alyssa. that was his priority, was to take care of her. so it was melissa and ben and alys alyssa, the threesome. he was so involved in every aspect of her life. they were two peas in a pod. one september day in 2006 as the sun was setting into the sierra nevada mountains, ben and melissa got married, the ceremony at nearby lake tahoe. melissa was a glowing bride. alyssa, the little flower girl. alyssa, will you promise to share in the love of this family? if so, will you please say i will? i will. i got her a little bracelet and had it engraved letting her know that i will always love her as my own and gave it to her that day. from that moment on, alyssa called melissa mom.
weapon, everybody in the house says i don t know. a ghost? yeah. that s what it feels like because you have no idea. was it possible melissa hadn t seen the person who d shot ben? she d been lying right next to him. why was she unharmed? a little red flag started popping up, this doesn t seem right. had craig melissa s teenage brother, truly slept through the whole thing as he claimed? i opened my eyes. right in my face was a bunch of barrels from guns. it was police guns, police who had discovered shotgun shells on craig s dresser. here comes another red flag. is this a possibility? is he faking? melissa, craig and little alyssa were taken to the sheriff s department at 4:00 a.m., an hour after the shooting. melissa s best friend got a phone call. it was alyssa.
sheriff. i really need to know. i honestly don t know. alyssa was 6 by this time, was the only bhoewho remembered seeing anything unusual. she saw a shadow in her doorway looking at her and then the shadow left. she went back to sleep and then melissa came in and grabbed her and was talking to 911. the detective discovered the bullet that killed ben was a number 8 birdshot, the same ammunition discovered in craig s room. so the question for craig i apologize, but i have to, did you kill craig? no, i di i
if someone finds there s evidence, we could still prosecute her. in 2011 dawn was sent to prison on another offense. she used her teenage daughter brandy to sell drugs. was she employing you to assist in that business? i was driving, yes. dawn was released in june 20614, but not to be the mother of alyssa. she terminated her parental rights. both alyssa and brandy wasn t to live with melissa, to offer them a family life they didn t know without their mom. it is a family, and that s what i need. one more thing to do. in 2011 having pleaded guilty to murder, james is prepared to be sentenced. is there redemption for a person like you? i don t know. i don t expect anybody that i ve hurt to forgive me for what i ve
on february 21st, 2008, melissa oxley called 911. a gun noise like a gunshot? it s really bad. it certainly was. ben oxley has been shot point-blank in the head and yet melissa, lying in bed right beside him, was unharmed. she ran to alyssa s room to check on her and call 911. 6-year-old alyssa completely unaware of what just happened asked to go see her father. i want to go see my dad. you can t. ron elgis, the detective who got the call. do you remember getting that call? yeah, because i was sleeping. he woke up fast to a very big problem. the killing just didn t make sense. appearing like a ghost has done this, no evidence, no