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They lived and gardened in the same house for 25 years and designed it themselves. life in mizner park was good for the two. jessica remembers how close they were. >> if my mom went shopping my dad took her, the garden together, talking on the phone several times a day. personalities, gary was the fun, outgoing one. >> once she warmed up to you she was alive. >> when gary retired he suddenly had all of the time in the world to visit civil war battlefields, scour flea markets.

How long you have known them. >> i have known gary for 15 to 20 years my assistant superintendent. i was superintendent. >> mark knew a lot about garys coin business. >> he has people all over missouri that collect for him. i know he goes to hotels and meets people. he runs ads in the paper. >> gary set up one of the meetings around the time of the death and involved a lot of money. >> he was going to sell $50,000 of gold for cash. it was actually a buyer that was going to give him $50,000 cash....

A botcher robbery was a likely scenario. it appeared somebody tried to pry the locks open. >> they didnt get inside? >> it did not appear they did, no. >> that would suggest somebody is looking for something. >> yes. >> if robbery was the plan the killer left the museum intact and nothing appeared tossed or out of place and the nature of the killings. gary was shot as well as beaten spoke volumes to the prosecutor assigned to the case. >> it seems to be a element of personal anger. close quarter...

Organizing them. >> a container was missing. the killer would have known the real valuable only if he moved in the same antique circles as gary. >> sounds plausible. >> that was a big worry that i had. >> as they dug into garys business dealings no suspects emerged. few people had any idea how wealthy they really were. >> they did not show that type of wealth to people. always kept quiet. the people that he would interact with were reputable type of people. >> because there was no forced entry t...

>> i said he is off in some way. he could be a psychopath. it scares me. >> april 30th, 2014 did they fall prey to someone they believe could be trusted? >> iad to be lowered to the ground. i started crying and screaming. >> such good people. why. why. >> springfield, missouri, the queen of the ozarks. gary terrell grew up poor and knew his adult life would be all about education, teaching kids in the classrooms by day. the history book in his lap at night. he and his wife raised a girl and a bo...

>> i never did like the guy or trust him. thought he was something of a fake. >> garys brother had a bad feeling about mark and was convinced if mark was the killer the motive was money. >> i think over a period of time he saw jan as an obstacle. >> he didnt show up at the visitation or the funeral. >> conspicuous in his absence or making too much of his nonappearance. >> i think it was obvious there was something going on. >> and his former secretary says that she hated working for mark porter ...

Situation or anything like that? >> no. if i needed something all i had to do is call and ask. >> you are a suspect in your parents double homicide? >> yes. it was more just going through there and saying i didnt do it. >> police asked jessica and jason for d.n.a. samples and set out to verify the alibis. >> my boss and i took a trip to oklahoma city and spoke with the fellow employees, jessicas boss. >> coming up, garys best friend offers detectives some clues, including texts that he said that...

Knock on the door when his office is across the street. >> inside the interview room the detective decided it was time for a break. >> give me a couple of seconds. can i get you anything? trying to make sense of it all, including this bit of information, garys brother told police not long ago mark asked gary for a loan and put the request in writing. an eye-popping $250,000. >> that is the kind of money if you get it out of your house a second mortgage. >> did your father consider it for a heart...

Of why the couple was murdered but had a sequence of what made sense as to the order of death. >> hard to believe gary had shot upstairs if jan was fully functioning and mobile. >> that tells you she is the first victim? >> most likely he arrives while it is on going or the killer is waiting there for him. but yes. >> how did the killer gain entry to the house? >> there were no signs of forced entry. >> the doors are all intact. how did the killer get in? >> only two ways. one would be to have t...

Detectives finally had a major break in the investigation. silver coins, worth around the same amount as the ones taken from the terrell home turned up in a local coin shop. surveillance cameras caught the transaction on video. the man looked familiar and if there is any doubt he left a copy of his i.d. >> mark edward porter. this is the real guy. >> that is him. >> but selling a load of coins did not prove mark porter was guilty of murder. mark had an interest in the coin business. >> the expla...