sister jaime couldn t bring herself to be in the courtroom. i don t know what to believe if i did but that s the hard thing. and you just don t know what to believe. and i i really don t want to think that my brother did anything terrible. reporter: but dustin jasper the victim s brother was there on most days, grabbing a bench seat within good stare-down range of the accused, doug. he never made eye contact with me. i think he s too ashamed. reporter: but on the stand, shame didn t seem to figure into the bold-as-brass story about doug that ricky spencer was telling the jury, how after the first run to michigan was a bust, doug called ricky again. and he said, hey dude, it s done. i killed her and her dad. and i was like, what? and he says, no, i m just kidding. and i told him that wasn t funny. so he said he was kidding and you told him it wasn t funny? yeah. reporter: ricky s second day on the stand as the star witness. prosecutor mcdonough picked up his
is, the two had become what did you see in her, doug? she was smart, articulate, some would call it love at first four days later we were married. reporter: a lot of people would go on a second date before they got married. i think we made it to the second date, but that s it. reporter: to say her percents were described a bit of an she showed up and she was married and we were dumbfounded. reporter: all very sudden, but dustin jasper, venus brother got along with his brother-in-law. they both liked outdoorsy stuff. we went hunting together, fibbing together. reporter: it was a year after their quicky wedding that doug left the marines to keep his bride i was looking at deployments
marriage. reporter: to say that venus parents were a little surprised by the turn of events is an understatement. she showed up. she was married and we were dumbfounded. reporter: all very sudden but dustin jasper, venus older brother, got along okay with his new brother-in-law. they both liked outdoorsy stuff. we went hunting together, fishing together. we ve always had a pretty good relationship. reporter: it was a year after their quickie wedding that doug left the marines to keep his bride happy. i was looking at deployments and other different things. and she had this fear that i was going something was going to happen to me. so she wanted me to get out of the military in 2003. reporter: so in 2003, venus and doug began civilian life together. they moved into this house in schoolcraft, michigan, not far from where they both grew up. venus worked in a bank and doug at applebees and pizza hut. a year later, a daughter came along, then, in 2006, a second baby.
mississippi, missouri and tennessee. the new york times has reported at least 90 people have died including 80 in kentucky. president biden approved an emergency declaration to help with recovery efforts. now back to dateline. do you recognize the person in this photograph? reporter: doug stewart was on trial for murder, but his sister jaime couldn t bring herself to be in the courtroom. i don t know what to believe if i did but that s the hard thing. and you just don t know what to believe. and i i really don t want to think that my brother did anything terrible. reporter: but dustin jasper the victim s brother was there on most days, grabbing a bench seat within good stare-down range of the accused, doug stewart. he never made eye contact with me. i think he s too ashamed. reporter: but on the stand, shame didn t seem to figure into the bold-as-brass story about doug that ricky spencer was