1 00:00:05,767 --> 00:00:08,967 I felt that Matt was a good match for Michelle. 2 00:00:09,900 --> 00:00:12,233 He seemed like a really fun person. 3 00:00:13,767 --> 00:00:15,467 What manipulators do well 4 00:00:15,467 --> 00:00:18,767 is they show you all these amazing good times... 5 00:00:18,834 --> 00:00:20,266 [Michelle speaking] 6 00:00:20,266 --> 00:00:21,867 [Michelle's son speaking] 7 00:00:21,934 --> 00:00:24,934 ...and then they show you the nightmares. 8 00:00:28,567 --> 00:00:29,767 [Michelle screaming] 9 00:00:29,834 --> 00:00:32,734 [woman speaking] 10 00:00:36,967 --> 00:00:40,734 [theme music playing] 11 00:00:48,266 --> 00:00:50,433 [mellow guitar music playing] 12 00:00:55,667 --> 00:00:57,266 [Michelle speaking] 13 00:00:57,266 --> 00:00:59,266 [Michelle's son speaking] 14 00:00:59,266 --> 00:01:00,467 [Michelle speaking] 15 00:01:01,567 --> 00:01:03,367 MICHELLE'S SON: Whoa! 16 00:01:03,367 --> 00:01:06,000 NARRATOR: 35-year-old Michelle Rogers films 17 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,767 her boyfriend, 41-year-old Matthew Terry, 18 00:01:08,767 --> 00:01:10,233 fishing with her son. 19 00:01:12,066 --> 00:01:16,367 Matt really liked to fish, and he enjoyed taking my son 20 00:01:16,367 --> 00:01:18,166 to fish at various locations. 21 00:01:18,233 --> 00:01:21,967 [Michelle's son speaking] 22 00:01:22,033 --> 00:01:23,667 [Michelle speaking] 23 00:01:23,734 --> 00:01:25,166 [Matthew speaking] 24 00:01:25,166 --> 00:01:27,767 I started recording when he had a fish on the line, 25 00:01:27,767 --> 00:01:29,467 and I just wanted 26 00:01:29,467 --> 00:01:31,467 to catch him pulling it in, because he'd never really 27 00:01:31,467 --> 00:01:33,066 pulled in a fish before. 28 00:01:33,133 --> 00:01:35,166 -[Michelle speaking] -[Michelle's son laughing] 29 00:01:35,233 --> 00:01:36,767 [Michelle speaking] 30 00:01:36,834 --> 00:01:39,166 [Michelle's son speaking] 31 00:01:39,166 --> 00:01:41,567 -[Matthew speaking] -[Michelle speaking] 32 00:01:41,634 --> 00:01:43,367 [Michelle's son speaking] 33 00:01:43,367 --> 00:01:46,767 I remember this fishing day to just be a really fun day. 34 00:01:46,834 --> 00:01:49,667 -[Matthew speaking] -[Michelle speaking] 35 00:01:49,667 --> 00:01:51,767 -[Michelle's son speaking] -[Matthew speaking] 36 00:01:51,834 --> 00:01:54,367 He was so afraid of it. He was just so afraid. 37 00:01:54,367 --> 00:01:57,834 -[Matthew speaking] -[Michelle speaking] 38 00:01:58,667 --> 00:02:00,967 That was a good time with Matt. 39 00:02:01,033 --> 00:02:03,467 You know, we did have a lot of good 40 00:02:03,533 --> 00:02:05,033 quality time together. 41 00:02:06,367 --> 00:02:10,467 Matt and I met in May of 2015 on a dating app. 42 00:02:10,467 --> 00:02:12,667 And at the time, 43 00:02:12,667 --> 00:02:15,467 really, I wasn't looking for anything serious. 44 00:02:15,533 --> 00:02:18,967 He was very quick to say that we were soulmates 45 00:02:19,033 --> 00:02:20,367 and that, um, 46 00:02:20,433 --> 00:02:22,567 that we were good for each other, 47 00:02:22,634 --> 00:02:25,533 and, you know, part of that felt good. 48 00:02:27,700 --> 00:02:29,867 He had a good job, and, 49 00:02:29,934 --> 00:02:33,367 um, and he, he was very attentive towards her. 50 00:02:33,433 --> 00:02:37,266 I felt that Matt was a good match for Michelle. 51 00:02:37,266 --> 00:02:39,667 He seemed like a really fun person. 52 00:02:39,734 --> 00:02:43,066 He had a lot of friends that he hung out with often. 53 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:49,066 He was active and doing fun things, 54 00:02:49,133 --> 00:02:51,367 going to concerts, going to parties, 55 00:02:51,367 --> 00:02:54,667 doing all of the activities that I would like to do 56 00:02:54,667 --> 00:02:56,433 with a significant other. 57 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:00,867 [Michelle speaking] 58 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,266 I noticed a different side to Matt 59 00:03:06,266 --> 00:03:09,567 only a few months into the relationship. 60 00:03:09,567 --> 00:03:11,266 There were 61 00:03:11,266 --> 00:03:14,734 a few times where he drank quite a bit. 62 00:03:18,367 --> 00:03:19,467 [Michelle speaking] 63 00:03:19,467 --> 00:03:20,367 When he would get drunk, 64 00:03:20,367 --> 00:03:21,767 it wasn't so much what he said. 65 00:03:21,834 --> 00:03:24,133 It was just the way he would act. 66 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:29,066 He would just be a completely 67 00:03:29,133 --> 00:03:32,967 different person and stumbling all over himself, 68 00:03:33,033 --> 00:03:37,166 barely being able to have coherent words. 69 00:03:37,166 --> 00:03:38,967 We had conversations about, 70 00:03:39,033 --> 00:03:41,266 can you please just have a drink, have two drinks, 71 00:03:41,266 --> 00:03:44,166 you know, make sure that we get home safely, 72 00:03:44,233 --> 00:03:47,166 and he could just never -- he could never stop. 73 00:03:47,166 --> 00:03:49,066 That was a huge red flag to me. 74 00:03:55,700 --> 00:03:57,967 Lansing gets a lot of snow in the winter. 75 00:03:58,033 --> 00:04:00,266 It's Michigan, and there's lots of fun 76 00:04:00,266 --> 00:04:02,233 activities that we do in the snow. 77 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:09,467 We are at a sledding hill, and this is, uh, 78 00:04:09,533 --> 00:04:11,100 [chuckles] 79 00:04:11,100 --> 00:04:13,867 this is my son and Matt. 80 00:04:13,867 --> 00:04:17,867 They went up and down this hill for hours, just hours 81 00:04:17,867 --> 00:04:20,767 going up and down until they finally tired out. 82 00:04:20,767 --> 00:04:22,433 My son had a good day that day. 83 00:04:23,367 --> 00:04:26,266 ROSE: Matt was doing his very best to love 84 00:04:26,266 --> 00:04:31,667 or at least participate in her son's life. 85 00:04:31,734 --> 00:04:34,433 And that was very, very attractive to Michelle. 86 00:04:44,567 --> 00:04:47,867 So Matt did start running with me, because I was a big runner, 87 00:04:47,934 --> 00:04:51,166 and I was running races at the time, trying to get in shape. 88 00:04:51,166 --> 00:04:53,867 At first, it was like, oh, he wants to go running with me. 89 00:04:53,867 --> 00:04:56,367 He wants to help me get in shape, 90 00:04:56,433 --> 00:04:58,066 and he's being supportive. 91 00:04:58,066 --> 00:05:01,867 But I think that very quickly turned into, 92 00:05:01,867 --> 00:05:03,166 you know, he just doesn't want me 93 00:05:03,166 --> 00:05:05,166 to be alone, because he doesn't trust me. 94 00:05:05,166 --> 00:05:07,767 And there were instances where he would question 95 00:05:07,767 --> 00:05:10,000 whether or not I was cheating 96 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:13,100 or who I was with or things 97 00:05:13,100 --> 00:05:14,767 along that line that made it very clear 98 00:05:14,767 --> 00:05:16,934 that he was there to keep track of me. 99 00:05:21,767 --> 00:05:24,367 So in 2015, I -- 100 00:05:24,367 --> 00:05:27,667 I was ready to break it off with Matt 101 00:05:27,667 --> 00:05:30,166 officially, and I was 102 00:05:30,166 --> 00:05:34,567 supposed to run a race that weekend, and I was feeling 103 00:05:34,567 --> 00:05:36,867 very ill and couldn't figure out why, 104 00:05:36,934 --> 00:05:39,066 and I found out shortly thereafter that I was -- 105 00:05:39,066 --> 00:05:41,100 I was pregnant. 106 00:05:41,100 --> 00:05:45,667 Matt was upset, and at first, he tried to convince me 107 00:05:45,667 --> 00:05:49,367 to have an abortion, and I told him that wasn't an option. 108 00:05:49,367 --> 00:05:52,867 And I explained to him that 109 00:05:52,934 --> 00:05:55,467 he could walk away, that I didn't need him, 110 00:05:55,467 --> 00:05:56,667 that I could do this on my own, 111 00:05:56,734 --> 00:05:59,367 and I was more than willing to do this on my own. 112 00:05:59,367 --> 00:06:01,867 He didn't talk to me for a couple of weeks, 113 00:06:01,867 --> 00:06:05,667 and then he showed up with, like, a large 114 00:06:05,667 --> 00:06:08,867 gift basket full of all the pregnancy things, 115 00:06:08,867 --> 00:06:12,100 you know, like anti-nausea medication and giant towels for 116 00:06:12,100 --> 00:06:14,567 my big belly and, like, all those things. 117 00:06:14,634 --> 00:06:18,166 So I let him in, and we sat down, and we -- and we talked. 118 00:06:18,166 --> 00:06:22,066 I was more just surprised that he would go out of his way 119 00:06:22,133 --> 00:06:23,166 to make such an effort. 120 00:06:23,233 --> 00:06:24,467 That was very sweet. 121 00:06:24,467 --> 00:06:28,166 And so then it just made me think, well, 122 00:06:28,166 --> 00:06:30,166 maybe I should give him a chance. 123 00:06:31,367 --> 00:06:33,266 Knowing what I knew about Matt Terry 124 00:06:33,266 --> 00:06:36,667 at that point, I thought, well, 125 00:06:36,667 --> 00:06:38,166 there could be worse things. 126 00:06:38,233 --> 00:06:39,734 He's -- he seems like a good guy. 127 00:06:42,500 --> 00:06:45,767 [cheering] 128 00:06:45,834 --> 00:06:49,567 In January of 2016, I contacted Matt's friends 129 00:06:49,567 --> 00:06:52,367 to put together a large birthday party for him 130 00:06:52,367 --> 00:06:54,967 as a surprise for his 41st birthday. 131 00:06:54,967 --> 00:06:58,667 There were balloons and decorations and a fishing cake. 132 00:06:58,667 --> 00:07:00,266 Everyone had a really good time, 133 00:07:00,266 --> 00:07:03,233 and he didn't drink a ton that night. 134 00:07:04,500 --> 00:07:05,867 It made me feel good to be 135 00:07:05,934 --> 00:07:07,834 able to do something nice for him like that. 136 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:15,166 Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba! 137 00:07:15,166 --> 00:07:17,367 Around five months after the birthday party, 138 00:07:17,367 --> 00:07:20,467 in May of 2016, I gave birth to my son. 139 00:07:20,467 --> 00:07:22,533 We were both pretty excited. 140 00:07:23,567 --> 00:07:27,667 I really enjoyed being there, you know, to just hold him 141 00:07:27,667 --> 00:07:29,333 and welcome him to the world. 142 00:07:30,166 --> 00:07:32,166 NARRATOR: In December 2016, 143 00:07:32,233 --> 00:07:34,266 Matt and Michelle move in together. 144 00:07:34,266 --> 00:07:35,867 They are now a family of four, 145 00:07:35,867 --> 00:07:38,166 with their new baby and Michelle's son. 146 00:07:39,166 --> 00:07:43,100 Oooh! 147 00:07:43,100 --> 00:07:44,767 Oh, I like this one. 148 00:07:44,767 --> 00:07:47,667 So this video always makes me smile. 149 00:07:47,734 --> 00:07:49,433 It just shows that... 150 00:07:50,867 --> 00:07:52,467 like, he would have fun with our son. 151 00:07:52,533 --> 00:07:55,166 He would try to make him laugh, 152 00:07:55,233 --> 00:07:57,266 and he's just -- he's all smiles. 153 00:07:57,266 --> 00:07:58,567 Hanging with his dad. 154 00:08:00,300 --> 00:08:01,967 [baby squeals] 155 00:08:02,033 --> 00:08:03,266 [Michelle laughs] 156 00:08:03,266 --> 00:08:05,133 [baby squeals] 157 00:08:07,266 --> 00:08:09,967 [Michelle speaking] 158 00:08:09,967 --> 00:08:12,000 So that's just one of those -- 159 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,333 you know, that's just one of the happy moments that we had. 160 00:08:16,100 --> 00:08:18,266 But he wasn't really around when 161 00:08:18,266 --> 00:08:20,867 we lived together in that house. 162 00:08:20,934 --> 00:08:23,667 He just wanted to leave the baby more often 163 00:08:23,667 --> 00:08:27,066 so that we could go to drinking events and things, 164 00:08:27,066 --> 00:08:31,367 and as an -- as a mother, I didn't wanna leave my child. 165 00:08:31,367 --> 00:08:32,533 So that was hard. 166 00:08:33,567 --> 00:08:36,767 It was really frustrating to 167 00:08:36,834 --> 00:08:38,367 be the one that kind of had to 168 00:08:38,367 --> 00:08:42,367 always hold everything together when he wasn't there. 169 00:08:42,433 --> 00:08:44,367 So I told him that, you know, 170 00:08:44,367 --> 00:08:46,967 I'm not happy in this relationship, and I'd like to 171 00:08:47,033 --> 00:08:48,867 have a discussion on where this needs to go, 172 00:08:48,867 --> 00:08:51,133 because I'm just -- I can't do this anymore. 173 00:08:52,900 --> 00:08:55,767 We were in the kitchen of our -- 174 00:08:55,767 --> 00:08:59,266 our new house, and Matt was cooking breakfast, 175 00:08:59,266 --> 00:09:01,266 and he was making eggs, 176 00:09:01,333 --> 00:09:04,767 and I remember him pausing briefly, 177 00:09:04,767 --> 00:09:09,433 and then he took that pan, and he heaved it towards us. 178 00:09:12,467 --> 00:09:16,667 And I remember just looking at him, and I'm like, 179 00:09:16,667 --> 00:09:18,567 "What are you doing? Like, why did you do that? 180 00:09:18,567 --> 00:09:19,967 "You could have hit us. You could have hit me. 181 00:09:19,967 --> 00:09:21,266 You could have hit your child." 182 00:09:21,266 --> 00:09:22,767 And then he angrily went out 183 00:09:22,767 --> 00:09:25,567 into the garage and slammed the door. 184 00:09:25,567 --> 00:09:29,166 He came in just a few minutes later, and he... 185 00:09:29,166 --> 00:09:31,867 wrapped his arm around me as I was still feeding the baby. 186 00:09:31,934 --> 00:09:35,166 And he said, "I would never hurt you or our child." 187 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:41,033 I guess I just didn't know the danger I was in at the time. 188 00:09:48,300 --> 00:09:50,233 [Michelle speaking] 189 00:09:51,500 --> 00:09:53,166 In March of 2017, 190 00:09:53,233 --> 00:09:54,867 my son was only nine months old, 191 00:09:54,867 --> 00:09:57,533 and he was already so close to walking. 192 00:10:01,500 --> 00:10:03,634 [baby grunting] 193 00:10:06,867 --> 00:10:08,166 So it was pretty early and -- 194 00:10:08,166 --> 00:10:10,467 and we were really excited and just trying 195 00:10:10,467 --> 00:10:11,767 to capture that on video. 196 00:10:11,834 --> 00:10:14,266 [Matthew speaking] 197 00:10:14,333 --> 00:10:17,433 It just seemed like everything was okay. 198 00:10:18,667 --> 00:10:20,767 [Michelle speaking] 199 00:10:20,767 --> 00:10:22,834 [Michelle exclaims, laughs] 200 00:10:24,467 --> 00:10:28,066 What manipulators and abusers do well is they show you 201 00:10:28,066 --> 00:10:30,934 all these amazing good times, and then they show you... 202 00:10:32,266 --> 00:10:33,433 the nightmares. 203 00:10:38,100 --> 00:10:40,767 [phone ringing] 204 00:10:40,767 --> 00:10:42,367 [operator speaking] 205 00:10:42,367 --> 00:10:46,433 [woman speaking] 206 00:10:52,266 --> 00:10:54,367 [Michelle screaming] 207 00:10:54,367 --> 00:10:57,533 [woman speaking] 208 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:11,266 KRUMBACH: On March 17th of 2017, 209 00:11:11,333 --> 00:11:13,367 two 911 calls came into 210 00:11:13,433 --> 00:11:16,266 the Lansing Police Department Dispatch Center 211 00:11:16,266 --> 00:11:17,867 regarding an assault. 212 00:11:21,266 --> 00:11:23,166 [woman speaking] 213 00:11:23,233 --> 00:11:25,066 [operator speaking] 214 00:11:25,066 --> 00:11:27,967 [woman speaking] 215 00:11:31,567 --> 00:11:34,367 KRUMBACH: The first time that I listened to that 911 call, 216 00:11:34,433 --> 00:11:38,667 it was extremely just harrowing. 217 00:11:38,734 --> 00:11:41,233 [indistinct] 218 00:11:43,567 --> 00:11:46,767 [woman speaking] 219 00:11:51,500 --> 00:11:52,767 [operator speaking] 220 00:11:52,767 --> 00:11:55,266 [woman speaking] 221 00:11:57,867 --> 00:12:00,367 It sent chills down your spine. 222 00:12:00,433 --> 00:12:01,734 [woman speaking] 223 00:12:02,467 --> 00:12:04,266 -[Michelle speaking] -[woman speaking] 224 00:12:07,867 --> 00:12:10,567 This was a life-and-death type of a situation 225 00:12:10,567 --> 00:12:13,567 that they were responding to -- time was of the essence. 226 00:12:13,634 --> 00:12:17,467 [siren wailing] 227 00:12:17,467 --> 00:12:19,467 [over radio] We're gonna have enough units here at the house. 228 00:12:19,467 --> 00:12:21,767 Whoever's showing up late right now, have them 229 00:12:21,767 --> 00:12:23,967 go [indistinct] -- the ambulance is about to leave. 230 00:12:24,033 --> 00:12:25,567 When officers arrived right on scene, 231 00:12:25,567 --> 00:12:28,100 it was very apparent that the female 232 00:12:28,100 --> 00:12:31,000 had minutes to get to the hospital. 233 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,000 [officer speaking] 234 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:36,066 [EMT speaking] 235 00:12:36,133 --> 00:12:37,166 [officer speaking] 236 00:12:37,233 --> 00:12:39,667 [EMT speaking] 237 00:12:39,667 --> 00:12:42,266 -[officer speaking] -[EMT speaking] 238 00:12:42,266 --> 00:12:44,867 [female speaking over radio] 239 00:12:47,166 --> 00:12:49,667 [officer speaking] 240 00:12:49,667 --> 00:12:51,166 [female speaking over radio] 241 00:12:51,166 --> 00:12:53,567 When the EMT was taking Michelle into 242 00:12:53,567 --> 00:12:55,967 the ambulance, she was saying, "My child, 243 00:12:55,967 --> 00:12:58,667 my child," and trying to get attention 244 00:12:58,667 --> 00:12:59,934 and keep her child safe. 245 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:02,767 [man over radio] 246 00:13:02,767 --> 00:13:04,467 [woman over radio] 247 00:13:04,467 --> 00:13:06,967 The information had been relayed to them that 248 00:13:06,967 --> 00:13:10,367 the accused and a small child was inside the residence. 249 00:13:10,433 --> 00:13:12,967 [officers speaking] 250 00:13:15,300 --> 00:13:16,433 [dog barking] 251 00:13:19,066 --> 00:13:20,867 The accused did come downstairs, 252 00:13:20,867 --> 00:13:24,166 walk towards the front door, and obey the commands 253 00:13:24,166 --> 00:13:26,266 of the Lansing police officers on scene. 254 00:13:26,266 --> 00:13:27,967 [officer speaking] 255 00:13:27,967 --> 00:13:29,533 [dog barking loudly] 256 00:13:31,667 --> 00:13:34,333 [officers speaking] 257 00:13:40,867 --> 00:13:42,233 [Matthew speaking] 258 00:13:43,867 --> 00:13:45,967 [male officer speaking] 259 00:13:46,867 --> 00:13:49,100 -[female officer speaking] -[male officer speaking] 260 00:13:49,100 --> 00:13:51,166 [baby crying] 261 00:13:51,166 --> 00:13:55,667 At that point in time, the child was located upstairs in bed, 262 00:13:55,734 --> 00:13:57,533 and fortunately, he was safe. 263 00:14:00,700 --> 00:14:02,734 [female officer speaking] 264 00:14:05,867 --> 00:14:07,767 It appeared that he could care less, 265 00:14:07,767 --> 00:14:10,567 uh, where the mother of that child was, 266 00:14:10,567 --> 00:14:13,166 which I found shocking as he was standing there 267 00:14:13,166 --> 00:14:16,567 in his underwear and T-shirt soaked in her blood. 268 00:14:16,567 --> 00:14:17,767 [police siren wailing] 269 00:14:17,834 --> 00:14:19,867 When I first responded to the scene, 270 00:14:19,867 --> 00:14:22,367 it was indicated to me by perimeter officers 271 00:14:22,433 --> 00:14:23,834 that a knife had been recovered 272 00:14:24,967 --> 00:14:27,367 across the street where they found 273 00:14:27,367 --> 00:14:29,367 Michelle, uh, in the front yard. 274 00:14:29,367 --> 00:14:31,166 [woman speaking] 275 00:14:31,166 --> 00:14:32,634 MAN: Okay. 276 00:14:33,767 --> 00:14:37,166 It takes quite a bit of effort and strength 277 00:14:37,166 --> 00:14:39,567 to snap the tip off of a knife, 278 00:14:39,634 --> 00:14:44,233 and it tells me that that attack was horrendous. 279 00:14:47,100 --> 00:14:50,467 Matthew Terry was under the influence of alcohol. 280 00:14:50,533 --> 00:14:52,467 Because of the level of his intoxication, 281 00:14:52,533 --> 00:14:55,567 I knew that I was not going to be able to attempt 282 00:14:55,567 --> 00:14:58,734 to get a statement from the accused at that time. 283 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:06,567 When I arrived to the hospital 284 00:15:06,634 --> 00:15:11,066 where Michelle Rogers was, I was, um... 285 00:15:11,133 --> 00:15:14,467 shocked by what I saw, 286 00:15:14,467 --> 00:15:17,333 the level of savagery of the attack. 287 00:15:18,500 --> 00:15:21,867 ROSE: I walked into the room where Michelle was. 288 00:15:24,500 --> 00:15:28,567 I was in disbelief, like, what just happened? 289 00:15:28,567 --> 00:15:31,667 And just laying there all swollen and... 290 00:15:33,266 --> 00:15:36,767 bit and stabbed and bloody. 291 00:15:36,767 --> 00:15:39,734 The whole evening, I couldn't leave her side. 292 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,100 MICHELLE: I remember waking up for a few minutes 293 00:15:44,100 --> 00:15:46,266 in the trauma room, and I... 294 00:15:46,266 --> 00:15:48,767 I see my mom and my brother and my sister-in-law, 295 00:15:48,767 --> 00:15:50,667 and I see my baby, 296 00:15:50,734 --> 00:15:53,266 and then I just -- I passed out until the next day. 297 00:15:54,667 --> 00:15:56,467 KRUMBACH: When I was interviewing Michelle, 298 00:15:56,467 --> 00:15:59,967 and she was describing how that day began, 299 00:15:59,967 --> 00:16:03,266 I believed that she had no indication 300 00:16:03,266 --> 00:16:04,767 whatsoever by the end 301 00:16:04,767 --> 00:16:07,433 of this day that she would be fighting for her life. 302 00:16:13,100 --> 00:16:14,767 Matt and I had plans to go out 303 00:16:14,767 --> 00:16:17,967 with his friends to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. 304 00:16:18,033 --> 00:16:22,266 And we were having some food, we had some drinks. 305 00:16:22,266 --> 00:16:25,967 It was starting to get to be the time when 306 00:16:25,967 --> 00:16:28,000 we had told Matt's parents that we would 307 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:31,367 be back to pick up our -- our son. 308 00:16:31,367 --> 00:16:34,667 And I approached him and said, "Hey, 309 00:16:34,667 --> 00:16:36,667 you know, we have to go." 310 00:16:36,667 --> 00:16:40,667 He was incoherent, stumbling all over himself, 311 00:16:40,667 --> 00:16:42,767 just...I hate to say 312 00:16:42,767 --> 00:16:45,233 typical Matt, but it was typical Matt, and... 313 00:16:46,266 --> 00:16:50,166 I was so just over this happening that I just turned 314 00:16:50,166 --> 00:16:51,867 around and I walked away, 315 00:16:51,934 --> 00:16:53,767 and I went to go pick up our son 316 00:16:53,834 --> 00:16:54,934 from his parents' house. 317 00:16:57,967 --> 00:17:00,266 So then after I put our son to bed, 318 00:17:00,333 --> 00:17:02,767 I sat on the couch and was watching some TV, 319 00:17:02,767 --> 00:17:04,266 and I hear a knock. 320 00:17:04,333 --> 00:17:06,667 [distant knocking] 321 00:17:06,667 --> 00:17:08,467 His demeanor was very... 322 00:17:09,767 --> 00:17:12,266 I guess I would say angry or frustrated. 323 00:17:12,333 --> 00:17:14,767 And he was still very, very drunk. 324 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:18,567 He was making some food for himself, 325 00:17:18,634 --> 00:17:22,066 and the next thing that I remember was him coming at me. 326 00:17:25,066 --> 00:17:26,467 So he pushed me into the door, 327 00:17:26,467 --> 00:17:28,133 and then we both fell to the ground. 328 00:17:29,700 --> 00:17:33,467 At that time, he was taking 329 00:17:33,533 --> 00:17:37,066 every opportunity that he could to punch me, 330 00:17:37,133 --> 00:17:39,934 whether it be the face, the chest, the side, 331 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:42,767 wherever he could get access. 332 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:47,266 There was blood everywhere, because, you know, 333 00:17:47,266 --> 00:17:50,066 he had broken my nose during this fight. 334 00:17:52,100 --> 00:17:56,767 I just remember thinking, like, don't pass out, don't pass out. 335 00:17:59,266 --> 00:18:02,467 He takes his arm, and he wraps it around 336 00:18:02,533 --> 00:18:03,433 the front of my throat, 337 00:18:03,433 --> 00:18:05,767 and he stabs me in the center of the throat 338 00:18:05,767 --> 00:18:07,367 with a kitchen knife. 339 00:18:07,433 --> 00:18:10,667 I took my right hand, and I kind of put it on 340 00:18:10,667 --> 00:18:13,367 my throat and just looked down, 341 00:18:13,367 --> 00:18:15,567 and there was blood everywhere, and... 342 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:18,967 I just... 343 00:18:19,033 --> 00:18:20,867 in my head, I'm like, I have to get 344 00:18:20,867 --> 00:18:23,567 the hell out of this house or I'm gonna die in here. 345 00:18:23,567 --> 00:18:26,000 NARRATOR: Michelle flees to the front of the house, 346 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:27,734 but Matt is close behind. 347 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:32,567 I'm screaming at the top of my lungs. 348 00:18:32,567 --> 00:18:34,667 You know, "Somebody, please help me." 349 00:18:37,567 --> 00:18:41,333 I was so afraid I was gonna die in that driveway, and, um... 350 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:44,266 he took the knife, and he stabbed me 351 00:18:44,266 --> 00:18:47,266 three times in my shoulder, in my right shoulder. 352 00:18:47,266 --> 00:18:51,333 He then bit this side of my cheek, not once but twice. 353 00:18:54,100 --> 00:18:57,266 At this point, by some miracle, 354 00:18:57,333 --> 00:18:59,166 you know, I'm hearing people screaming 355 00:18:59,166 --> 00:19:00,333 from across the street. 356 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:03,567 And I would later find out that they were 357 00:19:03,567 --> 00:19:05,767 my neighbors that were on the phone with 911. 358 00:19:10,100 --> 00:19:12,767 I think he was trying to murder me. 359 00:19:12,767 --> 00:19:14,667 There's no question. 360 00:19:20,100 --> 00:19:23,867 I ended up spending five days in the ICU for 361 00:19:23,867 --> 00:19:28,166 a broken nose, a concussion, seven stab wounds, 362 00:19:28,166 --> 00:19:30,367 and I was beaten up pretty badly. 363 00:19:30,433 --> 00:19:33,166 Um, my face was completely black and blue... 364 00:19:34,667 --> 00:19:35,934 ...for weeks. 365 00:19:37,166 --> 00:19:38,567 NARRATOR: Matthew Terry is charged with 366 00:19:38,567 --> 00:19:40,567 assault with intent to commit murder. 367 00:19:41,467 --> 00:19:43,767 My life was in pieces, and I didn't 368 00:19:43,834 --> 00:19:45,233 know where to start to pick them up. 369 00:19:46,100 --> 00:19:49,767 The only thing I knew how to do after I got out of 370 00:19:49,834 --> 00:19:54,066 the hospital was obviously to get all of my stuff out of 371 00:19:54,066 --> 00:19:56,467 the house that I was in and move. 372 00:19:56,533 --> 00:19:58,266 NARRATOR: As Michelle moves her family 373 00:19:58,266 --> 00:20:02,266 away for their own safety, in October 2017, 374 00:20:02,266 --> 00:20:04,667 Matthew Terry's trial begins. 375 00:20:04,667 --> 00:20:07,000 GALLAGHER: The defendant called multiple character witnesses, 376 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:08,367 and one of the witnesses 377 00:20:08,367 --> 00:20:12,734 that testified in his case in chief was Kay Baker. 378 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:17,066 MICHELLE: Kay was there, because they had 379 00:20:17,066 --> 00:20:19,467 been friends for a really long time. 380 00:20:19,467 --> 00:20:22,567 He had -- he had this whole entourage of his friends 381 00:20:22,567 --> 00:20:24,567 and his family there to support him, 382 00:20:24,567 --> 00:20:26,967 because everybody thought he was this great guy, 383 00:20:28,367 --> 00:20:29,734 and I was the crazy one. 384 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:33,667 KRUMBACH: It's hard to escape 385 00:20:33,667 --> 00:20:36,767 the sense of arrogance, entitlement, 386 00:20:38,367 --> 00:20:43,467 his narcissistic overall attitude during the trial. 387 00:20:43,467 --> 00:20:46,567 It was very clear to me that he thought he was 388 00:20:46,567 --> 00:20:48,567 going to walk out of there a free man. 389 00:20:52,500 --> 00:20:57,567 The jury had a decision to make in regards to finding Matt 390 00:20:57,634 --> 00:21:01,467 guilty of attempted murder or great bodily harm 391 00:21:01,533 --> 00:21:04,634 less than murder or finding him innocent. 392 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:10,266 They did find him guilty of great bodily harm less 393 00:21:10,266 --> 00:21:12,967 than murder, which, to me personally, 394 00:21:13,033 --> 00:21:14,767 was a disappointment. 395 00:21:14,767 --> 00:21:17,166 I think that he should have 396 00:21:17,233 --> 00:21:20,066 been found guilty of attempted murder. 397 00:21:20,133 --> 00:21:22,066 The defendant was sentenced to around 398 00:21:22,066 --> 00:21:24,000 three years and then up to 10. 399 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:27,767 But that meant that his first possibility of parole 400 00:21:27,834 --> 00:21:30,266 is gonna be after that three-year period. 401 00:21:30,266 --> 00:21:32,066 I was disappointed for Michelle. 402 00:21:32,133 --> 00:21:36,867 She deserved better than this after what she had endured 403 00:21:36,934 --> 00:21:38,433 and survived. 404 00:21:41,467 --> 00:21:43,367 NARRATOR: Michelle tries to make a fresh start 405 00:21:43,367 --> 00:21:46,000 with her children in their new home. 406 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,567 MICHELLE: I didn't think anybody had the address, 407 00:21:49,567 --> 00:21:52,367 but I started receiving packages from 408 00:21:52,433 --> 00:21:55,266 Matt's mom and dad for our son, 409 00:21:55,266 --> 00:21:57,767 and the first package I received, 410 00:21:57,767 --> 00:22:00,066 I literally went into a panic attack. 411 00:22:00,066 --> 00:22:01,567 I took it out, and I put it in the dumpster, 412 00:22:01,567 --> 00:22:04,066 and I -- I was just shaking. I was so upset. 413 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:07,266 Matt knew where we were, 414 00:22:07,266 --> 00:22:10,567 and so I was on high alert. 415 00:22:21,266 --> 00:22:25,000 NARRATOR: By December 2017, Matthew Terry is serving 416 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:26,967 his prison sentence in Michigan, 417 00:22:26,967 --> 00:22:29,767 and he started a relationship with an old-school friend 418 00:22:29,767 --> 00:22:31,033 named Kay Baker. 419 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:35,166 When I first moved to Florida, 420 00:22:35,233 --> 00:22:37,867 um, Kay was one of my first friends. 421 00:22:37,934 --> 00:22:41,166 We hung out and sat in the backyard, had a glass of 422 00:22:41,233 --> 00:22:44,166 wine, uh, talking about my work days 423 00:22:44,166 --> 00:22:47,166 and her work days and just life in general. 424 00:22:47,166 --> 00:22:51,166 Kay was the most amazing human being 425 00:22:51,166 --> 00:22:52,567 I've ever met in my entire life. 426 00:22:52,567 --> 00:22:55,166 She was the sweetest friend, 427 00:22:55,233 --> 00:22:57,967 the best mother that I've ever seen. 428 00:22:57,967 --> 00:23:00,367 She was a elementary school teacher. 429 00:23:00,367 --> 00:23:04,166 She loved teaching, she loved her job. 430 00:23:04,166 --> 00:23:08,066 When I first met Kay, she was going up to Michigan a lot. 431 00:23:08,133 --> 00:23:09,767 She didn't really go into too much detail 432 00:23:09,834 --> 00:23:12,667 about who she was going to see. 433 00:23:12,734 --> 00:23:16,066 But she made it seem like it was someone important, 434 00:23:16,133 --> 00:23:20,100 because she was going up and down from Michigan to Florida. 435 00:23:20,100 --> 00:23:23,100 That's, you know, quite a ways to go. 436 00:23:23,100 --> 00:23:26,567 I had later found out she was going 437 00:23:26,634 --> 00:23:29,734 up to support, um, Matt. 438 00:23:31,967 --> 00:23:34,667 Kay and Matt were communicating on jail calls. 439 00:23:34,734 --> 00:23:37,867 I had heard, like, she was just helping him kind of as 440 00:23:37,867 --> 00:23:41,100 an outside person, like, helping him to do things. 441 00:23:41,100 --> 00:23:43,867 And once I found that out, I -- 442 00:23:43,867 --> 00:23:49,000 I searched her on Facebook, and I sent a picture of myself in 443 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:50,767 the hospital, 444 00:23:50,767 --> 00:23:52,667 and I said, you know, "He's not -- 445 00:23:52,667 --> 00:23:54,367 "He's not who he says he is. 446 00:23:54,367 --> 00:23:57,767 "He's lying. He's gonna manipulate you. 447 00:23:57,767 --> 00:24:00,166 "Please, please don't let this be you. 448 00:24:00,166 --> 00:24:01,567 You have to get out of this." 449 00:24:08,467 --> 00:24:11,000 In 2020, 450 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:12,567 I got the letter from the parole board 451 00:24:12,634 --> 00:24:15,166 stating that they were going to parole him. 452 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:20,667 My heart sank. 453 00:24:20,734 --> 00:24:23,567 I felt panic. I felt anger. 454 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:26,667 I felt very disappointed, because I was 455 00:24:26,667 --> 00:24:29,367 told I would be part of that decision -- I wasn't. 456 00:24:30,767 --> 00:24:34,367 GALLAGHER: Michelle had left me a voicemail, and it 457 00:24:34,433 --> 00:24:38,266 was very apparent that she was very concerned. 458 00:24:38,333 --> 00:24:41,467 I immediately called the parole board office, 459 00:24:41,533 --> 00:24:46,467 because Michelle had said that she was never notified 460 00:24:46,533 --> 00:24:48,667 of that, and that would have been her right. 461 00:24:48,734 --> 00:24:52,867 We tried to fight it and wrote a letter for more oversight, 462 00:24:52,867 --> 00:24:55,567 more conditions, even a longer period of parole, 463 00:24:55,567 --> 00:24:57,667 but the parole period was not changed. 464 00:24:57,667 --> 00:25:00,667 MICHELLE: So at that point in time, 465 00:25:00,667 --> 00:25:03,767 I started looking for jobs out of state, and I -- 466 00:25:03,834 --> 00:25:07,867 I cried every day, because I didn't know if it was gonna 467 00:25:07,934 --> 00:25:10,000 be the right thing, I didn't know what to do. 468 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,266 I just knew I had to keep my family safe. 469 00:25:12,266 --> 00:25:15,333 I was -- I was just afraid he was gonna come for us. 470 00:25:17,567 --> 00:25:19,967 GALLAGHER: The defendant took some domestic violence classes 471 00:25:19,967 --> 00:25:22,266 in prison, he was educated, 472 00:25:22,333 --> 00:25:25,367 he came from a background that was well off. 473 00:25:25,367 --> 00:25:28,767 He had every reason to have a really productive, 474 00:25:28,834 --> 00:25:30,066 fulfilled life. 475 00:25:30,133 --> 00:25:33,266 Um, and so it was not surprising to me that, 476 00:25:33,333 --> 00:25:36,667 in prison, he could -- he could comply with the rules. 477 00:25:36,667 --> 00:25:41,567 I felt like Michelle had to constantly worry about 478 00:25:41,634 --> 00:25:44,266 her safety, and I felt helpless to do more 479 00:25:44,266 --> 00:25:46,266 for her, because the parole decision was made. 480 00:25:48,500 --> 00:25:50,266 NARRATOR: By December 2020, 481 00:25:50,333 --> 00:25:52,066 Matthew Terry has been released from 482 00:25:52,066 --> 00:25:54,533 prison after serving his minimum term. 483 00:25:55,767 --> 00:25:57,667 I was not happy with him walking free. 484 00:25:57,734 --> 00:25:59,567 He was definitely a danger to society, 485 00:25:59,567 --> 00:26:01,567 and I clearly communicated that to the parole board 486 00:26:01,634 --> 00:26:05,133 and anyone that would listen, but nobody would really listen. 487 00:26:14,767 --> 00:26:18,066 NARRATOR: After his release, Matt moves to Florida to live 488 00:26:18,066 --> 00:26:20,367 with his girlfriend, Kay Baker. 489 00:26:20,367 --> 00:26:25,567 I saw, you know, pictures of her with Matt, um... 490 00:26:25,634 --> 00:26:27,767 I had reached out to her, and she was, you know, 491 00:26:27,767 --> 00:26:30,867 telling me how excited she was and how it was a rekindled 492 00:26:30,934 --> 00:26:33,367 relationship and how things were going great. 493 00:26:33,367 --> 00:26:37,467 And, you know, I was just so happy to see a man in her life, 494 00:26:37,467 --> 00:26:40,367 that she wasn't, like, doing it alone. 495 00:26:40,367 --> 00:26:43,367 To see her being in a relationship was just, 496 00:26:43,367 --> 00:26:44,367 you know, heartwarming. 497 00:26:44,433 --> 00:26:45,667 It made me happy for her, 498 00:26:45,667 --> 00:26:48,266 and she looked and seemed genuinely happy about it. 499 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:51,000 There was a point in time when 500 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,266 I did question myself, and I did think, 501 00:26:54,266 --> 00:26:57,567 he's in this relationship with this new person, and she seems 502 00:26:57,567 --> 00:26:59,367 really happy with him from what I know. 503 00:26:59,367 --> 00:27:01,266 Maybe he can change. 504 00:27:01,266 --> 00:27:02,734 Maybe he is different. 505 00:27:06,667 --> 00:27:09,266 [phone ringing] 506 00:27:09,266 --> 00:27:11,266 [operator speaking] 507 00:27:11,266 --> 00:27:14,166 [woman speaking] 508 00:27:14,233 --> 00:27:17,934 -[operator speaking] -[woman speaking] 509 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:32,266 On May 28th of 2022, 510 00:27:32,266 --> 00:27:34,767 about 12:28 a.m., 511 00:27:34,767 --> 00:27:37,667 a 911 call came into the sheriff's office 512 00:27:37,667 --> 00:27:39,166 in the Lithia area. 513 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:42,867 [operator speaking] 514 00:27:42,867 --> 00:27:46,767 [woman speaking] 515 00:27:49,767 --> 00:27:52,000 [operator speaking] 516 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:53,734 [woman speaking] 517 00:27:54,867 --> 00:27:56,867 When deputies first responded, 518 00:27:56,867 --> 00:28:01,967 they find the victim laying -- soaked in blood, essentially, 519 00:28:01,967 --> 00:28:03,266 between these two houses. 520 00:28:03,333 --> 00:28:05,767 She's obviously got a large laceration to her neck, 521 00:28:05,767 --> 00:28:07,567 so they're trying anything they can to 522 00:28:07,567 --> 00:28:11,033 provide medical aid to her, including CPR. 523 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:13,667 But it was pretty apparent that 524 00:28:13,667 --> 00:28:16,066 there was too much blood being lost. 525 00:28:17,166 --> 00:28:18,967 She's pronounced deceased on scene. 526 00:28:20,300 --> 00:28:22,967 Deputies, from the neighbors' information, learned that 527 00:28:22,967 --> 00:28:25,367 the victim was a female named Kay Baker. 528 00:28:28,467 --> 00:28:30,967 Miss Baker's residence is a couple of houses down, 529 00:28:30,967 --> 00:28:32,667 and we need to see if there's any other victims 530 00:28:32,734 --> 00:28:34,166 or a potential suspect inside. 531 00:28:38,367 --> 00:28:41,000 The responding deputies find that Miss Baker's residence has 532 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:43,467 a window wide open from one of 533 00:28:43,467 --> 00:28:46,967 the bedrooms with a screen pushed out. 534 00:28:46,967 --> 00:28:49,367 Gives indication that somebody may have fled out of the house. 535 00:28:49,367 --> 00:28:51,767 [dog barking] 536 00:28:51,767 --> 00:28:53,367 [officer speaking] 537 00:28:54,900 --> 00:28:57,667 [officers speaking] 538 00:29:00,667 --> 00:29:01,667 OFFICER: Mm-hmm. 539 00:29:01,667 --> 00:29:03,767 My initial observations of Miss Baker's home, 540 00:29:03,767 --> 00:29:07,567 there's the obvious signs of damage and a struggle inside. 541 00:29:07,634 --> 00:29:10,367 However, there was no any kind of blood or indication of 542 00:29:10,433 --> 00:29:14,033 any injury to Miss Baker that took place inside the house. 543 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:18,066 So that leads us to focus where Miss Baker was found, 544 00:29:18,066 --> 00:29:19,567 and there was a lot of blood, 545 00:29:19,567 --> 00:29:22,367 a lot of signs of spatter. 546 00:29:22,433 --> 00:29:25,100 That gave me the indication that whatever happened 547 00:29:25,100 --> 00:29:27,266 to her actually happened right where she was laying. 548 00:29:29,300 --> 00:29:32,367 I made some brief observations to Miss Baker and her injury, 549 00:29:32,367 --> 00:29:35,734 and I could see the severe laceration to her neck. 550 00:29:36,867 --> 00:29:39,266 Almost looked like she had been decapitated. 551 00:29:47,266 --> 00:29:49,367 So while we're processing the inside of the house, 552 00:29:49,367 --> 00:29:50,667 in the kitchen, 553 00:29:50,667 --> 00:29:53,100 there was a butcher block of knives on the counter, 554 00:29:53,100 --> 00:29:55,667 and of particular note, there was 555 00:29:55,667 --> 00:29:57,834 a single knife missing from that butcher block. 556 00:29:59,100 --> 00:30:03,367 Some of the items in the house were obviously male clothing. 557 00:30:03,367 --> 00:30:04,867 So there was a clear indication that 558 00:30:04,867 --> 00:30:06,634 Miss Baker was living there with somebody. 559 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:10,166 There was also a vehicle in her driveway, and it comes 560 00:30:10,233 --> 00:30:13,734 back in a database of ours registered to a Matthew Terry. 561 00:30:15,567 --> 00:30:18,834 He's somebody, obviously, we want to talk to. 562 00:30:20,567 --> 00:30:22,467 As additional deputies respond, 563 00:30:22,467 --> 00:30:24,967 they start canvassing the area. 564 00:30:24,967 --> 00:30:26,367 During that time, there were what had looked like 565 00:30:26,433 --> 00:30:28,967 blood spots in the backyard, almost creating like a blood 566 00:30:28,967 --> 00:30:32,634 trail either going to or from where she was laying. 567 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:35,767 It wasn't until we got to the main road 568 00:30:35,767 --> 00:30:37,667 where this blood trail continued 569 00:30:37,734 --> 00:30:39,767 that it became apparent that this could be 570 00:30:39,767 --> 00:30:41,467 somebody fleeing that area. 571 00:30:42,367 --> 00:30:46,333 NARRATOR: A K-9 unit arrives on scene to track the blood trail. 572 00:30:47,266 --> 00:30:50,000 [officer shouting] 573 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,367 The K-9 only tracked about a hundred yards 574 00:30:52,367 --> 00:30:55,667 before they located a large pooling of blood 575 00:30:55,734 --> 00:30:58,166 that led back into that thicket of the woods. 576 00:30:58,166 --> 00:31:01,934 [officer speaking] 577 00:31:07,300 --> 00:31:10,266 They tracked into the wood thicket line there 578 00:31:10,333 --> 00:31:11,367 a short distance... 579 00:31:11,433 --> 00:31:13,734 [dog barking] 580 00:31:15,567 --> 00:31:17,634 OFFICER: Still gotta get him secured. 581 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:21,567 ...before they found a male laying in the grass on 582 00:31:21,634 --> 00:31:23,166 his back, concealing himself. 583 00:31:24,100 --> 00:31:26,734 That person was identified to be Matthew Terry. 584 00:31:27,567 --> 00:31:31,967 He was pretty stoic but also, I think, intoxicated. 585 00:31:32,033 --> 00:31:36,467 He didn't say a lot of words and just kind of went with 586 00:31:36,467 --> 00:31:38,367 the flow and was calm. 587 00:31:38,367 --> 00:31:39,367 Matthew Terry was charged 588 00:31:39,367 --> 00:31:41,166 with first-degree premeditated murder. 589 00:31:41,233 --> 00:31:43,667 He declined to make any statements to us at that point. 590 00:31:47,100 --> 00:31:50,967 [phone ringing] 591 00:31:50,967 --> 00:31:52,567 MICHELLE: My phone rang, 592 00:31:52,567 --> 00:31:56,433 and the name that came up was Matt's ex-wife. 593 00:31:58,100 --> 00:32:00,166 And instantly, I got this bad -- 594 00:32:00,233 --> 00:32:03,066 just this bad gut feeling, like something's wrong. 595 00:32:03,133 --> 00:32:05,967 And she's like, "Matt killed Kay. He [bleep] killed her." 596 00:32:10,300 --> 00:32:12,266 And... 597 00:32:12,266 --> 00:32:14,433 I don't know how you explain that feeling. 598 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:17,967 It was -- 599 00:32:17,967 --> 00:32:20,433 it was like I was out of my body for a while. 600 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:29,967 RETTEW: As the investigation continues, 601 00:32:29,967 --> 00:32:32,967 we try to gather a motive of why Matthew Terry killed 602 00:32:32,967 --> 00:32:36,567 Miss Baker, and we do that by continuing to piece 603 00:32:36,567 --> 00:32:39,367 together the events that led up to what happened. 604 00:32:39,433 --> 00:32:42,467 A neighbor indicated to us that Miss Baker 605 00:32:42,533 --> 00:32:44,266 and Matthew Terry were actually at the bar 606 00:32:44,266 --> 00:32:47,066 he works at just prior to this incident. 607 00:32:47,133 --> 00:32:48,467 The bar had video surveillance, 608 00:32:48,467 --> 00:32:49,934 which we were able to collect. 609 00:32:51,100 --> 00:32:54,767 NARRATOR: Reviewing the footage at 11:39 p.m., 610 00:32:54,834 --> 00:32:57,333 detectives spot two people leaving the bar. 611 00:33:00,100 --> 00:33:02,567 It's Matthew and Kay. 612 00:33:02,567 --> 00:33:04,367 It's a great piece of evidence, because it gives us 613 00:33:04,367 --> 00:33:07,266 the exact time we can see Matthew Terry and Kay Baker 614 00:33:07,266 --> 00:33:09,066 leaving together, 615 00:33:09,066 --> 00:33:13,767 and that's within half an hour of a 911 call. 616 00:33:13,767 --> 00:33:16,367 Once you kind of grasp the fact that this is 617 00:33:16,367 --> 00:33:18,467 her last moment, and you're seeing it on video 618 00:33:18,533 --> 00:33:20,567 before they go home and she's killed, 619 00:33:20,634 --> 00:33:21,967 it's a little surreal. 620 00:33:21,967 --> 00:33:23,367 It seems like she didn't have any 621 00:33:23,433 --> 00:33:25,133 indication of what was about to happen. 622 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:39,100 NARRATOR: Detectives review earlier surveillance video 623 00:33:39,100 --> 00:33:42,166 from the bar, where 43-year-old Kay Baker 624 00:33:42,166 --> 00:33:43,667 was last seen with her boyfriend, 625 00:33:43,734 --> 00:33:45,867 47-year-old Matthew Terry. 626 00:33:50,266 --> 00:33:52,867 RETTEW: Reviewing the video from the bar, 627 00:33:52,867 --> 00:33:55,567 Miss Baker gets up from their table -- 628 00:33:55,567 --> 00:33:57,467 she's the one wearing a red shirt -- 629 00:33:57,467 --> 00:33:59,066 to go to the bathroom area. 630 00:34:05,900 --> 00:34:08,467 A short time later, Matthew Terry gets up to go 631 00:34:08,533 --> 00:34:12,467 to the bathroom area wearing what looks like a green shirt. 632 00:34:24,266 --> 00:34:26,467 Miss Baker is now exiting the bathroom, 633 00:34:26,467 --> 00:34:29,567 and she kind of crosses paths with Miss Baker's friend. 634 00:34:29,567 --> 00:34:32,667 She starts dancing -- one of the other patrons, 635 00:34:32,734 --> 00:34:37,767 a male, tries to walk past them to the bathroom and jokingly 636 00:34:37,834 --> 00:34:40,066 starts involving himself in 637 00:34:40,066 --> 00:34:42,634 the dancing and just throws his arms up. 638 00:34:54,166 --> 00:34:55,967 At that point, Matthew Terry 639 00:34:56,033 --> 00:34:58,667 is also now exiting the bathroom and can 640 00:34:58,667 --> 00:35:01,000 be seen looking at this dancing motion 641 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:02,367 that they're doing. 642 00:35:04,700 --> 00:35:06,567 It's very innocent, in my opinion, 643 00:35:06,634 --> 00:35:09,266 but the dancing that Matthew Terry observed 644 00:35:09,266 --> 00:35:11,133 appears to bother him. 645 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:18,667 NARRATOR: Matthew, Kay, and her friend 646 00:35:18,734 --> 00:35:20,333 eventually return to their table. 647 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:24,667 Although there's no sound on the video surveillance, 648 00:35:24,734 --> 00:35:27,066 just watching this discussion take place back at 649 00:35:27,066 --> 00:35:29,967 the table, it seems like Mr. Terry 650 00:35:31,166 --> 00:35:35,467 is accusing Miss Baker of dancing or infidelity 651 00:35:35,467 --> 00:35:36,834 or what have you. 652 00:35:43,967 --> 00:35:47,767 You can even see Miss Baker and her friend kind of acting... 653 00:35:47,767 --> 00:35:51,266 their body language seems puzzled as to why she's being 654 00:35:51,333 --> 00:35:53,166 accused of dancing when all it was 655 00:35:53,233 --> 00:35:56,233 was this kind of arm raising motion that they're doing. 656 00:35:58,667 --> 00:36:00,867 Once we had gotten the video surveillance from the bar, 657 00:36:00,867 --> 00:36:04,100 I went to Miss Baker's friend, actually showed her 658 00:36:04,100 --> 00:36:05,767 the innocent little dance move. 659 00:36:09,100 --> 00:36:10,467 And she confirmed that that's what 660 00:36:10,533 --> 00:36:12,934 he was worked up about that night. 661 00:36:15,767 --> 00:36:18,367 Miss Baker actually called her friend on their way home 662 00:36:18,367 --> 00:36:21,767 and told her that Matthew Terry was still bringing 663 00:36:21,834 --> 00:36:25,367 up the dancing, and she wanted her friend to explain to him, 664 00:36:25,367 --> 00:36:26,667 like, it wasn't a big deal. 665 00:36:26,734 --> 00:36:28,266 He's, even on their way home, 666 00:36:28,266 --> 00:36:31,567 still bringing it up to the point where Miss Baker feels 667 00:36:31,567 --> 00:36:33,634 like she needs to get her friend involved again. 668 00:36:36,567 --> 00:36:38,667 NARRATOR: When detectives learn about Matthew Terry's 669 00:36:38,734 --> 00:36:40,767 previous attack on Michelle Rogers, 670 00:36:40,767 --> 00:36:44,467 they realize the two cases are almost identical. 671 00:36:44,533 --> 00:36:47,266 Both involve him drinking to excess before 672 00:36:47,333 --> 00:36:49,266 a violent confrontation, where he stabs 673 00:36:49,333 --> 00:36:51,433 his victim in the neck with a kitchen knife. 674 00:36:52,567 --> 00:36:54,767 RETTEW: When we hear about Matthew Terry's past, 675 00:36:54,767 --> 00:36:57,367 it definitely adds a little bit more motivation 676 00:36:57,367 --> 00:37:00,734 to make sure that, you know, he doesn't do this a third time. 677 00:37:06,100 --> 00:37:08,467 In November of 2022, 678 00:37:08,467 --> 00:37:11,834 this case went to trial in Hillsborough County Court. 679 00:37:13,367 --> 00:37:16,567 I told everyone down in Florida, I'm like, 680 00:37:16,567 --> 00:37:19,467 "I will do whatever it takes. You just get me down there. 681 00:37:19,467 --> 00:37:21,266 "I will testify, I will do whatever is needed, 682 00:37:21,266 --> 00:37:24,767 "because he's gonna get put away this time, like, 683 00:37:24,767 --> 00:37:25,967 we're done with this." 684 00:37:27,567 --> 00:37:29,867 NARRATOR: The prosecution outlines what they believe 685 00:37:29,934 --> 00:37:32,066 happened on the night of Kay's murder. 686 00:37:32,133 --> 00:37:34,467 Matthew Terry and Miss Baker were going out with some 687 00:37:34,533 --> 00:37:38,166 friends at a bar on the evening of May 27th 688 00:37:38,233 --> 00:37:41,934 to celebrate her last day of teaching of the school year. 689 00:37:47,767 --> 00:37:49,867 I don't know that there was any ill intentions 690 00:37:49,934 --> 00:37:53,667 by Matthew Terry until this accusation 691 00:37:53,734 --> 00:37:56,266 or this incident of dancing happened at the bar, 692 00:37:56,333 --> 00:37:59,100 and I think the alcohol they were consuming that night 693 00:37:59,100 --> 00:38:03,100 probably fueled that flame -- that leads into going home that 694 00:38:03,100 --> 00:38:06,367 night and just not being able to let it go. 695 00:38:06,433 --> 00:38:07,667 I think when they got home, 696 00:38:07,667 --> 00:38:11,166 he probably wanted to re-address it right away inside the house, 697 00:38:11,166 --> 00:38:13,467 and Miss Baker was possibly 698 00:38:13,467 --> 00:38:15,967 trying to escape from Matthew Terry. 699 00:38:16,033 --> 00:38:18,567 It appeared that he was probably persistent in trying 700 00:38:18,567 --> 00:38:21,767 to get to her before Miss Baker is finally able to lock herself 701 00:38:21,767 --> 00:38:23,667 in a bedroom and flee out of a window. 702 00:38:27,266 --> 00:38:30,166 Once he got wind that Miss Baker fled out of the window, 703 00:38:30,166 --> 00:38:32,066 he likely ran out that front door. 704 00:38:33,667 --> 00:38:34,767 And I think, at that point, 705 00:38:34,767 --> 00:38:37,367 Matthew Terry confronted her right there in between 706 00:38:37,433 --> 00:38:38,600 the neighbors' houses with 707 00:38:38,667 --> 00:38:41,233 a knife that he had gotten from the kitchen on his way out. 708 00:38:42,266 --> 00:38:44,166 Finally let the jealousy and rage 709 00:38:44,166 --> 00:38:47,767 consume him and stabbed her multiple times. 710 00:38:55,367 --> 00:38:56,867 I then think, 711 00:38:56,867 --> 00:38:59,266 whether Matthew Terry inadvertently cut himself at 712 00:38:59,266 --> 00:39:02,367 that point or was cut in the struggle between them, 713 00:39:02,367 --> 00:39:06,567 then fled to the backyard, leaving that blood trail 714 00:39:06,634 --> 00:39:09,433 through that thick brush out to the main roadway. 715 00:39:12,467 --> 00:39:14,867 Later, to get more details about how it happened, 716 00:39:14,867 --> 00:39:16,367 it was... 717 00:39:16,433 --> 00:39:18,934 very eerily similar to what he did to me. 718 00:39:22,700 --> 00:39:24,967 Just made me realize how close I really was. 719 00:39:29,767 --> 00:39:31,567 Matthew Terry was found guilty as 720 00:39:31,634 --> 00:39:33,867 charged for the first-degree premeditated murder. 721 00:39:33,867 --> 00:39:35,934 He was sentenced to life in prison. 722 00:39:38,166 --> 00:39:40,166 The verdict in his trial 723 00:39:40,233 --> 00:39:42,734 and the sentencing, you know, it gives you... 724 00:39:44,066 --> 00:39:47,433 a lot of feelings, especially since someone had to die 725 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:51,567 for the truth to be known, 726 00:39:51,567 --> 00:39:54,667 and that's heartbreaking, 727 00:39:54,667 --> 00:39:58,667 but there's also that sense of relief that's like finally, 728 00:39:58,667 --> 00:40:01,166 he's going to jail, and he can't do this to anybody else. 729 00:40:03,367 --> 00:40:05,367 HAMILTON: Matt took 730 00:40:05,367 --> 00:40:08,266 one of the brightest stars out of the sky. 731 00:40:08,333 --> 00:40:10,133 How does that happen 732 00:40:11,166 --> 00:40:14,100 to an amazing person like Kay 733 00:40:14,100 --> 00:40:16,834 when all she does is light up a room? 734 00:40:17,900 --> 00:40:23,100 How could something so bad happen to someone that good? 735 00:40:23,100 --> 00:40:24,467 It just doesn't make sense. 736 00:40:24,533 --> 00:40:28,066 Let him live in prison knowing what he did to Kay, 737 00:40:28,066 --> 00:40:31,066 to her family, to her sons, 738 00:40:31,066 --> 00:40:33,266 to his family, 739 00:40:33,266 --> 00:40:37,266 let him sit there and just simmer in that 740 00:40:37,266 --> 00:40:41,634 every single day for the rest of his life, because... 741 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:44,533 that's what he deserves. 742 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,100 MICHELLE: Since trial, I'm just working on healing. 743 00:40:48,100 --> 00:40:50,266 I'm working on building a happy life for myself 744 00:40:50,333 --> 00:40:51,667 and my kids. 745 00:40:51,734 --> 00:40:54,667 I've been doing things to help spread the awareness 746 00:40:54,667 --> 00:40:57,567 about domestic violence and the epidemic that it is. 747 00:40:58,500 --> 00:41:01,567 I'm dedicating my second chance at life 748 00:41:01,634 --> 00:41:05,634 to be able to share my story and to save lives. 749 00:41:07,967 --> 00:41:09,567 Narrator: Next time on American Monster... 750 00:41:09,567 --> 00:41:11,166 He was a really good dad. 751 00:41:11,166 --> 00:41:13,066 Something evil happened in that home. 752 00:41:13,066 --> 00:41:14,467 I just didn't know what it was. 753 00:41:14,467 --> 00:41:16,266 I would have never thought that 754 00:41:16,266 --> 00:41:18,667 he would have ever done anything like this. 755 00:41:18,667 --> 00:41:20,667 Drugs messed up his mind. 756 00:41:20,734 --> 00:41:21,867 It made him a monster. 757 00:41:21,867 --> 00:41:23,100 ♪