that is where she was still here, helped me, and helped me through these times, and feel like he wasn t finished teaching me things sometimes. i don t know. what would you say to your dad? the question everyone wants to know. why? and i love him. and why? why? why? why? ratliff says he has not heard from his mother in weeks. i wrote her a letter last night. i haven t heard back from her yet from the last letter or the letter before that. she s an [ bleep ]. whatever. pisses me off. i mean, that s my mom. it pisses you off or hurts you? both. it does both. i mean, she s been my mom my whole life. i m not currently speaking to him. he thinks i hate him. ratliff s mother, missy
there and said it was safe to go in. they overlooked him in the attic. i was downstairs, along with the rest of my family that was there for my grandma s funeral. he then waited for his moment. he shot my mom in the neck through the attic vent. my mom was rushed to the hospital. he missed by just this much. they couldn t operate, take the bullet out because it was so close to her spine. till this day the bullet is still in her neck, three years later. and after he did that, he turned the gun on himself. david ratliff sr. began his spree of violence shortly after his release from the same jail in which his son is now incarcerated. he had served 119 days for threatening and abusing his wife. family members say he had never been violent until about a year earlier when depression, alcohol, and drugs sent him over the edge. he was a great father growing
up. i loved him. he was my hero. i don t know any other dad that was better than he was. i really don t. he would get home from work every day and throw the ball with me. teach me right from wrong. spank me when i was bad. i love him for it. despite what he did. i do. coming up just came and sucker punched me and i beat his ass again, that s what happened. more troubles for david ratliff. i don t like to call it a fight. because a fight is exchanging blows and somebody got punched. a single punch leads to devastating consequences. turn around
program and i didn t want them to go back and harass him in any way, shape or form. but this is what i do. stop getting locked up and it won t be an issue. still awaiting trial on unrelated charges of leaving the scene of an accident in which his passenger was badly injured and criminal sexual conduct for his alleged involvement with an underage girl, ratliff has had problems both in and out of jail. he says everything went wrong three years earlier after his father went on a spree of violence. he murdered missy s mother, shot and wounded missy, and then took his own life. this right here is my mom and dad in florida. what do you think when you look at that picture of your parents, happy together? only good things, you know. the good days, when everyone got along and that s a great picture of my son and my dad. i love that picture.
come on now, randy, let somebody else get some. come on. coming up, david ratliff gets out of segregation for a bit. walker, daniel, i m back! turn around every now and then i get a little bit hungry and there s nothing good around turn around, barry i finally found the right snack [ female announcer ] fiber one. feet.tiptoeing.