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many nights crying in the middle of the night. i would hear her. i just went and laid in bed with her. didn t sleep. couldn t sleep. just getting into a bed after that happened. i didn t want to. so where would you sleep? on the floor. and if the pain and suffering of losing her husband was in hard enough, melissa was the lead suspect. and not just in the eyes of the police. because nobody, including the public, including families, had any idea why this was to happen. so they re all grasping astros to figure out if his possibly. ben sister was certain that melissa arranged ben s murder. i was afraid to make it known around town. she had quite a little following of people. because it s always the wife, you know? so did that mean little alyssa, just six years old, so vulnerable, was living with a murder? alyssa began to spend more
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melissa, and more than $200 a month in child support, john was devastated. this is her mother, sherrie washington. a retired deputy sheriff. she would sit in the garage and just ball about not getting her day in court. this was eating her alive? yes. it was really taking its toll on her. don started drinking, heavily. her teenage son devon watched his mother fall apart. she was starting to lose jobs, all hell broke loose. but murder? remember the police went to see don just a couple of hours after ben was killed and found her fast asleep. at what time did you think you went to sleep? oh god. i watched the movie, the departed, and dissent. and i don t know, about four? in fact, she had been to be sharing her bedroom with a 21 -year-old family friend, named
wanted was to have his little girl permanently. he never thought that he could have his daughter. i was like, yes you can. you could. and he did. he won custody. it was him and his daughter. and that s what he always wanted. and then the little household grew. melissa s teenage brother, craig, moved in. and then winter came. the wind. and on february 20th, 2008, the moon rose full over the carson valley. i after dinner, ben, melissa, her teenage brother craig and little alyssa, settled in the dental watch a movie. melissa remembers falling asleep on the couch when she woke up with a. start. thinking i was late for work. it was 2:30 in the morning. i was like, oh i m not late. so i went and got in the bed. crawled in with ben, she said. moonlight on the color covers. warmth inside. about an hour later is when