Original subtitles

- IT'S WORKING. - STOP!

THIS IS THE STORY OF A TYPICAL AMERICAN FAMILY,

THE MYERS.

MY MOM FINALLY FOUND HER SOUL MATE.

LIKE MOST FAMILIES, THEY ENJOY LIFE'S SMALL MOMENTS,

ALL CAPTURED ON THESE NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN HOME MOVIES--

TIRE-SWINGING IN THE YARD...

NOT HIGH ENOUGH!

...BARBECUES...

FLIP THEM BURGERS, GRANDPA.

...LAZY AFTERNOONS WATCHING TV.

THERE'S MY MOM OVER THERE.

THEY ALWAYS WANTED FAMILY AROUND THEM.

THEY LOVED US. WE LOVED THEM.

BUT ALSO, LIKE MOST FAMILIES, THEY HAVE SECRETS.

HE'S COMING UP THE STEPS.

QUICK! QUICK!

CLOSE YOUR EYES. CLOSE YOUR EYES.

IT WAS TERRIBLE.

SOME MONSTER'S OUT THERE THAT HAS SNUCK INTO PEOPLE'S HOUSE

AND GOING TO KILL THEM.

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IT'S A A LOVELY DAY FOR A WEDDING IN WESTERN OHIO.

TODAY, TWO FAMILIES ARE BLENDING.

AFTER LIVING TOGETHER FOR 7 YEARS,

48-YEAR-OLD LINDA THOMPSON

AND 45-YEAR-OLD JACK MYERS

ARE FINALLY MAKING IT OFFICIAL.

MY MOM DID ALL THE WEDDING DETAILS HERSELF.

NO ONE HELPED HER.

SHE PLANNED IT ALL.

SHE DID IT ALL, AND SHE DID A GREAT JOB.

IT ISN'T THE FIRST WEDDING FOR THE BRIDE OR THE GROOM.

WHOO!

Woman #2: OKAY. CUT IT.

GET A ROOM.

GET A ROOM, GUYS.

THE WEDDING PARTY IS MOSTLY MADE UP

OF THEIR NOW BLENDED FAMILY.

LINDA'S THREE GROWN DAUGHTERS ARE BRIDESMAIDS,

INCLUDING KIM HUDELSON.

MY MOM ALWAYS SAID SHE'D NEVER MARRY AGAIN.

BUT WITH JACK, THERE WAS JUST SOMETHING ABOUT JACK.

I BELIEVE IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.

I REALLY DO.

MY MOM FINALLY FOUND HER SOUL MATE IN JACK.

I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE. I NEED TO BREATHE.

I NEED A BEER.

THE BLUSHING BRIDE IS ACTUALLY A GRANDMOTHER.

KIM'S 11-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AMBER IS ALSO HERE TO CELEBRATE.

EVEN AS A KID, IT WAS A VERY FUN WEDDING.

EVERYBODY FROM THE FAMILY WENT.

WE WERE ALL TOGETHER, AND IT WAS JUST A GOOD TIME.

REPRESENTING THE GROOM'S SIDE

IS JACK'S 18-YEAR-OLD SON GREGG.

AND HE'S BEEN GIVEN A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY.

JACK AND GREGG WERE VERY CLOSE.

JACK ASKED GREGG TO BE HIS BEST MAN AT THE WEDDING.

HE WAS THE RING BEARER, AND HE WAS THE WITNESS

FOR THEIR WEDDING CERTIFICATE.

IT'S A TYPICAL WEDDING...

SHE'S HUNGRY. I'M STARVED.

...PERHAPS MORE FUN THAN MOST.

EVERYBODY SAW HOW MUCH THEY LOVED,

AND THEY CARED ABOUT EACH OTHER.

- DON'T YOU EITHER, GRANNY! - HEY! GET ON WITH IT.

THIS FOOTAGE, SHOWING JACK AND LINDA'S FIRST MOMENTS

OF WEDDED BLISS,

HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE BY ANYONE OUTSIDE THE FAMILY.

BUT FOR THE MYERS' FRIENDS AND RELATIVES,

IT HAS BECOME AGONIZING TO WATCH

THANKS TO THE EVENTS ABOUT TO UNFOLD.

JACK, LINDA, AND JACK'S SON GREGG LIVE HERE,

ON THIS SPRAWLING HOMESTEAD OUTSIDE GETTYSBURG, OHIO.

IT'S NOT A WORKING FARM ANYMORE,

THOUGH JACK BREEDS SHEEP JUST FOR FUN,

AS THIS FOOTAGE,

SHOT BY LINDA'S GRANDDAUGHTER, AMBER, SHOWS.

HERE'S SOME OF THE SHEEP AND LAMBS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

LET'S GET A CLOSE-UP ON THE BABIES.

AW, SHUT UP.

AREN'T THEY CUTE?

OOH! MMM.

THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE NOT CLOSE BY,

SO WHEN JACK AND LINDA'S KIDS AND SEVEN GRANDKIDS VISIT--

AND THEY OFTEN DO--

THEY CAN MAKE AS MUCH NOISE AS THEY LIKE.

I AIN'T GOING UNDER YET.

THAT TOOK ALL OF MY STRENGTH.

GRANDMA CAN'T BE HUGGING YOU.

WE ALL WOULD JUST HANG OUT AND TALK TO EACH OTHER,

GOOF AROUND WHILE THE ADULTS WERE, YOU KNOW,

MAYBE HAVING A DRINK OR DOING WHATEVER THEY WERE DOING.

NO. I WANT TO WATCH YOU COOK.

I MEAN, WE ALL HAD GREAT FAMILY THINGS THAT WE DID TOGETHER.

FLIP THEM BURGERS, GRANDPA.

WHEN LINDA'S GRANDDAUGHTER AMBER

IS NOT MAKING HOME MOVIES...

THERE'S GRANDPA JACK.

...SHE LOVES NOTHING MORE

THAN PLAYING ON THE TIRE SWING WITH JACK'S SON GREGG.

HE'S A GOOD KID.

NOW IT'S HER MOM KIM'S TURN BEHIND THE CAMERA.

HERE SHE GOES.

HEY, GREGG! WHAT?

THAT WAY! WHAT WAY?

THAT WAY!

I THOUGHT YOU SAID THIS WAY.

NO! THE OTHER WAY, GREGG.

WHAT OTHER WAY? THAT WAY.

UH-HUH. THERE'S GREGG.

GREGG WAS SHY.

YOU HAD TO BRING HIM OUT OF HIS SHELL, YOU KNOW.

HE DIDN'T LIKE TO TALK MUCH.

WE WERE ALL SO CLOSE THAT YOU DIDN'T PUT

THAT STEPPARENT OR STEPSON INTO THINGS.

YOU KNOW, WE WERE ALL JUST REALLY CLOSE.

NO, YOU CAN'T.

BUT THERE'S ONE FAMILY MEMBER MISSING FROM THESE HOME VIDEOS.

HE HASN'T BEEN AROUND THE FARM FOR YEARS,

AND HIS NAME IS RARELY MENTIONED--

JACK'S OTHER SON, GREGG'S OLDER BROTHER, TRAVIS MYERS.

I'D MET TRAVIS ONCE, BUT IT WAS BRIEF.

I REALLY COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE OR ANYTHING.

WHEN JACK'S MARRIAGE ENDED,

HIS OLDEST SON TRAVIS

CHOSE TO LEAVE THE FARM AND GO WITH HIS MOM TO ARIZONA.

ANGRY THAT HIS FATHER HAD OPENED UP THEIR FARMHOUSE

TO A NEW FAMILY,

HE REFUSED TO COME TO JACK AND LINDA'S WEDDING.

SO TO JACK'S NEW FAMILY, TRAVIS IS A MYSTERY.

I DON'T KNOW WHY TRAVIS AND JACK OR MY MOM

DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ONE ANOTHER.

I'M GONNA KICK YOU!

YOU KICK ME, AND I'LL KICK YOUR BUTT.

JACK AND LINDA SAVOR THESE MOMENTS

WHEN THEY CAN ENJOY THEIR FAMILY AND SOME MUCH-NEEDED DOWNTIME.

DON'T PUT ME IN A TREE.

THEY BOTH WORK LONG HOURS.

LINDA RUNS AN ALL-PURPOSE MARKET IN NEARBY SHELBY COUNTY,

L J HOUSTON MARKET AND PIZZA.

IN THE STORE, YOU COULD GO GET EVERYDAY ITEMS.

THEY ALSO HAD THE PIZZA AREA, SO YOU CAN ORDER PIZZAS.

UH, GRANDMA, WE NEED YOUR HELP.

I REMEMBER ONE TIME WORKING WITH HER.

HEY!

WE GOT INTO, LIKE, A LITTLE PIZZA FIGHT,

JUST THROWING INGREDIENTS AT EACH OTHER.

IT WAS JUST CRAZY.

HERE I GO.

SO IS THIS HOW WE RUN A BUSINESS?

JACK HAD A LOT OF JOBS.

HE WORKED IN THE FACTORY FIRST SHIFT,

AND THEN HE WOULD GO AND WORK THE STORE.

HE WAS BOSS MAN.

THE MYERS HAVE BUILT THE FOUNDATION

OF A WONDERFUL LIFE TOGETHER ON THE FARM.

OH, THAT'S GRANDMA. HI, GRANDMA.

THERE WAS NO REASON TO EVER THINK

THAT ANYTHING BAD WOULD GO ON THERE.

BUT WITHIN 3 YEARS, THE CAREFREE WORLD

CAPTURED IN THESE VIDEOS WILL DISAPPEAR.

A NEW ARRIVAL WILL THROW THE MYERS HOUSEHOLD INTO A TAILSPIN.

...AND MURDERED EXECUTION-STYLE.

AND EVENTUALLY, THE FARM WILL BE THE SITE

OF UNSPEAKABLE HORROR.

WHEN YOU SEE A GREEN DOT IN THERE, IT'S RECORDING.

WAIT A MINUTE. I GOT TO ZOOM IT.

HERE ON THEIR RURAL FARMSTEAD OUTSIDE GETTYSBURG, OHIO,

LINDA AND JACK MYERS

ARE THE ANCHOR OF A GROWING BLENDED FAMILY,

AS THESE NEVER-BEFORE-BROADCAST HOME MOVIES SHOW.

ALL RIGHT, GREGG.

BUT FOR JACK'S SON GREGG AND LINDA'S GRANDDAUGHTER AMBER,

THESE CAREFREE DAYS OF YOUTH WON'T LAST.

I GET TO PUSH YOU.I DON'T CARE.

BRENDA, DO YOU WANT THE CAMERA?

AFTER FINISHING HIGH SCHOOL, JACK'S SON GREGG

WILL START FINDING HIS OWN WAY INTO THE WORLD.

AS GREGG GOT OLDER, HE MET HIS WIFE

AND MOVED AWAY FROM THE FARM.

GREGG WILL END UP LANDING A DECENT JOB

AT A NEARBY AUTO PLANT

AND STARTING A FAMILY OF HIS OWN.

OH, I KNOW SOMETHING. I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING.

HE GOT 3 MORE DAYS OF SCHOOL.

AMBER WILL HAVE A FAR ROUGHER TRANSITION INTO ADULTHOOD.

AMBER, HONEY, WHAT IS IT?

MY GRANDMOTHER WAS WHO YOU WENT TO

WHEN YOU NEEDED TO TALK TO ANYBODY.

I'M PREGNANT.

HONEY, AMBER, IT'S ALL RIGHT.

WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT MY DAUGHTER WAS PREGNANT,

I WANTED TO WRING HER NECK,

BUT THE DAMAGE WAS ALREADY DONE.

AND WHEN DAMEON CAME ALONG, HE WAS JUST SO PRECIOUS.

BUT AMBER'S RELATIONSHIP

WITH LITTLE DAMEON'S FATHER

IS NOT DESTINED TO LAST.

SOMETIME LATER, AFTER THAT, YOU KNOW,

WITH THE ADDED PRESSURES, WE WERE A YOUNG COUPLE,

WE JUST KIND OF PARTED OUR WAYS.

AMBER STILL NEEDS TO FINISH SCHOOL, AND HER MOM, KIM,

DOESN'T HAVE THE ROOM TO RAISE A BABY.

LUCKILY, THERE'S PLENTY OF SPACE AND PLENTY OF LOVE

OUT ON THE FARM.

MY MOM AND JACK WERE KIND ENOUGH TO OFFER THEIR HOME

TO KEEP DAMEON UNTIL AMBER GOT HER LIFE BACK ON TRACK.

IT WASN'T A HARD DECISION FOR THEM TO TAKE DAMEON IN.

YOU KNOW, THEY LOVED HIM,

AND THEY LOVED ME ENOUGH TO HELP ME OUT,

AND SO THEY HELPED ME WITH HIM.

THE FARM USED TO BE A BUSY HIVE OF CHILDREN

ROMPING THE GROUNDS,

BUT BY 2003,

THE ONLY CHILD LIVING HERE IS 4-YEAR-OLD DAMEON.

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, DAMEON HAS AGREED

TO SHARE HIS STORY ON CAMERA.

DURING THAT TIME, MY MOM,

SHE WAS KIND OF GOING THROUGH A ROUGH PATCH.

SO I WAS LIVING WITH GRANDMA AND GRANDPA

'CAUSE, THEM BEING THE KIND, LOVING PEOPLE THAT THEY WERE,

THEY TOOK ME IN AND CARED FOR ME AND EVERYTHING,

AND MOM WOULD COME AND SEE ME.

WE WERE ALWAYS HAVING FUN,

LAUGHING AND JUST CARRYING ON AND WHATNOT.

AND I JUST REALLY MISSED HER WHEN SHE WAS AT WORK

OR TAKING CARE OF THE STUFF SHE NEEDED TO TAKE CARE OF.

OH, I LOVE YOU THIS MUCH.

I'M BIGGER THAN YOU.

WHILE JACK AND LINDA ARE ABLE TO OFFER DAMEON A STABLE HOME,

BY 2003, THINGS AREN'T GOING SO WELL

FOR JACK'S OWN SON GREGG.

DAMEON, DO ME A FAVOR.

RUN TO THE KITCHEN AND GRAB YOURSELF A COOKIE.

OKAY? OKAY.

GREGG WAS GETTING A DIVORCE.

HE WAS LOSING HIS HOUSE.

HE WASN'T GOING TO WORK, AND HE WAS JUST FALLING ALL APART.

DAD, I NEED SOME MONEY.

WHAT'S NEW?

GREGG JUST WASN'T DOING ANYTHING TO GET BETTER

THAT THEY DECIDED THEY WEREN'T GONNA GIVE HIM NO MORE MONEY.

IT'S BEEN 8 LONG YEARS

SINCE GREGG'S CAREFREE YOUTH ON THE FARM.

AS FOR AMBER, THINGS ARE FINALLY LOOKING UP.

WHOA!

SHE'S FINISHED SCHOOL AND MARRIED A DECENT GUY.

HERE YOU GO.

SOON, SHE'S HOPING

THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE DAMEON A HOME WITH THEM.

YOU CAN PAINT YOUR ROOM ANY COLOR YOU WANT.

LET HIM FINISH OUT HIS PRESCHOOL WHENEVER WE WERE,

YOU KNOW, GETTING ON OUR FEET,

GETTING OUR HOME READY TO HAVE HIM HOME WITH US.

JUST AS THINGS SEEM TO BE COMING TOGETHER

FOR THIS EXTENDED FAMILY,

CATASTROPHE STRIKES.

IT'S MARCH 27, 2003, AND LITTLE DAMEON NEEDS HELP.

THE ONE PLACE HE CAN THINK OF IS HIS PRESCHOOL

OVER A MILE AWAY FROM THE FARM.

OH, THERE AIN'T NO SHEEP BACK HERE.

WE GOTS TO GO FIND THE SHEEP.

EIGHT YEARS AFTER THIS IDYLLIC HOME-MOVIE FOOTAGE WAS SHOT...

THAT'S BETTER THAN THE OTHER ONE.

...SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAS HAPPENED

ON JACK AND LINDA MYERS' FARM.

THEIR 4-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON DAMEON

HAS ARRIVED AT HIS PRESCHOOL OVER A MILE AWAY ALONE.

WE RECEIVED A 911 CALL FROM A LOCAL CHURCH.

RECORDS ON THE RESIDENCE REPORTED THAT

JACK AND LINDA MYERS LIVED THERE.

OF COURSE, THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION

AS TO WHAT THIS 4-YEAR-OLD BOY MEANT.

WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT WE HAVE.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GETTING INTO.

DETECTIVES MARK WHITTAKER AND RODNEY BAKER

OF THE DARKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ARE FIRST AT THE SCENE.

WE'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT HOW QUIET THE HOUSE IS.

THERE'S NO SCREAMING OR YELLING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THIS IS VERY CONCERNING TO US GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

WE NOTICED IMMEDIATELY, FROM THE VIEW OF THE LIVING ROOM,

THAT THERE WAS A BASEMENT DOOR STANDING OPEN.

CHECK UPSTAIRS.

BAKER!

THIS CRIME SCENE WAS ONE OF THE WORST CRIME SCENES

THAT I'VE SEEN IN MY CAREER,

AS FAR AS HOMICIDES GO.

JACK AND LINDA MYERS LIE IN THEIR BED SIDE BY SIDE,

BOTH BRUTALLY GUNNED DOWN.

LINDA HAS SUFFERED A GUNSHOT WOUND DIRECTLY TO THE FACE

AND ALSO TO THE HAND.

THE INJURY SUGGESTS LINDA RAISED HER HAND

TO PROTECT HERSELF BEFORE BEING SHOT

AT POINT-BLANK RANGE IN THE FACE.

THERE WAS NO WAY SHE COULD HAVE SURVIVED THAT INJURY.

IT'S ALSO CLEAR THAT IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN JACK

WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER.

I NOTICED HE HAD A WOUND TO THE BACK OF HIS NECK.

THEY BOTH FELT A LITTLE BIT WARM TO THE TOUCH,

WHICH TELLS ME IT HASN'T BEEN DAYS

THAT THEY'VE BEEN DECEASED.

IT'S PROBABLY MORE LIKE HOURS.

THE BLAST RADIUS IS HUGE,

THE SIGNATURE OF A SHOTGUN.

BUT THEY CAN'T FIND ANY SPENT SHELLS IN THE ROOM,

WHICH MEANS THE SHOOTER TOOK THE TIME

TO STOP AND PICK THEM UP.

BUT THE KILLER DID LEAVE A MYSTERIOUS CLUE.

THERE WAS PLASTIC MAROON OR RED-COLORED DISCS AROUND.

WE SUSPECTED THEY WERE PROBABLY RELATED TO THE AMMUNITION,

BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW FOR SURE.

THE SHOTGUN SLUGS WILL LATER BE RECOVERED

FROM THE VICTIMS' PILLOWS.

FORENSICS MIGHT BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE GAUGE OF THE WEAPON

AND BRAND OF AMMUNITION,

BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO WAIT.

THAT'S WHEN DETECTIVE BAKER SPOTS

SOMETHING OUT OF PLACE ABOVE JACK'S HEAD.

I NOTICED THERE WAS MASKING TAPE ON THIS MATERIAL.

I FIGURED WHOEVER THE KILLER WAS,

WAS TRYING TO MAKE SOME SORT OF HOMEMADE SILENCER.

HE FIRED AT THE FIRST SHOT, THE FIRST SHOT BEING JACK MYERS.

IT BLEW OFF THE END.

STILL, THE SHOTGUN BLASTS MUST HAVE KILLED JACK

AND THEN LINDA INSTANTLY.

THEY DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT OUT OF BED.

AND THE THING THAT COMES TO MY MIND IS THE COLDNESS

AND THE CALLOUSNESS OF THE PERSON

WHO PERPETRATED THIS CRIME.

WHO COULD DO SUCH A HORRIFIC THING

TO A COUPLE WHO HAD SO MUCH LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER

AND FOR THEIR FAMILY?

LATER THAT DAY, DETECTIVES PAY A VISIT TO LINDA'S GRANDDAUGHTER

AMBER TO BREAK THE TERRIBLE NEWS.

HI. AMBER MYERS?YES. WHAT DID I DO?

OH, NOTHING. CAN WE COME IN?

SURE.

WE EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT WE WERE DOING AN INVESTIGATION,

THAT WE'D BEEN CALLED TO JACK AND LINDA'S RESIDENCE.

YES. IT'S-- IT'S MY GRANDMA

AND-- AND HER HUSBAND.

THE DETECTIVES TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE NO LONGER WITH US,

AND I WAS CONFUSED.

WHERE ARE THEY?

ALL WE CAN SAY IS, THEY'RE NOT ALIVE.

WHEN I TALKED TO MY MOM ON THE PHONE,

I BELIEVE SHE HAD TALKED TO ONE OF THE DETECTIVES ALREADY.

SHE WAS A MESS.

IT WAS TERRIBLE...

TO KNOW THE INJURY THAT SHE HAD.

I'M SORRY.

I SAID, "AND DAMEON, TOO?"

BECAUSE THE WAY THAT THEY WORDED IT

MADE ME THINK MY SON WASN'T HERE, EITHER.

WE REASSURED HER AT THAT POINT IN TIME

THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD CUSTODY OF HER 4-YEAR-OLD-CHILD,

THAT HE WAS SAFE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

AMBER'S SON DAMEON HAS BEEN JOINED AT HIS PRESCHOOL...

WHAT'S HIS NAME?

...BY DETECTIVE BURNS.

BEING WHAT AGE I WAS AT, I WAS SCARED

'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW AT ALL WHAT WAS GOING ON.

FOUR-YEAR-OLD DAMEON

IS THE INVESTIGATORS' BEST AND ONLY WITNESS.

HE MUST REMAIN WITH OFFICERS FOR HIS OWN SAFETY.

THIS BOY'S KIND OF OUT HERE ALL BY HIMSELF.

HE'S BEEN ASKED TO TALK TO PEOPLE

THAT HE HAS NO CLUE WHO THEY ARE.

AND I FELT CONNECTED TO HIM.

IT WAS NICE HAVING HIM THERE.

YOU LOOK AT THE POLICE AS SOMEONE TO PROTECT YOU

AND KEEP YOU SAFE,

SO I JUST FELT REALLY GOOD BEING AROUND HIM.

SLOWLY BUT SURELY, DETECTIVE BURNS

GETS LITTLE DAMEON TO EXPLAIN WHAT HE SAW THAT MORNING.

I LOOKED AT THE CLOCK AND REALIZED

I WAS LATE FOR SCHOOL, SO I GO DOWNSTAIRS

TO WAKE UP GRANDMA AND GRANDPA JACK.

AND I WALKED INTO THEIR ROOM,

AND THE FIRST THING I SAW WAS GRANDMA,

AND SHE WASN'T MOVING.

I WENT TO TOUCH HER FEET TO SHAKE HER, TO WAKE HER UP,

AND SHE SEEMED COLD.

I WENT TO LOOK AT HER FACE, AND THERE WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE,

AND I COULDN'T REALLY SEE HER FACE.

HER FACE WAS, LIKE, GONE.

GRANDPA JACK, HE WAS LAYING RIGHT NEXT TO HER,

AND SO I WENT OVER TO WAKE HIM UP,

AND I SEEN HE HAD BLOOD COMING DOWN HIS NOSE,

ON BOTH SIDES, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO HIS STOMACH.

I WENT TO GET KLEENEXES, AND I TRIED TO WIPE UP THE BLOOD.

I KNEW SOMETHING BAD HAD HAPPENED,

'CAUSE NEITHER OF THEM ARE BREATHING,

AND I WAS OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT THAT WAS BAD.

AS DETECTIVE BURNS TRIES TO TALK TO DAMEON...

...BACK AT THE MYERS FARM,

THE CRIME SCENE IS A HIVE OF ACTIVITY.

WE FINGERPRINTED ALMOST EVERYTHING WE COULD FIND.

THE FIRST BIG CLUE IS DISCOVERED OUTSIDE

BY A BASEMENT WINDOW.

THERE WAS SHOE IMPRESSIONS IN THE MUD

ALL ALONG THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE.

THE FOOTPRINTS STOP RIGHT AT THE BASEMENT WINDOW.

WHICH WOULD EXPLAIN WHY THE BASEMENT DOOR WAS FOUND OPEN.

PERHAPS JACK AND LINDA WERE THE VICTIMS

OF A PARTICULARLY VIOLENT ROBBERY.

BUT DETECTIVES FIND EVIDENCE THAT SUGGESTS OTHERWISE.

WE FOUND CASH.

WE FOUND ELECTRONICS, AND NONE OF IT WAS DISTURBED.

THEFT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE THE IMMEDIATE MOTIVE HERE.

IT APPEARS THAT THE DOUBLE HOMICIDE WAS PERSONAL.

AND THEN, UPSTAIRS,

INVESTIGATORS MAKE A CHILLING DISCOVERY.

DURING OUR INVESTIGATION, WE HAD FOUND EVIDENCE THAT,

WELL, THERE WAS BLOOD TRANSFER

ON THE 4-YEAR-OLD'S BEDDING.

IT SEEMS THE GUNMAN ENTERED DAMEON'S ROOM

AFTER THE SHOOTINGS,

SMEARING BLOOD ON HIS SHEETS.

IT RAISES A NEW POSSIBILITY-- DID DAMEON SEE THE KILLER?

NOW, AT THE POLICE STATION, DETECTIVE BURNS COMES UP

WITH A WAY TO HELP DAMEON REMEMBER WHAT HE SAW

AND HEARD THAT NIGHT

BEFORE HE FOUND HIS GRANDPARENTS' BODIES.

THEY HAD LITTLE PUPPETS OF ME AND GRANDMA AND GRANDPA.

GRANDPA JACK, WHERE DOES HE GO?

I HAD SHOWED THEM WHAT I DID AND WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

THIS WAS A NORMAL NIGHT.

I WAS IN BED. I WAS SLEEPING.

AND WHERE'S DAMEON SLEEPING?IN THE BED.

IN THIS BED OVER HERE.

AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED?

I HEARD THE DOOR CLICK.

AND SO I PEEKED, 'CAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO GET CAUGHT BEING UP.

YOU PRETENDED TO BE ASLEEP.

I FIGURED IT WAS GRANDMA OR GRANDPA COMING IN

TO TALK TO ME OR SOMETHING.

BUT FOR THIS CHARACTER, DAMEON DOESN'T USE THE DOLL.

THEN WE ASKED, "WELL, WHO IS IT?"

"I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW."

SHOW ME HOW THEY WALKED IN.

THE GREEN MONSTER.

HE DISCLOSES THEN THAT, "IT'S THE GREEN MONSTER,

AND HE'S COMING UP THE STEPS.

QUICK! QUICK! CLOSE YOUR EYES.

CLOSE YOUR EYES.

DON'T LET THE GREEN MONSTER SEE THAT YOU'RE AWAKE."

I WAS ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED. I WAS SCARED.

THIS DARK GREEN MASS OF A MAN POINTED A GUN.

I JUST CLOSED MY EYES, AND, EVENTUALLY,

I OPENED MY EYES TO PEEK,

AND HE WAS GONE.

IT REGISTERED WITH ME THAT THIS 4-YEAR-OLD BOY

HAD COME PRETTY MUCH FACE-TO-FACE

WITH SOMEBODY THAT HAD JUST KILLED HIS GRANDPARENTS.

IT'S BEEN 7 YEARS SINCE JACK AND LINDA MYERS

TIED THE KNOT HERE IN TROY, OHIO.

WHOO-HOO!

THEIR WEDDING WAS A HUGE EVENT FOR THE COMMUNITY

CELEBRATED BY FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

BUT NOW, ON MARCH 27, 2003,

THE COUPLE HAVE BEEN FOUND MURDERED IN THEIR BEDS.

IT IS NOT NORMAL FOR A TOTAL STRANGER

TO JUST SNEAK INTO SOMEBODY'S HOUSE OVERNIGHT

AND MURDER SOMEBODY AND WALK OUT FOR NO APPARENT REASON.

SO THE INVESTIGATION IS GOING TO START TO CENTER AROUND

THOSE THAT ARE CLOSEST TO JACK AND LINDA.

DETECTIVES QUESTION THE ENTIRE MYERS CLAN.

IT'S LINDA'S DAUGHTER KIM WHO SUGGESTS A POSSIBLE SUSPECT,

A NAME RARELY SPOKEN IN THE MYERS FAMILY.

IS THERE ANYONE YOU CAN THINK OF?

TRAVIS.

I THOUGHT THAT TRAVIS HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT,

BECAUSE I KNEW THAT TRAVIS DIDN'T GET ALONG WITH JACK.

JACK'S OLDEST SON, TRAVIS, WAS CONSPICUOUSLY ABSENT

AT HIS FATHER'S WEDDING TO LINDA.

WHEN WE LOOKED INTO JACK'S FAMILY,

THERE WAS TRAVIS AND GREGG.

GREGG WAS THE QUIETER ONE OF THE TWO BOYS,

HADN'T BEEN IN MUCH TROUBLE.

DETECTIVES DISCOVER THAT TRAVIS, ON THE OTHER HAND,

HAS A CRIMINAL RECORD.

TRAVIS APPEARED TO BE A LOT MORE AGGRESSIVE ON THINGS

WITH HIS CRIMINAL HISTORY.

BUT BY ALL ACCOUNTS,

TRAVIS HASN'T BEEN AROUND DARKE COUNTY

IN YEARS

SINCE HE LEFT WITH HIS MOTHER TO ARIZONA.

SIXTEEN HOURS AFTER THE MURDER OF JACK AND LINDA MYERS,

THE PRESSURE STARTS BUILDING

ON DETECTIVE WHITTAKER AND HIS TEAM.

THE BODIES OF JACK MYERS AND HIS WIFE LINDA

WERE FOUND MURDERED IN THIS FARMHOUSE NEAR GETTYSBURG,

BOTH SHOT TO DEATH EXECUTION-STYLE.

IT'S ALREADY MADE THE NEWS,

AND THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE AFFECTED BY THIS.

THEY THINK SOME MONSTER'S OUT THERE

THAT HAS SNUCK INTO PEOPLES' HOUSE

AND GOING TO KILL THEM.

WE DIDN'T KNOW WHO DID IT,

BUT WE KNEW IT HAD TO BE SOMEBODY CLOSE.

I WAS TERRIFIED.

DETECTIVES NEED TO TRACK DOWN THEIR LEAD SUSPECT,

JACK'S SON TRAVIS.

THEY'RE HOPING TO GET HELP FROM HIS NOW 25-YEAR-OLD

YOUNGER BROTHER GREGG.

GREGG?

WHEN WE GOT THERE, GREGG WAS AT THE HOUSE.

GREGG, WHO ARE THESE GUYS?

ACTUALLY, HIS BROTHER TRAVIS WAS THERE, TOO.

COPS.

IT SEEMS THAT TRAVIS, THE BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY,

HAS RETURNED TO THE FOLD.

IN FACT, HE'S BEEN IN OHIO FOR SEVERAL WEEKS NOW.

GREGG SEEMED DOWN OR DEPRESSED.

TRAVIS, I CAN'T SAY THERE WAS REALLY ANY REAL EMOTION

OUT OF TRAVIS AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

DETECTIVES INVITE BOTH BROTHERS

BACK TO THE STATION FOR QUESTIONING.

WHILE TRISSEL SITS DOWN WITH THE PRIME SUSPECT, TRAVIS,

WHITTAKER IS FOLLOWING UP ON THE CRIME-SCENE EVIDENCE.

ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS IS WHAT

WAS THE FIREARM THAT WAS USED? WHAT KIND OF AMMUNITION?

WHAT CALIBER OR GAUGE ARE WE DEALING WITH?

THE SLUGS RECOVERED FROM THE MYERS' PILLOW

DELIVER THE ANSWER HE NEEDS.

THE CRIME LAB STEPS UP, AND THEY CALLED US FAIRLY CONFIDENT

IT WAS FEDERAL BRAND AMMUNITION,

SABOT 12-GAUGE SLUGS.

SO NOW WE NEED TO GO FIND OUT.

WHERE DID THIS COME FROM?

NO AUDIO REMAINS OF THE POLICE INTERVIEW WITH TRAVIS.

THE VIDEO SHOWS A DESPERATE MAN.

AT THE SAME TIME, NEXT DOOR, DETECTIVE BURNS ASKS GREGG MYERS

TO TELL HIM WHAT HE CAN ABOUT HIS BROTHER.

BURNS WANTS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT TRAVIS' RELATIONSHIP

WITH JACK AND LINDA

STARTING WITH HIS RESPONSE TO THEIR MURDERS.

WE LEARNED THAT JACK AND TRAVIS JUST DID NOT GET ALONG AT ALL,

THAT TRAVIS FELT THAT HIS FATHER HAD CHEATED HIM

OUT OF SOME FINANCIAL GAINS

THROUGH THE FARMING BUSINESS

AND JUST DIDN'T SETTLE WELL WITH TRAVIS.

NEXT DOOR, TRAVIS IS STRUGGLING WITH HIS ALIBI.

FOR THE FIRST TIME, TRAVIS MYERS HAS AGREED

TO SPEAK PUBLICLY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.

I HAD MY MIND WORKING AS FAST AS I COULD.

WHEN YOUR ONLY DEFENSE IS, "I WAS ASLEEP IN BED

WHEN YOU SAY THIS HAPPENED,"

THAT'S NOT THE EASIEST THING TO PROVE.

THE LAST TIME I'D SEEN JACK AT THE FARM,

I DEFINITELY FELT LIKE THERE WAS NO REASON TO EVER GO BACK.

I HAD SETTLED OUT WEST FOR A LITTLE WHILE,

AND I HAD A SITUATION

WHERE IT WAS TIME TO REGROUP IN LIFE,

AND I'D DECIDED THAT I HAD NEVER MET GREGG'S CHILDREN.

I WOULD JUST COME BACK TO OHIO AND MEET THEM.

MEANWHILE, DETECTIVE BURNS DECIDES

THAT HE'S GOTTEN ALL HE NEEDS FROM GREGG.

WE HAD JUST A GENERAL CONVERSATION ABOUT THINGS

AND WANTED TO KNOW IF,

"HEY, IF I NEEDED MORE, CAN I COME BACK?

CAN I SPEAK WITH YOU AT A LATER TIME?"

AND GREGG WAS JUST PRETTY NONCHALANT.

"OH, YEAH. SURE. THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM, WHATEVER YOU NEED."

BUT TRAVIS IS GOING NOWHERE.

WHEN THE SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES QUESTION YOU,

BASICALLY YOU'RE LOCKED IN SOMETHING

NOT MUCH MORE THAN A CLOSET WITH A SMALL TABLE AND A CAMERA

AND A DETECTIVE WHO THINKS AND ACTS

THAT YOU ARE THE DEVIL,

AND HE'S JUST WAITING ON YOU TO TELL HIM WHY YOU DID THAT.

JUST AS DARKE COUNTY POLICE THINK THEY'VE GOT THEIR MAN,

TRISSEL RECEIVES THE CALL

THAT WILL TURN THE CASE ON ITS HEAD.

AND I RECEIVED A CALL FROM A JOHN HAMILL DOLLAR.

HE BELIEVED HE HAD SOME INFORMATION FOR US

REFERENCED TO OUR INVESTIGATION.

JOHN HAMILL DOLLAR IS A FAMILY FRIEND.

HE COMES TO TELL POLICE ABOUT A TROUBLING CONVERSATION

HE HAD WITH ONE OF THE BROTHERS.

JACK AND LINDA MYERS' FARMHOUSE

WAS ONCE A RETREAT FOR THEIR ENTIRE EXTENDED FAMILY.

NOW IT'S THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC DOUBLE HOMICIDE.

...BOTH SHOT TO DEATH EXECUTION-STYLE.

DETECTIVES HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWING JACK'S TWO SONS.

NOW A NEW WITNESS COMES FORWARD SAYING HE HEARD

ONE OF THEM MAKING A THREAT.

I HAD ASKED DETECTIVE TRISSEL AND DETECTIVE BURNS TO DO,

OF COURSE, AN IMMEDIATE INTERVIEW ON THIS GENTLEMAN

BECAUSE THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST LEAD WE HAD SO FAR.

OKAY.

I JUST COULDN'T WRAP MY HEAD AROUND HIM, OF ALL PEOPLE.

I NEVER SAW HIM BE VIOLENT OR YELL OR SCREAM

OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT WAS VERY SHOCKING.

I WAS JUST CONVINCED THEY HAD IT WRONG.

MEANWHILE, TRAVIS' MOM AND GIRLFRIEND CONFIRM HIS ALIBI.

HE WAS MILES AWAY FROM THE SCENE THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER.

IT IS A LITTLE UPSETTING THAT PEOPLE POINT THE FINGER.

YOU KNOW, BUT A LOT OF TIMES, I'LL POINT THE FINGER MYSELF.

YOU KNOW, HAD I NOT BEEN OPEN AND HONEST

ABOUT I REALLY DIDN'T CARE FOR JACK, PROBABLY,

I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD FINGERS POINTED AT ME AS THEY WERE.

WITH THIS STUNNING NEW EVIDENCE, DETECTIVES BRING GREGG MYERS

DOWN TO THE STATION FOR ANOTHER,

MORE POINTED, INTERVIEW.

HE SEEMS TO KNOW HE'S IN TROUBLE.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LISTEN.

GREGG AT NO POINT STOOD UP AND SAID, "I DID NOT DO THIS.

I DID NOT KILL JACK OR LINDA."

ONCE GREGG ASKS FOR A LAWYER, THE INTERROGATION HAS TO STOP.

DETECTIVE WHITTAKER TRIES TO BARGAIN WITH GREGG.

IF HE CONFESSES TO THE MURDERS OF JACK AND LINDA HERE AND NOW,

THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY

WILL NOT PURSUE THE DEATH PENALTY.

BUT GREGG TURNS THE DEAL DOWN AND GOES SILENT.

WE WERE UNDER THE GUN.

GREGG MYERS DID THIS.

THE NEXT DAY, AT THE DETECTIVE BRIEFING,

THAT WAS THE SOURCE OF CONVERSATION.

I SAID, "WE HAVE GOT TO FIND EVIDENCE TO DEFINITIVELY

CONNECT GREGG MYERS TO THIS CRIME."

WITHOUT THAT EVIDENCE, WITHOUT THAT CONNECTION,

HE WALKS.

THE DETECTIVES GO THROUGH EVERY INTERVIEW

AND EVERY SHRED OF EVIDENCE,

DESPERATE TO SEE IF THEY'VE MISSED SOMETHING.

I LOOKED IN GREGG'S WALLET, AND ONE THING I NOTICED

WAS A WALMART GIFT CARD.

AND AT THIS POINT, I'M TRYING TO FIND ANYTHING

AT ALL TO LINK GREGG TO THIS CRIME.

IT'S A LONG SHOT, BUT WALMART DOES SELL AMMUNITION.

I ASKED THE STORE MANAGER,

"DO YOU SELL FEDERAL SABOT SLUGS?"

NOT ONLY DO THEY SELL THE SLUGS,

THEY'RE MADE WITH THE SAME RED PLASTIC

THE DETECTIVES FOUND AT THE SCENE.

SO THE MANAGER CHECKS THE UPC NUMBERS ON THE BOX OF SHELLS,

AND THEY SOLD TWO BOXES.

THE SECOND TRANSACTION, IN MARCH, IT'S A GIFT CARD.

AND THAT PURCHASE WAS CAUGHT ON SECURITY CAMERAS.

YOU CAN SEE GREGG MYERS GO TO THE FIREARMS COUNTER

AND PURCHASE A BOX OF THOSE SHOTGUN SHELLS.

THE GIFT-CARD NUMBER THAT PURCHASED THOSE SHOTGUN SHELLS

MATCHED THE CARD IN GREGG'S WALLET.

IT'S A DAMNING PIECE OF EVIDENCE.

BUT MORE WILL SOON TURN UP FROM A SEARCH PARTY

CHECKING ALL THE RIVERS

BETWEEN THE MYERS' FARM AND GREGG'S WORKPLACE.

THERE, ON A SANDBAR IN A SHALLOW AREA OF THE STILLWATER RIVER,

LOOKS TO BE A 12-GAUGE SHOTGUN.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT HAS TAPE ON THE END OF IT.

THE SAME TAPE USED TO SECURE THE HOMEMADE SILENCER

RECOVERED AT THE SCENE.

I KNEW WE HAD THE GUN, AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEEDED.

WE NEEDED THAT GUN.

AND WHEN THE TEAM COMBS THE SURROUNDING MURKY SHALLOWS,

THEY FIND A TRASH BAG.

INSIDE IS ALL THE PROOF INVESTIGATORS NEED.

THE THING THAT STUCK OUT AT ME

RIGHT AWAY WAS THE SHOES WERE IN THERE,

AND THEY WERE TURNED IN SUCH A FASHION

THAT I COULD SEE THEIR SOLE.

AS SOON AS I SAW IT, I'M LIKE, "THAT'S THE SHOE PATTERN."

THE BAG ALSO CONTAINS ITEMS OF GREEN CLOTHING.

AS SOON AS I SAW THAT GREEN FABRIC,

IT ALL MADE SENSE TO ME.

THAT WHAT THIS BOY IS RELAYING TO US AT THE AGE OF 4

LOOKED LIKE A GREEN MONSTER TO HIM.

JUST A TALL, DARK, GREENISH FIGURE,

JUST KIND OF HAD A HAUNTING SCARINESS TO HIM.

THERE'S ALSO A PAIR OF LATEX GLOVES INSIDE

THAT PROVIDE INVESTIGATORS WITH THE FINAL PROOF THEY NEED.

AND THE CRIME LAB WAS ABLE TO PULL GREGG MYERS' FINGERPRINT

OUT OF THE INSIDE OF ONE OF THE GLOVES.

IN APRIL OF 2004, GREGG MYERS GOES ON TRIAL FOR THE MURDER

OF HIS FATHER JACK

AND STEPMOTHER LINDA MYERS.

HIS MOTIVE-- MONEY.

WITH THE DEATHS OF JACK AND LINDA,

HE WAS THE ONLY OTHER NAMED BENEFICIARY

ON HIS FATHER'S WILL.

SNEAKING IN, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,

AND THEY NEVER HEARD A DOOR OPEN.

THEY DIDN'T HEAR THE WINDOW MOVE.

I THINK IT MAKES YOU REALIZE HOW VULNERABLE WE ALL ARE

TO SOMEONE, A PREDATOR.

HE JUST GOES IN.

HE PULLS THE TRIGGER, PUMPS THE SHOTGUN

AND PUTS ANOTHER ROUND IN, AND...

GREGG, NO!

...HE'S LOOKING LINDA RIGHT IN THE FACE

WHEN HE SHOOTS HER,

I CAN ASSURE YOU OF THAT,

WITH HIS 4-YEAR-OLD NEPHEW UPSTAIRS.

AND IF HE'D DO THIS TO HIS OWN FAMILY,

WHO ELSE WOULD HE DO IT TO?

GREGG MYERS IS FOUND GUILTY OF TWO COUNTS

OF AGGRAVATED MURDER

AND SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON

WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE.

TO HEAR A GUILTY VERDICT, IT'S LIKE BEING HIT BY A MACK TRUCK.

I DON'T KNOW THAT A TRUCK COULD HAVE HIT ME THAT HARD.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS THAT KIND OF SITUATION.

SORRY ON THAT ONE.

IT WAS TERRIBLE, AND I HOPE HE REGRETS IT A LOT.

HE DESERVES TO BE THERE FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE

FOR TAKING THEM FROM US.

HONESTLY, I JUST HOPE HE ROTS.

I WOULD DESCRIBE GREGG, NOW, AS A COLD, CALCULATED MONSTER.

THESE HOME MOVIES ARE NOW BITTERSWEET MEMORIES

FOR THE FAMILY.

NONE OF IT GOES AWAY.

YOU STILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE REALIZATION

THAT THEY AREN'T THERE,

AND SOMETHING HORRIBLE HAPPENED TO THEM.

I LIKE TO REMEMBER THEM

LIKE HOW WHEN WE WERE ALL OUT AT THE FARM.

FAMILY GATHERINGS. CHRISTMASTIME WAS THE BEST TIME,

THE BEST TIME.

EVERY DAY, I THINK OF THEM EVERY DAY.