of keen in stressed to investigators. it went like this. long after charlene broke up with josh, she met husband, tim. this was when they both worked for the texas police department. charlene was the animal control officer there. and tim, a sergeant. charlene says she foul for terms are shots demeanor. he was a cowboy. he wore the cowboy hat. he had the cowboy boots. he had the old-school manners. why did that work for you? why at that point in your life? because. that s how i was raised. he reminded me of my dad. he played the guitar, just like my dad did. but not long after they got married. it all took a turn for the worst. tim dean had a three year old daughter from a previous marriage. he got in serious trouble after he was videoed slapping the child across the face. so what was the incident?
custody. before the summer was over, a judge in new york ruled in his favor. that the kid should stay with him. and not go back to charlene and him in texas. this was just a few months before the murders. charlene had lost her kids, and it hit her hard. this is a huge setback for you though charlie? you ve lost the kids. yes it is. it angers me. and frustrates me. and. is it angered of directed at the state? is it aimed at josh? is it aimed at him? who in a way got you into all of this? honestly. it seems that everybody. but she had a plan, convince the family courts that she was done with her husband, tim dean, divorce him. and he would no longer be an issue. problem solved. in august, we had our last custody hearing. we were, i told him look. i ll divorce my husband to get my kids back. and they said, well, we re gonna leave the kids with josh
been driving in from texas into the city. this is what you hear on the. for what do you think? i think i ve got a quiet little southern belle is while she put herself on the phone. to mirror? very dim air. very cooperative. but she had an unladylike venting to do for josh. she had given us a little bit of information that she had had a problem with josh in the past. that there were several police reports. charlene told us some of what she shared with the police. she said that despite charges sunny demeanor, and covert here could be a terror. he masked his anger issues with drugs. he was fine as long as he had as part, as long as he had as mayor wanted to smoke. other than that? he was tranquil. yeah. if he didn t, thanks carb ad. if things didn t go s way, the things he wanted them to. things got bad. and when i said bad, i mean for me. she claims that judge that violence on more than one occasion. he threw a bar stool past arm nine month old daughter s
story. charlene told them how surprised she had been when she found out that her ex boyfriend was dead. so i called his mom. and she says, charlene, yes what s going on? josh is dead. i had the floor. really. what the hell is going on? yeah. it still feels like a horrible bad dream. right. how could, who, why? that s what i want to know. could tim of been the shooter, they asked her? did he arbor elwell against russia. he knew the stuff that josh had done to me. what do you mean? josh used to be the hell out of me. oh really? but. you know. tim had never really spoke to bat about him. you know. it was more of if i could ever get into a fight with him i would fight him. do you think that tim is capable of this? i can t see it.
them? i had no idea at first. i couldn t even imagine who would want to do this to him. josh s sister amanda thought, it must be a burglary. maybe someone did try to rob him or, wrong time. did you worry then, we have gotta herding wearing gunman in the neighborhood killing everyone? yes. i was terrified to be home. with me in the kids. watch out the window. a little scary. is that wondered if it was a case of mistaken identity. we thought maybe, he is a new homeowner. maybe someone thought, this guy that was bad. that lived there before. josh. let s go do something. nothing no. not at all. i couldn t think of anyone who wanted to kill my son. and his beautiful girlfriend. it just didn t even seem real. detectives also wanted to speak to josh s acts, charlene childers. they first reach the mother of two of the children as she had