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Robbery gone horribly wrong. You realize that she was dead or dieing. But nothing about this case was simple. Not the marriage, and not the murder. I just kept getting more red flags coming up. The surprises just kept on coming. He said, ive got to talk to you in private. What dark force claimed two lives . I feel like shes still there, i feel her with me. Mystery at ascot estates. Hello and welcome to dateline extra. Im craig melvin. Brett and tammy park wear a popular couple, raising their two...

Coming. He said, know, can i talk to you in private. What dark force claimed two lives . I feel like shes still there. I still feel her with me. Hello and welcome to dateline. It was a quiet afternoon at the parker house. Tammy and her husband, brett, were both at home when suddenly gunfire erupted, leaving two people dead and police racing to the scene. The sole survivor would share a tale describing an unlikely intruder and a desperate fight to survive. But what story would the evidence tell ....

Tammy is not back. now brooke has no father. but thank god he didnt get away with it. >> bretts sentence, read immediately, was life behind bars. >> it was just like, god, ive lost a friend. i lost my best friend. it was very emotional. >> does that weigh heavy on you? knowing that he will be behind bars for life? >> certainly. im an irishman. anything weighs heavily on me. but that, and especially, because ive defended many people i knew were guilty, this is one i thought was not guilty. >> tam...

Just kept getting more red red flags coming up. >> tammys best friend angela leon didnt know anything about the investigation. but she had a gut feeling something wasnt right. she called up the sheriffs department to say she thought brett was lying. >> i reached out to them and wanted to make sure they knew that there were people that had a different side of the story. >> brett continued to insist it was self-defense. but within a week of the shooting, he had gotten a lawyer, david fedor. the sh...

Lost a friend. i lost my best friend. it was very emotional. >> does that weigh heavy on you? knowing that he will be behind bars for life? >> certainly. im an irishman. anything weighs heavily on me. but that, and especially, because ive defended many people i knew were guilty, this is one i thought was not guilty. >> tammys friends keep her memory alive, in part, through her music. in the fall of 2012, ben staples held his annual barbecue as a tribute to tammy. will it ever be the same without...

Leon didnt know anything about the investigation. but she had a gut feeling something wasnt right. she called up the sheriffs department to say she thought brett was lying. >> i reached out to them and wanted to make sure they knew that there were people that had a different side of the story. >> brett continued to insist it was self-defense. but within a week of the shooting, he had gotten a lawyer, david fedor. the sheriff had told us he thought it was a little odd that brett retained a defens...

Million to travel 50 miles or more during this memorial day weekend. 20 people were rescued from a rollercoaster at a six flags in texas. the car park spokesman said the rioters were stuck in an upright position. the coastal remain closed. now back to dateline. >> welcome back to dateline. im craig melvin. brett parker was heading to trial, charged with a double murder of his wife tammy and their friend bryan capnerhurst. brett admitted shooting bryan in self-defense, though he claimed it was on...

That his friend bryan had shot his wife hatami in a botched robbery attempt. then brett, in fear for his own life, killed his friend. it looked like self-defense. but sheriff leon lott knew they couldnt close the case without thoroughly checking out bretts story. >> there were three people there. and two of them were dead. so we had to light on him to explain to us what happened. so we listened to everything that he was saying and then we would go back and check it. >> investigators went over br...

What is your first interaction with brett parker? >> he was sort of heavy breathing. at one point in time he lays down on his back as if he is suffering, almost in pain. >> inside stand smith walked into a gruesome scene. the body of bretts wife tammy was in the bathroom. and lying nearby was a man named bryan capnerhurst, dead in an alcove not far from the safe where brett kept his money. >> it appeared tammy parker was sitting at the desk in the office area. and that the shooter shot her from ...

Fall guy, prosecutors said brett stage the crime scene and planted that gym bag and ammunition. >> i guess the idea that was supposed to be some kind of murder by. >> and place the gun he used to kill his wife in bryans hand. there is no way bryan brought that down to brets house, affront has defied. >> did you know whether bryan had a gun? >> no, but heck no he did not have again. brian was scared of guns. there is no way on this earth that bryan capnerhurst had a pistol. none. zero. it did not...