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MSNBCW Dateline Extra January 24, 2021

Everybody. So dedicated to his bright young daughter, siena. They were two peas in a pod. She loved being with her dad. For police, a puzzle. It was such an unusual murder with a victim who seemed to have no enemies. Then the chilling oncamera clue. Theres the figure. You see someone wearing a hoodie come out from the dark. Youre looking at the killer. Yes, you get the goose bump, hairs on your neck. Im think, what . Its mind blowing. Lies, delusion, betrayal. You just dont want to believe that people can be that evil. 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 walks in. A different person walks out. Don fluitt. His trash can is tipped over. You look at him, hes fine, healthy and happy picking up his trash can, and then the garage closes. Thats the end of don fluitts life basically. 911. Were at my coworkers house. The neighbors Security Camera captured these images and left a mystery. That was one of those moments with you kind of get the chills and go, i think we know when it happened. Now we just got figure out who. And why. There was just nobody that i could think of that would want to hurt him. Albuquerque, new mexico. Thousand os people come here every fall to watch the colorful hot air balloons sail through the desert sky. For other its a pit stop as they continue ton to santa fe. For others at the new beginnings. What did you throw a dartt map . Pretty much. This is denis fluitt, dons younger brother. Born and raise in the california, they grew up close, two of them and two sisters. We had to rely on each other. When my parents divorced it was just my mom so there was a lot of home time alone. Like most, the brothers were competitive. They had to outdo each other constantly. What one did, the other did. The brothers fluitt had a hardpartying lifestyle until dennis headed east. He ma you are which had. He thought his brother could do the same. He was on a deadend trail. He wasnt doing anything there but drugs and alcohol. So i called him, convinced him to come out here. I had a twobedroom department and a car and stuff. So i told him, whatever you need, come out here. Would you say your brother changed . Oh, yeah. You saw a complete change. Don turned his life around. At 26 he got married, had two kids, but the marriage didnt last. His kids moved to oklahoma with their mom. A daughter tiffany says don never topped being a loving father. He had to go out of his way to keep you two this his life. Oh, and he did. Albuquerque is a long ways away. It is. He made the driving though. Do you have a tradition . Going camping, go fishing. It was awesome. When don was in his late 30s he decided to pursue a childhood dream to become a firefighter. Do you have any idea where that itch started . The man next door was a firefighter. He got don one night to help him put out a fire. He got on a roof. Scared me to death, but okay. Hes a boy. This was a man that wanted to teach him. That was dons dream. Dennis joked with him, told him he was too old. That didnt stop don. What it the adrenaline . Maybe. I just think he cared about people. Soon don met dennis neighbor. Made him happy. She was quirk question like he was. She was literally the girl next door. Yes, literally. It wasnt a year before they married and just a little over a year later they had a baby girl together. They named her sienna. Dons son josh said she seemed to complete her life. He was above the word. Knowing we were so far away, he could have his own child with him every step of the day sienna was an amazing child. She was bright, brilliant, could teach herself music on a little toy piano. Shed call me and say, nanny, listen. Shed wright songs she was talented, funny. As you can see in this home video that christine took, the couple doted on their little girl. You can do it. Keep pushing, keep pushing. She loved him. They were always doing goofy things. They were two peas in a pod. She loved her daddy. Loved her daddy. Life was great until don, after eight years as a firefighter lost his job. According to a close friend, christine, who worked the a va tech, had to shoulder most of the bills. The financial strain proved to be too much. When sienna was 4 years old, christine filed for divorce. Don made sure life still revolved around her little girl. He would braid her hair before school. He would design it. For plays she was in theyd go out and get her costumes. He would dress her, do her makeup. He was an amazing father. He wanted to make the best life possible for sienna and be the best man he possibly could. Thats amber, denniss daughter and dons niece. She says dennis taught sienna to help others. They would go to church on sundays. Have spaghetti together. One day they made too much. They decided to find someone and give them dinner. They started calling it spaghetti sunday. They would feed the homeless. Shes not dragging her feet. No, they were in cahoots. From spaghetti sundays to homemade music videos. He wouldnt do anything unless he could do it with her. Just two weeks before 2019 dons olde sister died of cancer. Don and sienna, then 11 years old, took a road trip to california to spend christmas with her. When the festivities were over i didnt want him to go. Reporter don who was now working at an agency that served the developmentally disabled told his mom he had a meeting he could not miss. I said all right some went outside with them, hugged and kissed and got everything in the car. After an 11hour drive, they were home at albuquerque. Where sienna found a new bicycle under the christmas tree. Sienna didnt hear from him. She says, i cant get medal of my dad. I said dont worry, hes fine. Valerie called, texted. No answer. She and a coworker went to dons home. I was starting to get anxious. Something knew something wasnt right. Then we parked in his driveway. What did you do . We got out, knocked on the door and it gave a little bit. So the front door wasnt locked . No. I was able to walk in the house. Valley call out dons name. I told my friend, the only way were going to no whether hes here or not is if his trucks here. So i opened the garage door. And when i opened the garage door, i found my friend. Coming up what had happened in that garage . Hes on the ground in front of his vehicle. Somethings very wrong. A clue from the neighbor. She has two cameras on her house, and she sees don fluitts truck backing out. And another from his ex wife. Had someone been in don fluitts house . And he said, its weird, theres, like, cat hair in my drier, and someone used a pan in my house. When the figure in the garage continues. E in the garage continues. coughing hi susan honey . 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They also gather dons finger nail clippings. There was immediate blood in the vicinity on the walls, underneath him, on the truck that looked like hand prints. But the detective thought it didnt seem like enough blood given the injuries don sustained. Thats when we noticed an empty bottle of bleach on the washer and dryer and to youles that were in the washer and drier. His team did a test with luminol. The kitchen sink lit up. We see a combination with what is blood with a dull glowing and bright glowing, which is bleach. The floor lit up. Same with the door. Kaplan and his team already started going door to door and met dons neighbor next door. She tells us she has two cameras on her house. She told them she had been home the night before when she hears the garage go up, sees the camera, sees don fluitts truck backing out and leaving. The time, 7 37 p. M. Kaplan had the first data point for time line. He gathered more when he talked to his ex wife at home. She confirmed she dropped see yen ya off at 7 44 p. M. He said its weird, theres cat hair in the drier and someone used a pan in my house. Christine also told the detective that don sometimes suffered road rage. Hes had really heated exchanges as a driver before. He yelled at some individual. That individual followed don for a while. Christine said it scared her. 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 the landlord who had shown up at the scene. He told kaplan don was kind hearted and wondered if his murder had anything to do with his work with homeless people. He opened his home. Dons mom got a call in the middle of the night. Detective kaplan was on the line. He said, maam, im sorry, your son is dead. I think i started screaming. Just 19 days before, she lost her eldest daughter to cancer. 19 years before that, her youngest daughter had also died. And now don. I couldnt get my head around it. It didnt seem real. Dennis called amber to let her know about her uncle dying. I just started screaming no. Over and over again. My dad was obviously a mess. And the news soon made its way to oklahoma where dons older children were. My mom called me, and it was probably midnight, and told me the news, bad news. At first i was just like, you know, this isnt real. This stuff dont happen. You usually see this stuff on tv. But he was gone. Yeah, it was horrible. This is an intimate murder. This is a handson murder. Yeah, yeah, very personal. Very violent, very 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, christines husband, siennas stepfather. Don told me about him. I knew there had been aller communications in the past. Detective kaplan went to see terry the next day. Terry, a truck driver, was back from his shift and at home with sienna and christine. Hi, how are you . Hi, im good. Sienna and christine left the room. Kaplan asked terry 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 seemed to want a confrontation. If he could get me in a way where i would yell at him it would make him look good. Terry said to the detective he mostly avoided don and hadnt had any contact with him in a while. Were not going to find any dna, finger prints of yours in his house, near the vehicle, near 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. Kaplan asked about the night of the murder. Terry said he spent the evening visiting his sister. He said he left at 9 00, stopped at a wendys for dinner and drove to work, slept in his car until his shift. You napped 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 then, kaplan received a phone call from the neighbors video. She made a discovery and said, hey, detective, you need to look at 7 41 p. M. Coming up, a mysterious figure captured on camera. Theres someone in a hoodie, and the individual walks off camera towards where don fluitts door is. Did you think that surveillance camera had take anne picture of your killer . I did. , theres a lot to deal with. Not just unpredictable relapses. All these other things too. Who needs that kind of drama . Kesimpta is a oncemonthly injection that may help you put this rms drama in its place. It reduced the rate of relapses and active lesions and slowed disability progression. Dont take kesimpta if you have hepatitis b, and tell your doctor if you have had it, as it could come back and cause serious liver problems or death. 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Look at this human trying to get in shape. You know what he will get . Muscle pain. Give up, the couch is calling. I say, its me, the couch, im calling. Pain says you cant. Advil says you can. January 2017. Instead of celebrating the start of a new year, don fluitts family was making funeral arrangements. His niece made posters with photos of amber. His ex wife pitched in. She brought pictures that she had that i added to the boards. She said, could i help you . I said, yeah, lets do this. We had a glass of wine and put the picture boards together. Sienna did, too. She lost her best friend, and she wanted to be a part of it. Sienna pecked most of the music for the reads and service. Any memories of what songs . We did play one of misfavorite songs, i can only imagine by mercy me. He was a devout chris man. He was, absolutely. There are a bunch of pictures. A huge slide show. A huge gathering. He was very loved. Meanwhile, the Murder Investigation continued. Detective kaplan spoke to dons neighbor, who said she found something on her Home Security video. I started looking at the clip shes talking about, and believe it or not, theres a figure. A figure. A figure. Theres someone in a hoodie walking to don fluitts trash can. They lay the trash can down on its side. The individual walks towards where dons door would be. Don fluitt returns. You see him walk out out of his garage. Walks to the trash can, and walks into his garage again. At this point, said kaplan, you could so the light from the garage diminish as the garage door closed. And inexplicably the garage shoots back up and you see a series of flashes. Im a hooded figure out. Yes. We went to the scene of the crime to understand how this could happen. Its as easy as that, huh . So where is don . Hes in the house now . I believe hes in the house. Theres the series of flashing lights. Kaplan believed the hooded figure sneaked into the garage. Did you think the surveillance camera had take anne image of your killer . I did. A tantalizing image, but no face to go with it. Did you see the figure depart . Never. The garage closes and dons found dead the next morning. The detective started to hear about someone else, dons brother, dennis. Just days later dennis got the keys to dons house. Dens kids wondered what he was up to. They thought it was weird. Taking over his brothers life. Yes, that was a concern. Kaplan learned dennis and don had a falling out. Dennis moved away, but moved back to albuquerque just a couple of months before dons murder. It kind of puts up a red flag for me. Youre in the process of reconnecting. You had a falling out before. Now dons inexplicably murdered. Can you rule out violence within the family . Absolutely not. I cant. Domestic violence is a huge catalyst for violence, murder, money, love, relationships. Sounds as though the brothers youre talking about makes your nose twitch a little bit. Yes. Tiffany and josh had the shame feeling. Did you think maybe your uncle, his brother, had something to do with this . There was talk of it because of the estranged relationship. Youre hurt, youre grieving. You dont know what to think. Kaplan interviewed dennis who said it all started after their father died. I got angry with him about that because he took a lot of my dads stuff. There were disagreements just like what im starting to see with my brothers death. Kaplan learned don lost his job as a firefighter because of a drug test. He asked him about that. Thats true . Marijuana. I guarantee my brother hasnt touched heavy drugs in 30 years. Then dennis came up with a name, someone else he thought defense should be looking at. It makes me mad. Im no investigator. Im no cop. You know, but this guy spends two hours in my brothers house . Youre talk about the landlord . The landlord. Dennis said just days after the murder he found him inside dons home. He claimed h

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