1 00:00:05,700 --> 00:00:07,800 AMY DAY: Tasha was my best friend. 2 00:00:08,734 --> 00:00:11,467 But then things changed. 3 00:00:11,467 --> 00:00:14,467 She just seemed a little bit distant. 4 00:00:14,533 --> 00:00:17,600 I kept trying to call her -- no answer. 5 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:20,634 GERALD BENTLEY: Tasha had some really strange stuff 6 00:00:20,634 --> 00:00:22,533 that happened that gave me 7 00:00:22,533 --> 00:00:24,533 a little bit of a chill down my spine. 8 00:00:25,734 --> 00:00:28,467 I kind of got this weird kind of 9 00:00:28,467 --> 00:00:30,000 a gut feeling, almost made me sick. 10 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:31,634 a gut feeling, almost made me sick. 11 00:00:32,867 --> 00:00:36,266 GERALD: As soon as I pulled in the driveway, 12 00:00:36,266 --> 00:00:37,367 I knew something -- 13 00:00:37,367 --> 00:00:40,800 I could feel something was not right. 14 00:00:45,533 --> 00:00:46,734 Yes. 15 00:00:46,734 --> 00:00:47,967 That's why... 16 00:00:47,967 --> 00:00:50,634 Everything she was doing from the word go 17 00:00:50,634 --> 00:00:53,900 was a ruse, was a plan, was an act. 18 00:00:58,467 --> 00:00:59,734 [sobbing] 19 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:00,000 AMY BENTLEY: Sometimes those monsters are people that we know 20 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,734 AMY BENTLEY: Sometimes those monsters are people that we know 21 00:01:01,734 --> 00:01:03,800 and we love and we care about. 22 00:01:25,166 --> 00:01:28,100 [Kevin Day speaking] 23 00:01:28,100 --> 00:01:30,000 [laughing] 24 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:30,533 [laughing] 25 00:01:32,734 --> 00:01:34,634 NARRATOR: Tasha Bentley and her husband, 26 00:01:34,634 --> 00:01:36,800 Gary, are on vacation 27 00:01:37,700 --> 00:01:39,634 with their friends, Kevin... 28 00:01:43,266 --> 00:01:44,433 ...and Amy. 29 00:01:45,467 --> 00:01:47,734 AMY DAY: Tasha was my best friend, 30 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,467 and Gary was Kevin's best friend, 31 00:01:50,467 --> 00:01:53,634 and Tasha's idea was that we were going to do this little 32 00:01:53,634 --> 00:01:56,467 best friends, um, vacation to Jamaica. 33 00:01:59,266 --> 00:02:00,000 Tasha and Gary had sort of bought into this 34 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,600 Tasha and Gary had sort of bought into this 35 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:04,533 little timeshare, 36 00:02:04,533 --> 00:02:08,800 and so I told her that it was a great idea. 37 00:02:08,900 --> 00:02:11,266 You know, we all worked really hard, 38 00:02:11,266 --> 00:02:14,000 definitely earned our paychecks, and we just kind of 39 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,533 wanted, um, just some time away. 40 00:02:17,533 --> 00:02:20,367 KEVIN: We went together, the four of us, and it was, uh, 41 00:02:20,367 --> 00:02:22,266 it was a really great experience. 42 00:02:22,266 --> 00:02:25,066 I mean, it was -- it was a wonderful time. 43 00:02:25,100 --> 00:02:27,734 We're staying in this gorgeous, 44 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,000 gorgeous resort right on the beach. 45 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,467 gorgeous resort right on the beach. 46 00:02:31,533 --> 00:02:33,533 We lived the high life as if, you know, 47 00:02:33,533 --> 00:02:36,700 as if money didn't matter, because while you were there, 48 00:02:36,700 --> 00:02:37,867 money doesn't matter. 49 00:02:37,867 --> 00:02:39,433 [Amy Day speaking] 50 00:02:41,166 --> 00:02:42,433 TASHA: Oh, my God. 51 00:02:43,700 --> 00:02:47,367 I'm with my best friends, and I'm with my future wife, 52 00:02:47,367 --> 00:02:49,533 you know, so I -- I couldn't be happier. 53 00:02:51,100 --> 00:02:54,433 NARRATOR: Tasha and Gary first met in 2006. 54 00:02:55,500 --> 00:02:59,066 AMY BENTLEY: Gary was about 23, and Tasha was a little bit older 55 00:02:59,100 --> 00:03:00,000 than him, so she would have been 24. 56 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,333 than him, so she would have been 24. 57 00:03:02,166 --> 00:03:05,734 She was a little bit more assertive, um, 58 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:07,367 than -- than Gary was. 59 00:03:07,367 --> 00:03:09,367 He was a little bit more laid back. 60 00:03:09,367 --> 00:03:12,266 LISA BENTLEY: She liked to dress up a little bit more, 61 00:03:12,266 --> 00:03:14,867 and he was very just blue jeans 62 00:03:14,867 --> 00:03:19,467 and a T-shirt, you know, kind of little country guy. 63 00:03:19,533 --> 00:03:21,000 AMY BENTLEY: He loved being outdoors. 64 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:22,734 You know, he would go hunting, 65 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:26,066 he liked to collect guns and fishing equipment, 66 00:03:26,066 --> 00:03:28,066 so he was a homebody. 67 00:03:30,166 --> 00:03:31,333 GARY: Got ya. 68 00:03:34,500 --> 00:03:36,233 NARRATOR: Gary's an electrician. 69 00:03:37,367 --> 00:03:38,900 Tasha is a nurse. 70 00:03:40,500 --> 00:03:42,166 After six years of dating, 71 00:03:42,166 --> 00:03:45,634 the pair tie the knot in September 2012. 72 00:03:47,533 --> 00:03:49,533 Their son, Connor is born 73 00:03:49,533 --> 00:03:51,467 three months later. 74 00:03:51,467 --> 00:03:54,634 LISA: They were both very attentive parents, 75 00:03:54,634 --> 00:03:57,533 but she a lot of times let him take the lead. 76 00:03:58,533 --> 00:04:00,000 I'm just gonna kinda sit back and talk to the girls and, 77 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,266 I'm just gonna kinda sit back and talk to the girls and, 78 00:04:02,266 --> 00:04:05,734 you know, you chase the little one around a little bit. 79 00:04:07,100 --> 00:04:10,634 GERALD: Gary's son was his pride and joy. 80 00:04:12,500 --> 00:04:14,634 I mean, he built his life 81 00:04:14,734 --> 00:04:18,166 around a future for that little boy. 82 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:20,433 [indistinct conversations] 83 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:27,600 KEVIN: When Gary turned 30, he was achieving all 84 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,000 the things that he wanted to do in life. 85 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:30,266 the things that he wanted to do in life. 86 00:04:30,266 --> 00:04:33,166 He found the right woman. He was a great dad. 87 00:04:33,233 --> 00:04:37,367 He had a nice house, nice cars, nice toys, nice guns. 88 00:04:38,700 --> 00:04:41,967 Gary came out of himself in marriage, you know, 89 00:04:41,967 --> 00:04:45,100 like, he found what he was looking for. 90 00:04:45,100 --> 00:04:47,066 My brother was at a place in his life 91 00:04:47,066 --> 00:04:49,800 where he was content, and he was happy. 92 00:04:49,900 --> 00:04:53,266 KEVIN: Gary and Tasha, they had everything going for them. 93 00:04:53,266 --> 00:04:56,634 You know, they were successful people, they had money, 94 00:04:56,634 --> 00:04:59,533 they had the whole world at their fingertips. 95 00:05:00,734 --> 00:05:04,266 NARRATOR: Despite all their success and money, 96 00:05:04,266 --> 00:05:05,634 under the surface, 97 00:05:05,634 --> 00:05:08,634 trouble is brewing in the Bentley marriage. 98 00:05:09,734 --> 00:05:11,634 Before our trip to Jamaica, 99 00:05:11,734 --> 00:05:14,867 Tasha had been having some 100 00:05:14,867 --> 00:05:18,100 performance issues at her job. 101 00:05:18,100 --> 00:05:23,000 I believe that Gary had his own suspicions based on 102 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,467 how Tasha was acting that maybe 103 00:05:26,533 --> 00:05:29,233 Tasha's job was in jeopardy. 104 00:05:30,266 --> 00:05:31,634 That was bothering him, 105 00:05:31,734 --> 00:05:33,900 which was causing them to have conflict. 106 00:05:38,266 --> 00:05:40,433 [Tasha speaking] 107 00:05:42,367 --> 00:05:43,533 [screaming] 108 00:05:43,634 --> 00:05:47,100 This is a clip of us on our day before our final day, 109 00:05:47,100 --> 00:05:48,734 when we took the -- 110 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:52,266 the private charter boat out for a fishing trip. 111 00:05:52,266 --> 00:05:54,533 We were fishing, we were drinking. 112 00:06:00,467 --> 00:06:03,700 Gary's only concern was to catch fish. 113 00:06:03,700 --> 00:06:07,266 My only concern was to drink that bottle of rum. 114 00:06:08,100 --> 00:06:10,900 Whoo! Right here. 115 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:17,533 KEVIN: And I offered Gary a drink. 116 00:06:17,634 --> 00:06:19,467 I said, you know, come on, man, you know, 117 00:06:19,467 --> 00:06:22,066 we're having a great time, don't sweat it. 118 00:06:22,066 --> 00:06:24,467 He actually took the drink that I made him and -- 119 00:06:24,467 --> 00:06:26,367 and threw it in my face, 120 00:06:27,367 --> 00:06:30,000 told me that I was selfish and obnoxious. 121 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:30,533 told me that I was selfish and obnoxious. 122 00:06:34,500 --> 00:06:39,600 I felt that at the time, maybe due to what was happening with 123 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:41,166 Tasha and Gary, that I was 124 00:06:41,166 --> 00:06:46,000 pretty much his excuse for the actions that had taken place 125 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:49,367 to be able to let those emotions out. 126 00:06:49,367 --> 00:06:52,066 AMY DAY: That was very shocking. 127 00:06:52,066 --> 00:06:55,634 I don't think any of us said anything else for 128 00:06:55,734 --> 00:06:57,000 several minutes. 129 00:06:57,967 --> 00:07:00,000 It felt a little bit awkward. 130 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:00,100 It felt a little bit awkward. 131 00:07:01,066 --> 00:07:05,166 But after that, we just continued to do our vacation. 132 00:07:07,266 --> 00:07:10,333 NARRATOR: Gary is right about Tasha's work problems. 133 00:07:12,166 --> 00:07:15,266 Soon after Tasha arrives back from Jamaica, 134 00:07:15,333 --> 00:07:17,166 her employer fires her. 135 00:07:18,367 --> 00:07:21,467 AMY BENTLEY: Her losing a job definitely upset Gary. 136 00:07:21,533 --> 00:07:23,867 He always wanted to be financially prepared. 137 00:07:23,867 --> 00:07:25,266 You don't want that extra stress 138 00:07:25,266 --> 00:07:27,900 because someone can't maintain a job. 139 00:07:29,533 --> 00:07:30,000 But that's kind of her personality, where we're not 140 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,367 But that's kind of her personality, where we're not 141 00:07:32,367 --> 00:07:34,467 gonna cry about something that we can't undo, 142 00:07:34,467 --> 00:07:37,700 we're just gonna keep going, and we'll probably find 143 00:07:37,700 --> 00:07:39,433 something better, and she did. 144 00:07:41,166 --> 00:07:44,634 NARRATOR: Tasha's new job seems to put the family back on track. 145 00:07:46,367 --> 00:07:47,734 And things were going good. 146 00:07:47,734 --> 00:07:49,867 You know, they were both working again. 147 00:07:49,867 --> 00:07:52,166 You know, sometimes you and your partner veer off 148 00:07:52,166 --> 00:07:55,367 a little bit, and you just have to find your way back. 149 00:07:55,367 --> 00:07:58,166 Gary and Tasha were doing fairly well. 150 00:07:59,100 --> 00:08:00,000 But at the same time, I noticed that 151 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,533 But at the same time, I noticed that 152 00:08:01,533 --> 00:08:05,066 Tasha had some really strange stuff that happened. 153 00:08:07,700 --> 00:08:10,867 NARRATOR: In 2016, Tasha calls her father-in-law, 154 00:08:10,867 --> 00:08:13,533 Gerald, from a rest stop on the interstate. 155 00:08:15,700 --> 00:08:18,266 She tells him that her car has broken down, 156 00:08:18,333 --> 00:08:20,734 and she needs him to pick her up. 157 00:08:20,734 --> 00:08:23,533 By the time we get to the gas station, 158 00:08:24,467 --> 00:08:27,467 there's a hundred-foot plume of smoke in the air. 159 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:30,000 The car was on fire. 160 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:30,233 The car was on fire. 161 00:08:32,100 --> 00:08:34,634 NARRATOR: It's not Tasha's first car fire. 162 00:08:36,367 --> 00:08:41,100 Shortly after Tasha and Gary were dating, 163 00:08:41,100 --> 00:08:45,433 she had her first car catch on fire. 164 00:08:46,634 --> 00:08:49,533 The second one was a car that wasn't even running, 165 00:08:49,533 --> 00:08:52,433 that was sitting in their driveway in the new house, 166 00:08:53,266 --> 00:08:55,967 and it mysteriously caught on fire 167 00:08:55,967 --> 00:08:57,533 and burned up in the driveway. 168 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:00,000 By the time a third car catches on fire, 169 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,166 By the time a third car catches on fire, 170 00:09:03,233 --> 00:09:05,900 um, a pretty new car, 171 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,066 you really start to question what the heck is going on. 172 00:09:10,266 --> 00:09:13,967 The insurance paid out -- she carried gap coverage, 173 00:09:13,967 --> 00:09:15,467 so, you know, she was able 174 00:09:15,533 --> 00:09:18,066 to always move on to another vehicle. 175 00:09:19,467 --> 00:09:20,634 I mean, what are the chances of that? 176 00:09:20,634 --> 00:09:23,066 Like, literally -- maybe there's people 177 00:09:23,100 --> 00:09:24,266 who've had it happen two times, 178 00:09:24,266 --> 00:09:25,266 but I mean, really how many people 179 00:09:25,266 --> 00:09:26,900 have ever had it happen three times? 180 00:09:28,066 --> 00:09:30,000 GERALD: I had a suspicion at that point. 181 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:31,266 GERALD: I had a suspicion at that point. 182 00:09:31,266 --> 00:09:34,233 That gave me a little bit of a chill down my spine. 183 00:09:45,367 --> 00:09:49,634 LISA: We went on a family trip, um, to Mexico. 184 00:09:50,967 --> 00:09:51,900 It was just Gary, 185 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:56,066 Tasha, Gerald, myself, and our grandson, 186 00:09:56,100 --> 00:09:57,867 We were all -- planned it for a long time. 187 00:09:57,900 --> 00:10:01,967 We were all excited, but Tasha seemed to be more, 188 00:10:01,967 --> 00:10:04,867 I don't know, um, standoffish. 189 00:10:04,867 --> 00:10:07,000 She was just really moody the whole time. 190 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:07,143 Um, kind of grumpy, 191 00:10:07,143 --> 00:10:09,467 Um, kind of grumpy, 192 00:10:09,467 --> 00:10:13,066 would start arguments over little bitty things, you know? 193 00:10:14,166 --> 00:10:16,533 Gary was just always like, "Oh, she's tired, 194 00:10:16,634 --> 00:10:18,900 and everything's good," you know. 195 00:10:21,166 --> 00:10:25,066 NARRATOR: Gary's father spends quality time fishing with him. 196 00:10:30,700 --> 00:10:35,066 GERALD: We took a charter boat out to catch red snappers. 197 00:10:36,266 --> 00:10:37,143 I could tell during that trip that -- 198 00:10:37,143 --> 00:10:39,266 I could tell during that trip that -- 199 00:10:39,266 --> 00:10:41,867 that something was off and bothering him. 200 00:10:43,467 --> 00:10:44,967 At the resort, 201 00:10:44,967 --> 00:10:46,367 you couldn't use your cell phone. 202 00:10:46,433 --> 00:10:48,233 You had to go use the landline. 203 00:10:49,367 --> 00:10:52,467 Tasha, she just kept disappearing. 204 00:10:52,533 --> 00:10:53,634 "Oh, I'll be right back. 205 00:10:53,634 --> 00:10:56,867 Uh, I gotta go," or "I'm going to the room," 206 00:10:56,900 --> 00:10:59,367 which she wasn't going to the room. 207 00:10:59,433 --> 00:11:01,734 She was going to make calls. 208 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:04,000 LISA: She would just be real evasive about it, 209 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,143 not wanting you to hear what she was talking about, 210 00:11:07,143 --> 00:11:07,634 not wanting you to hear what she was talking about, 211 00:11:07,734 --> 00:11:09,734 and it made Gary mad. 212 00:11:12,266 --> 00:11:15,367 GERALD: On the boat, I had approached Gary, 213 00:11:15,367 --> 00:11:19,066 and "Hey, is everything okay?" 214 00:11:19,066 --> 00:11:21,634 But he would never open up to me about any of it. 215 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:24,233 He I was like, "I'll handle it." 216 00:11:28,700 --> 00:11:32,634 Definitely, when we came back from our trip, um, 217 00:11:32,634 --> 00:11:36,166 noticed, um, Tasha was gone a lot. 218 00:11:36,166 --> 00:11:37,143 Um, she was working a lot of hours, 219 00:11:37,143 --> 00:11:39,734 Um, she was working a lot of hours, 220 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:42,166 and then every weekend, she was just never home. 221 00:11:43,700 --> 00:11:47,066 Tasha said she had a work conference 222 00:11:47,100 --> 00:11:49,266 in Knoxville, Tennessee, 223 00:11:49,266 --> 00:11:53,266 but she only found out the day before it was happening. 224 00:11:53,266 --> 00:11:57,867 So she tells Gary that she has to go and that it's mandatory. 225 00:11:57,900 --> 00:11:59,533 So she disappears. 226 00:11:59,634 --> 00:12:02,600 And at that point, I approached Gary 227 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:05,166 and said, "Gary, what's going on here? 228 00:12:05,166 --> 00:12:06,900 "Something's not right. 229 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:07,143 "She's acting weird. 230 00:12:07,143 --> 00:12:09,066 "She's acting weird. 231 00:12:09,100 --> 00:12:12,367 There's no way she's working all these hours," 232 00:12:12,367 --> 00:12:14,233 and Gary was just so, 233 00:12:14,266 --> 00:12:15,867 you know, laid back, quiet, 234 00:12:15,867 --> 00:12:18,233 that he was gonna deal with it himself. 235 00:12:20,467 --> 00:12:22,734 AMY BENTLEY: She just seemed a little bit more distant, 236 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:25,467 you know, like family functions and stuff, 237 00:12:25,467 --> 00:12:26,634 she would be on her phone 238 00:12:26,634 --> 00:12:29,734 the whole time that she was around us. 239 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:33,367 She started working overtime all the time, you know, 240 00:12:33,367 --> 00:12:37,143 when she wasn't able to get off work and pick their son up 241 00:12:37,143 --> 00:12:37,233 when she wasn't able to get off work and pick their son up 242 00:12:37,266 --> 00:12:39,000 from the daycare, 243 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:43,367 my brother Gary had to start kind of picking up the slack. 244 00:12:43,433 --> 00:12:46,533 He seemed a little distant and a little tired to me. 245 00:12:49,700 --> 00:12:50,967 GERALD: At that point, 246 00:12:50,967 --> 00:12:53,166 we would be getting ready for deer season. 247 00:12:53,233 --> 00:12:57,467 We would put out feeders, we would put out cameras. 248 00:12:57,467 --> 00:13:01,900 And Gary was in heaven, because he could take his son. 249 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:05,634 That was one of Gary's big dreams, to take his boy hunting. 250 00:13:07,100 --> 00:13:07,143 He had put, um, like a -- they called it a deer condo, 251 00:13:07,143 --> 00:13:10,367 He had put, um, like a -- they called it a deer condo, 252 00:13:10,367 --> 00:13:13,367 a deer stand up, um, in the woods. 253 00:13:13,367 --> 00:13:16,800 And, uh, he was starting to take his little guy out there. 254 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:21,266 GERALD: This was the year that Gary was gonna 255 00:13:21,266 --> 00:13:23,634 let his son sit in the stand with him. 256 00:13:32,734 --> 00:13:35,166 LISA: They would talk about looking out the windows 257 00:13:35,233 --> 00:13:37,143 and seeing the animals and seeing a deer. 258 00:13:37,143 --> 00:13:38,634 and seeing the animals and seeing a deer. 259 00:13:38,634 --> 00:13:40,233 [gunshot pops] 260 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:48,233 Just a really good, uh, fun father-son bonding moment. 261 00:13:49,533 --> 00:13:51,800 Thanksgiving of 2017. 262 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,800 Black Friday is the next day, and Tasha, 263 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:58,533 she was very eager to get out of my house that day to 264 00:13:58,533 --> 00:14:00,166 go shopping. 265 00:14:00,166 --> 00:14:03,367 She was out really, really late into the night 266 00:14:03,367 --> 00:14:05,533 and came home with really no gifts, 267 00:14:05,533 --> 00:14:07,143 just excuses that she really couldn't find anything. 268 00:14:07,143 --> 00:14:08,634 just excuses that she really couldn't find anything. 269 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:11,634 AMY BENTLEY: I think Gary wanted to believe it. 270 00:14:11,634 --> 00:14:13,734 But I think in the back of his mind, 271 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:16,100 he knew she was up to something. 272 00:14:17,533 --> 00:14:18,533 GERALD: On Thanksgiving, 273 00:14:18,533 --> 00:14:21,634 Gary and I went out, and Gary bought 274 00:14:21,634 --> 00:14:25,900 a large gun safe to keep his guns in. 275 00:14:27,266 --> 00:14:30,333 NARRATOR: Gerald helps to install it in a bedroom closet. 276 00:14:31,467 --> 00:14:33,166 GERALD: When we installed the safe, 277 00:14:33,166 --> 00:14:35,066 Gary and I put the guns in there. 278 00:14:36,266 --> 00:14:37,143 I could tell by my son's demeanor that something was 279 00:14:37,143 --> 00:14:39,600 I could tell by my son's demeanor that something was 280 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:41,066 wrong and that's -- you know, 281 00:14:41,100 --> 00:14:43,233 I approached Gary, and he kind of brushed me off. 282 00:14:46,266 --> 00:14:49,066 LISA: The week after Thanksgiving, 283 00:14:49,066 --> 00:14:51,000 I had gone to their house. 284 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,467 She would still cut our hair sometimes. 285 00:14:55,166 --> 00:14:58,900 And, um, you know, we were just talking and chatting, 286 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,100 and Tasha says, 287 00:15:01,100 --> 00:15:03,533 "I'm afraid to stay at home by myself." 288 00:15:03,533 --> 00:15:05,533 And I said, "Why, what -- what? What's going on?" 289 00:15:05,533 --> 00:15:07,143 And she's like, "Yeah, I'm -- 290 00:15:07,143 --> 00:15:07,600 And she's like, "Yeah, I'm -- 291 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:09,634 "I'm just nervous to be here by myself. 292 00:15:09,734 --> 00:15:13,333 I'm afraid somebody's out to -- out to hurt Gary." 293 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:16,166 You know, I looked at him. 294 00:15:16,166 --> 00:15:18,166 I said, "Did you make somebody mad? 295 00:15:18,166 --> 00:15:21,467 Why would somebody be mad at you or after you?" 296 00:15:21,467 --> 00:15:24,367 And he's like, "She's just crazy, mom." 297 00:15:25,700 --> 00:15:27,634 And I kind of laughed it off. 298 00:15:27,634 --> 00:15:30,467 I kind of, you know, went about the rest of 299 00:15:30,467 --> 00:15:33,900 our evening and conversation, but it just didn't sit right. 300 00:15:34,967 --> 00:15:36,600 Never in our wildest dreams, 301 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:37,143 you know, would we ever think that 302 00:15:37,143 --> 00:15:38,900 you know, would we ever think that 303 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,233 it would have ended the way it did. 304 00:15:50,634 --> 00:15:51,967 [phone ringing] 305 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,433 GERALD: On December 10, 2017, 306 00:15:54,500 --> 00:15:55,333 [phone ringing] 307 00:15:55,467 --> 00:15:59,734 I received a call from Tasha stating that 308 00:15:59,734 --> 00:16:02,166 she had driven home, 309 00:16:02,166 --> 00:16:05,367 and that she pulled in the driveway, 310 00:16:05,367 --> 00:16:07,367 and that the garage door was open, 311 00:16:07,433 --> 00:16:12,166 and she was scared to go in, because it didn't look right. 312 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:15,277 So I drove over there, 313 00:16:15,277 --> 00:16:16,000 So I drove over there, 314 00:16:17,166 --> 00:16:19,533 and I went in through the garage, 315 00:16:20,867 --> 00:16:24,066 and I was yelling for Gary. 316 00:16:24,100 --> 00:16:26,900 I entered the house through the open garage door. 317 00:16:28,100 --> 00:16:30,433 The dogs came running to me. 318 00:16:30,500 --> 00:16:32,100 [distant dogs barking] 319 00:16:32,100 --> 00:16:35,266 Proceeded through the house to the kitchen. 320 00:16:36,867 --> 00:16:39,066 I turned the corner to Gary's bedroom... 321 00:16:39,100 --> 00:16:41,634 [music climbing] 322 00:16:41,634 --> 00:16:42,967 and found him. 323 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:44,900 [suspenseful chord strike] 324 00:16:46,266 --> 00:16:47,533 Gary was gone. 325 00:16:49,100 --> 00:16:50,867 I think at the point when I found 326 00:16:50,867 --> 00:16:54,734 my son laying there that I went into shock. 327 00:16:56,367 --> 00:17:00,166 LISA: Gerald called, and he said, "Where are you at?" 328 00:17:00,233 --> 00:17:02,734 And I said, "Um, on my way to Amy's," 329 00:17:02,734 --> 00:17:04,467 and he said, "Just turn your car 330 00:17:04,467 --> 00:17:07,166 around and come to Gary's right now," um... 331 00:17:08,100 --> 00:17:11,634 So I asked him, "Is something wrong with my baby?" 332 00:17:11,700 --> 00:17:14,166 Um, and he said, "He's dead." 333 00:17:16,266 --> 00:17:19,967 I started just screaming, oh, my God, you know, 334 00:17:19,967 --> 00:17:22,867 not my baby. Not my baby. What on Earth? 335 00:17:22,900 --> 00:17:24,800 You know, why, God, why my baby? 336 00:17:25,967 --> 00:17:28,734 And, uh, then my -- my daughter calls me. 337 00:17:30,533 --> 00:17:31,900 I just remember, like, 338 00:17:33,100 --> 00:17:35,000 it seemed like, um... 339 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,166 my legs kind of got wobbly, um... 340 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:41,533 you know, my... 341 00:17:41,533 --> 00:17:43,367 heart was in my stomach. 342 00:17:45,634 --> 00:17:48,433 It's like you can't even believe this is real. 343 00:17:48,500 --> 00:17:50,166 This is your life. 344 00:17:50,233 --> 00:17:52,800 It's shocking, you know, just... 345 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:55,533 how our lives just changed. 346 00:18:00,100 --> 00:18:03,867 DETECTIVE ENDRE SAMU: On December 10, 2017, 347 00:18:03,900 --> 00:18:07,266 at approximately 7:56 p.m. is when the Kentucky State 348 00:18:07,333 --> 00:18:11,333 Police Post Five received a phone call from Gerald Bentley. 349 00:18:12,467 --> 00:18:14,867 When Gerald called, he identified that his son was 350 00:18:14,867 --> 00:18:15,277 lying in his bed 351 00:18:15,277 --> 00:18:15,967 lying in his bed 352 00:18:15,967 --> 00:18:17,467 with a bullet in the back of his head. 353 00:18:17,467 --> 00:18:20,734 [distant sirens wailing] 354 00:18:21,900 --> 00:18:25,734 When I arrived on the scene, I go inside the bedroom. 355 00:18:28,166 --> 00:18:31,166 I'm focusing on Gary, who's lying in his bed 356 00:18:31,233 --> 00:18:33,900 with his face turned away from the doorway. 357 00:18:36,467 --> 00:18:38,233 He's covered up with the blanket. 358 00:18:39,166 --> 00:18:41,367 Gary was in his bed, sleeping. 359 00:18:41,367 --> 00:18:43,467 He was not disturbed by something, yet 360 00:18:43,467 --> 00:18:44,800 somebody came in and killed him. 361 00:18:47,533 --> 00:18:48,967 COURTNEY BAXTER: There was the shell casing 362 00:18:48,967 --> 00:18:50,867 recovered in the bed, 363 00:18:50,900 --> 00:18:53,433 and they found an open gun safe, 364 00:18:53,500 --> 00:18:56,166 which appeared to have missing guns. 365 00:18:56,233 --> 00:19:02,166 It had a keypad alarm system on it, and it was standing open. 366 00:19:03,467 --> 00:19:05,533 DET. SAMU: No electronics were stolen. 367 00:19:05,533 --> 00:19:08,734 Nothing was damaged inside the house as it was ransacked. 368 00:19:09,734 --> 00:19:11,967 None of the other big tools were stolen. 369 00:19:11,967 --> 00:19:14,634 So my thought was somebody may have come in 370 00:19:14,634 --> 00:19:15,277 and stolen the guns just 371 00:19:15,277 --> 00:19:16,367 and stolen the guns just 372 00:19:16,433 --> 00:19:18,634 for the sake of getting the guns alone and not worry 373 00:19:18,700 --> 00:19:20,266 about the other items. 374 00:19:20,333 --> 00:19:22,066 COURTNEY: But if someone's in his house 375 00:19:22,100 --> 00:19:23,634 who's not supposed to be there, 376 00:19:23,634 --> 00:19:26,634 you would think that the dogs would have alerted him to that, 377 00:19:26,634 --> 00:19:29,533 and he wouldn't have been executed in his bed. 378 00:19:30,367 --> 00:19:32,734 That is not consistent with what you would 379 00:19:32,734 --> 00:19:36,634 think of a type of home invasion robbery. 380 00:19:36,634 --> 00:19:39,734 DET. SAMU: That's telling me somebody who is very acquainted 381 00:19:39,734 --> 00:19:42,634 with the family and the dogs killed Gary. 382 00:19:44,266 --> 00:19:45,277 NARRATOR: Detective Samu 383 00:19:45,277 --> 00:19:45,967 NARRATOR: Detective Samu 384 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,333 interviews Tasha in a patrol car. 385 00:19:49,900 --> 00:19:52,367 She claims that she last saw Gary alive 386 00:19:52,433 --> 00:19:54,967 that morning before he left to hunt deer. 387 00:19:55,867 --> 00:19:58,533 [Det. Samu speaking] 388 00:20:00,166 --> 00:20:02,000 [Tasha speaking] 389 00:20:03,967 --> 00:20:07,634 She shows me that she's sending a text message saying, 390 00:20:07,700 --> 00:20:09,433 "How's the hunting going?" 391 00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:10,467 Something to that effect. 392 00:20:10,467 --> 00:20:12,867 "I hope you got something good." 393 00:20:12,867 --> 00:20:15,277 [Det. Samu speaking] 394 00:20:15,277 --> 00:20:16,233 [Det. Samu speaking] 395 00:20:18,467 --> 00:20:19,734 [Tasha speaking] 396 00:20:19,734 --> 00:20:23,533 [Det. Samu speaking] 397 00:20:24,967 --> 00:20:29,266 [Tasha speaking] 398 00:20:40,100 --> 00:20:43,266 [Det. Samu speaking] 399 00:20:45,266 --> 00:20:45,277 [Tasha speaking] 400 00:20:45,277 --> 00:20:46,533 [Tasha speaking] 401 00:20:48,100 --> 00:20:50,867 Tasha informed me that there was 402 00:20:50,900 --> 00:20:54,367 a male friend of theirs named Kevin. 403 00:20:54,367 --> 00:20:56,266 So is there something going on 404 00:20:56,266 --> 00:20:58,800 that Kevin is an interest for me? 405 00:21:00,367 --> 00:21:03,433 [Det. Samu speaking] 406 00:21:06,166 --> 00:21:08,967 [Tasha speaking] 407 00:21:08,967 --> 00:21:10,634 [Det. Samu speaking] 408 00:21:10,634 --> 00:21:14,333 [Tasha speaking] 409 00:21:17,867 --> 00:21:21,100 DET. SAMU: My question is, is Kevin involved in all this? 410 00:21:21,100 --> 00:21:25,000 Is there an argument between Kevin and Gary? 411 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:30,000 DET. SAMU: Do I need to investigate him? 412 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,634 I had another detective follow up on a check. 413 00:21:34,100 --> 00:21:36,967 Kevin was there when Tasha arrived, but he had left 414 00:21:36,967 --> 00:21:39,533 around noonish to go play volleyball. 415 00:21:40,634 --> 00:21:43,734 There was no information whatsoever that 416 00:21:43,734 --> 00:21:45,277 Kevin was involved in Gary's murder. 417 00:21:45,277 --> 00:21:46,533 Kevin was involved in Gary's murder. 418 00:21:47,867 --> 00:21:50,166 Tasha identified Kevin, 419 00:21:50,233 --> 00:21:52,734 distancing herself from the situation. 420 00:21:54,367 --> 00:21:56,367 That's an issue for me. Why is that? 421 00:21:57,467 --> 00:22:02,867 She also tried to contact Gerald to check on Gary. 422 00:22:02,900 --> 00:22:05,233 [Tasha speaking] 423 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:12,266 [sniffles] 424 00:22:19,967 --> 00:22:24,166 Gerald had answered the phone at one time and said that, well, 425 00:22:24,166 --> 00:22:27,100 maybe he's still out hunting, maybe he's sleeping, whatever. 426 00:22:27,100 --> 00:22:30,266 Obviously, as a hunter, he's going to have his cellphone 427 00:22:30,266 --> 00:22:33,533 either turned off, muted, not available, 428 00:22:33,533 --> 00:22:36,433 yet now all of a sudden, she's starting up some concerns. 429 00:22:39,533 --> 00:22:43,166 [Det. Samu speaking] 430 00:22:52,100 --> 00:22:56,066 [Tasha speaking] 431 00:23:07,900 --> 00:23:10,634 You ask yourself the question, why didn't she go home? 432 00:23:10,634 --> 00:23:13,867 What's so -- what's so wrong about going to 433 00:23:13,867 --> 00:23:15,277 check on your husband if there's an issue? 434 00:23:15,277 --> 00:23:16,433 check on your husband if there's an issue? 435 00:23:16,500 --> 00:23:19,433 [Det. Samu speaking] 436 00:23:20,533 --> 00:23:22,533 [Tasha speaking] 437 00:23:24,634 --> 00:23:26,634 [Det. Samu speaking] 438 00:23:26,634 --> 00:23:28,900 [Tasha sobbing] 439 00:23:32,967 --> 00:23:35,734 NARRATOR: Kevin's wife, Amy, reaches out to Tasha 440 00:23:35,734 --> 00:23:38,734 when she learns that Gary has been murdered. 441 00:23:40,100 --> 00:23:42,967 I called her immediately. 442 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,967 I kept trying to call her. 443 00:23:44,967 --> 00:23:45,277 Um, no answer. 444 00:23:45,277 --> 00:23:46,634 Um, no answer. 445 00:23:46,634 --> 00:23:52,266 I'm thinking she is so upset that she just can't talk. 446 00:23:53,367 --> 00:23:56,266 But then she did end up calling me. 447 00:23:56,266 --> 00:23:59,000 I asked her about the funeral. 448 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,367 I said, you know, "Do you -- what do you need from me? 449 00:24:01,367 --> 00:24:03,166 Do you need any help?" 450 00:24:03,166 --> 00:24:05,433 And she said, "I don't know, I'm just not gonna go." 451 00:24:07,367 --> 00:24:10,467 I was very shocked at that, 452 00:24:10,467 --> 00:24:13,867 and I kind of got this weird kind of 453 00:24:13,900 --> 00:24:15,277 a gut feeling, almost made me sick. 454 00:24:15,277 --> 00:24:16,533 a gut feeling, almost made me sick. 455 00:24:17,634 --> 00:24:19,000 I got a little scared. 456 00:24:27,867 --> 00:24:30,734 I received a phone call from my supervisors to say 457 00:24:30,734 --> 00:24:34,233 that Gerald Bentley has wanted me to call him back. 458 00:24:35,166 --> 00:24:37,367 NARRATOR: Gerald tells detective Samu 459 00:24:37,367 --> 00:24:40,467 that Tasha's friend Amy has information to share. 460 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:45,266 [Gerald speaking] 461 00:24:45,333 --> 00:24:46,700 [Det. Samu speaking] 462 00:24:46,700 --> 00:24:48,867 [Gerald speaking] 463 00:24:48,900 --> 00:24:50,533 [Det. Samu speaking] 464 00:24:52,634 --> 00:24:55,600 So I vaguely remember 465 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:58,367 being at Gerald and Lisa's house, 466 00:24:58,367 --> 00:25:00,700 and I was on the phone 467 00:25:00,700 --> 00:25:02,166 with the detective that I had never met on 468 00:25:02,166 --> 00:25:03,600 the other end. 469 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:06,433 [Det. Samu speaking] 470 00:25:07,634 --> 00:25:09,734 [Amy speaking] 471 00:25:20,066 --> 00:25:21,693 [Det. Samu speaking] 472 00:25:21,693 --> 00:25:23,066 [Det. Samu speaking] 473 00:25:23,100 --> 00:25:24,533 [Amy speaking] 474 00:25:25,700 --> 00:25:27,867 She had told me that at work, 475 00:25:27,867 --> 00:25:32,433 she met this guy that worked there, Anthony. 476 00:25:33,367 --> 00:25:37,467 Tasha had expressed to me that her plan for 477 00:25:37,467 --> 00:25:42,166 leaving Gary to go be with Anthony was in January. 478 00:25:42,166 --> 00:25:45,867 She had made that decision to leave. 479 00:25:45,900 --> 00:25:48,467 So I felt like, why am I the only one that she's telling 480 00:25:48,467 --> 00:25:50,867 all of these things to, um, 481 00:25:50,867 --> 00:25:51,693 I think that she just knew I was loyal and that I wasn't 482 00:25:51,693 --> 00:25:53,500 I think that she just knew I was loyal and that I wasn't 483 00:25:53,500 --> 00:25:55,634 gonna judge her for it. 484 00:25:55,734 --> 00:25:58,367 Tasha was my best friend. 485 00:25:58,367 --> 00:26:00,533 But, you know, at that point, 486 00:26:00,533 --> 00:26:03,266 my loyalty was not to her anymore. 487 00:26:03,266 --> 00:26:04,734 It's to Gary's family. 488 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:10,000 DET. SAMU: So my focus now became that 489 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:14,166 I think Tasha either did the killing, 490 00:26:14,166 --> 00:26:17,333 or is Anthony involved in this, is Anthony my shooter? 491 00:26:19,367 --> 00:26:21,166 NARRATOR: Amy and Gerald also reveal on 492 00:26:21,233 --> 00:26:21,693 the call that Tasha and Gary researched life insurance. 493 00:26:21,693 --> 00:26:25,600 the call that Tasha and Gary researched life insurance. 494 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:29,000 GERALD: I knew about them wanting to get life insurance, 495 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:30,700 and I knew Gary was totally 496 00:26:30,700 --> 00:26:34,467 against it, because Tasha wasn't being realistic on 497 00:26:34,533 --> 00:26:36,867 the amount that they were wanting to get. 498 00:26:36,867 --> 00:26:39,867 Gary was looking at getting like $250, 499 00:26:39,900 --> 00:26:41,634 $350,000, 500 00:26:41,634 --> 00:26:44,333 and she wanted the million. 501 00:26:47,867 --> 00:26:51,066 NARRATOR: Detective Samu secures recordings of the calls 502 00:26:51,100 --> 00:26:51,693 that Tasha made to her insurance company. 503 00:26:51,693 --> 00:26:53,333 that Tasha made to her insurance company. 504 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:58,734 [Tasha speaking] 505 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:05,734 [agent speaking] 506 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:08,266 [Tasha speaking] 507 00:27:08,333 --> 00:27:10,533 Tasha was approved on the application for 508 00:27:10,533 --> 00:27:13,700 Gary to have a million-dollar policy. 509 00:27:13,700 --> 00:27:16,166 I believe that policy was taken out 510 00:27:16,233 --> 00:27:18,900 like five days before the murder took place. 511 00:27:20,467 --> 00:27:21,693 When Tasha gets on the phone and talks to AIG again and says... 512 00:27:21,693 --> 00:27:24,166 When Tasha gets on the phone and talks to AIG again and says... 513 00:27:24,166 --> 00:27:28,100 [Tasha speaking] 514 00:27:28,100 --> 00:27:30,634 [agent speaking] 515 00:27:35,367 --> 00:27:37,533 Det. SAMU: It didn't get approved. 516 00:27:37,634 --> 00:27:39,467 But $1 million was approved. 517 00:27:40,634 --> 00:27:43,600 Also come to find out that, in regards to 518 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:44,867 the insurance company, 519 00:27:44,867 --> 00:27:49,967 Tasha had set up the authorization by signature 520 00:27:49,967 --> 00:27:51,693 of the insurance policy based 521 00:27:51,693 --> 00:27:52,500 of the insurance policy based 522 00:27:52,500 --> 00:27:57,467 on an electronic signature, not a personal signature 523 00:27:57,467 --> 00:27:58,734 that somebody would hand write in. 524 00:28:01,467 --> 00:28:07,066 So, that added a new dimension to this investigation. 525 00:28:07,100 --> 00:28:08,867 Why do we have this insurance policy? 526 00:28:08,900 --> 00:28:09,800 What's behind that? 527 00:28:11,467 --> 00:28:14,634 Gerald had told me that Tasha had 528 00:28:14,634 --> 00:28:17,900 experience in dealing with insurance companies, 529 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:19,467 her car being damaged, 530 00:28:19,467 --> 00:28:21,693 another car being on fire, so she had, 531 00:28:21,693 --> 00:28:23,266 another car being on fire, so she had, 532 00:28:24,634 --> 00:28:26,066 what I would determine, 533 00:28:27,967 --> 00:28:32,066 a very experienced level in communicating with 534 00:28:32,066 --> 00:28:34,533 insurance companies, how to collect monies. 535 00:28:35,533 --> 00:28:37,734 I already know that she's already having an affair, 536 00:28:37,734 --> 00:28:39,333 so something's not wonderful. 537 00:28:40,367 --> 00:28:43,367 The things that Amy was telling me guided me to 538 00:28:43,367 --> 00:28:47,533 now I feel very confident that Tasha 539 00:28:47,533 --> 00:28:50,734 has done something to make this happen. 540 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,266 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon, 541 00:28:56,266 --> 00:29:00,266 Detective Samu invites Tasha to an interview at the station. 542 00:29:10,100 --> 00:29:12,867 I need to secure some more information about 543 00:29:12,867 --> 00:29:16,533 Anthony and Tasha and also about the insurance. 544 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:36,600 And you can tell by her expression, she's like, well, 545 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:39,166 how did you figure that one out? 546 00:29:39,166 --> 00:29:40,533 But she knew that I knew. 547 00:29:43,100 --> 00:29:46,266 Tasha started then unwinding a little bit. 548 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:06,734 [sniffles] 549 00:30:06,734 --> 00:30:08,367 DET. SAMU: What's going through my mind is to say, 550 00:30:08,367 --> 00:30:10,166 you done your crying because you're worried 551 00:30:10,166 --> 00:30:11,634 about you're gonna get caught. 552 00:30:42,100 --> 00:30:45,066 And then I confronted Tasha about the million-dollar policy. 553 00:30:53,166 --> 00:30:55,266 You got a boyfriend, you're gonna leave 554 00:30:55,333 --> 00:30:56,467 your husband, 555 00:30:56,467 --> 00:30:59,166 and you want to have financial stability 556 00:31:00,166 --> 00:31:01,433 in case something happens. 557 00:31:02,500 --> 00:31:05,433 You get this large insurance policy, 558 00:31:07,100 --> 00:31:08,433 a million dollars worth. 559 00:31:09,266 --> 00:31:12,734 You killed him because you wanted the money, 560 00:31:12,734 --> 00:31:14,467 you're greedy. 561 00:31:14,467 --> 00:31:17,734 I have money now to go and go have my affair 562 00:31:17,734 --> 00:31:20,367 and go live another happy life that I'm not happy with 563 00:31:20,367 --> 00:31:21,693 that I've got right now. 564 00:31:21,693 --> 00:31:21,734 that I've got right now. 565 00:31:31,700 --> 00:31:35,467 I think Tasha either did the killing, 566 00:31:35,467 --> 00:31:37,333 or she hired somebody. 567 00:31:38,266 --> 00:31:40,533 I'm very secure about what I'm saying. 568 00:31:57,800 --> 00:31:59,166 Yes... 569 00:31:59,166 --> 00:32:00,533 That's why... 570 00:32:05,734 --> 00:32:08,333 DET. SAMU: She just wouldn't accept it, kept denying it. 571 00:32:09,266 --> 00:32:11,900 And so I was hoping she was going to just 572 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:15,233 take that extra leap to say "Yes, I did this." 573 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:19,634 I told her, I said, "I'm going to walk out of this room," 574 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:21,693 but I knew what the truth is. 575 00:32:21,693 --> 00:32:23,166 but I knew what the truth is. 576 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,533 NARRATOR: Two hours into the interview with Tasha Bentley, 577 00:32:40,533 --> 00:32:41,634 Detective Samu 578 00:32:41,634 --> 00:32:44,367 hands over to Lieutenant Kevin Johnson. 579 00:32:44,367 --> 00:32:45,533 [speaks indistinctly] 580 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:50,100 DET. SAMU: My approach to Tasha's interview was that 581 00:32:50,100 --> 00:32:53,467 I pressed her and I pressed her and I pressed her. 582 00:32:53,467 --> 00:32:58,046 Lieutenant Johnson portrayed a different tactic in that 583 00:32:58,046 --> 00:32:58,100 Lieutenant Johnson portrayed a different tactic in that 584 00:32:58,100 --> 00:33:01,433 he was not as aggressive as I was in the interview. 585 00:33:24,367 --> 00:33:26,867 [sobbing] 586 00:33:31,266 --> 00:33:33,066 [sobbing continues] 587 00:33:42,634 --> 00:33:43,800 [sniffles] 588 00:33:56,166 --> 00:33:58,046 DET. SAMU: There was a key element that changed when 589 00:33:58,046 --> 00:33:59,867 DET. SAMU: There was a key element that changed when 590 00:33:59,900 --> 00:34:02,000 Lieutenant Johnson identified 591 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,233 how things are going to affect Connor. 592 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:14,367 DET. SAMU: And she finally admits the fact 593 00:34:14,367 --> 00:34:15,467 that she did kill her husband. 594 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:20,233 And so Lieutenant Johnson tried to expose 595 00:34:20,266 --> 00:34:25,634 the rationale of what Tasha's motives were. 596 00:34:27,166 --> 00:34:28,046 She starts identifying that 597 00:34:28,046 --> 00:34:29,533 She starts identifying that 598 00:34:29,634 --> 00:34:34,734 the reason why Gary is dead was to protect Connor, 599 00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:39,867 that her son Connor was being abused. 600 00:34:42,467 --> 00:34:44,533 [sobbing] 601 00:34:57,166 --> 00:34:58,046 COURTNEY: Her story now is that Gary has been abusive 602 00:34:58,046 --> 00:35:01,634 COURTNEY: Her story now is that Gary has been abusive 603 00:35:01,634 --> 00:35:07,266 and that their son had angered Gary, and that he had physically 604 00:35:07,266 --> 00:35:08,467 taken Connor 605 00:35:08,467 --> 00:35:13,066 and thrown him back into the bed, and that Tasha was in 606 00:35:13,100 --> 00:35:14,967 there trying to protect him. 607 00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:21,634 [sobbing loudly] 608 00:35:25,467 --> 00:35:27,867 COURTNEY: And she gets her gun out of her purse, 609 00:35:27,900 --> 00:35:28,046 which was a handgun with purple grips, 610 00:35:28,046 --> 00:35:30,600 which was a handgun with purple grips, 611 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:32,867 and goes in the master bedroom. 612 00:35:48,066 --> 00:35:49,867 [sobbing] 613 00:36:08,100 --> 00:36:09,967 COURTNEY: She's confessed to the murder. 614 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:13,533 She's made allegations that it was in response 615 00:36:13,533 --> 00:36:16,166 to some domestic violence situation 616 00:36:16,166 --> 00:36:20,066 in their home, that he had been abusive to their son. 617 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:24,533 We had to explore those allegations of abuse, 618 00:36:24,533 --> 00:36:27,533 to interview any and all people 619 00:36:27,634 --> 00:36:28,046 that were closely associated with them -- 620 00:36:28,046 --> 00:36:29,867 that were closely associated with them -- 621 00:36:29,867 --> 00:36:33,734 her friends, her family, his family, 622 00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:36,166 the daycare workers. 623 00:36:36,166 --> 00:36:38,100 We were able to determine that there 624 00:36:38,100 --> 00:36:41,734 was no evidence of any abuse on Connor. 625 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:45,100 And it really solidified for me as a prosecutor, 626 00:36:45,100 --> 00:36:48,066 what kind of person we were dealing with 627 00:36:48,100 --> 00:36:53,634 and to see how heartless she is, so cold and calculating. 628 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,046 NARRATOR: Tasha admits to the police 629 00:36:58,046 --> 00:36:58,533 NARRATOR: Tasha admits to the police 630 00:36:58,634 --> 00:37:01,066 that she emptied the gun safe to make 631 00:37:01,100 --> 00:37:03,634 the scene look like a robbery gone bad. 632 00:37:06,500 --> 00:37:07,533 [sniffles] 633 00:37:19,634 --> 00:37:20,634 [exhales] 634 00:37:31,734 --> 00:37:34,066 NARRATOR: Tasha says that she packed the guns into 635 00:37:34,100 --> 00:37:38,066 boxes and stashed them at her boyfriend's sister's house. 636 00:37:40,367 --> 00:37:43,000 DET. SAMU: We went straight to Louisville 637 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:45,533 to the address, and we found all 638 00:37:45,634 --> 00:37:47,634 the guns that was removed from the house. 639 00:37:49,100 --> 00:37:51,467 The murder weapon was a silver gun, 640 00:37:51,467 --> 00:37:54,634 and it had a purple grip to it -- 641 00:37:54,634 --> 00:37:56,634 that was Tasha's gun. 642 00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:03,533 I was able to interview Anthony 643 00:38:03,533 --> 00:38:05,867 personally around December 12th. 644 00:38:06,734 --> 00:38:09,166 COURTNEY: He acknowledged that he had 645 00:38:09,233 --> 00:38:11,367 an intimate relationship with Tasha. 646 00:38:11,367 --> 00:38:13,967 Said it was around 2 to 3 months, 647 00:38:13,967 --> 00:38:17,000 and he understood that she was gonna leave Gary. 648 00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:22,600 COURTNEY: Anthony was not involved in killing Gary. 649 00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:24,367 His alibi was solid. 650 00:38:24,433 --> 00:38:26,433 So that's how we were able to rule him out. 651 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,367 DET. SAMU: I felt very secure that Anthony 652 00:38:32,367 --> 00:38:35,166 and his sister was not involved in this murder. 653 00:38:35,233 --> 00:38:36,233 It was strictly Tasha. 654 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:41,000 NARRATOR: Investigators piece together 655 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:42,867 the lead-up to Gary's murder. 656 00:38:44,266 --> 00:38:47,233 COURTNEY: It's textbook, from my perspective, 657 00:38:47,266 --> 00:38:50,867 of what her motive was, which was money, 658 00:38:50,900 --> 00:38:53,700 and I -- I guess love, too, because she said she loved 659 00:38:53,700 --> 00:38:55,700 Anthony, so... 660 00:38:55,700 --> 00:38:57,467 I suppose she didn't feel like 661 00:38:57,467 --> 00:38:58,046 she could be secure financially with Anthony, 662 00:38:58,046 --> 00:39:00,100 she could be secure financially with Anthony, 663 00:39:00,100 --> 00:39:02,233 so she was gonna take care of that by killing 664 00:39:02,266 --> 00:39:05,967 her husband and getting the life insurance policy to 665 00:39:05,967 --> 00:39:07,233 support their lifestyle. 666 00:39:09,166 --> 00:39:12,867 She gets confirmation that there's life insurance in place 667 00:39:12,900 --> 00:39:15,533 December the 6th, four days before the murder. 668 00:39:18,634 --> 00:39:23,734 And I think that she got out of bed while Gary was sleeping. 669 00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:27,000 -She shot him. -[gunshot blasts] 670 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:28,046 Simple as that -- she executed him. 671 00:39:28,046 --> 00:39:29,533 Simple as that -- she executed him. 672 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:35,467 After she stages the robbery, she takes the weapons. 673 00:39:35,467 --> 00:39:37,967 She leaves the garage door open, 674 00:39:37,967 --> 00:39:40,233 puts the weapons in the trunk of her car, 675 00:39:40,266 --> 00:39:45,066 and then she spends several hours at Amy's house. 676 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:48,634 Everything that she did, she planned it out. 677 00:39:48,734 --> 00:39:52,634 Uh, she had her alibi all structured out. 678 00:39:52,734 --> 00:39:55,867 She told Amy she was gonna go shopping, 679 00:39:55,867 --> 00:39:58,046 but she meets up with her boyfriend, Anthony, at 5:54 at 680 00:39:58,046 --> 00:40:00,533 but she meets up with her boyfriend, Anthony, at 5:54 at 681 00:40:00,533 --> 00:40:03,367 his sister's home, where she brought the weapons 682 00:40:03,367 --> 00:40:04,634 to be stored. 683 00:40:06,367 --> 00:40:10,233 At 6:54, she calls Gerald, and she tells him that she's 684 00:40:10,266 --> 00:40:12,266 actually at their home in Henry County, 685 00:40:12,266 --> 00:40:15,867 that the garage door's open, and she's concerned that something 686 00:40:15,867 --> 00:40:18,533 is wrong -- with the cellphone records, 687 00:40:18,634 --> 00:40:21,367 we were able to discern that she was 688 00:40:21,367 --> 00:40:23,533 not there when she made that phone call. 689 00:40:25,467 --> 00:40:28,046 I think she thought she was gonna get away with it, 690 00:40:28,046 --> 00:40:28,467 I think she thought she was gonna get away with it, 691 00:40:28,533 --> 00:40:30,367 that she had set the stage, 692 00:40:30,367 --> 00:40:33,734 that she was smarter than everybody else involved. 693 00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:36,100 I think she's extremely manipulative. 694 00:40:39,367 --> 00:40:41,967 NARRATOR: On July 20, 2021, 695 00:40:41,967 --> 00:40:44,166 Tasha pleads guilty to murder, 696 00:40:45,266 --> 00:40:50,233 and a judge later sentences her to 55 years behind bars. 697 00:40:52,066 --> 00:40:53,467 AMY BENTLEY: We tell our kids to watch out 698 00:40:53,467 --> 00:40:55,867 for strangers and watch out for these monsters, 699 00:40:56,867 --> 00:40:58,046 but sometimes those monsters are people that we know 700 00:40:58,046 --> 00:40:59,634 but sometimes those monsters are people that we know 701 00:40:59,734 --> 00:41:02,533 and we love and we care about. 702 00:41:02,634 --> 00:41:04,734 [Kevin speaking] 703 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:10,467 AMY BENTLEY: To me, Gary is always gonna be 704 00:41:12,100 --> 00:41:14,166 my little brother. 705 00:41:14,166 --> 00:41:17,166 We spent our whole life together, um... 706 00:41:17,166 --> 00:41:19,233 I want him to know how much I love him 707 00:41:19,266 --> 00:41:20,734 and how much I miss him. 708 00:41:22,166 --> 00:41:25,333 Nothing's ever gonna change the fact that our son is gone. 709 00:41:26,867 --> 00:41:28,046 I wish every day that he was here with us. 710 00:41:28,046 --> 00:41:29,233 I wish every day that he was here with us. 711 00:41:30,900 --> 00:41:32,634 We've really stuck together. 712 00:41:32,634 --> 00:41:34,734 We have a great support system. 713 00:41:35,867 --> 00:41:38,000 There's still some struggles. 714 00:41:39,266 --> 00:41:41,166 We will do everything in our power 715 00:41:41,166 --> 00:41:43,734 to take good care of his baby boy. 716 00:41:43,734 --> 00:41:46,634 -Turn around and smile at me. -I caught a shark. 717 00:41:48,066 --> 00:41:50,734 GERALD: I see so much of Gary in that little boy. 718 00:41:52,066 --> 00:41:54,533 He'll be sitting around, and I'll just look over, 719 00:41:54,634 --> 00:41:56,166 and it's like, oh, my goodness, 720 00:41:56,166 --> 00:41:58,046 it looks like nine-year-old Gary sitting over there. 721 00:41:58,046 --> 00:41:59,433 it looks like nine-year-old Gary sitting over there. 722 00:42:00,467 --> 00:42:03,266 and if he grows up to be three-quarters of the man 723 00:42:03,266 --> 00:42:06,000 that his father was, then we will be happy.