you know, she had felt like there was happiness like that coming. instead, the next month, she was murdered. and to investigators who heard ariet s story, and all seemed obvious her husband magdi was the prime suspect. everything pointed out magdi. except for the fact, the phone records prove that magdi was others on apartment when ryan called him that night. and, according to the only witness, two black men committed the murder. and, there was still the question of why that witness, ryan, was left alive. and just a few days after his mother was killed, the rebellious son, ryan, received another anonymous message on his computer. how did you like your gift? lol, lol. how did you like or give? yeah. coming up an aha moment for police, a new
he really didn t have any vices, he didn t spend any money on any hobbies of any sort. so, he was the guy who went to work and went home. but their father wasn t just a hard worker, said his sons. he was more like a workaholic. i think my mother felt neglected. he wasn t affectionate towards her. it was like all he would do was just work. i played sports like all my life and he never, ever came to watch and the sports that i played. a lot of the childhood, a lot of me growing, up i can remember a lot about my mom but i don t remember a lot about my dad. and it s not because i don t want to, it s because he just wasn t there. he would come, go to sleep, get come, go to save, get up, get back to work. that was because for magdi he said, the american dream was all about the green. if he was work, work, work money, money, money. exactly. after a rare outing to the beach monday, ryan says he and
door open and first instinct was that maybe it was my brother. his older brother, richard, his best friend and protector coming home. or so he thought. but it wasn t richard. kind of look back and then that s when i felt like a hand being placed on my mouth. and it was a hand with some time of cotton gloves. can you see what this is? i noticed it was a black male who was heavy said, he was going for my brother and my mom to help me. and i was really scared. with ryan says that he fought the intruder. i picked out on the hand and i rolled off the bed and then i popped up and i was shoved into the wall. he s telling me to like shut up and calm down. the men put duck tape overruns mouth and started taping his hands and feet together. and, right after that a
it took many years of hard work, saving and investing. but magdi finally put together enough money to buy this home in a gated community in the city of westminster. a quiet town in orange county, california. with the girgis family was well on its way to living out the dream magdi and ariet had worked so hard to build. but then, on september 29th 2004, all of it came crashing down. ryan gorgeous, then 17 was out with friends and stayed out later than he was supposed to. when did you get home? like, one to 1:30 that night. i had slipped the back door open and i went upstairs. his dad was not at home. his brother, at work. his mom, asleep. i remember i was fixing up my ipad dock and i fell asleep to music that night. the next thing i know i hear a
to your brother than you were with the father. very much so. ryan rebelled. staying out late. smoking weed. richard was more dutiful. but he too felt his father s wrath. a punch, a kick, you can name it depending, i would find that the sooner i would cry the sooner that it would stop. it s a tough lesson to learn from her dad. yeah, he was a very harsh person. which, just made it more unfortunate to have it in my life. he was like the complete opposite. as tough as he was on his sons, he says mccarthy was just as tough on his wife. ryan and richard say that they never saw his father hit their mother. but they say they heard the yelling. and they did see the bruises. we never ever caught by 11, it was just like we have that sense of fear that we didn t want to cross the line. you are more afraid of what your dad would do to you if you did call 9-1-1 than what might