Transcripts For WHO Dateline NBC 20151221

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Get out of the car. Im just gonna find her again after i shoot you. [grunting] [gunshot] are you kidding . Look at you. Let me mull that over a sec. Yep, im pretty sure i can outrun ya. Thanks, carter. Are you hurt . [groans] im fine. Did you find jack . Not yet. The 11 00 flight. To the caymans, thats right. [shrieking] oh, god ahh okay, it was monty. I swear. Hes unleashed, okay . He was the one who wanted to tie up the loose ends, not me. Paul was never even supposed to die. Oh please. What do you want from me . Is this a shakedown . No. This is a breakup. Sofia, should i drop him . Oh, my god not yet. You killed my only friend. That was so not my idea, baby. Just like selling me out to monty wasnt your idea . I told you he gave me a choice, you or me. You have him. I knew youd be okay. I will be okay. She was made to blow you away she dont care what any man say get in. That was fulfilling. Thank you. No problem. Have you thought about what youll do next . I will be returning to brazil with my father for the election. Guess i cant talk you into relocating . New yorks my home. For now. Night. Detective carter, did you call the cia regarding mark snow . I called his cell, yes. You had contact with mark snow. Last i checked, snow was yours to keep tabs on, not mine. You lose him . Id say talk to his partner evans, except the guy was found dead in a hotel five weeks ago. Think ive done enough of your job for you. Now, if youll excuse me. Her eyes theyre rubies and pearls shes not made dropped by the morgue. Got something off corwins body. Is it what we thought . I think we have a big problem. How soon can you get here . [door opens] she was made to blow you away she dont care corwins dead. Not sure youre the best judge of that, mark. I mean, you thought i was dead too. Always been a bit of an optimist. You wanna know who told her to send you and your pal reese to china, youll have to ask her really loudly. Shame. Guess youll have to run a few more errands for me. [clears throat] i gotta tell ya, our line of work, but you, kara . You were always in a class all by yourself. [chuckles] be careful. Wouldnt wanna hurt my feelings. I might forget you down here. Her lashes flap and they smack men back like springs bouncing off of her curls oh, yeah shes long long gone its time we went for that beer. I need to wrap things up here. Somebody who has sensitivity, they want relief but they also want the other things that are available in toothpaste. Sensodyne complete protection is designed for sensitivity sufferers, its also delivering on the other attributes delivering a complete package. Phil oh no. under his breath hey man hey peter. unenthusiastic oh. Ha ha ha joanne . Is that you . Its me. Jingle jingle. If youre peter pan, you stay young forever. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. You make me feel so young. Its what you do. You make me feel so spring has sprung. I take pictures of sunrises, but with my back pain i couldnt sleep and get up in time. Then i found aleve pm. Aleve pm is the only one to combine a safe sleep aid plus the 12 hour pain relieving strength of aleve. Im back. Could do this. I didnt know why anybody would want to kill him. You watch it on tv. You see it all the time. You just dont think it can happen to you. They were a young couple in a hurry to make their fortune. 50s, 100s, 20s. Piles of money. Building a life. Until one life ended. All too soon. What happened to your husband, maam . I believe hes hes dead. He was laying on the floor, and i got scared, and i ran out of the house. A young father murdered in broad daylight. Didnt look like a robbery. Lots of valuables left behind. Lots of secrets too. It just kind of sent chills up my back. Something was tearing a family apart. I dont even know where to start. Or was it someone . The most coldblooded, evil person. A family feud, and an innocent man, caught in the middle. You know these shows you watch that people see the ghosts of their loved ones . I wanted that so bad, so bad. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Heres Keith Morrison with the reporter the hunting is good here in the arkansas delta. Twice a year, a horde of migrating mallards descends on flooded rice fields. Deer stare out through thickets of hardwood. You have to be quiet, surefooted, your aim true. Thats what marc despains dad taught him. Thats what marc taught his own son. Before hatred wormed its way in. Sometimes its overwhelming that anger, isnt it . It is. It is. Reporter the anger that pitted father against son. It almost got physical. It just it breaks my heart. Reporter and husband against wife. I just wanted to go into protective mode and protect us all. Reporter and brought the hunting to town on a deathly quiet summer afternoon. Can you please hurry . Okay. Im going to get them out there. Reporter what could be left but the bitter taste of recrimination. He is evil. He is not the kind person that hes got the public convinced that he is. Reporter jonesboro is both a college town and a farm town. Tends to the needs of young minds and rice farmers on the vast plain of sticky, fertile clay west of the mississippi river. Its where marc despain breezed through school with his easy charm. Tana is his mother. He was the only freshman that we know of that was chosen by a senior to go to the senior prom. Reporter marc became a High School Football star and his sister jacque watched him bring his trophies home to lay at the feet of his father, jack. He really did look up to dad. And he you know, he always wanted to, you know, impress him reporter and then well, its an old story, really. When i was 18 and he was 19, we just bumped into each other. Reporter pretty michelle. She was sitting on top of a car when marc spotted her one night. Tiny, doeeyed, and, before long, pregnant. The way i was brought up, you know, if you got a girl pregnant, you married her. Thats just that was just what you did. Reporter so there was a shotgun wedding. Two families thrown together, marc and his parents, jack and tana. Michelle and her long divorced parents, her mom kathy and her dad carl. Michelle also brought along a baby from an earlier relationship. And he never treated her like she was not his. Never. Reporter together they had two boys. He loved his kids. I mean, just anything they ever dreamed of, he would do his anything. Reporter the Little Family moved into a trailer marcs parents bought them. And marc studied hard to become a real estate appraiser, like his mom, and went into business with his parents, which, said michelle, is about when things began to go wrong. Marc didnt like to be pushed around by his dad. He was an independent person. Reporter the growing tension spilled over at the kitchen table. Marc demanded a bigger share of the money. They argued. And then michelle chimed in. Oh boy. Oh my goodness, when she opened her mouth, dad just flipped off the handle. And, of course, marc just, i dont know, stepped in as a husband, like a husband should do. Reporter thats how it began, the trouble between father and son. The trouble that was going to get so much worse. Marc split away from the family business. Michelle helped with the i was just amazed at what they were able to accomplish. Reporter and they were a good team, said michelles mom, kathy. They both just had the ability to Work Together to and make money. Reporter marc got into real estate investment. His first, a trailer park no one else would touch. I couldnt believe he bought that. I was just, what are you thinking . Have you lost your mind . He flipped it. Made him about 100,000 profit. Reporter and so having done it once, he figured hed do it again. Absolutely. Reporter and again and again. Absolutely. Reporter and the money seemed to roll in. Marc moved his family to an upscale neighborhood in the southern part of town. Adrift from his own parents, he spent more and more time with michelles, taking them on family trips. Even hired michelles dad, carl, to be his rent collector. I remember a lot of times walking in and carl would be sitting at the dining room table. And must be 50s, 100s, 20s. He was counting them like a drug dealer. Reporter just piles of piles of money. Reporter and then, one august afternoon, michelle came home from work early. When i walked in, there werent any lights on. Everything was knocked onto the floor. Reporter and then she got to the kitchen. And there he was. And hes laying in the floor, and there was blood coming all out from behind him. And i shook his leg and said his and i looked around, and there was stuff in the floor everywhere. And i got scared. Repter she ran outde, terrifd, and cald 91 11, atsour emgenc my my my husband. I just came home maam, i need you to take a deep breath. Okay . And tell me whats going on. Don know. Reporter michelle ran across the street to a neighbors house, desperate to hide. Okay . Do u wante to staon the n i ne to call my mom. Kay. Ll youmom. Im ing to get tm en rou. T was a ice thatcare. U knowouick the pne. You he onef yo kidon the one,nd you heacrying eporter kathyacedver there,oundichellsobbing the rb. A shes i got toet t him. Got toet to him. I st kd of grabb my daughter bthe ould. And m li, michee, hs go. Hes gone. Reporter so he was. Dead on his own kitchen floor. A young wife is now a widow and the horror of what she witnessed is unforgettable. Reporter is it a sight that lives in your mind a lot . A lot. Her familys good life suddenly gone or maybe it hadnt been so good. He was kind of embarrassed to have to come and get money from money, is that a clue . Ntures with toothpaste or plain water. And even though their dentures look clean, in reality theyre not. 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Oh yeah. Reporter outside, a crowd of police, and friends and family, and curious neighbors, gathered house. Among them, in an awful state, was marcs sister jacque. You know, everything was wrapped in tape. And police officers, you cant cross here. You cant do this, you cant do that. I dont know. I just wanted to hold his hand or something. Reporter detective vic brooks was on the other side of that police tape. When i first walked in, i noticed that were some papers that appeared to be knocked on the ground. And there was some broken glass and stuff like that on the floor. Reporter investigators snapped photos of the chaos. Drawers pulled out in a bedroom. Clothes thrown into the bathtub. A jewelry case toppled over. Like somebody was looking for something . Possibly. Reporter they asked around the neighborhood, did anyone see any strangers that afternoon . And yes, someone did, investigators told prosecutor, scott ellington. An African American was seen in the neighborhood wearing a certain colored shirt. Reporter it wasnt just that. Later somebody said they saw an circling the neighborhood. So, thieves casing the house . Maybe. And yet, as detective brooks looked around the house, he could see this just didnt have the hallmarks of a robbery the valuable stuff tv sets, guns, computers were untouched. And look at this photo. Sitting next to marcs keys and a cell phone on the kitchen island, is a container of ice cream. It appeared that he had just walked in and set these items down, and then was caught totally off guard. Reporter all of that seemed to shriek of a planned ambush dressed up a little to look like robbery. The way investigators pieced it together, somebody was waiting for marc to get home, then crept up from behind, shot him twice. He had suffered two gunshot wounds, one that appeared to have entered on his left side, and then another shot that he had sustained to his face. Reporter that was a kind of what is a kill shot or something . Yes, sir. Sure. It appeared so, yes. Reporter why would someone want to kill marc despain . I was so confused. I just i didnt think marc had any enemies. And i didnt know why anybody would want to kill him. Reporter detective brooks soon discovered a possible reason. Even though theyd been living lavishly, marc had serious money trouble. He was kind of embarrassed to have to come and get money from me. Reporter it was a couple of months before the murder, said michelles mother kathy. Marc asked her for cash to help pay for michelles birthday present. You know, thats very unusual. Because usually they just go out and buy whatever they want. Reporter not anymore. That summer, 2011, jonesboro real estate was far from recovered. Many of marcs rental properties were underwater. The bank was closing in. Tenants were being forced out of their homes. So you know, was anybody upset with marc . Was this any of his tenants . Like that . Reporter and then, an ugly little surprise crawled out of marcs own troubled family. Marc and his parents were lobbing lawsuits at each other over some shared property. The prosecutor heard that marcs dad, jack, was a hothead. Jack was very, very angry at marc for mishandling this property that they coowned together. Reporter yes. But it went deeper than that, went to a very dark place, as you will see. And because of it, marc hadnt spoken to his parents in years. So when jack showed up at the crime scene, the suspicion was, well, audible. Michelles dad, carl, started yelling at him. Cursing very loudly. Calling him all kinds of names. Reporter but what was he saying . Theres that son of a bitch, jack despain. Reporter did you think jack was somehow responsible . Oh, yeah. Yall look at my dad. Reporter so, of course, detective brooks invited jack down to the Police Station. Just maybe this mystery would have a quick, if very disturbing, solution. Coming up a young girl makes a troubling accusation that defines a family oh my god. Could this have possibly happened . But was that the motive for murder . When dateline continues. Reporter its an unpleasant thing to think about. Parents murdering their own children. But it happens. Is an old story, frankly. Some awful glitch, perhaps, in the human recipe. Had it happened here, in jonesboro . Suspicion fell quickly on marcs dad, jack despain. Michelles mom heard about it when she called to tell a relative that marc was dead. Somebodys murdered marc. And he was like, oh my god. He said, have they found jack despain . Reporter he thought right away it was jack. Close to jack and his family knew, a poison far more potent than money had come between father and son. I never saw it coming. I dont think marc ever saw it coming. Reporter it began, said michelle, when her 13yearold daughter told them an ugly story, that her grandpa jack asked her to take nude photos of herself on his phone. Marc called a family meeting. Marc told his dad, theres a problem. We want to help you. You know, were not here to point fingers at you or judge you. Reporter jack swore he did nothing wrong. Marc called in the police. Tana, jacks wife of more than 30 years, left him. Moved in with marc and michelle. Well, how do you prepare for a thing like that . You dont. You dont prepare reporter well, what is that like . You just your mind is is in overdrive, you know, trying to think, you know, oh my god, could this have possibly reporter but after the police interviewed the girl, and then jack, and then the girl again, and heard her story change, become more elaborate, the investigation was dropped. And tana, driven with guilt for ever suspecting jack abused his granddaughter, went back to him and begged forgiveness. The man ive been married to for over 30 years and went to high school with, and then doubting him, and knowing i shouldnt have. Reporter but marc and michelle, believing the girl, never spoke to his mom or dad again. Cut them off from their grandkids. Disowned marcs sister when she took jacks side. I believe dad 100 . I dont believe he had anything to do with it. Reporter so that was the ugly backdrop to the murder investigation. And detective brooks would have to figure out if this yearsold unproven allegation had so eaten away at marcs dad that it pushed him over the edge. Number one. Mr. Despain. Reporter detective brooks sat down with jack in an Interrogation Room and watched the man fall apart. I cant. Reporter was this true grief the detective was witnessing . Or regret . Or guilt over something jack had done . Or hadnt done. Reporter too late. What did he mean . Jack didnt shy away from discussing those abuse allegations. Heres how it happened, he said. She had taken some nude photos of herself and sent them to her boyfriends. Reporter jack said he found out the girl was sexting, confronted her, said he was going to tell her parents. But she got to them before he did, jack said, and invented the story to get out of trouble. So they took her side, i guess. Was the bad person. Reporter jack told us the same story, eager, he said, to finally set the record straight. You didnt ever ask her to take pictures of herself and give them to you . No, no. Reporter but the accusation, said jack, almost destroyed him. I was at home. I could have opened up my own whiskey store, i think, with how much whiskey i drunk for two months. And typically i dont drink. But that was just to kill the pain. Reporter because everybody assumed that you were abusing your own granddaughter. Yes, yes, yes. Reporter the detective wondered, did jacks pain drive him to seek revenge on his own son . No, said jack, no. He wanted to reconcile with marc, not kill him. I know i aint talked to my son in four, five years but i loved him dearly. Reporter anyway, when marc miles away at his own house. I was on the roof trying to put some shingles on. Reporter that alibi would have to be checked out, of course. But even before detective brooks had a chance to do that, other members of the family came down to the Police Station and told him, dont be fooled by jacks tears. He was an angry, possibly violent man. He said, i will ruin you and your family. He said, for you all accusing me of this. He said, i will see you ruined. Reporter this is michelles dad, carl. The man whod been cursing jack out on the street right there at the murder scene. If i was going to point a finger at anybody, if thats what youre asking, id point it at jack despain. Reporter detective brooks could plainly see this was a family with a troubling history. So he made a decision to attend marc despains visitation, take a look around, see what his gut would tell him. I saw a note where you, in your case file, you wrote, this has to be one of the strangest visitations i have ever attended . It was just a cold feeling. It just did not feel right. Reporter was the killer sitting among the mourners, planning a next move . Coming up a family feud at the funeral. She calls the police on us. And somebody else calls the police with a tip that could crack the case. Reporter thats a nice little gift. It was. This is the time the time for harmony let love be the song that everybody sings fill the air with joyful noise ring the bells and raise your voice let there be peace on earth music starts and plays throughout gucci guilty the fragrances for him and for her. Lets get these dayquil liquid gels and go. But these liquid gels are new. Mucinex fast max. Its the same difference. This one is max strength and fights mucus. Mucinex fast max. The only cold and flu liquid gel thats maxstrength and fights mucus. Lets end this. 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I couldnt even tell you who was at the you know, who was there. It was just a blur. It all still just feels like a blur. Reporter but there was one thing she was clear about. Marcs parents and sister were not welcome at his funeral. What was the funeral like for you . Oh, it was awful. We couldnt sit down on the main level with family. Reporter why . Michelle wouldnt let us. She barred us. Reporter it was the same at the cemetery. Shes literally trying to get him in the ground before we can even walk up. Reporter you mean get them to fill in the grave . Yes. So, we just immediately jump out of our car and we start rushing to the graveside. And she calls the police on us. Brothers funeral. Reporter yet, for all the chatter about jack, that he might have killed his own son, detective brooks instincts said no. Jacks alibi checked out. He was fixing his roof afternoon of the murder. And those tears in the Interrogation Room i did not feel anything as being fake from mr. Despain. He appeared to be a broken man at that time. Reporter so what to make of the fractured family and all the bad blood now tangled up with so much grief . Detective brooks thought back to his interview with michelles dad, carl, the man who pointed a finger at jack on day one. He told him he didnt want to have nothing to do with him. Reporter carl said hed been in marcs house not too long before the murder, dropped off some rent money. Why didnt they shoot me i had the money in my hand. Reporter interesting timing . Coincidence . Or, as detective brooks wondered, did carl have something to do with the murder . Maybe not. Carls alibi checked out. Surveillance cameras, in fact, caught carl right where he said he was around the time marc was gunned down, meeting his daughter at the bank where she worked. He could not have shot marc. While the investigation continued, marcs parents spent time at the cemetery, finally able to do what they couldnt when their son was still alive. Wed talk to him. Talk to marc. And rainy days were the worst. I didnt like rainy days. Reporter what do you mean rainy days . I didnt like him getting wet. I knew he was in heaven. But i just didnt like the rain on him. Reporter and then . Pure luck, really. Remember how neighbors reported seeing an African American stranger in the neighborhood . With a tip. Somebody who matched that description was actually boasting about shooting marc despain. That was a nice, little gift . It was. Reporter didnt take them long to find the guy. Street name, qualow. Real name, terrance barker. And he was nervous. I can see your heart beating through that shirt right now. I know youre scared. Reporter he denied everything. I dont know what to tell you, man. I didnt do this. Reporter detective brooks wasnt buying it. Because by then, the police also tracked down the driver of that beat up blue mercedes seen near the house before the murder. And he told the cops he took qualow to meet a man in a Church Parking lot. And that man wanted a job done. Was that job murder . I didnt do that. I did not do that, sir. Reporter by now detective brooks had been working night his store of patience ran out. This is serious [ bleep ] to me. Ive got three kids that are laying over there crying. Reporter was it that angry speech or another long night in his cell . The next day, qualow, came clean. For a promise of 7 to 10 thousand, still unpaid, he said, he took the job to shoot and kill marc despain. You fired the first round and that round hits him where . It hits in the chest area. Reporter he didnt know marc from adam, he said. It was the man from the parking lot who took him to marcs house, told him where to lie in wait for marc, gave him a gun. And then qualow said something rather surprising. Ive been thinking, like, man, what the what what what in the hell kind of people do [ bleep ] like that . Reporter the shooter who executed a stranger for the mere promise of a few grand, said he was appalled. Not at himself, at the man who man. You know, its especially people that you think care about you and love you. Theyre supposed to be these are the same [ bleep ] that be in your face plotting on you. Reporter if the hitman was telling the truth, detective brooks hunch had been right. Someone who claimed to love marc, also plotted his death. But who . Coming up michelle confesses to an affair. My dad didnt know that. Marc didnt i mean, nobody knew that. And there was another surprise. There were two insurance policies, each for the amount of 500,000. When dateline continues. Phil oh no. under his breath hey man hey peter. unenthusiastic oh. Ha ha ha joanne . Is that you . Its me. You dont look a day over 70. Am i right . Jingle jingle. If youre peter pan, its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. You make me feel so young. 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She was stunned. I thought that he cared for marc, you know. The father of my kids. Reporter but michelles mom, kathy, was not so surprised. She knew what carl was capable of. She divorced him years earlier, she said, to escape his explosions of temper. He never would hit me because he didnt want to leave a mark. Reporter what would he do . He would hold a gun to my head. Reporter hold a gun to your head . Yes. Reporter threaten you . Yes. Reporter still, what would make him mad enough to have marc killed . Confronted, carls face turned to stone. Im not going to say anything without a lawyer, vic. Reporter but, as investigators discovered, carl had been talking to other people, told them marc had been physically abusing michelle, that he was tired of it. Did you investigate whether or not any abuse actually occurred in that marriage . There was not any abuse ever found to have been to have reporter so if the abuse