1 00:00:06,034 --> 00:00:08,620 Brittany had a vivacious personality. 2 00:00:09,655 --> 00:00:11,689 She was larger than life. 3 00:00:16,068 --> 00:00:19,344 BERTERA: Brittany loved June, and I know that 4 00:00:19,448 --> 00:00:22,137 he had his own love for her. 5 00:00:22,241 --> 00:00:23,379 He's a felon. 6 00:00:23,482 --> 00:00:26,448 I was scared for her, concerned for her safety. 7 00:00:29,827 --> 00:00:32,586 He could go from being so loving 8 00:00:32,689 --> 00:00:35,275 to being so horrifying. 9 00:00:36,896 --> 00:00:38,862 [operator speaking] 10 00:00:38,965 --> 00:00:41,034 [man speaking] 11 00:00:47,689 --> 00:00:50,000 [theme music playing] 12 00:00:59,758 --> 00:01:03,448 [mellow music playing] 13 00:01:04,620 --> 00:01:06,689 NARRATOR: 18-year-old Brittany Steier is 14 00:01:06,793 --> 00:01:09,827 celebrating her birthday in an unforgettable way. 15 00:01:09,931 --> 00:01:11,241 [woman speaking] 16 00:01:19,724 --> 00:01:24,724 Brittany was adventuresome, and she loved to do new things, 17 00:01:24,827 --> 00:01:30,344 try going places or being with people or types of experiences 18 00:01:30,448 --> 00:01:32,103 that she'd never done before. 19 00:01:32,206 --> 00:01:34,310 [woman speaking] 20 00:01:36,551 --> 00:01:37,517 [woman laughs] 21 00:01:37,620 --> 00:01:40,000 BERTERA: Brittany had a vivacious personality. 22 00:01:40,103 --> 00:01:42,378 She was, we say, larger than life. 23 00:01:46,137 --> 00:01:51,068 Brittany just lived every moment to its fullest. 24 00:02:00,172 --> 00:02:01,965 NARRATOR: Brittany Steier was born on 25 00:02:02,068 --> 00:02:04,862 June 10th, 1989, in Stuart, Florida. 26 00:02:06,689 --> 00:02:08,378 BERTERA: Mom was a pastor, and we would pray at night 27 00:02:08,482 --> 00:02:09,517 before we go to bed, 28 00:02:09,620 --> 00:02:12,275 and I can remember asking God specifically, like, 29 00:02:12,379 --> 00:02:15,655 "Please give me a baby sister, please give me a baby sister." 30 00:02:15,758 --> 00:02:18,724 Um, and then when I was six, literally, two days 31 00:02:18,827 --> 00:02:20,172 after my sixth birthday, 32 00:02:20,275 --> 00:02:24,137 uh, Brittany entered the world in true Brittany fashion 33 00:02:24,241 --> 00:02:26,206 with zero warning. 34 00:02:27,586 --> 00:02:28,862 NARRATOR: She lives with her parents, 35 00:02:28,965 --> 00:02:31,896 Betsy and Joe, and big sister Christy in nearby 36 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,310 Port St. Lucie, Florida. 37 00:02:34,413 --> 00:02:37,517 Betsy was a minister in the Disciples of Christ 38 00:02:37,620 --> 00:02:41,206 denomination, and she started a church in Port St. Lucie. 39 00:02:43,379 --> 00:02:45,896 And I worked for a development company. 40 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:47,724 NARRATOR: But it's not long before Betsy 41 00:02:47,827 --> 00:02:50,275 and Joe's marriage falls apart. 42 00:02:50,379 --> 00:02:52,551 BERTERA: My family lived together as a family of 43 00:02:52,655 --> 00:02:55,000 four until Brittany was about five years old. 44 00:02:55,103 --> 00:02:57,344 I was 11. 45 00:02:57,448 --> 00:02:58,551 You know, when you get married, 46 00:02:58,655 --> 00:03:00,965 you think you're getting married for a lifetime. 47 00:03:01,068 --> 00:03:03,758 And I think -- I believe our growth patterns were different. 48 00:03:05,103 --> 00:03:07,689 We took turns having the children together 49 00:03:07,793 --> 00:03:08,793 every week. 50 00:03:08,896 --> 00:03:09,896 We tried to make it 51 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,206 the best that we could under the circumstances. 52 00:03:13,655 --> 00:03:16,724 BERTERA: Eventually, I moved in to live with my dad. 53 00:03:16,827 --> 00:03:18,517 But I know for Brittany, it was really hard. 54 00:03:18,620 --> 00:03:20,172 She felt like I had abandoned her. 55 00:03:21,758 --> 00:03:25,068 So Brittany was left to kind of control and run 56 00:03:25,172 --> 00:03:28,482 her own life for a little bit of those formative years. 57 00:03:29,655 --> 00:03:30,896 NARRATOR: As Brittany grows up, 58 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,827 she spends her summers volunteering at a church camp 59 00:03:33,930 --> 00:03:35,067 in Silver Springs. 60 00:03:36,551 --> 00:03:38,724 In this video, 25-year-old Brittany 61 00:03:38,827 --> 00:03:40,586 and the campers are having a dance off. 62 00:03:41,862 --> 00:03:44,413 She is doing dances and skits with some 63 00:03:44,517 --> 00:03:49,103 of the kids, being her larger-than-life personality. 64 00:03:49,206 --> 00:03:51,206 NARRATOR: And here's Brittany on the far left, 65 00:03:51,310 --> 00:03:52,586 dancing in the talent show. 66 00:03:57,034 --> 00:03:59,103 She pushed herself out of her comfort zone 67 00:03:59,206 --> 00:04:02,206 a lot, kind of like jumping out of a plane. 68 00:04:02,310 --> 00:04:04,172 And then she also was able to help 69 00:04:04,275 --> 00:04:06,482 nudge others to get out of their comfort zone. 70 00:04:07,862 --> 00:04:11,000 I love getting to see her smile, but I miss her so much. 71 00:04:24,034 --> 00:04:27,896 During 2015, Brittany was working in Crawfordville, 72 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:29,827 living in Tallahassee. 73 00:04:33,482 --> 00:04:35,000 STEIER: She worked at Winn Dixie. 74 00:04:36,068 --> 00:04:40,000 She worked as a cashier first -- they saw the talent. 75 00:04:40,103 --> 00:04:42,551 She became the front end manager there. 76 00:04:42,655 --> 00:04:44,275 Everybody loved her. 77 00:04:44,379 --> 00:04:46,413 It was during that time that she met June. 78 00:04:48,034 --> 00:04:52,103 STEIER: June had children with two other people. 79 00:04:52,206 --> 00:04:54,344 He had four children with one, 80 00:04:54,448 --> 00:04:57,275 and he had another child with another lady. 81 00:04:57,379 --> 00:05:00,620 Brittany treated them very much like a mom. 82 00:05:00,724 --> 00:05:03,103 She did so much for them. 83 00:05:03,206 --> 00:05:05,413 NARRATOR: At 26 years old, Brittany is living 84 00:05:05,517 --> 00:05:07,862 with her sister, Christy, and her husband Jeff, 85 00:05:07,965 --> 00:05:10,482 but spends all her time with 28-year-old June 86 00:05:10,586 --> 00:05:11,827 at his trailer. 87 00:05:13,448 --> 00:05:15,000 BERTERA: She was very cautious about 88 00:05:15,103 --> 00:05:16,827 who she let into her family. 89 00:05:16,931 --> 00:05:19,517 She kept relationships away from us, 90 00:05:19,620 --> 00:05:21,724 but she was very smitten with June. 91 00:05:21,827 --> 00:05:25,758 She believed that he was a truly good person for her. 92 00:05:25,862 --> 00:05:27,586 I think they had fun together, 93 00:05:27,689 --> 00:05:31,172 and he made her smile and laugh and... 94 00:05:31,275 --> 00:05:33,620 and I think that he saw the same Brittany that 95 00:05:33,724 --> 00:05:37,827 we see, the one that's full of life and loves adventure, 96 00:05:37,931 --> 00:05:41,724 and he was able to be kind of complimentary to that. 97 00:05:41,827 --> 00:05:44,172 NARRATOR: Brittany can't wait to introduce June 98 00:05:44,275 --> 00:05:45,310 to her friend, Heather. 99 00:05:45,413 --> 00:05:48,586 She told me that she had met a guy, and he 100 00:05:48,689 --> 00:05:51,655 works at Burger King, and she wanted to come and see him. 101 00:05:54,206 --> 00:05:57,827 She stood at the counter, waiting for her food, 102 00:05:57,931 --> 00:06:00,172 and all he did was come to the counter. 103 00:06:00,275 --> 00:06:03,827 They kind of spoke, talked for a few minutes, and then she 104 00:06:03,931 --> 00:06:05,931 comes to sit down with me, and I asked her, 105 00:06:06,034 --> 00:06:08,172 I'm like, "Brittany, who is this person 106 00:06:08,275 --> 00:06:10,862 that you're so head over heels over?" 107 00:06:12,103 --> 00:06:14,689 My husband at the time was 108 00:06:14,793 --> 00:06:17,551 a deputy for Wakulla County Sheriff's Department, 109 00:06:17,655 --> 00:06:20,448 and I did not tell Brittany that I was going to go 110 00:06:20,551 --> 00:06:23,344 back home and ask my husband anything about his background, 111 00:06:23,448 --> 00:06:26,068 because I know she would get upset. 112 00:06:26,172 --> 00:06:29,965 That's one of a law enforcement wife's traits. 113 00:06:30,068 --> 00:06:33,931 They'll go back and ask questions just to make 114 00:06:34,034 --> 00:06:37,931 sure that your friend or family member is safe. 115 00:06:38,034 --> 00:06:41,206 NARRATOR: Heather asks her husband about June. 116 00:06:41,310 --> 00:06:44,758 He looked at me kind of puzzled and asked me 117 00:06:44,862 --> 00:06:46,793 how do I know that name? 118 00:06:46,896 --> 00:06:50,172 And I told him that Brittany had just had lunch 119 00:06:50,275 --> 00:06:52,862 at Burger King where he works at, 120 00:06:52,965 --> 00:06:55,758 and she is attracted to him, 121 00:06:55,862 --> 00:07:00,379 and he told me that she needs to stay... 122 00:07:00,482 --> 00:07:01,896 the [bleep] away from him. 123 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:04,620 He has arrested June in the past. 124 00:07:04,724 --> 00:07:08,896 He did not go into details as to what the arrest involved. 125 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:10,517 My heart dropped. 126 00:07:10,620 --> 00:07:12,551 I was scared for her. 127 00:07:12,655 --> 00:07:14,551 I was concerned for her safety. 128 00:07:15,620 --> 00:07:18,137 I asked Brittany, you know, "What are you thinking? 129 00:07:18,241 --> 00:07:20,034 "Are you sure? My husband told me 130 00:07:20,137 --> 00:07:22,551 that he's a felon," and she told me 131 00:07:22,655 --> 00:07:24,413 that everybody has a past 132 00:07:24,517 --> 00:07:28,413 and that it was a mistake, and he's moved on from it. 133 00:07:30,862 --> 00:07:32,620 BERTERA: So a few months after Brittany and June 134 00:07:32,724 --> 00:07:34,620 started dating is when Brittany found out 135 00:07:34,724 --> 00:07:38,241 that she was pregnant, and she was ecstatic. 136 00:07:39,379 --> 00:07:41,517 GOEHRIG: I believe it was five months, 137 00:07:41,620 --> 00:07:44,724 and then she went into labor early. 138 00:07:44,827 --> 00:07:47,344 [distant sirens wailing] 139 00:07:47,448 --> 00:07:50,137 BERTERA: I got the phone call that she was delivering, 140 00:07:50,241 --> 00:07:52,172 and we needed to get to the hospital be with Brittany, 141 00:07:52,275 --> 00:07:56,344 and so my husband Jeff and I got in the car, and we went over 142 00:07:56,448 --> 00:07:59,310 to the trailer to get June, and I remember 143 00:07:59,413 --> 00:08:00,862 we banged on the front door, 144 00:08:00,965 --> 00:08:03,275 we banged on the back door, we banged on every window, 145 00:08:03,379 --> 00:08:04,655 trying to get him to come out of 146 00:08:04,758 --> 00:08:07,586 the trailer to come with us, and he never did. 147 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,586 STEIER: Not coming to the hospital to be with 148 00:08:11,689 --> 00:08:15,517 the one he's supposed to love was traumatic. 149 00:08:15,620 --> 00:08:18,793 It was unacceptable. 150 00:08:18,896 --> 00:08:21,689 NARRATOR: Tragically, Brittany miscarries her baby, 151 00:08:21,793 --> 00:08:23,379 a daughter she names Jade. 152 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:29,172 Brittany never confided in me how much June 153 00:08:29,275 --> 00:08:33,620 not being there impacted her or affected her. 154 00:08:33,724 --> 00:08:37,551 Um, I know that the loss of Jade was detrimental to her. 155 00:08:41,344 --> 00:08:45,000 I thought that might be the end of their relationship. 156 00:08:45,103 --> 00:08:46,655 So I was somewhat surprised that 157 00:08:46,758 --> 00:08:49,241 she continued to see him after that, 158 00:08:49,344 --> 00:08:52,275 but she made excuses for him, as she often did. 159 00:08:53,551 --> 00:08:56,103 Again, she wanted to see the best in him, 160 00:08:56,206 --> 00:09:00,068 and so she continued forward, forgave him, and went on. 161 00:09:02,965 --> 00:09:04,689 NARRATOR: A few months after losing Jade, 162 00:09:04,793 --> 00:09:07,827 Brittany decides on a fresh start. 163 00:09:07,931 --> 00:09:10,758 So Brittany decided to move to Bradenton, Sarasota area 164 00:09:10,862 --> 00:09:13,517 to live with my dad in March of 2016. 165 00:09:13,620 --> 00:09:16,275 STEIER: An opportunity for a sales person came available 166 00:09:16,379 --> 00:09:18,551 at the sign company I was working for. 167 00:09:18,655 --> 00:09:21,655 So she interviewed with it, and of course, they loved her. 168 00:09:21,758 --> 00:09:23,586 They said, come on, 169 00:09:23,689 --> 00:09:25,827 you know, we want you -- we want to hire you. 170 00:09:25,931 --> 00:09:28,620 GOEHRIG: I was truly hoping that her move would give 171 00:09:28,724 --> 00:09:30,551 some distance and perspective 172 00:09:30,655 --> 00:09:32,758 and that she would move on with her life 173 00:09:32,862 --> 00:09:35,448 and be open to meeting someone else. 174 00:09:38,275 --> 00:09:41,413 NARRATOR: But Brittany is still hung up on June. 175 00:09:41,517 --> 00:09:44,965 BERTERA: She would come for the weekend to visit June, 176 00:09:45,068 --> 00:09:47,655 but a six-hour drive is a lot. 177 00:09:48,862 --> 00:09:52,965 It was very frustrating for me to watch my sister doing 178 00:09:53,068 --> 00:09:55,586 all of the traveling, taking on all the expense 179 00:09:55,689 --> 00:09:59,206 of that, and to see a level of 180 00:09:59,310 --> 00:10:02,103 disinterest or not the same 181 00:10:02,206 --> 00:10:04,862 amount of effort from him as it was from her. 182 00:10:06,689 --> 00:10:08,758 NARRATOR: Brittany soon grows tired of driving 183 00:10:08,862 --> 00:10:10,517 back and forth to see June, 184 00:10:10,620 --> 00:10:15,689 and in 2017, she encourages him to move down to Bradenton. 185 00:10:15,793 --> 00:10:19,379 Brittany set up an apartment for her and June, 186 00:10:19,482 --> 00:10:23,137 a one-bedroom apartment, and he moved down with her, 187 00:10:23,241 --> 00:10:27,482 and she helped him get a job with her brother-in-law, James. 188 00:10:30,310 --> 00:10:33,551 James had issues with June. 189 00:10:33,655 --> 00:10:35,793 June did a good job working, 190 00:10:35,896 --> 00:10:38,793 but he had a temper, and he would display it sometimes on 191 00:10:38,896 --> 00:10:40,275 the job and walk off. 192 00:10:40,379 --> 00:10:43,137 He caused some disruption there at work with 193 00:10:43,241 --> 00:10:45,517 his fellow employees, and James almost fired him 194 00:10:45,620 --> 00:10:47,896 a couple times. 195 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,206 Shortly after that, Brittany started wearing 196 00:10:50,310 --> 00:10:52,620 longer tops, long sleeves, long pants. 197 00:10:52,724 --> 00:10:54,241 And that's the summer in South Florida. 198 00:10:54,344 --> 00:10:56,137 It's very hot. 199 00:10:56,241 --> 00:10:58,413 Of course, Brittany had an answer or a response 200 00:10:58,517 --> 00:11:01,931 that was a logical, reasonable response 201 00:11:02,034 --> 00:11:04,172 for any of my concerns. 202 00:11:04,275 --> 00:11:07,482 And she would deflect anything that I would ask about June. 203 00:11:09,551 --> 00:11:12,275 [Brittany speaking] 204 00:11:13,586 --> 00:11:14,551 [Brittany laughing] 205 00:11:14,655 --> 00:11:17,310 This is on the back patio of the condo 206 00:11:17,413 --> 00:11:21,413 in Sarasota, um, where he has a punching bag. 207 00:11:21,517 --> 00:11:24,310 [Brittany speaking] 208 00:11:25,413 --> 00:11:26,379 The Punisher. 209 00:11:29,620 --> 00:11:32,310 He punished her so much 210 00:11:32,413 --> 00:11:34,758 just for being her, 211 00:11:34,862 --> 00:11:36,206 just for loving him. 212 00:11:39,862 --> 00:11:41,827 [sobs] 213 00:11:50,172 --> 00:11:51,482 [Brittany speaking] 214 00:12:01,689 --> 00:12:04,517 This is the gender reveal for their first baby. 215 00:12:09,586 --> 00:12:10,793 Eyes wide open, 216 00:12:10,896 --> 00:12:14,862 her scream is very much Brittany. 217 00:12:14,965 --> 00:12:18,137 You can see how happy she is to be having a baby. 218 00:12:22,034 --> 00:12:25,000 NARRATOR: In February 2018, Brittany's family 219 00:12:25,103 --> 00:12:26,551 throw her a baby shower. 220 00:12:28,517 --> 00:12:30,448 So when Brittany showed up at the baby shower, 221 00:12:30,551 --> 00:12:33,448 I walk over, and I hug her, and I noticed that she had some 222 00:12:33,551 --> 00:12:36,000 bruising under her eye that she'd covered with makeup. 223 00:12:38,034 --> 00:12:41,310 She told us that she had gotten off balance in 224 00:12:41,413 --> 00:12:43,862 the shower and had fallen and hit her face 225 00:12:43,965 --> 00:12:47,862 on the water faucet, and I believed her, 226 00:12:49,206 --> 00:12:51,793 and I know she was covering for him, 227 00:12:51,896 --> 00:12:56,000 and I think that she was embarrassed for us to know that. 228 00:12:56,103 --> 00:12:59,172 But I think also, she was probably threatened, 229 00:12:59,275 --> 00:13:02,310 that if she said anything that he would hurt her 230 00:13:02,413 --> 00:13:05,517 and/or hurt one of her family members. 231 00:13:12,137 --> 00:13:14,620 NARRATOR: On March 2nd, 2018, 232 00:13:14,724 --> 00:13:17,034 baby Dallas finally makes his appearance. 233 00:13:20,379 --> 00:13:22,344 GOEHRIG: It was truly a dream come true. 234 00:13:22,448 --> 00:13:25,931 It was what she wanted most of all, to have a baby. 235 00:13:26,034 --> 00:13:31,655 And finally, here was this beautiful, perfect 236 00:13:31,758 --> 00:13:34,241 little baby boy, Dallas. 237 00:13:35,896 --> 00:13:37,344 I would help cook. 238 00:13:37,448 --> 00:13:40,310 I would help just be there with them to get them through 239 00:13:40,413 --> 00:13:41,896 that initial stage 240 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:45,103 of having a new life in the home, and we would do 241 00:13:45,206 --> 00:13:46,241 some things all together, 242 00:13:46,344 --> 00:13:48,448 but there were times that June would go off and be 243 00:13:48,551 --> 00:13:51,448 by himself while Brittany and I would be together with 244 00:13:51,551 --> 00:13:52,724 the children. 245 00:13:52,827 --> 00:13:57,758 She would wait on him even though she was the new mom, 246 00:13:57,862 --> 00:14:00,655 and yet I still didn't realize 247 00:14:00,758 --> 00:14:04,620 how much he dominated her and that 248 00:14:04,724 --> 00:14:08,379 that was part of that unhealthy relationship. 249 00:14:12,965 --> 00:14:17,827 BERTERA: Brittany found out almost exactly three months from 250 00:14:17,931 --> 00:14:21,655 the birth of Dallas that she was expecting again. 251 00:14:21,758 --> 00:14:24,896 She was completely and utterly blown away. 252 00:14:29,827 --> 00:14:31,586 She was ecstatic when it was a girl. 253 00:14:31,689 --> 00:14:34,827 She did the whole announcement on Facebook. 254 00:14:34,931 --> 00:14:38,758 They had, like, balloons, tied pink ribbons around her belly, 255 00:14:38,862 --> 00:14:41,413 did all the fun stuff, you know, 256 00:14:41,517 --> 00:14:44,103 announcing that they were having a little girl and very 257 00:14:44,206 --> 00:14:48,517 excited about, in her mind, kind of completing their family. 258 00:14:49,793 --> 00:14:52,586 NARRATOR: In February 2019, Brittany goes into 259 00:14:52,689 --> 00:14:55,655 labor with June by her side. 260 00:14:55,758 --> 00:14:59,068 That's Brittany dancing, trying to get her -- 261 00:14:59,172 --> 00:15:01,379 to get that baby out. 262 00:15:01,482 --> 00:15:02,689 That is June in the background. 263 00:15:02,793 --> 00:15:04,896 He was present for the birth. 264 00:15:07,517 --> 00:15:10,482 NARRATOR: Baby Carter makes her arrival four weeks early, 265 00:15:15,034 --> 00:15:17,689 and Dallas can't wait to meet his little sister. 266 00:15:19,931 --> 00:15:22,827 STEIER: Brittany wanted this. This was her dream come true. 267 00:15:22,931 --> 00:15:24,931 She had two children, a boy and a girl, 268 00:15:25,034 --> 00:15:27,206 which she loved dearly. 269 00:15:27,310 --> 00:15:30,137 It was what she had been looking for. 270 00:15:30,241 --> 00:15:32,241 NARRATOR: Brittany and June settle into life 271 00:15:32,344 --> 00:15:33,793 as a family of four. 272 00:15:33,896 --> 00:15:37,344 I'm glad for them that there were some good moments. 273 00:15:39,482 --> 00:15:42,413 I'm glad not all of their memories... 274 00:15:42,517 --> 00:15:43,310 [Brittany laughing] 275 00:15:43,413 --> 00:15:44,551 ...are hard ones, 276 00:15:47,275 --> 00:15:51,206 but my entire being is just 277 00:15:52,448 --> 00:15:54,586 clenched tight, 278 00:15:54,689 --> 00:15:57,931 knowing that he could go from being so loving 279 00:15:58,034 --> 00:15:59,482 to being... 280 00:16:01,241 --> 00:16:02,344 so horrifying. 281 00:16:11,551 --> 00:16:14,413 NARRATOR: In June 2019, Brittany and June 282 00:16:14,517 --> 00:16:16,379 take Dallas, Carter, and June's 283 00:16:16,482 --> 00:16:20,482 four older kids on a camping trip for mom Betsy's birthday. 284 00:16:22,034 --> 00:16:23,724 GOEHRIG: There were eight of them, and so 285 00:16:23,827 --> 00:16:26,586 all of them stayed in one cabin. 286 00:16:31,275 --> 00:16:35,413 GOEHRIG: June is climbing one of the rope swings that is 287 00:16:35,517 --> 00:16:39,620 there on the site, and Brittany is filming him, laughing. 288 00:16:39,724 --> 00:16:41,655 We're all having a good time. 289 00:16:41,758 --> 00:16:43,068 [woman speaking] 290 00:16:43,172 --> 00:16:45,448 [Brittany speaking] 291 00:16:45,551 --> 00:16:47,172 [June speaking] 292 00:16:47,275 --> 00:16:48,862 [Brittany laughing] 293 00:16:48,965 --> 00:16:52,862 BERTERA: I noticed that June was very hands off during this trip. 294 00:16:52,965 --> 00:16:54,551 He spent a lot of time in the cabin. 295 00:16:54,655 --> 00:16:59,068 We would be in the pool, all swimming, and Brittany did take 296 00:16:59,172 --> 00:17:01,448 ownership of his children. 297 00:17:01,551 --> 00:17:05,034 There was a point where Brittany asked if we would watch 298 00:17:05,137 --> 00:17:06,862 the kids for a minute, and she disappeared, 299 00:17:06,964 --> 00:17:09,550 and she came back very angry, and I asked her, 300 00:17:09,655 --> 00:17:10,689 you, know what happened? 301 00:17:10,792 --> 00:17:12,068 And she's like, "I told him he can either come 302 00:17:12,172 --> 00:17:14,068 be a part of the family, or he can leave." 303 00:17:18,482 --> 00:17:20,378 [phone buzzing] 304 00:17:23,137 --> 00:17:25,655 At the end of January in 2020, 305 00:17:25,758 --> 00:17:28,137 I got a phone call from Brittany. 306 00:17:28,241 --> 00:17:31,206 She told me that June had been 307 00:17:31,310 --> 00:17:33,551 violent with her in the past 308 00:17:33,655 --> 00:17:36,241 and that it was getting to a point where 309 00:17:36,344 --> 00:17:38,965 she was concerned about Dallas's behavior. 310 00:17:39,965 --> 00:17:41,241 [Dallas fussing] 311 00:17:44,724 --> 00:17:48,413 Dallas was becoming aggressive with Brittany, with Carter, 312 00:17:48,517 --> 00:17:52,413 and Carter was so young, and so she had concerns that 313 00:17:52,517 --> 00:17:56,448 he was mimicking behaviors that he was seeing, and she was 314 00:17:56,551 --> 00:17:59,310 getting scared, and she was going to leave. 315 00:18:01,310 --> 00:18:02,206 At that time, 316 00:18:02,310 --> 00:18:04,620 my husband got up and started searching 317 00:18:04,724 --> 00:18:06,931 for us for a hotel in Orlando. 318 00:18:07,034 --> 00:18:10,344 I thought if I could get her out of town just far enough 319 00:18:10,448 --> 00:18:12,724 away that he wouldn't be able to Uber there, 320 00:18:12,827 --> 00:18:15,344 it would just be too costly to get to her. 321 00:18:15,448 --> 00:18:17,931 You know, she'd have a weekend to kind of clear 322 00:18:18,034 --> 00:18:21,034 her mind and figure out what her next step was. 323 00:18:21,137 --> 00:18:23,793 And then I could go down there to Orlando, and we'd be safe. 324 00:18:25,689 --> 00:18:28,275 Brittany was physically anxious. 325 00:18:28,379 --> 00:18:31,344 You could see on her that she was stressed. 326 00:18:31,448 --> 00:18:35,137 The babies just seemed to cry the entire time. 327 00:18:35,241 --> 00:18:39,034 So we went to Disney to try to distract all of the children, 328 00:18:39,137 --> 00:18:42,689 and it wasn't until they were able to, 329 00:18:42,793 --> 00:18:45,655 you know, smile and have some fun at Disney that you could 330 00:18:45,758 --> 00:18:48,103 see her kind of breathe a little bit. 331 00:18:51,068 --> 00:18:55,655 Brittany's there smiling and has Dallas 332 00:18:55,758 --> 00:18:58,137 and having a great time, 333 00:18:58,241 --> 00:19:00,862 but she's dying inside. 334 00:19:00,965 --> 00:19:02,551 You don't see it. 335 00:19:02,655 --> 00:19:03,965 She has learned... 336 00:19:05,448 --> 00:19:07,758 to mask great pain. 337 00:19:11,482 --> 00:19:12,931 BERTERA: The entire time we were at Disney, 338 00:19:13,034 --> 00:19:16,344 June was constantly messaging her and calling her, trying to 339 00:19:16,448 --> 00:19:19,241 get her to come get him, telling her that, you know, 340 00:19:19,344 --> 00:19:21,827 he was sorry and that they would work on 341 00:19:21,931 --> 00:19:24,379 their relationship, and they would get better, 342 00:19:24,482 --> 00:19:27,517 and he would go to therapy and all of the things 343 00:19:27,620 --> 00:19:31,689 that I'm sure that she heard times before that. 344 00:19:31,793 --> 00:19:33,241 NARRATOR: After the Orlando trip, 345 00:19:33,344 --> 00:19:36,896 Brittany returns to Bradenton and moves in with her dad. 346 00:19:39,793 --> 00:19:42,620 June was always on the phone with Brittany, trying to get her 347 00:19:42,724 --> 00:19:44,724 to come back, saying he was sorry, 348 00:19:44,827 --> 00:19:47,379 he would change, things would be different. 349 00:19:48,896 --> 00:19:51,344 She would be washing dishes at the sink, and I would come up 350 00:19:51,448 --> 00:19:54,379 behind her and touch her, and she would freeze, 351 00:19:54,482 --> 00:19:56,482 freeze like a statue. 352 00:19:57,655 --> 00:19:59,206 I'd have to pat her on the back and say, 353 00:19:59,310 --> 00:20:03,000 "Brittany, it's okay. I just want to hug you." 354 00:20:03,103 --> 00:20:05,586 And, uh, she said, "It's okay, dad, it's okay. 355 00:20:05,689 --> 00:20:06,655 I'm -- I'm okay." 356 00:20:09,241 --> 00:20:12,000 She kept on seeing the good in him. 357 00:20:12,103 --> 00:20:15,689 She wanted the kids to have a father -- she didn't want 358 00:20:15,793 --> 00:20:19,689 her kids to think that their father was a bad person. 359 00:20:19,793 --> 00:20:22,689 So she kept on having the kids see him. 360 00:20:27,758 --> 00:20:29,896 NARRATOR: On February 11, 2020, 361 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,827 Brittany shows up at the Sarasota Police Department 362 00:20:32,931 --> 00:20:35,620 to make a statement about her ex-boyfriend, June. 363 00:20:38,310 --> 00:20:40,068 [detective speaking] 364 00:20:43,862 --> 00:20:45,862 -[Brittany speaking] -[detective speaking] 365 00:20:45,965 --> 00:20:48,965 [Brittany speaking] 366 00:21:41,931 --> 00:21:43,620 NARRATOR: 30-year-old Brittany Steier 367 00:21:43,724 --> 00:21:45,068 continues to tell the police 368 00:21:45,172 --> 00:21:48,758 about the night her ex-boyfriend pulled a gun on her. 369 00:21:48,862 --> 00:21:51,551 [Brittany speaking] 370 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,758 After being arrested by the Sarasota Police Department, 371 00:22:36,862 --> 00:22:39,206 June Harris was brought to their station to 372 00:22:39,310 --> 00:22:41,000 be interviewed. 373 00:23:06,896 --> 00:23:09,724 When the detectives attempted to interview June Harris, 374 00:23:09,827 --> 00:23:13,620 he refused to be interviewed and asked for an attorney. 375 00:23:13,724 --> 00:23:16,344 June Harris was then taken to the Sarasota County Jail. 376 00:23:19,931 --> 00:23:23,655 NARRATOR: But just days later, Brittany drops the charges. 377 00:23:23,758 --> 00:23:26,586 BERTERA: His family had convinced her 378 00:23:26,689 --> 00:23:30,758 that they would get him therapy and help. 379 00:23:30,862 --> 00:23:34,034 HELMS: Brittany told me that she dropped the charges on June 380 00:23:34,137 --> 00:23:36,689 because she did not want to take 381 00:23:36,793 --> 00:23:39,793 her children to visit their father in prison. 382 00:23:39,896 --> 00:23:42,413 I told Brittany that she just signed 383 00:23:42,517 --> 00:23:44,862 her death certificate, that he's gonna kill her. 384 00:23:49,896 --> 00:23:53,241 He moved back to his previous girlfriend, 385 00:23:53,344 --> 00:23:55,862 the mother of his four children. 386 00:23:55,965 --> 00:23:59,241 And so he went immediately from having been in 387 00:23:59,344 --> 00:24:00,931 a relationship with Brittany 388 00:24:01,034 --> 00:24:05,379 back into being with the mother of the other four kids. 389 00:24:09,517 --> 00:24:11,241 When Brittany left June, 390 00:24:11,344 --> 00:24:16,034 it was like seeing a dying flower get water. 391 00:24:16,137 --> 00:24:19,655 She began to blossom and to grow again. 392 00:24:19,758 --> 00:24:21,793 [child laughing] 393 00:24:23,137 --> 00:24:26,896 This is a very typical scene with Dallas 394 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:30,827 and Carter, and their mama is a jungle gym. 395 00:24:30,931 --> 00:24:33,517 They were all over her all the time. 396 00:24:36,655 --> 00:24:38,827 [child exclaims] 397 00:24:42,344 --> 00:24:43,655 GOEHRIG: After the breakup, 398 00:24:43,758 --> 00:24:46,275 not only had Brittany grown mentally, 399 00:24:46,379 --> 00:24:51,413 but she also grew socially and emotionally again, because she 400 00:24:51,517 --> 00:24:54,827 had been so isolated from her friends by June. 401 00:24:58,931 --> 00:25:02,862 It was wonderful to get to see her getting her life back. 402 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:05,896 NARRATOR: When Brittany isn't with her friends, 403 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,172 she's a doting mother to her kids. 404 00:25:08,275 --> 00:25:10,068 [Brittany speaking] 405 00:25:17,344 --> 00:25:19,758 -[Dallas speaking] -[Brittany speaking] 406 00:25:19,862 --> 00:25:21,758 This is Brittany teaching Dallas 407 00:25:21,862 --> 00:25:23,310 his different colors or going through 408 00:25:23,413 --> 00:25:25,551 his different color boats with him. 409 00:25:25,655 --> 00:25:27,896 He's so smart. He knows them all. 410 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,517 [Brittany speaking] 411 00:25:31,620 --> 00:25:32,724 [Dallas speaking] 412 00:25:32,827 --> 00:25:33,827 [Brittany speaking] 413 00:25:37,896 --> 00:25:40,413 -[Dallas speaking] -[Brittany speaking] 414 00:25:40,517 --> 00:25:42,103 The teacher in Brittany, 415 00:25:42,206 --> 00:25:44,310 you can hear her voice 416 00:25:44,413 --> 00:25:47,344 and how proud she is of him, and... 417 00:25:47,448 --> 00:25:51,655 -[Brittany speaking] -[Dallas speaking] 418 00:25:51,758 --> 00:25:53,275 [Brittany laughs] 419 00:25:57,758 --> 00:25:59,896 NARRATOR: Just days after this video was filmed, 420 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,137 Brittany travels to Crawfordville 421 00:26:02,241 --> 00:26:04,448 and drops the kids at June's while she hosts 422 00:26:04,551 --> 00:26:06,379 an engagement party for her friend. 423 00:26:14,068 --> 00:26:17,724 She'd just been asked to be the maid of honor. 424 00:26:17,827 --> 00:26:20,551 She was happy at this party. 425 00:26:20,655 --> 00:26:23,931 It's hard knowing that that's the last day she was with us. 426 00:26:36,344 --> 00:26:38,517 [numbers dialing] 427 00:26:38,620 --> 00:26:40,482 [phone ringing] 428 00:26:40,586 --> 00:26:43,172 [operator speaking] 429 00:26:43,275 --> 00:26:45,517 [man speaking] 430 00:26:49,137 --> 00:26:51,379 A 911 call was received by our communications 431 00:26:51,482 --> 00:26:53,034 department from the grandfather of 432 00:26:53,137 --> 00:26:55,448 the girlfriend of June Harris. 433 00:26:55,551 --> 00:26:58,724 [operator speaking] 434 00:26:58,827 --> 00:27:00,793 [man speaking] 435 00:27:00,896 --> 00:27:02,827 [beeping noise] 436 00:27:02,931 --> 00:27:05,586 [operator speaking] 437 00:27:05,689 --> 00:27:07,620 [man speaking] 438 00:27:07,724 --> 00:27:10,172 NARRATOR: Another 911 call comes in 439 00:27:10,275 --> 00:27:11,620 from Brittany's friend, Heather. 440 00:27:11,724 --> 00:27:13,344 [phone ringing] 441 00:27:13,448 --> 00:27:15,275 [operator speaking] 442 00:27:15,379 --> 00:27:18,551 [Helms speaking] 443 00:27:20,793 --> 00:27:23,275 I told them that my best friend, Brittany, 444 00:27:23,379 --> 00:27:24,620 had just been shot. 445 00:27:26,620 --> 00:27:29,517 They asked me who shot her, and I said, "June Harris." 446 00:27:32,862 --> 00:27:35,413 SURACE: Our patrol units arriving on scene 447 00:27:35,517 --> 00:27:38,137 were looking for June Harris 448 00:27:38,241 --> 00:27:43,275 and noted a green vehicle with lights on it directly in front 449 00:27:43,379 --> 00:27:45,551 of that location that sped away, 450 00:27:45,655 --> 00:27:47,862 passing them by, out to the main road. 451 00:27:49,724 --> 00:27:51,689 [officer speaking] 452 00:27:59,344 --> 00:28:02,931 He drove in a very reckless manner, sometimes exceeding 453 00:28:03,034 --> 00:28:04,793 speeds of 100 miles per hour, 454 00:28:04,896 --> 00:28:07,310 driving in lanes of oncoming traffic, 455 00:28:07,413 --> 00:28:11,448 turning around in parking lots, changing directions. 456 00:28:11,551 --> 00:28:14,379 It really didn't appear that he had a destination. 457 00:28:14,482 --> 00:28:18,034 He was just trying to kill time or get away. 458 00:28:18,137 --> 00:28:22,103 NARRATOR: The vehicle June is driving pulls over. 459 00:28:22,206 --> 00:28:24,586 I don't know what made him eventually pull over. 460 00:28:24,689 --> 00:28:29,344 I believe that he saw the number of units behind him. 461 00:28:29,448 --> 00:28:33,965 He had one flash of figuring out life, that he needed 462 00:28:34,068 --> 00:28:36,517 to just go ahead and stop and face the consequences. 463 00:28:41,482 --> 00:28:43,655 NARRATOR: As June is taken into custody, 464 00:28:43,758 --> 00:28:47,241 Detective Sergeant Surace arrives at the crime scene. 465 00:28:48,862 --> 00:28:52,241 Immediately to the left of the house was a driveway, 466 00:28:52,344 --> 00:28:55,931 and I noticed to the left side of that driveway area was 467 00:28:56,034 --> 00:28:58,551 a female lying deceased on the ground 468 00:28:58,655 --> 00:29:00,172 with a gunshot wound to the head. 469 00:29:02,655 --> 00:29:06,103 I was notified her identity was Brittany Steier. 470 00:29:09,827 --> 00:29:15,068 22-caliber rounds were found very close to her body. 471 00:29:16,103 --> 00:29:19,379 There was also a baby bottle. 472 00:29:20,862 --> 00:29:22,862 Carter, the one-year-old daughter 473 00:29:22,965 --> 00:29:25,517 of Brittany Steier, was in an ambulance. 474 00:29:25,620 --> 00:29:27,827 I checked on her condition. 475 00:29:27,931 --> 00:29:29,620 Thankfully, 476 00:29:29,724 --> 00:29:33,965 somehow, she was uninjured, but she was covered in blood, 477 00:29:34,068 --> 00:29:36,689 and she was wearing a Sesame Street type onesie, 478 00:29:36,793 --> 00:29:39,241 and I could see blood on the front, 479 00:29:39,344 --> 00:29:41,448 the back, and on her skin, as well. 480 00:29:41,551 --> 00:29:45,241 It was determined that Brittany Steier was holding Carter, 481 00:29:45,344 --> 00:29:46,620 the one-year-old little girl, 482 00:29:46,724 --> 00:29:49,827 her daughter, in her arms while June Harris shot her. 483 00:29:51,172 --> 00:29:53,310 How someone can take another 484 00:29:53,413 --> 00:29:54,862 human's life while they're holding 485 00:29:54,965 --> 00:29:57,413 their child is just inexplicable. 486 00:29:57,517 --> 00:30:00,517 [distant sirens wailing] 487 00:30:00,620 --> 00:30:02,758 NARRATOR: Brittany's sister, Christy, and her husband, 488 00:30:02,862 --> 00:30:05,379 Jeff, having heard about the incident from Heather, 489 00:30:05,482 --> 00:30:07,344 arrive at the scene. 490 00:30:07,448 --> 00:30:09,551 BERTERA: My husband wanted me to stay at the car, 491 00:30:09,655 --> 00:30:11,551 because he didn't know if the scene 492 00:30:11,655 --> 00:30:14,034 was safe or what was happening. 493 00:30:14,137 --> 00:30:15,172 At that point, 494 00:30:15,275 --> 00:30:18,137 I started asking why they weren't getting my sister. 495 00:30:21,758 --> 00:30:26,724 And that's when Jeff, my husband, told me that, um, 496 00:30:26,827 --> 00:30:27,965 that Brittany was gone. 497 00:30:29,724 --> 00:30:30,689 Immediately, 498 00:30:30,793 --> 00:30:33,586 I felt all the air kind of leave my lungs, 499 00:30:33,689 --> 00:30:36,241 and I thought that I might not... 500 00:30:40,413 --> 00:30:43,862 I felt that I might not live past that moment. 501 00:30:48,931 --> 00:30:50,551 STEIER: I got a phone call, and I looked 502 00:30:50,655 --> 00:30:53,034 at the phone ID, and it was Jeff. 503 00:30:54,137 --> 00:30:57,896 He said in some words like, "This is 504 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,034 "the worst phone call I ever have to make. 505 00:31:00,137 --> 00:31:02,482 "I have to tell you the worst thing in the world. 506 00:31:02,586 --> 00:31:04,103 June has killed Brittany." 507 00:31:05,344 --> 00:31:08,000 And I couldn't believe it. 508 00:31:08,103 --> 00:31:10,068 I said, of course, all the things 509 00:31:10,172 --> 00:31:12,000 that you would say -- "You must be lying. 510 00:31:12,103 --> 00:31:13,310 "You got to be kidding me. 511 00:31:13,413 --> 00:31:15,310 Nothing like that would happen." 512 00:31:15,413 --> 00:31:17,586 Brittany was five hours away from me, 513 00:31:17,689 --> 00:31:18,827 and I couldn't get to her, 514 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:23,413 and the thoughts of my baby girl laying on the ground dead 515 00:31:23,517 --> 00:31:24,931 was driving me nuts. 516 00:31:28,827 --> 00:31:34,000 GOEHRIG: Jeff, my son-in-law, said, "June shot Brittany. 517 00:31:34,103 --> 00:31:35,275 She's dead." 518 00:31:37,034 --> 00:31:40,793 [sobbing quietly] 519 00:31:40,896 --> 00:31:42,724 To which my response... 520 00:31:45,827 --> 00:31:47,758 was a guttural scream 521 00:31:47,862 --> 00:31:51,482 unlike any I have ever made before, 522 00:31:51,586 --> 00:31:56,448 that only a mother who has lost a child could know. 523 00:32:03,137 --> 00:32:06,172 June Harris, after he was detained from the pursuit, 524 00:32:06,275 --> 00:32:09,068 was brought back to our criminal investigations division 525 00:32:09,172 --> 00:32:10,620 and placed in an interview room. 526 00:32:10,724 --> 00:32:12,448 He indicated he was cold, 527 00:32:12,551 --> 00:32:15,931 asked for a blanket, which he was provided with, and he laid 528 00:32:16,034 --> 00:32:17,931 down on the floor and went to sleep. 529 00:32:18,034 --> 00:32:20,068 He didn't act like he cared about anything that was 530 00:32:20,172 --> 00:32:21,793 going on, didn't ask us any questions, 531 00:32:21,896 --> 00:32:24,827 and didn't want to talk to anybody. 532 00:32:24,931 --> 00:32:27,172 We charged him with murder in the first degree 533 00:32:27,275 --> 00:32:29,137 and brought him over to our county jail. 534 00:32:31,275 --> 00:32:33,655 On search warrants for homicides, 535 00:32:33,758 --> 00:32:36,758 it's critical to recover the weapon whenever possible. 536 00:32:36,862 --> 00:32:38,103 There was a search warrant conducted of 537 00:32:38,206 --> 00:32:39,482 June Harris's residence. 538 00:32:39,586 --> 00:32:43,931 At that time, no weapons or ammunition were located. 539 00:32:45,620 --> 00:32:47,758 NARRATOR: Brittany's friend, Heather, is interviewed 540 00:32:47,862 --> 00:32:49,758 about the night of the murder. 541 00:32:49,862 --> 00:32:51,862 It was around 7:30 p.m. 542 00:32:51,965 --> 00:32:54,655 when Brittany showed up at my house. 543 00:33:02,517 --> 00:33:03,379 DETECTIVE: Mm-hmm. 544 00:33:17,172 --> 00:33:19,379 Brittany said, "I have to go get the kids, 545 00:33:19,482 --> 00:33:24,310 but I can't go by myself," and I asked her why, 546 00:33:24,413 --> 00:33:27,034 and she said, "I just can't go down there, 547 00:33:27,137 --> 00:33:28,862 "um, and it has to be you 548 00:33:28,965 --> 00:33:31,448 or my sister Christy that goes with me." 549 00:33:32,655 --> 00:33:34,724 NARRATOR: Heather tells detectives that she, 550 00:33:34,827 --> 00:33:38,379 her daughter, and Brittany all jumped into Brittany's truck to 551 00:33:38,482 --> 00:33:39,551 head to June's. 552 00:33:40,827 --> 00:33:42,551 HELMS: We're driving, 553 00:33:42,655 --> 00:33:45,586 she needs to stop and get gas, and we stopped 554 00:33:45,689 --> 00:33:51,758 at the Murphy gas station, and she got $20 in gas, 555 00:33:51,862 --> 00:33:55,551 and we went to June's residence. 556 00:33:55,655 --> 00:33:57,620 It was down a dirt road, and it was dark. 557 00:33:57,724 --> 00:33:59,586 I've never been down there before, 558 00:33:59,689 --> 00:34:02,517 so I was kind of unsure of where I was at. 559 00:34:02,620 --> 00:34:04,724 Once we pulled in the driveway, 560 00:34:04,827 --> 00:34:06,793 we kind of made a right turn 561 00:34:06,896 --> 00:34:09,413 to this trailer 562 00:34:09,516 --> 00:34:13,034 and there was a bunch of alcohol and solo cups. 563 00:34:23,585 --> 00:34:24,482 And I kept thinking, 564 00:34:24,585 --> 00:34:27,447 why is he not going to get the babies? 565 00:34:27,551 --> 00:34:28,931 What is the holdup? 566 00:34:29,034 --> 00:34:30,724 Why are we taking so long? 567 00:34:30,827 --> 00:34:35,068 June walked across the yard, Dallas came out, 568 00:34:35,172 --> 00:34:38,931 they come to the passenger side on my side, and Brittany 569 00:34:39,034 --> 00:34:40,620 opens the van door. 570 00:34:40,724 --> 00:34:43,965 She's helping Dallas get in the van. 571 00:35:16,172 --> 00:35:18,172 HELMS: As I reversed, 572 00:35:18,275 --> 00:35:20,172 I thought, "Please, God, don't let 573 00:35:20,275 --> 00:35:22,896 "her think that I'm leaving her," but also... 574 00:35:24,172 --> 00:35:26,310 I wasn't in my body. 575 00:35:26,413 --> 00:35:29,724 I had angels and God move me to get 576 00:35:29,827 --> 00:35:31,620 out of there and go get help. 577 00:35:38,931 --> 00:35:41,448 I couldn't believe that this is what happened. 578 00:35:43,448 --> 00:35:44,517 I didn't -- I thought I was in 579 00:35:44,620 --> 00:35:47,931 a dream, that eventually, I would wake up, 580 00:35:48,034 --> 00:35:49,137 that it was a nightmare. 581 00:36:03,034 --> 00:36:05,068 SURACE: A few days after the incident, 582 00:36:05,172 --> 00:36:07,862 June Harris's daughter was interviewed. 583 00:36:07,965 --> 00:36:09,896 She actually 584 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:14,655 described seeing her father's emotions change, 585 00:36:14,758 --> 00:36:18,241 seeing him pacing and acting angry prior to Brittany's 586 00:36:18,344 --> 00:36:20,689 arrival and actually going into 587 00:36:20,793 --> 00:36:25,241 his bedroom and moving and retrieving a small rifle. 588 00:36:26,310 --> 00:36:29,931 She indicated after the homicide of Brittany Steier, 589 00:36:30,034 --> 00:36:33,103 June disappeared around the back of the house, 590 00:36:33,206 --> 00:36:34,655 possibly into the backyard, 591 00:36:34,758 --> 00:36:37,827 for a few minutes before coming back inside 592 00:36:37,931 --> 00:36:38,931 without the gun. 593 00:36:41,827 --> 00:36:44,241 On July 23rd, 2020, 594 00:36:44,344 --> 00:36:48,310 a second search warrant was conducted -- during that search, 595 00:36:48,413 --> 00:36:50,517 a dog was able to locate 596 00:36:50,620 --> 00:36:53,586 a weapon in the backyard of June Harris's house, 597 00:36:53,689 --> 00:36:57,172 approximately 250 feet from the back door of the house, 598 00:36:57,275 --> 00:36:58,482 in the brush. 599 00:36:59,724 --> 00:37:01,758 Inside the residence, inside of 600 00:37:01,862 --> 00:37:04,379 a cabinet, in the back of the house, 601 00:37:04,482 --> 00:37:08,620 we located 22-caliber ammunition, 602 00:37:08,724 --> 00:37:11,000 the same type of ammunition 603 00:37:11,103 --> 00:37:13,344 that was used to murder Brittany Steier. 604 00:37:19,758 --> 00:37:21,310 NARRATOR: While being held in jail, 605 00:37:21,413 --> 00:37:23,551 June receives a visit from his brother. 606 00:37:54,862 --> 00:37:56,206 NARRATOR: June also has a visit 607 00:37:56,310 --> 00:37:58,206 from his girlfriend's grandfather. 608 00:38:28,103 --> 00:38:29,965 NARRATOR: Detectives search Brittany's phone 609 00:38:30,068 --> 00:38:31,965 and find text messages from June 610 00:38:32,068 --> 00:38:34,448 sent the night of the murder. 611 00:38:34,551 --> 00:38:37,793 Those text messages showed that June Harris appeared to be 612 00:38:37,896 --> 00:38:41,344 angry at Brittany because he felt that she owed 613 00:38:41,448 --> 00:38:43,896 him for watching their two children. 614 00:38:46,413 --> 00:38:49,413 He wanted sex from her -- in those text messages, 615 00:38:49,517 --> 00:38:53,517 Brittany declined sex with him, as they had been broken up 616 00:38:53,620 --> 00:38:57,137 for some time, and the texts got more threatening in nature. 617 00:38:59,655 --> 00:39:02,827 June Harris is a master manipulator 618 00:39:02,931 --> 00:39:05,689 and loves to control people, especially women. 619 00:39:05,793 --> 00:39:07,482 And when he can't control a woman, 620 00:39:07,586 --> 00:39:09,241 he gets violent and angry. 621 00:39:13,724 --> 00:39:16,068 GOEHRIG: He didn't want Brittany to move on with her life. 622 00:39:16,172 --> 00:39:18,482 He could see that she was doing better. 623 00:39:18,586 --> 00:39:21,413 She was growing, having a great life, 624 00:39:22,827 --> 00:39:25,068 and he didn't like that -- he wanted her. 625 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,758 NARRATOR: On December 16, 2022, 626 00:39:29,862 --> 00:39:31,758 June's trial begins. 627 00:39:31,862 --> 00:39:35,310 The defense tried to say that there was a possibility that 628 00:39:35,413 --> 00:39:37,413 somebody else shot Brittany. 629 00:39:37,517 --> 00:39:39,655 GOEHRIG: Even though the defense was trying 630 00:39:39,758 --> 00:39:41,689 to come up with something to 631 00:39:41,793 --> 00:39:43,517 create some sense of doubt, 632 00:39:43,620 --> 00:39:46,103 it was obvious 633 00:39:46,206 --> 00:39:47,655 that he was not innocent. 634 00:39:51,206 --> 00:39:55,275 NARRATOR: June pleads not guilty, but the jury disagree. 635 00:39:55,379 --> 00:39:57,689 SURACE: June Harris was convicted of 636 00:39:57,793 --> 00:40:00,000 murder in the first degree, child neglect, 637 00:40:00,103 --> 00:40:03,448 fleeing and eluding, and possession of a weapon by 638 00:40:03,551 --> 00:40:04,586 a convicted felon. 639 00:40:04,689 --> 00:40:07,448 The sentences carried a life sentence 640 00:40:07,551 --> 00:40:10,206 and three consecutive 15-year sentences. 641 00:40:17,448 --> 00:40:19,413 NARRATOR: With June safely behind bars, 642 00:40:19,517 --> 00:40:22,482 Brittany's sister, Christy, adopts their two kids. 643 00:40:23,551 --> 00:40:27,344 BERTERA: Dallas specifically very much misses his mom. 644 00:40:31,862 --> 00:40:33,724 He very much misses his mommy, Brittany, 645 00:40:33,827 --> 00:40:37,206 has -- has specific memories of her 646 00:40:37,310 --> 00:40:41,137 and wants to know why she's not at his birthday parties 647 00:40:41,241 --> 00:40:43,586 and why she's not there for Christmas. 648 00:40:45,620 --> 00:40:47,931 Raining. Can you stand up? 649 00:40:50,379 --> 00:40:53,000 GOEHRIG: I just miss that they can't be with her anymore. 650 00:40:55,068 --> 00:40:58,034 I miss being physically present with my child. 651 00:40:59,931 --> 00:41:03,310 I miss that she's missing out on being 652 00:41:03,413 --> 00:41:09,000 mama that she wanted so much and got taken away from her. 653 00:41:18,275 --> 00:41:20,000 NARRATOR: Next time on American Monster... 654 00:41:21,793 --> 00:41:24,413 John loved Tina in John's way. 655 00:41:24,517 --> 00:41:27,103 She loved the good side of him. 656 00:41:29,275 --> 00:41:31,103 This was an execution. 657 00:41:31,206 --> 00:41:34,551 He was a complete monster out of control. 658 00:41:34,655 --> 00:41:35,827 ♪♪