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The following programme contains
strong language

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and scenes which some viewers may
find distressing.

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It's New Year's Eve, 2018,

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in St Joseph,

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a town on the eastern shores
of Lake Michigan.

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Shortly before midnight,

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the police department
receives a frantic call.

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It's a call that would set in motion
one of the most shocking

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and cold-blooded murder cases
the town has ever seen.

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The caller is so upset,

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she can barely keep it together.

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Suddenly... the line goes dead.

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Units, be advised...

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Officers arrive to find
a chaotic crime scene.

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A blood-soaked gunshot victim
lies on his back

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beside a black pickup truck.

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The young man is just barely
clinging to life.

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A young woman kneels
over the victim,

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sobbing hysterically.

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Officers take the young woman aside

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to give the EMTs more space to work.

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A group of worried onlookers
has started to gather

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around the crime scene.

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The EMTs lift
the man's motionless body

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onto the stretcher.

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The victim's family has heard
about the shooting,

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and they've started
showing up at the crime scene.

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The shooting victim,
23-year-old Tyrone Hassel III,

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is a well-respected sergeant

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serving in the US Army.

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Tyrone was staying at his father's
house for the New Year's holiday,

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along with his wife and toddler son.

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Tyrone's father watches helplessly

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as his son is loaded
onto the ambulance.

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After Tyrone is removed
from the scene,

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detectives notice a number
of expended bullet casings

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scattered across the driveway.

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They discover five bullet casings
in total,

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but no murder weapon.

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At that moment,
the distraught young woman

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tries to force her way
into the ambulance.

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Officers take the woman aside
for questioning.

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With a shooter on the loose,

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the whereabouts of
the woman's toddler son

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becomes an immediate concern.

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Moments later, detectives
find the terrified toddler

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and reunite him with his family.

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Simultaneously,
officers continue to question

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the distressed woman.

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Kemia Hassel, Tyrone's wife,

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is the one who first called in
the shooting.

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Kemia and Tyrone met while both
were serving on active duty.

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Now, the once-thriving young family
has been torn apart

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by a hail of bullets

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fired by a gunman who has vanished.

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Earlier that night,

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Tyrone was at a New Year's party
down the street.

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Afterward, he had stopped by

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to drop off a plate of food
for Kemia.

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But as Tyrone returned to his truck,

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Kemia says the shooter
emerged from the shadows.

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Kemia claims she does not know
who shot her husband.

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She appears to be just as much
in the dark as investigators are

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and works to answer
the officer's questions.

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The ambulance rushes
to the hospital,

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but it's already too late.

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Tyrone Hassel III
is pronounced dead,

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and the shooting officially becomes
a homicide investigation.

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Kemia Hassel seems to be overwhelmed
with grief and shock

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over the murder of her husband.

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She's now looking at a future
of raising their little boy

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without Tyrone.

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That little boy
will never have a chance

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to get to know his father.

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Officers send Kemia Hassel
to care for her toddler son

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while investigators inspect
the scene more closely.

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There they make an unsettling
discovery.

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Based on the evidence,

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detectives determine that Tyrone
seemed to be first shot

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while approaching his truck.

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Tyrone was shot four times,

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including one delivered point blank
to his forehead.

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Coupled with the fact
that his wallet

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was left in his pocket,
full of cash,

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it's beginning to look like
this was a targeted attack.

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Since Kemia seems
to have calmed down,

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officers approach her
with a few more questions.

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The officer tries to reassure
the new widow,

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letting her know
they'll do their best

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to find the killer.

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Next, detectives need to get
a statement from Tyrone's father,

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who still appears to be reeling
from the shock.

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Tyrone's father explains
that he was with Tyrone

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in the moments before the shooting.

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The emergency lights and commotion
continue to attract attention

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in the neighbourhood.

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At that moment,
another car pulls up,

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but this isn't a curious bystander.

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It's Tyrone Hassel's
own grandmother.

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She's blindsided
by the terrible news.

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Oh, my God!

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Overwhelmed by shock,

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Tyrone's grandmother insists on
heading straight to the hospital

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to see her grandson.

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Detectives finish
collecting evidence

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and witness statements.

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But with few leads
and an unknown motive,

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they're worried
that solving the case

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could be an uphill battle.

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The following day, Tyrone's father
meets detectives at the station

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to help with the investigation.

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Like the authorities,

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he believes Tryone's killing
was a planned attack.

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He's been hearing rumours
around the neighbourhood

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and on social media,

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and he has an idea
of who was involved.

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Detectives plan to look into
the social media lead,

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and they sympathise
with Tyrone's father's anger.

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But they can't have him
pursuing vigilante justice

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on the streets of St Joseph.

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A few minutes later,

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Kemia Hassel joins the interview.

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Tyrone's father
has no way of knowing

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that the person he's looking for

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isn't the man mentioned
in the social media post.

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It's the young woman
sitting right across from him.

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What authorities don't know yet -
but will soon figure out -

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is that Kemia Hassel's grief

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is all an act.

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She wanted her husband dead,

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and she orchestrated
a cold-blooded plan

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to carry it out.

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And so far,
she has gotten away with it.

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Because for now,

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Kemia Hassel still appears to be

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just a cooperating witness.

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As they wrap up the interview,

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detectives urge Tyrone's father

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to avoid confronting people
on the street.

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Tyrone's father seems
to get the message.

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Detectives hit the streets,

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interviewing residents
near the crime scene.

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None of the neighbourhood interviews
amount to much.

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But on the 12th day
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an anonymous tip comes in
that changes everything.

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The tipster - who served with
Kemia Hassel in the army -

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claims Kemia has been having an
affair with a fellow soldier...

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a man named Jeremy Cuellar.

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The tipster thinks the two lovers
may have planned

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and carried out
Tyrone Hassel's murder.

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St Joseph detectives connect

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with the Army Criminal
Investigation Division

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at Fort Stewart.

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It doesn't take long for agents
to locate Jeremy Cuellar

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and bring him in for an interview.

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The agent starts by trying to build
a rapport with Cuellar.

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It starts to become clear

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that Cuellar isn't willing
to play ball.

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Just like that,
the interview is over

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and Cuellar hasn't given
investigators a thing.

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But when agents get Kemia Hassel
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she immediately starts talking.

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Kemia is surprisingly candid

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about her affair
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and about their ruthless conspiracy

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to take her husband's life.

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Kemia Hassel is placing
much of the blame

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at Jeremy Cuellar's feet.

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But at this point,
the blame game hardly matters.

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Her husband was killed,

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and she's already implicated herself
in the murder plot.

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Tyrone Hassel was holding onto

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a $400,000 life insurance policy.

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Kemia explains that the promise
of a six-figure payday

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helped motivate their plan
to take his life.

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Kemia freely admits to everything,

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and even puts it into writing.

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Even without a confession
from Jeremy Cueller,

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Kemia Hassel has given investigators
what they need

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to build a strong case
against the couple.

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On July 18th, 2019,

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a jury finds Kemia Hassel guilty

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of first-degree murder

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and conspiracy to commit murder.

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She is sentenced to life in prison.

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Jeremy Cuellar pleads guilty

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and is sentenced to a minimum
of 65 years.

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But even though he's facing
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Jeremy Cuellar's conscience

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seems to be eating away at him.

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He reaches out to Tyrone's father

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in an apparent attempt
to explain himself

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and perhaps seek forgiveness.

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Tyrone's father warns Cuellar

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that he might need to watch his back

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since a few of his son's
good friends

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are locked up with him.

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Cuellar opens up about
the marital troubles

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that initially led him
into Kemia's arms.

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Tyrone's father seems to appreciate

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Cuellar's honesty and candour.

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Despite the terrible act of violence

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that forever changed
both of their lives,

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the two men seem to come
to a mutual understanding.

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