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>> did you at some point believe you were in love with ricky chavis? >> yes, sir. >> prosecutor david rimmer laid out the theory that chavis had killed the boys' father to get him out of the way so he could have alex to himself. alex testified on the night of the murder, he and derek were asleep in their house, their father was asleep, too, when rick sneaked in. >> rick came in our room and he woke derek up and told us to be quiet. >> it was just after midnight, alex testified. he said he and his brother went out to chavis' car and waited. then chavis came out of the house and drove then to hi...

The public's attention the way this one did. >> two children accused of a murder where the victim was their own father. >> two brothers, ages 13 and 14. >> it's called parenticide. a child killing a parent. >> two brothers confessed to killing their father with a baseball bat. but then they changed their story claiming they didn't murder their father. their family friend, rick chavis did it. so they all were charged with the murder of the boy's father and rick chavis would be the first to go on trial. >> this is a very unusual set of circumstances. >> unusual because the boys would be tried as...

All this information clearly troubling, but still the boys freely confessed to the murder. so charged as adults, they spent six months in the county jail awaiting trial. then it was the spring of 2002. they suddenly changed their story. they didn't kill their father, alex and derek told a grand jury. the real killer was rick chavis. >> coming up, two back-to-back trials loaded with shocking allegations. later for the first time, alex and derek king -- >> a convict, ex-con, murderer, if that's what i define myself as, then i'm never going to become more than just that. >> when "escape from the ...

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