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Next day in front of local camera, jodie is reunited with his family. >> yeah. >> look at me, baby. >> did you learn anything from this? >> yes. how much i love my children. really how much. it's just -- it's a lonely feeling. it's -- it's very emotional. >> days later, authorities are set to bring jeff ducette back to louisiana. retired sheriff's deputy michael barnett -- >> i was one of the two people who went to california to pick jeffrey ducette up and bring him to baton rouge as a prisoner. >> as the authorities move the accused through the airport, the team sell on high alert. ayden mcgu...

Of support grows for jodie's father. >> the next day, the phone was just swamped with people calling, and i would guess 19 out of 20 were very upset about us even booking him for murder. the vast majority of people said, what would you do, he deserved what he got. that sort of thing. >> in the end, gary plouchet pleads no contest to manslaughter and is sentenced to five years probation and community service. >> as a prosecutor, you have to make decisions on every case. here the evidence was clearly a murder taking place by gary plo ploucet against jeff ducette. you have to take into considerat...

And i notice a gentleman standing by the bank of phones which was about eight feet from me. >> that gentleman is the victim's father, gary plouchet. >> i didn't pay too close attention to him because he seemed like a normal passenger waiting for someone. >> didn't know that gary was standing there. i didn't recognize him. i was looking behind the tv lights to see who else was there. >> i had my reporter go close to the security side it let me know when the suspect, jeff ducett, was being brought in. as he was coming, i zoomed in and zoomed out. we're all lined up, the person on the phone, jeff...

Go willingly with him to california. i would say that was the closest i came to telling what was going on because i didn't want to go to california. >> afraid of upsetting his family, jodie cars to california a dark secret about jeff ducette. >> jeff had been sexually abusing me the year leading up to california. there's all kind of molesters out there. and most of them are someone that the kid knows and trust. >> back home in louisiana, his parents, unaware of the alleged abuse, hope for any sign of their son. finally, their phone rings. >> he allowed me to call my mom, say that i was okay. w...

>> once i was past the pay phone, six feet or so, he turned and fired. [ gunshot ] >> i hear this pop, and upon it's almost like a firecracker. >> i turned around, i recognized gary at that point because he was facing me. >> barnett's disbelief can be heard in the footage. >> gary! why, gary? why? >> the film shows i said "why?" he's got a house full of children, and now he's going to spend the rest of his life in a pent. who's -- a penitentiary. who's going to take care of your kids? i've known gary since high school. laid-back. last person in the world you'd think would be aggressive. >> aid...