1 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:13,567 [Joseph] Diane was very bubbly and personable. 2 00:00:14,266 --> 00:00:15,367 Wasn't afraid 3 00:00:15,367 --> 00:00:18,567 to speak to anyone about anything, ever. 4 00:00:18,634 --> 00:00:19,667 [Dot] When she first got married, 5 00:00:19,667 --> 00:00:21,066 she found her Prince Charming, 6 00:00:21,133 --> 00:00:22,867 and everything was going to be good. 7 00:00:22,934 --> 00:00:24,066 -[indistinct background talking] -[David speaking] 8 00:00:25,266 --> 00:00:26,867 I think he tried in the beginning. 9 00:00:26,867 --> 00:00:28,767 [Diane speaking] 10 00:00:28,767 --> 00:00:31,166 [Joseph] But things got ugly really fast. 11 00:00:31,233 --> 00:00:33,533 [David arguing] 12 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:39,767 [Dot] I think she was kind of trapped at that point. 13 00:00:40,667 --> 00:00:42,166 [Audrey] I was a baby, who... 14 00:00:42,233 --> 00:00:43,166 just saw my dad... 15 00:00:43,900 --> 00:00:45,266 kill my mom. 16 00:00:45,266 --> 00:00:47,433 [opening theme music playing] 17 00:01:00,467 --> 00:01:01,567 -[background laughter] -[David laughs] 18 00:01:01,567 --> 00:01:03,166 I was opening the door. 19 00:01:03,166 --> 00:01:04,867 -[Diane chuckles] -[David speaking] 20 00:01:04,867 --> 00:01:06,233 [Diane continues chuckling] 21 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:09,367 [man speaking] 22 00:01:13,266 --> 00:01:14,634 [man speaking indistinctly] 23 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,867 [narrator] It's Christmas Eve, 1995. 24 00:01:18,867 --> 00:01:20,767 David and Diane Malone celebrate 25 00:01:20,767 --> 00:01:23,467 their first Christmas together as a married couple. 26 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:26,166 [indistinct talking in the background] 27 00:01:26,166 --> 00:01:28,567 [David speaking] 28 00:01:30,300 --> 00:01:33,033 [background talking continues] 29 00:01:40,300 --> 00:01:41,667 -[Diane chuckling] -[David speaking] 30 00:01:47,367 --> 00:01:49,767 I used to have, like, Christmas Eve at my house every year. 31 00:01:49,767 --> 00:01:52,533 And Diane would come, she'd videotape everybody. 32 00:01:53,166 --> 00:01:54,867 She just was kind of out there. 33 00:01:54,867 --> 00:01:56,667 She was beautiful. 34 00:01:56,667 --> 00:01:58,266 You know, they both were very good-looking, 35 00:01:58,266 --> 00:02:00,333 and easy on the eyes, as they say. 36 00:02:01,100 --> 00:02:03,266 David was very charismatic, 37 00:02:03,266 --> 00:02:05,834 and people were kind of drawn to him. 38 00:02:06,767 --> 00:02:09,266 I really wasn't... that... 39 00:02:09,266 --> 00:02:10,367 close with him. 40 00:02:10,867 --> 00:02:12,734 But he was good to her. 41 00:02:14,100 --> 00:02:15,266 Everything was good. 42 00:02:15,266 --> 00:02:16,967 Everybody was happy. 43 00:02:16,967 --> 00:02:18,634 Look, I'm even sitting down. 44 00:02:19,467 --> 00:02:21,667 I am five years older than her. 45 00:02:21,734 --> 00:02:23,767 She is the baby. 46 00:02:23,767 --> 00:02:25,634 Mmm... There was four of us. 47 00:02:26,300 --> 00:02:28,467 My older sister, Karen, myself, 48 00:02:28,467 --> 00:02:30,367 -and my brother, Joseph. - [Diane speaking] 49 00:02:30,433 --> 00:02:31,967 [child babbles] 50 00:02:31,967 --> 00:02:35,266 [Joseph] Diane was very bubbly and personable. 51 00:02:35,266 --> 00:02:37,867 Wasn't afraid to speak to anyone 52 00:02:37,867 --> 00:02:39,266 about anything, ever. 53 00:02:39,266 --> 00:02:40,133 [whining] Aw. 54 00:02:42,266 --> 00:02:43,333 [Joseph speaking] 55 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,166 [Joseph] That's who she was. 56 00:02:45,233 --> 00:02:47,967 Absolutely crazy, doing weird things all the time, 57 00:02:48,033 --> 00:02:50,634 and always wanted to be on camera. 58 00:02:55,467 --> 00:02:57,066 [Joseph speaking] 59 00:02:57,066 --> 00:02:59,266 We used to do that with her hair all the time. 60 00:02:59,266 --> 00:03:00,467 We all had long hair. 61 00:03:00,467 --> 00:03:01,734 [Diane speaking] 62 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,066 -[Dot laughs] -[laughs raucously] 63 00:03:04,133 --> 00:03:07,266 So funny, entertaining everybody, as always. 64 00:03:07,266 --> 00:03:09,467 -[laughs] -[Joseph speaking] 65 00:03:09,467 --> 00:03:11,000 -[indistinct background talking] -[Joseph chuckles] 66 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,667 [Dot] And this is the way she wanted everybody to be around her. 67 00:03:13,734 --> 00:03:16,834 She was definitely, uh, a presence when she entered the room. 68 00:03:17,567 --> 00:03:20,166 [Joseph] This looks like it was a time 69 00:03:20,233 --> 00:03:22,867 when she may have been trying to model. 70 00:03:22,934 --> 00:03:26,734 Yeah. She's got that, like, '80s thing going on, with that haircut. 71 00:03:27,567 --> 00:03:28,967 [Dot] When she was a teenager, 72 00:03:28,967 --> 00:03:31,767 s-- when she kind of started going off a lot, 73 00:03:31,767 --> 00:03:33,433 I think that's when she met David. 74 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:38,467 David grew up in Long Beach. 75 00:03:38,533 --> 00:03:40,467 He was adopted by his mom, 76 00:03:40,467 --> 00:03:42,667 I think he was six months old. 77 00:03:42,667 --> 00:03:46,867 By the time he was six, his adopted father had passed. 78 00:03:46,934 --> 00:03:49,066 He did a lot of sports when he was in school. 79 00:03:49,066 --> 00:03:51,367 Baseball, softball, that kind of stuff. 80 00:03:51,433 --> 00:03:52,967 So, he was athletic and, 81 00:03:53,033 --> 00:03:54,867 you know, a good-looking guy. He surfed, 82 00:03:54,867 --> 00:03:57,567 and everybody knew who he was. 83 00:03:57,634 --> 00:03:59,967 When she brought him home one day, 84 00:03:59,967 --> 00:04:02,367 I was like, "Yeah, I know... I know, David." 85 00:04:02,433 --> 00:04:06,333 We both surfed, and I would see him in similar circles. 86 00:04:08,066 --> 00:04:10,867 He was always about himself. 87 00:04:10,867 --> 00:04:12,967 That's how I would describe him. 88 00:04:13,033 --> 00:04:16,467 He's not an ugly guy, physically, but... 89 00:04:16,467 --> 00:04:20,166 I don't understand why she was attracted to him at all. 90 00:04:20,166 --> 00:04:22,967 I think she was infatuated with his cockiness, 91 00:04:22,967 --> 00:04:25,033 and the way he carried himself. 92 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:28,166 She was infatuated with all of it. 93 00:04:28,233 --> 00:04:30,867 I think it was mostly his looks, at first. 94 00:04:30,934 --> 00:04:33,066 He made like he was going to take care of her, 95 00:04:33,133 --> 00:04:34,867 and he was her Prince Charming. 96 00:04:34,867 --> 00:04:37,066 He was able to sweep her off her feet. 97 00:04:37,133 --> 00:04:39,467 [Diane speaking] 98 00:04:39,467 --> 00:04:43,767 [Dot] He always came across as, like, Mr. Nice Guy when he was out in public. 99 00:04:43,767 --> 00:04:45,266 [inaudible] 100 00:04:45,266 --> 00:04:46,667 Always a gentleman, 101 00:04:46,667 --> 00:04:49,867 you know, complimented people, things like that. 102 00:04:49,867 --> 00:04:51,166 [man talking indistinctly on TV] 103 00:04:51,166 --> 00:04:53,934 But I didn't know we'd see that side of him. 104 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:56,667 I always saw the other side, 105 00:04:56,667 --> 00:04:59,066 when he was home or at my house, 106 00:04:59,066 --> 00:05:02,066 when he would not be so nice. 107 00:05:02,066 --> 00:05:05,066 But there were so many times they had arguments and fights, 108 00:05:05,133 --> 00:05:06,634 and... and he would call my house 109 00:05:06,634 --> 00:05:10,367 and talk to my mother and say, "Oh, convince Diane to come back to me," and... 110 00:05:10,433 --> 00:05:11,266 and my mother would be like, 111 00:05:11,333 --> 00:05:13,000 "Oh, yeah, Diane, it'll be okay." 112 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,266 [inaudible] 113 00:05:14,266 --> 00:05:17,533 He had, uh, definitely a way of, uh, convincing people. 114 00:05:18,166 --> 00:05:20,233 But I was never convinced. 115 00:05:22,667 --> 00:05:23,867 [Joseph] I'm gonna be honest with you. 116 00:05:23,867 --> 00:05:25,834 I don't get a good vibe from that person. 117 00:05:26,300 --> 00:05:27,867 And I... I never did. 118 00:05:29,367 --> 00:05:31,000 Everything about him, 119 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,567 it doesn't matter if he looks like he's happy or normal in the picture, 120 00:05:34,066 --> 00:05:35,734 I just know who he is... 121 00:05:36,300 --> 00:05:37,266 inside. 122 00:05:38,667 --> 00:05:40,567 But, I had to kind of keep it toward myself, 123 00:05:40,567 --> 00:05:43,767 and let her make her own decisions and mistakes. 124 00:05:43,767 --> 00:05:47,000 -[child crying] -[woman laughs] 125 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,467 [narrator] By 1995, despite family reservations, 126 00:05:50,533 --> 00:05:53,467 Diane and David take the next step with their relationship. 127 00:05:53,533 --> 00:05:54,767 [indistinct talking] 128 00:05:56,467 --> 00:05:57,567 [faint laughter] 129 00:05:57,567 --> 00:05:59,467 [Dot] A little while later, they got engaged. 130 00:05:59,467 --> 00:06:01,667 But I don't know if she was really ready to get married yet, 131 00:06:01,667 --> 00:06:04,567 even though she thought he was the one. 132 00:06:04,634 --> 00:06:06,567 [Joseph] Before they got married, they had a fight. 133 00:06:06,567 --> 00:06:08,100 She came home. 134 00:06:08,100 --> 00:06:10,467 He was outside of our house, 135 00:06:10,467 --> 00:06:13,567 and he was drunk, and he was banging on the door. 136 00:06:13,634 --> 00:06:16,066 My mom got up and said, 137 00:06:16,967 --> 00:06:18,567 "Diane, what's going on? Who's out there?" 138 00:06:18,567 --> 00:06:20,367 And she's like, "It's David." 139 00:06:20,433 --> 00:06:22,066 So I got up, and I said, "Diane, 140 00:06:22,066 --> 00:06:24,467 you need to go out there and take care of this right now, 141 00:06:24,467 --> 00:06:25,567 or I'm going to." 142 00:06:27,100 --> 00:06:28,667 Eventually, he left. 143 00:06:28,734 --> 00:06:29,967 But soon after that, 144 00:06:29,967 --> 00:06:32,333 we had an argument about her marrying him. 145 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:35,467 It got to the point where... 146 00:06:35,467 --> 00:06:38,667 it was physical, where she, like, hit me. 147 00:06:38,734 --> 00:06:41,166 And I grabbed her shoulders and I said, 148 00:06:41,166 --> 00:06:43,166 "This is what he's gonna do to you. I know it." 149 00:06:48,066 --> 00:06:50,767 [man speaking indistinctly] 150 00:06:50,767 --> 00:06:52,367 [Joseph] David loved to play sports, 151 00:06:52,367 --> 00:06:53,967 and that was great. 152 00:06:53,967 --> 00:06:56,767 But he would take it to a level. 153 00:06:58,100 --> 00:06:59,767 There was a lot of fights that happened. 154 00:07:00,700 --> 00:07:02,567 He could be volatile. 155 00:07:02,567 --> 00:07:03,667 [Diane speaking] 156 00:07:03,667 --> 00:07:05,066 [continuous indistinct talking on TV] 157 00:07:09,567 --> 00:07:10,834 [man clears throat] 158 00:07:18,867 --> 00:07:20,266 [Joseph] She told me about this. 159 00:07:20,266 --> 00:07:23,467 And I believe that he pissed somebody off, 160 00:07:23,533 --> 00:07:26,266 and they got him in the parking lot, 161 00:07:26,333 --> 00:07:29,667 and then the rest of the guys must have been waiting in the side, 162 00:07:29,734 --> 00:07:30,867 and he probably deserved it, 163 00:07:30,867 --> 00:07:31,867 to be honest with you. 164 00:07:31,867 --> 00:07:32,834 [Diane speaks indistinctly] 165 00:07:34,300 --> 00:07:35,333 [Diane speaking] 166 00:07:39,100 --> 00:07:44,233 [Diane speaking] 167 00:07:45,500 --> 00:07:48,567 I do remember the attitude, like, he had in that video. 168 00:07:48,567 --> 00:07:49,734 The face... 169 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:52,367 That's all I ever see. 170 00:07:52,367 --> 00:07:53,767 But she stood by his side. 171 00:07:53,834 --> 00:07:55,867 She goes, "Oh, no, it wasn't him. It was the other person." 172 00:07:55,867 --> 00:07:58,767 I said... I said, "Okay. If you're sure, 173 00:07:58,767 --> 00:08:00,166 and you're gonna stand by him for this, 174 00:08:00,166 --> 00:08:01,867 that's your choice." 175 00:08:01,867 --> 00:08:03,867 And I believed her, let her live her life. 176 00:08:03,867 --> 00:08:05,266 And this is what she wanted. 177 00:08:05,333 --> 00:08:07,066 She trusted him. 178 00:08:09,667 --> 00:08:12,867 [narrator] September 23rd, 1995, 179 00:08:12,934 --> 00:08:14,967 Diane and David tie the knot. 180 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:17,567 [Joseph] And she looks beautiful. 181 00:08:17,900 --> 00:08:19,033 She looks great. 182 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:24,166 This is their wedding day at the Plainview Inn. 183 00:08:24,166 --> 00:08:25,367 She looks happy. 184 00:08:25,367 --> 00:08:26,934 Everybody looks happy. 185 00:08:28,367 --> 00:08:30,166 [Dot] She just said, you know, this is what she wanted to do, 186 00:08:30,166 --> 00:08:32,567 and we all went along with it. 187 00:08:32,634 --> 00:08:34,533 I thought she found her Prince Charming. 188 00:08:35,300 --> 00:08:37,266 They... They were good for a little while. 189 00:08:37,266 --> 00:08:39,467 You know, everything was okay. 190 00:08:39,467 --> 00:08:41,567 [Diane singing indistinctly] 191 00:08:41,567 --> 00:08:43,166 [narrator] A week after their wedding, 192 00:08:43,166 --> 00:08:46,667 Diane and David are in Hawaii for their honeymoon. 193 00:08:48,266 --> 00:08:49,467 [Diane speaking] 194 00:08:53,667 --> 00:08:54,734 [woman chuckling] 195 00:08:56,667 --> 00:08:58,333 [laughter] 196 00:09:06,500 --> 00:09:07,266 [chuckles] 197 00:09:07,333 --> 00:09:08,734 [helicopter whirring] 198 00:09:10,867 --> 00:09:12,934 [Diane speaking] 199 00:09:14,567 --> 00:09:16,133 [Diane chuckles] 200 00:09:16,667 --> 00:09:17,867 [Dot] She was happy, 201 00:09:17,934 --> 00:09:19,934 and I wish it could have stayed that way. 202 00:09:21,100 --> 00:09:22,467 [Diane chuckles] 203 00:09:22,467 --> 00:09:24,000 [David laughs] 204 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:29,667 [Dot] Near the end of the trip, she did say there was issues happening. 205 00:09:29,734 --> 00:09:32,166 But the beginning seems like it started out okay. 206 00:09:36,567 --> 00:09:37,467 [David speaking] 207 00:09:37,533 --> 00:09:39,967 [Diane speaking] 208 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:43,166 [David speaking] 209 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,867 [Joseph] He actually talked about throwing her off the cliff. 210 00:09:50,867 --> 00:09:54,333 It kind of verifies the things that I knew about him. 211 00:09:54,867 --> 00:09:56,166 [Diane speaking] 212 00:09:59,967 --> 00:10:02,867 -[Diane giggles] -That kind of shows you that... 213 00:10:02,867 --> 00:10:05,467 maybe she did see something early on 214 00:10:05,467 --> 00:10:07,100 that she was worried about. 215 00:10:07,100 --> 00:10:09,133 [Dot] Only the beginning of... 216 00:10:09,567 --> 00:10:12,467 a rough... rough time. 217 00:10:19,967 --> 00:10:22,166 [Diane speaking] 218 00:10:22,166 --> 00:10:23,433 [laughs nervously] 219 00:10:24,667 --> 00:10:26,467 [David speaking] 220 00:10:26,467 --> 00:10:27,767 -[laughter] -[Dave] That's right. We got... 221 00:10:27,767 --> 00:10:29,266 [woman] It's this guy here, right? 222 00:10:29,333 --> 00:10:30,333 [David speaking] 223 00:10:31,500 --> 00:10:32,567 [Diane chuckles] 224 00:10:32,567 --> 00:10:33,867 Everything was okay 225 00:10:33,867 --> 00:10:37,667 after the honeymoon, and everything was okay for a long time. 226 00:10:37,667 --> 00:10:38,934 [David speaking] 227 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:40,367 [Diane speaking] 228 00:10:40,367 --> 00:10:43,066 [David speaking] 229 00:10:43,567 --> 00:10:45,667 [Diane speaking] 230 00:10:46,867 --> 00:10:48,567 [Dot] Unless alcohol is involved, 231 00:10:48,567 --> 00:10:51,367 and David starts to get a little nasty. 232 00:10:51,367 --> 00:10:53,667 [David speaking] 233 00:10:53,667 --> 00:10:55,033 [Diane speaking] 234 00:10:56,767 --> 00:10:59,767 [Dot] He wanted her to stay right here next to him. 235 00:10:59,767 --> 00:11:02,066 Wouldn't want anybody else to go near her. 236 00:11:02,133 --> 00:11:03,467 [Diane speaking] 237 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:08,367 He started to become a little more possessive as time went on. 238 00:11:08,367 --> 00:11:09,533 She was ignoring it. 239 00:11:13,100 --> 00:11:14,467 [gurgles and spits] 240 00:11:14,467 --> 00:11:16,367 They say love is blind, right? 241 00:11:17,367 --> 00:11:18,767 [men shouting indistinctly] 242 00:11:18,834 --> 00:11:19,867 -[men cheering] -[man] Yeah! Yeah! 243 00:11:19,867 --> 00:11:21,467 -Yeah! Yeah! -[whistle blows] 244 00:11:21,467 --> 00:11:26,066 [Joseph] When I would be with him and Diane at family events, 245 00:11:26,133 --> 00:11:29,266 I think that he felt like he... he just had to kind of be there. 246 00:11:30,100 --> 00:11:31,567 [woman speaking] 247 00:11:31,567 --> 00:11:32,567 [indistinct background talking] 248 00:11:32,567 --> 00:11:33,667 [Joseph] And if he was going to be there, 249 00:11:33,667 --> 00:11:35,367 he was going to do what he wanted to do, 250 00:11:35,367 --> 00:11:37,367 and entertain himself. 251 00:11:37,367 --> 00:11:39,333 He wouldn't lift a finger to do anything. 252 00:11:39,900 --> 00:11:41,333 -[man chuckling] -[Diane speaking] 253 00:11:42,467 --> 00:11:44,066 [chuckling continues] 254 00:11:47,166 --> 00:11:48,767 [chuckles] 255 00:11:48,834 --> 00:11:50,467 [Dot] Uh, he just was worried about drinking his beer, 256 00:11:50,533 --> 00:11:53,367 and going to sit someplace and watching football, or... 257 00:11:53,367 --> 00:11:54,667 some sort of sports on TV. 258 00:11:54,667 --> 00:11:56,867 If he couldn't find somebody to talk to him, 259 00:11:56,934 --> 00:11:58,867 he would go off in his own little corner. 260 00:11:58,867 --> 00:12:02,066 [people talking indistinctly] 261 00:12:02,133 --> 00:12:03,767 [narrator] Eight months after their wedding, 262 00:12:03,767 --> 00:12:05,567 in May 1996, 263 00:12:05,567 --> 00:12:07,467 Diane and David joined her family 264 00:12:07,533 --> 00:12:10,867 to celebrate her brother Joseph's graduation. 265 00:12:10,934 --> 00:12:13,834 David picks up the camera and starts filming. 266 00:12:14,367 --> 00:12:15,567 [David speaking] 267 00:12:15,567 --> 00:12:17,233 [David laughs scornfully] 268 00:12:19,667 --> 00:12:21,266 He was pointing out her flaws 269 00:12:21,266 --> 00:12:25,467 in front of my mom, me, my sisters, 270 00:12:25,533 --> 00:12:26,767 Didn't care. 271 00:12:26,767 --> 00:12:28,767 Did not care. He had no respect for anyone. 272 00:12:28,767 --> 00:12:31,000 [Diane speaking] 273 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:32,867 -[David speaking] -[Diane chuckles] 274 00:12:32,934 --> 00:12:34,066 [Dot] Little by little, 275 00:12:34,066 --> 00:12:36,367 he just made, like, nasty remarks to her, 276 00:12:36,367 --> 00:12:37,567 and she'd just kind of blow it off. 277 00:12:37,567 --> 00:12:39,533 "Oh, don't listen to him," whatever. 278 00:12:40,467 --> 00:12:42,033 You know, I didn't like any of it. 279 00:12:45,166 --> 00:12:46,834 [Diane speaking] 280 00:12:52,700 --> 00:12:54,567 [narrator] Three years after they get married, 281 00:12:54,634 --> 00:12:56,567 in November 1998, 282 00:12:56,634 --> 00:13:00,567 Diane gives birth to their first child, Audrey. 283 00:13:00,634 --> 00:13:03,667 [Joseph] Audrey was born in November. 284 00:13:03,667 --> 00:13:04,867 And everybody was happy. 285 00:13:04,934 --> 00:13:06,767 [Diane speaking] 286 00:13:06,834 --> 00:13:07,600 [Dot] Uh, when she came home, 287 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:09,867 it was... it was very exciting. 288 00:13:09,934 --> 00:13:11,367 I have some great pictures of her. 289 00:13:11,367 --> 00:13:12,867 She was, uh, very vocal. 290 00:13:12,867 --> 00:13:14,266 [cries] 291 00:13:14,333 --> 00:13:15,967 [Diane] What's the matter? 292 00:13:16,033 --> 00:13:17,967 [Dot] She loved it. She loved taking care of her. 293 00:13:18,033 --> 00:13:20,967 She loved taking her out, doing stuff, dressing her up. 294 00:13:23,300 --> 00:13:24,667 -[Diane chuckles softly] -And then, David, 295 00:13:24,734 --> 00:13:26,066 I think he tried in the beginning, 296 00:13:26,066 --> 00:13:28,333 you know, tried to help and do stuff. 297 00:13:28,767 --> 00:13:29,967 [Diane speaking] 298 00:13:29,967 --> 00:13:31,467 [David speaking] 299 00:13:31,467 --> 00:13:32,667 [Dot] When he was at my house, 300 00:13:32,667 --> 00:13:33,667 he had make big to-do 301 00:13:33,667 --> 00:13:35,567 about how he was taking care of everything, 302 00:13:35,567 --> 00:13:36,834 and that was great. 303 00:13:37,367 --> 00:13:38,567 My sister would sit down, 304 00:13:38,567 --> 00:13:41,033 and, you know, he would take care of the baby. 305 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:44,266 [David speaking] 306 00:13:44,266 --> 00:13:45,433 [chuckling] 307 00:13:45,767 --> 00:13:46,934 Aw! [chuckles] 308 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,266 [Audrey] It's very emotional to look at that footage, 309 00:13:52,100 --> 00:13:54,533 to see and hear both of them. 310 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,467 [man speaking indistinctly on TV] 311 00:13:58,767 --> 00:14:01,166 [Diane speaking] 312 00:14:03,900 --> 00:14:05,767 [Audrey] But being able to see my mom, 313 00:14:05,767 --> 00:14:08,333 you know, she was, like, a literal angel. 314 00:14:09,900 --> 00:14:11,367 She was just such a light to everyone. 315 00:14:11,367 --> 00:14:12,767 You could see it in the footage. 316 00:14:12,767 --> 00:14:14,367 You know, you could even hear it in her voice, 317 00:14:14,433 --> 00:14:15,266 just her joy. 318 00:14:15,266 --> 00:14:16,634 [Diane exclaims playfully] 319 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,000 They do come across as a team, 320 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:21,367 and they come across 321 00:14:21,367 --> 00:14:22,767 as they care about each other, 322 00:14:22,767 --> 00:14:23,900 and they love each other. 323 00:14:25,100 --> 00:14:30,767 I think she was recording the snippets of happy moments. 324 00:14:30,834 --> 00:14:34,166 And that was... that was it. Those were the snippets. 325 00:14:36,567 --> 00:14:37,967 It was not like that. 326 00:14:37,967 --> 00:14:39,066 It was not happy. 327 00:14:39,066 --> 00:14:40,667 It was chaos. 328 00:14:41,100 --> 00:14:44,166 And it was just fighting. 329 00:14:44,166 --> 00:14:46,100 [Dot] And he would get annoyed about stupid things, 330 00:14:46,100 --> 00:14:48,867 and then he would start abusing her verbally. 331 00:14:48,867 --> 00:14:51,166 The house was dirty, or she didn't look good, 332 00:14:51,166 --> 00:14:53,467 and "clean this up," and "clean yourself up," 333 00:14:53,467 --> 00:14:56,333 and we started to see it more and more. 334 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:58,266 [narrator] In 2000, 335 00:14:58,266 --> 00:15:01,266 David's harassment towards Diane becomes physical, 336 00:15:01,333 --> 00:15:03,467 and she calls the police. 337 00:15:03,533 --> 00:15:05,000 I think she did get a little afraid, 338 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,767 and she just didn't want him in the house anymore, because... 339 00:15:07,767 --> 00:15:10,367 He would throw stuff at her, kind of shove her. 340 00:15:10,367 --> 00:15:12,667 I think that's when the cops were called. 341 00:15:12,734 --> 00:15:16,100 But then, he would just go to his mother's house for the night. 342 00:15:16,100 --> 00:15:18,867 He would, like, get flowers, and make this whole big deal about it, 343 00:15:18,867 --> 00:15:21,834 and how wonderful he was, and he was going to change, and... 344 00:15:22,367 --> 00:15:23,634 And then, she took him back. 345 00:15:25,867 --> 00:15:27,867 [narrator] By Easter, 2000, 346 00:15:27,934 --> 00:15:30,567 Diane is pregnant for a second time. 347 00:15:30,567 --> 00:15:31,867 [Dot] When she was pregnant with Stone, uh, 348 00:15:31,934 --> 00:15:33,367 it didn't seem as bad, 349 00:15:33,367 --> 00:15:35,767 until she started getting bigger and bigger. 350 00:15:35,767 --> 00:15:38,467 He would call her fat and disgusting, and, 351 00:15:38,533 --> 00:15:41,066 you know, it was... it was terrible. 352 00:15:41,066 --> 00:15:43,166 She would call me up, crying. 353 00:15:43,166 --> 00:15:46,166 How do you say that to somebody who's, like, carrying your child? 354 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:49,166 [Diane speaking] 355 00:15:49,166 --> 00:15:51,133 [elderly woman speaking] 356 00:15:54,300 --> 00:15:56,567 [Dot] She was very stressed through the whole pregnancy. 357 00:15:56,567 --> 00:15:58,266 She was very stressed. 358 00:15:58,333 --> 00:16:01,066 That's when the red-wine thing kicked in. 359 00:16:01,066 --> 00:16:04,367 She was drinking a little more red wine than she should have been. 360 00:16:04,367 --> 00:16:06,834 I think that was kind of her way to try to cope. 361 00:16:08,166 --> 00:16:09,667 [wind blowing] 362 00:16:09,667 --> 00:16:12,066 [Diane speaking] 363 00:16:12,066 --> 00:16:13,667 [narrator] In December, 2000, 364 00:16:13,667 --> 00:16:16,867 Diane is nine months pregnant when she calls the police, 365 00:16:16,934 --> 00:16:19,000 after fighting with David. 366 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,867 Her mother-in-law, Joan, 367 00:16:20,867 --> 00:16:22,667 tries to reason with David. 368 00:16:22,667 --> 00:16:26,667 And Diane decides to gather evidence of what David is really like, 369 00:16:26,667 --> 00:16:28,567 by recording the conversation. 370 00:16:28,634 --> 00:16:30,333 [David speaking] 371 00:16:43,967 --> 00:16:46,734 She's confronting him about abusing my mom. 372 00:16:51,700 --> 00:16:53,033 [David talking indistinctly] 373 00:16:55,467 --> 00:16:56,567 -[continues indistinctly] -[David arguing] 374 00:17:04,667 --> 00:17:05,634 Yes. 375 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,767 I can't imagine hearing that attitude 376 00:17:10,767 --> 00:17:13,166 on a daily basis. 377 00:17:13,166 --> 00:17:17,266 I mean, she must have been so upset and hurt all the time. 378 00:17:17,266 --> 00:17:18,934 [David speaking] 379 00:17:19,867 --> 00:17:20,934 [coughs] 380 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:28,767 [Audrey] You know, the second my grandmother said, 381 00:17:28,767 --> 00:17:31,166 "You're abusing your wife," 382 00:17:31,166 --> 00:17:36,066 he jumps, and he gets aggressive, and he loses it. 383 00:17:36,133 --> 00:17:38,166 And he starts saying, you know, 384 00:17:38,166 --> 00:17:39,634 "No, you're abusing me." 385 00:17:41,667 --> 00:17:44,166 That's not what was happening. 386 00:17:44,166 --> 00:17:46,066 You know, but he's manipulating the situation, 387 00:17:46,066 --> 00:17:47,266 because that's what he does. 388 00:17:47,266 --> 00:17:48,367 David... 389 00:17:48,367 --> 00:17:49,834 [David sneering] Oh... No... Yeah. 390 00:17:52,700 --> 00:17:53,734 [David mockingly] Ooh. 391 00:18:00,066 --> 00:18:01,967 [Dot] She'd never said he actually hit her. 392 00:18:02,767 --> 00:18:03,867 Not to me. 393 00:18:04,967 --> 00:18:06,266 She must have felt really trapped, 394 00:18:06,266 --> 00:18:07,967 but she was trying to get out, obviously. 395 00:18:07,967 --> 00:18:09,433 That's why she recorded this. 396 00:18:12,066 --> 00:18:14,567 [Joseph] It proves that he's abusive to her 397 00:18:14,567 --> 00:18:15,734 for a long time. 398 00:18:17,100 --> 00:18:19,634 He's just an ugly person inside. 399 00:18:20,100 --> 00:18:22,567 He's an absolute monster. 400 00:18:22,634 --> 00:18:25,367 She must have realized, at that point, that... 401 00:18:25,367 --> 00:18:26,967 her life was in danger. 402 00:18:27,033 --> 00:18:29,734 [David speaking] 403 00:18:39,266 --> 00:18:41,066 [David speaking] 404 00:18:42,467 --> 00:18:44,834 [in a high-pitched voice] 405 00:18:45,367 --> 00:18:46,567 [Diane speaking] 406 00:18:46,567 --> 00:18:49,166 -[David continues indistinctly] -This is Christmas morning, 407 00:18:49,166 --> 00:18:50,967 in 2000, and... 408 00:18:51,033 --> 00:18:54,166 -my dad is filming. - [David] Bye, bye, Santa. Bye... 409 00:18:54,166 --> 00:18:57,000 And you see me, little baby me, 410 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,567 -about two years old... -[David] ...Santa Claus! 411 00:18:59,567 --> 00:19:01,467 ...coming out to see all the toys. 412 00:19:01,467 --> 00:19:03,467 [David speaking] 413 00:19:03,533 --> 00:19:06,133 I was always wanting to be the center of attention. 414 00:19:06,967 --> 00:19:08,834 [David speaking in a high-pitched voice] 415 00:19:12,567 --> 00:19:14,066 [Audrey] My mom is behind me. 416 00:19:14,767 --> 00:19:16,533 And he has been really sweet. 417 00:19:17,900 --> 00:19:19,567 [Diane speaking] 418 00:19:19,567 --> 00:19:21,266 It's hard to watch this. [chuckles] 419 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:27,166 This is my dad opening the gifts 420 00:19:27,166 --> 00:19:29,367 that my mom got for him for Christmas. 421 00:19:29,433 --> 00:19:31,767 -[talking indistinctly] -He just looks pissed off. 422 00:19:31,834 --> 00:19:33,667 A couple of weeks before, 423 00:19:33,667 --> 00:19:36,166 he hurt her physically, and, and... 424 00:19:36,900 --> 00:19:38,767 You know, she called the police. 425 00:19:38,834 --> 00:19:42,066 It's almost like he's more mad at her than she is at him. 426 00:19:42,133 --> 00:19:43,567 She's still got him a gift. 427 00:19:43,634 --> 00:19:45,567 He's lucky he got anything. [titters] 428 00:19:45,567 --> 00:19:47,100 He's lucky he's there. 429 00:19:47,100 --> 00:19:50,233 [Diane speaking] 430 00:19:50,900 --> 00:19:51,767 [Diane] I don't know. 431 00:19:51,767 --> 00:19:53,266 [Audrey] Nine months pregnant, 432 00:19:53,266 --> 00:19:55,667 he had just hurt her, physically. 433 00:19:55,667 --> 00:19:58,233 And she's still got to go out and get him a gift. 434 00:19:59,767 --> 00:20:01,634 And... And he's gonna act like that. 435 00:20:02,367 --> 00:20:04,166 I mean, it's just nonsensical. 436 00:20:06,367 --> 00:20:07,433 [David speaking] 437 00:20:09,166 --> 00:20:11,166 [baby babbles] 438 00:20:11,233 --> 00:20:14,667 [narrator] Five days later, on December 30th, 2000, 439 00:20:14,734 --> 00:20:17,934 Diane gives birth to their second child, Stone. 440 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:20,233 [woman speaking] 441 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:27,000 This is when my baby brother Stone was born, 442 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,533 and I'm interacting with him for the first time. 443 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:31,467 Give me... 444 00:20:31,467 --> 00:20:32,667 [Diane talking] 445 00:20:32,734 --> 00:20:34,734 [laughs] Audrey, do it! 446 00:20:36,467 --> 00:20:38,567 [David speaking] 447 00:20:38,567 --> 00:20:41,834 [Audrey] I look at that little girl and you know, I think 448 00:20:42,667 --> 00:20:44,467 what a nightmare I was experiencing 449 00:20:44,467 --> 00:20:45,934 on the other side of this. 450 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:48,266 You know, this was a great moment, 451 00:20:48,266 --> 00:20:50,567 but that's all that was. 452 00:20:50,567 --> 00:20:51,767 It was the moment, 453 00:20:51,767 --> 00:20:55,533 and then everything outside of that was just scary. 454 00:20:56,567 --> 00:20:58,767 [David speaking] 455 00:21:03,500 --> 00:21:07,066 We're in our living room on Alabama Street, 456 00:21:07,133 --> 00:21:09,767 camera's facing the kitchen, 457 00:21:09,834 --> 00:21:14,667 and me and my brother Stone are kind of horsing around. 458 00:21:15,367 --> 00:21:17,066 You know, my dad was playing with us. 459 00:21:17,133 --> 00:21:18,433 [David speaking] 460 00:21:19,100 --> 00:21:20,166 [Baby Audrey] 461 00:21:20,233 --> 00:21:21,433 [David speaking] 462 00:21:25,166 --> 00:21:26,567 [Baby Audrey] 463 00:21:26,634 --> 00:21:27,600 [David speaking] 464 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:29,867 [Audrey] All of it was just words right there. 465 00:21:30,967 --> 00:21:32,667 And that same doorway is where I was sitting 466 00:21:32,667 --> 00:21:35,166 when my dad threw that glass bowl 467 00:21:35,233 --> 00:21:37,467 against the wall, and it shattered around me. 468 00:21:39,867 --> 00:21:41,166 Right where my brother is sitting 469 00:21:41,233 --> 00:21:43,467 right in that spot, that's where I was 470 00:21:43,533 --> 00:21:45,834 probably just a week later or something like that. 471 00:21:46,767 --> 00:21:49,467 He was so controlling, I could see that in him 472 00:21:49,467 --> 00:21:51,567 that he was trying to control how she was, 473 00:21:51,567 --> 00:21:52,667 and what she was going to do, 474 00:21:52,734 --> 00:21:54,233 and when she was going to do it. 475 00:21:55,166 --> 00:21:58,533 And I was I was very concerned about that. 476 00:21:59,500 --> 00:22:00,567 [David speaking] 477 00:22:06,667 --> 00:22:08,233 [David speaking] 478 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:11,066 [Audrey] Oh yeah. 479 00:22:11,133 --> 00:22:12,166 [Dot] She became very insecure. 480 00:22:12,166 --> 00:22:13,467 She thought she couldn't do anything. 481 00:22:13,967 --> 00:22:15,467 Without him being there. 482 00:22:15,467 --> 00:22:17,100 And she became dependent on him 483 00:22:17,100 --> 00:22:18,667 [David speaking] 484 00:22:18,667 --> 00:22:20,166 [Audrey talking] 485 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:25,266 With every pregnancy, 486 00:22:25,266 --> 00:22:28,166 once Diane kind of recovers, he's like, 487 00:22:29,166 --> 00:22:31,767 "Nope, We're going to have another baby." 488 00:22:31,767 --> 00:22:33,467 I just felt like they were just digging 489 00:22:33,467 --> 00:22:35,767 a deeper and deeper hole. 490 00:22:35,767 --> 00:22:38,133 That they would not be able to financially get out of. 491 00:22:43,300 --> 00:22:46,066 [narrator] In 2002, Diane becomes pregnant 492 00:22:46,133 --> 00:22:47,166 for a third time. 493 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:49,867 [Dot] When she got pregnant with Mason, 494 00:22:49,934 --> 00:22:53,367 we were like, "Oh, my God, this is so bad." 495 00:22:53,433 --> 00:22:55,867 And it seemed almost intentional. 496 00:22:55,934 --> 00:22:58,233 I said, "He is trying to keep you here." 497 00:22:58,467 --> 00:22:59,634 [David speaking] 498 00:23:01,367 --> 00:23:02,667 We saw all the signs. 499 00:23:02,734 --> 00:23:03,967 I mean, she knew they were there, 500 00:23:04,033 --> 00:23:06,834 but I think she was kind of trapped at that point. 501 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:10,834 [Audrey talking] 502 00:23:17,567 --> 00:23:19,667 [Joseph] Once they had their third child, 503 00:23:19,734 --> 00:23:22,467 that's when things got ugly, really fast. 504 00:23:22,533 --> 00:23:25,166 I think that Diane started to question, 505 00:23:25,667 --> 00:23:27,367 "What are we going to do? 506 00:23:27,367 --> 00:23:28,934 You know, what is the plan?" 507 00:23:30,266 --> 00:23:33,066 In my opinion, I think that David didn't like that. 508 00:23:34,367 --> 00:23:36,433 How dare she question him. 509 00:23:37,900 --> 00:23:41,533 He would throw things, get loud, and intimidating, 510 00:23:43,367 --> 00:23:47,266 and it would just be so scary, like, I would freeze. 511 00:23:47,333 --> 00:23:48,867 You know, very often she would put me 512 00:23:48,867 --> 00:23:50,100 in the room with my brothers, 513 00:23:50,100 --> 00:23:53,266 and kind of put like a gate up or you know, put something 514 00:23:53,266 --> 00:23:56,266 so that I couldn't get to ... get involved. 515 00:23:56,333 --> 00:23:58,367 He was getting more abusive physically. 516 00:23:58,367 --> 00:24:01,000 He physically was pushing her and throwing more stuff, 517 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:04,867 and calling her names, and putting her down. 518 00:24:04,934 --> 00:24:07,567 I guess one day she woke up and she had enough of that. 519 00:24:07,634 --> 00:24:09,266 You can only take so much. 520 00:24:09,333 --> 00:24:11,000 That's when she started to call the police more and more 521 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:12,367 because their fights just got worse. 522 00:24:12,367 --> 00:24:13,533 It's the only way she got him out. 523 00:24:15,667 --> 00:24:18,166 [Audrey] If he was putting us in danger 524 00:24:18,166 --> 00:24:22,266 when their fight would lead to one of us being in harm's way, 525 00:24:22,266 --> 00:24:23,066 it was at those points 526 00:24:23,066 --> 00:24:25,567 where he would end up being kicked out. 527 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:29,033 I remember telling my wife, 528 00:24:29,867 --> 00:24:31,734 I said, "We've got to get her away from him." 529 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:34,567 She had called me 530 00:24:34,567 --> 00:24:36,934 and she said, "I want to drink this bottle, 531 00:24:37,367 --> 00:24:38,867 but I know it's wrong." 532 00:24:38,934 --> 00:24:41,934 I said, "Dump it down the drain right now. 533 00:24:42,467 --> 00:24:43,667 Do it." 534 00:24:45,700 --> 00:24:48,834 She was definitely drinking as a result of his abuse. 535 00:24:49,867 --> 00:24:52,867 I think at that moment when she called me, 536 00:24:52,934 --> 00:24:56,567 that was the time when she finally realized 537 00:24:56,567 --> 00:24:59,233 that she had to make a decision. 538 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:02,467 [Dot] She went to AA. 539 00:25:02,467 --> 00:25:04,533 She realized she was in a really bad place. 540 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:07,767 And the only way you get out of that really bad place 541 00:25:07,767 --> 00:25:09,834 is to get rid of the people that caused that. 542 00:25:10,266 --> 00:25:12,133 So he had to go. 543 00:25:13,166 --> 00:25:14,967 [narrator] In March 2004, 544 00:25:15,033 --> 00:25:18,100 David moves out and in with his mother. 545 00:25:18,100 --> 00:25:22,467 [Joseph] I knew that she had a long path to be rid of him, 546 00:25:22,467 --> 00:25:24,066 and it wasn't going to be easy. 547 00:25:24,867 --> 00:25:26,767 But she looked great. 548 00:25:26,767 --> 00:25:28,734 She had lost a bunch of weight. 549 00:25:29,567 --> 00:25:32,467 And she was the same person that I remember 550 00:25:32,467 --> 00:25:34,667 before she married David. 551 00:25:34,667 --> 00:25:36,033 [making guitar sounds] 552 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,166 [Dot] She became confident again, like she used to be. 553 00:25:40,166 --> 00:25:43,333 We started to see who she was before she got married. 554 00:25:44,367 --> 00:25:45,533 [Joseph] She was happy. 555 00:25:45,867 --> 00:25:48,133 [chorus singing] 556 00:25:49,967 --> 00:25:55,333 But David saw Diane as something that was his. 557 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:57,367 [David speaking] 558 00:26:02,667 --> 00:26:04,567 I think that really set him off, 559 00:26:04,567 --> 00:26:06,634 that it was actually going to be over. 560 00:26:07,567 --> 00:26:08,467 [Dot] Once he saw that 561 00:26:08,467 --> 00:26:10,533 she was not coming back, that's it. 562 00:26:11,467 --> 00:26:13,333 He wasn't going to let anybody have her. 563 00:26:15,500 --> 00:26:18,066 [Audrey] O n the night of September 13th, 2004, 564 00:26:18,967 --> 00:26:20,934 that night sticks with me, 565 00:26:21,767 --> 00:26:23,133 like it was yesterday. 566 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,767 [crying] I didn't know what happened, really. 567 00:26:28,834 --> 00:26:31,066 I didn't understand that I lost my mom. 568 00:26:31,066 --> 00:26:32,634 I didn't know that she was dead. 569 00:26:33,500 --> 00:26:35,133 [siren blaring] 570 00:26:41,567 --> 00:26:43,333 [Dennis] I think it was the oldest daughter 571 00:26:43,867 --> 00:26:47,066 had notified a neighbor, um... 572 00:26:47,967 --> 00:26:50,567 that something had happened to her mother. 573 00:26:50,567 --> 00:26:53,367 That neighbor, they made an immediate phone call 574 00:26:53,367 --> 00:26:55,333 to 911 to summon some help. 575 00:26:57,567 --> 00:26:59,467 Once the officers responded, 576 00:26:59,467 --> 00:27:02,567 there was little doubt that it was a homicide scene. 577 00:27:03,100 --> 00:27:04,834 The scene was horrific. 578 00:27:05,867 --> 00:27:07,266 Diane Malone has sustained 579 00:27:07,266 --> 00:27:09,967 some incredibly serious injuries. 580 00:27:11,166 --> 00:27:13,867 [narrator] On arrival, police discovered Diane, 581 00:27:13,867 --> 00:27:16,233 her two young sons and Audrey. 582 00:27:17,467 --> 00:27:19,667 [Audrey] Every single inch of that street 583 00:27:19,667 --> 00:27:22,467 was taken over by ambulances and cop cars. 584 00:27:22,467 --> 00:27:24,567 Just the entire area 585 00:27:24,634 --> 00:27:26,734 was swarmed with police. 586 00:27:28,667 --> 00:27:30,266 Nobody knows what's going on. 587 00:27:31,367 --> 00:27:32,567 I was questioned, 588 00:27:32,567 --> 00:27:35,467 and the only thing I can remember saying 589 00:27:35,467 --> 00:27:37,266 was it was a robber. 590 00:27:37,266 --> 00:27:40,166 A robber did it. A robber came in and hurt my mommy. 591 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:44,367 [narrator] Officers, led by Lieutenant Dennis Farrell, 592 00:27:44,367 --> 00:27:46,367 immediately start investigating. 593 00:27:47,867 --> 00:27:50,066 I saw enough to know that a horrible assault 594 00:27:50,066 --> 00:27:51,834 had taken place in the... in the house, 595 00:27:52,266 --> 00:27:54,567 and it involved a stabbing 596 00:27:54,634 --> 00:27:57,333 as well as a blunt trauma assault. 597 00:27:58,867 --> 00:28:01,266 One of the members of my homicide squad 598 00:28:01,266 --> 00:28:03,567 was assigned specifically to oversee 599 00:28:03,634 --> 00:28:05,166 the collection of evidence. 600 00:28:05,166 --> 00:28:06,467 You're looking for your weapon. 601 00:28:06,467 --> 00:28:08,967 Anything that they feel might have been used as a weapon. 602 00:28:10,867 --> 00:28:14,266 The night that was found, that was taken as evidence. 603 00:28:14,900 --> 00:28:16,467 We learned rather quickly, 604 00:28:16,467 --> 00:28:19,667 even though the husband did not live in the residence. 605 00:28:19,734 --> 00:28:21,367 He apparently had been there. 606 00:28:21,367 --> 00:28:23,367 There was no indication that anybody else 607 00:28:23,367 --> 00:28:26,367 had forced their way in or anything of that nature. 608 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:29,767 In a very short order, 609 00:28:29,767 --> 00:28:31,567 we were notified of a witness 610 00:28:31,634 --> 00:28:34,667 who had seen Mr. Malone fleeing the house. 611 00:28:35,900 --> 00:28:37,667 One of the officers on the scene 612 00:28:37,667 --> 00:28:41,867 took note that there was a trail of blood drops, 613 00:28:42,300 --> 00:28:44,166 [camera shutter clicking] 614 00:28:44,166 --> 00:28:47,767 That officer then began to follow the blood drops. 615 00:28:47,767 --> 00:28:50,734 He came to the house of David Malone's mother. 616 00:28:51,467 --> 00:28:52,967 And not only were there blood drops 617 00:28:53,033 --> 00:28:54,567 leading up to the house, 618 00:28:54,567 --> 00:28:57,467 there was blood on the front doorknob 619 00:28:57,467 --> 00:28:59,100 leading into the house. 620 00:28:59,100 --> 00:29:01,867 [narrator] Officers speak with David's mother, Joan. 621 00:29:01,867 --> 00:29:04,467 They learned she was at the home on Alabama Street, 622 00:29:04,533 --> 00:29:06,166 earlier that evening. 623 00:29:06,233 --> 00:29:08,467 She had left when Diane returned home 624 00:29:08,467 --> 00:29:09,333 from an appointment, 625 00:29:09,333 --> 00:29:12,967 leaving her alone with David and the kids, 626 00:29:12,967 --> 00:29:15,266 [Dennis] She said there was trouble in the marriage. 627 00:29:15,266 --> 00:29:18,166 That her son had been living with her for some months. 628 00:29:18,166 --> 00:29:22,066 On that, he was not there, and she had no idea where he was. 629 00:29:23,667 --> 00:29:26,367 Once somebody commits the ultimate crime of murder, 630 00:29:26,367 --> 00:29:27,767 they're a wild card. 631 00:29:27,767 --> 00:29:29,734 You don't know what's going on in their head. 632 00:29:30,667 --> 00:29:32,767 You don't know what ... what fears 633 00:29:32,834 --> 00:29:34,567 and apprehension they have, 634 00:29:34,634 --> 00:29:37,066 and you don't know what grudges, 635 00:29:37,133 --> 00:29:39,066 what payback they want to deliver. 636 00:29:40,467 --> 00:29:41,867 [Dot] I had a knock at my door 637 00:29:42,467 --> 00:29:44,066 at three o'clock in the morning, 638 00:29:45,867 --> 00:29:47,333 a policeman at my door. 639 00:29:48,100 --> 00:29:50,567 And they said, "Your sister is Diane?" 640 00:29:50,567 --> 00:29:52,166 I said, "Yes". I said, "Is she okay?" 641 00:29:52,166 --> 00:29:54,266 And then they wouldn't answer me. 642 00:29:54,333 --> 00:29:59,066 And then I sat down, and they told me that 643 00:29:59,066 --> 00:30:01,033 there was an altercation and... 644 00:30:02,467 --> 00:30:04,133 Diane did not survive. 645 00:30:06,166 --> 00:30:07,567 My whole world ended. 646 00:30:09,467 --> 00:30:11,367 [Audrey] They bring us to my Aunt Dot's house. 647 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:13,867 I remember coming inside 648 00:30:13,934 --> 00:30:17,634 and... I sat on the couch in this one spot, 649 00:30:18,500 --> 00:30:21,433 kind of like nestled between the couch cushions. 650 00:30:22,266 --> 00:30:25,033 And I just remember sitting there for days, 651 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:26,967 not moving. 652 00:30:27,700 --> 00:30:31,166 And I had to call my sister and my brother. 653 00:30:31,166 --> 00:30:32,433 And tell them what happened. 654 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:35,166 It was probably 655 00:30:35,166 --> 00:30:37,233 one of the hardest phone calls I've had to make. 656 00:30:38,367 --> 00:30:41,433 I don't want to ever have to tell anybody that ever again. 657 00:30:41,867 --> 00:30:43,066 It's just horrible. 658 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:46,834 I lost a piece of my heart that day. 659 00:30:48,166 --> 00:30:49,233 It was my job... 660 00:30:51,266 --> 00:30:52,834 to identify her 661 00:30:53,667 --> 00:30:55,667 and I saw what he did to her. 662 00:30:55,734 --> 00:30:58,634 It's the hardest burden I've ever had to carry in my life. 663 00:30:59,567 --> 00:31:00,967 He didn't love her. 664 00:31:02,767 --> 00:31:05,634 No one would ever do that to a person that they loved. 665 00:31:06,700 --> 00:31:08,066 [narrator] As the families struggle 666 00:31:08,133 --> 00:31:09,467 to process their grief, 667 00:31:09,467 --> 00:31:11,433 and prepare for Diane's funeral, 668 00:31:12,266 --> 00:31:14,767 David continues to evade police. 669 00:31:14,767 --> 00:31:16,767 [Dennis] We spoke to his employer, 670 00:31:16,834 --> 00:31:19,467 went to the bars, went to the parks, 671 00:31:19,533 --> 00:31:21,767 we went to the stores he frequented, 672 00:31:21,834 --> 00:31:24,000 went to anywhere he might be. 673 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:27,266 For the first 48 hours, there was no incoming information 674 00:31:27,333 --> 00:31:28,667 on where he might be hiding. 675 00:31:32,700 --> 00:31:35,967 There was a good deal of media attention to this 676 00:31:36,033 --> 00:31:37,166 and it just seemed that 677 00:31:37,166 --> 00:31:39,667 if this could happen to this beautiful family, 678 00:31:39,667 --> 00:31:40,734 it could happen anywhere. 679 00:31:44,166 --> 00:31:46,266 The media is an instrument. 680 00:31:46,333 --> 00:31:47,567 The more people that are aware of this, 681 00:31:47,634 --> 00:31:49,233 the more the case develops. 682 00:31:49,667 --> 00:31:50,767 [phone ringing] 683 00:31:51,467 --> 00:31:52,867 [Dennis] On the 16th, 684 00:31:52,867 --> 00:31:54,567 three days after the murder, 685 00:31:54,567 --> 00:31:56,767 one of the Long Beach police officers 686 00:31:56,767 --> 00:31:59,834 received a call from an associate of David Malone's. 687 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,066 David Malone had contacted them, 688 00:32:03,133 --> 00:32:05,734 asking for help in getting out of town. 689 00:32:06,500 --> 00:32:08,166 [narrator] It's a major breakthrough, 690 00:32:08,233 --> 00:32:11,066 and officers quickly devise a plan to meet David, 691 00:32:11,133 --> 00:32:13,166 a block away from his mom's house. 692 00:32:13,166 --> 00:32:14,967 The beauty of our plan, 693 00:32:15,033 --> 00:32:16,867 it was David's plan. 694 00:32:16,934 --> 00:32:20,000 David came up with the idea that I'll meet you, 695 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:23,100 you can drive me out of town, give me some money 696 00:32:23,100 --> 00:32:26,066 and then I'll leave you alone, I'll be out of your life. 697 00:32:26,133 --> 00:32:27,967 But there's always in the back of our mind, 698 00:32:27,967 --> 00:32:30,533 "Are we being led down the wrong path?" 699 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,367 Very close to 11 o'clock at night, 700 00:32:35,367 --> 00:32:37,767 David came walking around the corner, 701 00:32:37,767 --> 00:32:39,867 carrying equipment that would make one think 702 00:32:39,867 --> 00:32:41,967 he was about to go surf fishing 703 00:32:42,033 --> 00:32:43,634 in the nearby Atlantic Ocean. 704 00:32:44,467 --> 00:32:47,166 For some reason, he came to a sudden stop. 705 00:32:47,233 --> 00:32:48,867 Once he stopped, the police officers 706 00:32:48,934 --> 00:32:51,667 made an immediate decision to confront him. 707 00:32:51,667 --> 00:32:55,066 They exit the vehicle, they warned him not to flee. 708 00:32:55,066 --> 00:32:57,066 It was a now or never moment. 709 00:32:57,800 --> 00:32:59,166 He offered no resistance. 710 00:32:59,233 --> 00:33:01,867 That he simply dropped what was in his hands, 711 00:33:01,867 --> 00:33:04,433 put his hands up and gave himself up. 712 00:33:05,100 --> 00:33:07,100 No one else was jeopardized. 713 00:33:07,100 --> 00:33:09,867 No one else was put in a position of danger. 714 00:33:09,867 --> 00:33:11,266 That was the best possible outcome 715 00:33:11,266 --> 00:33:12,767 we could have hoped for. 716 00:33:12,834 --> 00:33:15,100 Once David Malone was in custody, 717 00:33:15,100 --> 00:33:17,567 he was charged with murder in the second degree. 718 00:33:19,066 --> 00:33:20,166 Now, here's somebody 719 00:33:20,233 --> 00:33:21,467 really who could be described as a monster 720 00:33:21,467 --> 00:33:23,867 for the horror he visited upon his wife, 721 00:33:25,100 --> 00:33:26,100 [narrator] Facing a sentence 722 00:33:26,100 --> 00:33:28,367 of 25 years to life in prison, 723 00:33:28,433 --> 00:33:30,667 David decides to put up a defense. 724 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:39,934 I was told that his defense was she attacked him first. 725 00:33:40,767 --> 00:33:43,166 I'm 6 1, 215 pounds. 726 00:33:43,166 --> 00:33:44,967 So is David. 727 00:33:44,967 --> 00:33:47,667 Diane would not want to fight against him. 728 00:33:49,500 --> 00:33:50,767 I couldn't even believe that 729 00:33:50,767 --> 00:33:52,634 he was trying to defend himself. 730 00:33:54,166 --> 00:33:57,266 I do remember talking to the prosecutor, 731 00:33:57,266 --> 00:33:59,467 and he was worried 732 00:33:59,467 --> 00:34:03,133 that he would lose if he went to trial. 733 00:34:04,066 --> 00:34:05,667 I was beside myself, 734 00:34:05,667 --> 00:34:07,867 but I don't think they had the evidence 735 00:34:07,867 --> 00:34:10,967 to prove that this is actually what happened, 736 00:34:11,033 --> 00:34:12,233 and the way it happened, 737 00:34:13,467 --> 00:34:14,667 and then he could have 738 00:34:14,667 --> 00:34:17,634 potentially gotten a different charge. 739 00:34:18,500 --> 00:34:19,567 [narrator] Prosecutors offer 740 00:34:19,634 --> 00:34:22,433 a plea deal of 17 years to life in prison. 741 00:34:23,266 --> 00:34:24,567 [Dot] The D. A. said to us, 742 00:34:24,567 --> 00:34:25,867 "You're better off taking the plea 743 00:34:25,867 --> 00:34:26,967 at this point." 744 00:34:27,033 --> 00:34:29,166 Audrey would end up having to go on the stand. 745 00:34:29,166 --> 00:34:31,266 And at the time she told me 746 00:34:31,333 --> 00:34:34,233 that a burglar came in and did this. 747 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:37,166 And I said, "Are you sure?" 748 00:34:37,166 --> 00:34:38,667 She goes, "Yeah, but there's... 749 00:34:38,734 --> 00:34:40,967 I have a secret and I can't tell anybody." 750 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:46,266 I was a baby who just saw my dad kill my mom. 751 00:34:53,166 --> 00:34:55,834 [Audrey] On the night of September 13th, 2004, 752 00:34:56,700 --> 00:34:59,066 it was just a regular summer night. 753 00:35:00,066 --> 00:35:01,634 I was this five-year-old girl. 754 00:35:02,066 --> 00:35:03,266 My mom was out 755 00:35:03,266 --> 00:35:06,934 and she had my dad's mother, Joan, babysitting us. 756 00:35:08,300 --> 00:35:10,767 We were kind of winding down for the evening. 757 00:35:10,767 --> 00:35:13,967 I had my teddy bear wrapped in my arms, 758 00:35:13,967 --> 00:35:15,333 my favorite teddy bear. 759 00:35:16,367 --> 00:35:18,266 I remember waiting to go to sleep, 760 00:35:18,266 --> 00:35:19,767 because my mom wasn't home. 761 00:35:19,767 --> 00:35:23,667 I never liked going to sleep when my mom wasn't home, 762 00:35:23,667 --> 00:35:25,667 because I liked her saying good night to me. 763 00:35:25,667 --> 00:35:28,100 And I heard a knock at the door, 764 00:35:28,100 --> 00:35:31,333 and my grandma Joan opened the door. 765 00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:33,667 And my dad was there 766 00:35:33,734 --> 00:35:37,133 and, you know, I saw him walk in and he wasn't... 767 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:40,767 really saying much, but I do remember 768 00:35:40,834 --> 00:35:43,266 my grandmother saying, "You know, David, 769 00:35:43,266 --> 00:35:44,734 you're not supposed to be here." 770 00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:50,533 A short time after that, my mom came in the door. 771 00:35:52,467 --> 00:35:54,266 My mom said, "You know, thanks for... 772 00:35:54,266 --> 00:35:56,367 thanks for watching the kids", and my grandma Joan left. 773 00:35:56,367 --> 00:35:57,767 She walked out the door, 774 00:35:57,767 --> 00:35:59,567 and then my mom went into her bedroom, 775 00:35:59,567 --> 00:36:01,166 which was right next to mine. 776 00:36:01,166 --> 00:36:02,367 And I'm laying there. 777 00:36:02,367 --> 00:36:03,767 I'm kind of waiting 778 00:36:03,767 --> 00:36:06,166 for, you know, my good night kiss 779 00:36:06,233 --> 00:36:07,767 and my good night tuck-in, 780 00:36:07,767 --> 00:36:10,433 [Audrey crying] and I hear her scream. 781 00:36:14,500 --> 00:36:17,100 Everything slowed down at that moment. 782 00:36:17,100 --> 00:36:20,166 So I remember getting up from my bed 783 00:36:20,166 --> 00:36:22,266 and very quickly realizing 784 00:36:22,333 --> 00:36:25,033 that there was something weird going on. 785 00:36:25,867 --> 00:36:27,467 I remember struggling with the gate 786 00:36:27,533 --> 00:36:30,567 to try to open it, and try to unlatch it. 787 00:36:30,567 --> 00:36:32,667 But I... I figured out how to get it open, 788 00:36:32,667 --> 00:36:34,567 and I just turned the corner. 789 00:36:34,567 --> 00:36:37,767 I was standing right at the threshold of the door, 790 00:36:37,767 --> 00:36:41,533 seeing my dad hunched over, stabbing her. 791 00:36:43,900 --> 00:36:47,066 My mom was just sprawled out on the floor, 792 00:36:47,066 --> 00:36:49,066 just completely limp. 793 00:36:51,100 --> 00:36:53,734 And she was just completely covered in blood, 794 00:36:54,867 --> 00:36:57,467 from her chest up. 795 00:36:57,533 --> 00:37:00,233 It was like I couldn't even recognize her face anymore. 796 00:37:01,767 --> 00:37:02,834 It was just gone. 797 00:37:03,700 --> 00:37:06,667 I just remember her hair was soaked with blood. 798 00:37:06,667 --> 00:37:08,767 You know, she had really beautiful blonde hair, 799 00:37:08,767 --> 00:37:09,967 and it was just red. 800 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:12,934 He was so focused. 801 00:37:13,867 --> 00:37:16,567 He was so focused on what he was doing. 802 00:37:16,567 --> 00:37:19,867 I just remember running up to him and grabbing his thigh 803 00:37:19,934 --> 00:37:23,934 and trying to pull on him and try to get him off of her. 804 00:37:24,700 --> 00:37:26,433 [Audrey sobbing] I was trying so hard 805 00:37:27,166 --> 00:37:28,333 to stop him. 806 00:37:29,467 --> 00:37:31,767 And he dropped the knife and he got up and... 807 00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:34,834 [sobbing] he ran past me. 808 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:37,967 And I kind of followed him. 809 00:37:37,967 --> 00:37:40,667 As he was leaving, he turned around ... 810 00:37:40,734 --> 00:37:42,834 [Audrey sniffing] and he looked at me, 811 00:37:44,667 --> 00:37:47,367 and he just looked so cold, 812 00:37:49,300 --> 00:37:51,867 and he just turned around and he left. 813 00:37:53,500 --> 00:37:55,033 He just... just walked away. 814 00:37:56,667 --> 00:37:58,033 How do you do that? 815 00:38:00,867 --> 00:38:02,166 [Joseph] He left them there, 816 00:38:02,700 --> 00:38:04,233 like they didn't mean anything. 817 00:38:05,467 --> 00:38:07,333 Audrey said that he killed her ... 818 00:38:08,166 --> 00:38:09,433 right in front of her. 819 00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:13,367 [Dennis] Whenever there's children 820 00:38:13,367 --> 00:38:15,000 involved in these events, 821 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,000 they always pay the heaviest price. 822 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:18,066 They are the ones 823 00:38:18,066 --> 00:38:19,533 that are tugged in two different directions. 824 00:38:20,100 --> 00:38:21,367 [Dot] She was five. 825 00:38:22,667 --> 00:38:24,667 So we thought the best thing to do was 826 00:38:24,734 --> 00:38:27,667 to just take the plea and just let it go. 827 00:38:27,667 --> 00:38:30,467 And we would deal with it now at this point. 828 00:38:30,467 --> 00:38:32,567 [narrator] In August 2005, 829 00:38:32,634 --> 00:38:34,467 David Malone accepts the plea deal 830 00:38:34,533 --> 00:38:36,734 of 17 years to life in prison. 831 00:38:37,467 --> 00:38:39,467 He admits in court to committing 832 00:38:39,467 --> 00:38:42,166 the second degree murder of Diane Malone. 833 00:38:42,233 --> 00:38:43,266 I was there for the hearing. 834 00:38:44,100 --> 00:38:46,367 It was very difficult for me 835 00:38:46,367 --> 00:38:51,467 not to jump over that gate. 836 00:38:51,467 --> 00:38:55,667 I had to accept it that there was nothing I could do. 837 00:38:56,266 --> 00:38:57,867 In my opinion, he got off easy. 838 00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:00,934 Eventually, he's going to get out. 839 00:39:02,266 --> 00:39:05,066 I'll never get to see my sister again. 840 00:39:05,066 --> 00:39:09,767 [narrator] Since 2021, David has been eligible for parole. 841 00:39:09,834 --> 00:39:12,567 Every two years, Audrey has to share her story 842 00:39:12,567 --> 00:39:15,367 to ensure he remains behind bars. 843 00:39:15,433 --> 00:39:17,467 [Audrey] The first parole hearing 844 00:39:17,467 --> 00:39:19,967 when they... they contacted me 845 00:39:19,967 --> 00:39:22,367 about making my statement 846 00:39:22,433 --> 00:39:25,667 and, you know, doing that whole process, 847 00:39:25,667 --> 00:39:30,667 it reopened a wound I had to dig back down into 848 00:39:30,667 --> 00:39:32,867 what I experienced as a child, 849 00:39:32,867 --> 00:39:35,066 and I just begged them, you know, 850 00:39:35,066 --> 00:39:39,266 to please keep this [sobbing] monster away from me. 851 00:39:39,266 --> 00:39:42,367 [Dot] I don't think he deserves to come out ever. 852 00:39:42,433 --> 00:39:44,166 He needs to stay where he is 853 00:39:44,166 --> 00:39:47,266 because he will find a way to do this to someone else. 854 00:39:47,333 --> 00:39:48,867 If somebody else crosses his path, 855 00:39:48,934 --> 00:39:52,667 and they fall into that web of lies, 856 00:39:52,667 --> 00:39:55,166 He will do it again, I think, 857 00:39:55,166 --> 00:39:56,934 and... and not think twice about it. 858 00:40:00,667 --> 00:40:01,867 [Joseph] I want to remember her 859 00:40:01,867 --> 00:40:03,734 the way she was before she met David, 860 00:40:04,367 --> 00:40:05,533 but it's hard. 861 00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:07,967 She was a fun person. 862 00:40:07,967 --> 00:40:11,667 I would have liked to have seen her grow old 863 00:40:11,734 --> 00:40:16,100 [sniffing] and had more family parties. 864 00:40:16,100 --> 00:40:19,467 [Dot] I liked the way she was that the last time I saw her, 865 00:40:19,467 --> 00:40:21,000 she was happy, moving forward, 866 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:23,967 and I think she was finally in a good place. 867 00:40:23,967 --> 00:40:26,367 She was ready to move on. 868 00:40:26,367 --> 00:40:28,667 She should have been allowed to have that chance 869 00:40:28,667 --> 00:40:30,333 to live the rest of her life. 870 00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:43,266 My mom is whispering to me through the gift-wrap tube. 871 00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:46,266 What did I say? 872 00:40:46,266 --> 00:40:48,266 [laughing] What did I say? 873 00:40:48,266 --> 00:40:50,333 And she said, "I love you. I love you. I love you." 874 00:40:52,567 --> 00:40:53,734 And I said it right back. 875 00:40:57,467 --> 00:41:00,634 -Yeah. -Ahh! 876 00:41:10,967 --> 00:41:12,834 This season on American Monster. 877 00:41:14,867 --> 00:41:16,266 I thought he was a good man. 878 00:41:17,867 --> 00:41:21,066 But behind closed doors he was a different person. 879 00:41:26,867 --> 00:41:29,000 I really believed that they were going to be happy. 880 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:30,667 I was wrong about that. 881 00:41:35,900 --> 00:41:38,000 We saw that dark side of him that nobody else did. 882 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:41,467 [Woman] Leaves you looking for a little bit more adventure. 883 00:41:49,266 --> 00:41:52,233 It was almost like he was a puppet under her control. 884 00:41:57,700 --> 00:42:00,433 He had a double life that mom was not aware of. 885 00:42:02,667 --> 00:42:05,066 It's just hard to believe that he would do that. 886 00:42:05,066 --> 00:42:07,166 It's nothing but evil.