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Assuming, that is, that what she told the detectives was actually true. >> it got to the point where i finally did for her. but it never would have happened without her. >> her. her very own mother joan shannon. she insisted her mom had wanted david dead for months. first by trying to poison him. then later recruiting one of lizs friends to kill him. and finally -- >> she was like, would you be brave enough to do this? >> to do what? >> she wanted me to kill my step dad. >> in 25 years on the jo...

>> reporter: they were new to punta gorda. had moved, recently, from scranton, pennsylvania. tara, almost grown up, told them shed stay behind, make her own life. >> she didnt wanna come down, you know. im sure it was, you know, its change, especially when youre older and -- but we had a bet going on how long it would be before she got here, because were -- we are so close. so we had a bet going, and i think she lasted three weeks? >> "im gonna stay here on my own." "no, im not." >> yeah. yes. >...

Family feud. >> right. over the land? >> a long time. >> according to humphreys, bambi and diane argued over who should control that property. >> diane wanted to make sure that that property was there for the kids. i think she had become convinced that, you know, bambi was not going to be in a position to manage that property, to manage the assets. >> i love this girl, my daughter, but shes beyond hope, is that the feeling? >> she just cant be trusted with it. >> bambi didnt agree. >> she wanted...

Over the land? >> long term. >> according to humphreys, bambi and diane argued over who should control that property. >> diane wanted to make sure that that property was there for the kids. i think she had become convinced that, you know, bambi was not going to be in a position to manage that property, to manage the assets. >> i love this girl, my daughter, but shes beyond hope, is that the feeling? >> she just cant be trusted with it. >> bambi didnt agree. >> she wanted the property back. >> i ...

Sheffield, ellen snyders son, mike snyders stepson. >> he didnt seem to be surprised that the police showed up at his work and he said, sure we have a break room we can talk in. so we went to the break room and conducted an interview there. >> we are going to ask you questions, all right, that we already know the answers to. you knew this day was coming ever since you were 17 years old. how you answer the questions and your honesty here is really going to change your life from this moment on. ok...

Without her. >> her. her very own mother joan shannon. she insisted her mom had wanted david dead for months. first by trying to poison him. then later recruiting one of lizs friends to kill him. and finally -- >> she was like, would you be brave enough to do this? >> to do what? >> she wanted me to kill my step dad. >> in 25 years on the job, detective murphy had never heard a story quite like this. he pressed further, he said, pushing elizabeth to explain how her mother talked her into murder....

Without her. >> her. her very own mother joan shannon. she insisted her mom had wanted david dead for months. first by trying to poison him. then later recruiting one of lizs friends to kill him. and finally -- >> she was like, would you be brave enough to do this? >> to do what? >> she wanted me to kill my step dad. >> in 25 years on the job, detective murphy had never heard a story quite like this. he pressed further, he said, pushing elizabeth to explain how her mother talked her into murder....

Mike snyders stepson. >> he didnt seem to be surprised that the police showed up at his work and he said, sure we have a break room we can talk in. so we went to the break room and conducted an interview there. >> we are going to ask you questions, all right, that we already know the answers to. you knew this day was coming ever since you were 17 years old. how you answer the questions and your honesty here is really going to change your life from this moment on. okay. all right. detective wilso...

>> elizabeth confessed it all. every grisly detail of that awful night in the shannon house. assuming, that is, that what she told the detectives was actually true. >> it got to the point where i finally did for her. but it never would have happened without her. >> her. her very own mother joan shannon. she insisted her mom had wanted david dead for months. first by trying to poison him. then later recruiting one of lizs friends to kill him. and finally -- >> she was like, would you be brave eno...

Finally did for her. but it never would have happened without her. >> her. her very own mother joan shannon. she insisted her mom had wanted david dead for months. first by trying to poison him. then later recruiting one of lizs friends to kill him. and finally -- >> she was like, would you be brave enough to do this? >> to do what? >> she wanted me to kill my step dad. >> in 25 years on the job, detective murphy had never heard a story quite like this. he pressed further, he said, pushing eliza...