Caller on clip my wife and my son, theyre both shot. Miles Tucker Nichole had been shot in the back of the head. Taylor had been shot in the face. This is a murdersuicide. Detective do you think taylor shot himself . No. I waited and waited and waited for somebody to be arrested for this. Detective did you have anything to do with this . Did you have anything to do with killing your wife . You got to be out of your mind. Jason payne On Recording you have three tapes. I want you to tear those up. Faye payne On Recording i can do that. I thought, theyre going to come kill us. Niece On Recording so to threaten the lady, you know, you need to do this, or were going to hurt your child. Faye payne On Recording yes, yes. Remington payne they said that i was so young that i couldnt have remembered anything. Something like that doesnt go away. I saw what i saw. [no audio] hello, and welcome to dateline. When jason and Nichole Payne first met, the attraction was instant. Soon, the bachelor and single mother of two wed, and their family grew. Then, gunfire turned their home into a bloody Crime Scene. The Killers Identity would take years to uncover and rip this once loving family apart. Heres Andrea Canning with house of horrors. Andrea canning the white dove, a symbol of peace and love. One woman was so moved by their grace and beauty, she turned her passion for doves into a business, releasing them at weddings and funerals. Nichole payne brought both Joy And Comfort to countless families. When i see pictures and when i hear stories of my mom, shes just this wonderful person, like this huge smile all the time, great personality. Andrea canning but on a December Morning in 2007, nicholes doves made their most poignant flight of all at her own funeral. [indistinct conversation] now, 14 years later, two of nicholes children, Jackson And Remington payne, are telling their story publicly for the first time. I just wanted to be able to put my two cents in. And, you know, all stories have two sides. People dont know that there was somebody who saw everything that happened. I saw it happen. And i want people to know what happened. Andrea canning it happened here, the payne family home. Left abandoned, it would take almost a decade to resolve the horrible tragedy that happened inside these walls. A place where blind Family Loyalty would cause even more heartache. A Christmas Tree was left standing as a reminder of the shattered lives of all those who lived here. The twostory house in quitman, texas, was supposed to be nicholes dream home, the place where she and her Husband Jason would raise their blended family. But that all changed on december 11, 2007. Their Son Jackson was almost six at the time. That morning, i remember waking up for school like a regular day. My father put me in the truck, and we left for school. And, you know, he dropped me off. Andrea Canning Remington, who was two at the time, was also in the truck. Normally, her 16yearold Halfbrother Taylor would be too. But he stayed home from school that day. After jason returned with his daughter, he said he found a house of horrors. 911 operator on clip 911, whats your emergency . Jason payne on clip my wife and my son, theyre both shot. 911 operator on clip say again, sir . Jason payne on clip my wife and my son are both shot. I need some help. 911 operator on Clip Hold on. Just stay on the line with me a minute. Jason payne on clip i have to take my Little Girl outside. Lieutenant Miles Tucker of the Wood County Sheriffs Office rushed to the call. Miles tucker i arrive at the house. I start pulling up the driveway. I see Jason Payne. Hes holding his daughter. Andrea Canning Remington was in jasons arms as first responders flooded the scene and entered the home. You get in there, and whats the first thing you see . The Christmas Tree and the tv on, on cartoons. Andrea Canning Leah Courtney was an emt with the east texas medical center. Leah courtney they let me know to go into the bedroom right past the tv. So you rush in there. What do you see once you get inside the bedroom . I at first thought that there was a woman sleeping in bed. I look around, and then i notice that there has been a shooting. You just you just saw the scene and knew that it was bad. Andrea canning the woman was nichole. Leah noticed her body felt warm, but immediately knew she couldnt save her. At 35 years old, Nichole Payne was dead. This wasnt the only shooting in this house. No, there was also another shooting in the other part of the house. Theres an opening into the garage. Andrea canning the garage had been converted into a bedroom. I see a young man laying back on his bed, and hes blue. And as cold as his body was, i knew that there was no helping him either. Andrea canning Nicholes Son taylor was dead too. Lieutenant tucker, who went back to the Crime Scene with us, had two bodies to contend with. Miles Tucker Nichole had been shot in the back of the head. And it appeared that taylor had been shot in the face. Andrea canning there was no evidence of forced entry, no signs of a struggle indicating a home invasion. But Lieutenant Tucker did see the possible Murder Weapon in taylors room. There was a rifle there between his legs. He was on his own bed. Andrea canning back outside, the detective could see jason looked understandably distraught. He was just kind of, i would say, maybe in a zone. Thats about the best way i can describe it. Its possible jason was in shock. Andrea canning but soon, everyone would be in shock when one of tuckers top investigators said he knew who was behind the killings at the payne house. Craig melvin coming up, life had once seemed so full of promise for the young couple. Theyre happy. They did almost everything together. Just a typical marriage. Was he head Over Heels for nichole . Oh, yes, big time. 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Was he head Over Heels for nichole . Oh, yes, big time. I was worried about it only because it was so fast. But they were in love . They were very much in love. He was crazy about nichole. Andrea canning they had a whirlwind relationship. Within weeks of meeting, they were married by a local justice of the peace. And daniel was there. Theyre like, ok, were a family, lets do this. And i was just like, all right. So it was nice. I could be like, mom, dad. And they were just like, yeah, youre our son. Im like, all right. This is the first time in your life that youve had really the complete solid family. Yes, yes. Andrea Canning Nicholes mom, sherry hawthorne, says they tied the knot before she and her husband even knew they were dating. She brought him home to meet us and just came in, you know, into our kitchen and said, mom, dad, you know, meet my husband. Oh, my gosh. What did you think . Well, it was just total shock. Andrea canning the couple went on to have jackson, then remington, making them a blended family. And there was one more person living with them, faye, Jasons Mom. The two had an especially tight relationship. So she moved in, at least temporarily. Faye payne i got along great with nichole. When i moved over there, we just clicked. Andrea canning when the couple first married, they struggled to make ends meet. But after jason received a 900,000 settlement from a serious car accident, things turned around. After lawyers fees, they bought cars, a boat, and the quitman house. How did life seem at the new house . A lot better. She wanted this type of house, and she looked for it. And then she found it, and shes like, this is it. And he made it happen. They were happy. They did almost everything together. And they were just a typical marriage. Andrea canning now everyone was trying to make sense of what happened that awful December Morning. Jackson remembers being at school in kindergarten. Jackson payne i do remember i was taken out of class, which was really weird for me at the time, especially when i saw the man who was picking me up. It wasnt my father. Id never been picked up by anybody other than my dad. Andrea canning it was an officer. And soon, Jackson And Remington learned the devastating news about their Mom And Halfbrother taylor. Because i was so young when everything happened, i never really went through the process of, oh, i lost my mom and my brother. It didnt click until i was a lot older. And, like, just a couple of years ago, it was when i finally went through knowing what that meant. Andrea canning for Nicholes Mom, the news was too much to bear. And when you hear nichole and taylor, your daughter and your grandson . Well, its your worst fear. Its your worst fear come true. And i i told myself, you know, right now, right at this moment, i have to choose life. I have to make a decision. And i did. I have to choose to live. Andrea canning funerals were held for nichole and then taylor. At the close of each service, her white doves were released into the sky. Daniel, who by then was living on his own, says when he returned home, he found his father an emotional wreck. So him and i both walked outside, and then he we just both started crying. He didnt cry at his own dads funeral. But this guy fell to his knees and cried. And hes a grown man, and that was the first time i had ever seen him cry. Andrea Canning Daniel struggled himself. He cherished his mother and taylor. After all, the two boys had shared a bedroom for nine years. Tell us About Taylor. What was he like . Daniel payne he was a really cool kid. I mean, he was a little eccentric. But he was overall, he was a nice guy. You said he was eccentric. Why would you describe him that way . I just i dont know. Its hard for me to describe. The people that you meet, like, this guy, hes nice, just slightly weird. I dont know how else to describe that. Andrea canning he and taylor liked to play Video Games together. And there was something else they bonded over. Jason taught the boys how to fire a gun. You both became experienced with guns . Yes, experienced enough to where they would trust us, to where if we walked out the house with a gun to go shoot it, we had access to it. Andrea canning that included access to the rifle found near Taylors Body. Lieutenant tucker wanted to know more about it, and of course, the rest of the Crime Scene. So he decided to call in an experienced crime Scene Investigator from a larger Sheriffs Office in the next county. Noel martin was probably the most knowledgeable guy in the area with Crime Scene stuff, that i knew of anyway. Andrea canning after evaluating the scene and later doing testing, Noel Martin thought it was quite clear what happened inside that house. He is 100 sure that its a murdersuicide. Noel said at that point that he believed that taylor had shot his mother and then shot himself. Andrea canning was it possible taylor, the shy kid who liked to play Video Games, had killed his own mother and then himself . It seemed like case closed. But Lieutenant Tucker wasnt so sure. The Lieutenant Isnt ready to let the case go. But the payne children are trying to move on. Coming up. When id see him, Id Feel safe and like everything was ok. I mean, clearly, everything was not ok. My mother was gone. And he was just my favorite person in the world. Craig melvin Jason Payne gets defensive. Miles tucker did you have anything to do with killing your wife . You got to be out of your mind to think that i would have anything to do with this. And i resent that you ask these questions like i am sitting here had something to do with it. Im sitting here trying to be as helpful as i can. Craig melvin when dateline continues. Inez, let me ask you, youre using Head Shoulders, right . Only when i see flakes. Then i switch back to my regular shampoo. 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For free help, Andrea Canning the same Day Nichole and taylor were killed, police asked jason to come down to the station. He was the one who found the bodies, and Lieutenant Tucker had questions. Miles tucker jason, My Name is Miles Tucker. This is ranger philip kemp, Texas Department of public safety. Andrea Canning Jason told investigators what happened that morning back at his house. He said his wife was sick in bed. So he got Remington And Jackson dressed. Taylor, he said, was throwing a Teen Temper Tantrum over not having his own cell phone. Just kind of ranting and said he wasnt going to school. Philip kemp why didnt he want to go to school . I think he was mad over the cell phone. Andrea Canning Jason sai