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Blame a nonexisting intruder. a pattern of covers up abuse, abuse by which 2009 was getting worse. >> from june of 2009 to august of 2009 it escalated. she continued to take it until that particular august night when something changed. that night according to him for the first time, dave threatened michaels life. >> she really believed he was going to kill michael. >> yes, so she made a decision. >> jane had taken michael to the beach that day. they were late getting home. >> dave was upset. sta...

Decades he subjected his wife to horrific abuse. >> like all abuse, its power control. we have verbal abuse. we have emotional abuse. the way he treats her. we have physical abuse thats everything from the punching to the kicking to the slapping to the hitting. >> throwing her down. spitting on her. hitting her. >> jane wasnt the only victim. he was angry the adopted son michael was not athletic. >> he would call racial names to michael that are horrible. we have him yelling at him out in the st...

I have two officers that are there. stay inside the house. >> the officers had to lock down and call in a homicide team to investigate further. it was a brutal scene. >> das investigator said by the time first responders arrived there was no sign of a prowler. they did find dave laut. >> he had been shot multiple times. he was on the ground, face down with very obvious gunshot wounds to the back of his head. >> jane was a mess. she told investigators she had no idea who would do this. >> is ther...

Notes, but she wouldnt tell you. >> so the implication is somebody is after her, shes in some danger. >> now when they look back at the things they noted over the years, it was like something 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 got the sense she was pushing dave away. >> yes. that was stress on the marriage. >> there was stress was pretty clear says rebecca. >> for a while, every time she w...

When she saw the gun. >> holding it and he starts talking about michael, how they dont respect him and hes going to blow his head off. grabs her, throws her against the wall. she kind of crawls backwards. somehow she gets him out in the patio and is like calm down dave, calm down. then out of the darkness, he stumbles on the patio. >> he loses his balance and thats her opportunity and she goes at him. the gun goes off and she eventually gets the gun and just she empties it. >> then she said she ...

Itself, right on the edge of the sidewalk. >> and you didnt find a tossed weapon in the vicinity? >> no, no weapons. >> reporter: the shooter had vanished without a trace. >> but you had more questions, didnt you? >> we did, indeed. >> reporter: but those questions would be left for jimmy edmunds, whose investigation into kay parsons murder had suddenly become a lot more complex. >> here ive got two neighbors, you know, one has been beaten to death and the other one has just gotten shot. and the...

And control. we have verbal abuse, the names he called her over a long period of time. we have emotional abuse. we have physical abuse, thats everything from the punching to the kicking to the hitting to the slapping. throwing her down, pulling her hair, spitting on her. >> reporter: jane wasnt the only victim, said bamieh. dave was angry that his adopted son michael was not athletic. >> we had neighbors who hear him call michael names like [ bleep ] racial names to michael that are just horribl...

Story. in fact, said bamieh, dave inflicted those injuries and then ordered jane to lie and blame a nonexistent intruder, a pattern of covering up daves abuse, abuse by the summer of 2009 was getting worse. >> by june of 09 to august of 09, it was escalating. >> reporter: until that particular august night when something changed. that night, according to bamieh, for the first time jane threatened michaels life. >> she really believed that he was going to kill michael. >> reporter: jane had taken...

Quite some time. >> defense attorney ron bamieh countered the real victim was jane laut, who suffered the utmost cruelty at the hands of her husband. >> 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 te...

Got into pajamas herself and waited for daves anger to subside. >> but he wasnt coming down. about 10:30 or 11:00, he comes out of the room and hes upset and angry. >> reporter: and thats when she saw the gun, says bamieh. >> hes holding it and he starts talking about michael. he doesnt respect him. hes going to blow his effing head off. she kind of crawls backwards with her hands, crab walk to the back door. somehow she gets him off the patio. calm down, dave, calm down. >> reporter: out in the...