parents after being adopted many years ago. when their crime made headlines, bennie says he was shocked by what came next. >> i first received a letter from my dad. that was a pretty moving moment for me cause i hadn't heard from him for a while. he was just asking pretty much forgiveness and telling me what happened and stuff. then i got a letter from my mom next and she was sitting there asking me for forgiveness and stuff and had a lot of her own demons, drugs and stuff she had to fight. i'm sure they put it on themselves. i see it as my own mistakes. >> although contact with their biological parents helped to raise their spirits, the reed brothers still hold out hope for a face-to-face meeting. >> i seen them through the doors and stuff on the county, but other than that, i ain't seen them or talked to them. it's about 2 1/2 years actually. you can't really adjust to it, but you got to try to do the best you can.