and the custody dispute. now jennifer was losing that dispute. abuse allegations had been found baseless. a court hearing about increased visitation for stephen had been scheduled. >> how concerned is the skinner family about this visitation ruling? >> very concerned, very concerned. in their view sydney was their property. they were not going to share their property with anyone outside that skinner family, even stephen watkins. >> the skinner family was circling the wagons for themselves, and he was the enemy. >> jennifer and her family feared stephen would be successful in getting overnight visitation at that hearing. he was also continuing his quest for sole custody of sydney. but he never made it to the courthouse. he was killed the night before at his estranged wife's home. according to investigators, the skinner family had been so concerned about the hearing, jennifer's mother hired a private investigator to witness stephen picking up the baby the evening he was killed, perhaps to observe something that could be used against him at the