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MSNBCW Dateline July 3, 2024

Thats the hardest part. I cant help him. Im a mother, i fixed stuff. A skinned knee, a hurt feeling. I cannot fix this. I cant bring him back. Is on the ground in front of his vehicle. It was devastating when they found him. The single dad so passionate about helping others. He was a selfless person. He just wanted to do for everybody. Dedicated to his bright young daughter, sienna. She loved being with her dad. She just was every single thing to him. Every single thing. It was such an unusual murder with the victim who seemed to have no enemies. Then, the chilling on camera clue. There is a figure uc somewhat wearing a hoodie come out from that dark. Yes, you get the goosebumps. The hairs on the back of your neck. Of father did in the garage. Who was behind it . Its mind blowing. You just dont want to believe that people can be that evil. Hello, and welcome to dateline. Twice divorced, don fluitt was not lucky in love but that did not stop him from making others happy from feeding the homeless to his work with the disabled, the father of three was selfless. So, when don was brutally murdered, it stung the community. Detectives uncovered a blurry image caught on camera that help with the investigation and focus, but could it help them catch the killer . Here is the figure in the garage. Look closely, top left of the screen. A hooded figure walks away from the camera. Who is it . What are they doing . Why are they there . Minutes later, a truck pulled in. A different person walks out. His name, we know. Don fluitt. It appears that his trash can was tipped over. He pulls it back up. You look at him and he is fine. He is happy and healthy and picking up his trash can and then the Garage Closes. That is the end of don fluitts life, basically. Yeah. The neighbors Security Camera captured these images and left a mystery. That was one of those moments where you kind of get the chills and think, i think we know when we it happened. Now weve got to figure out who. And why. Theres nobody i can think of that would want to hurt him. Albuquerque, new mexico. Thousands of people come here every fall to watch the colorful Hot Air Balloons Sail through the desert sky. For others, it is just a pitfall as they continue their trip onto santa fe but for some, it is a place for new beginners. This is dennis fluitt, dons younger brother, less than a year apart in age, born and raised in california. They grew up close, the two of them and two sisters. We had to rely on each other. When my parents divorced it was just me and my mom so there was a lot of time alone. They had to outdo each others constantly. What one did, the next one did. The Brothers Fluitt Led A Hard Partying Lifestyle until dennis headed east at age 20. Dennis matured and that his brother could do the same. He urged don to join him in new mexico. He was on a deadend trail. He wasnt doing anything good or productive so i called him, convinced him to come out here. Did you see your brother change . No, yeah. You saw a complete change. Don turned his life around. At 26, he got married, had two kids, but the marriage did not last. His kids moved to oklahoma with her mom, but daughter tiffany says don stopped being a loving father. So, he really had to go on his way to keep you to in his life. He did. When don was in his late 30s, he decided to pursue a childhood dream, to become a firefighter. Dennis joked and told him he was too old but it didnt stop don. Was it the adrenaline, do you think . Maybe. I just think he cared for people and wanted to do his part to save as many lives as he could. In, don met dennis neighbor, a woman named christine. She was kind of quirky and silly like he was so i think they got along real well. It was not long before don and christine married, and just a little over a year later, they had a baby girl together. They named her sienna. Dons son, josh, says sienna seem to complete johns life. He was above the world knowing that we were so far away that at least he could have his own child right there with him every step of the way, every second of the day. As you can see in this home video christine took, a couple doted on their little girl. She loved him. They were always doing goofy things. They were two peas in a pod. Life was great until dawn, after eight years as a firefighter, lost his job. According to a close friend, christine, who worked as an x ray tech, had to shoulder most of the bills. The financial strain proved to be too much. When sienna was only four years old, christine filed for divorce. The couple shared custody of sienna. Don made sure his life still revolved around his little girl. He would brate hurst hair before school. He would design it. For all of the place she was in he would go out and get her costumes and he would dress her, do her makeup. He was an amazing father. You wanted to make the best life possible for sienna and be the best man he possibly could. This is amber, dennis daughter, and dons niece. He says he taught people to try to help others. They would Go To Church Every Sunday and they would have spaghettis on sunday and one day they made too much spaghetti. They decided to find somebody and give them dinner. They started calling it spaghetti sunday. Don and sienna would hit the streets of albuquerque, and feed the homeless. She is not dragging her feet with all of this . Not at all. I think they were in cahoots. From Spaghetti Sundaes to silly homemade videos. She didnt want to do anything unless he could do it with her. Just a few weeks before christmas, 2016, dons older sister died of cancer. His mother, sharon, was devastated. Don and sienna took a road trip to california to spend christmas with her and when the festivities were over they didnt want him to go. Don, who was working at an agency that serve the developmentally disabled, told his mom he had a meeting he could not miss. So went outside with him and hugged and kissed and got everything in the car. After an 11 hour drive, they arrived home in albuquerque where sienna found a new bicycle and a christmas tree. But, before she could write it, don needed to drop her off with her mom, christine. The next day, sienna, who spoke to her dad every day, didnt hear from him. She called her dads coworker, Valerie Torres. She says i cant get a hold of my dad and i says you know what honey let me call your dad. Hes fine. Valerie and the coworker went to dons home. I knocked on the door and the door gave a little bit. I was able to walk in the house. Valerie called out dons name, no response. I told my friend the only way we are going to know if he is here or not is if his truck is here so i opened the garage door and when i opened the garage door, i found my friend. Coming up, what had happened in the garage . A clue from the neighbor. She has two cameras in her house and she sees don fluitts Truck Backing out. And another from his ex wife. Had someone been in don fluitts house . When dateline continues. Things are looking up, ive got Symptom Relief. Control of my crohns means everything to me. Control is everything to me. Feel significant Symptom Relief at 4 weeks with skyrizi, including less Abdominal Pain and fewer bowel movements. Skyrizi is the first il23 inhibitor that can deliver remission and visibly improve damage of the intestinal lining. And the majority of people experienced longlasting remission at one year. Serious allergic reactions and an increased risk of infections or a lower ability to fight them may occur. 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Body camera rolled as he walked past siennas new bicycle, still next to the christmas tree, then into the garage where dons body lay. As night fell, the yellow tape went up. Albuquerque Police Detective Matthew Kaplan led the police investigation. Everything was in pristine order. The only thing out of order was don fluitt in the garage. Dons cell phone was on the couch, his wallet on the kitchen counter. Police located all the Kitchen Knives and sent them off to the crime lab. They also gathered other forensic evidence including dons Fingernail Clippings. There was blood in the immediate vicinity, on the walls, underneath him, on the truck, that looked like handprints. But, the detective thought it did not seem like enough blood, given the injuries don had sustained. That is when we noticed an empty bottle of bleach on the washer and dryer and tells that smelled like bleach in the dryer. His team did a test with a substance like liminal. The kitchen sink lit up with traces of blood. So, it looked like either hands or the Murder Weapon was washed off in the sink. The floor and door also lit up. Police had already started going door to door, and met dons nextdoor neighbor. She tells her she has two cameras on her house. There is one, which happens to catch a portion of don fluitts garage. She told them she had been home the night before. She hears the garage come up and happens to look at her camera when she sees dons Truck Backing out and leaving. The time, 7 37 p. M. Kaplan had the first data point for a timeline. He gathered more when he talked to dons exwife, christine, at her home. Christine confirmed he dropped sienna off with her at 7 45 p. M. , and she remembered something don told her that afternoon. He thought someone had been in his house while she was away. There is cat here in my dryer and someone used a pen in my house. Christine told Detectives Don sometimes suffered road rage. So, maybe an angry motorist followed don home after an argument, or maybe it was someone he knew, someone with access to the house. Kaplan spoke to dons landlord, benny ruiz, whod shown up at the scene. He told kaplan that don was a kindhearted man, and wondered if his murder had anything to do with his work with homeless people. Dons mom, sharon, out in california, got a call in the middle of the night. Detective kaplan was on the line. He said maam, im sorry, your son is dead, and i think i started screaming. Just 19 days before, she had lost her eldest daughter to cancer. 19 years before that, her youngest daughter had also died. And now, don. I could not get my head around it. It didnt seem real. I just started screaming no over and over again. My dad was obviously a mess. The news soon made its way to oklahoma, where dons older children lived. I was just like no, this isnt real. This stuff dont happen. You just see the stuff on tv. This is an intimate, hands on murder. Up close and very violent and personal, yeah. Who would put a target on your brother, of all people, mr. Sunday night spaghetti . My first thought was terry. I even told the detective that. Terry white, dons wife. Sienna and christine left the room. Kaplan asked terry a about his relationship with don. You know, in the beginning i would say it was rocky. Terry told kaplan that when they went to court over custody of sienna, don sometimes seemed to want a confrontation. He could get me, in any kind of way to yell or scream at him, it would make him look good then he would ultimately get his daughter so i just wouldnt bite for that. Terry said to the detective that he mostly avoided don, and had not had any contact with him in a while. They were not going to find any dna or fingerprints and has house on his vehicle are in that area. No, i would just not get in the guys life. It wasnt worth it because i love that little girl. I dont want to make her hate me because she loves her dad. Kaplan asked about the night of the murder. Terry said he spent the evening visiting his sister. He said he left about 9 00, stopped at a wendys for dinner, then drove to work and slept in his car until his shift began. So youre in the parking lot at work . Terrys sister confirmed his story. So did his boss who said she had Security Cam Video that would show terry at work that night, but by then, kaplan had received an unexpected phone call from dons neighbor. She had become curious about her on surveillance video. She had looked at it and made a discovery and said hey, detective, you need to look at 7 41 p. M. A mysterious figure captured on camera. Who was that lurking outside dons house . Coming up. There someone in a hoodie and the individual walks off camera toward where don fluitts door would be. Did you think that Surveillance Camera had taken a picture of your killer . I did. When dateline continues. Id when dateline continues. Come on. 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She brought some pictures over that she had that i could add to the board and she said can i help you and i said yeah, absolutely, so we had a glass of wine and put the picture boards together. Sienna helped, too. She lost her best friend and she wanted to be a part of it. Sienna picked out most of the music and readings for the service. It was held at the church she attended with her dad. Meanwhile, the Murder In

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