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Course. so there was a little jockeying at first, two women, one man. t even if one of the women was just 3. i >> our first date alyssa was there. we were eating. and i was just trying to talk to ben and kind of get to know him and she's like -- alyssa is like, "don't talk to my dad." >> i remember meeting her. i didn't really like her. she was talking to my dad. >> reporter: more than talking to him as it soon turned out, ben and melissa moved in tu together a month later. sort of thing a 3-year-old finds hard to understand. >> and she said i love you. and i said don't talk to my dad that way...

Wasn't hard enough, melissa was a lead suspect and not just in the eyes of the police. >> because nobody including the public, including the family had any idea why this would happen. so they're all grasping at straws to try to figure out this possibility, that possibility. >> reporter: ben's sister was certain that melissa arranged ben's murder and wasn't afraid to make it known around town. >> she had quite a little following of all these people. because it's always the wife, you know. >> reporter: so did that mean little alyssa, just 6 years old, so vulnerable, was living with a murderer? a...

>> reporter: so it was melissa and ben and alissa. a threesome. >> he was so involved in every aspect of her life. they were two peas in a pod. >> reporter: and one september day in 2006 as the sun was setting into the mountains, ben and melissa got married. the ceremony at nearby lake tahoe. melissa was a glowing bride. alyssa, the little flower girl. >> it wasn't just melissa and ben getting married. it was melissa marrying alyssa, too. >> reporter: seriously. they made a particular ceremony of it. >> alyssa, will you promise to share in the love of this family? if so, will you please say "i...