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Somebody is after her, she's in some danger? >> yeah. >> reporter: it was like something fell into place for them. >> there was a separation. it was like jane was the parent and michael was the child and dave was in the way. >> reporter: you had the sense she was pushing david away? >> yeah. i think it was the stress of the marriage. >> reporter: if there was stress, it was pretty clear, said rebecca. >> for a while every time she would called me, it seemed like it was to vent about something she didn't like about what dave was doing. >> reporter: so evidence was carefully sifted for months. t...

I want you to stay inside the house. >> the officers had to lockdown and call in a homicide team to investigate further. it was a brutal scene. >> referee: ventura county d.a. investigator mike said by the time first responders arrived, there was no sign of a prowler, but they did find dave laut. >> he had been shot multiple times. he was on the ground facedown with very obvious gunshot wounds to his back and to the back of his head. >> reporter: jane was a mess. she told investigators she had no idea who would do this. son michael, 10 at the time, slept through it all. and jane's brother took...

Gotten shot. and they both worked at healing hands. >> do you believe that the gunman who has wounded becky is also the person who's broken in and fatally beaten miss parsons? >> of course that comes to mind. i mean, of course it does. it's just too much of a coincidence. >> reporter: and nothing about this shooting took the heat off becky's son michael. >> what's the working theory? >> the working theory still is, michael's still pretty high up on the list. somebody's looking for some money. somebody owes somebody some money. >> reporter: edmunds had some tough, personal questions for becky a...

That night, according to bamieh, for the first time, dave threatened michael's life. she really believed he was going to kill michael? >> yeah. >> so she made a decision to fight. >> jane had taken michael to the beach that day, said bamieh. they were late getting home. >> dave was upset. started screaming and yelling, nobody respects me. i don't get any attention around here. nobody cares about me. >> jane put michael to bed, got into pajamas herself and waited for dave's anger to subside. >> but he wasn't calming down. so about 10:30 or 11:00, he comes out of the room, and he's upset and he'...

>> defense attorney ron bamieh countered the real victim was jane laut, who suffered the utmost cruelty at the hands of her husband. >> he is not the hero of the olympics. for 27 years.sr who abused her >> the defense called family and friends and neighbors o all testified jane was an abused spouse. but attorney bamieh said the most important witness was the defendant herself. >> if you're going to get a not guilty, which is what we're shooting for, she has to testify. >> the judge would not allow cameras to roll when for the first time publicly through tears jane told her story. she said she ...