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[Joseph] Diane was very bubbly
and personable.
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Wasn't afraid
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to speak to anyone
about anything, ever.
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[Dot]
When she first got married,
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she found her Prince Charming,
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and everything
was going to be good.
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-[indistinct background
talking]
-[David speaking]
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I think he tried
in the beginning.
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[Diane speaking]
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[Joseph] But things got ugly
really fast.
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[David arguing]
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[Dot] I think she was
kind of trapped at that point.
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[Audrey] I was a baby, who...
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just saw my dad...
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kill my mom.
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[opening theme music playing]
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-[background laughter]
-[David laughs]
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I was opening the door.
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-[Diane chuckles]
-[David speaking]
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[Diane continues chuckling]
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[man speaking]
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[man speaking indistinctly]
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[narrator]
It's Christmas Eve, 1995.
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David
and Diane Malone celebrate
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their first Christmas together
as a married couple.
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[indistinct talking
in the background]
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[David speaking]
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[background talking continues]
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-[Diane chuckling]
-[David speaking]
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I used to have,
like, Christmas Eve
at my house every year.
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And Diane would come,
she'd videotape everybody.
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She just was
kind of out there.
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She was beautiful.
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You know, they both
were very good-looking,
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and easy on the eyes,
as they say.
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David was very charismatic,
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and people were kind of drawn
to him.
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I really wasn't... that...
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close with him.
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But he was good to her.
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Everything was good.
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Everybody was happy.
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Look, I'm even sitting down.
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I am five years older
than her.
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She is the baby.
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Mmm... There was four of us.
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My older sister,
Karen, myself,
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-and my brother, Joseph.
- [Diane speaking]
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[child babbles]
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[Joseph] Diane was very bubbly
and personable.
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Wasn't afraid to speak
to anyone
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about anything, ever.
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[whining] Aw.
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[Joseph speaking]
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[Joseph] That's who she was.
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Absolutely crazy,
doing weird things
all the time,
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and always wanted
to be on camera.
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[Joseph speaking]
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We used to do that
with her hair all the time.
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We all had long hair.
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[Diane speaking]
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-[Dot laughs]
-[laughs raucously]
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So funny,
entertaining everybody,
as always.
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-[laughs]
-[Joseph speaking]
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-[indistinct background
talking]
-[Joseph chuckles]
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[Dot] And this is the way
she wanted everybody
to be around her.
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She was definitely, uh,
a presence when she entered
the room.
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[Joseph] This looks like
it was a time
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when she may have
been trying to model.
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Yeah. She's got that, like,
'80s thing going on,
with that haircut.
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[Dot] When she was a teenager,
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s-- when she kind of
started going off a lot,
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I think that's
when she met David.
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David grew up in Long Beach.
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He was adopted by his mom,
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I think he was six months old.
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By the time he was six,
his adopted father had passed.
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He did a lot of sports
when he was in school.
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Baseball, softball,
that kind of stuff.
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So, he was athletic and,
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you know, a good-looking guy.
He surfed,
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and everybody knew who he was.
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When she brought him home
one day,
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I was like, "Yeah, I know...
I know, David."
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We both surfed,
and I would see him
in similar circles.
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He was always about himself.
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That's how I would
describe him.
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He's not an ugly guy,
physically, but...
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I don't understand
why she was attracted
to him at all.
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I think she was infatuated
with his cockiness,
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and the way
he carried himself.
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She was infatuated
with all of it.
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I think it was mostly
his looks, at first.
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He made like
he was going
to take care of her,
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and he was
her Prince Charming.
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He was able to sweep her
off her feet.
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[Diane speaking]
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[Dot] He always came across
as, like, Mr. Nice Guy
when he was out in public.
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[inaudible]
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Always a gentleman,
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you know, complimented people,
things like that.
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[man talking indistinctly
on TV]
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But I didn't know
we'd see that side of him.
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I always saw the other side,
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when he was home
or at my house,
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when he would not be so nice.
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But there were so many times
they had arguments and fights,
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and... and he would call
my house
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and talk to my mother
and say, "Oh, convince Diane
to come back to me," and...
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and my mother would be like,
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"Oh, yeah, Diane,
it'll be okay."
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[inaudible]
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He had, uh, definitely a way
of, uh, convincing people.
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But I was never convinced.
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[Joseph] I'm gonna be honest
with you.
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I don't get a good vibe
from that person.
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And I... I never did.
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Everything about him,
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it doesn't matter
if he looks like he's happy
or normal in the picture,
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I just know who he is...
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inside.
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But, I had to kind of keep it
toward myself,
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and let her make
her own decisions
and mistakes.
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-[child crying]
-[woman laughs]
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[narrator] By 1995,
despite family reservations,
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Diane and David take
the next step
with their relationship.
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[indistinct talking]
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[faint laughter]
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[Dot] A little while later,
they got engaged.
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But I don't know
if she was really ready
to get married yet,
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even though she thought
he was the one.
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[Joseph]
Before they got married,
they had a fight.
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She came home.
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He was outside of our house,
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and he was drunk,
and he was banging
on the door.
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My mom got up and said,
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"Diane, what's going on?
Who's out there?"
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And she's like, "It's David."
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So I got up,
and I said, "Diane,
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you need to go
out there and take care
of this right now,
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or I'm going to."
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Eventually, he left.
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But soon after that,
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we had an argument
about her marrying him.
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It got to the point where...
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it was physical,
where she, like, hit me.
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And I grabbed her shoulders
and I said,
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"This is what he's gonna do
to you. I know it."
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[man speaking indistinctly]
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[Joseph] David loved
to play sports,
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and that was great.
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But he would take it
to a level.
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There was a lot of fights
that happened.
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He could be volatile.
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[Diane speaking]
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[continuous indistinct talking
on TV]
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[man clears throat]
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[Joseph] She told me
about this.
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And I believe
that he pissed somebody off,
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and they got him
in the parking lot,
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and then the rest of the guys
must have been waiting
in the side,
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and he probably deserved it,
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to be honest with you.
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[Diane speaks indistinctly]
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[Diane speaking]
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[Diane speaking]
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I do remember the attitude,
like, he had in that video.
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The face...
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That's all I ever see.
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But she stood by his side.
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She goes,
"Oh, no, it wasn't him.
It was the other person."
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I said... I said,
"Okay. If you're sure,
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and you're gonna stand
by him for this,
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that's your choice."
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And I believed her,
let her live her life.
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And this is what she wanted.
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She trusted him.
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[narrator]
September 23rd, 1995,
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Diane and David tie the knot.
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[Joseph]
And she looks beautiful.
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She looks great.
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This is their wedding day
at the Plainview Inn.
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She looks happy.
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Everybody looks happy.
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[Dot] She just said, you know,
this is what she wanted to do,
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and we all went along with it.
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I thought she found
her Prince Charming.
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They... They were good
for a little while.
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You know, everything was okay.
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[Diane singing indistinctly]
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[narrator]
A week after their wedding,
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Diane and David are
in Hawaii for their honeymoon.
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[Diane speaking]
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[woman chuckling]
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[laughter]
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[chuckles]
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[helicopter whirring]
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[Diane speaking]
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[Diane chuckles]
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[Dot] She was happy,
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and I wish
it could have stayed that way.
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[Diane chuckles]
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[David laughs]
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[Dot] Near the end
of the trip, she did say
there was issues happening.
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But the beginning seems
like it started out okay.
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[David speaking]
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[Diane speaking]
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[David speaking]
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[Joseph] He actually talked
about throwing her
off the cliff.
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It kind of verifies the things
that I knew about him.
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[Diane speaking]
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-[Diane giggles]
-That kind of
shows you that...
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maybe she did see something
early on
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that she was worried about.
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[Dot] Only the beginning of...
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a rough... rough time.
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[Diane speaking]
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[laughs nervously]
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[David speaking]
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-[laughter]
-[Dave] That's right.
We got...
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[woman]
It's this guy here, right?
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[David speaking]
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[Diane chuckles]
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Everything was okay
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after the honeymoon,
and everything was okay
for a long time.
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[David speaking]
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[Diane speaking]
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[David speaking]
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[Diane speaking]
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[Dot] Unless alcohol
is involved,
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and David starts to get
a little nasty.
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[David speaking]
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[Diane speaking]
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[Dot] He wanted her to stay
right here next to him.
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Wouldn't want anybody else
to go near her.
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[Diane speaking]
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He started to become
a little more possessive
as time went on.
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She was ignoring it.
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[gurgles and spits]
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They say love is blind, right?
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[men shouting indistinctly]
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-[men cheering]
-[man] Yeah! Yeah!
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-Yeah! Yeah!
-[whistle blows]
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[Joseph] When I would be
with him and Diane
at family events,
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I think that he felt like
he... he just had
to kind of be there.
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[woman speaking]
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[indistinct background
talking]
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[Joseph] And if he was
going to be there,
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he was going to do
what he wanted to do,
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and entertain himself.
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He wouldn't lift a finger
to do anything.
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-[man chuckling]
-[Diane speaking]
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[chuckling continues]
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[chuckles]
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[Dot] Uh, he just was worried
about drinking his beer,
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and going to sit someplace
and watching football, or...
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some sort of sports on TV.
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If he couldn't find somebody
to talk to him,
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he would go off
in his own little corner.
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[people talking indistinctly]
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[narrator] Eight months
after their wedding,
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in May 1996,
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Diane and David joined
her family
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to celebrate her brother
Joseph's graduation.
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David picks up the camera
and starts filming.
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[David speaking]
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[David laughs scornfully]
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He was pointing out her flaws
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in front of my mom,
me, my sisters,
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Didn't care.
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Did not care.
He had no respect for anyone.
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[Diane speaking]
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-[David speaking]
-[Diane chuckles]
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[Dot] Little by little,
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he just made, like,
nasty remarks to her,
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and she'd just
kind of blow it off.
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"Oh, don't listen
to him," whatever.
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You know,
I didn't like any of it.
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[Diane speaking]
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[narrator] Three years
after they get married,
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in November 1998,
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Diane gives birth
to their first child, Audrey.
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[Joseph] Audrey was born
in November.
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And everybody was happy.
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[Diane speaking]
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[Dot] Uh, when she came home,
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it was...
it was very exciting.
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I have some great pictures
of her.
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She was, uh, very vocal.
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[cries]
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[Diane] What's the matter?
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[Dot] She loved it.
She loved taking care of her.
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She loved taking her out,
doing stuff, dressing her up.
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-[Diane chuckles softly]
-And then, David,
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I think he tried
in the beginning,
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you know, tried to help
and do stuff.
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[Diane speaking]
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[David speaking]
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[Dot] When he was at my house,
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he had make big to-do
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about how he was taking care
of everything,
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and that was great.
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My sister would sit down,
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and, you know,
he would take care
of the baby.
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[David speaking]
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[chuckling]
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Aw! [chuckles]
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[Audrey] It's very emotional
to look at that footage,
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to see and hear both of them.
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[man speaking indistinctly
on TV]
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[Diane speaking]
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[Audrey] But being able
to see my mom,
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you know, she was,
like, a literal angel.
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She was just such a light
to everyone.
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You could see it
in the footage.
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You know, you could even
hear it in her voice,
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just her joy.
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[Diane exclaims playfully]
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They do come across as a team,
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and they come across
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as they care about each other,
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and they love each other.
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I think she was recording
the snippets of happy moments.
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And that was... that was it.
Those were the snippets.
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It was not like that.
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It was not happy.
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It was chaos.
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And it was just fighting.
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[Dot] And he would get annoyed
about stupid things,
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and then he would
start abusing her verbally.
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The house was dirty,
or she didn't look good,
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and "clean this up,"
and "clean yourself up,"
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and we started
to see it more and more.
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[narrator] In 2000,
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David's harassment
towards Diane
becomes physical,
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and she calls the police.
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I think she did get
a little afraid,
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and she just didn't want him
in the house anymore,
because...
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He would throw stuff
at her, kind of shove her.
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I think that's when
the cops were called.
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00:15:12,734 --> 00:15:16,100
But then, he would just go
to his mother's house
for the night.
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He would, like, get flowers,
and make this whole big deal
about it,
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and how wonderful he was,
and he was going
to change, and...
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And then, she took him back.
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[narrator] By Easter, 2000,
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Diane is pregnant
for a second time.
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[Dot] When she was pregnant
with Stone, uh,
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it didn't seem as bad,
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until she started
getting bigger and bigger.
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He would call her fat
and disgusting, and,
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you know, it was...
it was terrible.
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She would call me up, crying.
353
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How do you say that
to somebody who's, like,
carrying your child?
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[Diane speaking]
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[elderly woman speaking]
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[Dot] She was very stressed
through the whole pregnancy.
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She was very stressed.
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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
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I think that was
kind of her way
to try to cope.
361
00:16:08,166 --> 00:16:09,667
[wind blowing]
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00:16:09,667 --> 00:16:12,066
[Diane speaking]
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[narrator] In December, 2000,
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Diane is nine months pregnant
when she calls the police,
365
00:16:16,934 --> 00:16:19,000
after fighting with David.
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00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,867
Her mother-in-law, Joan,
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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
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She's confronting him
about abusing my mom.
372
00:16:51,700 --> 00:16:53,033
[David talking indistinctly]
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-[continues indistinctly]
-[David arguing]
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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
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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]
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00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:28,767
[Audrey]
You know, the second
my grandmother said,
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"You're abusing your wife,"
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he jumps,
and he gets aggressive,
and he loses it.
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00:17:36,133 --> 00:17:38,166
And he starts saying,
you know,
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"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...
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[David sneering]
Oh... No... Yeah.
390
00:17:52,700 --> 00:17:53,734
[David mockingly] Ooh.
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[Dot] She'd never said
he actually hit her.
392
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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
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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.