:00,667 she had a stable life, and I was happy for her. 106 00:07:07,066 --> 00:07:08,600 NARRATOR: Cathy gives birth to daughter, 107 00:07:08,667 --> 00:07:11,000 Naomi, in 1984. 108 00:07:11,066 --> 00:07:13,800 Sister, Rebecca, arrives a year later. 109 00:07:15,667 --> 00:07:17,266 Eight-year-old Shannon moves in 110 00:07:17,367 --> 00:07:21,066 to live with her mom and stepdad in 1986. 111 00:07:22,767 --> 00:07:25,000 Cathy wants to earn and contribute 112 00:07:25,100 --> 00:07:26,600 to the family finances. 113 00:07:26,667 --> 00:07:31,266 She secures a job in sales for a medical supply company. 114 00:07:31,266 --> 00:07:34,100 She worked for a company called ZEE Medical, 115 00:07:34,166 --> 00:07:37,200 and she did really well at that job. 116 00:07:37,266 --> 00:07:41,567 I think my mom really did well at selling, 117 00:07:41,667 --> 00:07:44,300 because she was such a relatable person. 118 00:07:44,367 --> 00:07:47,000 She was always the happiest when she was 119 00:07:47,066 --> 00:07:49,900 connecting with people or talking with people. 120 00:07:51,567 --> 00:07:54,367 But it really irritated my stepdad a lot. 121 00:07:54,467 --> 00:07:57,367 He didn't like the fact that she worked, and then I think 122 00:07:57,467 --> 00:07:59,567 it really bothered him that she was making more money 123 00:07:59,567 --> 00:08:01,000 than him. 124 00:08:01,100 --> 00:08:03,567 NARRATOR: Albert wants Cathy to stay at home 125 00:08:03,667 --> 00:08:05,400 to raise their children. 126 00:08:05,467 --> 00:08:09,367 In 1991, he convinces her to quit her job near 127 00:08:09,367 --> 00:08:13,800 Honolulu and move to a rural lifestyle on Big Island. 128 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:19,166 Teenage daughter, Shannon, decides to stay on Oahu. 129 00:08:19,166 --> 00:08:21,066 SHANNON: I would keep in touch with my mom. 130 00:08:21,066 --> 00:08:25,266 Um, I would call her pretty much every day or every week. 131 00:08:25,367 --> 00:08:28,600 I would go back to visit, but it wasn't very often. 132 00:08:35,967 --> 00:08:38,066 NARRATOR: Four years after the move, Cathy 133 00:08:38,066 --> 00:08:41,166 and Albert welcome a new baby boy, Caleb, 134 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,367 and the family settles into 135 00:08:44,367 --> 00:08:46,767 a traditional and religious family life. 136 00:08:53,567 --> 00:08:55,000 NARRATOR: The Pachecos attend 137 00:08:55,100 --> 00:08:57,767 the First Baptist Church of Waimea. 138 00:08:57,767 --> 00:09:00,066 It's a tight-knit Christian community. 139 00:09:08,967 --> 00:09:11,000 They were very active in their church. 140 00:09:11,100 --> 00:09:15,166 I was told that Albert would, um, 141 00:09:15,166 --> 00:09:18,100 take over -- if the pastor 142 00:09:18,166 --> 00:09:19,700 couldn't do a service, 143 00:09:19,767 --> 00:09:22,667 that he would actually take over the service. 144 00:09:29,500 --> 00:09:32,900 Whenever I visited, we started talking about the Bible, and he 145 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:36,567 ended up bringing it out and reading some verses to me. 146 00:09:36,667 --> 00:09:40,300 Albert was very religious. 147 00:09:40,367 --> 00:09:42,567 [all speaking] 148 00:09:42,667 --> 00:09:44,900 MAN: Amen! 149 00:09:53,567 --> 00:09:55,200 At church, the Pachecos meet 150 00:09:55,266 --> 00:09:57,867 fellow home schooler, Kealoha Nearman. 151 00:10:00,300 --> 00:10:03,000 BRENDA: Cathy was very approachable. 152 00:10:03,100 --> 00:10:04,667 People gravitated towards her. 153 00:10:04,667 --> 00:10:07,467 She had just a big personality. 154 00:10:08,567 --> 00:10:11,567 KEALOHA: She had this great idea 155 00:10:11,667 --> 00:10:13,467 that she wanted to put the play on, 156 00:10:13,567 --> 00:10:16,300 because we had so many kids at our church at the time, 157 00:10:16,367 --> 00:10:19,867 and so Cathy had it figured out, and we 158 00:10:19,867 --> 00:10:24,000 all worked together, and she orchestrated and directed, uh, 159 00:10:24,100 --> 00:10:25,900 the Christmas play. 160 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,967 [Cathy speaking] 161 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:40,266 That's just how she is. 162 00:10:40,266 --> 00:10:41,467 She's a taskmaster. 163 00:10:41,567 --> 00:10:44,467 We probably put on about five of those shows on 164 00:10:44,567 --> 00:10:47,000 one weekend. [laughs] 165 00:10:47,066 --> 00:10:48,967 I think that's Cathy in a nutshell. 166 00:10:48,967 --> 00:10:51,467 I don't know if it had something to do with her sales background, 167 00:10:51,467 --> 00:10:53,767 but it was definitely part of who she was. 168 00:10:53,867 --> 00:10:57,367 She made things happen. She was a spark plug. 169 00:10:57,467 --> 00:11:00,700 I mean, we -- we loved the Pachecos, and, you know, 170 00:11:00,767 --> 00:11:03,500 they were close with us -- they seemed real happy. 171 00:11:03,567 --> 00:11:05,200 They were enjoying life. 172 00:11:06,867 --> 00:11:08,900 But, of course, she never shared all the other 173 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,100 parts of it that maybe were happening behind the scenes. 174 00:11:13,100 --> 00:11:15,000 Whatever he was going through, 175 00:11:16,367 --> 00:11:18,867 it was big, huge. 176 00:11:18,867 --> 00:11:22,166 But you never thought it would come to anything violent. 177 00:11:28,367 --> 00:11:34,900 [all singing] Happy birthday, dear Isaac. 178 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,467 February 3rd, 1997. 179 00:11:37,567 --> 00:11:40,400 Uh, it was my son Isaac's birthday. 180 00:11:40,467 --> 00:11:41,867 [all singing] 181 00:11:41,967 --> 00:11:46,066 As usual, everybody came, the Pachecos and all 182 00:11:46,066 --> 00:11:48,467 of our friends that we were -- play with. 183 00:11:48,567 --> 00:11:49,767 [woman speaking] 184 00:11:51,967 --> 00:11:54,000 [woman speaking] 185 00:11:54,867 --> 00:11:57,266 KEALOHA: We had the Pachecos there, 186 00:11:57,367 --> 00:11:59,767 Albert in his uniform. 187 00:11:59,767 --> 00:12:02,066 It was not unusual to have him show 188 00:12:02,066 --> 00:12:05,400 up in his police uniform to join us 189 00:12:05,467 --> 00:12:07,667 if it's the end of the watch. 190 00:12:07,767 --> 00:12:10,367 Albert was a very 191 00:12:10,367 --> 00:12:11,800 neighborhood policeman. 192 00:12:11,867 --> 00:12:16,667 He took his job very seriously, but I think 193 00:12:16,667 --> 00:12:18,900 it wasn't his sole identity. 194 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:22,667 I believe he saw himself as a father and a husband. 195 00:12:26,900 --> 00:12:28,567 NARRATOR: The Pachecos are, by now, 196 00:12:28,667 --> 00:12:31,266 settled into life on Big Island, 197 00:12:31,266 --> 00:12:34,100 and they decide to grow their family further. 198 00:12:34,166 --> 00:12:36,166 KEALOHA: It looks like Cathy could be 199 00:12:36,266 --> 00:12:39,467 pregnant with Josiah at this point. 200 00:12:39,467 --> 00:12:42,467 NARRATOR: Friends gather to celebrate the imminent arrival 201 00:12:42,567 --> 00:12:44,567 of Cathy and Albert's fourth child together. 202 00:12:44,567 --> 00:12:45,900 [indistinct exclamation] 203 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:49,200 KEALOHA: This is Josiah's baby shower. 204 00:12:49,266 --> 00:12:52,166 I think she was feeling very large. 205 00:12:52,166 --> 00:12:56,000 I had little boys, and so it was exciting to know that our 206 00:12:56,066 --> 00:12:58,100 good friends were gonna have another 207 00:12:58,166 --> 00:13:00,367 little partner in crime. 208 00:13:00,367 --> 00:13:03,100 [man speaking indistinctly] 209 00:13:03,166 --> 00:13:06,667 Josiah arrived in August of 1997 210 00:13:06,767 --> 00:13:10,500 to complete that little family that we were excited for. 211 00:13:10,567 --> 00:13:13,800 I think it was exactly what she had wanted and how it all 212 00:13:13,867 --> 00:13:15,300 was meant to be, 213 00:13:15,367 --> 00:13:18,000 uh, in her vision of her family. 214 00:13:21,467 --> 00:13:24,767 NARRATOR: But the Pachecos are struggling financially, 215 00:13:24,767 --> 00:13:26,500 and the new arrival ramps up 216 00:13:26,567 --> 00:13:29,400 the pressure on the family's bank balance. 217 00:13:29,467 --> 00:13:31,667 I believe they had a balloon mortgage on 218 00:13:31,667 --> 00:13:34,500 their house, and the mortgage was going up. 219 00:13:34,567 --> 00:13:37,500 And at the time, my mom was not working. 220 00:13:37,567 --> 00:13:39,767 So they were only living on one income, 221 00:13:39,767 --> 00:13:42,300 which was my stepdad's income. 222 00:13:42,367 --> 00:13:44,867 Financially, they were not doing well, 223 00:13:44,867 --> 00:13:49,567 and it was just really affecting him emotionally. 224 00:13:50,567 --> 00:13:54,567 DON: I was the patrol lieutenant for the South Kohala District 225 00:13:54,667 --> 00:13:57,000 of the Hawaii County Police Department, 226 00:13:57,066 --> 00:14:02,066 and I knew Detective Pacheco because he had worked in patrol 227 00:14:02,066 --> 00:14:03,800 with me for a short period of time. 228 00:14:06,066 --> 00:14:08,967 One day, I thought something was wrong, because 229 00:14:08,967 --> 00:14:12,467 I gave him an assignment, and he refused, 230 00:14:12,467 --> 00:14:15,000 which was really out of character for him. 231 00:14:15,100 --> 00:14:17,100 So I just told him, well, 232 00:14:17,166 --> 00:14:20,500 we're gonna have to address this with disciplinary action. 233 00:14:20,567 --> 00:14:22,900 He asked if he could talk to the captain. 234 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:24,266 A little while later, 235 00:14:24,266 --> 00:14:27,567 I was asked to come in to the captain's office, 236 00:14:28,667 --> 00:14:33,900 and I saw that Albert was very emotional, 237 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:37,000 and he shook my hand and asked for forgiveness and... 238 00:14:38,266 --> 00:14:40,367 I figured, you know, he was probably 239 00:14:40,467 --> 00:14:42,500 under a lot of pressure from something. 240 00:14:42,567 --> 00:14:44,266 I didn't know what, because I wasn't 241 00:14:44,266 --> 00:14:45,867 able to talk to him about it. 242 00:14:48,900 --> 00:14:52,467 NARRATOR: In 1999, the Pacheco family relocates to 243 00:14:52,567 --> 00:14:55,367 a cheaper rental home in Kona to save money. 244 00:14:57,500 --> 00:15:00,066 Soon after, Cathy's 21-year-old daughter, 245 00:15:00,066 --> 00:15:03,567 Shannon, decides to move closer to her mom. 246 00:15:03,567 --> 00:15:06,567 My mom was really excited about me moving back to 247 00:15:06,667 --> 00:15:10,467 the Big Island, and we did a lot of things together. 248 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:15,967 My mom and Albert joined 249 00:15:15,967 --> 00:15:19,700 a church called Solid Rock Ministries in Kona. 250 00:15:21,567 --> 00:15:23,467 It was a lot different from 251 00:15:23,467 --> 00:15:26,667 the church that they were at in Waimea. 252 00:15:26,767 --> 00:15:28,767 The programs were bigger. 253 00:15:28,867 --> 00:15:33,200 My mom and Albert were always very involved in the church. 254 00:15:33,266 --> 00:15:35,367 They always wanted to volunteer. 255 00:15:35,467 --> 00:15:39,300 I decided to join along with my mom and Albert. 256 00:15:39,367 --> 00:15:41,700 I think Albert was perceived in 257 00:15:41,767 --> 00:15:44,600 church as the pinnacle of morality. 258 00:15:44,667 --> 00:15:48,967 He would be asked by church members to go out and preach. 259 00:15:52,667 --> 00:15:56,066 NARRATOR: A few months after the Pachecos moved to Kona, 260 00:15:56,066 --> 00:15:58,166 Cathy enrolls her four children in 261 00:15:58,166 --> 00:16:02,000 school for the first time, and she goes back to work to help 262 00:16:02,100 --> 00:16:04,066 the family finances. 263 00:16:04,066 --> 00:16:07,867 SHANNON: My mom actually got her real estate license, 264 00:16:07,867 --> 00:16:09,767 and she started working at Clark Realty. 265 00:16:09,867 --> 00:16:13,166 [man speaking] 266 00:16:15,867 --> 00:16:17,500 [Cathy speaking] 267 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:30,667 In this video, she's just kind of showcasing the property. 268 00:16:30,667 --> 00:16:33,567 She's the one behind the camera. 269 00:16:33,567 --> 00:16:35,667 She's super happy, you know. 270 00:16:35,767 --> 00:16:38,166 It's like what she always wanted to do. 271 00:16:39,567 --> 00:16:43,967 She was doing pretty good for the first year. 272 00:16:43,967 --> 00:16:48,600 My mom was so successful at this job in real estate 273 00:16:48,667 --> 00:16:51,800 that her broker was gonna name her rookie of the year. 274 00:16:53,266 --> 00:16:56,667 As soon as my mom started selling real estate and she 275 00:16:56,667 --> 00:17:00,367 started, um, receiving her commission checks, 276 00:17:00,467 --> 00:17:05,166 she completely changed -- her style changed, 277 00:17:05,266 --> 00:17:08,867 she was putting on makeup, keeping up with trends. 278 00:17:08,967 --> 00:17:14,100 Her success was helping them financially, 279 00:17:15,667 --> 00:17:19,500 but Albert was just not having it 280 00:17:19,567 --> 00:17:22,400 with my mom and her success. 281 00:17:22,467 --> 00:17:24,266 She was already, like, shifting 282 00:17:24,367 --> 00:17:28,166 her mindset to becoming more independent. 283 00:17:28,166 --> 00:17:30,467 He really wanted to control my mom. 284 00:17:30,467 --> 00:17:32,467 He was the authority of the house. 285 00:17:34,266 --> 00:17:37,567 It was causing a huge meltdown for him personally. 286 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:40,767 It was driving him insane. 287 00:17:46,667 --> 00:17:50,900 NARRATOR: Cathy Pacheco works long hours as a realtor. 288 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,667 She leans on her friend, Kealoha Nearman, to 289 00:17:53,667 --> 00:17:56,200 look after her sons when she's away from home. 290 00:17:57,266 --> 00:18:02,500 Oftentimes, she would be called to do something for work, 291 00:18:02,567 --> 00:18:03,867 and I would 292 00:18:03,867 --> 00:18:08,100 pick the boys up from school, and Albert would often come to 293 00:18:08,166 --> 00:18:09,767 pick them up, 294 00:18:09,867 --> 00:18:12,867 and sometimes, we would both commiserate 295 00:18:12,867 --> 00:18:15,500 about what's going on, you know? 296 00:18:15,567 --> 00:18:17,467 And are you okay? 297 00:18:17,467 --> 00:18:21,500 It was never a problem for me to watch them, 298 00:18:21,567 --> 00:18:24,567 but I think what starts to show is 299 00:18:24,667 --> 00:18:27,867 why do I need to watch them? Why can't mom be here? 300 00:18:29,967 --> 00:18:33,367 Albert, I think, was getting frustrated, 301 00:18:33,367 --> 00:18:36,667 because he felt their priorities, 302 00:18:36,767 --> 00:18:41,400 I think, were not lining up as they had previous. 303 00:18:41,467 --> 00:18:45,867 He was always saying that he was doing everything for 304 00:18:45,967 --> 00:18:49,367 the boys and that my mom wasn't around 305 00:18:49,367 --> 00:18:52,900 to help him and that he felt like she didn't love him 306 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:55,967 anymore and she didn't love the family. 307 00:18:55,967 --> 00:18:59,166 I actually was upset at my mom for a little while, 308 00:18:59,266 --> 00:19:02,000 because I thought she was ignoring him, 309 00:19:02,100 --> 00:19:04,367 and I thought she was making her job more important 310 00:19:04,467 --> 00:19:07,000 than her marriage and her kids at one point. 311 00:19:08,667 --> 00:19:11,266 NARRATOR: Around the time Cathy's career takes off, 312 00:19:11,367 --> 00:19:14,567 she discovers a passion for water sports. 313 00:19:14,667 --> 00:19:17,367 I really got to know Cathy 314 00:19:17,367 --> 00:19:21,400 in March of 2001. 315 00:19:21,467 --> 00:19:24,000 We started learning how to paddle 316 00:19:24,066 --> 00:19:27,266 canoe in Waikoloa Together. 317 00:19:27,367 --> 00:19:31,300 It was twice a week that we would practice at the water. 318 00:19:31,367 --> 00:19:33,467 And then as the season ramped up, 319 00:19:33,567 --> 00:19:35,667 we would have races on Saturday. 320 00:19:39,500 --> 00:19:41,867 SHANNON: Albert was really concerned 321 00:19:41,867 --> 00:19:43,500 about the after parties 322 00:19:43,567 --> 00:19:45,567 that paddlers would have, because it 323 00:19:45,667 --> 00:19:48,667 was a common thing that after you do a regatta that, you know, 324 00:19:48,767 --> 00:19:51,400 you socialize, and there's a lot of guys that are walking 325 00:19:51,467 --> 00:19:52,967 around with no T-shirts. 326 00:19:52,967 --> 00:19:55,567 They're super athletic and fit, 327 00:19:55,567 --> 00:19:57,900 and my stepdad didn't like it. 328 00:20:00,867 --> 00:20:05,367 NARRATOR: The Pachecos move from Kona to Waikoloa in June 2001. 329 00:20:07,667 --> 00:20:10,000 The beachside location offers a better 330 00:20:10,100 --> 00:20:13,166 work-life balance for the whole family. 331 00:20:13,266 --> 00:20:17,800 Cathy and Albert's move to Waikoloa was a happy medium. 332 00:20:17,867 --> 00:20:22,266 It afforded Albert a closer place to drive to Kona. 333 00:20:22,367 --> 00:20:25,567 The girls could catch the bus to go to the school in Kona, 334 00:20:25,667 --> 00:20:29,800 and then with Cathy working as a realtor all over the place, 335 00:20:29,867 --> 00:20:33,367 it was a nice, central place for their life. 336 00:20:34,467 --> 00:20:36,967 NARRATOR: Cathy and Albert start a Bible group 337 00:20:36,967 --> 00:20:39,867 with their friend, Lynda, after their move to Waikoloa. 338 00:20:41,166 --> 00:20:44,000 LYNDA: Cathy was never a judgmental person. 339 00:20:44,066 --> 00:20:45,600 Sometimes you meet some, you know, 340 00:20:45,667 --> 00:20:48,800 quote unquote Christians that are gonna shame you into things 341 00:20:48,867 --> 00:20:51,600 or...that was never her style. 342 00:20:51,667 --> 00:20:54,867 Albert was a legalistic Christian. 343 00:20:54,867 --> 00:20:56,567 You know, "This is the scriptures and this is 344 00:20:56,567 --> 00:21:00,266 what it says and there's no room for interpretation." 345 00:21:00,266 --> 00:21:02,100 There was no room for grace. 346 00:21:04,867 --> 00:21:09,667 I remember they had gotten in some type of disagreement, 347 00:21:09,767 --> 00:21:13,900 maybe differences of opinion at one of the Bible studies. 348 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:15,667 And... 349 00:21:15,767 --> 00:21:17,667 it was the way he looked at her, 350 00:21:17,767 --> 00:21:21,700 and just the darkness that I saw. 351 00:21:21,767 --> 00:21:23,867 Wow, what is that? 352 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,367 Cathy and I addressed it later, 353 00:21:27,467 --> 00:21:32,367 and she slowly started to confide. 354 00:21:37,300 --> 00:21:41,266 Albert would open up the Bible to a certain verse that 355 00:21:41,367 --> 00:21:45,166 he wanted her to see and put it right by her purse. 356 00:21:46,700 --> 00:21:49,266 Or he'd text message a verse 357 00:21:49,367 --> 00:21:52,900 shaming you into whatever he felt you might be doing wrong. 358 00:21:54,100 --> 00:21:59,166 Cathy was still trying to do everything that 359 00:21:59,166 --> 00:22:01,567 I think she felt she was supposed to do, 360 00:22:01,667 --> 00:22:03,667 needed to do, he wanted her to do. 361 00:22:03,667 --> 00:22:07,300 But what was bothering Albert was lack of control. 362 00:22:07,367 --> 00:22:11,400 Her career is going faster, and she was doing 363 00:22:11,467 --> 00:22:14,066 an outside activity that would bring her in contact 364 00:22:14,066 --> 00:22:15,367 with other individuals. 365 00:22:18,867 --> 00:22:20,500 There was a church retreat that 366 00:22:20,567 --> 00:22:22,200 Albert really wanted her to attend. 367 00:22:22,266 --> 00:22:24,200 But we had paddling to go to, 368 00:22:24,266 --> 00:22:27,367 so Cathy paddled half the day, 369 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,900 and then she went up to the retreat, 370 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,600 because that's what Albert really wanted her to do. 371 00:22:34,867 --> 00:22:38,266 I remember she said she didn't want to spend the night, 372 00:22:38,367 --> 00:22:41,467 and when she was trying to leave, 373 00:22:41,467 --> 00:22:45,000 he was physically restraining her from leaving, 374 00:22:48,467 --> 00:22:53,400 which then caused scratches on her, and I remember 375 00:22:53,467 --> 00:22:56,100 her just kind of showing me what he had done. 376 00:22:57,667 --> 00:23:00,266 I think it's just one of these moments where you 377 00:23:00,266 --> 00:23:02,767 realize, wow, this is really what's happening. 378 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,367 I think it just was escalating, 379 00:23:08,100 --> 00:23:09,600 spiraling out of control. 380 00:23:16,667 --> 00:23:19,367 NARRATOR: One evening in summer 2001, 381 00:23:19,367 --> 00:23:20,467 Cathy and her colleagues 382 00:23:20,567 --> 00:23:23,667 enjoy after-work drinks at a hotel in Kona. 383 00:23:25,667 --> 00:23:28,667 My mom's drinking was a casual 384 00:23:28,767 --> 00:23:32,066 sort of normal after work, 385 00:23:32,066 --> 00:23:34,066 I'm having a glass of wine or having 386 00:23:34,066 --> 00:23:37,667 some beers with my friends kind of a thing. 387 00:23:37,767 --> 00:23:40,467 Albert was stalking her already at that point, 388 00:23:40,567 --> 00:23:43,567 so he had followed her. 389 00:23:45,367 --> 00:23:48,867 Albert had a spare set of my mom's van keys, 390 00:23:48,867 --> 00:23:52,000 and he took her van and moved it and hid it. 391 00:23:52,066 --> 00:23:54,567 He watched her walk out of the hotel. 392 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:58,867 NARRATOR: One of Cathy's coworkers is with her 393 00:23:58,867 --> 00:24:00,367 when she exits the lobby. 394 00:24:00,467 --> 00:24:02,767 Albert was already, you know, 395 00:24:02,767 --> 00:24:05,767 distraught and spiraling out of control. 396 00:24:05,767 --> 00:24:09,500 But I think this incident was the straw that broke 397 00:24:09,567 --> 00:24:12,000 the camel's back, and so when she 398 00:24:12,066 --> 00:24:14,266 walked out with whoever she was with, 399 00:24:14,266 --> 00:24:17,166 she was trying to find her van, and she couldn't find it. 400 00:24:17,266 --> 00:24:21,767 Albert confronted her, and they got into a fight. 401 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:29,900 After that incident, my stepdad was going around 402 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:34,200 and telling certain people that she was moving 403 00:24:34,266 --> 00:24:38,266 away from God, because she decided 404 00:24:38,367 --> 00:24:39,767 that she wanted to drink. 405 00:24:39,867 --> 00:24:42,767 Things had gotten to a point where she knew 406 00:24:42,867 --> 00:24:44,667 something had to change. 407 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:52,667 NARRATOR: Over the Christmas holidays, 408 00:24:52,667 --> 00:24:54,767 Cathy moves in with her friend, Lynda. 409 00:24:55,767 --> 00:24:57,266 Albert was just really having 410 00:24:57,367 --> 00:24:59,500 a hard time dealing with the separation. 411 00:25:03,467 --> 00:25:06,867 There were times when we would look out, and there would 412 00:25:06,967 --> 00:25:11,300 be Albert, just driving super slowly by the house 413 00:25:11,367 --> 00:25:13,867 and just glaring. 414 00:25:15,100 --> 00:25:18,867 It's just such darkness that I would see in him. 415 00:25:18,967 --> 00:25:21,867 SHANNON: It was, like, unraveling even more, 416 00:25:21,967 --> 00:25:23,667 and he was changing even more. 417 00:25:23,667 --> 00:25:26,000 There was this feeling inside of me, 418 00:25:26,100 --> 00:25:29,000 telling me that someone was gonna die. 419 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:35,200 It was like a normal day. 420 00:25:35,266 --> 00:25:39,767 My mom was showing property that day, and she's 421 00:25:39,767 --> 00:25:43,066 driving on this highway to get home back to Waikoloa. 422 00:25:43,066 --> 00:25:45,567 She called Rebecca to let Rebecca know 423 00:25:45,667 --> 00:25:47,400 that she was gonna be home soon. 424 00:25:50,667 --> 00:25:54,900 My mom gets up to, like, one block away from their home, 425 00:25:56,767 --> 00:26:00,066 and my stepdad is right behind her. 426 00:26:01,500 --> 00:26:04,166 She can see him in her rearview mirror, 427 00:26:04,166 --> 00:26:07,166 and she's telling Rebecca, "I don't know what he's doing. 428 00:26:07,166 --> 00:26:09,467 But, oh, my gosh, Rebecca, I'm scared." 429 00:26:10,500 --> 00:26:12,600 She's just screaming at him. 430 00:26:13,667 --> 00:26:15,867 "No Albert, what about the kids?" 431 00:26:15,867 --> 00:26:18,600 And then, at that point, the phone went blank. 432 00:26:29,100 --> 00:26:31,500 WAYNE: I'd finished my work for the day, 433 00:26:31,567 --> 00:26:35,467 and I was returning home from finishing a karate class. 434 00:26:37,066 --> 00:26:40,100 I just turned left into my driveway, 435 00:26:40,166 --> 00:26:43,000 and as I get close, it looks like there's been an accident. 436 00:26:45,500 --> 00:26:50,166 One vehicle has its left front tire up against the curb. 437 00:26:50,166 --> 00:26:52,500 It looks like it's sort of crashed. 438 00:26:54,667 --> 00:26:57,600 And there was another vehicle just adjacent to it. 439 00:26:59,767 --> 00:27:03,500 I'd pull into my driveway and pop out, 440 00:27:03,567 --> 00:27:05,800 just start walking over, because I see a man 441 00:27:05,867 --> 00:27:06,800 standing there. 442 00:27:09,900 --> 00:27:11,567 One of the first things he said 443 00:27:11,667 --> 00:27:14,266 to me was, "Shots have been fired. 444 00:27:17,300 --> 00:27:20,200 There's no point in looking in there," and I said, 445 00:27:20,266 --> 00:27:22,166 "Is there someone in there?" 446 00:27:22,166 --> 00:27:25,600 And he said, "Yes, I'm a police officer." 447 00:27:25,667 --> 00:27:29,200 I could feel there was a very high level of tension 448 00:27:29,266 --> 00:27:32,767 or electricity in the air, but he seemed extremely calm. 449 00:27:35,166 --> 00:27:37,700 I sort of figured he's probably 450 00:27:37,767 --> 00:27:41,000 chased some criminal down and shot them. 451 00:27:43,166 --> 00:27:46,467 So I said to him, "You were just doing your job, man." 452 00:27:48,500 --> 00:27:51,567 He didn't say anything other than, "I can't answer 453 00:27:51,567 --> 00:27:52,767 "for legal reasons. 454 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:56,900 The police will be arriving soon." 455 00:28:01,500 --> 00:28:04,800 NARRATOR: 911 calls flood into police central dispatch. 456 00:28:06,166 --> 00:28:07,867 OPERATOR: 911 emergency. 457 00:28:07,867 --> 00:28:10,266 DAWN: It was probably, like, around 6:57 458 00:28:10,367 --> 00:28:12,467 when I called 911 the first time. 459 00:28:12,467 --> 00:28:17,000 I heard, like, these cars come screeching around the corner. 460 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:20,567 When I first saw the vehicles, 461 00:28:20,667 --> 00:28:22,800 I mean, I thought it was maybe a road rage. 462 00:28:24,367 --> 00:28:25,600 I see the van coming. 463 00:28:25,667 --> 00:28:27,800 I see the dark vehicle behind it. 464 00:28:27,867 --> 00:28:31,500 The darker vehicle hits the righthand back side of the van. 465 00:28:31,567 --> 00:28:33,266 Then that person got out of the vehicle, 466 00:28:33,367 --> 00:28:35,867 walked up to the driver's side, and then that's when I heard 467 00:28:35,967 --> 00:28:37,000 gunshots. 468 00:28:39,500 --> 00:28:42,166 [gunshots blasting] 469 00:28:42,166 --> 00:28:45,166 Probably about eight or 10 rounds to the driver's side. 470 00:28:48,066 --> 00:28:50,767 The person went back to the vehicle and I guess reloaded 471 00:28:50,767 --> 00:28:53,667 and then went back to the driver's side and shot again, 472 00:28:53,767 --> 00:28:55,767 about another four to six shots, 473 00:28:55,767 --> 00:28:57,400 and that's when I called 911 again. 474 00:28:57,467 --> 00:28:59,400 [gunshot blasts] 475 00:28:59,467 --> 00:29:02,000 They said there's a police officer on the scene already. 476 00:29:05,266 --> 00:29:07,700 So at that point, I wasn't sure if it was 477 00:29:07,767 --> 00:29:10,000 a suspect that this person was chasing 478 00:29:10,100 --> 00:29:11,867 or -- or what was going on. 479 00:29:13,900 --> 00:29:16,767 I was the patrol lieutenant on duty. 480 00:29:16,767 --> 00:29:18,667 I was just walking in the front door 481 00:29:18,767 --> 00:29:21,166 of the police station 482 00:29:21,166 --> 00:29:24,200 when I heard something coming over dispatch. 483 00:29:24,266 --> 00:29:27,567 "1116, it's me." 484 00:29:27,567 --> 00:29:30,266 I knew immediately it was Albert Pacheco. 485 00:29:30,266 --> 00:29:31,667 That's his badge number. 486 00:29:33,567 --> 00:29:36,467 He said that his alpha was DOA 487 00:29:36,567 --> 00:29:38,767 and to call CIS, 488 00:29:38,767 --> 00:29:40,800 which is the Criminal Investigation Section. 489 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:45,767 Alpha is your -- your wife or your spouse, 490 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:50,367 and DOA means dead on arrival. 491 00:29:51,767 --> 00:29:54,900 Detective Pacheco advised me that he 492 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,367 had just shot and killed his wife 493 00:29:58,700 --> 00:30:00,967 and that he was waiting for us. 494 00:30:02,066 --> 00:30:05,600 You have a fellow officer that's gone over the line, 495 00:30:05,667 --> 00:30:09,500 and you have a lot of firearms capability with this person. 496 00:30:09,567 --> 00:30:12,000 [siren wailing] 497 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:16,166 My first thought was, I've got to get 498 00:30:16,266 --> 00:30:20,100 down there and make sure that nothing else happens. 499 00:30:20,166 --> 00:30:21,600 I went as fast as I could. 500 00:30:22,900 --> 00:30:27,166 We approached and asked him to lay prone on the ground 501 00:30:27,266 --> 00:30:29,400 and put his palms up. 502 00:30:29,467 --> 00:30:31,200 He was very cooperative, 503 00:30:31,266 --> 00:30:34,200 and we immediately secured him without incident. 504 00:30:37,066 --> 00:30:38,900 After the initial arrest, 505 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:42,100 the Criminal Investigation Section came in and secured 506 00:30:42,166 --> 00:30:44,867 the scene to investigate it. 507 00:30:44,867 --> 00:30:48,467 The driver's side window had been broken, 508 00:30:48,467 --> 00:30:50,700 and there was glass all over, 509 00:30:50,767 --> 00:30:54,266 and I immediately went over to see if 510 00:30:54,266 --> 00:30:56,300 there was any life left in the victim. 511 00:31:00,567 --> 00:31:03,000 Cathy Pacheco was leaning towards 512 00:31:03,100 --> 00:31:05,467 the passenger seat a little bit, 513 00:31:05,467 --> 00:31:08,300 and I brushed the hair back so 514 00:31:08,367 --> 00:31:11,900 that I could get a carotid pulse, and... 515 00:31:13,367 --> 00:31:16,000 there were many holes 516 00:31:16,100 --> 00:31:19,066 in the side of her face 517 00:31:19,066 --> 00:31:22,367 and her neck and chest, and, uh... 518 00:31:23,967 --> 00:31:25,800 it was very obvious that -- 519 00:31:25,867 --> 00:31:28,066 I mean, there were so many that 520 00:31:28,066 --> 00:31:30,166 there was no way she could be alive. 521 00:31:32,467 --> 00:31:38,200 There were empty nine-millimeter casings found on the pavement. 522 00:31:38,266 --> 00:31:40,367 She had been shot 15 times. 523 00:31:41,567 --> 00:31:43,500 He had used everything that he could. 524 00:31:47,567 --> 00:31:48,600 Then he called and 525 00:31:49,767 --> 00:31:51,266 revealed to us what he had done. 526 00:31:53,667 --> 00:31:56,100 NARRATOR: Lieutenant Watson drives Albert Pacheco 527 00:31:56,166 --> 00:31:57,867 to the station for questioning. 528 00:32:01,667 --> 00:32:05,667 I returned him to the South Kohala District Station 529 00:32:05,767 --> 00:32:08,300 to wait for an interview 530 00:32:08,367 --> 00:32:10,367 by the Criminal Investigation Section. 531 00:32:12,266 --> 00:32:14,100 I told him to please be quiet, 532 00:32:14,166 --> 00:32:16,767 because he hadn't been advised of his rights. 533 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:19,266 He was sweating. 534 00:32:19,266 --> 00:32:21,567 He wasn't remorseful. 535 00:32:21,567 --> 00:32:24,467 Detective Pacheco was not the same person 536 00:32:24,567 --> 00:32:26,667 that I had known. 537 00:32:33,567 --> 00:32:35,166 SHANNON: At the time, um, 538 00:32:35,166 --> 00:32:39,667 I was working in Waikoloa, and a family member had come 539 00:32:39,767 --> 00:32:42,066 down to the store saying, "Shannon, 540 00:32:42,066 --> 00:32:43,867 "we have to go right now. 541 00:32:43,867 --> 00:32:46,266 "Albert and your mom got into a fight, 542 00:32:46,266 --> 00:32:48,700 and -- and Albert shot your mom." 543 00:32:50,367 --> 00:32:52,266 The police were at my house. 544 00:32:52,367 --> 00:32:56,300 The entire cul-de-sac was just filled with police cars. 545 00:32:56,367 --> 00:32:59,667 And before I even got out of the car, 546 00:32:59,667 --> 00:33:01,900 I just remember saying, "Is she alive?" 547 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,600 And the police officer just said... 548 00:33:06,767 --> 00:33:08,100 "She's not." 549 00:33:13,266 --> 00:33:15,867 And that was it. 550 00:33:19,100 --> 00:33:21,000 Your mind goes into this space where 551 00:33:21,066 --> 00:33:24,100 it's like this couldn't have possibly been real. 552 00:33:24,166 --> 00:33:27,367 These are the things that you see on TV, like crimes that are 553 00:33:27,467 --> 00:33:30,867 committed by other people, but not your own family. 554 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:41,667 NARRATOR: On January 6th, 2002, 555 00:33:41,667 --> 00:33:44,667 Hawaii County Police charge Albert Pacheco 556 00:33:44,667 --> 00:33:47,300 with the second-degree murder of his wife, Cathy. 557 00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:53,900 Detectives interview the couple's children to 558 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:55,867 unearth clues that could explain 559 00:33:55,967 --> 00:33:58,100 why Albert shot her 14 times. 560 00:33:59,667 --> 00:34:02,500 I think people believed that he was 561 00:34:02,567 --> 00:34:05,800 something that he really actually wasn't. 562 00:34:05,867 --> 00:34:10,567 I remember telling the police officer interviewing me, 563 00:34:10,567 --> 00:34:14,000 "I believe Albert was completely capable of the crime, 564 00:34:14,066 --> 00:34:16,567 because he pulled a gun on my mom before." 565 00:34:18,066 --> 00:34:21,166 My mom's life could have been saved so many times. 566 00:34:22,467 --> 00:34:25,767 They had no idea that he was a monster. 567 00:34:34,066 --> 00:34:37,367 NARRATOR: Shannon tells investigators about the abuse 568 00:34:37,367 --> 00:34:39,967 she saw her stepfather, Albert, 569 00:34:39,967 --> 00:34:42,567 inflict on her mom, Cathy. 570 00:34:42,667 --> 00:34:47,100 DON: Shannon revealed some things that had occurred 571 00:34:47,166 --> 00:34:50,867 that would be surprising to anybody, 572 00:34:50,967 --> 00:34:53,867 and it told the depth of the... 573 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:58,000 controlling that occurred. 574 00:34:58,066 --> 00:35:00,867 NARRATOR: Shannon recounts an incident she witnessed 575 00:35:00,967 --> 00:35:04,100 when she lived with Cathy and Albert 14 years earlier. 576 00:35:09,300 --> 00:35:11,367 SHANNON: I was in the third grade. 577 00:35:11,467 --> 00:35:14,467 We came home from the Bible study, 578 00:35:14,567 --> 00:35:17,900 and I just remember my mom saying, 579 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:19,867 "Shannon, go get ready for bed." 580 00:35:23,100 --> 00:35:28,667 And I peeked at my mom and Albert, and I just remember 581 00:35:28,667 --> 00:35:31,166 he was in his police uniform, 582 00:35:31,166 --> 00:35:33,900 and he was, like, staring at her. 583 00:35:42,367 --> 00:35:46,400 He gets his gun out, and he's holding it right at my mom. 584 00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:50,467 I literally ran under the gun, and I said, 585 00:35:50,567 --> 00:35:54,400 "Please don't shoot her. Please don't kill her." 586 00:35:54,467 --> 00:35:56,667 And my mom said, "Shannon, run." 587 00:36:04,900 --> 00:36:07,867 NARRATOR: Shannon returns to the house a few hours later. 588 00:36:09,300 --> 00:36:12,600 SHANNON: Albert had just trashed the entire house. 589 00:36:12,667 --> 00:36:15,066 Like, he ripped everything apart. 590 00:36:15,066 --> 00:36:16,567 There was pictures of us all over 591 00:36:16,667 --> 00:36:19,467 the floor in pieces and ripped up. 592 00:36:19,467 --> 00:36:21,967 I had to go to school the next day, 593 00:36:21,967 --> 00:36:25,000 this little girl in the third grade. 594 00:36:25,100 --> 00:36:26,800 I had to just, like, go to school 595 00:36:26,867 --> 00:36:28,867 like nothing ever happened. 596 00:36:33,500 --> 00:36:36,800 My mom told me, "Shannon, You can't tell anybody 597 00:36:36,867 --> 00:36:38,867 "that this happened, because, you know, 598 00:36:38,967 --> 00:36:41,967 "Albert's gonna lose his job, and then we won't have a place 599 00:36:41,967 --> 00:36:43,667 to live." 600 00:36:43,767 --> 00:36:46,667 And the only way that I can make sense of any of 601 00:36:46,767 --> 00:36:49,100 it is the fact that my stepdad 602 00:36:49,166 --> 00:36:51,767 indoctrinated my mom so heavily. 603 00:36:51,867 --> 00:36:55,166 She believed everything that he said. 604 00:36:59,166 --> 00:37:00,500 SHANNON: For all of those years, 605 00:37:00,500 --> 00:37:04,300 everything was about following the Bible, and your husband is 606 00:37:04,367 --> 00:37:06,767 the king and then your children. 607 00:37:08,266 --> 00:37:10,967 It was always, like, excuses for him 608 00:37:10,967 --> 00:37:13,166 and just trying to be a good wife. 609 00:37:18,266 --> 00:37:21,100 NARRATOR: Other witnesses describe to investigators 610 00:37:21,166 --> 00:37:23,467 evidence of Albert's controlling behavior 611 00:37:23,467 --> 00:37:25,567 in the lead up to Cathy's murder. 612 00:37:27,100 --> 00:37:30,300 LYNDA: I relayed what she had told me to the police officers, 613 00:37:30,367 --> 00:37:33,300 and I tried to fill in the cracks 614 00:37:33,367 --> 00:37:34,634 that they were missing. 615 00:37:36,066 --> 00:37:41,800 I told him about the time that Cathy went on a church retreat 616 00:37:41,867 --> 00:37:45,266 and seeing scratches on her back 617 00:37:45,266 --> 00:37:48,200 as well as bruises on her arm. 618 00:37:49,166 --> 00:37:54,367 And I told the police about his stalking behavior. 619 00:37:54,367 --> 00:37:57,500 By the time that Christmas came of that year, 620 00:37:57,567 --> 00:37:59,767 she was feeling very unsafe. 621 00:37:59,867 --> 00:38:01,467 The facade was gone. 622 00:38:01,567 --> 00:38:03,467 It wasn't the Bible study Albert. 623 00:38:09,266 --> 00:38:11,567 NARRATOR: Albert Pacheco attends his arraignment 624 00:38:11,667 --> 00:38:14,166 on January 7th, 2002. 625 00:38:16,266 --> 00:38:20,266 He pleads not guilty by reason of mental illness. 626 00:38:20,367 --> 00:38:22,800 You just shake your head and you go, really? 627 00:38:22,867 --> 00:38:25,567 The police report is there. You know what happened. 628 00:38:25,567 --> 00:38:27,800 You're gonna plead not guilty? 629 00:38:27,867 --> 00:38:30,266 That was very distressing, thinking that 630 00:38:30,266 --> 00:38:31,467 there was gonna be this trial. 631 00:38:31,467 --> 00:38:34,000 Everyone's gonna have to go in and relive it. 632 00:38:34,066 --> 00:38:36,300 The only positive was that eventually 633 00:38:36,367 --> 00:38:40,166 that he changed his plea to guilty. 634 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:45,600 NARRATOR: At a hearing on June 29th, 2004, 635 00:38:45,667 --> 00:38:47,667 witnesses describe to the court 636 00:38:47,767 --> 00:38:49,667 the events that led to Cathy's murder. 637 00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:53,200 They tell how Cathy reported to 638 00:38:53,266 --> 00:38:55,767 friends that she was afraid of Albert, 639 00:38:57,567 --> 00:38:59,967 and that she decided to separate from him 640 00:38:59,967 --> 00:39:02,967 over New Year 2002. 641 00:39:02,967 --> 00:39:06,500 Albert reacts badly to this loss of control, 642 00:39:06,567 --> 00:39:10,266 and the situation turns deadly on January 4th. 643 00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:15,700 DON: Detective Pacheco was on the phone 644 00:39:15,767 --> 00:39:19,066 earlier in the day with Cathy. 645 00:39:19,066 --> 00:39:22,567 She was upset with him and told him that she was 646 00:39:22,567 --> 00:39:25,867 pretty much done with him and hung up the phone on him. 647 00:39:27,166 --> 00:39:30,100 And that evidently incensed him to 648 00:39:30,166 --> 00:39:32,500 the point where he was out hunting for her. 649 00:39:35,166 --> 00:39:37,767 NARRATOR: Albert rams Cathy's car off the road. 650 00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:40,667 He then executes her 651 00:39:40,767 --> 00:39:42,000 [gunshots blasting] 652 00:39:42,100 --> 00:39:46,300 in front of witnesses before he surrenders to police. 653 00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:50,166 DON: He wasn't remorseful. 654 00:39:50,166 --> 00:39:53,800 He was just trying to talk himself into that 655 00:39:53,867 --> 00:39:56,166 he did the right thing. 656 00:39:56,266 --> 00:40:01,667 And according to God's law or the Bible, 657 00:40:01,667 --> 00:40:06,767 his wife was unfaithful, and he had every right to 658 00:40:06,867 --> 00:40:10,000 do that, which was absolutely disgusting. 659 00:40:11,367 --> 00:40:15,266 A very angry, disillusioned 660 00:40:15,266 --> 00:40:17,767 out-of-control person. 661 00:40:21,700 --> 00:40:26,166 On August 16th, 2004, a Big Island judge sentences 662 00:40:26,266 --> 00:40:28,667 Albert Pacheco to life in prison 663 00:40:28,667 --> 00:40:31,467 with the possibility of parole for Cathy's murder. 664 00:40:33,066 --> 00:40:35,767 He must serve a minimum of 40 years. 665 00:40:41,700 --> 00:40:43,400 BRENDA: It's been 20 years, 666 00:40:43,467 --> 00:40:45,900 but I have dreams, and she's in it. 667 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:49,800 And then I wake up, and I feel, like, so happy. 668 00:40:49,867 --> 00:40:52,900 It's like I got to spend time with her, you know? 669 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,867 I miss her. 670 00:40:56,967 --> 00:40:58,300 I do. 671 00:40:59,266 --> 00:41:00,800 And I tell her that all the time. 672 00:41:03,166 --> 00:41:05,266 [shouting indistinctly] 673 00:41:07,300 --> 00:41:10,200 Cathy was a sister 674 00:41:14,300 --> 00:41:15,767 that I met 675 00:41:16,700 --> 00:41:17,700 that, um, 676 00:41:19,567 --> 00:41:21,667 was definitely someone that, um, 677 00:41:24,500 --> 00:41:27,266 you appreciate a friendship like that. 678 00:41:29,166 --> 00:41:31,700 What I miss most about Cathy is 679 00:41:31,767 --> 00:41:33,500 just spending time out on the water. 680 00:41:35,266 --> 00:41:41,100 We actually spread Cathy's ashes from a canoe. 681 00:41:41,166 --> 00:41:43,900 The kids were there, and we paddled out, 682 00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:49,000 and we spread her ashes out there. 683 00:41:49,100 --> 00:41:51,400 That moment was beautiful. 684 00:41:51,467 --> 00:41:55,900 My mom leaves behind a great legacy of friendship. 685 00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:58,100 She was a special person. 686 00:41:58,166 --> 00:42:00,767 I miss my mom, and just -- 687 00:42:00,767 --> 00:42:02,700 I miss what we could have had.