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Leon didn't know anything about the investigation. but she had a gut feeling something wasn't right. she called up the sheriff's department to say she thought brett was lying. >> i reached out to them and wanted to make sure they knew that there were people that had a different side of the story. >> brett continued to insist it was self-defense. but within a week of the shooting, he had gotten a lawyer, david fedor. the sheriff had told us he thought it was a little odd that brett retained a defense attorney so quickly when he was claiming he was a victim. >> anybody that is in a situation lik...

Million to travel 50 miles or more during this memorial day weekend. 20 people were rescued from a rollercoaster at a six flags in texas. the car park spokesman said the rioters were stuck in an upright position. the coastal remain closed. now back to dateline. >> welcome back to dateline. i'm craig melvin. brett parker was heading to trial, charged with a double murder of his wife tammy and their friend bryan capnerhurst. brett admitted shooting bryan in self-defense, though he claimed it was only after bryan killed tammy. but prosecutors were prepared to show brett had plenty of motive to wa...

That his friend bryan had shot his wife hatami in a botched robbery attempt. then brett, in fear for his own life, killed his friend. it looked like self-defense. but sheriff leon lott knew they couldn't close the case without thoroughly checking out brett's story. >> there were three people there. and two of them were dead. so we had to light on him to explain to us what happened. so we listened to everything that he was saying and then we would go back and check it. >> investigators went over brett's account, starting with the moment bryan entered the house. before long, something unusual ca...

What is your first interaction with brett parker? >> he was sort of heavy breathing. at one point in time he lays down on his back as if he is suffering, almost in pain. >> inside stand smith walked into a gruesome scene. the body of brett's wife tammy was in the bathroom. and lying nearby was a man named bryan capnerhurst, dead in an alcove not far from the safe where brett kept his money. >> it appeared tammy parker was sitting at the desk in the office area. and that the shooter shot her from the back. half of her torso was inside the bathroom, half was in the office area. so she definitely...

Fall guy, prosecutors said brett stage the crime scene and planted that gym bag and ammunition. >> i guess the idea that was supposed to be some kind of murder by. >> and place the gun he used to kill his wife in bryan's hand. there is no way bryan brought that down to bret's house, affront has defied. >> did you know whether bryan had a gun? >> no, but heck no he did not have again. brian was scared of guns. there is no way on this earth that bryan capnerhurst had a pistol. none. zero. it did not happen. >> and there was something else -- >> that gunshot to the four arm >> bryan had suffered ...