painful divorce behind it. but he never let lives difficulties distract from his primary role, dad. megan is the middle child. he loved to have fun. he would always dance crazy with us like pick us up in the air and slide as between his legs and throw us up. and the old family snapshots, hiking and hawaii, disney world, all the christmas is seemed to show a dad over the moon with his three girls. katelynn was the star volleyball player and all american. and new without a doubt when her father is in the stands on game days. you could hear him? i could. everyone could. her dad was in a long term relationship with a single mom named kimberly roush. he had three daughters, i had two boys. a lot of our time was spent being involved in their sporting events. they ve been on again off again for years, but no sooner had they decided to take one of their periodic romantic
destroyed just literally, destroyed my family. reporter: by the time rachel was in middle school, don s string of affairs led to a home-shattering divorce. i think that the the obliteration of the nuclear family had a profound effect on rachel. reporter: now, he feared, the apple hadn t fallen far from the tree. his daughter rachel was in the middle of an affair herself and it was putting her marriage at risk. you know todd had been calling me, you know, what am i gonna do? you know, how am i gonna save my marriage? and i said, todd, have you just told him straight up to stay away from your wife until this thing is worked out? he said no. and i said, well, have you thought about that? he says, well, not till right now. sounds like a good idea. will you come with me? yeah, i ll go with you. and so we drove over there. reporter: james s daughter katelynn, 16 then, sounded the alarm as rachel s worried father and betrayed husband pulled up
the floor. so i called the sheriff s department and asked them if they knew what was going on. and they said just stay right where you re at. reporter: james s daughter katelynn got a message at school. i walk outside, and i call a family friend, and he goes, are you sitting down? i think you need to sit down, katelynn. i was like, what s going on? and all i remember is just dropping to the ground. reporter: rachel s friend shannon couldn t believe what she read online. i found out through facebook. i was scrolling and saw someone post something, r.i.p. rachel. and i was like, what the hell is going on? so then i called her younger brother, and he said somebody came into her house and murdered her. and i said, what do you mean somebody came into her house and murdered her?
i think that the the obliteration of the nuclear family had a profound effect on rachel. reporter: now, he feared, the apple hadn t fallen far from the tree. his daughter rachel was in the middle of an affair herself and it was putting her marriage at risk. you know todd had been calling me, you know, what am i gonna do? you know, how am i gonna save my marriage? and i said, todd, have you just told him straight up to stay away from your wife until this thing is worked out? he said no. and i said, well, have you thought about that? he says, well, not til right now. sounds like a good idea. will you come with me? yeah, i ll go with ya. and so we drove over there. reporter: james daughter katelynn, 16 then, sounded the alarm as rachel s worried father and betrayed husband pulled up at the entrance to james s isolated mountain property. we just got done shooting. and i just hear this car roll
at risk. you know todd had been calling me, you know, what am i gonna do? you know, how am i gonna save my marriage? and i said, todd, have you just told him straight up to stay away from your wife until this thing is worked out? he said no. and i said, well, have you thought about that? he says, well, not til right now. sounds like a good idea. will you come with me? yeah, i ll go with ya. and so we drove over there. reporter: james daughter katelynn, 16 then, sounded the alarm as rachel s worried father and betrayed husband pulled up at the entrance to james s isolated mountain property. we just got done shooting. and i just hear this car roll up. i was like, wow, that sounds like rachel. and i see these two men walking up the driveway. and i was like, oh my god. what are they doing here? and i ran out.