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Her legs, several places. >> reporter: he's a monster, just a monster. >> reporter: ron bamieh is jane's attorney. according to him, dave is far from the hometown hero some believed him to be. the truth about dave laut, he said, for nearly two decades he subjected his wife to horrific abuse. >> like all abuse, it is power and control. we have verbal abuse, the names he called her over a long period of time. we have emotional abuse. we have physical abuse, that's everything from the punching to the kicking to the hitting to the slapping. >> reporter: jane wasn't the only victim, said bamieh. da...

It was a brutal scene. >> reporter: 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 charge of him while jane went down to the oxnard police department to offer a more complete statement. it had been a perfectly normal evening, jane said. they wer...

>> i said, i have a gun. he's laughing at me telling me i'm a coward and i'm never, ever going to tell anybody. >> so he's taunting you, saying you don't have the courage to shoot me. >> taunting me. calling me, you know, a bitch and telling me what a rotten person i am. screaming at me. >> and, in that moment of fear, ellen says, she pulled the trigger. not once, not twice, but repeatedly. >> i emptied the gun. i had never been so afraid in my life. >> he turned around and ran way from you. >> he did. >> and you kept shooting. >> i did. >> he just turned and i ran and i kept shooting. >> how ...

President trump will speak to the march for life crowd. speaker ryan will address the markers in person. >> bret: do you think the creation of the religious freedom office is a good thing? let me know on twitter @bretbaier. use the hashtag #specialreport or on facebook at facebook.com/bretbaiersr. if you have not come down with the flu yet, chances are someone at your family, at school or at work has. this year's flu strain appears to be especially strong and resistant to the vaccine. chief correspondent jonathan hunt reports from los angeles. >> he looked like a fish out of water. i still can...

The additional burdens. >> emergency room usually sees 222 patients a day. we have been seeing 280, over 300 last week. if we get too many patients, we are moving less sick patients here. >> jessica meantime buried 12-year-old michael today. >> i am a mom. i'm supposed to protect my kids and i couldn't. >> nationwide according to the latest figures, 759 people have died because of the flu. the season runs through march. >> bret: jonathan, thank you. the parents of 13 siblings who were allegedly held in captivity and their families southern california home are being charged tonight with committ...