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>> i'm craig melvin >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> the neighborhood ha everything a burglary wanted t find, private yards, wealthy homes -- >> and she had the worst o possible luck, in that h picked her >> yes >> i'd like to report an attempted break in - >> a mother, home alone. cops raced to her front door a she walks into an ambush in he backyard >> how does somebody die in matter of seconds with officer around her home? >> it was surreal, it wa awful. >> your first thought of tha time >> it's a burglary gone wrong. >> but the burglar caugh red-handed star...

>> that was the signal. and that's what rodney tells us. when i went to the house i knew that was the day i was going to have to kill lynn. >> reporter: the prosecutor threw the book at both brothers. >> so a decision was made to go ahead and pursue capital murder charges against both roger and rodney reister. >> reporter: and that could mean the death penalty? >> it could mean the death penalty. >> reporter: but as the day of roger's trial got closer, rodney's misguided loyalty got the better of him. he refused to testify against his older brother. >> i think rodney had a degree of loyalty an...

Bedroom stuff. >> he'd spent the $2,500 on new furniture from a store called the couch potato. but when the time came to earn the rest of his money, to kill lynn, he said, for a moment he got cold feet. >> truth be told, when i got there, i didn't want to do it at all. in fact, when i was sitting there, i was sitting actually back by the back of the door and i was -- [ bleep ] part is i actually thought about leaving right when she came up walking. >> that's when he went into something like fight or flight mode, he said, and he killed her. then he quickly ran into the house pulled out some dra...

>> i will moved so i had to buy a bunch of new bedroom stuff. >> he spent the 2500 on furniture called the couch potato. but when the time came to earn the rest of his money, to kill lynn, he said, for a moment, he got cold feet. >> truth be told, when i got there, the i didn't want to do it. one at all. in fact, when i was sitting there, i was sitting actually, back by the door and i was -- where the messed apart is i actually -- thought >> that's when he went into something like fight or flight mode, he said. he killed. her and then he quickly ran into the house, pulled out some drawers, gra...

Frank jaramillo, who went by "el cubano." >> they wanted the job done, wanted the burglary staged. >> reporter: nick met el cubano at an el torito restaurant, he said, where he was paid half up front. >> what'd you do with that money? >> i moved so i had to buy a bunch of new bedroom stuff. >> reporter: he'd spent the $2,500 on new furniture from a store called the couch potato. but when the time came to earn the rest of his money, to kill lynn, he said for a moment he got cold feet. >> truth be told, when i got there, i didn't want to do it at all. in fact, when i was sitting there, i was sit...