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Execution-style murder was a shock to the residents of oklahoma city, since crimes like this were extremely uncommon. >> rob and brenda were a loving couple. they appeared to be. the pictures showed the perfect family, the smiling, happy, loving couple with these two great little kids. >> the couple were active members of their church. brenda taught sunday school, and rob performed missionary work in south america. early in the investigation police learned there had been a prior attempt on rob's life. just one month earlier, rob called police to report someone had tampered with his car. >> okl...

She may have forged rob's signature on the life insurance policy, making her the beneficiary. her first attempt on rob's life involved cutting rob's brake lines. police believe it was james pavatt who called rob with the fake story that brenda was in critical condition at the hospital. when that didn't work, the squa couple devised an elaborate shooting scenario. they planned to kill rob when he came to pick up the children for the holiday weekend. on the night of the murder, pavatt hid behind the van in the garage. when they heard rob's car, they

>> mr. andrew made the beneficiary, i think, his brother, for the benefit of the children. since the children were minors, he had to have an adult as the actual named beneficiary as the trustee of that money. >> after rob's death, police were surprised to learn that brenda was again the sole beneficiary. >> police were immediately suspicious, and they arranged for a handwriting expert, david parrett, to authenticate rob andrew's signature on the insurance policy. >> a signature is produced with style and speed. it's the thing that you probably write the most in your entire life. in my analysis...

>> you hear a man's voice saying that his wife is in the hospital about 30 miles away, that she needs him, and he needs to get down there as fast as he can. >> now suspicious, rob called the hospital back and learned the previous call was a hoax. apparently, the same person who cut rob's brake line wanted him to race to the hospital. >> he took it as an attempt on his life. he realized that, in fact, he was being set up to drive down there and, at a high rate of speed, and hopefully, get into an accident. that's the obvious conclusion. >> several days after rob's murder, his next-door neighbor...

Death. >> in brenda's trial, prosecutors portrayed her as a heartless sociopath. the jury saw photos of her vacationing with pavatt and the children while she was married to rob. they also heard the messages brenda left on rob's telephone answering machine in which she belittled rob for his parenting skills and other perceived slights. >> hey, it's brenda. you halfway dad. can't even return calls about your children? you ought to call me if you even care one little ounce -- oh, that's right, you don't. we've been able to figure that out. >> and the jury also heard this call between rob and bre...