1 00:00:05,606 --> 00:00:06,839 [Dianna speaking] 2 00:00:06,940 --> 00:00:08,907 [Gilbert speaking] 3 00:00:08,909 --> 00:00:11,810 [Dianna speaking] 4 00:00:11,812 --> 00:00:15,614 I feel like that we were like a, you know, regular, normal family. 5 00:00:15,616 --> 00:00:17,149 -[Erica speaking] -[Dianna speaking] 6 00:00:17,218 --> 00:00:19,718 -[Erica speaking] -[Dianna speaking] 7 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:23,355 We were very close, and there was always laughter. 8 00:00:23,457 --> 00:00:28,260 [Gilbert speaking] 9 00:00:28,295 --> 00:00:30,362 My dad was always the life of the party. 10 00:00:30,431 --> 00:00:31,930 -[Erica speaking] -[Gilbert speaking] 11 00:00:31,932 --> 00:00:34,500 -[Erica speaking] -[Gilbert speaking] 12 00:00:34,502 --> 00:00:37,403 I really didn't see any problems ahead. 13 00:00:37,405 --> 00:00:38,437 I didn't... 14 00:00:39,607 --> 00:00:42,207 [Evansville 911 operator speaking] 15 00:00:42,209 --> 00:00:45,244 [Erica speaking] 16 00:00:45,345 --> 00:00:48,313 At that point, I knew something had happened. 17 00:00:48,315 --> 00:00:49,548 [Erica speaking] 18 00:00:49,650 --> 00:00:51,717 [Evansville 911 operator speaking] 19 00:00:51,719 --> 00:00:54,219 I was deceived. 20 00:00:54,221 --> 00:01:00,459 The person that you think is nice and well-meaning can be so evil. 21 00:01:02,530 --> 00:01:04,963 That was a lesson I learned from this. 22 00:01:19,447 --> 00:01:23,415 [music playing] 23 00:01:23,417 --> 00:01:27,753 [narrator] It's New Year's Day, 1986, in Evansville, Indiana... 24 00:01:30,357 --> 00:01:33,158 [baby crying] 25 00:01:33,260 --> 00:01:35,828 [narrator] ...Charlie and Florence Dossett host their family 26 00:01:35,830 --> 00:01:37,563 for a late Christmas celebration. 27 00:01:43,604 --> 00:01:48,440 Their 39-year-old son, Gilbert, and his wife, 28 00:01:48,509 --> 00:01:51,844 37-year-old Dianna, 29 00:01:51,945 --> 00:01:54,113 drove the two hours from Cadiz, Kentucky, 30 00:01:54,115 --> 00:01:56,148 to join in the festivities. 31 00:01:56,250 --> 00:02:01,220 [woman speaking] 32 00:02:01,222 --> 00:02:03,422 [narrator] Gilbert and Dianna's daughters, 33 00:02:03,424 --> 00:02:07,526 14-year-old Erica, and 11-year-old Mendy, 34 00:02:07,528 --> 00:02:09,595 made the trip with their parents. 35 00:02:09,597 --> 00:02:11,730 Oh! 36 00:02:11,732 --> 00:02:15,934 [Erica] New Year's Eve was always a big deal at Grandm and Grandpa Dossett's house 37 00:02:17,204 --> 00:02:21,707 So, we would have a very simple Christmas at home. 38 00:02:21,709 --> 00:02:27,146 And then, we would head down to Evansville and spend time with them. 39 00:02:27,214 --> 00:02:32,518 -[man 1 speaking] -[man 2 speaking] 40 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:34,453 All of our families were very close. 41 00:02:34,521 --> 00:02:38,524 [grandma speaking] 42 00:02:38,526 --> 00:02:41,426 We always just enjoyed that time together. 43 00:02:41,428 --> 00:02:43,962 They always took a little extra attention to us 44 00:02:43,964 --> 00:02:45,731 since we did live far away. 45 00:02:46,901 --> 00:02:50,202 [Dianna] We always got together with his family, 46 00:02:50,204 --> 00:02:52,738 sharing gifts and memories. 47 00:02:52,839 --> 00:02:57,042 And it was just a, just a fun, wonderful time. 48 00:03:00,147 --> 00:03:02,014 [Erica] Oh, and the best tim grandma was handing out 49 00:03:02,016 --> 00:03:03,649 the envelopes to the grandkids. 50 00:03:05,352 --> 00:03:07,419 That always means money. 51 00:03:07,421 --> 00:03:10,222 [grandma speaking] 52 00:03:10,224 --> 00:03:11,523 Dad has his hand out. 53 00:03:13,761 --> 00:03:15,727 -[grandma speaking] -[Gilbert laughing] 54 00:03:17,965 --> 00:03:20,732 It really didn't matter to h if he received a gift or not 55 00:03:20,834 --> 00:03:22,734 but he always liked to razz people 56 00:03:22,836 --> 00:03:27,406 and, you know, joke around and... and have a good time 57 00:03:27,408 --> 00:03:30,409 [Gilbert speaking] 58 00:03:30,411 --> 00:03:31,643 He was a hoot. 59 00:03:31,712 --> 00:03:35,547 [music] 60 00:03:35,649 --> 00:03:39,218 [narrator] Gil and Dianna own a bait store on the shore of Lake Barkley 61 00:03:41,956 --> 00:03:44,890 [Dianna] It was a different kind of life, but it was 62 00:03:44,892 --> 00:03:46,825 the most beautiful place I've ever been. 63 00:03:49,296 --> 00:03:52,731 We rented boats and we had people who came and camped. 64 00:03:54,301 --> 00:03:56,702 That was our life for like 13 years. 65 00:03:58,439 --> 00:04:00,439 [Erica] It was an adventure 66 00:04:00,507 --> 00:04:03,141 We didn't know what we were getting into 67 00:04:03,210 --> 00:04:07,446 with having a store and, you know, it was exciting. 68 00:04:07,547 --> 00:04:12,684 We liked the idea of doing something together as a family. 69 00:04:12,686 --> 00:04:14,519 [Gilbert speaking] 70 00:04:16,523 --> 00:04:21,393 [Erica] My dad just really enjoyed being out on the water. 71 00:04:21,395 --> 00:04:23,328 He just loved everything about fishing. 72 00:04:25,199 --> 00:04:29,334 I never could catch a fish, but every time Gil would bait my hook 73 00:04:29,436 --> 00:04:32,838 we would catch a fish, so I think it's something to do with chemistry. 74 00:04:32,939 --> 00:04:34,206 [Dianna chuckles] 75 00:04:34,208 --> 00:04:36,541 [woman speaking] 76 00:04:36,643 --> 00:04:38,143 [narrator] The Dossett family spends 77 00:04:38,145 --> 00:04:42,214 the final hours of New Year's Day, 1986, playing games. 78 00:04:43,817 --> 00:04:46,818 Playing games was definitely something that we did as a family. 79 00:04:46,820 --> 00:04:49,154 [woman speaking] 80 00:04:49,223 --> 00:04:50,589 [man speaking] 81 00:04:50,591 --> 00:04:52,224 [man laughing] 82 00:04:52,226 --> 00:04:53,692 [woman speaking] 83 00:04:53,694 --> 00:04:55,127 Yeah! Yeah! 84 00:04:55,129 --> 00:04:58,897 Scattergories was a lot of fun, very competitive. 85 00:04:58,899 --> 00:05:03,201 Of course, there was making up of words that didn't really fit. 86 00:05:03,203 --> 00:05:04,936 [woman speaking] 87 00:05:05,005 --> 00:05:08,607 [all laughing] 88 00:05:08,609 --> 00:05:10,442 [Dianna] Gilbert, well, he was hot-blooded. 89 00:05:11,545 --> 00:05:13,745 He was always hot and sweating. 90 00:05:15,849 --> 00:05:19,818 And yeah, that's the way he dressed in the wintertime or the summer. 91 00:05:21,021 --> 00:05:24,523 -[man speaking] -[man speaking] 92 00:05:24,525 --> 00:05:27,859 -[woman speaking] -[woman speaking] 93 00:05:27,928 --> 00:05:30,896 [man speaking] 94 00:05:30,898 --> 00:05:37,202 [woman speaking] 95 00:05:37,204 --> 00:05:42,107 [Dianna] When Gil won any game, he would just rub it in and was just awful. 96 00:05:42,109 --> 00:05:45,010 [laughing] 97 00:05:45,012 --> 00:05:48,213 So that's why we'd try to beat him every chance we got. 98 00:05:51,151 --> 00:05:55,053 [narrator] Dianna and Gilber met in Evansville in 1969. 99 00:05:57,524 --> 00:06:01,059 [Dianna] I used to work at a restaurant with his mother, Florence. 100 00:06:02,529 --> 00:06:06,398 She was going to go to a Christmas party at Nativity Church. 101 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:09,334 She said she was gonna send her son over to pick me up. 102 00:06:09,436 --> 00:06:12,104 And I thought, well, she didn't tell me that. 103 00:06:14,208 --> 00:06:17,042 But anyway, he came over and he was a perfect gentleman, 104 00:06:17,044 --> 00:06:20,746 dressed very nice, and he was very handsome. 105 00:06:20,814 --> 00:06:23,949 So we have a few drinks and we dance 106 00:06:24,017 --> 00:06:26,718 and dance and dance and kind of hit it off. 107 00:06:28,021 --> 00:06:30,956 And then he said, "Would you like to go out?" 108 00:06:32,359 --> 00:06:35,627 He and I were only dating for four months, 109 00:06:35,629 --> 00:06:37,429 which is not very long. 110 00:06:37,431 --> 00:06:40,399 And he says, "Can I put my claims on you? 111 00:06:40,401 --> 00:06:43,602 And he brought out the little box with the ring in it. 112 00:06:43,604 --> 00:06:45,036 And I said, "Yes." 113 00:06:47,508 --> 00:06:50,942 [narrator] Dianna and Gil married on May 9, 1970. 114 00:06:52,646 --> 00:06:54,312 [man speaking] 115 00:06:54,314 --> 00:06:57,949 Erica was born in 1971, 116 00:06:58,018 --> 00:07:04,523 and Mendy was born 2.5 years later, on January 14, 1974. 117 00:07:04,525 --> 00:07:07,659 [Dianna speaking] 118 00:07:07,761 --> 00:07:09,161 [laughing] 119 00:07:17,004 --> 00:07:22,007 This is a hilarious moment, I think at my 40th birthday. 120 00:07:30,317 --> 00:07:32,417 He always gave me nice gifts. 121 00:07:32,419 --> 00:07:36,221 [Erica speaking] 122 00:07:36,223 --> 00:07:40,358 Here, he gave me a box of candy, and he's so sweet. 123 00:07:41,428 --> 00:07:44,329 [Gilbert speaking] 124 00:07:44,331 --> 00:07:45,630 And a sweet kiss. 125 00:07:45,632 --> 00:07:49,034 -[Gilbert speaking] -[Dianna speaking] 126 00:07:50,637 --> 00:07:52,204 [laughing] 127 00:07:54,007 --> 00:07:55,807 It still makes me smile when I see it. 128 00:07:58,645 --> 00:08:00,812 Mmm, good old days. 129 00:08:00,814 --> 00:08:02,614 [Dianna speaking] 130 00:08:05,352 --> 00:08:06,852 [Erica] Dad was never on a diet. 131 00:08:08,822 --> 00:08:11,022 He ate whatever he wanted when he wanted. 132 00:08:11,024 --> 00:08:13,425 [Dianna speaking] 133 00:08:13,427 --> 00:08:15,961 -[Erica speaking] -[Gilbert speaking] 134 00:08:15,963 --> 00:08:17,262 [Erica speaking] 135 00:08:22,236 --> 00:08:24,936 [narrator] Fast forward to 1990, 136 00:08:24,938 --> 00:08:30,242 the family celebrates Gil's 44th birthday with a lakeside cookout. 137 00:08:30,343 --> 00:08:35,013 [Erica speaking] 138 00:08:35,015 --> 00:08:37,816 [man speaking] 139 00:08:37,818 --> 00:08:41,953 [Dianna] I would let the campers know we're gonna celebrate Gil's birthday. 140 00:08:42,022 --> 00:08:45,123 So we had a big fish fry and a gathering 141 00:08:45,125 --> 00:08:47,759 and there was cake and presents 142 00:08:47,861 --> 00:08:51,730 and we just really had a good birthday party. 143 00:08:51,732 --> 00:08:53,498 [man singing] 144 00:08:53,500 --> 00:08:58,303 [all singing] 145 00:08:59,806 --> 00:09:02,340 [Gilbert speaking] 146 00:09:02,409 --> 00:09:04,175 [man speaking] 147 00:09:04,177 --> 00:09:07,045 [Gilbert speaking] 148 00:09:07,114 --> 00:09:10,315 [Erica] Dad loved being the center of attention. 149 00:09:10,317 --> 00:09:15,854 It's just so funny to me how he's making wisecracks, 150 00:09:15,923 --> 00:09:17,722 and people enjoyed it too. 151 00:09:19,560 --> 00:09:21,426 [woman speaking] 152 00:09:24,531 --> 00:09:29,534 The campers were all having a good time, cutting up and carrying on, 153 00:09:29,636 --> 00:09:31,803 just happy to be part of his special day. 154 00:09:31,805 --> 00:09:34,005 [Gilbert speaking] 155 00:09:34,007 --> 00:09:38,510 [Dianna] We did a lot of things and... and shared a lot of fun together. 156 00:09:38,512 --> 00:09:41,112 [laughing] 157 00:09:41,114 --> 00:09:44,516 He was just a good person to be around. 158 00:09:44,518 --> 00:09:47,752 -[Gilbert speaking] -[woman speaking] 159 00:09:47,821 --> 00:09:49,354 [Dianna] And so it was a good life. 160 00:09:52,025 --> 00:09:53,325 What happened after that? 161 00:09:54,461 --> 00:09:58,530 There's just good memories and broken hearts. 162 00:10:03,537 --> 00:10:08,506 [Gilbert speaking] 163 00:10:08,508 --> 00:10:13,345 Christmas of 1990, we were still at the lake. 164 00:10:13,413 --> 00:10:17,749 -[woman speaking] -[Gilbert speaking] 165 00:10:17,818 --> 00:10:20,952 This was the best Christmas I ever had. 166 00:10:21,021 --> 00:10:23,121 Our family was there. 167 00:10:23,123 --> 00:10:24,723 The girls were there. 168 00:10:24,725 --> 00:10:26,324 [Dianna speaking] 169 00:10:28,695 --> 00:10:32,597 We got dad a gift for his Christmas present. 170 00:10:32,599 --> 00:10:34,499 [Gilbert speaking] 171 00:10:43,844 --> 00:10:46,444 [Dianna laughing] 172 00:10:46,513 --> 00:10:48,413 He loved it 'cause, you know, he loved fishing 173 00:10:48,415 --> 00:10:50,515 more than anything. 174 00:10:50,517 --> 00:10:51,616 [Erica] Thank Mendy, Dad. 175 00:10:51,618 --> 00:10:52,917 [Gilbert speaking] 176 00:10:52,919 --> 00:10:55,553 He's always funny when he opens gifts. 177 00:10:55,622 --> 00:10:57,822 He always has something cute or funny to say. 178 00:10:58,959 --> 00:11:00,792 He was cute and funny. 179 00:11:00,794 --> 00:11:02,727 [laughing] 180 00:11:02,729 --> 00:11:05,964 [narrator] But the best present of all is yet to com 181 00:11:06,033 --> 00:11:10,535 [Erica speaking] 182 00:11:10,637 --> 00:11:14,906 [narrator] Eighteen-year-old Erica is three months' pregnant. 183 00:11:14,908 --> 00:11:18,309 [Erica] We were very excite to be having a baby. 184 00:11:18,311 --> 00:11:20,845 Mom and Dad were excited to become grandparents. 185 00:11:25,018 --> 00:11:27,552 They thought I made them grandparents too young. 186 00:11:27,621 --> 00:11:31,222 Of course, they weren't really ready, 187 00:11:31,224 --> 00:11:34,325 but they were excited about his arrival. 188 00:11:39,933 --> 00:11:41,733 [Dianna speaking] 189 00:11:44,404 --> 00:11:46,104 [Erica] I was nine months' pregnant. 190 00:11:46,106 --> 00:11:50,709 [Dianna speaking] 191 00:11:50,711 --> 00:11:55,313 And I get a phone call that my dad had been in an accident. 192 00:11:58,385 --> 00:12:01,953 [Dianna] It was on a Monday and there was no traffic 193 00:12:01,955 --> 00:12:04,556 or boats or anything out on the lake. 194 00:12:04,624 --> 00:12:06,524 And Gil was taking the boat out. 195 00:12:10,263 --> 00:12:12,931 And he let go of the steering wheel 196 00:12:12,933 --> 00:12:15,934 and the boat threw him out. 197 00:12:15,936 --> 00:12:19,838 [water gurgling] 198 00:12:19,939 --> 00:12:23,041 Then, he slid to the rear of the boat, 199 00:12:23,143 --> 00:12:27,846 where the motor was and the motor got tangled in between his legs. 200 00:12:35,822 --> 00:12:38,556 And it just so happened that our milkman, 201 00:12:38,625 --> 00:12:41,059 he goes to investigate 202 00:12:41,061 --> 00:12:46,431 and there he sees Gil in the water floating. 203 00:12:46,433 --> 00:12:51,136 He was able to pull Gil into his boat, 204 00:12:51,204 --> 00:12:54,205 and he said he'd never seen anything like it. 205 00:12:54,207 --> 00:12:55,640 Not since the war. 206 00:12:57,444 --> 00:13:00,145 [Erica] Dad broke his leg in 13 places 207 00:13:00,213 --> 00:13:03,648 and he had lost a lot of blood and a lot of skin. 208 00:13:05,619 --> 00:13:07,218 So they were having him life-flighted. 209 00:13:09,322 --> 00:13:12,423 I had my delivery induced, 210 00:13:12,425 --> 00:13:14,025 so that I could get to be with him 211 00:13:14,027 --> 00:13:16,127 because we really didn't think he was gonna make it. 212 00:13:18,331 --> 00:13:21,933 So when we were able to be discharged from the hospital, 213 00:13:21,935 --> 00:13:26,738 we went directly to Vanderbilt Hospital from Fort Leonard Wood, 214 00:13:26,807 --> 00:13:29,808 and his eyes lit up. 215 00:13:32,979 --> 00:13:37,515 Dad told me when he was in the water waiting to be rescued, 216 00:13:37,517 --> 00:13:40,785 he just said, "God, let me see my grandson. 217 00:13:40,787 --> 00:13:43,154 That's all I ask for is let me see my grandson." 218 00:13:45,058 --> 00:13:49,060 He was so excited to see his grandson for the first time 219 00:13:49,129 --> 00:13:51,529 and they just laid there in the bed together. 220 00:13:51,531 --> 00:13:54,599 He enjoyed holding on to him and being close to hi 221 00:13:56,236 --> 00:14:00,605 Alex and my dad really bonded, so it was very special, 222 00:14:00,607 --> 00:14:02,607 special time during a tragedy. 223 00:14:09,015 --> 00:14:10,815 [Dianna speaking] 224 00:14:12,652 --> 00:14:13,785 [Gilbert speaking] 225 00:14:13,787 --> 00:14:16,754 [Dianna speaking] 226 00:14:19,426 --> 00:14:21,826 [narrator] Gil's injuries respond well to treatment, 227 00:14:23,230 --> 00:14:24,562 but it's almost three month 228 00:14:24,631 --> 00:14:26,331 before he's walking around at home. 229 00:14:29,402 --> 00:14:32,036 [Dianna] Alex called Gil his pappa. 230 00:14:34,741 --> 00:14:37,208 Yeah, he thought his pappa hung the moon. 231 00:14:38,712 --> 00:14:40,645 Gil was crazy about the little thing. 232 00:14:42,816 --> 00:14:44,949 [Erica] It was very special as a mother 233 00:14:44,951 --> 00:14:48,820 and as a daughter to see that bond that they had together. 234 00:14:48,822 --> 00:14:52,657 I honestly believe that if Alex had not arrived, 235 00:14:52,759 --> 00:14:54,559 that my dad wouldn't be alive. 236 00:14:54,628 --> 00:14:58,329 [engine revving] 237 00:15:00,901 --> 00:15:04,702 [Erica speaking] 238 00:15:07,707 --> 00:15:11,409 [Dianna] I think that the pain that he had to endure, 239 00:15:11,411 --> 00:15:13,344 you know, that always affects people. 240 00:15:13,446 --> 00:15:17,548 And if you're in a lot of pain, you just don't feel like talking. 241 00:15:19,386 --> 00:15:21,519 [Dianna speaking] 242 00:15:21,521 --> 00:15:23,655 [Gilbert speaking] 243 00:15:23,723 --> 00:15:26,658 I think he was changing, of course, I probably was too. 244 00:15:28,328 --> 00:15:32,263 I think the stress, it took its toll on both of us 245 00:15:33,333 --> 00:15:37,302 trying to keep the store going and him needing 246 00:15:37,304 --> 00:15:40,805 all the medical attention that he needed. 247 00:15:40,807 --> 00:15:43,608 It was just a very, very difficult time. 248 00:15:48,615 --> 00:15:49,914 [Gilbert speaking] 249 00:15:49,916 --> 00:15:52,717 [Dianna speaking] 250 00:15:52,719 --> 00:15:56,821 So we ended up selling the store because we couldn't... 251 00:15:56,823 --> 00:15:59,557 we just couldn't keep up, we couldn't keep it going. 252 00:16:02,062 --> 00:16:03,761 We just kind of separated. 253 00:16:05,265 --> 00:16:08,533 We kept trying to work it ou but not really. 254 00:16:08,601 --> 00:16:11,803 We know that it was... it was coming to a close. 255 00:16:13,039 --> 00:16:18,309 And so, yeah, it was in '93 that we got our divorce. 256 00:16:23,116 --> 00:16:26,317 [Erica] So after the divorce he moved to Evansville. 257 00:16:28,088 --> 00:16:29,721 He wanted to be close to all of us. 258 00:16:29,723 --> 00:16:32,790 I think it was very difficul for him to sell the store 259 00:16:32,792 --> 00:16:38,129 because that was so much of his identity and who he was as a person. 260 00:16:38,131 --> 00:16:42,033 And to walk away from that, I think it was nice to be 261 00:16:42,035 --> 00:16:45,503 able to fall back on family and to know that the family 262 00:16:45,505 --> 00:16:49,807 still was there for him, still loved him, and still wanted to be aroun 263 00:16:58,318 --> 00:17:00,518 He got a job as a taxi cab driver. 264 00:17:03,123 --> 00:17:07,525 He didn't have to be on his feet all day with the injury to his leg. 265 00:17:09,362 --> 00:17:16,200 It was his way of connectin with people, making his riders laugh. 266 00:17:18,038 --> 00:17:20,805 He really enjoyed that job. 267 00:17:20,807 --> 00:17:22,206 [Gilbert speaking] 268 00:17:22,208 --> 00:17:23,641 [Dianna speaking] 269 00:17:23,710 --> 00:17:25,810 [Erica] We all knew that he changed. 270 00:17:25,812 --> 00:17:30,181 He wasn't that same super-outgoing, super-happy 271 00:17:30,183 --> 00:17:33,217 super-engaged person that he was, 272 00:17:33,219 --> 00:17:35,219 but he was making the best of what he had. 273 00:17:37,624 --> 00:17:40,324 No one could see what was going to happen. 274 00:17:48,701 --> 00:17:52,103 [narrator] In 2001, Gilbert Dossett meets Brenda Moore. 275 00:17:54,340 --> 00:17:57,708 Brenda is 34 years old to Gilbert's 55. 276 00:18:00,413 --> 00:18:04,148 [Erica] She was also a cab driver for River City Taxi. 277 00:18:05,752 --> 00:18:07,718 And so that is where they me 278 00:18:11,291 --> 00:18:13,057 I think it was pretty instan 279 00:18:14,761 --> 00:18:17,261 Them being together made him feel needed. 280 00:18:18,965 --> 00:18:21,332 She had two very young children 281 00:18:21,401 --> 00:18:24,001 and so they started dating pretty quickly 282 00:18:24,003 --> 00:18:26,337 and they moved in together pretty quickly as well. 283 00:18:28,942 --> 00:18:31,409 I thought she was nice. 284 00:18:31,411 --> 00:18:36,114 Gil has met this wonderful person, and I was happy for him. 285 00:18:36,116 --> 00:18:38,349 I said, well, things must be going pretty good. 286 00:18:38,451 --> 00:18:44,555 I mean, she brought food and she sat around 287 00:18:44,591 --> 00:18:47,425 and talked with everybody that was at the house. 288 00:18:48,495 --> 00:18:50,394 [Erica] My dad doted on her 289 00:18:50,396 --> 00:18:55,900 So, you know, I thought if she's special to my dad, then she must be special. 290 00:18:55,902 --> 00:18:58,202 And if he was happy, that's all that mattered to me. 291 00:19:00,140 --> 00:19:03,307 [Dianna] I found out that both of her husbands, 292 00:19:03,309 --> 00:19:07,044 which were older, like Gil, died. 293 00:19:08,548 --> 00:19:11,516 [narrator] One of Brenda's husbands died from cancer. 294 00:19:11,518 --> 00:19:14,819 The other died unexpectedly at just 39. 295 00:19:16,623 --> 00:19:19,957 Brenda raises her two young children alone. 296 00:19:19,959 --> 00:19:22,560 Her daughter, Nikki and son, Nicholas. 297 00:19:24,230 --> 00:19:26,430 Dad spent a lot of time playing with them 298 00:19:26,432 --> 00:19:28,299 and being a father figure to the kids, 299 00:19:28,301 --> 00:19:31,936 especially since they did not have fathers in their lives. 300 00:19:33,907 --> 00:19:36,507 [narrator] Gilbert and Brend date for almost two years. 301 00:19:38,278 --> 00:19:41,145 They marry in 2002. 302 00:19:41,214 --> 00:19:44,248 [Charles] I thought to mysel "Oh, my God, 303 00:19:44,350 --> 00:19:48,119 why did you get married to Brenda?" 304 00:19:48,121 --> 00:19:50,655 I mean, "You could have just lived with her." 305 00:19:52,225 --> 00:19:56,561 But evidently, he loved her enough to get married to her. 306 00:19:58,331 --> 00:19:59,864 [Erica] I thought it was kind of quick. 307 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:06,304 But she did love my dad and it seemed to me like 308 00:20:06,306 --> 00:20:09,307 she was taking care of him, which was important to me. 309 00:20:14,247 --> 00:20:18,249 [narrator] Erica and Dianna 310 00:20:18,318 --> 00:20:22,220 slowly adapt to Gil being increasingly absent in their lives. 311 00:20:22,222 --> 00:20:26,224 Christmas, that was one of my favorite holidays with the family. 312 00:20:28,228 --> 00:20:32,330 But it... it definitely was not the same without my dad. 313 00:20:32,332 --> 00:20:37,301 You know, we didn't see them as much as we would have liked. 314 00:20:38,438 --> 00:20:41,906 Dad would work all day and then have to come home 315 00:20:41,908 --> 00:20:47,044 and, you know, tend to the children and, you know, tend to his new bride. 316 00:20:47,113 --> 00:20:52,149 And so there wasn't a lot of extra time to spend time with the grandkids. 317 00:20:55,521 --> 00:20:58,422 He spent his time with that family. 318 00:21:00,360 --> 00:21:03,394 And so I think it was kind of hurtful. 319 00:21:03,396 --> 00:21:05,363 [Gilbert speaking] 320 00:21:06,866 --> 00:21:11,702 But I understood he, he had a commitment to his new family, 321 00:21:11,704 --> 00:21:14,038 and I understood that that's what he needed to do. 322 00:21:17,143 --> 00:21:21,512 [narrator] Six years later, Brenda falls ill. 323 00:21:22,615 --> 00:21:25,216 She was diagnosed with cancer. 324 00:21:26,953 --> 00:21:30,021 [Erica] They spent a lot of time in and out of doctors 325 00:21:30,023 --> 00:21:33,824 making sure she got the treatment that was best suited for he 326 00:21:33,826 --> 00:21:36,127 to give her the best quality of life. 327 00:21:37,830 --> 00:21:42,300 He was there by her side, but you got to have income to live on. 328 00:21:45,938 --> 00:21:48,739 [Erica] Dad was able to get a job with a manufacturing company 329 00:21:51,110 --> 00:21:54,512 He worked 10, 12 hours a day sometimes 6 days a week. 330 00:21:54,514 --> 00:21:56,714 But it was able to give the benefits 331 00:21:56,716 --> 00:21:59,050 that Brenda needed for her care. 332 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:04,422 [Rhonda] When Gil got hired on, he was an excellent worker. 333 00:22:06,459 --> 00:22:08,426 His wife was sick. 334 00:22:08,428 --> 00:22:11,429 And he wanted to make sure he took care of her 335 00:22:11,431 --> 00:22:13,631 and he would work every bit of overtime that he could. 336 00:22:15,535 --> 00:22:17,301 [Erica] It was hard on him. 337 00:22:17,303 --> 00:22:18,803 [Gilbert speaking] 338 00:22:20,306 --> 00:22:23,107 [Erica] It was excruciating pain for him 339 00:22:23,109 --> 00:22:27,611 with the injury to his leg as well as it just wore him out. 340 00:22:27,613 --> 00:22:29,246 He wasn't a young man anymore. 341 00:22:30,950 --> 00:22:32,750 [Rhonda] You try to tell him, you know, 342 00:22:32,819 --> 00:22:35,353 "Hey, Gil, you don't have to volunteer for overtime." 343 00:22:35,454 --> 00:22:37,321 "Oh, yeah, I do. I do." 344 00:22:38,358 --> 00:22:41,926 He had to take care of his family first. 345 00:22:41,928 --> 00:22:47,365 [all] ♪ Happy birthday, dear Mendy ♪ 346 00:22:47,466 --> 00:22:51,802 [all singing] 347 00:22:51,804 --> 00:22:53,437 Whoo! 348 00:22:53,439 --> 00:22:57,041 [Erica] We planned a surprise party for my sister's 40th birthda 349 00:22:58,778 --> 00:23:02,046 Gil and Brenda were there, and they were sitting in a booth by themselves. 350 00:23:04,517 --> 00:23:07,251 [Erica] It was a happy occasion, so everybody was just, 351 00:23:07,253 --> 00:23:09,019 you know, happy to be there 352 00:23:11,224 --> 00:23:14,692 We didn't realize that was going to be the last family function 353 00:23:14,694 --> 00:23:16,727 that he was going to be a part of. 354 00:23:21,401 --> 00:23:26,504 [narrator] Three months late Brenda's 18-year-old daughte Nikki, 355 00:23:26,506 --> 00:23:29,540 meets 19-year-old Mason Hughes online. 356 00:23:31,477 --> 00:23:34,412 Mason lives 100 miles away in Paoli. 357 00:23:36,315 --> 00:23:41,218 [Erica] Brenda was taking Nikki to Paoli to spend time with him, 358 00:23:41,220 --> 00:23:43,921 and then she was also picking him up and bringing him 359 00:23:43,923 --> 00:23:46,323 back to their house to spend time together. 360 00:23:47,994 --> 00:23:51,328 Dad had called me a couple times and he was like, 361 00:23:51,330 --> 00:23:53,631 "Brenda's letting him drive the car. 362 00:23:53,633 --> 00:23:54,932 He's wanting to stay the night. 363 00:23:55,034 --> 00:23:57,501 And I don't know how to tell him not to." 364 00:23:59,505 --> 00:24:04,508 But the thing that really did it for him is Brenda said, she didn't ask, 365 00:24:04,643 --> 00:24:07,945 she said "Mason's moving in." 366 00:24:07,980 --> 00:24:13,717 And my dad said, "Well, no, where is he going to stay?" 367 00:24:13,719 --> 00:24:15,619 Brenda said "In Nikki's room 368 00:24:15,621 --> 00:24:18,722 "Now, remember, she's still in high school. 369 00:24:18,724 --> 00:24:22,560 So my dad said, "Absolutely not, 370 00:24:22,661 --> 00:24:25,529 and that's not acceptable and that's not happening." 371 00:24:25,531 --> 00:24:29,033 And Brenda was adamant that it was going to happen 372 00:24:29,035 --> 00:24:31,702 So they got into a really big fight. 373 00:24:35,441 --> 00:24:37,842 And then Dad just called and said, 374 00:24:37,910 --> 00:24:41,045 "Hey, we... we have decided to go our own ways. 375 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:42,546 Brenda has moved out. 376 00:24:42,648 --> 00:24:46,450 I'm sure we're gonna be filing for divorce soon." 377 00:24:46,552 --> 00:24:49,453 The last I heard, Brenda and the kids were staying in a motel, 378 00:24:51,657 --> 00:24:53,057 but I... I don't know where. 379 00:24:57,864 --> 00:25:01,398 [Rhonda] We started at 6:30 a.m. in the mornings 380 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:05,336 and he would get out of there about 5:30 p.m. that evening. 381 00:25:08,140 --> 00:25:12,710 But that day Gil had a headache and he said, 382 00:25:12,712 --> 00:25:16,413 "I think I just need to lay down and get rid of this headache." 383 00:25:16,415 --> 00:25:18,215 Okay, he'd see us all tomorrow. 384 00:25:19,852 --> 00:25:22,920 Well, you didn't think too much about that because 385 00:25:22,922 --> 00:25:25,823 you know, okay, your friend's there and they've got a headache. 386 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:32,329 But the next day, he didn't show up. 387 00:25:35,134 --> 00:25:39,803 Mendy called me and she said, "Mama, something's not right. 388 00:25:42,942 --> 00:25:46,043 Brenda wants me to go over there and check on Dad. 389 00:25:46,078 --> 00:25:48,012 She hadn't seen Dad in two days." 390 00:25:51,651 --> 00:25:55,819 So she called me and she said, "We need to go check on Dad." 391 00:25:57,623 --> 00:26:03,460 I was not feeling good about none of it, and I was scared. 392 00:26:12,338 --> 00:26:14,605 [phone ringing] 393 00:26:14,607 --> 00:26:17,441 [Evansville 911 operator speaking] 394 00:26:17,543 --> 00:26:22,413 [Erica speaking] 395 00:26:25,751 --> 00:26:29,653 [Erica] We knocked on the door. He didn't come to the door. 396 00:26:31,057 --> 00:26:37,061 So I walked around to the back door, wasn't closed all the way. 397 00:26:37,063 --> 00:26:39,830 I was very concerned. 398 00:26:39,832 --> 00:26:41,165 [Evansville 911 operator speaking] 399 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,233 [Erica speaking] 400 00:26:43,335 --> 00:26:45,302 [Evansville 911 operator speaking] 401 00:26:45,404 --> 00:26:48,706 [Erica speaking] 402 00:26:51,811 --> 00:26:53,410 [Evansville 911 operator speaking] 403 00:26:53,412 --> 00:26:57,748 I definitely knew that when Sean came downstairs, it was not good news. 404 00:26:57,850 --> 00:27:01,719 And I could just tell by the way that he was acting. 405 00:27:01,721 --> 00:27:02,920 [Erica speaking] 406 00:27:02,922 --> 00:27:04,121 [Evansville 911 operator speaking] 407 00:27:04,123 --> 00:27:05,756 -[Erica speaking] -[Sean speaking] 408 00:27:05,858 --> 00:27:08,058 [Evansville 911 operator speaking] 409 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,327 [Erica speaking] 410 00:27:15,401 --> 00:27:16,600 [Sean speaking] 411 00:27:16,602 --> 00:27:18,402 -[Evansville 911 operator speaking] -[Sean speaking] 412 00:27:20,106 --> 00:27:22,606 [Evansville 911 operator speaking] 413 00:27:22,608 --> 00:27:28,045 My sister and I went outside and I was hysterical at this point. 414 00:27:31,717 --> 00:27:33,317 [Keith] Myself and a couple of other detectives, 415 00:27:33,319 --> 00:27:36,253 we arrive on scene a few minutes after the call 416 00:27:36,322 --> 00:27:38,288 [sirens wailing] 417 00:27:38,290 --> 00:27:41,325 I entered the house and I immediately noticed that 418 00:27:41,327 --> 00:27:45,029 there was furniture turned over, moved, disturbed. 419 00:27:45,031 --> 00:27:50,634 There might have been somebody in this house searching, stealing, whatever. 420 00:27:50,636 --> 00:27:53,504 Obviously looking for something. 421 00:27:53,506 --> 00:27:56,607 I noticed there were some small blood spots on the floor. 422 00:27:58,611 --> 00:28:04,415 I proceeded up the steps to the bedroom and I observed Mr. Dossett on his bed. 423 00:28:06,285 --> 00:28:09,319 I could tell that he was deceased. 424 00:28:09,321 --> 00:28:14,224 I also observed what I thought was a gunshot wound to Mr. Dossett's head. 425 00:28:15,561 --> 00:28:19,329 So it appeared that... that he had been shot while he was asleep. 426 00:28:22,902 --> 00:28:26,403 Talking to Gilbert's biological kids, 427 00:28:26,405 --> 00:28:29,039 they had said, "Hey, Gilbert's got a wife 428 00:28:29,041 --> 00:28:30,207 that's estranged. 429 00:28:31,410 --> 00:28:34,311 She's out of the house with her kids." 430 00:28:34,313 --> 00:28:36,213 I made a phone call. 431 00:28:36,215 --> 00:28:38,749 I said, "Brenda, your husband's deceased. 432 00:28:38,818 --> 00:28:40,117 I need to talk to you." 433 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:43,821 [sirens wailing] 434 00:28:46,058 --> 00:28:49,426 We went out to the apartmen where Brenda and the kids were staying. 435 00:28:51,897 --> 00:28:56,433 I knocked on the door, and Brenda was right there, and she was crying. 436 00:28:56,535 --> 00:29:00,304 She was visibly upset, 437 00:29:00,306 --> 00:29:02,339 which would be a normal reaction 438 00:29:02,408 --> 00:29:05,042 for a spouse, to lose a spouse. 439 00:29:07,413 --> 00:29:09,446 I asked Brenda to come to the station. 440 00:29:09,515 --> 00:29:11,749 She willingly agreed to come 441 00:29:14,420 --> 00:29:18,956 [Keith speaking] 442 00:29:25,865 --> 00:29:30,100 During the interview process, Brenda said that it had been a couple of weeks 443 00:29:30,102 --> 00:29:33,403 since she had actually seen Mr. Dossett, 444 00:29:33,405 --> 00:29:36,240 but she did put herself at the house. 445 00:29:36,308 --> 00:29:39,743 She told me that she had moved some stuff out of the garage. 446 00:29:39,812 --> 00:29:45,749 [Brenda speaking] 447 00:29:45,818 --> 00:29:47,251 [Keith speaking] 448 00:29:47,352 --> 00:29:49,753 [Brenda speaking] 449 00:29:49,822 --> 00:29:52,589 [Keith] Brenda brings up a name that... that I had... didn't know 450 00:29:52,591 --> 00:29:55,325 at that time, and that's Mason Hughes. 451 00:29:55,327 --> 00:29:58,629 She said that Mason was... was her daughter's boyfriend. 452 00:29:58,631 --> 00:30:02,232 [Keith speaking] 453 00:30:03,602 --> 00:30:07,037 [Brenda speaking] 454 00:30:14,446 --> 00:30:19,249 [Keith speaking] 455 00:30:19,318 --> 00:30:24,321 [Brenda speaking] 456 00:30:24,323 --> 00:30:28,725 [Keith speaking] 457 00:30:30,763 --> 00:30:33,864 [Brenda speaking] 458 00:30:38,003 --> 00:30:40,537 [Keith speaking] 459 00:30:40,639 --> 00:30:44,741 [Brenda speaking] 460 00:30:48,714 --> 00:30:51,114 [Keith] She's talking and she's giving us a timeli 461 00:30:51,116 --> 00:30:53,450 and she's giving us information. 462 00:30:53,552 --> 00:30:55,819 All the while, we're picking up everybody she's bringing in. 463 00:31:00,626 --> 00:31:01,959 We pick up Mason Hughes. 464 00:31:04,330 --> 00:31:06,230 We pick up her daughter, Nikki Moore, 465 00:31:07,499 --> 00:31:10,200 and we pick up her juvenile son, Nicholas. 466 00:31:12,004 --> 00:31:15,038 Also, grabbing the car that they said they were driving 467 00:31:16,942 --> 00:31:20,244 And we get them all on station and she doesn't know this. 468 00:31:23,415 --> 00:31:25,549 [Keith speaking] 469 00:31:25,618 --> 00:31:26,783 [Brenda speaking] 470 00:31:26,785 --> 00:31:30,254 I finished interviewing Brenda 471 00:31:30,322 --> 00:31:32,823 and put her with Nicholas for the second interview. 472 00:31:34,026 --> 00:31:39,029 When I step out, Brenda and Nicholas 473 00:31:39,031 --> 00:31:41,131 get real close together and they start whispering. 474 00:31:42,234 --> 00:31:44,635 [Brenda speaking] 475 00:31:49,708 --> 00:31:52,142 Detectives hear this on the monitors. 476 00:31:52,211 --> 00:31:55,812 Even though she's whispering, but we hear it. 477 00:31:55,814 --> 00:31:58,882 [Brenda speaking] 478 00:31:58,884 --> 00:32:00,851 [Nicholas speaking] 479 00:32:02,855 --> 00:32:08,225 [Keith] Well, then I knew, and everybody in, in the detective office knew 480 00:32:08,227 --> 00:32:09,726 we're heading in the right direction here. 481 00:32:11,230 --> 00:32:13,964 [Keith speaking] 482 00:32:14,066 --> 00:32:18,902 Then we sort of abandoned he and left her with Nicholas, 483 00:32:18,904 --> 00:32:20,304 so they could just talk. 484 00:32:20,306 --> 00:32:22,906 And while detectives are watching there, 485 00:32:22,908 --> 00:32:27,311 we start with Nikki as the next interview. 486 00:32:27,313 --> 00:32:30,614 [Keith speaking] 487 00:32:35,054 --> 00:32:38,722 [Nikki speaking] 488 00:32:38,724 --> 00:32:42,426 [Keith speaking] 489 00:32:42,428 --> 00:32:48,231 [Nikki speaking] 490 00:32:49,702 --> 00:32:52,436 -[Keith speaking] -[Nikki speaking] 491 00:32:52,504 --> 00:32:54,137 There's no way she could have known that. 492 00:32:55,407 --> 00:32:57,941 [Keith] I hadn't told anybody that. 493 00:32:58,010 --> 00:32:59,810 Nobody had. 494 00:32:59,812 --> 00:33:02,412 So that completely changed the direction 495 00:33:02,414 --> 00:33:05,816 by her making that statement about Gilbert being shot in the head. 496 00:33:07,052 --> 00:33:09,753 And then we start pressuring her 497 00:33:09,821 --> 00:33:12,322 and we start hitting her with questions. 498 00:33:12,324 --> 00:33:14,624 [Detective Mayhew speaking] 499 00:33:14,626 --> 00:33:16,059 [Nikki speaking] 500 00:33:16,061 --> 00:33:17,527 [Detective Mayhew speaking] 501 00:33:17,529 --> 00:33:18,729 [Nikki speaking] 502 00:33:18,731 --> 00:33:22,399 [Detective Mayhew speaking] 503 00:33:22,401 --> 00:33:24,101 [Nikki speaking] 504 00:33:24,103 --> 00:33:27,104 -[Detective Mayhew speaking] -[Nikki speaking] 505 00:33:27,106 --> 00:33:29,606 She's a soft person. 506 00:33:29,608 --> 00:33:32,442 She's not streetwise. She's not hard. 507 00:33:32,544 --> 00:33:33,643 [Keith speaking] 508 00:33:38,584 --> 00:33:41,218 [Nikki speaking] 509 00:33:41,220 --> 00:33:43,520 [Keith speaking] 510 00:33:43,522 --> 00:33:45,689 [Nikki speaking] 511 00:33:45,691 --> 00:33:48,458 [Keith speaking] 512 00:33:57,436 --> 00:34:03,006 [Keith] I don't think that Nikki had planned on cooperating and talking, 513 00:34:03,008 --> 00:34:05,409 but she made a couple... couple statements 514 00:34:05,411 --> 00:34:07,844 that implicated her that she did know. 515 00:34:09,214 --> 00:34:12,649 [Keith speaking] 516 00:34:15,454 --> 00:34:16,720 [Nikki speaking] 517 00:34:18,457 --> 00:34:21,024 She said her boyfriend, Mason, shot Gilbert. 518 00:34:24,530 --> 00:34:28,532 [Keith speaking] 519 00:34:37,509 --> 00:34:41,745 I was trying to get Mason to collaborate what that story was 520 00:34:41,814 --> 00:34:46,650 and... and ultimately try to get him to admit to what had happened. 521 00:34:46,718 --> 00:34:51,054 [Detective Mayhew speaking] 522 00:34:51,056 --> 00:34:52,956 [Keith] Mason's tough. 523 00:34:52,958 --> 00:34:56,526 He's young, but he's sort of street toug 524 00:34:56,528 --> 00:34:58,595 He's very gullible, though. 525 00:34:58,597 --> 00:35:00,730 I don't think he'd had much life experience 526 00:35:00,732 --> 00:35:04,701 other than just being probably an adolescent teenager. 527 00:35:06,605 --> 00:35:09,206 He's visibly shaking in his chair. 528 00:35:10,242 --> 00:35:15,045 He was spooked about what we were asking him. 529 00:35:15,147 --> 00:35:20,750 [Keith speaking] 530 00:35:26,158 --> 00:35:31,228 [Mason speaking] 531 00:35:31,230 --> 00:35:34,731 [Keith speaking] 532 00:35:34,733 --> 00:35:38,735 [Mason speaking] 533 00:35:38,804 --> 00:35:40,804 [Keith speaking] 534 00:35:40,806 --> 00:35:42,439 [Keith] He was digging himself in a hole 535 00:35:42,541 --> 00:35:45,609 that he wasn't going to get out very easily. 536 00:35:45,611 --> 00:35:50,747 So Mason starts putting the blame a little bit on Brenda. 537 00:35:52,117 --> 00:35:56,720 [Mason speaking] 538 00:36:00,826 --> 00:36:03,160 [Keith speaking] 539 00:36:03,228 --> 00:36:04,961 [Mason speaking] 540 00:36:04,963 --> 00:36:07,230 [Keith] And that was a big piece of evidence. 541 00:36:07,232 --> 00:36:09,199 He puts himself there at the scene. 542 00:36:09,201 --> 00:36:15,105 [Keith speaking] 543 00:36:15,107 --> 00:36:16,806 [Mason speaking] 544 00:36:16,808 --> 00:36:21,611 Mason is fighting off the questions about we know what happened, 545 00:36:21,613 --> 00:36:24,514 and then Mayhew comes up with a great idea. 546 00:36:24,516 --> 00:36:26,216 [Keith speaking] 547 00:36:29,221 --> 00:36:33,557 [Keith] We go grab Nikki and put her back in the interview room. 548 00:36:35,827 --> 00:36:38,728 I'm with Mason and Mayhew's with Nikki. 549 00:36:45,604 --> 00:36:49,139 Mayhew is talking to Nikki. 550 00:36:49,241 --> 00:36:51,841 [Detective Mayhew speaking] 551 00:36:55,314 --> 00:36:58,615 [Keith] I've got Mason and we're watching the monitor. 552 00:36:58,617 --> 00:37:01,218 [Detective Mayhew speaking] 553 00:37:03,522 --> 00:37:04,621 [Nikki speaking] 554 00:37:06,858 --> 00:37:08,858 [Detective Mayhew speaking] 555 00:37:08,927 --> 00:37:11,728 [Keith] Mason knows at that time that we know. 556 00:37:13,232 --> 00:37:15,999 And then I put him back into the interview room. 557 00:37:16,001 --> 00:37:17,133 [Detective Mayhew speaking] 558 00:37:18,303 --> 00:37:19,502 [Mason speaking] 559 00:37:19,504 --> 00:37:20,604 [Detective Mayhew speaking] 560 00:37:20,606 --> 00:37:22,806 [Mason speaking] 561 00:37:22,808 --> 00:37:24,541 [Detective Mayhew speaking] 562 00:37:24,643 --> 00:37:26,643 [Mason speaking] 563 00:37:29,748 --> 00:37:32,048 [Detective Mayhew speaking] 564 00:37:32,050 --> 00:37:34,918 He's still denying it. 565 00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:40,724 And I reach over, and I had a hand-held recorder 566 00:37:40,726 --> 00:37:43,159 and I said, "How about I turn this off? 567 00:37:43,228 --> 00:37:44,728 And we just start over? 568 00:37:45,831 --> 00:37:49,699 I think that was the trigger that Mason said, "Okay, 569 00:37:49,701 --> 00:37:52,736 it's time for me to... to tell the story." 570 00:37:52,804 --> 00:37:54,804 And he tells the story. 571 00:37:54,806 --> 00:37:59,409 [Mason speaking] 572 00:37:59,411 --> 00:38:01,144 [Detective Mayhew speaking] 573 00:38:01,213 --> 00:38:02,245 [Mason speaking] 574 00:38:02,314 --> 00:38:05,415 [Detective Mayhew speaking] 575 00:38:05,417 --> 00:38:06,950 [Mason speaking] 576 00:38:07,052 --> 00:38:11,755 [Detective Mayhew speaking] 577 00:38:11,856 --> 00:38:13,690 [Mason speaking] 578 00:38:17,062 --> 00:38:22,532 [Keith] He says that him and Brenda drove from the apartment on the west side, 579 00:38:22,601 --> 00:38:24,934 drove down to Gilbert's hous 580 00:38:24,936 --> 00:38:26,636 They knew that Gilbert would be in bed. 581 00:38:29,408 --> 00:38:31,207 Brenda had a key. 582 00:38:31,209 --> 00:38:32,975 She unlocks the back door. 583 00:38:34,713 --> 00:38:37,614 They move some furniture to stage it, make it look like it's a robbery. 584 00:38:39,518 --> 00:38:42,619 [Mason speaking] 585 00:38:45,057 --> 00:38:47,824 [Keith] Mason says he goes u to the bedroom. 586 00:38:51,196 --> 00:38:52,862 [Mason speaking] 587 00:38:59,104 --> 00:39:04,341 So Mason put... put a shotgun to his head and pulled the trigger. 588 00:39:08,814 --> 00:39:11,114 He told me that Brenda was standing on the steps 589 00:39:11,116 --> 00:39:15,218 outside the bedroom door when he shot Gilbert. 590 00:39:17,222 --> 00:39:21,825 Mason tells us that Brenda is going to buy him a vehicle 591 00:39:21,827 --> 00:39:24,160 off the insurance settlemen 592 00:39:24,229 --> 00:39:25,762 of Gilbert's life insurance policy. 593 00:39:27,632 --> 00:39:31,134 That's why she wanted Gilbert dead, for insurance. 594 00:39:32,504 --> 00:39:36,039 [Erica] The life insurance money was only $48,000 in total. 595 00:39:37,609 --> 00:39:40,410 No one's life is worth $48,000. 596 00:39:42,914 --> 00:39:47,617 [Keith] She believed that she was the beneficiary of this policy, 597 00:39:47,619 --> 00:39:50,019 when in fact she wasn't. 598 00:39:50,021 --> 00:39:52,122 [Keith speaking] 599 00:39:52,124 --> 00:39:54,557 [Mason speaking] 600 00:39:54,659 --> 00:39:59,329 [Keith speaking] 601 00:39:59,331 --> 00:40:02,031 [Mason speaking] 602 00:40:02,033 --> 00:40:03,433 [Keith speaking] 603 00:40:03,502 --> 00:40:06,603 One of the biggest pieces o evidence in this case 604 00:40:06,605 --> 00:40:09,439 was finding the murder weapon in Brenda's trunk of her car. 605 00:40:11,610 --> 00:40:16,112 And the murder weapon was exactly how Mason said it would be. 606 00:40:16,114 --> 00:40:18,715 It would have one spent shel in the chamber 607 00:40:18,717 --> 00:40:20,650 and one unspent shell in the magazine. 608 00:40:24,556 --> 00:40:28,625 [detective speaking] 609 00:40:33,064 --> 00:40:37,033 [Keith] One of the best feelings I've ever had was looking straight at her 610 00:40:37,102 --> 00:40:39,335 and advising her she's under arrest for murde 611 00:40:45,944 --> 00:40:50,146 Approximately six months aft Gilbert Dossett was murdered 612 00:40:50,215 --> 00:40:53,716 Brenda Dossett pled guilty in court. 613 00:40:56,121 --> 00:40:58,521 It saved the family from having to go through a trial 614 00:41:00,225 --> 00:41:04,828 And on December 17, 2014, Judge Pigman sentenced 615 00:41:04,830 --> 00:41:07,130 Brenda Dossett to 60 years for murder. 616 00:41:10,101 --> 00:41:12,101 [Dianna] I think she deserve the death penalty. 617 00:41:13,305 --> 00:41:16,239 She's a mother and she still has her kids. 618 00:41:16,341 --> 00:41:17,807 And Gil's no longer here. 619 00:41:19,044 --> 00:41:20,410 There's no justice. 620 00:41:22,414 --> 00:41:25,515 [Keith] On April 24, 2015, 621 00:41:25,517 --> 00:41:30,620 Mason Hughes pleads guilty to murder and is sentenced to 60 years 622 00:41:33,525 --> 00:41:36,826 [narrator] Police do not charge Brenda's daughter, Nikki 623 00:41:36,828 --> 00:41:41,731 nor her son, Nicholas with any crimes in relation to Gil's murder. 624 00:41:44,836 --> 00:41:46,302 [Erica speaking] 625 00:41:46,304 --> 00:41:48,071 -[Gilbert speaking] -[Erica speaking] 626 00:41:48,073 --> 00:41:49,405 [Gilbert speaking] 627 00:41:49,407 --> 00:41:51,941 [Erica] Dad was the glue that held us all together. 628 00:41:55,313 --> 00:41:58,014 It makes me sad to think about... 629 00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:04,220 what he's missed and what he will miss. 630 00:42:06,458 --> 00:42:08,191 [kissing] 631 00:42:08,193 --> 00:42:09,459 [Erica] Hey, Dad. 632 00:42:09,461 --> 00:42:12,462 -Give me this piece right here. -That's my favorite. 633 00:42:12,530 --> 00:42:15,899 But I also know he is here for us and looking over us 634 00:42:15,901 --> 00:42:21,304 and... and still a part of our world. 635 00:42:21,306 --> 00:42:22,906 [Erica] You and Pappa go for a ride? 636 00:42:25,110 --> 00:42:26,609 He's missed so much.