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>> but for justines family, too, there was considerable strain. so much that randy buckled under pressure and was rushed to the hospital and not present in the courtroom. >> i will have the clerk to file the verdict and read it please. >> when after just four hours of deliberation, the jury came back. >> we the jury enter the following unanimous verdict to the charge of deliberate homicide for the death of erin thompson, guilty. for the death of caden odell, guilty. >> this was an absolutely hor...

Strain. so much that justines father, randy, buckled under the pressure and was rushed to the hospital and not present in the courtroom. >> i will ask the clerk to file the verdict and to read it, please. >> when after just four hours of deliberation, the jury came back. >> we the jury enter the following unanimous verdict to the charge of deliberate homicide for the death of erin thompson, guilty. for the death of caden odell, guilty. >> this was an absolutely horrible, numbing experience. i pu...

I didnt come back. >> justines brother, kyle, dropped out of college to help keep things together at home and get justine to her medical appointments. and, randy, her father, the strong and tall as a montana spruce firefighter and national guardsman turned angry and bitter at the continuing prosecution of his little girl. >> i could be sitting in the living room watching tv and all of a sudden i hear something. id just completely lose it and just start crying. >> the whole world, said justines d...

Heres keith morrison. >> march 19th, 2009. night fell heavy in montanas flathead valley. something off that night, something wrong. at mary and randy winters house, anxiety spiked. where was she? >> it just felt like something was not right. >> its hard to explain that theres something not normal. >> you could set your clock by their daughter, justine. that reliable. but a new driver, too, just 16. on her way home from her boyfriends house. and though she wasnt very late, the feeling seeped in l...

>> justines brother, kyle, dropped out of college to help keep things together at home and get justine to her medical appointments. and randy, her father, the strong and tall as a montana spruce firefighter and national guardsman turned angry and bitter at the continuing prosecution of his little girl. >> i could be sitting in the living room watching tv and all of a sudden i hear something. id just completely lose it and start crying. >> the whole world, said justines dad, seemed to tent on mis...

Have tried to commit suicide. knowing, as she does, that her grandmother, randys mother, killed herself when her dad was just a boy. in fact, she says, the most likely explanation is, she was just playing a game of sorts with ryan. >> he liked controlling everything, having to do with, like, my life, and he threatened suicide twice. thats what i would think was happening, was that i was playing his own card back at him. >> well, im going to kill myself then. >> yeah. i dont think that they were ...

Jus tine winter, the members of erin and cadens family struggled to hang onto the remnants of goodwill. they tried so hard not to be angry at justine. that is, until they were served with that lawsuit, blaming the crash on erin. and then watched defense attorneys battle and stuffed twist, as they saw it, anyway, what the family believed were the facts of the case. they were unusual, as victims, because of this willingness to forgive justine. >> its the adults in her life that should be -- that a...

Justine says, despite what many believe, she would never, ever have tried to commit suicide. knowing, as she does, that her grandmother, randys mother, killed herself when her dad was just a boy. in fact, she says, the most likely explanation is, she was just playing a game of sorts with ryan. >> he liked controlling everything, having to do with, like, my life, and he threatened suicide twice. thats what i would think was happening, was that i was playing his own card back at him. >> well, im g...

>> as a montana jury prepared to decide the fate of 17-year-old justine winter, the members of erin and cadens family struggled to hang onto the remnants of goodwill. they tried so hard not to be angry at justine. that is, until they were served with that lawsuit, blaming the crash on erin. and then watched defense attorneys battle and stuffed twist, as they saw it, anyway, what the family believed were the facts of the case. they were unusual, as victims, because of this willingness to forgive ...

I couldnt deal with it. i just left the house. i didnt come back. >> justines brother, kyle, dropped out of college to help keep things together at home and get justine to her medical appointments. and randy, her father, the strong and tall as a montana spruce firefighter and national guardsman turned angry and bitter at the continuing prosecution of his little girl. >> i could be sitting in the living room watching tv and all of a sudden i hear something. id just completely lose it and start cr...