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This is a story about a girl
who grew up to have it all.
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A happy marriage... beautiful kids...
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Even a private plane.
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But somewhere inside these
never-before-seen home videos...
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Something just wasn't right.
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...there are dark secrets...
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Everything was looking bad.
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I was preparing for the worst.
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This doesn't happen to US.
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This happens to other people.
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...and a killer
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who will shatter their peace forever.
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I said, "who'd he kill this time?"
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It's January 2007
in Cameron airpark, California
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and guests are arriving
at the home of the Winkler's
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for a special event.
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For Don Hatfield,
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it's one of his first visits
to the exclusive neighborhood
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where his daughter Rachel now lives.
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All of the houses there have
garages built for airplanes.
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It's an airpark.
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A living, flying place of residence.
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Kind of strange.
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John Travolta actually had
his plane there.
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The streets are wider
to accommodate the airplane.
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All the roads lead to the airport
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where they can taxi down
the runway and take off.
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And then come back,
taxi back to their garage,
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park it, and, you know.
Go have dinner.
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Today's happy occasion
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is a baby shower for Rachel Winkler
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who is expecting her first child
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with husband Todd --
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a little girl who they plan to name Eva.
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Family friend Judy lehman
filmed the joyous day.
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It was a great event.
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It was so much fun.
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Rachel looked really happy.
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I took a lot of films.
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She was really excited.
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She was really excited to be pregnant.
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Todd is a successful businessman
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who works for a top-tier
management consulting firm.
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He and Rachel married two years ago.
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And they're still very much in love.
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Rachel can't resist showing
their wedding pictures
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to all her friends
who couldn't make the ceremony.
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She was bouncing around the house,
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and she was happy about the baby.
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She seemed excited about renovations
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that they wanted to do.
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She seemed excited about,
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you know, the direction
that her life was going.
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Rachel's mom Diana has been busy
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making onesies for her new granddaughter.
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And after everybody has lunch,
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the couple unwrap
a mountain of gifts and cards.
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Todd can't resist showing affection
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for his glowing wife.
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You can see there that Todd
is rubbing her neck
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and being involved and smiling,
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and right there, they looked happy.
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It looks like Rachel's made good.
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But her background was much more humble.
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Born in 1975
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to fun-loving parents Don and Diana,
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she was raised in California.
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In one of the earliest
known clips of Rachel,
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also filmed by Judy lehman,
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she is 10 years old.
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I've basically known the kids
since they were little.
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Don and I started off being friends,
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so we became sort of a communal family
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where we would do things together.
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We'd go to church.
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The kids would play together.
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And that's how we became
lifelong friends.
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Back then,
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Don Hatfield was a struggling artist.
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But he makes sure he pays the bills
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by juggling several other jobs.
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We were penniless
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until one of the members of the church
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got a promotion within
a garage-door-hanging company,
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and he got me a truck and a route,
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and I began hanging garage doors
with a passion.
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I was a working stiff
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and would come dragging home at night
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after hanging three or four doors
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to entertain the kids and fall asleep
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on the in the living room floor
with my my overalls on
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and wake up in the next morning
and go straight back to work.
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No shower, no bed, no nothing.
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And it was pretty wild.
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Don and Diana don't make much money.
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To them, happiness
is much more important.
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Those were happy days.
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I was working hard.
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We were having little kids,
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and Diana was home caring for them.
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The little guy Matthew is their youngest,
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the next oldest, David,
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is the one showing off
his moonwalking skills.
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Rachel's dancing, too.
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It's one of the things
that makes her happiest.
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She lived right down the street from me,
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so we would walk to school
then we would hang out all day
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and definitely go to the park,
and play Madonna
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and dance around the park
like we were idiots.
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But within a year,
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Don and Diana's marriage is crumbling.
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We bought a house,
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and across the street was this woman.
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And to make a long story short,
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I violated my marital vows
and committed adultery.
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And that pretty much
was the beginning of the end.
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The affair also damages
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Don's relationship with Rachel.
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I remember telling Rachel, in fact,
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that I no longer was unfaithful
to her mother,
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when the fact was
I was lying at that point.
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Right then, I was lying to Rachel.
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And children --
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they have a sense
about what is true.
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I don't think that sat well
with Rachel.
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Don and Diana divorce,
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and Diana takes all the kids with her
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across the U.S.A. To Georgia.
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That divorce, the explosion
of the nuclear family,
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it was a rough road at times.
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I mean, there was family punch-outs.
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It was like --
it was crazy.
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In the summer of 1989,
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Don's kids come back
to California to visit.
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His career has taken off,
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so he can afford
to show them a good time.
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We went to Tahoe.
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I had a gallery in Tahoe there
that sold a lot of my artwork,
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had big shows,
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and would always be willing
to put me up
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if I want to come and visit.
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I could stay at a hotel for a week.
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I mean, just doing
whatever I could to be
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a great Disneyland dad.
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Rachel, now 14,
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squares up against
her older brother Caleb.
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Later, she picks up the camera,
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and her sense of humor shines through.
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Don has lined up a vacation
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jam-packed with activities
for his kids.
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At one point,
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Don notices his daughter's
newly acquired southern accent.
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Rachel proves up for any adventure
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her dad can throw at her.
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While Rachel was one among four boys,
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she loved her brothers.
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She had a real tomboy aspect to her,
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keeping up with them.
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Here, she gets a taste of parasailing
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and seems to have no problems
soaring above the water.
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As the trip draws to a close,
Don has mixed feelings.
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It was actually very sad
in a lot of ways.
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It was short-lived.
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And, you know, they had to go back.
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And, I mean, there was really
no family life.
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It was just
a Disneyland-dad experience.
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The kids are adjusting
to life with single parents.
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But Don isn't taking any chances.
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It's very difficult
to understand or perceive
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the impact of traumatic events,
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because what doesn't appear now,
may appear later.
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14-year-old Rachel Hatfield
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is adjusting to life
with divorced parents
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and has discovered
a new taste for adventure.
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But a few years later,
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friends and family will grow concerned
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when she suddenly stops eating properly
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and is diagnosed with anorexia.
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Her hair started falling out,
and, you know --
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it was bad.
It was pretty bad.
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I remember going and visiting her
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and trying to get her to eat
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and checking in on her,
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and she would still be measuring her food
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and get fearful
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that someone would see her
measuring our food.
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Picture going from 120 to 62 pounds.
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She was a walking skeleton.
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She terrified the family at that point.
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She was shrinking day by day.
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I was preparing for the worst.
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She would not eat.
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Everything was looking bad.
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She had written
her death note to me
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that "no matter what happens,
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I want you to know
that I always loved you."
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I see that as her attempt
to reconcile the family.
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Rachel is admitted to a clinic.
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But her recovery only starts
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when she comes to terms
with her parents separation.
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2:00 in the morning,
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I get a phone call
from modesto psychiatric clinic.
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He says,
"I have good news for you.
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Rachel's gonna be okay."
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I said, "how do you know?"
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He says, "well, we had a talk."
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"Okay.
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Well, what'd you talk about?"
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He says, "well, she said,
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'with my mother,
I can touch the earth.
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And with my father,
I can touch the stars.'"
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from that point on, the weight came on.
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She walked right out of it
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and became this robust, athletic beauty.
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It was so strange.
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It was a -- what we call a "firacle" --
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a fricking miracle.
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Rachel's finally ready
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to move on with the rest of her life.
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After high school,
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she goes to college to study business.
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She's really smart.
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Probably one of the smartest people
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that I've ever ran into --
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like naturally smart.
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She was taking calculus
right away in freshman year,
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so that blew me away.
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She quickly became
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one of the top students in her class
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and graduated with honors --
straight a's.
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The big accounting firms
in San Francisco --
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deloitte & touche
and some of the other --
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80,000 bucks right off the bat.
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Start with us.
We'd like you to come.
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I said, "Rachel, you got it.
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She says, no, dad,
I want to start my own business.
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I want to work for myself
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I don't want to work
for the --
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I go, okay, great. Fine.
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Rachel has a new circle of
ambitious friends from college.
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And in July 2005,
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one of them invites her to a dinner party
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that will change her life.
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Todd Winkler.
Good to meet you.
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Rachel.
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Before working as a management consultant,
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Todd flew f-16s in the U.S. Air force
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and completed a degree
in computer engineering.
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But now he's returned to civilian life.
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Todd kind of swept in.
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And here was a guy,
you know, he's good looking,
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had a plane, had money, had a house.
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And I think that was exciting for her.
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Todd's been married twice before.
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He got wed young and divorced.
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Then six years ago,
his whole life was shattered
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when his second wife Catherine
died in a car accident.
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Through it all,
Todd had no children.
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And now he's ready to start again
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with the right person.
269
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She was in her early 30s
and wanted to start a family.
270
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And this guy wanted to start a family.
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He was interested
in starting his own business.
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She had that entrepreneurial spirit.
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He was adventurous.
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She was adventurous as well.
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It's a whirlwind romance.
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And a few weeks after their meeting,
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Todd pops the question.
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When he proposed to her,
he did it in skywriting.
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He took one of his stunt planes
280
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and went up and marry me, Rachel.
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You know, stuff like that.
282
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I mean, he liked to do
the sensational thing.
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They're married that same summer.
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She looked great.
She looked beautiful.
285
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And she was married to this guy.
286
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I did mention it at the wedding.
287
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I thought, this is so fast.
288
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But, you know, god help them."
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I mean, good things are gonna happen.
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I'm sure.
291
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A year later,
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Rachel becomes pregnant
with Todd's child.
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Crawling. Come on.
294
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And on April 11th, 2007,
baby Eva is born.
295
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It's Todd who decides to make
a funny home movie
296
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of their experience as parents,
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poking fun at Rachel's
big ambitions for her daughter.
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Nearly two years later,
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Eva is joined by little sister Ariel.
300
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This video, taken by Rachel,
301
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shows Eva and Ariel enjoying
a family music festival.
302
00:18:04,217 --> 00:18:12,857
In early 2010, Todd gets a new job
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for a prestigious
pharmaceutical company.
304
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But it's a two-hour drive away.
305
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So he lives Monday through Thursday
306
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near his office in Alameda.
307
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Rachel takes care of the girls at home.
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She also juggles her own job.
309
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She's now the manager
at the neighborhood airpark.
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Rachel has always kept herself
in shape by running.
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Todd and the girls try to keep up,
312
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but it's not easy.
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Luckily on this day,
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Rachel's dad Don
is there to lend a hand.
315
00:19:20,293 --> 00:19:22,860
But Rachel has a hidden reason
316
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for keeping herself in shape
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that will rock
this family's foundations.
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Rachel Winkler is rich, beautiful,
319
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and married with two kids.
320
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But something isn't right.
321
00:19:51,424 --> 00:19:53,157
Her and Todd's relationship
322
00:19:53,159 --> 00:19:55,226
wasn't as strong
as she was hoping it to be.
323
00:19:55,228 --> 00:19:58,629
I think she just had a lot of stress.
324
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Maybe he's not the right person.
325
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One day, Todd drops by
the neighborhood airport,
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Rachel's place of work.
327
00:20:10,476 --> 00:20:14,412
He sees that she's become close
to a co-worker --
328
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a mechanic and former marine.
329
00:20:17,383 --> 00:20:19,850
Rachel is like a lot of women.
330
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They need attention --
331
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positive attention,
not negative attention.
332
00:20:24,624 --> 00:20:27,592
When Todd suspects
Rachel has cheated on him,
333
00:20:27,594 --> 00:20:29,727
he turns to father-in-law Don for help.
334
00:20:29,729 --> 00:20:30,928
It's time.
335
00:20:30,930 --> 00:20:32,563
Now he's calling me on the phone.
336
00:20:32,565 --> 00:20:34,932
You know, "Don, you know,
my marriage is in trouble.
337
00:20:34,934 --> 00:20:36,000
She's seeing this guy."
338
00:20:36,002 --> 00:20:37,268
At a point there,
339
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he's calling me over and over and over.
340
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I'm trying to save my marriage.
341
00:20:41,441 --> 00:20:43,608
I'm trying to do this,
I'm trying to do that.
342
00:20:43,610 --> 00:20:46,611
Todd's attempt to win Rachel back pays off.
343
00:20:46,613 --> 00:20:49,847
She didn't want to upset anybody.
344
00:20:49,849 --> 00:20:52,250
She definitely didn't want
to upset her dad.
345
00:20:52,252 --> 00:20:55,286
She was afraid that her family
would feel like she didn't try.
346
00:20:55,288 --> 00:20:58,456
And her kids were so young
that she didn't --
347
00:20:58,458 --> 00:21:01,626
she just didn't want
to disappoint anybody.
348
00:21:01,628 --> 00:21:04,228
Having lived through a divorce herself,
349
00:21:04,230 --> 00:21:08,332
Rachel doesn't want to put
her kids through the same pain.
350
00:21:08,334 --> 00:21:11,335
She thought the best thing
was reconciliation,
351
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stay there, work it out.
352
00:21:13,139 --> 00:21:14,605
You know,
I'm gonna stay with Todd.
353
00:21:14,607 --> 00:21:16,374
I'm gonna pray for him.
354
00:21:16,376 --> 00:21:17,475
I'm gonna do the right thing.
355
00:21:17,477 --> 00:21:18,509
I'm not gonna leave.
356
00:21:18,511 --> 00:21:20,177
I said, "okay, fine."
357
00:21:20,179 --> 00:21:23,347
A few months later,
358
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Rachel and Todd announce to their family
359
00:21:25,318 --> 00:21:28,753
that they're expecting
a third child.
360
00:21:28,755 --> 00:21:31,322
She called me and told me
that she was pregnant,
361
00:21:31,324 --> 00:21:32,356
and I just said,
362
00:21:32,358 --> 00:21:33,591
you're going to have another one.
363
00:21:33,593 --> 00:21:35,493
I thought you were done
after two, you know.
364
00:21:35,495 --> 00:21:37,895
And she's like, "nah,
we're going to do one more.
365
00:21:37,897 --> 00:21:39,130
Hopefully it'll be a boy."
366
00:21:39,132 --> 00:21:42,300
Then in march 2011,
367
00:21:42,302 --> 00:21:45,036
Todd decides they all
could do with a break.
368
00:21:45,038 --> 00:21:50,041
He takes the family
on a Florida vacation.
369
00:21:50,043 --> 00:21:53,344
Rachel's dad Don joins them
and films the trip.
370
00:21:53,346 --> 00:21:58,249
I was happy to be there on the trip
371
00:21:58,251 --> 00:22:01,952
and, you know, do the camera,
make my little film,
372
00:22:01,954 --> 00:22:06,090
and see how cute and darling
the kids were.
373
00:22:07,493 --> 00:22:09,493
Don's also there to help with the girls
374
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when mom and dad
want a little alone time.
375
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As far as I knew,
they were okay at that point.
376
00:22:16,836 --> 00:22:18,736
I really believe
that they took me along,
377
00:22:18,738 --> 00:22:19,970
as I understand now,
378
00:22:19,972 --> 00:22:23,040
to watch the kids
so they could go have some fun.
379
00:22:23,042 --> 00:22:24,909
I get to be with the kids,
taking pictures.
380
00:22:24,911 --> 00:22:26,243
It all seem pretty good.
381
00:22:27,447 --> 00:22:30,214
And of course, Don also takes videos
382
00:22:30,216 --> 00:22:32,750
of his now very pregnant daughter.
383
00:22:36,255 --> 00:22:39,290
3-year-old Eva and 18-month-old Ariel
384
00:22:39,292 --> 00:22:42,760
love all this daddy time.
385
00:22:42,762 --> 00:22:45,229
The kids are playing
with their dad on the hammock
386
00:22:45,231 --> 00:22:48,532
and he's having a beer
in Florida in the summertime.
387
00:22:48,534 --> 00:22:51,802
It just seemed like
all was well and fine.
388
00:22:51,804 --> 00:23:01,011
That was Todd and Eva.
389
00:23:01,013 --> 00:23:03,581
Eva was getting the shower treatment.
390
00:23:03,583 --> 00:23:08,252
391
00:23:08,254 --> 00:23:10,454
We're getting ready to go out
to have something to eat,
392
00:23:10,456 --> 00:23:13,557
have an evening of a little
fun and entertainment there.
393
00:23:13,559 --> 00:23:20,164
I would say they were fun loving
394
00:23:20,166 --> 00:23:24,168
and did a lot of things
for and with the kids.
395
00:23:24,170 --> 00:23:26,170
396
00:23:26,172 --> 00:23:29,106
Later, the kids snuggle
on their mom's lap
397
00:23:29,108 --> 00:23:32,343
and Eva mouths
a sweet message to her dad.
398
00:23:36,015 --> 00:23:39,583
It was the words I love you, daddy.
399
00:23:41,788 --> 00:23:45,122
That evening, they enjoy
a little daddy-daughter dance
400
00:23:45,124 --> 00:23:47,057
as Rachel watches on.
401
00:23:49,896 --> 00:23:52,763
When their third child is born July 2011,
402
00:23:52,765 --> 00:23:56,700
Rachel's father Don
films at the hospital.
403
00:23:56,702 --> 00:24:00,371
He captures his daughter's wish come true --
404
00:24:00,373 --> 00:24:04,675
a newborn boy, who they name Alex.
405
00:24:04,677 --> 00:24:09,980
Well, that was Alex's birth
there in kaiser hospital.
406
00:24:09,982 --> 00:24:12,750
And, you know, I brought Eva and Ariel.
407
00:24:12,752 --> 00:24:14,685
And I brought them down there
408
00:24:14,687 --> 00:24:17,455
to see their newborn little brother.
409
00:24:17,457 --> 00:24:19,590
Rachel was strong as an ox.
410
00:24:19,592 --> 00:24:21,659
And, you know, she just took it all --
411
00:24:21,661 --> 00:24:23,494
breathe and push.
412
00:24:23,496 --> 00:24:27,164
Little Ariel is thrilled
to have a baby brother.
413
00:24:27,166 --> 00:24:28,766
It seems the Winkler's
414
00:24:28,768 --> 00:24:31,936
have made it through their rough patch.
415
00:24:31,938 --> 00:24:33,971
That's a nice on.
We're looking down.
416
00:24:54,060 --> 00:24:57,127
In February 2012,
417
00:24:57,129 --> 00:24:58,729
police are called to the Winkler home
418
00:24:58,731 --> 00:25:00,698
in northern California.
419
00:25:02,869 --> 00:25:07,137
They find Todd Winkler
sitting on his front steps.
420
00:25:07,139 --> 00:25:09,907
He's got cuts and bandages
all over his hands.
421
00:25:38,037 --> 00:25:44,041
Deputies searched the house.
422
00:25:47,980 --> 00:25:51,415
They find Rachel's body
next to Alex's crib.
423
00:25:51,417 --> 00:25:58,255
She's been stabbed multiple times.
424
00:25:58,257 --> 00:26:05,329
I walk out early morning.
425
00:26:05,331 --> 00:26:06,664
The sun is shining.
426
00:26:11,737 --> 00:26:14,405
Hello?
427
00:26:14,407 --> 00:26:16,106
And there's a lady
on the other end of the line
428
00:26:16,108 --> 00:26:18,409
screaming into the phone.
429
00:26:18,411 --> 00:26:20,210
"Don, something's happened.
430
00:26:20,212 --> 00:26:23,414
Something horrible has happened."
431
00:26:23,416 --> 00:26:25,282
And I said, well, what's wrong?
432
00:26:25,284 --> 00:26:26,317
I said, "is it the kids?
433
00:26:26,319 --> 00:26:27,484
No!"
434
00:26:27,486 --> 00:26:28,485
Is it Rachel?
435
00:26:28,487 --> 00:26:29,954
Yes!
436
00:26:29,956 --> 00:26:31,121
I said, "well, what happened?
437
00:26:31,123 --> 00:26:32,256
Is she hurt?"
438
00:26:32,258 --> 00:26:34,658
I don't know!
Something horrible!
439
00:26:34,660 --> 00:26:37,027
I said, is there a big white truck
440
00:26:37,029 --> 00:26:39,296
parked in front of the house?
441
00:26:39,298 --> 00:26:41,599
Yes.
442
00:26:41,601 --> 00:26:45,502
Is there a yellow tape
around the property?
443
00:26:45,504 --> 00:26:48,405
Yes!
444
00:26:48,407 --> 00:26:50,441
Right then,
I knew she had been murdered.
445
00:26:50,443 --> 00:26:54,511
Shannon thurman hears the news
446
00:26:54,513 --> 00:26:57,081
from Rachel's brother Matthew.
447
00:26:57,083 --> 00:27:00,918
Matthew called me back
and very calmly just said,
448
00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:05,389
you know, um, I don't want this
to ruin your life.
449
00:27:05,391 --> 00:27:07,658
And I said, what are you talking about?
450
00:27:07,660 --> 00:27:09,059
Is your sister okay?"
451
00:27:09,061 --> 00:27:10,961
And he said,
somebody came into her house
452
00:27:10,963 --> 00:27:12,096
and murdered her today.
453
00:27:12,098 --> 00:27:13,864
And I said, well, what do you mean
454
00:27:13,866 --> 00:27:15,633
somebody just came into the house
455
00:27:15,635 --> 00:27:16,967
and murdered her?
456
00:27:16,969 --> 00:27:20,371
Like, that doesn't make
any sense to me whatsoever.
457
00:27:20,373 --> 00:27:22,206
458
00:27:22,208 --> 00:27:27,244
It was that moment of,
this doesn't happen to US.
459
00:27:27,246 --> 00:27:29,413
This happens to other people.
460
00:27:29,415 --> 00:27:33,317
El dorado county detectives
461
00:27:33,319 --> 00:27:35,352
questioned Rachel's husband Todd.
462
00:27:35,354 --> 00:27:38,922
463
00:27:38,924 --> 00:27:42,326
He tells detectives
that the day before Rachel died,
464
00:27:42,328 --> 00:27:43,761
she came home to tell him
465
00:27:43,763 --> 00:27:46,196
that she wanted to file for divorce.
466
00:27:46,198 --> 00:27:54,605
What is this?
467
00:27:54,607 --> 00:27:56,340
I've made up my mind.
468
00:27:56,342 --> 00:28:01,011
And she insisted on
taking full custody of the kids.
469
00:28:01,013 --> 00:28:02,613
I'm taking them away.
470
00:28:02,615 --> 00:28:04,515
To where?
471
00:28:04,517 --> 00:28:06,650
Todd tells police
472
00:28:06,652 --> 00:28:08,318
Rachel planned to leave him
473
00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:11,021
and run away with her boyfriend.
474
00:28:11,023 --> 00:28:12,089
They argued.
475
00:28:12,091 --> 00:28:13,190
And then that night,
476
00:28:13,192 --> 00:28:15,092
she went to sleep in the guest room
477
00:28:15,094 --> 00:28:17,294
next to their baby boy.
478
00:28:17,296 --> 00:28:21,598
Todd says he woke up
479
00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:23,734
at about 3:00 A.M. the next morning --
480
00:28:23,736 --> 00:28:25,069
his normal Monday routine
481
00:28:25,071 --> 00:28:27,337
before his two-hour drive to work.
482
00:28:30,342 --> 00:28:32,142
But before leaving,
483
00:28:32,144 --> 00:28:35,412
he says he stopped by
to challenge Rachel.
484
00:28:35,414 --> 00:28:47,291
I'm gonna fight you on this, Rachel.
485
00:28:47,293 --> 00:28:48,625
This will not happen.
486
00:28:48,627 --> 00:28:50,427
You will not take my kids away from me.
487
00:28:50,429 --> 00:28:51,695
Really?
488
00:28:51,697 --> 00:28:53,430
Well, it's happening.
489
00:28:53,432 --> 00:28:55,399
And I will do whatever it takes
490
00:28:55,401 --> 00:28:56,800
to get you out of the way.
491
00:28:59,038 --> 00:29:01,972
Todd tells police
he punched Rachel in the face
492
00:29:01,974 --> 00:29:03,207
because she threatened him.
493
00:29:03,209 --> 00:29:04,274
My god.
I'm sorry, Rachel.
494
00:29:04,276 --> 00:29:05,876
I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to.
495
00:29:05,878 --> 00:29:08,245
He tried to apologize,
496
00:29:08,247 --> 00:29:12,483
but he says Rachel attacked him
with a pair of scissors.
497
00:29:12,485 --> 00:29:15,419
He felt like his life was in danger
498
00:29:15,421 --> 00:29:19,623
but he fought her off
and escape to the garage.
499
00:29:19,625 --> 00:29:20,791
Get out of here!
500
00:29:20,793 --> 00:29:22,059
Todd: You're crazy!
Get out!
501
00:29:22,061 --> 00:29:23,827
Crazy!
Get out!
502
00:29:23,829 --> 00:29:26,563
503
00:29:26,565 --> 00:29:29,900
Todd tells police
he was going to leave the house
504
00:29:29,902 --> 00:29:31,769
but changed his mind.
505
00:29:33,439 --> 00:29:35,272
So he put on his leather jacket
506
00:29:35,274 --> 00:29:38,776
in case he needed
to knock down the bedroom door,
507
00:29:38,778 --> 00:29:42,112
then went back in to get baby Alex.
508
00:29:42,114 --> 00:29:44,782
Todd says he thought
the kids were in danger.
509
00:29:44,784 --> 00:29:51,054
510
00:29:53,325 --> 00:29:54,725
In the struggle,
511
00:29:54,727 --> 00:29:59,696
Todd says he fought to get
the scissors away from Rachel.
512
00:29:59,698 --> 00:30:01,865
But stabbed her in the throat.
513
00:30:01,867 --> 00:30:03,600
514
00:30:20,386 --> 00:30:22,019
515
00:30:22,021 --> 00:30:26,423
The injuries on Todd's hand
seemed to backup his story.
516
00:30:26,425 --> 00:30:28,559
Afterwards, Todd claims
517
00:30:28,561 --> 00:30:31,195
he attempted to resuscitate Rachel
518
00:30:31,197 --> 00:30:33,163
but was unsuccessful.
519
00:31:31,991 --> 00:31:36,426
Todd insists he killed Rachel
in self-defense.
520
00:31:36,428 --> 00:31:40,264
Police aren't convinced.
521
00:31:40,266 --> 00:31:43,000
They charge him
with first-degree murder
522
00:31:43,002 --> 00:31:45,903
but know they need more evidence.
523
00:31:45,905 --> 00:31:47,571
524
00:31:47,573 --> 00:31:50,374
So investigators
searched the family home.
525
00:31:52,711 --> 00:31:55,846
In the garage,
they make a bizarre discovery.
526
00:31:55,848 --> 00:32:00,083
An urn filled with ashes.
527
00:32:01,053 --> 00:32:04,988
They're the remains of Todd's
previous wife Catherine Winkler
528
00:32:04,990 --> 00:32:08,659
who died in a car crash
several years ago.
529
00:32:08,661 --> 00:32:10,127
530
00:32:10,129 --> 00:32:12,996
Rachel had found those
out in the garage,
531
00:32:12,998 --> 00:32:16,166
and she said to Todd,
I hope I never become ashes.
532
00:32:16,168 --> 00:32:19,536
He said, "well,
just don't ever anger me.
533
00:32:19,538 --> 00:32:23,206
I thought, gee,
there's an answer.
534
00:32:23,208 --> 00:32:24,374
And she was like,
what does that even mean?
535
00:32:24,376 --> 00:32:25,575
And I said, I don't know.
536
00:32:25,577 --> 00:32:27,644
Let's just not find out what it means.
537
00:32:27,646 --> 00:32:30,948
But it definitely made me
worried, you know.
538
00:32:30,950 --> 00:32:32,449
539
00:32:32,451 --> 00:32:35,118
The deputy district attorney
takes a second look
540
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,621
into the car crash that killed Catherine
541
00:32:37,623 --> 00:32:40,557
six years before Todd met Rachel.
542
00:32:40,559 --> 00:32:42,960
543
00:32:42,962 --> 00:32:46,096
Todd claimed he was thrown
clear of his truck
544
00:32:46,098 --> 00:32:48,065
when it fell into a ravine.
545
00:32:49,001 --> 00:32:52,469
Catherine died in the wreckage.
546
00:32:52,471 --> 00:32:54,871
547
00:32:54,873 --> 00:32:58,608
Her death was officially ruled
an accident.
548
00:33:01,347 --> 00:33:04,014
The deputy D.A. Calls the officer
549
00:33:04,016 --> 00:33:06,249
who investigated the case.
550
00:33:06,251 --> 00:33:08,285
Got a phone call from
551
00:33:08,287 --> 00:33:11,455
the El Dorado county
district attorney's office.
552
00:33:11,457 --> 00:33:12,723
The assistant D.A. Said,
553
00:33:12,725 --> 00:33:14,124
let me ask you a question, though?
554
00:33:14,126 --> 00:33:17,461
Are you familiar with Todd Winkler?
555
00:33:17,463 --> 00:33:21,431
And before I thought, I asked her,
556
00:33:21,433 --> 00:33:22,833
who'd he kill this time?
557
00:33:34,546 --> 00:33:38,415
The D.A.'S office has discovered
558
00:33:38,417 --> 00:33:41,785
that Todd's previous wife
Catherine died in an accident
559
00:33:41,787 --> 00:33:44,454
when her car fell into a ravine.
560
00:33:44,456 --> 00:33:46,623
561
00:33:46,625 --> 00:33:48,725
But the officer
that investigated the case
562
00:33:48,727 --> 00:33:51,862
thinks there is strong
circumstantial evidence
563
00:33:51,864 --> 00:33:54,898
to suggest a different verdict.
564
00:33:54,900 --> 00:33:56,466
565
00:33:56,468 --> 00:34:01,638
My conclusion was
it was done by his hands.
566
00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:03,340
It was in this --
567
00:34:03,342 --> 00:34:07,677
probably one of the straightest
parts of the road,
568
00:34:07,679 --> 00:34:10,414
but it had one of the biggest drop-offs.
569
00:34:10,416 --> 00:34:12,749
There was a pretty big hole down there.
570
00:34:12,751 --> 00:34:15,852
He told me his wife was in the truck
571
00:34:15,854 --> 00:34:17,988
when it went over the embankment.
572
00:34:17,990 --> 00:34:20,724
And you just jumped out
and landed on both feet,
573
00:34:20,726 --> 00:34:22,092
and this is where you are?
574
00:34:22,094 --> 00:34:23,560
He said, yeah.
575
00:34:23,562 --> 00:34:26,563
Something just wasn't right.
576
00:34:26,565 --> 00:34:28,799
It was at that point
where the red flags went off
577
00:34:28,801 --> 00:34:31,601
as, really, "what's going on?
578
00:34:31,603 --> 00:34:32,769
We're talking to him.
579
00:34:32,771 --> 00:34:35,839
He was kind of
defensive about everything.
580
00:34:35,841 --> 00:34:39,109
I just asked him, you know,
what'd you kill her for?
581
00:34:39,111 --> 00:34:44,147
And instead of being in an uproar,
582
00:34:44,149 --> 00:34:45,682
I didn't. I didn't. I didn't,
583
00:34:45,684 --> 00:34:48,518
he was like, I didn't kill her.
584
00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:53,457
Just in a calm, just soothing
I didn't kill her.
585
00:34:53,459 --> 00:34:57,994
The boldness of not feeling
anything with his wife.
586
00:34:57,996 --> 00:35:00,330
I mean, it was a criminal mind-set.
587
00:35:03,235 --> 00:35:08,705
The vehicle was so badly burnt,
any evidence was destroyed.
588
00:35:08,707 --> 00:35:12,242
And there were no witnesses to the crash.
589
00:35:12,244 --> 00:35:17,380
So it is declared an accident.
590
00:35:17,382 --> 00:35:21,118
Todd benefited financially
from Catherine's death.
591
00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:24,754
He had an insurance policy
for his wife.
592
00:35:24,756 --> 00:35:26,723
On her death, he stood to gain,
you know,
593
00:35:26,725 --> 00:35:29,226
anywhere from $1.2 million
to $2 million,
594
00:35:29,228 --> 00:35:30,560
somewhere in that range.
595
00:35:30,562 --> 00:35:33,396
This insurance was updated
596
00:35:33,398 --> 00:35:36,199
just weeks before Catherine died.
597
00:35:36,201 --> 00:35:39,436
He couldn't wait the entire time
to get the money.
598
00:35:39,438 --> 00:35:43,306
In fact, he tried to sue them
to get the money.
599
00:35:43,308 --> 00:35:49,112
Once the report come back
and everything was in his favor,
600
00:35:49,114 --> 00:35:52,115
he got his 1 1/2 --
$1.2, $1.5 million,
601
00:35:52,117 --> 00:35:54,451
and he went out
to placerville, California,
602
00:35:54,453 --> 00:35:57,287
bought him an airplane,
got him a new wife,
603
00:35:57,289 --> 00:35:58,488
he lives on an airport.
604
00:35:58,490 --> 00:35:59,589
Yeah, so, yeah.
605
00:35:59,591 --> 00:36:05,695
Investigators take a second look
606
00:36:05,697 --> 00:36:07,631
at Todd and Rachel's marriage.
607
00:36:07,633 --> 00:36:12,802
608
00:36:12,804 --> 00:36:17,440
To the outside world,
they lived a perfect life.
609
00:36:17,442 --> 00:36:20,510
The truth was very different.
610
00:36:20,512 --> 00:36:22,078
Todd was hurting her.
611
00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:24,881
Todd was hurting her
physically and emotionally,
612
00:36:24,883 --> 00:36:26,449
and taking her phone away
613
00:36:26,451 --> 00:36:27,851
to where she didn't have
any communication.
614
00:36:27,853 --> 00:36:29,953
Several times, I would call her
in Cameron park,
615
00:36:29,955 --> 00:36:31,721
and I knew that that's what it happened,
616
00:36:31,723 --> 00:36:33,089
because she doesn't just deliberately
617
00:36:33,091 --> 00:36:35,125
not answer her phone.
618
00:36:35,127 --> 00:36:36,660
Rachel took me aside
one day, and says,
619
00:36:36,662 --> 00:36:37,861
you know, dad.
620
00:36:37,863 --> 00:36:39,329
Living with Todd is not easy.
621
00:36:39,331 --> 00:36:41,231
He's very critical of me,
622
00:36:41,233 --> 00:36:42,799
and I wish he'd be sensitive
to the fact
623
00:36:42,801 --> 00:36:44,434
to take my side once in a while,
624
00:36:44,436 --> 00:36:47,170
because he's hard to live with.
625
00:36:47,172 --> 00:36:49,272
And he is a liar.
626
00:36:49,274 --> 00:36:51,274
He's a pathological liar."
627
00:36:51,276 --> 00:36:57,647
Rachel was scared of Todd.
628
00:36:57,649 --> 00:36:59,816
And she needed help.
629
00:36:59,818 --> 00:37:04,621
Nearly two years after her death
630
00:37:04,623 --> 00:37:10,493
in September 2014, Todd's trial begins.
631
00:37:10,495 --> 00:37:12,963
He pleads not guilty,
632
00:37:12,965 --> 00:37:14,564
sticking to his story
633
00:37:14,566 --> 00:37:18,935
that he was forced
to kill Rachel in self-defense.
634
00:37:18,937 --> 00:37:21,037
But the judge allows the prosecution
635
00:37:21,039 --> 00:37:24,641
to use the death of
Todd's previous wife Catherine
636
00:37:24,643 --> 00:37:27,110
as admissible evidence.
637
00:37:27,112 --> 00:37:30,413
Ricky Johnson testifies in court.
638
00:37:30,415 --> 00:37:31,848
When I went to California,
639
00:37:31,850 --> 00:37:33,149
they were very intrigued
640
00:37:33,151 --> 00:37:35,619
on what took place here in white county
641
00:37:35,621 --> 00:37:38,822
to prove that he might have
a history of harming.
642
00:37:38,824 --> 00:37:43,526
And he had described his murderous ways.
643
00:37:43,528 --> 00:37:46,162
Selfishly, I was a little angry
644
00:37:46,164 --> 00:37:49,199
that it seemed to be
starting to pull the trial
645
00:37:49,201 --> 00:37:52,002
in a different direction
and away from Rachel.
646
00:37:52,004 --> 00:37:55,205
But then once
the cops started testifying,
647
00:37:55,207 --> 00:37:57,107
it seemed to have helped
the trial, I think,
648
00:37:57,109 --> 00:37:59,809
because they got to see how he was
649
00:37:59,811 --> 00:38:02,412
with two different marriages.
650
00:38:02,414 --> 00:38:03,947
The prosecutor tells the jury
651
00:38:03,949 --> 00:38:07,350
what she believes really happened.
652
00:38:07,352 --> 00:38:08,818
Put the scissors down.
653
00:38:08,820 --> 00:38:09,919
I'm warning you!
654
00:38:09,921 --> 00:38:13,490
There was a fight that morning.
655
00:38:13,492 --> 00:38:17,861
But given their difference in size,
656
00:38:17,863 --> 00:38:20,630
Rachel never had a chance.
657
00:38:20,632 --> 00:38:31,007
She did manage to drive him off...
658
00:38:31,009 --> 00:38:32,242
This isn't over!
659
00:38:32,477 --> 00:38:36,179
No!
660
00:38:36,181 --> 00:38:39,015
...and tried to call for help.
661
00:38:39,017 --> 00:38:48,658
But Todd returned.
662
00:38:48,660 --> 00:38:49,993
Rachel!
663
00:38:49,995 --> 00:38:53,463
No.
664
00:38:53,465 --> 00:38:58,735
No. Please, no.
665
00:38:58,737 --> 00:39:03,673
He used one hand to cover Rachel's mouth
666
00:39:03,675 --> 00:39:05,575
and the other...
667
00:39:05,577 --> 00:39:08,378
To drive the scissors into her throat.
668
00:39:11,383 --> 00:39:12,682
For 10 minutes,
669
00:39:12,684 --> 00:39:15,819
Todd stayed there while she bled out.
670
00:39:15,821 --> 00:39:22,792
According to the autopsy,
671
00:39:22,794 --> 00:39:25,228
there were no attempts to resuscitate her.
672
00:39:25,230 --> 00:39:34,838
673
00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:39,809
After changing clothes,
Todd had his neighbor call 911
674
00:39:39,811 --> 00:39:42,812
and calmly waited for
the police on the front step.
675
00:39:45,016 --> 00:39:48,585
The prosecution argues
Todd cut his own hands
676
00:39:48,587 --> 00:39:52,021
to help his claim of self-defense.
677
00:39:52,023 --> 00:39:54,457
He said it was self-defense.
678
00:39:57,195 --> 00:39:59,529
I mean, she's tiny,
679
00:39:59,531 --> 00:40:03,066
you know, what is she?
Five-foot tall?
680
00:40:03,068 --> 00:40:06,569
I've known her
since she was a toddler.
681
00:40:06,571 --> 00:40:09,205
I have never seen any --
682
00:40:09,207 --> 00:40:13,009
any violent tendencies.
683
00:40:13,011 --> 00:40:16,413
Todd's defense team claims
684
00:40:16,415 --> 00:40:19,949
that he has a history
of psychiatric distress
685
00:40:19,951 --> 00:40:24,621
and suffers from
a dissociative disorder.
686
00:40:24,623 --> 00:40:30,126
But the jury is not convinced.
687
00:40:30,128 --> 00:40:32,996
They find him guilty
of first-degree murder,
688
00:40:32,998 --> 00:40:36,666
and he is sentenced
to 26 years to life in prison.
689
00:40:36,668 --> 00:40:42,505
The death of Catherine Winkler
690
00:40:42,507 --> 00:40:45,442
is still classified as an accident,
691
00:40:45,444 --> 00:40:48,511
and there's no evidence
to prove that Todd killed her.
692
00:40:48,513 --> 00:40:51,881
I wanted justice for my best friend.
693
00:40:51,883 --> 00:40:54,050
All I wanted was for the judge
and for the jury
694
00:40:54,052 --> 00:40:55,919
to focus on this one thing.
695
00:40:55,921 --> 00:40:57,487
I wanted Todd to know what it's like
696
00:40:57,489 --> 00:40:58,788
to never get to see your kids again
697
00:40:58,790 --> 00:41:01,825
because she doesn't ever
get to see them again.
698
00:41:01,827 --> 00:41:03,426
I think he did it
699
00:41:03,428 --> 00:41:09,999
because he was going
to lose control of her,
700
00:41:10,001 --> 00:41:11,468
which doesn't make sense
701
00:41:11,470 --> 00:41:14,471
because if you're so afraid
to lose someone
702
00:41:14,473 --> 00:41:17,140
and then you kill them, you've lost them.
703
00:41:17,142 --> 00:41:23,313
Now age 72,
704
00:41:23,315 --> 00:41:27,250
Don Hatfield has full custody
of his three grandchildren.
705
00:41:34,993 --> 00:41:39,996
I continue to miss my -- my daughter.
706
00:41:39,998 --> 00:41:43,800
And then I'm raising these
three magnificent children.
707
00:41:43,802 --> 00:41:48,204
They were 9 months, 2, and 4
when I got them.
708
00:41:48,206 --> 00:41:52,242
They're 8 years, 10, and 12 now.
709
00:41:52,244 --> 00:41:54,677
I love these children.
710
00:41:54,679 --> 00:41:58,014
They are embedded in my soul.
711
00:41:58,016 --> 00:41:59,782
I drop these kids off at school,
712
00:41:59,784 --> 00:42:02,952
see them race off to their classroom.
713
00:42:05,991 --> 00:42:08,091
And I think of that little girl Rachel.
714
00:42:08,093 --> 00:42:13,663
I was so proud of her.
715
00:42:13,665 --> 00:42:15,131
You know, my only daughter
716
00:42:15,133 --> 00:42:16,499
and she was so alive
717
00:42:16,501 --> 00:42:20,870
and so full of youthful joy, you know.
718
00:42:20,872 --> 00:42:24,774
719
00:42:24,776 --> 00:42:31,080
You know, the grief and the hurt
and the loss of Rachel,
720
00:42:31,082 --> 00:42:37,520
if there was any compensation,
if there was any comfort,
721
00:42:37,522 --> 00:42:42,659
I believe she is with god,
and that god is not far away.
722
00:42:44,729 --> 00:42:46,095
I love you, dad.
723
00:42:46,097 --> 00:42:47,330
Thanks for all your help.
724
00:42:47,332 --> 00:42:49,966
That's a fact. Okay.
52866
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