i think it s hard not to love tammy. they were very happy. very happy. it seemed to be a simple case of a robbery gone horribly wrong. we realize that he was dead or dying. but nothing about this case with simple. not the marriage and not the murders. it just kept getting more red flags coming up. the surprises just kept on coming. he said, can i talk to in private? what dork force claimed two lives? i feel like she still. i feel her with me. hello. hello. and welcome to dateline. it was a quiet afternoon at the park are housed. tammy and her husband brett were both at homes when suddenly gunfire erupted, leaving two people dead and police racing to the scene. the sole survivor would share a tale describing an unlikely intruder and a desperate fight to survive. but what story would the evidence tell? here is andrea canning with mystery at ascot estates. life seems to move just a little slower in south carolina. afternoons in columbia can be
red flags coming up. the surprises just kept on coming. he said, can i talk to in private? what dork force claimed two lives? i feel like she still. i feel her with me. hello. hello. and welcome to dateline. it was a quiet afternoon at the park are housed. tammy and her husband brett were both at homes when suddenly gunfire erupted, leaving two people dead and police racing to the scene. the sole survivor would share a tale describing an unlikely intruder and a desperate fight to survive. but what story would the evidence tell? here is andrea canning with mystery at ascot estates. life seems to move just a little slower in south carolina. afternoons in columbia can be spent on the meandering saluda river or nearby lake murray. and tucked away inside this capital city is ascot estates. we re old southern charm mingles with new money. not much in the way of drama here. until april, 2012. friday the 13th. when something sinister happened. i turned on
could tammy sell anything? she could sell anything. it is just our personality. everyone liked her. and tammy had something else that set her apart. talent. i can t remember the first time i heard her sing, but i was amazed. amazed at how great she was. tammy sang with a local band, jumpstart. woody woodward was lead guitarist in one of her biggest fans. voices like that are just gifts. somebody gives you that from above. friends thought she could take her talent big-time. but tammy seemed happy to remain in columbia. one of her gigs was at her friend ben staples annual barbecue. is this time tammy s stage? well yes, she enjoyed this. tammy was an entertainer. she didn t just stand up there and sing. along the way, in 1996, tammy met and married a local boy, brett parker. a medical supply salesman. he had been a star athlete in high school. his aunt sandra hunter says he
the parkers with their children had just returned from a family cruise, tanned and smiling. a relative on that cruise told brett s aunt sandra hunter, it had been a wonderful trip. she said that that was the happiest she had seen brett and tammy. and now brett s friends saw a man in pain after losing his wife. he d just breakdown crying. and he would cry all the time. as for shooting bryan, howie believed his friend had to do what he had to do. he didn t have a choice. it was either him or bryan, that s the way he told us, over and over. you know? to those grieving for tammy, it seemed that at least there had been some terrible justice for bryan. people that loved tammy so much, you know, you couldn t help but feel that he may maybe people thought maybe he got what he deserve. investigators told reporters that tragic deaths were the result of a robbery gone bad. it seemed like a cut and dry case. but things aren t always what
woody woodward was lead guitarist in one of her biggest fans. voices like that are just gifts. somebody gives you that from above. friends thought she could take her talent big-time. but tammy seemed happy to remain in columbia. one of her gigs was at her friend ben staples annual barbecue. is this time tammy s stage? well yes, she enjoyed this. tammy was an entertainer. she didn t just stand up there and sing. along the way, in 1996, tammy met and married a local boy, brett parker. a medical supply salesman. he had been a star athlete in high school. his aunt sandra hunter says he was always throwing some kind of ball. playing football and softball and baseball. and he was an all american kid. an injury sidelined any thoughts of a career in professional sports. so brett took up amateur softball. that s how he met one of his closest friends howdy bear.