1 00:00:01,367 --> 00:00:02,567 NARRATOR: For Montie Smith, 2 00:00:02,634 --> 00:00:06,066 no woman will ever come close to his first love. 3 00:00:06,133 --> 00:00:08,767 MONTIE: Tabatha, she was beautiful. 4 00:00:08,834 --> 00:00:11,367 Always had her makeup done, her hair was always perfect, 5 00:00:11,367 --> 00:00:13,667 and we just had this bond right away. 6 00:00:13,667 --> 00:00:15,166 JERMAINE: Definitely two beautiful people that 7 00:00:15,233 --> 00:00:17,467 were attracted to each other. 8 00:00:17,533 --> 00:00:18,967 A lot of chemistry. 9 00:00:19,033 --> 00:00:20,567 NARRATOR: But one Halloween night, 10 00:00:20,567 --> 00:00:24,867 he's bewitched by sexy Shaynna Sims. 11 00:00:24,934 --> 00:00:27,867 Someone just kind of grabbed me by my shirt, 12 00:00:27,934 --> 00:00:29,867 dark hair, pretty face. 13 00:00:29,867 --> 00:00:31,967 JERMAINE: Shaynna did have a bad side. 14 00:00:31,967 --> 00:00:34,767 You just never knew when it was gonna come out 15 00:00:34,767 --> 00:00:35,767 or what was gonna happen. 16 00:00:35,767 --> 00:00:39,667 NARRATOR: And his life becomes a horror show. 17 00:00:39,734 --> 00:00:42,266 STEVE: It's macabre, it's disturbing. 18 00:00:42,266 --> 00:00:44,467 It's reprehensible. 19 00:00:44,533 --> 00:00:47,100 MONTIE: I could not believe what I was hearing. 20 00:00:47,100 --> 00:00:48,967 I can't believe that this is the woman 21 00:00:48,967 --> 00:00:50,266 that I'm married to. 22 00:00:50,266 --> 00:00:51,967 LORI: It is the most bizarre set of 23 00:00:51,967 --> 00:00:54,166 circumstances I've ever covered in 31 years. 24 00:00:58,300 --> 00:01:02,133 [theme music playing] 25 00:01:16,767 --> 00:01:19,166 I grew up an only child, just me and my mom. 26 00:01:19,166 --> 00:01:22,767 She had me at an early age, 19. 27 00:01:22,834 --> 00:01:23,967 NARRATOR: In the 1980s, 28 00:01:23,967 --> 00:01:26,867 Montie Smith is an only child growing up in 29 00:01:26,934 --> 00:01:28,767 Okmulgee, Oklahoma. 30 00:01:28,834 --> 00:01:30,867 His dad is not present in his life, 31 00:01:30,867 --> 00:01:34,166 so his mom is everything to Montie. 32 00:01:34,166 --> 00:01:36,467 She was about 5'1", little woman. 33 00:01:36,467 --> 00:01:38,667 You know, but she was -- she was spicy. 34 00:01:38,667 --> 00:01:40,467 Straight to the point with me. 35 00:01:40,467 --> 00:01:42,667 She's like, "I'm not gonna let you grow up to be a bad kid. 36 00:01:42,667 --> 00:01:44,567 I'm gonna be telling you what's right and wrong." 37 00:01:44,634 --> 00:01:45,934 She was good at that. 38 00:01:47,500 --> 00:01:49,166 JERMAINE: He was very close to his mom. 39 00:01:49,233 --> 00:01:50,667 You know, that was his rock. 40 00:01:50,667 --> 00:01:53,867 I have childhood memories of Montie and I, uh, you know, 41 00:01:53,867 --> 00:01:57,767 playing in the backyard while our -- our mothers were inside, 42 00:01:57,767 --> 00:01:58,967 you know, doing their thing. 43 00:01:59,967 --> 00:02:02,066 NARRATOR: Montie's mother is in ill health for 44 00:02:02,133 --> 00:02:05,367 most of his childhood with kidney disease. 45 00:02:05,367 --> 00:02:08,567 MONTIE: Um, my mom was on dialysis for my whole life. 46 00:02:08,634 --> 00:02:09,767 Three days a week, you know, 47 00:02:09,767 --> 00:02:12,867 we had to go to the hospital and for eight hours at a time 48 00:02:12,934 --> 00:02:15,066 for her to do dialysis. 49 00:02:15,066 --> 00:02:17,166 She was a very strong woman though, she still, you know, 50 00:02:17,166 --> 00:02:19,567 was able to hold the job down, too. 51 00:02:19,567 --> 00:02:22,066 JERMAINE: He was going to school, he was at home, you know, 52 00:02:22,066 --> 00:02:24,967 making sure his mom had what she needed or they needed. 53 00:02:25,033 --> 00:02:28,367 He definitely had to grow up a lot faster than the rest of us. 54 00:02:31,567 --> 00:02:33,066 NARRATOR: Whenever Montie gets the chance, 55 00:02:33,066 --> 00:02:35,266 he heads to the basketball court 56 00:02:35,266 --> 00:02:37,867 with his best friend, Jermaine. 57 00:02:37,934 --> 00:02:39,767 MONTIE: Basketball was a big thing. 58 00:02:39,767 --> 00:02:42,367 So we played basketball nonstop. 59 00:02:42,433 --> 00:02:44,266 Everybody wanted to be the star player, 60 00:02:44,333 --> 00:02:45,867 the most popular. 61 00:02:45,934 --> 00:02:48,166 JERMAINE: We always had a ball in our hand -- for Montie, 62 00:02:48,166 --> 00:02:49,266 it was strictly basketball. 63 00:02:49,266 --> 00:02:51,367 He was -- he was a very good basketball player. 64 00:02:51,367 --> 00:02:53,567 NARRATOR: After graduating from high school, 65 00:02:53,634 --> 00:02:57,066 Montie attends college, but he and Jermaine still have time 66 00:02:57,066 --> 00:02:58,166 to play ball. 67 00:02:58,166 --> 00:03:01,000 This is how they meet Montie's first love, 68 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,467 Tabatha Lynch, in 1993. 69 00:03:04,467 --> 00:03:07,066 JERMAINE: Tabatha and Montie grew close very quickly. 70 00:03:07,133 --> 00:03:08,667 The way that they looked at each other, 71 00:03:08,667 --> 00:03:12,266 I could tell that that was his first love. 72 00:03:12,266 --> 00:03:13,867 We were a magnet towards each other. 73 00:03:13,867 --> 00:03:16,867 I did kind of feel like I, you know, was a lucky guy, 74 00:03:16,934 --> 00:03:18,166 because we just always had 75 00:03:18,166 --> 00:03:19,867 a good time together no matter what we did. 76 00:03:19,867 --> 00:03:24,767 There was never any arguing, just had fun all the time. 77 00:03:24,767 --> 00:03:26,667 NARRATOR: After dating for three years, 78 00:03:26,667 --> 00:03:29,667 Montie and Tabatha eventually drift apart. 79 00:03:31,100 --> 00:03:34,333 She was in college playing basketball, and so was I. 80 00:03:35,767 --> 00:03:37,667 She was at a different school, 81 00:03:37,667 --> 00:03:40,567 so we didn't get to see each other a lot. 82 00:03:40,567 --> 00:03:43,166 JERMAINE: I know life happens, but I would have definitely 83 00:03:43,166 --> 00:03:46,367 liked to have seen them stay together back in those days. 84 00:03:46,433 --> 00:03:50,367 That was definitely the one that got away from Montie. 85 00:03:54,567 --> 00:03:58,634 NARRATOR: After college, Montie becomes a mechanic and gets married. 86 00:04:00,300 --> 00:04:03,567 But 10 years later, as his mother's health deteriorates, 87 00:04:03,567 --> 00:04:05,734 so too does his marriage. 88 00:04:07,100 --> 00:04:09,166 JERMAINE: Montie, of course, wanted to be 89 00:04:09,233 --> 00:04:10,400 around his mother more. 90 00:04:10,467 --> 00:04:13,467 Definitely played a role in his relationship with his wife. 91 00:04:15,667 --> 00:04:18,667 MONTIE: After me and my wife had split up, 92 00:04:18,734 --> 00:04:20,667 you know, my mother had a stroke, 93 00:04:20,667 --> 00:04:23,467 [monitor beeping] 94 00:04:23,467 --> 00:04:24,467 and then there was, you know, 95 00:04:24,467 --> 00:04:27,000 just her health just went quickly. 96 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,133 JERMAINE: It took a rough toll, and it took a toll on him mentally. 97 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,266 But the day that I found out that she passed, 98 00:04:33,266 --> 00:04:36,967 I was on a motorcycle ride out of town. 99 00:04:37,033 --> 00:04:40,934 That was a hard moment, and I was crying inside my helmet. 100 00:04:42,166 --> 00:04:45,133 Yeah, I felt empty after my mom was gone, you know. 101 00:04:46,467 --> 00:04:48,066 I was just 102 00:04:48,066 --> 00:04:52,100 trying to get through one day at a time, and... 103 00:04:52,100 --> 00:04:55,333 hide my emotions from everybody, you know. 104 00:04:57,700 --> 00:04:59,667 I worked as much as I could. 105 00:04:59,734 --> 00:05:02,767 I developed this new passion for motorcycles. 106 00:05:02,767 --> 00:05:06,867 So I'd just, you know, get on my bike and ride when I could. 107 00:05:06,934 --> 00:05:08,166 That was my escape. 108 00:05:15,467 --> 00:05:18,166 NARRATOR: On Halloween night in 2010, 109 00:05:18,166 --> 00:05:20,166 Montie's life begins looking up 110 00:05:20,166 --> 00:05:22,667 when he attends a party at a local club. 111 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,533 So we walk in, there was a lot of good costumes there. 112 00:05:27,700 --> 00:05:30,967 I was standing there, and someone just kinda grabbed me 113 00:05:30,967 --> 00:05:33,667 by my shirt, and I -- before I can 114 00:05:33,667 --> 00:05:35,867 get a chance to see what was happening, 115 00:05:35,867 --> 00:05:38,000 I was being pulled onto the dance floor, 116 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,166 and then never even faced me. 117 00:05:40,233 --> 00:05:42,767 She was just looking the other way and dancing with me. 118 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:45,367 I didn't know what to think about her. 119 00:05:45,367 --> 00:05:46,467 At first I was like, that's -- 120 00:05:46,467 --> 00:05:49,166 that's kind of an aggressive approach right there. 121 00:05:49,166 --> 00:05:52,367 So then that song was over, and I walked over to 122 00:05:52,367 --> 00:05:56,166 stand by the bar area, and then she came with me. 123 00:05:56,166 --> 00:05:57,867 I said, "My name is Montie," 124 00:05:57,867 --> 00:06:00,367 and she said, "Oh, my name's Shaynna." 125 00:06:00,367 --> 00:06:04,266 NARRATOR: Shaynna Sims is a 22-year-old hairstylist. 126 00:06:04,266 --> 00:06:07,667 MONTIE: She was about the same height as me, and, you know, 127 00:06:07,667 --> 00:06:10,867 that's kind of tall for a woman -- she had dark hair, 128 00:06:10,867 --> 00:06:12,367 you know, pretty face. 129 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:15,266 Then we just kept talking. 130 00:06:15,333 --> 00:06:19,867 She stayed by my side for the rest of the night. 131 00:06:19,934 --> 00:06:21,567 That was a nice feeling, to have 132 00:06:21,567 --> 00:06:23,667 a pretty girl like that interested in me. 133 00:06:23,667 --> 00:06:25,567 You know, because I was 134 00:06:25,567 --> 00:06:27,166 kind of feeling down on myself a little bit, you know, 135 00:06:27,166 --> 00:06:29,100 right before that happened. 136 00:06:29,100 --> 00:06:31,066 We went back to her house. 137 00:06:31,133 --> 00:06:33,467 I spent the night there with her the first night, you know, 138 00:06:33,467 --> 00:06:36,967 just talking and hanging out till the sun came up. 139 00:06:36,967 --> 00:06:38,967 NARRATOR: The relationship moves quickly, 140 00:06:38,967 --> 00:06:42,166 and a few months later, in January 2011, 141 00:06:42,166 --> 00:06:43,634 they move in together. 142 00:06:45,066 --> 00:06:46,266 It was never a dull moment, 143 00:06:46,333 --> 00:06:48,367 I'll say that -- we had fun, 144 00:06:48,367 --> 00:06:51,166 um, we did a lot of things together. 145 00:06:51,233 --> 00:06:54,467 JERMAINE: I remember him being excited when he told me 146 00:06:54,467 --> 00:06:56,867 that he had met Shaynna and how he lit up 147 00:06:56,867 --> 00:06:59,734 when he talked about Shaynna originally. 148 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:02,166 MONTIE: Next thing I know, we started 149 00:07:02,166 --> 00:07:04,333 talking about maybe we should get married. 150 00:07:05,567 --> 00:07:07,367 NARRATOR: Just a few weeks later, 151 00:07:07,367 --> 00:07:10,367 Montie surprises Shaynna with a ring. 152 00:07:10,433 --> 00:07:12,000 MONTIE: So we're at dinner. 153 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,667 I waited for the right moment, and then I got down on one knee. 154 00:07:15,667 --> 00:07:19,467 I asked her, you know, to marry me, and she said yes. 155 00:07:19,467 --> 00:07:20,667 I put the ring on her finger. 156 00:07:20,667 --> 00:07:23,967 She just was very excited and happy. 157 00:07:24,967 --> 00:07:26,367 JERMAINE: He was all in on the -- 158 00:07:26,367 --> 00:07:28,767 on this relationship, and this is what he wanted. 159 00:07:28,767 --> 00:07:31,367 She seemed to be feeling the same way, 160 00:07:31,433 --> 00:07:32,667 so I was very supportive. 161 00:07:35,066 --> 00:07:37,467 MONTIE: We had decided to get married at the Tulsa 162 00:07:37,467 --> 00:07:39,567 Historical Society. 163 00:07:39,634 --> 00:07:42,367 She did all the prepwork herself, 164 00:07:42,433 --> 00:07:44,934 which I was kind of amazed by that. 165 00:07:46,567 --> 00:07:50,367 I was really nervous, but from the moment that I seen her come 166 00:07:50,433 --> 00:07:52,767 out and I seen that smile on her face, 167 00:07:52,767 --> 00:07:54,333 it felt right. 168 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:00,266 Everybody was encouraging to us. 169 00:08:00,333 --> 00:08:01,834 It was a great day. 170 00:08:06,266 --> 00:08:09,166 JERMAINE: He wanted to be the husband 171 00:08:09,166 --> 00:08:13,867 and the father and the family man that he never had. 172 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:16,734 So he very much looked forward to that. 173 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:22,667 I had came home from work one day, and she had this smile 174 00:08:22,667 --> 00:08:25,467 on her face, and I'm like, "What are you smiling about?" 175 00:08:25,467 --> 00:08:27,567 So I think I remember her saying, 176 00:08:27,567 --> 00:08:30,000 "Come here, I wanna show you something." 177 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,567 So she showed me the pregnancy test. 178 00:08:33,634 --> 00:08:35,667 It showed positive, and I felt happy, 179 00:08:35,734 --> 00:08:37,367 excited, to be a dad. 180 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,867 NARRATOR: As an expectant father, Montie is fully 181 00:08:41,934 --> 00:08:45,066 invested in Shaynna having a healthy pregnancy. 182 00:08:45,066 --> 00:08:47,467 So he is surprised and concerned 183 00:08:47,533 --> 00:08:51,433 one day when he becomes aware of a potential problem. 184 00:08:53,166 --> 00:08:54,967 MONTIE: We had a doctor's appointment, 185 00:08:55,033 --> 00:08:56,367 just normal routine. 186 00:08:56,367 --> 00:09:00,266 The doctors came into the room and told us they did not 187 00:09:00,266 --> 00:09:05,367 support a mother taking pain medication during pregnancy. 188 00:09:05,367 --> 00:09:07,266 NARRATOR: Shaynna, who had been complaining 189 00:09:07,266 --> 00:09:10,000 of leg pain, has been self-medicating 190 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:13,367 for months with Percocet and Lortabs, both 191 00:09:13,367 --> 00:09:15,367 highly addictive opioids. 192 00:09:15,433 --> 00:09:19,567 She went to a pain specialist doctor, 193 00:09:19,634 --> 00:09:24,066 and I was unaware of this, so... 194 00:09:24,066 --> 00:09:26,166 I was at work at this time. 195 00:09:26,166 --> 00:09:29,066 So I'm pretty sure that she did not tell him 196 00:09:29,133 --> 00:09:32,967 that she was pregnant, and they proceeded to 197 00:09:32,967 --> 00:09:34,433 help her with her pain level. 198 00:09:35,500 --> 00:09:37,567 NARRATOR: Her obstetrician has become aware of 199 00:09:37,567 --> 00:09:40,533 Shaynna's drug use through routine lab tests. 200 00:09:42,100 --> 00:09:44,567 MONTIE: They could not help her anymore, that she needed to -- 201 00:09:44,567 --> 00:09:48,166 to look for another doctor to help deliver her baby. 202 00:09:49,700 --> 00:09:51,467 I was furious. 203 00:09:51,467 --> 00:09:56,333 I can't believe that you can endanger your child like that. 204 00:09:57,266 --> 00:10:00,367 I found the medication in her purse, confronted her. 205 00:10:00,433 --> 00:10:02,266 I said, "You're gonna -- you're not taking anymore of 206 00:10:02,266 --> 00:10:04,066 "these right now, because I'm taking them from you 207 00:10:04,066 --> 00:10:05,834 so you can't have these anymore." 208 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,033 NARRATOR: Montie's daughter is born six months later. 209 00:10:11,166 --> 00:10:13,000 [baby cooing] 210 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,667 She came out, she heard my voice and stopped 211 00:10:15,734 --> 00:10:18,166 crying and opened her eyes and looked for me. 212 00:10:18,233 --> 00:10:20,834 At that moment, our bond was created. 213 00:10:22,166 --> 00:10:25,467 She's healthy, no problems whatsoever. 214 00:10:25,533 --> 00:10:28,867 I was very happy about that and that the things 215 00:10:28,867 --> 00:10:32,834 that her mom had done early on did not affect her. 216 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:39,467 Shaynna seemed happy to be a new mom again 217 00:10:39,467 --> 00:10:42,066 to this pretty little girl. 218 00:10:42,066 --> 00:10:45,767 At that point, we had a good relationship pretty much. 219 00:10:45,767 --> 00:10:48,667 After my daughter was just a few months old, 220 00:10:48,667 --> 00:10:51,567 I switched to night shift on my job, 221 00:10:51,634 --> 00:10:54,066 so three in the evenings till midnight, 222 00:10:54,133 --> 00:10:57,767 working hard to provide as much as I can for my family 223 00:10:57,767 --> 00:11:00,467 since I'm the only one working right now. 224 00:11:00,533 --> 00:11:02,367 NARRATOR: While Montie works, 225 00:11:02,367 --> 00:11:04,266 he believes his baby daughter is tucked 226 00:11:04,266 --> 00:11:08,467 safely in bed during his shift, but he is wrong. 227 00:11:09,767 --> 00:11:12,266 MONTIE: I would come home at midnight. 228 00:11:12,266 --> 00:11:15,266 I would notice, 'cause she's just 229 00:11:15,333 --> 00:11:17,367 getting home right when I am 230 00:11:17,367 --> 00:11:19,767 and bringing my daughter in the house, 231 00:11:19,767 --> 00:11:21,066 you know, out of the car seat. 232 00:11:21,066 --> 00:11:23,967 She hadn't been home all evening long. 233 00:11:25,667 --> 00:11:27,667 She just said, "I'm -- I'm out running errands. 234 00:11:27,734 --> 00:11:30,867 It's okay," she said, "I don't see anything wrong with that." 235 00:11:30,867 --> 00:11:33,567 I told her that she shouldn't be 236 00:11:33,567 --> 00:11:35,867 out with my daughter all evening long, 237 00:11:35,867 --> 00:11:39,166 that she needed to be home in -- in the bed. 238 00:11:39,233 --> 00:11:41,567 I started to become more aggravated. 239 00:11:41,567 --> 00:11:43,867 We had a lot of arguments. 240 00:11:43,867 --> 00:11:47,767 NARRATOR: One night, Montie arrives home to find Shaynna in bed... 241 00:11:47,767 --> 00:11:50,567 although she's not quite alone. 242 00:11:50,567 --> 00:11:52,934 She's passed out. 243 00:11:54,166 --> 00:11:58,266 Her phone is laying face up on the bed and was 244 00:11:58,333 --> 00:12:02,133 on Facetime with some other young man that I do not know. 245 00:12:03,867 --> 00:12:05,867 I couldn't believe it. 246 00:12:05,867 --> 00:12:09,367 And I started seeing the signs from Shaynna that 247 00:12:09,367 --> 00:12:14,066 maybe she wasn't the person that she's seeming to be. 248 00:12:15,300 --> 00:12:17,634 She became very evil, very quickly. 249 00:12:22,100 --> 00:12:24,467 NARRATOR: Montie Smith has just found his wife Shaynna 250 00:12:24,467 --> 00:12:27,734 in bed and on Facetime with another man. 251 00:12:28,767 --> 00:12:31,567 MONTIE: I look at the phone, she's passed out, unaware 252 00:12:31,634 --> 00:12:34,467 that I'm even right there looking at her phone. 253 00:12:34,467 --> 00:12:37,667 No clue -- a lot of things went through my mind. 254 00:12:37,734 --> 00:12:39,066 But number one was... 255 00:12:40,100 --> 00:12:41,266 how could you? 256 00:12:41,266 --> 00:12:43,367 My daughter's right there in the other room. 257 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:47,667 The next day, I brought it up 258 00:12:47,667 --> 00:12:51,166 and talked to her about it, and she said, "Well, 259 00:12:51,166 --> 00:12:52,967 I don't remember that." 260 00:12:52,967 --> 00:12:55,467 Denial, denial, denial. 261 00:12:55,467 --> 00:12:57,467 Montie did mention a lot that -- 262 00:12:57,467 --> 00:13:01,166 that Shaynna would just lie about nothing, lie to be lying. 263 00:13:01,166 --> 00:13:05,767 I was pretty upset, pretty angry -- at this point, 264 00:13:05,834 --> 00:13:07,767 you know, the trust is gone. 265 00:13:07,767 --> 00:13:10,166 When I hear these things myself, I'm thinking, Montie, 266 00:13:10,233 --> 00:13:11,300 this is... 267 00:13:11,367 --> 00:13:14,266 you gotta do something about this before it gets worse. 268 00:13:14,266 --> 00:13:17,567 NARRATOR: And indeed, things do get worse. 269 00:13:17,567 --> 00:13:19,066 MONTIE: One day, we have an argument. 270 00:13:19,133 --> 00:13:21,467 She's, you know, not letting me go out the door. 271 00:13:21,533 --> 00:13:24,367 I said, "I have to go to work, excuse me, move out of my way," 272 00:13:24,367 --> 00:13:27,066 and then she says, "No, you're not gonna touch me. 273 00:13:27,133 --> 00:13:29,533 If you do, you're gonna go to jail." 274 00:13:30,900 --> 00:13:33,367 And I said, "What do you mean by that?" 275 00:13:33,367 --> 00:13:36,467 NARRATOR: This is when Shaynna reveals just how low 276 00:13:36,467 --> 00:13:39,667 she will sink to get her own way. 277 00:13:39,667 --> 00:13:43,333 She's like, "Well, because... you're black, 278 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:47,266 and they're gonna take you to jail before they would me." 279 00:13:52,166 --> 00:13:54,266 After her saying that to me, I was really, 280 00:13:54,266 --> 00:13:58,166 really done, and I just -- I wanted just to leave. 281 00:13:58,166 --> 00:14:00,266 JERMAINE: They do have a daughter together. 282 00:14:00,266 --> 00:14:04,066 That was the main reason for Montie wanting to stay. 283 00:14:04,066 --> 00:14:06,467 He wanted to not have a broken home. 284 00:14:06,533 --> 00:14:09,333 So he made his decisions to stay. 285 00:14:11,500 --> 00:14:14,000 NARRATOR: Soon, Shaynna's erratic behavior 286 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:15,934 escalates outside the home. 287 00:14:16,867 --> 00:14:19,166 JERMAINE: Montie had taken Shaynna to go tan. 288 00:14:19,166 --> 00:14:22,266 He stayed outside in the car with the baby. 289 00:14:22,266 --> 00:14:23,767 NARRATOR: Unbeknownst to Montie, 290 00:14:23,767 --> 00:14:28,567 while inside, Shaynna overreacts to something trivial and flies 291 00:14:28,567 --> 00:14:30,166 off the handle. 292 00:14:30,166 --> 00:14:32,567 JERMAINE: While he was sitting in the car with the baby, 293 00:14:32,567 --> 00:14:35,166 two police cars pulled up outside the tanning salon. 294 00:14:35,166 --> 00:14:37,667 He said, "Hey, man, I think something's happening," 295 00:14:37,667 --> 00:14:42,166 and yeah, she was having a scene inside the tanning salon, 296 00:14:42,166 --> 00:14:44,667 ended up, you know, cursing out some ladies that 297 00:14:44,734 --> 00:14:47,066 worked there and they call the cops and, you know, 298 00:14:47,133 --> 00:14:50,100 they eventually, you know, kicked her out. 299 00:14:50,100 --> 00:14:54,166 It was at that point I told him, I said, "Hey, man, 300 00:14:54,233 --> 00:14:56,166 "yeah, I love you brother, but you need to, 301 00:14:56,166 --> 00:14:58,166 uh, figure this out." 302 00:14:59,867 --> 00:15:00,967 MONTIE: I had friends that I had 303 00:15:00,967 --> 00:15:05,166 confided in about my problems at home. 304 00:15:05,166 --> 00:15:06,667 They just kinda let me know how messed 305 00:15:06,667 --> 00:15:08,467 up the situation was that I was in, 306 00:15:08,467 --> 00:15:11,367 and what am I gonna do next? 307 00:15:11,367 --> 00:15:14,767 NARRATOR: Around November 2014, an ex-girlfriend 308 00:15:14,767 --> 00:15:17,266 reaches out to Montie on social media. 309 00:15:17,266 --> 00:15:20,166 Her name is Christina Perez. 310 00:15:20,166 --> 00:15:23,567 MONTIE: We had said hello to each other on Facebook. 311 00:15:23,634 --> 00:15:26,767 I think she may have asked, you know, what my situation was, 312 00:15:26,767 --> 00:15:29,634 and probably told her, you know, I was unhappy. 313 00:15:30,967 --> 00:15:33,467 NARRATOR: Montie and Christina do not meet in person but 314 00:15:33,533 --> 00:15:38,533 continue to chat occasionally online, until Shaynna finds out. 315 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:42,467 MONTIE So I came home from work one day, 316 00:15:42,467 --> 00:15:45,367 and Shaynna asked me who this Christina girl was, 317 00:15:45,433 --> 00:15:48,100 and I was like, oh gosh, here we go. 318 00:15:48,100 --> 00:15:50,367 JERMAINE: Shaynna thought that Christina was the enemy 319 00:15:50,367 --> 00:15:52,767 and was trying to take her man. 320 00:15:52,834 --> 00:15:55,367 MONTIE: She was mad about this situation 321 00:15:55,433 --> 00:15:56,567 that she thought was going on. 322 00:15:56,567 --> 00:15:59,266 So I am accused of having an affair with Christina. 323 00:15:59,333 --> 00:16:02,066 NARRATOR: The situation escalates when Shaynna 324 00:16:02,133 --> 00:16:05,667 tracks down Christina's home and her place of work. 325 00:16:05,734 --> 00:16:07,767 MONTIE: She's showing up at Christina's job, 326 00:16:07,834 --> 00:16:10,667 sitting outside, and they're -- they're -- 327 00:16:10,734 --> 00:16:12,567 it's getting more and more aggressive, 328 00:16:12,567 --> 00:16:13,967 their tone every day. 329 00:16:13,967 --> 00:16:16,433 And then it blew up from there. 330 00:16:18,667 --> 00:16:20,467 MONTIE: One day, when I got home from work, 331 00:16:20,467 --> 00:16:22,667 they were talking to each other, and I could hear 332 00:16:22,734 --> 00:16:24,867 Christina on speaker phone 333 00:16:24,867 --> 00:16:26,767 saying, "I know what you did to my car, 334 00:16:26,767 --> 00:16:29,233 and I'm calling the police." 335 00:16:30,100 --> 00:16:32,734 Shaynna had slashed Christina's tires. 336 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,567 I mean, I'm blown away, 337 00:16:37,634 --> 00:16:39,867 thinking to myself, who is this person? 338 00:16:39,934 --> 00:16:41,467 She was slashing this woman's tires, 339 00:16:41,467 --> 00:16:42,567 she was following this woman, 340 00:16:42,567 --> 00:16:44,667 she was doing all these crazy things to this woman 341 00:16:44,667 --> 00:16:47,266 who had dated her husband five years ago. 342 00:16:47,266 --> 00:16:48,467 JERMAINE: I couldn't believe it. 343 00:16:48,467 --> 00:16:51,767 It first started out, you know, with Shaynna acting out 344 00:16:51,834 --> 00:16:54,266 in public and then escalating to -- 345 00:16:54,266 --> 00:16:58,567 to slashing someone's tires, you know, what's next? 346 00:16:58,567 --> 00:17:02,233 At that point, I knew that Shaynna was crazy. 347 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:07,066 MONTIE: After the tire slashing, 348 00:17:07,066 --> 00:17:09,100 it's just getting worse and worse each day. 349 00:17:09,100 --> 00:17:10,767 They're making threats towards each other 350 00:17:10,767 --> 00:17:12,367 at this point. 351 00:17:12,433 --> 00:17:14,367 NARRATOR: Christina doesn't retaliate, 352 00:17:14,367 --> 00:17:16,367 and Montie stops contacting her. 353 00:17:16,367 --> 00:17:18,767 But things come to a head when Shaynna 354 00:17:18,834 --> 00:17:23,066 decides to file a protective order against Christina. 355 00:17:23,133 --> 00:17:25,100 MONTIE: We go to the courthouse. 356 00:17:25,100 --> 00:17:27,166 I'm with her -- me, and my daughter. 357 00:17:29,467 --> 00:17:31,467 Sitting in the lobby just waiting, 358 00:17:31,467 --> 00:17:34,567 looked down the hallway, and saw Christina. 359 00:17:34,567 --> 00:17:38,367 NARRATOR: By chance, Christina is at the courthouse, as well, 360 00:17:38,433 --> 00:17:41,667 to file a protective order against Shaynna. 361 00:17:41,734 --> 00:17:44,467 And of course, they gave each other mean looks, 362 00:17:45,567 --> 00:17:48,000 and the next thing I know, they're walking towards 363 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:52,867 each other, and my wife is holding my daughter, 364 00:17:52,867 --> 00:17:55,667 and they wanted to exchange words with each other, 365 00:17:55,667 --> 00:17:58,734 and they -- then they swung at each other. 366 00:18:00,467 --> 00:18:03,266 As soon as they throw punches at each other, 367 00:18:03,266 --> 00:18:06,667 I'm grabbing my daughter out of harm's way. 368 00:18:06,734 --> 00:18:08,166 My daughter's crying. 369 00:18:08,233 --> 00:18:10,667 It was quite intense. 370 00:18:12,567 --> 00:18:15,100 The deputies came out and separated everybody 371 00:18:15,100 --> 00:18:17,467 and took them back in the -- 372 00:18:17,467 --> 00:18:21,467 in the holding areas until they figure out what happened. 373 00:18:21,467 --> 00:18:23,266 And thank goodness, there was tape. 374 00:18:23,266 --> 00:18:25,667 So the deputies pull it, and of course, they see 375 00:18:25,667 --> 00:18:27,867 Christina is innocent, that Shaynna has 376 00:18:27,867 --> 00:18:30,367 purposefully knocked into this woman and then starts 377 00:18:30,367 --> 00:18:33,567 screaming about Christina attacking her. 378 00:18:33,567 --> 00:18:35,767 They realized that the child 379 00:18:35,834 --> 00:18:38,166 had been endangered in this encounter, 380 00:18:38,166 --> 00:18:41,634 so my wife was charged with child endangerment. 381 00:18:43,667 --> 00:18:45,667 NARRATOR: Shaynna is put on probation for a year, 382 00:18:45,734 --> 00:18:48,834 and Christina is granted a protective order against her. 383 00:18:50,166 --> 00:18:53,233 MONTIE: I did feel trapped in this... 384 00:18:54,500 --> 00:18:56,767 I'm not gonna call it a marriage anymore. 385 00:18:56,767 --> 00:18:59,000 I just felt trapped in this situation. 386 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,066 But because my daughter's involved in this, 387 00:19:01,066 --> 00:19:03,266 I can't just take off. 388 00:19:05,166 --> 00:19:07,767 NARRATOR: Montie doesn't hear from Christina again. 389 00:19:07,767 --> 00:19:10,867 Meantime, out of the blue, a few months later, 390 00:19:10,934 --> 00:19:13,367 Montie gets a message from another girlfriend 391 00:19:13,367 --> 00:19:17,734 from his past, Tabatha Lynch, his first love. 392 00:19:18,767 --> 00:19:21,867 MONTIE: She had contacted me through Facebook and said, "Hey, 393 00:19:21,867 --> 00:19:23,066 how's it going?" 394 00:19:23,133 --> 00:19:25,867 We chatted a little bit and then exchanged a number 395 00:19:25,934 --> 00:19:27,033 to talk. 396 00:19:27,033 --> 00:19:31,266 Her contacting me was kinda like a breath of fresh air. 397 00:19:31,266 --> 00:19:34,266 It was nice to, um, hear from her and, you know, 398 00:19:34,266 --> 00:19:37,367 see how she was doing in her life. 399 00:19:37,367 --> 00:19:39,467 NARRATOR: It's been over 20 years since 400 00:19:39,467 --> 00:19:41,767 Montie and Tabatha dated each other. 401 00:19:41,767 --> 00:19:44,834 Tabatha is divorced with two children of her own. 402 00:19:46,100 --> 00:19:47,967 NARRATOR: I didn't know all the details going on in her life 403 00:19:47,967 --> 00:19:49,667 at this time, but she just, you know, 404 00:19:49,667 --> 00:19:53,166 told me that she had kids, and they were doing good, and once 405 00:19:53,233 --> 00:19:54,467 she found out that I was having 406 00:19:54,467 --> 00:19:56,867 problems with my wife, she's like, I'd like to reach 407 00:19:56,867 --> 00:19:58,767 out to her and -- and talk to her. 408 00:19:58,834 --> 00:20:00,467 I just didn't think it was a good idea. 409 00:20:00,467 --> 00:20:02,567 I didn't know what to expect from Shaynna. 410 00:20:02,567 --> 00:20:04,166 I was like, no, it's okay. 411 00:20:04,166 --> 00:20:05,266 I got this under control. 412 00:20:05,266 --> 00:20:06,834 I'm gonna handle it my way. 413 00:20:07,667 --> 00:20:10,667 But one day, after returning home from work, 414 00:20:10,667 --> 00:20:15,867 I walked through the door, and Shaynna was upset, 415 00:20:15,867 --> 00:20:19,967 she's like, "Tabatha has reached out to me and said that 416 00:20:20,033 --> 00:20:22,367 "you and her have been talking and that I'm -- 417 00:20:22,367 --> 00:20:24,767 I'm a terrible mom and a terrible wife." 418 00:20:24,767 --> 00:20:27,467 And so she asked me, "Who's this bitch?" 419 00:20:27,467 --> 00:20:30,367 Shaynna was very angry, because she felt 420 00:20:30,367 --> 00:20:31,834 that Tabatha was a threat. 421 00:20:33,767 --> 00:20:36,367 She can't stop victimizing people. 422 00:20:36,367 --> 00:20:37,867 I would say she is one of the most bizarre 423 00:20:37,867 --> 00:20:40,266 people I've ever covered in 31 years of covering crime. 424 00:20:40,266 --> 00:20:41,967 Shaynna was very jealous, 425 00:20:41,967 --> 00:20:44,266 very vindictive, 426 00:20:44,333 --> 00:20:45,734 uh, very evil. 427 00:20:48,066 --> 00:20:50,567 NARRATOR: Shaynna Smith is enraged when she receives 428 00:20:50,634 --> 00:20:52,166 a warning message from her husband 429 00:20:52,166 --> 00:20:55,266 Montie's former girlfriend, Tabatha Lynch. 430 00:20:56,867 --> 00:21:00,467 Tabatha did send a message to Shaynna, um, 431 00:21:00,467 --> 00:21:02,266 basically telling her that, you know, 432 00:21:02,266 --> 00:21:05,266 she's losing the best thing that she could ever have, 433 00:21:05,266 --> 00:21:07,567 and she needs to change her ways before she screws it up. 434 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:12,367 MONTIE: And Shaynna took that as disrespect and did not 435 00:21:12,367 --> 00:21:16,066 like what she heard because it's coming from another woman, 436 00:21:16,133 --> 00:21:18,266 and she's askin' me, "Are y'all messing around?" 437 00:21:18,266 --> 00:21:20,166 And I said no. 438 00:21:20,166 --> 00:21:23,567 NARRATOR: Shaynna is determined to have it out with Tabatha 439 00:21:23,567 --> 00:21:24,667 face-to-face, 440 00:21:24,667 --> 00:21:27,266 but she can't seem to locate her. 441 00:21:27,333 --> 00:21:30,467 MONTIE: She's constantly asking me where to find her at. 442 00:21:30,467 --> 00:21:33,166 I said I don't know -- I was kind of worried 443 00:21:33,166 --> 00:21:36,266 about these two women having the interaction with each 444 00:21:36,266 --> 00:21:38,467 other, because... 445 00:21:38,467 --> 00:21:41,367 don't know what Shaynna is capable of. 446 00:21:41,433 --> 00:21:45,367 NARRATOR: But Shaynna never gets the chance to confront Tabatha, 447 00:21:45,367 --> 00:21:48,367 because one day, Tabatha suddenly becomes 448 00:21:48,367 --> 00:21:49,667 critically ill. 449 00:21:51,166 --> 00:21:54,867 JERMAINE: Tabatha had started having some health issues, 450 00:21:54,934 --> 00:21:57,266 and eventually, um, she went into 451 00:21:57,266 --> 00:21:59,066 the hospital and didn't make it out. 452 00:21:59,066 --> 00:22:00,166 [sirens wailing] 453 00:22:00,166 --> 00:22:02,667 NARRATOR: Two months after reconnecting with Montie, 454 00:22:02,667 --> 00:22:06,433 Tabatha dies unexpectedly from natural causes. 455 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:11,567 Tabatha was like a sister to me, 456 00:22:11,634 --> 00:22:15,367 so it -- it hurt me deeply. 457 00:22:15,367 --> 00:22:16,667 I was like, I can't believe it. 458 00:22:16,667 --> 00:22:18,667 I just -- seemed like I just talked to 459 00:22:18,667 --> 00:22:21,867 her just the other day, and everything was fine. 460 00:22:21,867 --> 00:22:23,867 NARRATOR: Montie consoles himself that at least 461 00:22:23,867 --> 00:22:27,066 she's out of harm's way from Shaynna. 462 00:22:27,066 --> 00:22:30,266 MONTIE: I told Shaynna that Tabatha passed away. 463 00:22:30,333 --> 00:22:32,767 She acted cold and heartless. 464 00:22:32,767 --> 00:22:33,934 She didn't care. 465 00:22:36,467 --> 00:22:39,000 The next words out of her mouth were, 466 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,266 "Oh, good. That's what that bitch gets." 467 00:22:43,767 --> 00:22:45,967 I -- my jaw hit the floor. I couldn't believe that 468 00:22:45,967 --> 00:22:50,567 I just heard her say that about Tabatha's death. 469 00:22:53,266 --> 00:22:56,667 I was already emotionally removed. 470 00:22:56,734 --> 00:22:58,867 I was ready to be physically removed. 471 00:22:58,867 --> 00:23:01,467 I didn't want to know her anymore. 472 00:23:01,467 --> 00:23:04,166 NARRATOR: The viewing for Tabatha Lynch is held in April 473 00:23:04,233 --> 00:23:08,333 of 2015 at a funeral chapel in East Tulsa. 474 00:23:09,467 --> 00:23:11,266 JERMAINE: I was there 475 00:23:11,266 --> 00:23:14,667 Thursday afternoon probably between one and two o'clock, 476 00:23:14,667 --> 00:23:15,867 but it hurt my heart. 477 00:23:15,867 --> 00:23:20,467 It's like a member of my family, uh, had passed away. 478 00:23:20,467 --> 00:23:21,767 NARRATOR: As the viewing ends, 479 00:23:21,767 --> 00:23:25,166 the family is taking a break outside when a stranger 480 00:23:25,233 --> 00:23:26,367 slips inside, 481 00:23:26,367 --> 00:23:29,133 presumably to pay her last respects. 482 00:23:30,266 --> 00:23:32,467 STEVE: Tabatha's mother just happens to see 483 00:23:32,467 --> 00:23:33,767 this woman who looks like 484 00:23:33,767 --> 00:23:36,266 she's going and -- and actually reaching 485 00:23:36,266 --> 00:23:39,767 into the casket -- something seems odd. 486 00:23:39,767 --> 00:23:42,667 It's reported to other family members. 487 00:23:42,667 --> 00:23:44,066 That woman is now gone. 488 00:23:44,133 --> 00:23:48,066 But, uh, the family goes to inspect Tabatha's body 489 00:23:48,133 --> 00:23:51,533 and clearly her body has been touched. 490 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:57,567 She's got a straight, you know, cut right from the -- 491 00:23:57,567 --> 00:23:58,667 right from the top of her head, 492 00:23:58,667 --> 00:24:01,967 right close to the bridge of her nose. 493 00:24:02,033 --> 00:24:04,667 LORI: Her hair's been cut, and then, um, 494 00:24:04,734 --> 00:24:06,066 her pants have been pulled down. 495 00:24:06,133 --> 00:24:08,367 Her outfit has been pulled down, her shoes that were 496 00:24:08,433 --> 00:24:10,667 specially made just for her that were in her casket, 497 00:24:10,667 --> 00:24:12,000 they're now gone. 498 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:13,667 Everybody, they're just in shock. 499 00:24:13,667 --> 00:24:15,567 You realize that some crazy woman has 500 00:24:15,634 --> 00:24:17,667 come in here and desecrated this body. 501 00:24:19,367 --> 00:24:22,667 Here you've got just absolute pandemonium unfolding. 502 00:24:22,667 --> 00:24:28,166 It's just, you can't put into words how... 503 00:24:28,233 --> 00:24:31,000 devastating that was for this victim's family 504 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:32,166 to just see. 505 00:24:32,233 --> 00:24:35,266 There is one thing that we always hold sacred 506 00:24:35,266 --> 00:24:37,166 in this country, and that is 507 00:24:37,233 --> 00:24:39,367 how you treat a person who's passed away. 508 00:24:39,367 --> 00:24:44,066 And this just violated every tenet of that for sure. 509 00:24:45,967 --> 00:24:49,667 NARRATOR: Tabatha's family place a call to the police. 510 00:24:49,734 --> 00:24:53,066 This is never a call you ever get, ever. 511 00:24:53,133 --> 00:24:55,166 I mean, it just gets crazier from there. 512 00:24:55,166 --> 00:24:57,767 [distant siren wailing] 513 00:24:57,767 --> 00:25:01,266 MARK: And so the officers at that time, when they got there, 514 00:25:01,266 --> 00:25:02,266 they see Tabatha, 515 00:25:02,266 --> 00:25:06,166 they see a disheveled body lying in a casket. 516 00:25:06,166 --> 00:25:07,567 They see that the makeup is messed up. 517 00:25:07,567 --> 00:25:09,166 They see the incision on her face, 518 00:25:09,166 --> 00:25:11,367 and those are all really unusual things. 519 00:25:11,433 --> 00:25:13,367 Those are things that should not have happened 520 00:25:13,433 --> 00:25:16,233 and that the officers were shocked to see. 521 00:25:18,066 --> 00:25:21,266 It feels like the crime was a personal attack on this -- 522 00:25:21,266 --> 00:25:22,467 on this person. 523 00:25:22,533 --> 00:25:25,667 They start taking photographs, they start collecting 524 00:25:25,667 --> 00:25:26,867 evidence, looking around, 525 00:25:26,867 --> 00:25:29,166 looking at the body, making observations. 526 00:25:29,166 --> 00:25:33,767 STEVE: And down next to the casket, there's hair. 527 00:25:33,834 --> 00:25:36,367 Tabatha's hair has been cut and is -- 528 00:25:36,367 --> 00:25:39,567 and there's some of the hair laying on the ground. 529 00:25:39,567 --> 00:25:40,567 NARRATOR: While police are processing 530 00:25:40,567 --> 00:25:42,367 the crime scene at the funeral home, 531 00:25:42,433 --> 00:25:45,066 another call is placed to dispatch from 532 00:25:45,066 --> 00:25:47,867 Tabatha's family, who are now at her apartment. 533 00:25:49,367 --> 00:25:51,066 They learned that the suspect 534 00:25:51,133 --> 00:25:52,266 may possibly be at the apartment. 535 00:25:52,266 --> 00:25:54,567 They're reporting, we think this person 536 00:25:54,634 --> 00:25:56,266 who was just down at the funeral home is 537 00:25:56,266 --> 00:25:58,667 over at our house, and we need to get somebody 538 00:25:58,667 --> 00:25:59,767 over here right now. 539 00:25:59,767 --> 00:26:03,233 [siren wailing] 540 00:26:04,166 --> 00:26:06,567 NARRATOR: Hours earlier, Montie Smith receives 541 00:26:06,634 --> 00:26:09,166 a disturbing message from Shaynna. 542 00:26:10,700 --> 00:26:14,166 MONTIE: I opened it up and looked at it, and it was 543 00:26:14,233 --> 00:26:17,533 a picture of Tabatha in her casket. 544 00:26:18,700 --> 00:26:22,367 I was very shocked to see her with this picture. 545 00:26:24,300 --> 00:26:25,533 I didn't understand why. 546 00:26:28,066 --> 00:26:29,767 Why do you have this picture? 547 00:26:29,834 --> 00:26:32,667 You know, where did you get this from? 548 00:26:33,767 --> 00:26:37,266 And then she also said, "That bitch looks ugly in her casket. 549 00:26:37,266 --> 00:26:38,867 I can't believe you're messing with her." 550 00:26:40,867 --> 00:26:41,867 I was confused. 551 00:26:41,867 --> 00:26:44,467 I didn't know what she meant by that. 552 00:26:44,467 --> 00:26:47,266 NARRATOR: Once Montie finds out what Shaynna has done, 553 00:26:47,266 --> 00:26:50,266 his life will never be the same. 554 00:26:50,266 --> 00:26:52,467 It's beyond me 555 00:26:52,533 --> 00:26:54,667 why she would do what she did. 556 00:26:54,734 --> 00:26:57,667 I've seen a lot of strange cases in my 31 years, 557 00:26:57,667 --> 00:26:59,467 and this one takes the cake. 558 00:26:59,533 --> 00:27:01,667 So many twists and turns along the way, and then it 559 00:27:01,667 --> 00:27:03,367 became frightening and more bizarre. 560 00:27:03,367 --> 00:27:05,834 It just became...crazy. 561 00:27:10,867 --> 00:27:13,266 NARRATOR: After receiving the pictures from Shaynna, 562 00:27:13,333 --> 00:27:17,767 Montie Smith returns home to find her in a frenzied state. 563 00:27:17,767 --> 00:27:19,767 Shaynna says, "Take your daughter out of 564 00:27:19,767 --> 00:27:22,166 the car and grab her car seat, too." 565 00:27:22,233 --> 00:27:23,467 After I took my daughter out, 566 00:27:23,467 --> 00:27:26,867 she drove off and left me and my daughter sitting there. 567 00:27:26,934 --> 00:27:29,266 This was probably about 5:30 in the evening. 568 00:27:29,333 --> 00:27:30,967 Had no clue where she was going. 569 00:27:33,700 --> 00:27:36,100 NARRATOR: It's 7:30 p.m. when police arrive 570 00:27:36,100 --> 00:27:38,367 at Tabatha's apartment. 571 00:27:38,367 --> 00:27:40,166 MARK: They meet a bunch of Tabatha's family 572 00:27:40,233 --> 00:27:41,867 outside in the parking lot. 573 00:27:41,934 --> 00:27:44,967 And at that point, Tabatha's family tells them, um, 574 00:27:45,033 --> 00:27:46,767 there's someone inside our apartment, 575 00:27:46,767 --> 00:27:48,266 and we didn't invite her in. 576 00:27:48,266 --> 00:27:51,066 It's a heightened level of tension for 577 00:27:51,066 --> 00:27:53,734 the family members, it's like, she's inside. 578 00:27:55,500 --> 00:27:57,467 MARK: They learned that this woman had showed 579 00:27:57,467 --> 00:27:59,567 up at the door of Tabatha Lynch's apartment. 580 00:27:59,634 --> 00:28:02,166 She says, "My name is Stephanie, and I'm here because 581 00:28:02,166 --> 00:28:03,767 "something happened to your mother's makeup 582 00:28:03,767 --> 00:28:05,166 at the funeral home." 583 00:28:05,233 --> 00:28:06,867 NARRATOR: The woman claims she wanted a photo 584 00:28:06,934 --> 00:28:09,433 of Tabatha in order to fix her makeup. 585 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:13,166 And so she makes up this ruse to get inside the apartment. 586 00:28:13,166 --> 00:28:17,367 And at some point, the family kind of gets suspicious. 587 00:28:17,433 --> 00:28:19,367 So the police go inside the apartment, 588 00:28:19,367 --> 00:28:20,967 and what they find is 589 00:28:21,033 --> 00:28:23,667 this disheveled, jittery-looking woman 590 00:28:23,734 --> 00:28:24,567 who appears out of place. 591 00:28:24,567 --> 00:28:26,433 She doesn't seem like she belongs there. 592 00:28:27,767 --> 00:28:30,066 NARRATOR: Police search the suspect and discover 593 00:28:30,133 --> 00:28:31,634 incriminating evidence. 594 00:28:32,767 --> 00:28:35,567 They find a knife and a box cutter in her pockets. 595 00:28:35,567 --> 00:28:37,767 They find some hair in her pocket. 596 00:28:37,767 --> 00:28:40,667 And so it was apparent to them at that point that 597 00:28:40,734 --> 00:28:42,266 this person was related to what had happened at 598 00:28:42,266 --> 00:28:43,967 the funeral home. 599 00:28:44,033 --> 00:28:46,967 A few of the family members recognized this girl, 600 00:28:46,967 --> 00:28:49,066 who'd identified herself as Stephanie, as actually 601 00:28:49,133 --> 00:28:50,166 Shaynna Sims. 602 00:28:50,233 --> 00:28:52,967 And when they start talking to police officers, 603 00:28:53,033 --> 00:28:55,767 they tell them that Shaynna is actually the wife of 604 00:28:55,834 --> 00:28:57,000 Montie Smith. 605 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,567 And Montie is a longtime friend of Tabatha Lynch. 606 00:29:00,500 --> 00:29:04,166 NARRATOR: Montie is putting his daughter to bed when his phone rings. 607 00:29:04,233 --> 00:29:05,166 [phone buzzing] 608 00:29:05,233 --> 00:29:07,767 It was Shaynna, her voice was shaky. 609 00:29:07,767 --> 00:29:12,667 She's telling me, come save her. 610 00:29:12,667 --> 00:29:13,867 Then the next thing... 611 00:29:15,767 --> 00:29:19,066 I heard voices in the background, and she was 612 00:29:19,133 --> 00:29:24,000 telling them to stop and let her go, and they said, "No, 613 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:25,467 you're not going anywhere." 614 00:29:25,467 --> 00:29:27,100 And I was like, "Who's that in the background? 615 00:29:27,100 --> 00:29:28,567 What are you talking about?" 616 00:29:28,567 --> 00:29:31,634 And she said, "I'm at your dead bitch's house." 617 00:29:33,667 --> 00:29:34,767 You -- you can't be. 618 00:29:34,767 --> 00:29:36,166 What do you -- what do you mean? 619 00:29:39,166 --> 00:29:43,767 So I got my daughter up, and I drove to Tabatha's home. 620 00:29:43,767 --> 00:29:46,667 As I'm driving over there, 621 00:29:46,667 --> 00:29:50,066 I'm still trying to wrap my head around 622 00:29:50,133 --> 00:29:51,266 what all just happened, 623 00:29:51,266 --> 00:29:54,166 and then once I arrived there, it was already chaos 624 00:29:54,166 --> 00:29:55,567 at that point. 625 00:29:55,567 --> 00:29:58,000 They have Shaynna in the police car. 626 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:02,367 As soon as they open the car door, she's trying to tell me 627 00:30:02,433 --> 00:30:04,667 that she's being accused of 628 00:30:05,767 --> 00:30:08,667 messing with Tabatha's body, and that they're saying 629 00:30:08,667 --> 00:30:11,767 that she's, you know, stole some stuff from them. 630 00:30:11,767 --> 00:30:13,367 She did not. 631 00:30:13,433 --> 00:30:14,867 That's when I told them to close the door. 632 00:30:14,934 --> 00:30:16,200 I didn't want to hear anymore. 633 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,467 NARRATOR: Police believe Shaynna wanted to break into Tabatha's 634 00:30:20,467 --> 00:30:24,734 apartment to steal a personal item she could keep as a trophy. 635 00:30:26,100 --> 00:30:29,834 The next day, the Tulsa media seizes on the story. 636 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,166 We immediately went to the scene to try to figure out 637 00:30:33,233 --> 00:30:36,667 what on earth was happening, and just what we learned 638 00:30:36,667 --> 00:30:37,867 that day, 639 00:30:37,934 --> 00:30:40,867 nobody in their right mind would go into a funeral home 640 00:30:40,867 --> 00:30:42,266 and do these terrible things 641 00:30:42,266 --> 00:30:43,967 to someone who's already passed away, because 642 00:30:44,033 --> 00:30:46,166 what threat are they at that point? 643 00:30:46,166 --> 00:30:48,767 NARRATOR: Shaynna's act of desecration 644 00:30:48,834 --> 00:30:51,367 is so unusual that police are hard-pressed 645 00:30:51,367 --> 00:30:54,166 to find the correct laws with which to charge her. 646 00:30:55,266 --> 00:30:57,266 MARK: They initially charged her with burglary, because 647 00:30:57,266 --> 00:31:00,867 she had entered the apartment under false pretenses. 648 00:31:00,867 --> 00:31:03,166 Um, they charged her with illegal dissection, because that 649 00:31:03,166 --> 00:31:06,166 was essentially the closest thing they could find to, uh, 650 00:31:06,166 --> 00:31:10,367 to coming up with that cut on her -- on Tabatha's face. 651 00:31:10,433 --> 00:31:13,567 MONTIE: They told me what she was being charged with, 652 00:31:13,567 --> 00:31:18,266 and I'm blown away, 100 percent total shock. 653 00:31:18,266 --> 00:31:21,266 That is a whole new level of crazy. 654 00:31:21,266 --> 00:31:22,734 I don't... 655 00:31:23,900 --> 00:31:26,000 it's way beyond 656 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,333 anything that I could ever imagine someone doing. 657 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:35,567 NARRATOR: It seems impossible, but things actually get crazier. 658 00:31:35,634 --> 00:31:37,867 MARK: My sergeant came in and said, "Hey, I got a message from 659 00:31:37,934 --> 00:31:39,767 "the funeral home that we need to go out and -- 660 00:31:39,767 --> 00:31:41,467 and take a look at the body again." 661 00:31:41,533 --> 00:31:43,567 I grabbed one of my detective partners 662 00:31:43,567 --> 00:31:45,767 and my sergeant, and we went out there. 663 00:31:45,834 --> 00:31:47,767 So when we examined the body, 664 00:31:47,834 --> 00:31:50,867 we found that Tabatha's breasts had been crudely cut out of 665 00:31:50,867 --> 00:31:52,000 her body. 666 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:55,667 Um, we also noticed that one of her toes was missing. 667 00:31:55,667 --> 00:31:57,767 I had, at that point, worked hundreds of homicides as 668 00:31:57,767 --> 00:32:02,166 a crime scene detective, and I had not ever seen anything 669 00:32:02,166 --> 00:32:03,567 like this. 670 00:32:05,767 --> 00:32:08,667 NARRATOR: The investigators talk with Montie, who shows them 671 00:32:08,734 --> 00:32:11,000 the photographs that Shaynna had texted him 672 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:12,467 the previous day. 673 00:32:12,533 --> 00:32:15,433 They are the equivalent of a smoking gun. 674 00:32:17,367 --> 00:32:20,567 So I see a hand holding a knife next to a toe. 675 00:32:20,567 --> 00:32:24,266 I recognize that as probably Tabatha's foot. 676 00:32:24,333 --> 00:32:26,767 And I see, um, 677 00:32:26,767 --> 00:32:31,266 there's photographs of a hand next 678 00:32:31,266 --> 00:32:35,467 to what I assume to be Tabatha's genitalia. 679 00:32:35,533 --> 00:32:39,767 And I realize that I'm -- I'm looking at photographs of 680 00:32:39,834 --> 00:32:41,166 Shaynna in the act, 681 00:32:41,233 --> 00:32:44,867 committing these heinous acts at the funeral home. 682 00:32:44,867 --> 00:32:48,166 I was disturbed, 683 00:32:48,233 --> 00:32:51,567 um, kind of, you know, heartbroken, 684 00:32:51,567 --> 00:32:54,066 couldn't believe that she did this to someone that I -- 685 00:32:54,066 --> 00:32:57,767 that I knew and that had passed away. 686 00:32:57,767 --> 00:32:59,100 A total disrespect. 687 00:32:59,100 --> 00:33:00,567 How are you gonna explain those photos? 688 00:33:00,567 --> 00:33:02,166 I mean, that just kind of seals her fate. 689 00:33:02,166 --> 00:33:05,533 Pictures of what she's actually doing. 690 00:33:07,100 --> 00:33:10,367 NARRATOR: When the case goes to trial in April 2016, 691 00:33:10,433 --> 00:33:15,166 Shaynna is charged with three misdemeanors and two felonies. 692 00:33:15,166 --> 00:33:18,266 Woman accused of slashing the body of her husband's former 693 00:33:18,266 --> 00:33:21,166 girlfriend is expected in court today. 694 00:33:21,166 --> 00:33:23,867 STEVE: This is a case that is revenge. 695 00:33:23,934 --> 00:33:28,166 You know, this is the ex getting involved with 696 00:33:28,233 --> 00:33:30,767 her husband, 697 00:33:30,834 --> 00:33:33,467 and so she's going to do something about that. 698 00:33:33,467 --> 00:33:35,667 I don't remember any emotion from Shaynna. 699 00:33:35,667 --> 00:33:38,166 The defense had tried very early on in the process to say 700 00:33:38,233 --> 00:33:40,867 she wasn't competent to stand trial, because she's got, 701 00:33:40,867 --> 00:33:42,000 you know, mental issues. 702 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:43,667 But she was given a thorough exam -- that was part of 703 00:33:43,734 --> 00:33:46,166 her pretrial process, and she was found competent to 704 00:33:46,166 --> 00:33:47,367 stand trial. 705 00:33:47,367 --> 00:33:49,667 The defense were like, look, she's just a woman pushed 706 00:33:49,667 --> 00:33:52,000 over the edge like any woman would be -- she's -- 707 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:53,567 her husband is having an affair. 708 00:33:53,567 --> 00:33:55,567 The victim is texting her and rubbing her face in it. 709 00:33:55,634 --> 00:33:57,433 What else would a woman do? 710 00:33:58,567 --> 00:34:02,967 NARRATOR: The prosecution call a number of witnesses, including Montie. 711 00:34:04,300 --> 00:34:07,567 MONTIE: Seeing Shaynna in the courtroom, and... 712 00:34:07,567 --> 00:34:09,567 ans-- you know, ask -- being asked questions, 713 00:34:09,634 --> 00:34:13,867 and she's staring at me, trying to intimidate me. 714 00:34:13,867 --> 00:34:17,066 I'd answer the questions and try to get through it. 715 00:34:19,700 --> 00:34:20,867 LORI: And then the jury goes out. 716 00:34:20,867 --> 00:34:21,867 It's right before lunchtime. 717 00:34:21,867 --> 00:34:23,166 It's like 11:45 in the morning, 718 00:34:23,166 --> 00:34:25,767 and I didn't think it would take too long. 719 00:34:25,834 --> 00:34:28,100 So three hours later, almost to the minute, 720 00:34:28,100 --> 00:34:29,767 they called us back in the courtroom, 721 00:34:29,834 --> 00:34:31,166 and that's when the verdict was read. 722 00:34:31,166 --> 00:34:32,867 STEVE: They found her guilty of all the counts. 723 00:34:32,934 --> 00:34:35,767 All those counts were ordered to run consecutive. 724 00:34:35,767 --> 00:34:38,867 It all totaled up to 16 total years. 725 00:34:38,934 --> 00:34:42,533 I guess you could say I felt a kind of...peace. 726 00:34:43,500 --> 00:34:45,867 NARRATOR: Montie divorces Shaynna a year later 727 00:34:45,867 --> 00:34:48,567 and gets full custody of their daughter. 728 00:34:48,567 --> 00:34:50,266 JERMAINE: I can't imagine, 729 00:34:50,333 --> 00:34:52,367 you know, what he had to go through, 730 00:34:52,367 --> 00:34:54,667 what he had to tell his daughter, 731 00:34:54,667 --> 00:34:56,467 uh, all the ramifications of that. 732 00:34:56,467 --> 00:34:59,033 Hm. It's tough. 733 00:35:01,300 --> 00:35:03,667 NARRATOR: Less than four years into Shaynna's sentence, 734 00:35:03,667 --> 00:35:06,166 a new law is struck in Oklahoma 735 00:35:06,166 --> 00:35:08,767 that gives her a loophole to appeal. 736 00:35:10,367 --> 00:35:12,166 Shaynna Sims has been released from prison 737 00:35:12,233 --> 00:35:14,767 after serving four years of her sentence. 738 00:35:14,767 --> 00:35:17,567 I was like, she can't be -- there's no way. 739 00:35:17,634 --> 00:35:19,567 I couldn't believe it. 740 00:35:19,567 --> 00:35:20,867 I was in shock. 741 00:35:20,867 --> 00:35:24,100 It was just a gut punch to everybody. 742 00:35:24,100 --> 00:35:26,166 It was devastating to me when I found out. 743 00:35:26,233 --> 00:35:29,166 I felt rage at that point. 744 00:35:29,233 --> 00:35:30,333 I couldn't believe it. 745 00:35:31,700 --> 00:35:34,767 NARRATOR: In November 2021, Montie Smith's ex-wife, 746 00:35:34,834 --> 00:35:38,667 Shaynna Sims, is set free less than four years into 747 00:35:38,667 --> 00:35:41,166 a 16-year sentence for desecrating 748 00:35:41,233 --> 00:35:43,367 Tabatha Lynch's body. 749 00:35:43,367 --> 00:35:45,066 MONTIE: I was like, she can't be. 750 00:35:45,066 --> 00:35:46,166 There's no way. 751 00:35:46,166 --> 00:35:50,467 But sure enough, I did get confirmation message 752 00:35:50,467 --> 00:35:52,967 later that day that she was released. 753 00:35:53,033 --> 00:35:56,467 I actually saw a video of her 754 00:35:56,467 --> 00:35:58,667 being released. 755 00:35:58,734 --> 00:35:59,867 She just gets to walk? 756 00:35:59,867 --> 00:36:01,667 She spends a few years in prison for all 757 00:36:01,667 --> 00:36:04,467 the damage she's caused, and she gets to walk? 758 00:36:04,467 --> 00:36:06,767 You couldn't ask for a more 759 00:36:06,834 --> 00:36:09,767 devastating blow to the victim's family. 760 00:36:09,767 --> 00:36:10,867 MARK: It was a shock. 761 00:36:10,867 --> 00:36:13,367 It was really a kick in the gut that we learned 762 00:36:13,433 --> 00:36:14,867 that she was gonna be walking free 763 00:36:14,934 --> 00:36:16,967 after we put this case together, and to have someone 764 00:36:16,967 --> 00:36:19,533 walking free was, um, was tough to swallow. 765 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:24,567 NARRATOR: Shaynna has been released on appeal as a result 766 00:36:24,634 --> 00:36:28,333 of a Supreme Court ruling known as the McGirt Decision. 767 00:36:29,667 --> 00:36:32,867 STEVE: The McGirt Decision, in essence, basically told 768 00:36:32,867 --> 00:36:36,166 Oklahoma if somebody was a Native American, 769 00:36:36,233 --> 00:36:40,667 either as a defendant or as a victim, that the state of 770 00:36:40,667 --> 00:36:44,867 Oklahoma had no jurisdiction to handle those prosecutions. 771 00:36:44,867 --> 00:36:47,567 LORI: The United States Supreme Court said that 772 00:36:47,567 --> 00:36:50,467 the state of Oklahoma can't arrest Native Americans. 773 00:36:50,467 --> 00:36:52,066 Our prosecutors can't prosecute 774 00:36:52,066 --> 00:36:54,000 crimes involving Native Americans. 775 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:58,266 And so that brought into question thousands 776 00:36:58,266 --> 00:37:00,567 and thousands of cases over the years 777 00:37:00,567 --> 00:37:03,867 where a Native American was either a victim or a suspect. 778 00:37:03,867 --> 00:37:07,967 NARRATOR: This new law is supposed to protect Native Americans. 779 00:37:09,100 --> 00:37:10,867 STEVE: But what did Shaynna Sims do? 780 00:37:10,867 --> 00:37:13,767 She figured out that Tabatha 781 00:37:13,767 --> 00:37:16,667 had Native American blood in her. 782 00:37:16,667 --> 00:37:18,767 "You can't prosecute me for this crime," 783 00:37:18,767 --> 00:37:20,367 and literally, literally, 784 00:37:20,433 --> 00:37:22,867 she got her case dismissed because of that 785 00:37:22,867 --> 00:37:24,266 McGirt Decision. 786 00:37:24,333 --> 00:37:29,066 Shaynna Sims, somebody has zero Native American blood in her, 787 00:37:29,133 --> 00:37:32,266 gets the benefit of victimizing somebody who 788 00:37:32,266 --> 00:37:35,767 was a Native American, and walks around as though she's 789 00:37:35,767 --> 00:37:39,066 got no consequences -- it's just so upsetting. 790 00:37:40,300 --> 00:37:42,367 NARRATOR: Once Shaynna is out of jail, 791 00:37:42,367 --> 00:37:45,100 she can't seem to stay out of trouble. 792 00:37:45,100 --> 00:37:47,000 LORI: Montie was worried about what she might do. 793 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:48,367 Of course, the victim's family, 794 00:37:48,433 --> 00:37:50,767 Tabatha's family, was really worried and stressed about what 795 00:37:50,767 --> 00:37:52,567 she might do or who she might target. 796 00:37:52,634 --> 00:37:54,367 She gets arrested for stealing a car 797 00:37:54,367 --> 00:37:56,867 and gets in trouble for assaulting her mother. 798 00:37:56,934 --> 00:38:00,567 Um, it's just one thing after another. 799 00:38:00,567 --> 00:38:03,166 Montie's big concern was protecting his daughter, 800 00:38:03,233 --> 00:38:04,567 because now that she's free, 801 00:38:04,634 --> 00:38:06,967 what would stop her from trying to get custody? 802 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:09,166 MONTIE: I got a phone call from 803 00:38:09,233 --> 00:38:11,967 Shaynna wanting to speak with her daughter. 804 00:38:11,967 --> 00:38:14,367 I did not know. I couldn't believe it. 805 00:38:14,367 --> 00:38:16,367 I was in shock. 806 00:38:16,433 --> 00:38:19,367 I ignored it for the first few days. 807 00:38:19,367 --> 00:38:21,066 She kept calling. 808 00:38:22,767 --> 00:38:25,367 He didn't know what 809 00:38:25,367 --> 00:38:28,767 her plans were or what she was capable of doing 810 00:38:28,767 --> 00:38:30,667 now that she's out of jail. 811 00:38:30,667 --> 00:38:32,967 NARRATOR: Montie talks with their daughter, who tells 812 00:38:32,967 --> 00:38:35,266 him she wants to meet her mother. 813 00:38:35,333 --> 00:38:36,967 He drops her off for a weekend 814 00:38:36,967 --> 00:38:40,066 at her grandmother's house where Shaynna is staying. 815 00:38:40,967 --> 00:38:43,100 MONTIE: I thought to myself, give it a try 816 00:38:43,100 --> 00:38:45,367 just one time and see how it goes. 817 00:38:45,367 --> 00:38:47,767 Shaynna and her mom, they were yelling 818 00:38:47,767 --> 00:38:50,000 at each other and having confrontation 819 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,867 in front of my daughter when she's not used to seeing that. 820 00:38:52,934 --> 00:38:55,667 And she told me herself that she didn't want to 821 00:38:55,734 --> 00:38:58,767 be around that, and she didn't want to see them. 822 00:38:58,834 --> 00:39:02,667 So I do not force her at that point to go back anymore. 823 00:39:02,667 --> 00:39:05,333 And that's where we are to this current day. 824 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,567 JERMAINE: Montie still has full custody of his daughter. 825 00:39:09,567 --> 00:39:11,867 Um, so yes, he, you know, 826 00:39:11,867 --> 00:39:16,767 is doing his best to keep his daughter safe, 827 00:39:16,834 --> 00:39:18,667 to, uh... 828 00:39:18,667 --> 00:39:20,433 keep Shaynna away. 829 00:39:21,767 --> 00:39:25,166 NARRATOR: Despite being warned about not going anywhere near 830 00:39:25,166 --> 00:39:26,767 Tabatha's relatives, 831 00:39:26,767 --> 00:39:29,033 Shaynna defies the order. 832 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:33,467 LORI: And then sure enough, Shaynna then goes 833 00:39:33,467 --> 00:39:36,066 to the victim's family's apartment and she's like, "Oh, 834 00:39:36,066 --> 00:39:38,166 I wasn't there to see them," which is a lie. 835 00:39:38,166 --> 00:39:41,166 You're only there to harass that poor family, 836 00:39:41,166 --> 00:39:42,834 who's already been through so much. 837 00:39:45,100 --> 00:39:47,767 All you have to do to stay out of jail is stay over in 838 00:39:47,834 --> 00:39:49,967 your county, but she can't help herself again. 839 00:39:49,967 --> 00:39:51,967 She comes over here, and, of course, 840 00:39:52,033 --> 00:39:54,367 that puts the family in terror. 841 00:39:54,367 --> 00:39:56,767 They are afraid of why she keeps 842 00:39:56,767 --> 00:39:58,867 showing up there and what she might do. 843 00:39:58,934 --> 00:40:01,133 And so, of course, yes, she's arrested and put back in. 844 00:40:02,767 --> 00:40:05,367 NARRATOR: Recognizing that Shaynna is still a threat, 845 00:40:05,367 --> 00:40:08,433 Oklahoma State prosecutors file an appeal. 846 00:40:09,467 --> 00:40:13,066 STEVE: We had another case. It was called Castro Juerta, 847 00:40:13,066 --> 00:40:16,867 which was somebody who was clearly not a Native American 848 00:40:16,867 --> 00:40:20,467 who had victimized children who were Native American. 849 00:40:20,533 --> 00:40:23,767 And we took that fact pattern back up to the United States 850 00:40:23,767 --> 00:40:28,000 Supreme Court and asked them to revisit, in essence, 851 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,266 the McGirt Decision. 852 00:40:30,266 --> 00:40:34,266 So then we immediately took that decision, petitioned 853 00:40:34,266 --> 00:40:36,667 the court, got her dismissal set 854 00:40:36,667 --> 00:40:39,667 aside, and remanded Shaynna Sims back to prison, 855 00:40:39,734 --> 00:40:41,533 which is where she's at today. 856 00:40:43,467 --> 00:40:46,567 NARRATOR: In February 2023, Shaynna's sentence 857 00:40:46,634 --> 00:40:49,066 and conviction are reinstated, and she 858 00:40:49,133 --> 00:40:53,567 is sent back to prison to serve the remaining 12 years. 859 00:40:53,567 --> 00:40:55,166 So it's definitely a relief, 860 00:40:55,166 --> 00:40:58,634 uh, you know, for all of us that she's back in jail, um... 861 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:03,934 Me personally, I don't think 16 years is long enough. 862 00:41:05,667 --> 00:41:07,867 I'm at peace in my life. 863 00:41:07,934 --> 00:41:09,667 My daughter's at peace. 864 00:41:09,734 --> 00:41:13,967 She's happy -- I've never let this be a problem for her. 865 00:41:13,967 --> 00:41:16,166 JERMAINE: Montie has this smile 866 00:41:16,166 --> 00:41:19,667 that -- that, you know, whenever he's in good spirits, 867 00:41:19,734 --> 00:41:22,266 and it shows, it -- he just glows, 868 00:41:22,266 --> 00:41:25,000 and, uh, I love to see my brother when he's happy 869 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:26,567 and when everything is going good. 870 00:41:26,634 --> 00:41:29,066 MONTIE: I feel like after all this is said and done, 871 00:41:30,367 --> 00:41:33,667 it's like looking at the damage after 872 00:41:33,734 --> 00:41:36,667 a tornado or after a disaster. 873 00:41:36,734 --> 00:41:39,834 And how are you gonna put your life back together after this? 874 00:41:40,767 --> 00:41:44,266 I don't know of any person that could have withstanded 875 00:41:44,266 --> 00:41:48,066 what he had to go through, especially these past 876 00:41:48,066 --> 00:41:50,634 six or seven years, but he did it. 877 00:41:52,300 --> 00:41:53,667 I'll always love him for that. 878 00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:57,667 MONTIE: I'm still in the stages of putting my life back together 879 00:41:59,300 --> 00:42:00,834 and moving forward. 880 00:42:01,700 --> 00:42:03,667 But I just -- it's built me to 881 00:42:03,667 --> 00:42:06,300 be a stronger person and better dad.