mark s parents were certain that he didn t come up with the idea on his own. the real mastermind, they believed, someone else very close to mark. his wife, marcia. as a mom, i could see carl taking my son s life with outmuscled being involved. michelle was far from a loving, doting wife, he said. the woman they knew was pure self interest, would do anything to get what she wanted. exhibit a? so, what was it that just turned marc against you? michele s manipulation. it was michele who pushed mark to break away from the family business, they said. michelle who tore the family apart by stoking her own daughter s allegations of abuse. drive a permanent wedge between mark and his dad and get mark and his money also herself.
a robbery. the way investigators pieced together, somebody was waiting for marquette home. then, crept up from behind, shot him twice. he should ve heard two gunshot wounds, one on his side, and another to his face. that was kind of a kill shot, or something? yes. somebody is making sure? it appears so, yes. why would somebody want to kill marc despain? i was so confused. i didn t think marc had any enemies. and i don t know why anybody would want to kill him. detective brooks soon discovered a possible reason. even though they had been living lavishly, marc had serious money trouble. he was kind of embarrassed to have to come and get money from me. it was a few months before the murder, said michele s mother kathy, marc asked her for cash to help pay for
crime scene, suspicion was michele s dad, carl, started yelling. cursing very loudly. calling him all kinds of names. but what was he saying? there s no sign of a bitch did you think jack was somehow responsible? if anything happens to me, look at my dad. so of course, detectives invited him down to the police station. just maybe this mystery, but at a quick very disturbing solution. coming up, a young girl makes a troubling accusation that divides a family. oh my god, could this have possibly happen? but was that the motive for murder? was it even true? when the root of all evil continues. evil continues. (coughing) breeze driftin on by
start talking about a plea deal. the defense played a top, said that michele was only able to admit that she had learned about her father s plot after the murder. she is admitting to having knowledge of someone being in bold and not disclosing that to the police. she would agree to plead guilty to a charge of hindering apprehension, so the defense. after some prayer, mark s mother said she could live with that. i m not a gambling person. you know, even if we d went to one sympathetic juror to haveen set her free. it was more than three years after the death of her husband when michelle to spain walked into the courtroom to be re-sentenced. in handcuffs, mouthing i love you to her mom. her dad and the shooter got 35 years. but michelle? she got sentenced to 30
should do. that is how it began. the charm between father and son, the trouble that was going to get so much worse. mark split away from the family business, michel i have tim with bookkeeping. i was just amazed at what they were able to accomplish. they were a good team said michele s mother. they both just had the ability to work together, to make money. mark got into real estate investment, his first a trailer park no one else would touch. i couldn t believe he bought that. what are you thinking? have you lost your mind? he flipped the. made about 100,000 dollar profit. so we did it once he figured he could do it again and again? absolutely. and the money seemed to roll in. mark moved his family to an upscale neighborhood in the southern part of town. he spent more and more time with michelle, taking them on family chips, even hired