Oncoming. He said can i talk to you in private. What dark force claimed two lives. I still feel her with me. Hello and welcome to dateline. It was a quite afternoon at the parker house. She and her husband were both at home when suddenly gunfire erupted leaving two people dead and police racing to the scene. The soul survivor would share a tale describing an unlikely intruder and a desperate fight to survive. But what story would the evidence tell . Here andrea cannon with mystery at ascot estates. Life seems to move just a little slower in South Carolina. Afternoons in columbia can be spent on the river or nearby lake murray and tucked away inside this capital city is ascot estates where old sudden charm mingles with new money. Not much in the way of drama here until april 2012, friday 13th, when something sinister happened. I turned on the news and saw there had been a double murder. Youre confused because theres no way of knowing for sure what was going on. My husband called me and
it nearly caused a divorce then. his father bailed him out. about $100,000. the state tried to convince the jury that killing tammie had been his way out of a shaky marriage and his gambling debt. tammie had taken out a life insurance policy. 868,000 was the ultimate amount. who was the beneficiary of this? brett. she also posted $200,000 in a 401k, combined with the insurance, nearly 1.1 million all left to brett. what kind of man sets up his friend to take the fall for murdering his wife and then murders the friend and leaves him with the legacy of, that he murdered somebody. he wanted to perpetuate this lifestyle. he wanted to gamble and enjoy the girlfriends and she was a hindrance to him. he felt like this was the way out. in court, the ugly accusations seemed to get to brett as the medical examiner testified about tammie s fatal injuries, brett said he felt ill
band, jump start. voices like that are just gifts. somebody gives you that from above. friends thought she could take her talent big time but tammie seemed happy to remain in columbia. one of her giggs was at her friend s annual barbecue. she enjoyed this. tammie was an entertainer. she didn t just stand up there and sing. along the way in 1996, tammie met and married a local boy, brett parker. a medical supplies salesman. he had been a star athlete in high school. he was always throwing some kind of ball. he played football and softball. he was an all american kid. an injury sidelined any thoughts of a career in professional sports so he took up amateur softball. that s how he met one of his closest friends. he was one of the best
only survivor of a tragedy that left two people dead had himself been charged was acold blooded killer who masterminded the whole plan. brett s family and friends believed he was a man wrongly accused. he just wanted us to know he was innocent. every time he said i did not do it. even tammie s close friend, former bandmate woody woodward had a hard time believing brett was guilty. you had no reason to doubt brett it sounds like. i believed him. they actually called me to be a character witness and i said i would be glad to because i did not see him doing this. when the trial began in may it was a courtroom divided. on one side, brett s family and friends including his and tammie s teenage daughter. on the other side, friends and family of tammie and brian sat together. they wore blue, tammie s favorite color as a show of