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And little shasta. >> sandys aunt showed up and said a few words, and we released balloons in memory of the three of them. ♪ when i was there at the memorial, i could look around and see dads holding their children and crying. wondering how a father could do this to his own children.

And you never know when a person can snap or anything, and i, myself, had been in a shelter at one time. i have experienced that. when you have somebody like sandy whos soft and quiet and nice, theres people who prey on that. and then after they get them, the control starts. and then they feel stuck or theyve got two children, what are they going to do, where are they going to go? >> it was about 7:30, 7:45, and i heard some gunshots, but thats not really unusual in

The girls were very tearful. red eyed. exhausted. theyd had a long morning trying to get down the mountain to come here. she said shane had been very agitated for about three days. she had had hardly any sleep. she said shane had assaulted her, tortured her, choked her, threatened her with guns. you know, he was threatening to kill her whole family. so she needed to get away. sandy was scared. she said, im really afraid that he is going to kill us. i know when i was going through it, i didnt fee...

Sandy had apparently told them that on the day of the homicide, sandy was going to tell shane that she wanted to get a place of her own for her and the kids. >> miller has an extensive criminal history. hes a felon. >> he served four years in a california prison and was released in 2007. >> convicted of growing marijuana in 1996. >> felony hit-and-run charge. >> dui and a drunk in public. >> mendocino county. miller was charged with child neglect in 1994. >> they believe he is armed and extremel...

Any time. its just -- its horrible. its horrible for us living here and not knowing where he is. >> i think our community came to the point where they started really looking at the emotional side of the murders, and they started talking about how can we help the community heal? >> in june of 2013, the shingletown community center activities council put together a memorial for the girls. >> all right. im going to turn over here to show you the library. this is the shingletown library in here, and...

No eye contact, no waving. so it makes me wonder if there was something going on. ♪ >> if i had known anything about the domestic violence, you know, i definitely would have tried to help her, and i know the community would have rallied around her to help, too. i would have done anything to save her. [ gunshot ] >> you never know when a person can snap. >> sandy was scared. she said, im really afraid that he is going to kill us.

>> sandy was a stay-at-home mom. she was very much into the environment. planting trees and flowers at her home. she had two daughters. one, shelby. she was 8 years old. and shasta was 4. >> where? its a rock. >> i was so struck by how she was with her little girls. how she was with the kids. she was just very earthy and very real and easy to talk to. she was really a nice person. >> when she would be taking the kids to the school bus stop, it would be a wave, you know, through the car windows. ...

Lived on our street. yeah. we never really saw them out in front of the house or anything. it is crazy to think that someone with a potential to do something so horrific lived just a quarter mile away from you. >> it was september 2011 when i first met sandy, and i was a hairdresser. sandy miller was my client. ill never forget when i first met her and she first came to the shop with her beautiful red hair. and its curly and gorgeous and she wanted to straighten her hair. first thing i think, oh...

Feel like youve met the man of your dreams. i mean, he is mr. wonderful. but then through time, something changes in the relationship. something happens. theres some kind of explosion. it seems so out of character for this wonderful guy to do that. so then the victim tends to hold on to that. you know, the potential. the honeymoon can be pretty powerful. hes seen the light. hes changed. maybe this time it will work. >> you just dont know, maybe he was charismatic at one time, maybe he was differ...

Would be a wave, you know, through the car windows. if shane was with her, there was no eye contact, no waving. so it makes me wonder if there was something going on. ♪ >> if i had known anything about the domestic violence, you know, i definitely would have tried to help her, and i know the community would have rallied around her to help, too. i would have done anything to save her. [ gunshot ] >> you never know when a person can snap. >> sandy was scared.