get a glimps of the items that were auctioned. the glove had only been expected to sell for about $40,000. wow, went for a ton of cash. i m don lemon in atlanta. see you back here tomorrow night. have a good night, everyone. i m anderson cooper. this is a cnn special hour, killings of the canal, the army tapes. what you re about to see is a story that raises difficult questions about what can happen on a battlefield. a story about murder in a combat zone. you re going to meet three decorated army sergeants, seasoned soldiers, patriotic americans who felt they had no other choice but to kill four iraqis they had taken into custody. they shot them execution style. the crime remained a secret until finally someone spoke up. on the army tapes you hear a reluctant confession of what really happened at the canal. abbi bow droe brings us the story. the facts behind this crime are pretty straightforward. but the reason these shootings happened is not. that s what makes this story
joe anna mayo doesn t feel her husband betrayed anyone when he shot one of the iraqis in the back of the head next to a baghdad canal. i knew he was on trial for murdering the iraqi detainees that they had captured. it was hard for you to say the word murder. yeah. that s not the word i want to use. i just can t think of you don t look at your husband like a murderer? no. not at all. she says her husband is a good soldier. he was awarded the purple heart after an ied exploded resulting in a brain injury. his doctor told her he still suffers from post traumatic stress disorder and memory loss. it was his third combat deployment. i think that he s given a sacrifice a lot. i think he s he s a war hero. he s not a criminal. the mayos have been married for nine years, they have three children. the oldest is 11 years old. who s that? da. da da? their youngest is 15 months. then there s 6-year-old joseph. from watching him play you can t tell there is an