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Middle of the day and nobody else saw? she said, no. >> and then there was her claim that somebody was leaving threatening notes on her car. >> but then you would ask her, and probe her, like what kind of notes? but she wouldnt really tell you. >> so the implication is somebodys after her, shes in some danger? >> right. >> now when they look back at the things they noticed over the years, it was like something fell into place for them. >> there was a separation, it was like jane was the parent a...

>> he is not the hero of the olympics. he is the monster who abused her for 27 years. >> the defense called family and friends and neighbors who all testified jane was an abused spouse. but attorney bamieh said the most important witness was the defendant herself. >> if youre going to get a not guilty, which is what were shooting for, she has to testify. >> the judge would not allow cameras to roll when for the first time publicly through tears jane told her story. she said she took daves abuse ...

Son, michael, was not athletic. >> neighbors would hear him call michael names, racial names to michael that are just horrible. we have him yelling at him in the street because he cant ride a bike or catch a football or play baseball. >> all those years jane was afraid to report dave. said bamieh, afraid of what he might do to her loved ones. so she covered up her abuse and her injuries. we obtained this summary of a police report from the 1980s in which jane reported that an intruder attacked h...

She really believed he was going to kill michael? >> yeah. >> so she made a decision to fight. >> jane had taken michael to the beach that day, said bamieh. they were late getting home. >> dave was upset. started screaming and yelling, nobody respects me. i dont get any attention around here. nobody cares about me. >> jane put michael to bed, got into pajamas herself and waited for daves anger to subside. >> but he wasnt calming down. so about 10:30 or 11:00, he comes out of the room, and hes up...

>> he had been shot multiple times. he was on the ground, face down, with very obvious gunshot wounds to his back and to the back of his head. >> jane was a mess. she told investigators she had no idea who would do this. >> is there anybody who would want to harm him at all? >> no. >> son michael, 10 at the time, slept through it all. and janes brother took charge of him while jane went down to the oxnard police department to offer a more complete statement. it had been a perfectly normal evenin...

The hitting, throwing her down, pulling her hair, spitting on her. >> and jane wasnt the only victim. said bamieh. dave was angry that his adopted son, michael, was not athletic. >> neighbors would hear him call michael names, racial names to michael that are just horrible. we have him yelling at him in the street because he cant ride a bike or catch a football or play baseball. >> all those years jane was afraid to report dave. said bamieh, afraid of what he might do to her loved ones. so she c...

Fell into place for them. >> there was a separation, it was like jane was the parent and michael was the child, and dave was in the way. >> you had the sense that she was pushing dave away? >> yeah. i think that was a stress on the marriage. >> that there was stress was pretty clear, said rebecca. >> for a while, every time she would call me, it seemed like it was to vent about something she didnt like about what dave was doing. >> so evidence was carefully sifted for months. and then in februar...

Bamieh. >> from june of 09 to august of 09, it was escalating. >> but jane continued to take >> but jane continued to take it, until that particular august night when something changed. that night, according to bamieh, for the first time, dave threatened michaels life. she really believed he was going to kill michael? >> yeah. >> so she made a decision to fight. >> jane had taken michael to the beach that day, said bamieh. they were late getting home. >> dave was upset. started screaming and yel...

Evening, she said. they were in bed by 10:00. dave in the master bedroom, she in michaels room, where she often slept because dave had a bad back. she said it was about an hour later, she said, about 11:00. >> dave came down the hall, she said, worried about the dog. >> so 11:15, she said, she and dave crept over to a sliding glass door to a side yard. >> the gunshots? >> what did it sound like? >> it sounded like pop, pop, pop. like quick. >> how many pops did you hear? >> three. >> describe th...

Dont wake him up just yet, okay? >> i cant see dave. >> stay with me. i have officers on the way. stay in the house. >> the officers had to lock down and call in a homicide team to investigate further. it was a brutal scene. >> ventura countys investigator mike palmeiri arrived, there was no sign of a prowler. but they did find dave laut. >> he had been shot multiple times. he was on the ground, face down, with very obvious gunshot wounds to his back and to the back of his head. >> jane was a me...