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Older we got, the more she was kind of like another mom to us. she would always be there, even if we were fighting, if we needed her she was there. >> big sister to the whole extended family. her cousins, her close friends who were more like siblings. her siblings close friends who are more like relatives. >> she was always really nice to everybody. >> laura wonder had been a friend since grade school. >> she just wanted to have a good time, she was i wouldnt say crazy but she was -- >> goofy? >...

Search with jessicas acts and soon hear some troubling stories. coming up. >> she would post pictures, and if shes around just another guy, even though they were just friends, john, you could tell that he was a little like, whos that? >> her sister ashleys ex raises eyebrows to. >> he threatened to take out my whole entire family to get custody of our kids. >> wow. >> wow. when evil intent continues a unicorn whenraining. evis a corner to build a legacy. a vision for tomorrow. a fresh start. a b...

>> john did not kill jessica. and when he first learned he she was dead. >> i just felt completely lost, i was trying to figure out how it was going to tell my son that his mother, which was his world, was no longer here. i didnt want to do. it was the hardest thing i ever dealt with. >> did you do with that day? >> i did it a night. i called missy and harry. just his parents. and i asked them, what should we do. how do they think i should approach it? and explain to him. and we decided that me,...

For either of them. then, as single mothers, laura and jessica reconnected so their sons, half brothers, could bond. >> our kids met each other and they got to play together. >> now her friend was dead. and the father of both their sons was sitting in the police station answering questions. >> when was the last time youre actually at the house? >> i could even tell you for sure. >> ballpark. >> probably been three months ... >> so when did you actually last see jessica? >> when she dropped my so...

Often a collection of stories. whodunnit stories, yes. but also, love, loss, regret. john mcdowell was innocent. but he didnt feel innocent. >> the only thing that went through my head is that it was all my fault. if i wouldve never messed up we wouldve never split up. and i couldve been there to protect her. >> i still think you still feel that we are little bit, dont you? >> yes, sir. >> did she intrude upon your thought a lot? >> yes, sir. pretty much anytime i look at my son. he looks just l...

Get me, me and john how to fight and im not staying in their. so we will drive to missouri valley, and a couple of weeks late issues back out there. >> a year in, there are still no wedding. but there was a baby. dominic, dom. >> i just remember everyone was so excited wanting to meet him. >> she loved him. i think it was just an instinct she had, to be a mother. she wanted to be the best mother she could. that drove everything else. >> and then one day, dom was still small it all seemed to come...

Jealous terribly. the last time we spoke, dominic was living with his dad john. and also with laura and his half brother christopher. after jessicas death, laura stepped in to help out as much as she could. >> we were over there all the time. with dom and john in the kids all playing together. and it was one day after the next. after the next. and you just fall together. its one good thing that came out of this tragedy. dame has a whole family. and he is happy about that. he says i have a mommy ...

Jessica both had babies with john. laura dated him first. but it was after she broke up with john that her son christopher was born. and that was not long before jessica got pregnant. >> i found out when i was six months pregnant with our son that him and jessica had been dating. or just started dating. im pretty sure unaware, that she and i even knew each. other so both of us found, out from him. that she is dating him, and i have a child with him. so it was kind of like a surprise to everybody...

Knew her or at some point had cared enough to show up and say hey, were sorry. >> and some of the young men vowed revenge as they wore their justice for jessica bracelet, her brother, matt, her brothers best friend also named matt once lived with him who knew jessica like a sister. >> he was with us throughout everything, like another son. what you need help with, people would bring over food, hes there helping us carry it in. that kind of thing. >> and helping out, grieving was john mcdowell, j...

Know, of us just out with friends. and if shes around just another guy, even though they were just friends -- >> right. >> john you, could tell he was a little who, is that? >> jealous. >> yeah. >> did jessica trust john? >> no. >> no. >> i knew she was planning on filing for sole custody of dominick, because she was just tired of it. because you know, half the time when it was johns time to take him, he refused. >> they have these fights over dominick. over custody. over money. jessica was rout...