and constantly there with the kids. hannah was a typical teen. she s a little shy. a little bit of a ham bone at the same time. she got an award at school, mirror worshipper. she is my pinky pal. we have a little pinky pal handshake we do. she just started pop warner cheer. i think this was her second year, because ethan was playing football for pop warner. and she was going to be the cheerleader for his team. 8-year-old ethan loved football. and even more, fishing. i love to fish. little e and i went about a month ago fishing at lake jennings. and he was putting the worms on for me, because they wrinkle up and are gross. and i just remember him saying, jen, i ll take care of that for you.
and constantly there with the kids. hannah was a typical teen. she s a little shy. a little bit of a ham bone at the same time. she got an award at school, mirror worshipper. she is my pinky pal. we have a little pinky pal handshake we do. she just started pop warner cheer. i think this was her second year, because ethan was playing football for pop warner. and she was going to be the cheerleader for his team. 8-year-old ethan loved football. and even more, fishing. i love to fish. little e and i went about a month ago fishing at lake jennings. and he was putting the worms on for me, because they wrinkle up and are gross. and i just remember him saying, jen, i ll take care of that for you. i ll do that. i can do that. don t you don t have to touch
those. when you get the fish out of the water, look, aunt jen, look what i got. now it s your turn. and despite an eight-year age difference, ethan and hannah were very close. they were inacceptable. and have been since they were little. she always took care of ethan and while mom was at work walked him to and from school. all those things. and mom, tina, she was always there to help. whether a sick family member or a friend that needed cheering up. like jim. she was tired, she was busy. she had a lot going on. and it was something that was a little bit difficult for her to squeeze into her busy schedule. but that s the kind of person she was. and she did that for jim. to go up there and help comfort him in this time that he had begged for her help. tina, ethan and hannah had no idea uncle jim had other plans.
a raging fire just east of san diego, and then a woman and child found dead inside. the woman was tina. and the child, ethan. they had been beaten, blooded, then burned. in the ashes of dimaggio s home, authorities found arson wire, a hand written note, ammunition and letters from hanna. days later, speaking exclusively to cnn s chris cuomo, brett anderson was distraught. tell me about your kids, mr. anderson. tell me about hannah. tell me about ethan. give me a second. ethan wore his heart on his sleev sleeve. he would give do anything for anybody, loved everybody. he was just my buy. just like tina, was jen s buddy. she was here at this exact table. two weeks ago, playing board games.
since they were born. jim was a very good friend of the family. jennifer willis and christina grew up like sisters. jen and tina both part of a big and boisterous extended family. he spent time with us, and we loved him. he was fun. he was a great guy. tina was a good friend to him, and he had been with her and her entire family for many, many years. while the kids were growing up. and so i know she was always there for him, as he had been for her. the relationship was crucial to him. andrew spanswick was a friend of dimaggio s. he had no other family so i think he had to find a surrogate family, and that s what he did. for 16 years, dimaggio was part of the anderson family. even helping out with the kids when brett took a job in tennessee. he would help get my son to football practice on days that hannah had dance or whatever. and he was constantly there for me.