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That she was just drifting away from being a stay-at-home mom and i understood that. >> reporter: there was friction in the harris family. he loved order and she not so much. >> she had had a room downstairs and she called it a chuck room. if there a party or picnic, she would throw it and take it down to the chuck room. >> reporter: as she told friends and family had he a controlling temper. she called her sister-in-law one day from a closet terrified. he had the gun outside the closet and she ...

>> reporter: there was friction in the harris family. he loved order and she not so much. >> she had had a room downstairs and called it a chuck room. if there a party or picnic, she would throw it and take it down to the chuck room. >> reporter: as she told friends and family had he a controlling temper. she called her sister-in-law one day from a closet terrified. >> he had a gun outside the closet and she was inside hiding gentleman what did you hear about that? >> he was out there as a pump ...

>> she had a room downstairs and she called it the chuck room. if there was going to be a party or a picnic or whatever, she would throw it -- take it down to the chuck room. >> he had a temper, a controlling way, she told friends and family. once back in 1996, she called her sister-in-law from a closet, terrified. >> he had the gun outside the closet and she was inside hiding. >> what did you hear about that? >> he was out there as a pump gun, i guess, and he was racking the pump action up and ...

She called it the chuck room. if there was going to be a party or picnic or whatever, shed throw it -- take it down the chuck room. >> she told friends and family he had a temper, a controlling way. once back in 1996 she called her sister-in-law from a closet, terrified. >> he had the gun outside the closet and she was inside, hiding. >> what did you hear about that? >> he was out there with a pump gun, i guess, and he was racking the pump action up and down and telling her to come out. >> cal l...

She called it the chuck room. if there was going to be a party or a picnic or whatever, she would throw it -- take it down to the chuck room. >> he had a temper, a controlling way, she told friends and family. once back in 1996, she called her sister-in-law from a closet, terrified. >> he had the gun outside the closet and she was inside hiding. >> what did you hear about that? >> he was out there as a pump gun, i guess, and he was racking the pump action up and down and telling her to come out....

Throw it -- take it down the chuck room. >> reporter: she told friends and family he had a temper, a controlling way. once back in 1996 she called her sister-in-law from a closet, terrified. >> he had the gun outside the closet and she was inside, hiding. >> reporter: what did you hear about that? >> he was out there with a pump gun, i guess, and he was racking the pump action up and down and telling her to come out. >> reporter: cal later denied it was true that he had been fighting or threaten...

>> reporter: and even with that terrible loss, said the kids, theyve grown up happy and content for the most part, all thanks to one person. just tell me about your dad. what kind of guy is he? >> funny. >> reporter: funny? >> yeah. >> hes funny and hes the most caring guy in the world. and hes nice and were his whole world. and hes protective and just loves us so much and wants the best for us. >> reporter: a protective dad who said he tried to shield them best he could from the not-so-happy ti...

Chuck room. >> reporter: she told friends and family he had a temper, a controlling way. once back in 1996 she called her sister-in-law from a closet, terrified. >> he had the gun outside the closet and she was inside, hiding. >> reporter: what did you hear about that? >> he was out there with a pump gun, i guess, and he was racking the pump action up and down and telling her to come out. >> reporter: cal later denied it was true that he had been fighting or threatening michele with a gun. then ...

Chuck room. >> reporter: she told friends and family he had a temper, a controlling way. once back in 1996 she called her sister-in-law from a closet, terrified. >> he had the gun outside the closet and she was inside, hiding. >> reporter: what did you hear about that? >> he was out there with a pump gun, i guess, and he was racking the pump action up and down and telling her to come out. >> reporter: cal later denied it was true that he had been fighting or threatening michele with a gun. then ...

Terrible loss, said the kids, theyve grown up happy and content for the most part, all thanks to one person. just tell me about your dad. what kind of guy is he? >> funny. >> reporter: funny? >> yeah. >> hes funny and hes the most caring guy in the world. and hes nice and were his whole world. and hes protective and just loves us so much and wants the best for us. >> reporter: a protective dad who said he tried to shield them best he could from the not-so-happy times. >> michele was really strug...