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Four arm and falling over, i believe that the gun fell out of his hand. >> the gun had been placed in his hand. >> the prosecution had made its case. now it was time for the defense to fight back. >> they had no proof whatsoever that he shot his wife. it was completely circumstantial. >> the defense was about to tell the jury that bryan capnerhurst, not brett brett parker was the real villain. >> coming up -- brits team produces a powerful witness to back up his story. his teenage daughter. >> i...

Leon didnt know anything about the investigation. that 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 continue to insist it was self-defense. but within a week of the shooting, he had gotten a lawyer, david fedor. the sheriffs told us he thought it was a little odd that brett retained a defense a...

Im the boss and its lonely at the top. [ screams ] you havent changed at all. youre still a big baby. suck it, ted. -you suck it. excuse me. why dont you both suck it? im in the family business. and now you work for me, boomers. you want me to be a baby again? [ screams ] what the frittata? im sending you undercover. is this some kind of a ninja boy band? whah! -huh. oh my gosh. oh my gosh! >> police had announced the double murder in ascot estates was a robbery gone very wrong. the unlikely int...

To set this thing up. >> would it take a genius though to concoct a plan like that? >> i think im fairly bright and id be damned if i couldve thought about that. >> if he fired that handgun -- >> in court, brett parkers attorney said brian cap near hearst was a desperate man with far more motive for murder. >> a man that was at the end of his rope. who had a desire for money, and a plan for violence. and the evidence in this case have been proven. >> still, the defense thought it had an uphill b...

Had shot, was a family friend and frequent visitor to the house. in fact, brett said he was in the bathroom when bryan arrived for a meeting and he told him to just go upstairs and wait. suddenly, brett heard shots. >> he ran upstairs and was greeted at the top of the stairs by bryan capnerhurst, toting a gun on him. and ordered him to the safe which was in the alcove area of the active. as he walked by the office he saw his wife legs, and he surmised that she was shot. he was taken to this alco...

Scene photos, another small but important detail jumped out. bryans jim bag with ammunition and an empty magazine clip big visible. >> the unusual thing about it, those items were found on top of the clothing of the items in the. back >> unusual because of what they noticed on the home security video that captured bryan arriving at the house. >> if you look at the video, when bryan notch along lee through that bag over his shoulder, those items wouldve gone to the lowest point in the bag. so it ...

All boiled down to money. brett told bryan a good chunk of the profits. $20,000. and he had been slow to pay up. >> it bryan was going to go for their basically until brett i have had enough of this, you only money. >> smith learned that bryan capnerhurst had money problems. so it looked like he went to the parkers to demand money he was owed and take whatever else was in the safe. tammy had simply been in the wrong place at the wrong time. what do you miss most about tammy? >> her laugh. just h...

And then i knew something was wrong. that he had probably shot her. >> when you shot him, did you have any fear at that time in your mind? >> yeah, im scared. but when i got to that safe i made a decision that it is going to be me or him. >> ultimately the defense wanted the jury to see that wall of flawed man, brett parker was no killer. >> did you shoot in self-defense afterwards? >> yes i did. >> did you ever have a plan, a premeditated plan to shoot and kill your wife? >> no. >> under cross ...

And offer plans as low as $30 per line. more businesses choose verizon than any other network. we are open and ready for you. >> he had declared a resounding not guilty to the murder of his wife tammy in -- from the day it happened to this day in court, he insisted that he was the innocent victims of a robbery gone bad. >> who shot your wife? >> a friend of mine, brian. >> is he still there? >> i shot him. i think i killed him. >> defense attorney david ford or said the accusation that brett plo...

A friend of threats, robert bauer says that that is just not true. he wasnt asked to tell the story in court, but says that a month before the killings, he was at the park are home and saw bryan handling one of bretts guns with ease. >> he took all the bullets out, and handed me that, he didnt hand me the revolver he had taken the bullets out, he heard his friends say that he would never hold a gun but i just saw him there. >> he had given him a gun for protection, and in a dramatic move, the de...