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that? >> i did. that's the zombie kill. >> reporter: that show, "the walking dead." her education for fighting evil. what did you understand from watching that show about how you deal with zombies? >> you have to kill them in the head. like, you have to kill their brain. >> reporter: the police arrived. their dashcam video picked up skylar, the junior lifeguard, leading a very shaken terra to the curb. >> right down here to the bottom okay? >> reporter: where, still terrified, she called her mother. >> i think i might have killed him. i'm sorry. [ crying ] i'm sorry. i knew this was going to happen. did i not tell you he was going to try to hurt us? >> she said, "mom, i just killed your husband. i'm so sorry." and i'm thinking, "what?" >> reporter: debra raced over there. >> you could see police cars blocking it off, fire engines.
fact a con man. she filed for divorce and went into hiding. he managed to track her down and trag tragic love story was about to end. there was one more twist in store. with the conclusion of the story. august 20th, 2016. 5:00 p.m. a 14-year-old named skylar was returning home from her junior lifeguard training when she heard a woman screaming. out of the parking lot of her newport beach apartment building. >> i've never heard anybody else scream like that before. >> reporter: a lot of people would dive under the covers and say, i hope that stops. >> once i found out what was going on i knew what i had to do. >> reporter: she raced to the parking lot. her mother called 911. >> screaming and saw a man waving his hand up and down. >> officers are on the way with sirens. did she say if blood was drawn? >> i don't know.
man john meehan was, in fact, a con man. she filed for an annulment and went into hiding. john managed to track her down and this tragic love story was about to end. but there was one more twist in store. with the conclusion of our story, here's keith morrison. >> august 20th, 2016. 5:00 p.m. a 14-year-old named skylar was returning home from her junior lifeguard training when she heard a woman screaming. out of the parking lot of her newport beach apartment building. >> i've never heard anybody else scream like that before. >> reporter: a lot of people would dive under the covers and say, i hope that stops. >> once i found out what was >> yeah. once i found out what was going on, i knew what i had to do. >> reporter: she raced to the parking lot. her mother called 911. >> screaming and saw a man waving his hand up and down. >> we have officers on the way with lights and sirens.
head and then, the last time was in the eyeball. >> reporter: did you aim for that? >> i did. that's the zombie kill. >> reporter: that show, "the walking dead." her education for fighting evil. what did you understand from watching that show about how you deal with zombies? >> you have to kill them in the head. like, you have to kill their brain. >> reporter: the police arrived. their dashcam video picked up skylar, the junior lifeguard, leading a very shaken terra to the curb. >> right down here to the bottom okay? >> reporter: where, still terrified, she called her mother. >> i think i might have killed him. i'm sorry. [ crying ] i knew this was going to happen. did i not tell you he was going to try to hurt us? >> she said, "mom, i just killed your husband. i'm so sorry." and i'm thinking, "what?" >> reporter: debra raced over there.
and i pushed him down. i stabbed him at the top of his head and then the last time was in the eyeball. >> reporter: did you aim for that? >> i did. that's the zombie kill. >> reporter: that show, "the walking dead." her education for fighting evil. what did you understand from watching that show about how you deal with zombies? >> you have to kill them in the head. like, you have to kill their brain. >> reporter: the police arrived. their dashcam video picked up skylar, the junior lifeguard, leading a very shaken terra to the curb. >> right down here to the bottom okay? >> reporter: where, still terrified, she called her mother. >> i think i might have killed him. i'm sorry. [ crying ] i'm sorry. i knew this was going to happen. did i not tell you he was going to try to hurt us? >> she said, "mom, i just killed your husband. i'm so sorry."
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>> sheila was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the parking lot of the local cracker barrel restaurant where she and her mom were having lunch. >> sheila was crying. she kept asking her mother, is everything going to be okay? and her mother said, i don't know, sheila. >> gaskins had promised skylar's parents he wouldn't quit until the case was solved. >> it felt good for once that she was coming with us. >> the question of who had been answered. but people were haunted by an unanswered question, skylar's last word. why? the girls had their day in court, but what will they say? coming up -- >> i became caught up in something that i did not want to do. >> the accused killers head to court and the motive for murder? >> they planned that crime for days, weeks, months. >> what could that be? when "dateline" continues.
second-degree murder. within minutes, gaskins raced across morgantown, his heart pounding. >> obviously, we were going lights and sirens because we had a murder warrant to serve. >> sheila was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the parking lot of the local cracker barrel restaurant where she and her mom were having lunch. >> sheila was crying. she kept asking her mother, is everything going to be okay? and her mother said, i don't know, sheila. >> gaskins had promised skylar's parents he wouldn't quit until the case was solved. >> it felt good for once that she was coming with us. >> the question of who had been answered. but people were haunted by an unanswered question, skylar's last word. why? >> the girls have their day in court, but what will they say? coming up -- >> i became caught up in something that i did not want to do. >> the accused killers head to court and the motive for murder? >> they planned that crime for days, weeks, months.
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in the eyeball. >> reporter: did you aim for that? >> i did. that's the zombie kill. >> reporter: that show, "the walking dead." her education for fighting evil. what did you understand from watching that show about how you deal with zombies? >> you have to kill them in the head. like, you have to kill their brain. >> reporter: the police arrived. their dashcam video picked up skylar, the junior lifeguard, leading a very shaken terra to the curb. >> right down here to the bottom okay? >> reporter: where, still terrified, she called her mother. >> i think i might have killed him. i'm sorry. [ crying ] i'm sorry. i knew this was going to happen. did i not tell you he was going to try to hurt us? >> she said, "mom, i just killed your husband. i'm so sorry." and i'm thinking, "what?"