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And she was laying on the ground, and i could see blood everywhere. >> in a panic shaun called 911, and then called her brother brett. >> she says mom's been hurt. she's got a hole in her neck. she was frantic. >> then police and paramedics arrived and cordoned off the place where she lay. >> i could see numerous bullet holes in the back of her neck. >> keith mason was a detective, torrance pd. >> in all my years i've seen people shot in homicides but never this many times. >> this was really an execution? >> definitely. >> what shaun had seen, her mother on the floor, had been so confusing, b...

The wedding. his only daughter's wedding. but he was around, bold as brass. >> i would go out to a big place, there he'd be. he'd be walking around. >> wow. >> and i would think right away, you know, you're free. you're free, but i hope not for long. i hope not for long. >> but it was long. very long. the joan bradford case was ice cold. the '80s turned to the '90s, and then the millenium. bill bradford remained free, celebrating the new year, the new millennium like everybody else. and then a few months later -- >> i finally retired, and there was no new evidence, everything just kind of, lik...

Dinner, then he went to his bedroom. >> to be alone or what? >> to work on a stamp collection. >> exacting, organized, introverted. joan was the polar opposite. eventually that disconnect took its toll. bill moved out, joan moved on, filed for divorce. the kids grew up, moved away. in the fall of 1988, joan sold the house on sharynne lane. >> my mom was trying to finish up the sale and the move from torrance to start her life over again. >> it was a friday evening. joan was packing, getting ready. shaun and a younger brother called her on phone, told her we're coming over. it was just getting ...

>> i went from suspecting that my father murdered my mom to having it confirmed. because there's always that little point that still wanted to be daddy's little girl and wanted to believe that this was something else. >> it was shaun's birthday a few weeks later when her father was sentenced to 26 years to life. he'd be 85 by the time he was eligible for parole. >> i remember telling his daughter that this man's not going to last five years in prison. so i thought it would be a life sentence. >> i was a lot more relaxed. people kept saying oh, he'll be dead in five years, so, you know, i'm saf...

Who has no idea. >> bradford was charged with first-degree murder. and one of the detectives phoned shaun. my first reaction was do you know what day today is? he said no. it's mother's day. and he stopped and he said, "oh my gosh, i'm sorry." i said, "no, that's fitting for the mother that he took away 13 years ago." >> bradford quickly lawyered up, while his family braced themselves for a trial. would their father walk free? or be locked up for life? >> i want to use the word "apprehensive" because after years can a case be won? >> coming up -- >> we thought this burden, we'll never get anot...