a sprawling southern family farm with a pair of churchgoing grandparents at its heart. they are definitely the most loving individuals i ve ever met in my life. there was no way it was supposed to end like this. she took me about a hand and said diane and charlie have been murdered. the former church deacon, and his wife. who on earth would want them down? it does not make sense. they were loved by everyone. everyone, maybe. but their own daughter who admitted to a bitter, simmering dispute. it s been a long family feud. her stepfather won her dead so she could get her property back. evidence pointed to her boyfriend as an accomplice. you have that blood on your shoe, he was there. or, was he? no hair, no fingerprints, no dna. nothing. a once loving family now gripped by suspicion. i had a lot of people in my ear saying she did it. with the terrible truth rip them apart? this cannot be happening. welcome to dateline. a daughter, battl
the former church deacon, and his wife. who on earth would want them down? it does not make sense. they were loved by everyone. everyone, maybe. but their own daughter who admitted to a bitter, simmering dispute. it s been a long family feud. her stepfather won her dead so she could get her property back. evidence pointed to her boyfriend as an accomplice. you have that blood on your shoe, he was there. or, was he? no hair, no fingerprints, no dna. nothing. a once loving family now gripped by suspicion. i had a lot of people in my ear saying she did it. with the terrible truth rip them apart? this cannot be happening. welcome to dateline. a daughter, battling her demons and her mother and stepfather for control of a 1 million dollar property. after their double murder, police started to wonder just how far bambi bennett will go to get what is hers. they followed a bloody trail of evidence deep inside the families dispute, exposing ugly secr
state was heavy on fiction, light on facts. they had a puzzle, neat little pieces, but the pieces were not exactly right. the state was so desperate to prove this, that it clung to the word of a jailhouse snitch and career criminal. a fellow that is there to cut himself a deal, get some assistance in his own case, it s not likely to be credible. not only was the snitch not to be believed, the defense told the jurors, but the state was also trying to confuse them about the mystery blood found at the crime scene. the bottom line, said pratt, the dna from that blood cleared their client of the murders. the dna did not match. and we knew the dna was not going to match rick. she knew that, she said, because rick had an alibi for the night of the murders with bambi. he had been asleep in myrtle beach with his family. the most challenging part of the case was the blood on rick s shoe. to explain how it got there, rick took the stand.
going to match rick. she knew that, she said, because rick had an alibi for the night of the murders. he had been asleep in myrtle beach with his family. the most challenging part of the case was the blood on rick s shoe. to explain how it got there, rick took the stand. he pointed out that on the morning the bodies were discovered, police had examined them thoroughly, and found nothing. there was blood on my shoes that morning, i would have been arrested right then and there. there was no blood on my shoes that morning. that came later, he said, when he stepped into the blood soaked bathroom. despite that police photo, he insisted the window blinds or open, and he simply worried that bambi might see the horror inside. i went inside, i shut the blinds. i did not think she needed to see that. he testified the blood got on his shoe at that moment, not before. did you go into the house, and kill charlie and diane, at the instigation of bambi? were you in a conspiracy to kil
going to match rick. she knew that, she said, because rick had an alibi for the night of the murders. he had been asleep in myrtle beach with his family. the most challenging part of the case was the blood on rick s shoe. to explain how it got there, rick took the stand. he pointed out that on the morning the bodies were discovered, police had examined them thoroughly, and found nothing. there was blood on my shoes that morning, i would have been arrested right then and there. there was no blood on my shoes that morning. that came later, he said, when he stepped into the blood soaked bathroom. despite that police photo, he insisted the window blinds or open, and he simply worried that bambi might see the horror inside. i went inside, i shut the blind. i did not think she needed to see that. he testified the blood got on his shoe at that moment, not before. did you go into the house, and kill charlie and diane, at the instigation of bambi? were you in a conspiracy to kill