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[laughing]

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Vince lived only
for those babies.

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His main desire was to
be a successful parent.

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Tempest was a great mother,

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just wasn't a great
partner for Vince.

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I feel like she had a lot of
control over him,

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almost like he was in
a trance at times.

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[camera shutter snapping]

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Tempest could just snap at
the push of a button.

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He had no idea
how much danger he was in.

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[suspenseful music playing]

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[narrator] Young couple
Tempest and Vincent are enjoying

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family life together.

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Their daughter was a absolute
beautiful little girl.

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[cooing]

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When y'all look at this here,
and how happy he is,

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how lit up he is, you know,

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you would think
life was perfect.

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[Tempest laughing]

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[baby crying]

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Vinny's whole premise about
family was being together with

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the woman you love,
being there for your children.

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And he was just overjoyed
with what was unfolding

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in front of him.

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[baby sniffling]

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Tempest was a great mother.
She was friendly, talented,

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and they both gave off
the impression that,

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you know, there was
real love there.

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[narrator] Vincent Taylor is
born on August 23, 1990,

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in Atlanta, Georgia,
to Vincent Sr. and Robin.

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Vincent was a special child.

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He was the firstborn on
both sides of the family,

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and everyone spoiled him.

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We were very excited
when we found out

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it was going to be a son.

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It was just so nice to see him
and you get that same feeling

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you felt, you know,
just like having your children

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all over again.

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[narrator] But home life for
Vincent is not straightforward.

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Vincent was a toddler when
we decided to divorce.

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From that point on,
it was just me, him, really.

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He stayed with Robin
and I would go and check on him

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from time to time, but it would
be periods where I was just

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missing in action, just because
my priorities weren't in order.

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Vincent, he struggled with
the divorce for a long time.

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One of Vincent's main
questions to me was,

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"Dad, when are you and Mom gonna
get back together?"

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You know, he's asked me
that question

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a thousand times.
Vincent never let that go.

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[Lynda] He thought that was the
most wonderful thing on Earth to

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have a father and mother
right there in the same home,

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and he wished upon wish
to have that.

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[narrator] Vincent attends
Osborne High School,

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where he discovers
a new passion.

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[Robin] Vincent just
lived the music.

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He wrote songs, always carried
a notebook with him.

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[narrator] Vincent
and his cousin, Jordan,

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loved to make
music videos together.

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[Jordan] Vince and I were
definitely more like brothers.

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Everybody had these songs with
these dances and Vince just

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threw his in there, and we was
making our video for it.

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Yeah, we did stuff
like this all the time.

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I feel like if he was here
for this TikTok era,

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he'd probably be going crazy.

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Vincent had a special ear.

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He was self-taught on
a lot of things.

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So, as Vincent got older,
I mean, he just elevated.

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[narrator]
In 2010, Vincent joins
the Art Institute of Atlanta

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to study audio production.

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[Jordan] In the first six months
of Vincent being at

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the Art Institute is when
he met Tempest, and she came

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into the picture.

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When Vincent and Tempest
started dating,

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they spent pretty much
every day together.

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It seemed to make sense.
They got along.

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She was very funny
and goofy like him as well.

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And she was pretty much down
for whatever we wanted to do,

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where we wanted to hang out,
where we wanted to eat.

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She just fit in.

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[narrator] But not everyone
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as supportive of
his new relationship.

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[Lynda] Vincent came over
to the house,

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and he brought Tempest with him.

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And that was the first time
I had ever met her.

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I thought she was, um,

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quiet, very reserved.

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She wasn't someone that
you could easily know.

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[Robin] Couldn't get
a lot out of her at the time,

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which concerned me.

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I was saying,
"While you're at school,

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"kind of keep an eye on Vincent,

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make sure, you know,
he stays focused" or whatever,

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and I think her comment was,
"I don't have time to

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look out for him.
I got to look out for myself."

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It was about her.
It wasn't about him.

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And that's what I didn't like
in the beginning.

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[narrator] Despite
his family's concerns,

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Vincent spends all
his time with Tempest.

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Robin called me
and told me that

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Vincent was not attending class.

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He dropped out pretty much,
and it was just disappointing.

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[Robin] Vincent just started
trying to find odd jobs.

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He thought he could teach
himself into doing his music,

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but he was always over at
Tempest's house.

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[narrator]
A year into their relationship,

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Vincent opens up about problems
he and Tempest are having.

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Vince used to confide in me
a lot about how quickly

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Tempest could just snap
at the push of a button.

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These mood swings don't sound
like normal behavior.

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[Vincent Sr.]
He let me know himself that

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she just argued a lot.
She was hard to please.

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And he was trying to be the man
that he needed to be so

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she could be happy.

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[Robin] He would tell me,
you know, "Mom, I don't think

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she loves me, but what can
I do to make her love me?"

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"You can't make
anyone love you, Vincent."

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I remember telling him that.

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I remember I went on
this trip to Miami.

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When I came back,

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you could tell there was
a fight at the house because

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there were some holes
in the doors.

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I confronted him with that,
and he was very quiet about

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who did what.

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He just said they had
an argument, and he did not

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disclose what happened there.

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So that's where I knew that
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this relationship.
This is a bad relationship.

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[narrator]
Determined to make things work,
Vincent moves in with

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Tempest and her parents,
and soon, their family grows.

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That moment that their daughter
was born was probably one of

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the most pure and beautiful
moments between the two.

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That was the first time that
they shared something,

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you know, on that level.

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Him being a dad really
transformed him into the man

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that he was supposed to become.

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[narrator]
After three years together,

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Tempest and Vincent finally move
into their own apartment.

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Vincent wanted to marry
her just to prove to her that

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he was serious about,
you know, being a husband to

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her, taking care
of the family.

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His main desire was to
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and have a two-parent home,

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which he did not have
as a child.

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Vincent called me and said,

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"Mom, Tempest
and I got married."

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I just said,
"Congratulations."

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But deep down inside, I hung up
the phone and I asked myself,

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why didn't he want me to
be there?

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[Vincent Sr.] He did that
in kind of a secret.

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It wasn't broadcast.
Nobody knew.

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And I was like, oh my God.
So yeah, that was a blow.

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That was a big blow.

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Um, did not like that at all.

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[narrator]
The marriage fails to
improve their relationship,

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and Tempest's behavior is
becoming increasingly erratic.

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[Jordan] At the time,
Vincent was working at UPS.

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And I remember him and Tempest
got into an argument,

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and it escalated.

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And Tempest took it too far,
to the point where

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she was preventing him
from even getting to work,

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hiding the keys from him
just so he can get fired.

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You know, just to bring him
down, pretty much.

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[Vincent Sr.]
Vincent called me.

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He was like,
"Dad, she's jumping on my car,

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she won't move out the way.
I can't get to work."

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And I'm helpless.
I mean, I'm at work.

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His boss didn't really have any
more room for excuses.

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He ended up losing his job.

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[Vincent Sr.]
I just don't understand how
somebody could love somebody

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and then do the things
that Tempest did.

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I feel like she had
a lot of control over him,

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um, almost like he was in
a trance at times,

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and I felt like
she could hurt him...

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and I was right.

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[Tempest]
Woo!

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[narrator]
Despite their issues,
Vincent and Tempest

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remain together,
and in 2016, they welcome

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their second child, a baby boy.

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Those kids was everything
to Vince.

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Vince lived only for
those babies.

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They were really like mini
versions of him,

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because they were both very
goofy and mischievous as well.

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He's taking his son around
the waterfall to play

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in the water.
That's what Vincent did a lot.

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I saw more of a maternal
behavior with Vincent

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than I did with Tempest.

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And his focus was making sure
that they had good manners,

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were behaved,
and weren't spoiled.

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[children speaking
indistinctively]

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Online, Tempest looked like
the perfect wife, perfect life.

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Everything is going on.

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Click on her page
on Instagram or on Facebook.

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All you see is pictures of
the kids, and it looks fine.

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But the real her really
comes out

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behind closed doors at home.

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[narrator] And Tempest's abusive
behavior toward Vincent worsens.

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She was just incredibly mean to
her own husband.

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Tempest would tell Vince,
like, your music will never

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make it, you're too old to do
this, you're stupid,

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all type of stuff.

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I know that was just taking
a toll on him.

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If he didn't make enough money,
she found a way to

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put him down.

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He always felt like a failure
because he never had enough

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for her, never could do enough.

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But he loved her,
and so he would always still

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think that, you know,
making dinner or buying

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flowers, doing something
will make Tempest love him.

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I told him,
"You're chasing after something

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that's not there."

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[suspenseful music]

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[phone ringing]

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[narrator]
In the winter of 2016,
Vincent calls his mother.

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He said, "I can't do this
anymore, Mom.

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I cannot make her happy.
I want to get a divorce."

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And, you know, would I help him?

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And of course,
yes, I was ready.

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Finally, he realized this is
not where he wanted to be.

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I own a property in
Rex, Georgia.

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Got moved in,

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and he was so happy,
because he felt like

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he's gonna get his life
started, you know,

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got a place to stay.

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I was getting the money ready
for the lawyer.

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And one week later...

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she moved in.

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And he says, Mom,
I'm not moving forward

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with the divorce.

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OK, here we go again.

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It was just a vicious cycle
that he was in.

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He couldn't get out.

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He was determined that
no matter how bad it is,

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I'm gonna keep trying
to show her I love her

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and I love the kids.

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[Vincent Sr.]
He would tell you with disgust
on his face, "Dad I cannot,

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will not, leave my kids, I just
can't see me without them."

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[Robin] He did not want to be
divorced like I was

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and I think that's where...

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[sharp inhale]
[sigh]

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...where I wish me
being divorced did not influence

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his decision, as he got older,
that he didn't want

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his children to be
in that environment.

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[deep sigh]

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[singing over beats]

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[narrator]
Vincent escapes his turbulent
home life by making music.

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He would go into his little
makeshift studio at home when

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he got upset, or when something
was troubling him,

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and so, he would escape
with the music.

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[Jordan]
He still pursued his dream,

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he still pursued
his career in music.

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[Robin]
He made a studio in my condo,
and he started working with

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artists, doing their music,
working on their beats,

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working in
the studio with them,

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and he had a nice clientele.

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He would stay up all night,
you know, putting music

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together for these artists,
and that caused

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a lot of friction.

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He would tell me that
Tempest would get mad.

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You know, if she gets mad at
him, she would break the mic.

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[Jordan] If there's a mic
stand there, she'll throw it.

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If there's a screen there,
she'll rip it from the wall

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and just toss it and smash it,
or whatever she had to do.

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They in a heated enough
argument, nothing's off limits.

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[narrator]
Two months after reaching out
to his mom, Vincent confides

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in his grandmother.

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[Lynda]
He was tired of her craziness.

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And he told her that
she had to leave.

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And she said, "Well,
I'm not going anywhere."

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And so he called the police.

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When the police got there,
one of the police officers just

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asked her point blank,
"Did he hit you?"

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And, "Yeah, he hit me."

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And they haul him off.

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He didn't have money
for an attorney.

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He ended up pleading guilty.

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So he couldn't get
a decent job with this type of

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black mark on your record.

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Months after, when Vince was on
probation, she turned around

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and tells my sister-in-law,
he didn't hit me.

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I just said it
to get him locked up.

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And that's why Vincent stopped
calling the police for help,

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because he felt that they would
believe her, and he'll be

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the one getting arrested.

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[narrator]
Despite Tempest's alleged
confession,

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she never withdraws
her statement to police.

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[phone ringing]

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I got a call from my son
Vincent, a distress call.

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He was telling me that Tempest
was irate, and he was frantic.

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"Dad, you know,
she's going crazy,

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"she's calling the police on me,

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"and I didn't do anything,
and she's tearing up stuff

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and telling them
that I tore it up."

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I said, "Vincent,
get out of there right now,

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and I'm on my way."

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I picked him up in the middle
of some neighborhood,

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and I just spoke with him.

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I said, you got to
make a decision.

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You can't keep doing this.

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If you're coming with me,
you know, you need to stay

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with me.
Let this be it.

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You got a place to stay.
Don't worry about rent.

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And I brought him home
to my house.

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You know, midnight,
he ran out my house

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and went back over to her.
That hurt me.

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You hear me?
That hurt me.

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I knew without a doubt,
he had no idea

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how much danger he was in...

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...when I did.

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[narrator]
Vincent and his daughter enjoy
a day at his aunt's house.

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There's his daughter
and my niece,

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and he was trying to show
his daughter how to swim.

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He was very happy.

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It brings a smile to me,
because he loved her so much.

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And he loved his son, too.

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[Vincent Sr.]
You know, anytime he came
around, he lit up.

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I mean, he was full-blown
Vincent, you know?

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When he was trying to go home,
his light went out.

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And you know, he could see
the misery back on his face.

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And you know, I used to tell
him, man, you don't need to be

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living like this.

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[narrator] By 2018,
Tempest makes it more

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and more difficult for Vincent
to spend time with his family.

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She didn't like to come
when he was coming to us,

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and she didn't really care for
him to come around us.

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It's almost like she didn't
want Vincent to have

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a good relationship
with his parents.

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The relationship with
Vince and I did change.

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He started becoming
distant with me.

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I called him and said,
"Listen, I'm in town.

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I want to spend
some time with you."

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And he said, "Mom, we'll meet up
another time because

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Tempest will get mad if
I spend time with you."

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When I did see him, I felt
Vincent hugging me so tight,

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like he was speaking to me

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with his hug,

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like he was, um,

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like, he wanted me to help him.

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And I think I felt fear in
that hug.

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I just wanted him
out of that relationship,

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to be honest with you,
because as a mom,

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I sensed she doesn't love him.

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[Jordan]
The longer that they were
together, the more she got to

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know him, and really master
his insecurities, she would use

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that and throw it back in
his face, bullying him

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into thinking that
he wasn't enough.

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She was posting on Facebook
and Instagram to make it seem

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like he wasn't doing the good
job that he was as a father.

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And Tempest would only do that
just to hurt Vince.

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If he threatened to leave,
she would threaten to take

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the kids away, tell him that
he wouldn't be able to see

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his kids if he left.

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If Tempest was to take those
children away from him,

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I'm afraid
he wouldn't feel like

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he had anything to live for.

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[narrator]
As well as caring for
their children,

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Vincent remains the sole
breadwinner, and by 2019,

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he struggles to make ends meet.

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Vincent did never really have
any money, because he would

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give his checks to her when
he did work, and he said,

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you know,
she would ask for all of it.

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He did all he could,
and he would borrow and ask for

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money from family members,

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but he never had enough
money for her.

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We went on and did this for
many years,

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funding and funding
and funding.

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And I think she looked at that
as being comfortable.

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I had a conversation
with Vincent

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and said, "I can't continue to
keep funding your household,

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"and she's not trying to work,

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you know, this is getting to
be, you know, a problem."

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And they started having
more arguments because

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I wasn't giving
the money up anymore.

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[narrator]
It's now two months since

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Vincent stops receiving
money from his mother.

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Home life reaches
a boiling point.

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My son, Tempest,
the children were supposed to

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come hang out with me.

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At 10:30 in the morning, my son
knocked at my door.

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When I answered the door,
he was crying.

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He was scratched up real bad.
He fell right into my arms.

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I was holding him,
it's like, what's going on?

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He just, you know,
immediately just saying,

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"She's just so
mean, Dad."

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I said, "Who's mean?
What's going on?"

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He's like, "Tempest.
She didn't want to come,

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"said she didn't
want me to come,

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"and she was mad at me for
leaving, and she just started

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"fighting me,
and she kicked me in my groin.

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And it still hurts, Dad,
and I just can't do it anymore."

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00:22:02,367 --> 00:22:05,000
I said, "Where are
the children?"

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He said, "They're out
in the car."

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I said, "Lord, let's get
the kids out of the car."

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[Robin]
His dad got them food
and clothing, what not.

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They spent the whole day,
you know, together.

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[phone ringing]

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But during that time,
you know, Tempest was calling

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or texting, and angry
the whole day with him.

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One of the family members was
trying to tell him,

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"Hey, man, don't go back home.

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Just stay here,
let it cool down a little bit."

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And he said, "No, I got to go.

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00:22:36,567 --> 00:22:38,066
"I got to get these kids home,

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or she's gonna call
the police."

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[suspenseful music]
[phone ringing]

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[narrator]
At 9:30 P.M.,

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Clayton County officers respond
to a 911 call from a concerned

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neighbor who heard
a man screaming for help.

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[Zina]
Officers encounter Tempest.

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She's on crutches, and she then
begins to explain that

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she and her husband had
had an altercation.

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She describes
a horrific beating

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at the hands of Vincent.

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What she's telling the officers
is that "I'm the victim,

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and Vincent is this big,
bad boogeyman."

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We did examine her for
injuries, but there was nothing

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to indicate that he had struck
her or bit her in the manner

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that she stated he had.

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[Zina] About 20 minutes
into being with these officers,

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she says, "I got a knife."

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And now we're looking at
somebody having been injured.

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[Zina] That changes things.

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Now we do have a physical
injury that we need

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to investigate.

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This was definitely a concern.

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Obviously, there's a person
who's injured, and we need to

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locate that person.

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[phone ringing]

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Shortly after the 911 call in
Clayton County,

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a 911 call in DeKalb County,
which is an adjoining county,

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comes into dispatch.

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They need police and ambulance
at this gas station because

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there is a man who is severely
injured and he needs help.

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[Jennifer]
When EMT arrived at the gas
station, the male was bleeding.

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He did have a small puncture
wound on the left side

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of his collarbone.

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[narrator] After running
the plates on the car,

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the victim is
identified as Vincent Taylor.

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[ambulance sirens]

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Vincent Taylor was taken to
Grady Memorial Hospital,

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where he was pronounced
deceased at 10:46 P.M.

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[narrator]
Tempest is detained and taken
to the Clayton County Police

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Station to be interviewed
by detectives.

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When the detective told me on
the phone that my son was in

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critical condition with
a knife wound to his neck,

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I can't explain to you
how I knew,

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[voice breaking]
but I knew he was dead.

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I knew it.
I could feel it.

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I remember dropping the phone.

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I remember
dropping to my knees.

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I'm not sure how I got there,
but I know I drove,

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but I don't remember the trip.

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I remember
they let me see him,

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and uh, mm,
[sharp inhale]

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when I -- when I viewed
the body, you know,

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[sniffling]
um,

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[sigh]

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he was like he was sleeping.
He was in the same clothes.

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that I saw him in,
and I passed out.

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I just passed out.

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[Robin] Learning that
Tempest killed him...

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[exhales]
took a toll on me.

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00:28:03,867 --> 00:28:05,467
I remember telling Tempest,

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00:28:05,467 --> 00:28:09,867
"Leave my son alone.
You're not happy."

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And she told me,
"I have nowhere else to go."

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So yet, she wants to still
continue to torture him.

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I felt deep in my heart that
she was gonna hurt

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him one day.

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00:28:33,700 --> 00:28:37,367
Officers began speaking with
additional neighbors to see if

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there was anyone
who heard anything.

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[Jennifer] There was a neighbor
who advised that he had heard

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a man and woman arguing,
and he had seen Tempest chasing

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Vincent down the street without
the use of her crutches.

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00:29:00,667 --> 00:29:05,467
I believe she was using
the crutches to play possible

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victim in this case.

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[narrator] At 3 a.m., Tempest's
police interview begins.

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We did not initially
reveal to Tempest that

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00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:17,500
Vincent had passed away.

478
00:29:22,100 --> 00:29:25,367
We wanted to go ahead and get
the information that we needed

479
00:29:25,367 --> 00:29:27,934
and then present her with
the information that

480
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:29,433
he had passed away.

481
00:29:41,300 --> 00:29:44,834
We had to really break down
the details of the incident.

482
00:29:44,900 --> 00:29:49,233
She claimed that she was on
the floor in a fetal position

483
00:29:49,300 --> 00:29:52,433
protecting her body when he was
beating on her and that

484
00:29:52,500 --> 00:29:54,967
she just suddenly got up
and went to the kitchen to grab

485
00:29:54,967 --> 00:29:57,233
a knife to get him off of her.

486
00:29:57,300 --> 00:30:00,033
And that did not make
any sense.

487
00:30:21,467 --> 00:30:25,233
She explained to us that
she did go outside

488
00:30:25,300 --> 00:30:28,967
chasing after Vincent,
and that the stabbing actually

489
00:30:28,967 --> 00:30:31,000
took place outside.

490
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,467
You know, if she's
chasing him with the knife,

491
00:30:33,467 --> 00:30:36,467
then there's no defense
to that.

492
00:30:36,467 --> 00:30:38,166
She's not the victim in
that case.

493
00:30:38,166 --> 00:30:40,367
And she's chasing him up
and down the street.

494
00:30:40,367 --> 00:30:42,634
You know, neighbors saw that.

495
00:30:42,700 --> 00:30:46,066
Neighbors witnessed him
calling for help.

496
00:30:46,066 --> 00:30:49,467
You know, there is nothing in
this case that points to

497
00:30:49,467 --> 00:30:51,667
her being the victim.

498
00:30:51,667 --> 00:30:54,266
You're portraying him
as an abuser.

499
00:30:54,266 --> 00:30:58,166
And I will tell you, in my
experience doing this,

500
00:30:58,166 --> 00:31:00,834
most abusers don't run
from the fight.

501
00:31:00,900 --> 00:31:02,533
They're the aggressor.

502
00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:04,667
They're the ones that are
controlling this.

503
00:31:04,667 --> 00:31:07,000
They don't usually leave.

504
00:31:19,567 --> 00:31:23,433
[narrator]
After an hour of interviewing,
Tempest is still sticking to

505
00:31:23,500 --> 00:31:26,734
her story that she stabbed
Vincent in self-defense.

506
00:31:30,300 --> 00:31:34,166
I felt that it was murder that
she had committed, but there was

507
00:31:34,166 --> 00:31:36,233
just not enough evidence.

508
00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:38,934
I was concerned.

509
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:42,734
I didn't know if we were gonna
get the actual truth out of

510
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:47,033
her or not, but I knew that
we needed to at least try.

511
00:31:56,767 --> 00:31:59,033
[narrator]
At 5:25 a.m.,

512
00:31:59,100 --> 00:32:01,333
detectives return to
the interview room.

513
00:32:17,967 --> 00:32:21,800
[indistinct wailing]

514
00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:27,467
[Jennifer]
We advised her that Vincent had
passed away from his injuries.

515
00:32:27,467 --> 00:32:29,867
She began to scream

516
00:32:29,867 --> 00:32:32,000
and wail.

517
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:36,433
She backed her chair into
the wall and then began to fall

518
00:32:36,500 --> 00:32:38,333
towards the floor.

519
00:32:46,166 --> 00:32:49,000
It was pandemonium,
and that just seemed

520
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:50,400
real contrived.

521
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:57,033
She still painted herself
as the victim.

522
00:33:03,567 --> 00:33:05,166
[Jennifer] I believe that

523
00:33:05,166 --> 00:33:08,367
she has committed crimes
against him in the past,

524
00:33:08,367 --> 00:33:13,367
and that she thought
she would never be charged with

525
00:33:13,367 --> 00:33:16,867
anything, because she always
portrayed herself to

526
00:33:16,867 --> 00:33:18,333
be the victim.

527
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:37,300
[narrator]
Tempest is charged with
voluntary manslaughter.

528
00:33:42,100 --> 00:33:45,133
We obtained a search warrant
for Vincent's vehicle.

529
00:33:46,967 --> 00:33:50,767
We were able to locate three
cell phones inside there.

530
00:33:50,767 --> 00:33:53,634
One belonged to Vincent,
one belonged to Tempest,

531
00:33:53,700 --> 00:33:56,000
and one belonged to
their younger daughter.

532
00:33:58,100 --> 00:34:01,266
We were able to get all
the data off of Vincent's phone

533
00:34:01,266 --> 00:34:05,367
and partial data off of
Tempest's phone.

534
00:34:05,367 --> 00:34:08,066
In Vincent's phone,
we found several text messages

535
00:34:08,066 --> 00:34:10,333
between him and Tempest.

536
00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:12,100
It appeared that
their relationship

537
00:34:12,100 --> 00:34:13,333
was very volatile.

538
00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:15,934
A lot of name-calling
and back-and-forth,

539
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:17,667
a lot of jealousy.

540
00:34:17,667 --> 00:34:20,767
The picture was that Tempest
was not this shrinking

541
00:34:20,767 --> 00:34:23,967
wallflower that she wanted
everyone to believe.

542
00:34:23,967 --> 00:34:25,967
It wasn't true by the conduct.

543
00:34:25,967 --> 00:34:29,000
It wasn't true by
the text messages.

544
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:30,233
It wasn't true.

545
00:34:33,467 --> 00:34:34,567
[narrator]
But eight months later,

546
00:34:34,567 --> 00:34:38,000
while she awaits trial,
Tempest is released on bail.

547
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,000
[Vincent Sr.]
That upset the whole family.

548
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,467
You know,
I just couldn't believe it.

549
00:34:42,467 --> 00:34:45,266
How do you allow this to happen
in the first place,

550
00:34:45,266 --> 00:34:48,634
letting someone out that
we have overwhelming evidence

551
00:34:48,700 --> 00:34:50,233
on that killed their husband?

552
00:34:51,467 --> 00:34:54,467
[narrator]
And on social media,
Tempest isn't holding back,

553
00:34:54,467 --> 00:34:55,700
flaunting her freedom.

554
00:34:55,700 --> 00:34:59,734
[Jordan]
She was pretty much just
looking like a regular girl

555
00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:02,934
living a regular life
and just looked

556
00:35:04,166 --> 00:35:07,667
unfazed, you know, just from my
perspective, and just seeing how

557
00:35:07,667 --> 00:35:09,667
things were being played out.

558
00:35:09,667 --> 00:35:14,467
It just didn't feel fair that
she got to just be out while

559
00:35:14,467 --> 00:35:15,967
my cousin's dead.

560
00:35:15,967 --> 00:35:20,066
[Zina]
We did get several calls
from Vincent's family.

561
00:35:20,066 --> 00:35:22,600
They were struggling.

562
00:35:23,367 --> 00:35:27,133
They were struggling because
they were trying to process

563
00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:30,400
their grief while watching
her live her life.

564
00:35:33,867 --> 00:35:36,367
[narrator] Three years after
Tempest's release,

565
00:35:36,367 --> 00:35:41,000
a trial date is finally set for
December of 2023.

566
00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:44,867
In preparing for trial,
we were looking at the data

567
00:35:44,867 --> 00:35:47,400
that was provided from
her cell phone.

568
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:57,667
We realized that it was only
a partial rip of the phone,

569
00:35:57,667 --> 00:36:00,266
so we decided to get
a new search warrant.

570
00:36:00,266 --> 00:36:05,367
And using updated technology,
we were actually able to get

571
00:36:05,367 --> 00:36:07,533
all the data from the phone.

572
00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:11,667
[Zina] We just power it up, put
it back on the new software,

573
00:36:11,667 --> 00:36:15,867
and see if there's anything
to be seen.

574
00:36:15,867 --> 00:36:21,333
And lo and behold,
the actual audio of the murder

575
00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:24,233
is found on Tempest's phone.

576
00:36:39,166 --> 00:36:43,166
Tempest had started recording
herself the night

577
00:36:43,166 --> 00:36:44,734
of the incident.

578
00:36:55,367 --> 00:36:58,533
[Jennifer]
Vincent takes the phone
from her almost immediately

579
00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:01,500
and puts the phone
in his pocket.

580
00:37:16,867 --> 00:37:20,333
He was convinced in
his mind that, yeah,

581
00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:21,467
this is never going to change.

582
00:37:21,467 --> 00:37:22,867
This is where
we're going to be.

583
00:37:22,867 --> 00:37:25,000
And he really was going
to leave.

584
00:37:25,767 --> 00:37:28,033
And I don't believe that
she was going to allow that

585
00:37:28,100 --> 00:37:29,233
to happen.

586
00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:56,500
[rustling noises]

587
00:38:00,266 --> 00:38:05,734
I think at the point that
Tempest recognizes or realizes

588
00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:09,567
that he's really going
to walk out, that's when that

589
00:38:09,567 --> 00:38:12,000
mortal wound is struck.

590
00:38:21,367 --> 00:38:26,066
I believe that he thought that
he could get to his father

591
00:38:26,066 --> 00:38:30,400
and get some help.
He got as far as he could get,

592
00:38:31,300 --> 00:38:32,800
but it was too late.

593
00:38:37,066 --> 00:38:43,233
It was very hard to understand
how she didn't...

594
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:46,000
...care.

595
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,934
I mean, he's begging her
to put the knife down.

596
00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:55,533
He's begging her to stop.
And she showed no remorse,

597
00:38:55,600 --> 00:39:01,634
no compassion, nothing.

598
00:39:01,700 --> 00:39:05,166
[narrator] Tempest's charges are
upgraded to malice murder,

599
00:39:05,166 --> 00:39:07,767
felony murder,
aggravated assault,

600
00:39:07,767 --> 00:39:10,066
and possession of a knife
during the commission

601
00:39:10,066 --> 00:39:11,433
of a felony.

602
00:39:12,867 --> 00:39:16,033
After an agonizing three-year
wait for Vince's family,

603
00:39:16,100 --> 00:39:20,567
Tempest's trial finally begins,
and she pleads not guilty.

604
00:39:20,567 --> 00:39:25,166
Tempest Daniel's family says
she was defending herself when

605
00:39:25,166 --> 00:39:28,233
she had to stab
her husband to death,

606
00:39:28,300 --> 00:39:31,834
but prosecutors say there's no
evidence of that, and they say

607
00:39:31,900 --> 00:39:35,567
that audio recording shows
Daniel was the aggressor.

608
00:39:35,567 --> 00:39:40,567
The defense presentment was
that this was self-defense,

609
00:39:40,567 --> 00:39:45,333
he was an abuser,
and that she found herself in

610
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:49,133
an impossible situation
and had no choice.

611
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:52,634
[Robin] She would look at us
like we did something to her,

612
00:39:52,700 --> 00:39:58,734
and she showed no remorse,
no apology, nothing as if

613
00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:00,033
this was OK to do.

614
00:40:00,033 --> 00:40:04,433
[Zina] Going into any trial,
you're asking 12 people to make

615
00:40:04,500 --> 00:40:08,166
a decision, and it's always
a tricky prospect.

616
00:40:08,166 --> 00:40:11,467
I felt like we had the evidence
to prove our case.

617
00:40:11,467 --> 00:40:14,266
We were gonna give them
everything that we had,

618
00:40:14,266 --> 00:40:16,300
and then ask them to do
the right thing.

619
00:40:19,867 --> 00:40:23,433
[narrator]
Tempest is found guilty on all
charges and is sentenced to

620
00:40:23,500 --> 00:40:26,734
life with
the possibility of parole.

621
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:30,066
[Robin] Looking at the reaction
of the verdict,

622
00:40:30,066 --> 00:40:32,900
I think she thought she was
gonna get away with it.

623
00:40:34,166 --> 00:40:35,266
It was deserving.

624
00:40:35,266 --> 00:40:39,867
I'm just happy that,
you know, we were the voice for

625
00:40:39,867 --> 00:40:42,367
Vincent, and we got justice.

626
00:40:42,367 --> 00:40:46,066
[Vincent Sr.] I can tell you
with all honesty that

627
00:40:46,066 --> 00:40:50,467
it still hurts, and that
I will never get over this.

628
00:40:50,467 --> 00:40:54,800
I will never get past this.
It's a piece of you,

629
00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:57,367
and he's gone.

630
00:40:57,367 --> 00:41:00,934
So how do you fill that void
when there's something missing?

631
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:04,700
[Robin] I just miss him dearly.

632
00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:08,533
His life was so short.

633
00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:11,967
He had so much love to give

634
00:41:11,967 --> 00:41:14,100
[sobbing]

635
00:41:14,100 --> 00:41:18,767
and so much talent to pursue.

636
00:41:18,767 --> 00:41:20,166
And I would have loved to
have seen what

637
00:41:20,166 --> 00:41:21,567
that would have been like.