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
brett s resolvolver and in bria hand police found a .9 pistol used to kill tammie. near brian s body was his open gym bag with ammo and magazine clip clearly visible on top. to investigators it looked like brett parker fought for his life and fought a man in self-defense and had just lost his beautiful wife. the big question was why? why would such a good friend turn on them. one of the first questions i asked him was what was his relationship with this man and he said can i talk to you in private? on the side he had been a sports bookie for years. everybody knew that. did that concern you? every small town has a bookie. that s something i didn t even think about. he was not the sopranos break
the day after saying he doesn t know if he is still his personal attorney. this comes after a report that federal prosecutors are investigating giuliani s dealings with ukraine. now back to dateline. welcome back to dateline. brett parker was heading to trial, charged with the double murder of his wife tammie and their friend. brett admitted shooting brian in self-defense though he claims it was only after brian killed tammy, but prosecutors were prepared to show brett had plenty of motive to want his wife dead including a revelation that would stun even tammie s best friend. back now to andrea with mystery at ascot estates. in august of 2012, columbia, south carolina was reeling from the news that brett parker, the
this southern town had suddenly become the scene of a deadly crime. get somebody over here. okay. i need you to stay on the phone with me, okay? home security video shows brett parker calling 911 outside of his house, collapsing on the ground as he describes what happened. a violent robbery that left his wife dead. listen to me, i understand you are very upset but is your wife, is she breathing? no. and there was more to the story. brett had killed the perpetrator in self-defense. i shot him. i think i killed him. the veteran investigator headed to the scene. what was your first interaction with brett parker?