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He wasn't asked to tell this story in court but says that a month before the killings he was at the parker home and saw bryan handling one of brett's guns with ease. >> he took all the bullets out in the clip and handed me that one and then handed me a revolver which he had took the bullets out. and then i hear his friend say that he would never touch a gun. >> brett told investigators he'd given bryan that 9-millimeter handgun for protection. and in a dramatic move the defense brought in a witness to confirm that. brett and tammy's 14-year-old daughter, brooke. >> bryan and my dad were discus...

Spent on the meandering saluda river or nearby lake murray. and tucked away inside this capital city is ascot estates, where old southern charm mingles with new money. not much in the way of drama here. until april 2012, friday the 13th, when something sinister happened. >> i immediately turned on the news and saw that there had been a double murder. >> you're totally confused because there is no way of knowing for sure what's going on. >> it was my husband who called me and said something terrible had happened. and i said, what happened? >> what happened would become the center of a mystery, ...

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. >> it was three people there. two of them are dead. so we have to rely on him to explain to us what happened. so we were listening to everything that he was saying. and then we'd go back and check it. >> investigators went over brett's account, starting with the moment bryan entered the house. before long something unusual came to their attention. brett told police he was sitting on the downstairs toilet when he heard the s...

Two murders. >> why do you think it took so long? >> because they didn't have a case is what i find. >> as the case headed to trial, there were no witnesses, no video of the crime, and little forensic evidence pointing to either brett or bryan as the real killer. >> it was a high-profile case, two killings in a small town. they wanted to make the most of it. >> coming up, the trial opens with a bombshell. not about him but about her. >> did your relationship become more intimate? >> when "dateline" continues. so what's going on? i'm a talking dog. the other issue. oh...i'm scratching like craz...

Said he felt ill and was rushed to the hospital. brett was back, however, the next day to hear the prosecution present evidence it said proved he planned the murders, framed his friend, and then covered it up. here's how they said he did it. first he shot and killed his wife in that upstairs office. then at 12:25 p.m., brett's own home security camera catches someone peering through the blinds. prosecutors believe it was brett, waiting for bryan to arrive for a meeting brett himself had arranged. gunshot residue was found on those blinds, proof the state said that brett had already fired a gun...