it tells me there was probably a lot of blood on him. that he needed something to wear when he went to work. and above all, terry s dna where it simply does not belong. we won t find any dap or finger prints of yours anywhere so if we did, it would be weird. yeah. i would weird. at this point, i m 100% sure that terry is our guy. kaplan spoke to don s mom sharon and his brother dennis. we do have a suspect in this case and we do have an arrest warrant. terry white. the case seemed to be solved. but there was a problem. before kaplan could find terry, he got a call from christine. she said terry was missing. you put the noose around his neck but you re also finding he doesn t seal to be around
my dad. and i said, you know, honey, let me try your dad. don t worry. he s fine. valerie called, text, no answer. she and a co-worker went to his home. i think i was starting to get anxious. a part of me knew something really wasn t right. we parked in his driveway. what did you do? we got out. when i knocked on the door, the door gave a little bit. so the front door wasn t locked. no. and i was able to walk in the house. valerie called out don s name. no response. i told my friend, the only way we ll know whether he s here or not is if his truck is here so i opened the garage door. and when i opened the garage door, i found him. coming up, what had happened in that garage? he s on the ground in front of his vehicle. something is very wrong. a clue from the neighbor. she has two cameras in the house. she sees donnell fluitt s truck
they killed him because he was a good father. that s why they killed this guy, because he was a good dad. reporter: it took the jury a little over six hours to reach a verdict. guilty of first degree murder. guilty. just instant relief. that this man couldn t just walk freely ever, that he wasn t going to take my dad s life and have his own still. i never took my eyes off of him from the time the jury handed the papers. i watched him the whole time. and i want to see something. a tear of remorse, a smile, something. nothing. reporter: in august 2018, terry white was sentenced to 42 years in prison. but for don s family, it s not over. the puppeteer is still pulling the springs, though. who s the puppeteer? christine, and the puppet is terry. think about it. she manipulated that man into killing himself. think about that for a second.
and emi know exactly when it happened. when i was he reached up and his [ bleep ] finger caught. then he continued that terry hit him so hard, don finally went down. i ll give him this. then according to rob, terry finished the job. he said i went inside the house and i got a steak knife. he said something about, sitting at the side of the stove. if the knife didn t work, he said he had a back-up plan. he said i had plan b. there was an axe on the wall of the garage. which you can clearly see in the crime season photos. there is no way you would know that it s unless you were there. were any of those details that you just listed, were they online? in the newspapernewspapers? no. so this cell mate is giving you evidence that exactly matches up. yes. and it is filling in the gaps.
prescription bottle too. -y and then they also showed us a bottle that was empty, you know, that maybe alluding to the fact that she had taken medication and was gonna use it to hurt herself. -y the day she left? james told the detectives he was-y so worried about her state of mind that he stayed home from work to tom tom keep an eye on her. james says that she was acting up. and he didn t want marie take the baby. he was afraid the baby might be harmed or something. right. then late that beignet afternoon, said pastor james, marie said she was tired, went to lie down, and tanya took the baby out shopping so marie could rest. the pastor said he waited around for a bit, talked to her briefly when she woke up and then went out for a run. and when he returned marie and her white mazda pickup truck were gone. i strangely, the flanders said, marie had packed her bags, but didn t take them. why would she take off and not take her bags with her? anyway, said the flanders, wh