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>> it is the hardest part, i cant help him. >> i am a mother, i fix stuff. this gave me a hard feeling. i cannot fix this. i cant bring him back. >> he is on the ground, in front of his vehicle. something is very wrong. >> it was devastating when they found him. >> oh my god. >> the single dad, so passionate about helping others. >> he was a selfless person. he just wanted to do what he could. >> so dedicated to his young daughter, siena. >> two peas in a pod. >> she loved being with h...

cant help him. >> i am a mother, i fix stuff. this gave me a hard feeling. i cannot fix this. i cant bring him back. >> he is on the ground, in front of his vehicle. something is very wrong. >> it was devastating when they found him. >> oh my god. >> the single dad, so passionate about helping others. >> he was a selfless person. he just wanted to do what he could. >> so dedicated to his young daughter, siena. >> two peas in a pod. >> she loved being with her dad. >> she was every sing...

daughter, siena. >> two peas in a pod. >> she loved being with her dad. >> she was every single thing to him, every single thing. >> for police, a puzzle. >> it was such an unusual murder, with a victim who scenic to have so no enemies. >> then the chilling, on camera clue. >> there is a figure. you see someone wearing a hoodie come out from the dark. >> yes, you get the goose bumps, the hairs on the back of your neck. >> a father, dead in the garage. who was behind? this >> i am think...

Are thinking something, so i gotta protect myself. >> so terry didnt feel like talking. not to the police, anyway. but once he was transferred back to albuquerque, he did talk to someone. dennis received a facebook message from a woman. >> shes like, you dont know me, but my boyfriend is in jail with a guy by the name of terry white. you can imagine, im thinking what? >> the boyfriends name, roderick white. no relation, of course. rod and terry did share the same last name, the same birthday, an...

I said, yeah absolutely. lets do this. so we had a glass of wine and put the picture boards together. >> siena helped too. >> she lost her best friend. and she wanted to be a part of it. >> siena picked up most of the music and readings for the service. it was held at the church she attended with her dad. >> meanwhile, the murder investigation continued. detective caplan spoke to dons neighbor, who said shed found something on her home security video. >> i start looking at the clips shes talking...

Questions and taken assemble of his dna. he also took another look at santas stepdad terry. white remember terry additionally told detectives that he stayed with his sister until 9 pm, then drove to work until the nap in the parking lot. but when detective caplan check the security cam video -- >> you could see terry white pull up and immediately get out his truck and walk to the front door. so now theres a discrepancy in his story. >> again, thank you for coming down. >> hey, no worries. im sur...

I found that to be extraordinary unusual. >> and how old again was it, the document? >> three days after he took his dna. >> kaplan storied wonder if terry would be gone prominently. then a few days later, he caught a break. a sheriffs deputy had happened on a pick up truck in arizona rest up more than 200 miles from albuquerque. there is a host traveling from the exhaust into the cab. so the deputy immediately thinks, oh no, it looks like someone is trying to commit suicide. >> in the cab of th...

I said, im not going to wear that work. so, i went and bought this one. >> caplan asked terri about dennis. he never met the guy he said. but hed heard about his troubled relationship with don. and that dennis had moved into dons home. >> now hes back and hes like -- trying to protect siena from whatever. and its just making people feel kind of off. >> terry willingly gave a dna sample and caplan sent him on his way. two days later, the detective went back to dennis. >> i took his dna and i took...

The fluitt family was mourning dons loss. here again is dennis murphy with the figure in the garage. >> to say don fluitt love the christmas season, would be putting it mildly. >> he was obsessed. [laughs] were talking lights, music. it was everywhere. >> a month after dons murder, his family was still grappling with the fact that he would never see another christmas. no one more distraught than his daughter, siena. >> how is she doing? >> she was strong. she said she was just praying about it. ...

Suffered road rage. >> hes had really heated exchanges as a driver before. >> so, maybe an angry motorists followed don home after an argument. or maybe it was someone he knew. someone with access to the house. caplan spoke to dons landlord who had shown up at the scene. he told caplan that don was a kind hearted man and wondered if his murder had anything to do with his work with homeless people. >> he opens himself to everybody. you know, he opens his home. >> dons mom sharon, out in californi...