first electoral win since 2007. last weekend s tragic buffalo victims later faceted a. the youngest was just under two years old. she was one of ten black people that were targeted in a supermarket. now, back to dateline. ket. now, back to dateline. welcome back to dateline. i m craig melvin. miss nikki whitehead for that fiercely during the attack that ended her life. the blood, trailing from her dining room to the bathroom, revealed just how savage it was. but with little evidence pointing to a killer, the investigation seemed to stall. until that is, a secret emerged from nikki s past. once again, here s keith morris with bad blood. the investigation into the murder of nikki whitehead was not offering up any usual
enforcement find the person who did this. meanwhile, that the glacial place these things occur, the crime lad worked on the dna. and poured over those photos of the bite marks. one on tas s arm was the impression of a big ugly bite. they compared the top contours of that by two a mold of nicky s mouth. the similarity was uncanny. nikki was the most likely source. had their mother between them trying to fight off the attack? the bite mark on tas s arm, it was as if she had her mother and a chokehold from behind. and her mother, nikki, is biting her trying to get away. and when when detectives saw themselves biting themselves right after the murder. maybe that was an attempt to cover-up that. then the dna results came. back they knew they d find nicky s blood. but remember, one of the twins had fresh cuts on her hands. and sure enough for nike s
it didn t last long. they both describe how mom lunges for the knife and when she does it s on again. finally, said the girls, they overpowered their mother. who stopped struggling. and mood that she was cold. so they put her in a warm tub to try to soothe her. even though they said she she was still spinning mad and threatening. them kill me now, and or i ll kill you all. eventually, they said she, stop talking. drifted off in the warm water. and died. so, what did the da think after listening to the girls tale of self-defense against their mother gone berserk? did you believe them? did you believe everything he said? no. still don t. the idea that nikki launched an attack on her own daughters? difficult to believe, said the da. cher nonsense is what nikki s mother called it. my daughter never hit her kids. they never had a spanking, or
2008, a year after jas sneaks out of the house. a big argument and it turned into a fight. a physical fight? a physical fight. it was tas and jas against their mother. at the time, i think she felt fearful and she contacted the police. was it the right decision to call the police? that ensured the family ended up in juvenile court. nikki asking the judge to help her teach her daughters a lesson. instead, the judge was blaming nikki. i guess the judge thought they were too cute and too smart. that no, they couldn t be doing you know. he did not take it serious. what did he decide to do? well, he asked my daughter he said, do you want your kids to come back home? as she said, no, your honor. not unless they understand i m not going to tolerate that kind of behavior.
if your prosecutor preparing a murder case against pretty twin teenagers. and so, the a richard reed was interested when, one day defense attorney suggested, they wanted to make a deal. my response is, it s great to hear from you. but i want to hear from them. so i d like to talk to your clients. at like to ask him questions. that s how dea reed met jas and tas. now 19 years old. and heard them confess they did kill their mother. but was a clean confession, really? in fact, said the twins, it wasn t their fault. she started it. she started cursing and stuff. i think she was mad about us being late. that morning they said, nikki was furious they were late for school and picked up a pot in the kitchen, they said, and swung at them. she still calling us horse and slots and everything like