people who owed shirley money. reporter: more than a decade after the killing. it didn t have to happen this way. reporter: the search for answers continues. i am never going to give up hope? reporter: who did it? why? did he ever tell you he wanted-up to kill shirley? absolutely. he said he wanted it to look like a mob hit. reporter: murder on cape cod, who shot shirley reine? meet the family. loretta! shirley! they say time heals. i don t believe in that. sometimes it gets worse. we were look two peas in a pod. we had a blast. i miss those times. i just miss her. yeah. i just wish it never happened. it didn t have to happen this way. it really didn t.
cellmate who testified that john confessed i killed her with a gun supplied by todd reine. all of the prosecution had was a collection of informants and people who weren t very credible. i thought it was, full of misrepresentation. and outward, deceit and lies actually. mr. rams any comment today? reporter: two people who never gave their stories shirley s two stepsons. todd reine and melvin reine jr. were both on the witness list. and the prosecution wanted to question them on the stand. but they both pleaded the 5th. reporter: shirley s husband melvin sr. never took the stand either. still institutionalized with dimentia, he was unable to even attend his wife s trial. but his son todd did. and john ram s attorney, timothy flaherty made sure jurors knew it.
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make sure everyone knows the boys did it. what i can say since shirley reine s death that todd and melvin reine got what they wanted. melvin lives in the house where the murder happened. todd reine lives on the property. would you say there are any other suspects besides shirley s sons. there was a lot of talk about suspects, people who kwloeed shirley money and didn t want to pay it back. i don t know what shirley was doing with those sex tapes. she had been using them to extract money from people with whom she had relations. i don t know, but it s a possibility. nice setting here. reporter: more than a decade later, john rams is the only suspect ever charged in
i just wish it never happened. it didn t have to happen this way. it really didn t. good night. ha-ha-ha. yeah, send somebody down to 657 east falmouth highway. i think somebody shot shirley. oh, my god. oh, man. let me tell you. may 10, 2005, 51-year-old shirley reine is discovered by a skoe worker collapsed on the floor of her garage. i called rescue. she wouldn t answer the door. i want to see if her car was in the garage. she was laying beside the car. i thought she passed out last night. you know what i am saying? is she in the car? no. outside of the car. there is a pool of blood here. reporter: shirley has been laying on the cold cement floor