1 00:00:06,767 --> 00:00:09,567 BONNIE: My mom has these four beautiful kids. 2 00:00:09,567 --> 00:00:13,634 She's married to a great successful car salesman. 3 00:00:14,700 --> 00:00:18,967 They were on their way to having a good family life. 4 00:00:20,767 --> 00:00:23,266 BONNIE: Everything on the outside looking in looked perfect, 5 00:00:23,266 --> 00:00:25,467 and for her, 6 00:00:25,467 --> 00:00:27,233 we know all too well, it wasn't. 7 00:00:28,767 --> 00:00:30,967 [phone ringing] 8 00:00:30,967 --> 00:00:32,934 [operator speaking] 9 00:00:33,867 --> 00:00:35,567 [Barbara speaking] 10 00:00:35,567 --> 00:00:37,066 We were very afraid. 11 00:00:37,133 --> 00:00:38,100 [gunshot blasts] 12 00:00:38,100 --> 00:00:40,266 [operator speaking] 13 00:00:40,266 --> 00:00:42,066 He had already shot one person. 14 00:00:42,066 --> 00:00:43,266 It was very tense. 15 00:00:43,333 --> 00:00:44,467 [gunshot blasts] 16 00:00:44,467 --> 00:00:46,166 [operator speaking] 17 00:00:46,166 --> 00:00:48,166 I mean, that's a twisted mind, right? 18 00:00:48,166 --> 00:00:51,266 [man speaking] 19 00:00:51,266 --> 00:00:55,166 I could never imagine my dad turning into the monster he did. 20 00:00:58,266 --> 00:01:01,767 [theme music playing] 21 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:17,634 NARRATOR: It's May 13th, 1995, in Midland, Texas. 22 00:01:19,667 --> 00:01:23,166 26-year-old Aldo Pacheco and 22-year-old 23 00:01:23,166 --> 00:01:25,634 Barbara Paredes have just tied the knot. 24 00:01:28,500 --> 00:01:32,166 Their wedding was at a gazebo at the park. 25 00:01:33,967 --> 00:01:36,000 After that, we had the reception 26 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,867 at my house in like a backyard. 27 00:01:38,867 --> 00:01:41,166 Everybody was getting along. 28 00:01:41,233 --> 00:01:44,333 Barbara was smiling. She looked happy. 29 00:01:45,166 --> 00:01:49,100 Barbara was a very positive person. 30 00:01:49,100 --> 00:01:50,934 She was always smiling. 31 00:01:52,266 --> 00:01:55,433 NARRATOR: Barbara has lived in Midland since she was a child. 32 00:01:56,867 --> 00:01:59,533 MARY: She had two sisters and two brothers. 33 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,367 EVA: Barbara's life at home 34 00:02:03,367 --> 00:02:06,066 was not smooth sailing at all. 35 00:02:07,667 --> 00:02:09,266 She did not have a good 36 00:02:09,266 --> 00:02:12,667 relationship with her family or her mother. 37 00:02:15,967 --> 00:02:17,734 EVA: She had just turned 19, 38 00:02:18,867 --> 00:02:21,000 and she came and talked to my husband and I 39 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:24,967 and said, "I can no longer live in my parents' home." 40 00:02:25,033 --> 00:02:27,967 And I said, "We have a bedroom that you could live here. 41 00:02:27,967 --> 00:02:29,567 We will help you." 42 00:02:29,567 --> 00:02:31,467 So she moved in with us. 43 00:02:34,367 --> 00:02:38,166 Barbara wanted to be a school teacher 44 00:02:38,166 --> 00:02:41,000 from probably five years old, 45 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:42,166 six years old. 46 00:02:42,233 --> 00:02:44,266 She would talk about being a teacher. 47 00:02:45,266 --> 00:02:49,734 She had a big heart and was real friendly. 48 00:02:50,767 --> 00:02:53,033 We wanted her dream to come true. 49 00:02:54,700 --> 00:02:57,867 So we moved her to Saint Angelo State 50 00:02:57,867 --> 00:03:00,867 to get her education degree. 51 00:03:00,867 --> 00:03:04,433 My husband and I were very proud of her. 52 00:03:08,567 --> 00:03:12,266 NARRATOR: In 1994, while working on her degree in education, 53 00:03:12,266 --> 00:03:15,333 Barbara meets business scholar, Aldo Pacheco. 54 00:03:18,166 --> 00:03:20,834 EVA: Aldo grew up in Fort Stockton, Texas. 55 00:03:22,567 --> 00:03:25,066 My dad was one of seven children, 56 00:03:25,066 --> 00:03:29,166 and he lost his sister when he was 21. 57 00:03:29,166 --> 00:03:32,166 And I think, as a result, 58 00:03:32,233 --> 00:03:33,867 through trauma, I think him 59 00:03:33,934 --> 00:03:37,100 and his brother, Memo, really grew closer. 60 00:03:37,100 --> 00:03:39,233 Um, I think it was a hard loss. 61 00:03:43,066 --> 00:03:47,367 EVA: During the first visit that Barbara brought Aldo to 62 00:03:47,367 --> 00:03:48,467 our house, 63 00:03:48,467 --> 00:03:52,066 she introduced him, said they were friends. 64 00:03:56,567 --> 00:03:58,367 The way he described it, 65 00:03:58,367 --> 00:04:02,166 he came from a very 66 00:04:02,166 --> 00:04:03,934 dysfunctional family. 67 00:04:05,367 --> 00:04:07,767 MARY: I do think she cared for him. 68 00:04:07,767 --> 00:04:10,433 Barbara wanted to always see the good in people. 69 00:04:12,767 --> 00:04:14,667 EVA: But I'm a person that goes a lot by 70 00:04:14,734 --> 00:04:19,166 gut feeling and intuition -- when I shook his hand, 71 00:04:19,233 --> 00:04:23,266 my first reaction is that he was not good 72 00:04:23,266 --> 00:04:26,667 for her, that he was not a good person, 73 00:04:26,667 --> 00:04:28,233 from day one. 74 00:04:31,100 --> 00:04:33,166 NARRATOR: Unaware of her family's misgivings, 75 00:04:33,166 --> 00:04:35,100 Barbara and Aldo start dating, 76 00:04:35,100 --> 00:04:37,734 and just a month later, she falls pregnant. 77 00:04:40,367 --> 00:04:42,967 MARY: Barbara told me she was pregnant. 78 00:04:42,967 --> 00:04:44,934 She hadn't told anybody yet. 79 00:04:46,066 --> 00:04:47,467 I wouldn't say I was disappointed, 80 00:04:47,467 --> 00:04:50,367 because that's not a disappointment to me, 81 00:04:50,433 --> 00:04:53,834 but I just knew that... 82 00:04:55,767 --> 00:04:57,867 as any parent knows, once you have a child, 83 00:04:57,867 --> 00:04:59,467 things are never the same. 84 00:05:01,066 --> 00:05:03,166 We did tell her, both me and my sister, 85 00:05:03,233 --> 00:05:05,367 Eva, that she did not have to get married. 86 00:05:07,500 --> 00:05:08,667 But she did. 87 00:05:12,100 --> 00:05:16,367 It kind of brings me peace for her, because I know 88 00:05:16,367 --> 00:05:19,266 it wasn't all bad times, that there were 89 00:05:19,266 --> 00:05:21,767 some good times, and this is a reflection of 90 00:05:21,767 --> 00:05:23,634 a few of those good times. 91 00:05:27,667 --> 00:05:29,266 NARRATOR: Six months after the wedding, 92 00:05:29,266 --> 00:05:32,433 Barbara gives birth to a baby girl, Bonnie. 93 00:05:35,066 --> 00:05:37,066 MARY: Then it was an exciting time, 94 00:05:37,133 --> 00:05:38,734 you know, the birth of her child. 95 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:43,367 Barbara and Aldo decided to name Bonnie 96 00:05:43,367 --> 00:05:46,433 after his sister that had passed away. 97 00:05:48,100 --> 00:05:49,734 EVA: She was a wonderful mother. 98 00:05:51,867 --> 00:05:53,867 She had a lot of patience. 99 00:05:53,867 --> 00:05:56,033 She was a nurturing type of mother. 100 00:05:57,367 --> 00:05:59,867 MARY: They moved into an apartment that was close to 101 00:05:59,867 --> 00:06:04,467 the university so that Barbara could finish her education. 102 00:06:06,266 --> 00:06:10,166 EVA: He had quit college to go work 103 00:06:10,233 --> 00:06:14,000 so that they could get a bigger apartment. 104 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:17,066 NARRATOR: Aldo gets a job as a car salesman 105 00:06:17,133 --> 00:06:18,634 to support his young family. 106 00:06:21,100 --> 00:06:23,967 Aldo was a good car salesman, I think, 107 00:06:23,967 --> 00:06:26,867 because he was good at convincing people, 108 00:06:26,867 --> 00:06:28,834 you know, they needed to buy that vehicle. 109 00:06:30,266 --> 00:06:35,934 Aldo was very good at portraying himself as a good person. 110 00:06:39,867 --> 00:06:42,867 NARRATOR: In December 1996, Barbara graduates 111 00:06:42,934 --> 00:06:45,233 after completing her degree in education. 112 00:06:47,467 --> 00:06:51,166 She moves closer to her family and gets a job as a teacher. 113 00:06:53,166 --> 00:06:56,467 Barbara was very happy when she got her job 114 00:06:56,533 --> 00:07:00,266 teaching kindergarten at Carver. 115 00:07:00,333 --> 00:07:03,467 She loved being a kindergarten teacher. 116 00:07:03,467 --> 00:07:07,467 She told me that numerous times. 117 00:07:07,533 --> 00:07:12,166 Barbara was always trying to help the students that struggle. 118 00:07:14,500 --> 00:07:17,266 NARRATOR: It's all change for Aldo, too, 119 00:07:17,266 --> 00:07:19,266 when he gets a job at a prestigious 120 00:07:19,333 --> 00:07:20,533 local country club. 121 00:07:22,367 --> 00:07:26,066 EVA: Aldo worked at the Petroleum Club of Midland 122 00:07:26,066 --> 00:07:27,367 in the kitchen. 123 00:07:27,367 --> 00:07:32,567 Midland is a big oil industry city, 124 00:07:32,567 --> 00:07:38,100 so that Petroleum Club members are all in the oil industry. 125 00:07:38,100 --> 00:07:41,166 So it would appear that they were 126 00:07:41,166 --> 00:07:44,734 on their way to having a good family life. 127 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:51,133 NARRATOR: But one night, Eva gets an unexpected phone call. 128 00:07:53,867 --> 00:07:55,100 EVA: Barbara called me. 129 00:07:55,100 --> 00:07:57,066 It was like one or two o'clock in the morning, and she was 130 00:07:57,133 --> 00:08:01,000 crying because he had been out for days 131 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,734 and had not come in to the house. 132 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:07,066 She suspected that 133 00:08:07,066 --> 00:08:10,367 he had gone with a previous girlfriend, 134 00:08:10,367 --> 00:08:13,333 and she was upset over that. 135 00:08:14,467 --> 00:08:19,100 But she called me back later that day, and she said, 136 00:08:19,100 --> 00:08:23,667 "I don't want Bonnie to grow up without a father. 137 00:08:23,734 --> 00:08:28,166 So I wanna stay and see if I can make this work." 138 00:08:28,233 --> 00:08:31,767 [indistinct conversations] 139 00:08:31,767 --> 00:08:33,634 WOMAN: Who gave her that? 140 00:08:35,100 --> 00:08:39,066 EVA: It was at my mother's house, Christmas that year. 141 00:08:39,066 --> 00:08:41,166 It was quite noisy 142 00:08:41,233 --> 00:08:43,266 when you get all the kids together. 143 00:08:43,266 --> 00:08:46,166 [child exclaiming indistinctly] 144 00:08:46,166 --> 00:08:48,066 NARRATOR: It's Bonnie's second Christmas, 145 00:08:48,133 --> 00:08:50,433 and she's already becoming a daddy's girl. 146 00:08:51,867 --> 00:08:53,767 EVA: He would always call Bonnie, 147 00:08:53,767 --> 00:08:56,033 "My little buddy, my little pal." 148 00:08:58,467 --> 00:08:59,967 BONNIE: It was a wonderful childhood. 149 00:08:59,967 --> 00:09:03,367 I mean, I have nothing but incredible memories 150 00:09:03,433 --> 00:09:05,000 with my dad. 151 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:06,567 [indistinct talking] 152 00:09:06,634 --> 00:09:09,367 NARRATOR: Mom, Barbara, takes over the present opening duties. 153 00:09:09,367 --> 00:09:10,867 [indistinct talking] 154 00:09:10,867 --> 00:09:12,734 It's an Elmo doll! 155 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:17,767 My mom, she was always so good at helping me open presents, 156 00:09:17,767 --> 00:09:20,767 and it looks like I got a talking Elmo, 157 00:09:20,834 --> 00:09:24,166 and my cousin is getting the first try at it, 158 00:09:24,166 --> 00:09:25,367 it looks like. 159 00:09:28,367 --> 00:09:30,467 They look so comfortable together. 160 00:09:30,533 --> 00:09:32,066 They -- 161 00:09:32,133 --> 00:09:34,967 and my dad's arm is just around her. 162 00:09:36,066 --> 00:09:38,000 Makes my heart a little sad, 163 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,567 seeing them so happy, 164 00:09:40,567 --> 00:09:43,934 and we all know how the story ends. 165 00:09:52,767 --> 00:09:55,867 NARRATOR: Five years after tying the knot in Midland, Texas, 166 00:09:55,934 --> 00:09:59,066 Aldo and Barbara Pacheco's marriage is 167 00:09:59,133 --> 00:10:01,133 beginning to show signs of strain. 168 00:10:05,166 --> 00:10:08,266 MARY: Aldo went back to work as a car salesman. 169 00:10:08,266 --> 00:10:11,667 It was frustrating to him, I think, 170 00:10:11,734 --> 00:10:13,667 and, uh, 171 00:10:13,734 --> 00:10:15,767 he had long hours, 172 00:10:15,767 --> 00:10:18,634 and Barbara was working at what she wanted to do. 173 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,000 He started just 174 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:27,333 treating her different, like more -- like resentful. 175 00:10:29,367 --> 00:10:31,266 It was all Barbara's fault. 176 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:38,066 I don't think he ever abused her physically, but mentally, 177 00:10:38,066 --> 00:10:40,934 I think he did, and emotionally. 178 00:10:43,367 --> 00:10:46,266 She was such a good-hearted person, 179 00:10:46,333 --> 00:10:49,934 maybe sometimes a little naive, too trusting. 180 00:10:51,300 --> 00:10:54,967 She stuck by Aldo, and I think she was 181 00:10:55,033 --> 00:10:58,066 giving it her best to make it work. 182 00:11:00,367 --> 00:11:02,066 And then she got pregnant again. 183 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:09,667 BONNIE: When I found out that my mom was pregnant with my sister, 184 00:11:09,734 --> 00:11:11,667 I bawled. 185 00:11:11,667 --> 00:11:15,066 I had my mom and my dad all to myself, 186 00:11:15,066 --> 00:11:19,166 and I was so confused as to why we needed another party. 187 00:11:22,266 --> 00:11:25,333 I was seven years old when Maddie was born. 188 00:11:26,567 --> 00:11:30,367 I think once we brought Maddie home, 189 00:11:30,433 --> 00:11:33,166 it was a completely different tune. 190 00:11:33,166 --> 00:11:37,266 I remember just -- I looked at her 191 00:11:37,266 --> 00:11:41,266 through her crib and just being in awe. 192 00:11:44,367 --> 00:11:47,967 Four or five short months later, 193 00:11:47,967 --> 00:11:51,066 she let me know that she was pregnant again. 194 00:11:51,066 --> 00:11:54,767 And, um, with twins this time. 195 00:11:54,834 --> 00:11:57,767 I was so nervous, and, uh, she said, 196 00:11:57,767 --> 00:12:00,734 "We're just gonna do it, and we're gonna do it together." 197 00:12:06,667 --> 00:12:09,667 NARRATOR: On September 17th, 2003, 198 00:12:09,667 --> 00:12:12,100 Barbara gives birth to two twin boys, 199 00:12:12,100 --> 00:12:13,734 Elijah and Ryan. 200 00:12:16,467 --> 00:12:19,000 Aldo being the macho man he was, 201 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:21,634 he was happy that it was two boys. 202 00:12:24,066 --> 00:12:28,867 The family dynamic changed when the twins were born. 203 00:12:30,367 --> 00:12:33,667 BONNIE: My mom made sure everyone thought everything was 204 00:12:33,667 --> 00:12:34,967 very perfect, 205 00:12:35,033 --> 00:12:38,867 but there was definitely a shift in the household. 206 00:12:38,934 --> 00:12:42,867 My mom had to attend to three babies essentially, 207 00:12:42,934 --> 00:12:47,166 and I could see 208 00:12:47,233 --> 00:12:50,166 my dad became very irritable 209 00:12:50,233 --> 00:12:51,867 right after the boys were born, 210 00:12:51,867 --> 00:12:56,166 just very almost annoyed that we had to tend to 211 00:12:56,166 --> 00:12:57,467 these children. 212 00:12:59,567 --> 00:13:00,767 NARRATOR: In this home video, 213 00:13:00,834 --> 00:13:03,967 daughter Bonnie films her mom in the laundry room. 214 00:13:03,967 --> 00:13:05,867 [Bonnie speaking] 215 00:13:13,300 --> 00:13:15,567 BONNIE: She has these four beautiful kids. 216 00:13:15,567 --> 00:13:20,266 She's married to a great successful car salesman. 217 00:13:20,266 --> 00:13:23,567 Everything on the outside looking in looked perfect. 218 00:13:23,567 --> 00:13:26,967 And for her, we know all too well, it wasn't. 219 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,767 EVA: She told me that he would time her 220 00:13:33,834 --> 00:13:36,000 when she would go to the grocery store, 221 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:39,967 and if she was not back in his timeframe, 222 00:13:40,033 --> 00:13:42,767 he would start calling her and saying, "Where are you?" 223 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:46,266 And I told her then, 224 00:13:47,367 --> 00:13:48,634 that's not good. 225 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:51,433 That is a control issue. 226 00:13:52,967 --> 00:13:55,266 I always told her 227 00:13:55,333 --> 00:13:59,567 that she needed to value herself 228 00:13:59,567 --> 00:14:02,066 and that she deserved the best in life. 229 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,667 But that it would be up to her 230 00:14:05,667 --> 00:14:09,066 to make a decision of what she wanted her life to be. 231 00:14:12,467 --> 00:14:15,066 NARRATOR: Barbara pours all her focus into her children, 232 00:14:15,133 --> 00:14:17,233 who are a constant source of joy. 233 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,567 She has another reason to smile. 234 00:14:23,634 --> 00:14:25,734 She's recently returned to teaching. 235 00:14:27,500 --> 00:14:30,266 EVA: She was happy to go back to work. 236 00:14:30,266 --> 00:14:34,667 One of the things she told me is she did not feel as 237 00:14:34,667 --> 00:14:37,266 caged in, because she could go back to 238 00:14:37,333 --> 00:14:41,934 having friends and colleagues and teaching and the students. 239 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:47,066 While she was teaching, that helped her get 240 00:14:47,133 --> 00:14:51,634 away from the situation and have a reprieve. 241 00:14:52,567 --> 00:14:55,266 [Barbara speaking] 242 00:14:55,333 --> 00:14:58,166 NARRATOR: On September 17th, 2004, 243 00:14:58,166 --> 00:15:01,266 the family gathers to celebrate the twins' birthday. 244 00:15:02,967 --> 00:15:08,266 When the twins' first birthday party, and there was a cake, 245 00:15:08,333 --> 00:15:10,867 in Hispanic culture, 246 00:15:10,867 --> 00:15:14,567 sometimes you get a cake, and they can mess it up, 247 00:15:14,634 --> 00:15:17,767 get chocolate in their face or cake on their face 248 00:15:17,767 --> 00:15:19,166 and so forth. 249 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,767 NARRATOR: But Aldo takes tradition a step too far 250 00:15:23,834 --> 00:15:27,433 and pushes one-year-old Ryan's face into the cake. 251 00:15:29,967 --> 00:15:31,667 EVA: He was struggling to breathe. 252 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,533 Aldo was laughing. 253 00:15:38,667 --> 00:15:42,066 I think sometimes the bully Aldo would come out. 254 00:15:43,667 --> 00:15:46,867 When the incident happened with the cake, 255 00:15:46,934 --> 00:15:50,166 that's what broke the camel's back for Barbara. 256 00:15:52,100 --> 00:15:54,166 Barbara decided, 257 00:15:54,233 --> 00:15:56,467 I cannot have my kids live in 258 00:15:56,467 --> 00:15:58,734 that type of environment with this man. 259 00:16:02,500 --> 00:16:04,667 The next day, 260 00:16:04,667 --> 00:16:07,266 she called me and told me that 261 00:16:07,266 --> 00:16:11,367 she had talked to him about getting separated. 262 00:16:11,367 --> 00:16:15,367 I was relieved and scared 263 00:16:15,433 --> 00:16:16,667 at the same time. 264 00:16:18,667 --> 00:16:23,867 I'd asked her then, are you sure you tried the counseling? 265 00:16:23,934 --> 00:16:26,066 Are you sure on your decision? 266 00:16:26,066 --> 00:16:28,667 She said, "Yes, I am." 267 00:16:28,667 --> 00:16:29,767 I said, "Okay." 268 00:16:33,100 --> 00:16:35,266 NARRATOR: With the separation official, 269 00:16:35,266 --> 00:16:39,467 Aldo moves in with his brother Memo while Barbara and the kids 270 00:16:39,467 --> 00:16:41,166 go to live with Aunt Eva. 271 00:16:43,367 --> 00:16:47,467 My dad would visit, but it was a very big adjustment for me to 272 00:16:47,467 --> 00:16:48,867 not have him every night, 273 00:16:48,867 --> 00:16:52,100 every morning, taking me to practices. 274 00:16:52,100 --> 00:16:54,467 It was definitely weird not having my dad there. 275 00:16:58,900 --> 00:17:01,100 NARRATOR: As their divorce proceedings begin, 276 00:17:01,100 --> 00:17:03,967 Aldo becomes fixated on getting full custody 277 00:17:03,967 --> 00:17:06,734 of the kids and starts to pressure Barbara. 278 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,367 So he would call the house. 279 00:17:12,433 --> 00:17:14,867 He knew they were at my house, 280 00:17:14,934 --> 00:17:16,266 and leave messages. 281 00:17:16,266 --> 00:17:17,467 [answering machine beeps] 282 00:17:17,533 --> 00:17:19,333 [Aldo speaking] 283 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:33,166 BONNIE: I would hear my dad leave messages. 284 00:17:33,166 --> 00:17:36,667 It was very scary, and she was very frightened. 285 00:17:36,667 --> 00:17:37,667 [answering machine beeps] 286 00:17:37,667 --> 00:17:40,467 [Aldo speaking] 287 00:17:53,567 --> 00:17:56,867 We were very afraid, all of us. 288 00:17:56,867 --> 00:17:57,867 [answering machine beeps] 289 00:17:57,867 --> 00:18:00,967 [Aldo speaking] 290 00:18:30,667 --> 00:18:32,834 [phone ringing] 291 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:36,467 [operator speaking] 292 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:44,000 The police got a call from the Motel One on Highway 80 in 293 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,967 Odessa from a woman who said she had been 294 00:18:46,967 --> 00:18:48,166 assaulted by her husband. 295 00:18:48,233 --> 00:18:51,767 [siren wailing] 296 00:18:51,834 --> 00:18:55,667 Her name was Barbara Pacheco, and she had been assaulted by 297 00:18:55,667 --> 00:18:58,934 her husband, Aldo Pacheco. 298 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:05,367 NARRATOR: Officers find Barbara covered in blood, 299 00:19:05,433 --> 00:19:07,233 with injuries to her face. 300 00:19:09,767 --> 00:19:12,233 She was very, very distressed. 301 00:19:17,166 --> 00:19:21,767 Aldo had abducted her in her car when she had dropped off 302 00:19:21,834 --> 00:19:23,066 Elijah and Ryan, 303 00:19:25,767 --> 00:19:29,166 and the first police officer who showed up was wearing 304 00:19:29,233 --> 00:19:32,433 a microphone and had a dash cam in his car. 305 00:19:33,467 --> 00:19:37,533 [Barbara speaking] 306 00:19:39,667 --> 00:19:42,467 [Barbara sobbing] 307 00:19:50,667 --> 00:19:52,967 ERIC: He pulled out a knife and forced 308 00:19:52,967 --> 00:19:55,467 her to the floorboard of the car. 309 00:19:55,467 --> 00:19:58,667 [Barbara speaking] 310 00:20:12,700 --> 00:20:16,000 He was attempting to force her to go back to 311 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,934 the hotel room that he had rented under an alias. 312 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:24,867 She eventually was able to get away from him 313 00:20:24,934 --> 00:20:27,367 in the parking lot of the hotel, 314 00:20:27,367 --> 00:20:30,834 at which point Aldo drives away in her car. 315 00:20:34,767 --> 00:20:37,367 Barbara was so injured that she was taken 316 00:20:37,367 --> 00:20:41,066 to the hospital to have her injuries looked at. 317 00:20:44,300 --> 00:20:46,567 You wouldn't treat a dog like this much less 318 00:20:46,567 --> 00:20:48,467 a human being and certainly not 319 00:20:48,467 --> 00:20:49,834 the mother of your children. 320 00:20:51,667 --> 00:20:54,367 EVA: My phone rings, and it's Barbara. 321 00:20:54,433 --> 00:20:57,066 She said, "I'm on my way to the hospital. 322 00:20:57,066 --> 00:21:00,767 I'm in an ambulance, because he tried to beat me up." 323 00:21:00,767 --> 00:21:05,266 Mary and I proceeded to go to Odessa, 324 00:21:05,266 --> 00:21:07,667 to the hospital emergency room. 325 00:21:11,867 --> 00:21:15,634 Barbara's hair was all messed up where he had dragged her, 326 00:21:17,467 --> 00:21:21,467 and then she was bruised in her nose and her face. 327 00:21:21,533 --> 00:21:25,066 It was sad. It was scary. 328 00:21:25,133 --> 00:21:27,266 It was... 329 00:21:27,333 --> 00:21:31,667 traumatic for Barbara, Bonnie, and Maddie, 330 00:21:31,667 --> 00:21:32,867 because she would cry and say 331 00:21:32,867 --> 00:21:35,867 what was wrong with her mom, because she had 332 00:21:35,867 --> 00:21:37,967 swollen eyes. 333 00:21:38,033 --> 00:21:40,567 MARY: Barbara had told me after that, 334 00:21:40,567 --> 00:21:44,867 said, "I can't believe Aldo did this to our family." 335 00:21:44,934 --> 00:21:48,033 [siren wailing] 336 00:21:49,100 --> 00:21:50,867 NARRATOR: A couple of hours later, 337 00:21:50,867 --> 00:21:54,734 Odessa police receive a call from Aldo's brother, Memo. 338 00:21:56,166 --> 00:21:59,667 Memo had two letters in his possession that Aldo 339 00:21:59,667 --> 00:22:00,867 had given him, 340 00:22:00,934 --> 00:22:04,467 that he instructed him to mail, one to his mother, 341 00:22:04,467 --> 00:22:06,767 and the other to his children. 342 00:22:06,767 --> 00:22:09,367 So the police intercepted those letters, 343 00:22:09,367 --> 00:22:12,166 and Memo turned them over to them. 344 00:22:12,166 --> 00:22:14,567 NARRATOR: In the letters, Aldo suggests that he was 345 00:22:14,634 --> 00:22:17,834 planning to kill Barbara and take his own life. 346 00:22:18,867 --> 00:22:20,567 ERIC: He felt that Barbara was having 347 00:22:20,634 --> 00:22:24,667 an affair and if he couldn't have Barbara, 348 00:22:24,667 --> 00:22:26,367 nobody could. 349 00:22:26,367 --> 00:22:29,367 NARRATOR: Aldo's second letter, this time to his kids, 350 00:22:29,433 --> 00:22:31,233 is even more chilling. 351 00:22:34,567 --> 00:22:38,967 How twisted it must be for someone to think that their 352 00:22:39,033 --> 00:22:42,667 children are better off with their parents being dead 353 00:22:42,734 --> 00:22:44,266 than divorced. 354 00:22:44,266 --> 00:22:46,166 I mean, that's a twisted mind, right? 355 00:22:47,700 --> 00:22:49,066 It's bone-chilling. 356 00:22:50,667 --> 00:22:52,266 NARRATOR: After reading the letters, 357 00:22:52,266 --> 00:22:56,000 police are increasingly concerned for Aldo's well-being 358 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:57,233 and whereabouts. 359 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:01,567 ERIC: I think the police, at the time, 360 00:23:01,567 --> 00:23:04,467 thought that he could have committed suicide. 361 00:23:10,867 --> 00:23:15,066 Aldo came back to the parking lot at the Motel One there 362 00:23:15,133 --> 00:23:19,333 in Odessa a few hours later and was apprehended by police. 363 00:23:22,700 --> 00:23:25,867 Aldo was charged with aggravated assault, 364 00:23:25,867 --> 00:23:29,266 possession of a deadly weapon, and aggravated kidnapping. 365 00:23:36,500 --> 00:23:39,266 MARY: Aldo went to jail in May 366 00:23:39,333 --> 00:23:41,467 after he had assaulted Barbara. 367 00:23:41,533 --> 00:23:44,867 He paid the bond after three months, and he got out of jail. 368 00:23:46,700 --> 00:23:51,166 My mom was extremely frightened when she heard 369 00:23:51,233 --> 00:23:53,367 that my dad had been released from prison. 370 00:23:53,367 --> 00:23:55,133 She didn't understand it. 371 00:23:56,667 --> 00:23:59,767 EVA: He was consumed by rage, 372 00:23:59,767 --> 00:24:03,567 and so we started getting worried 373 00:24:03,567 --> 00:24:05,233 about what else he could do. 374 00:24:07,967 --> 00:24:09,867 NARRATOR: In the fall of 2005, 375 00:24:09,867 --> 00:24:12,967 Barbara is trying to put her past behind her. 376 00:24:13,033 --> 00:24:15,967 She's spending more time with a special work colleague, 377 00:24:15,967 --> 00:24:19,166 39-year-old James Eric Wiggs. 378 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:25,233 BONNIE: My mom met Eric at Cavazos Elementary. 379 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:27,567 I loved Eric. 380 00:24:27,634 --> 00:24:29,467 He was so kind, 381 00:24:29,467 --> 00:24:33,867 and he was the special education teacher there at 382 00:24:33,867 --> 00:24:37,000 Cavazos where she worked, and he was just kind. 383 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:40,266 He was always just so gentle 384 00:24:40,266 --> 00:24:44,567 and sweet and helpful, 385 00:24:44,634 --> 00:24:48,367 and I think they brought out the best in each other. 386 00:24:48,367 --> 00:24:50,467 He was just 387 00:24:50,467 --> 00:24:53,367 somebody who was easy for her to talk to. 388 00:24:53,433 --> 00:24:55,166 He was just a good person. 389 00:24:57,100 --> 00:24:59,767 NARRATOR: Like Barbara, Eric is divorced and has 390 00:24:59,767 --> 00:25:02,166 a 10-year-old daughter named Micalee. 391 00:25:03,900 --> 00:25:06,567 In this home video, four-year-old Micalee 392 00:25:06,634 --> 00:25:07,934 is playing with her dad. 393 00:25:10,567 --> 00:25:15,367 So my dad, he was just goofy all the time, 394 00:25:15,433 --> 00:25:18,066 always trying to just find any 395 00:25:18,066 --> 00:25:21,333 way that he could to just annoy you. 396 00:25:22,900 --> 00:25:25,567 He was always videoing you. 397 00:25:25,567 --> 00:25:28,467 But he was a really outgoing person, 398 00:25:28,467 --> 00:25:31,567 really funny and just fun to be around, really. 399 00:25:33,266 --> 00:25:35,867 Barbara was really sweet to me. 400 00:25:35,934 --> 00:25:39,867 I met her and Bonnie and her three siblings, 401 00:25:39,867 --> 00:25:44,133 and I just remember it being really happy and full of joy. 402 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:50,767 NARRATOR: It's Christmas 2005, 403 00:25:50,834 --> 00:25:52,567 and Barbara is opening a present 404 00:25:52,567 --> 00:25:54,367 from her daughter, Bonnie. 405 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,166 Choosing to get my mom a ring 406 00:26:06,467 --> 00:26:09,967 was so special, because she had survived 407 00:26:10,033 --> 00:26:14,767 this awful year and was doing it with grace. 408 00:26:14,767 --> 00:26:17,000 [man speaking] 409 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:20,467 -[Bonnie speaking] -[man speaking] 410 00:26:20,467 --> 00:26:22,567 BONNIE: And I just wanted to get her something that was 411 00:26:22,634 --> 00:26:24,867 so special, and I would 412 00:26:24,867 --> 00:26:26,967 have never known that it was gonna be my last gift 413 00:26:27,033 --> 00:26:28,166 that I would give her. 414 00:26:35,667 --> 00:26:37,000 -[phone ringing] -[child crying] 415 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:38,667 [Barbara speaking] 416 00:26:38,734 --> 00:26:40,867 [phone ringing] 417 00:26:48,667 --> 00:26:50,367 [gunshot blasts] 418 00:27:01,500 --> 00:27:06,100 It's Monday afternoon on January 16th, 2006, 419 00:27:06,100 --> 00:27:08,667 around 2:30 or so in the afternoon, 420 00:27:08,734 --> 00:27:11,266 Midland P.D. received a 911 hang up call 421 00:27:11,333 --> 00:27:13,100 from Eva Luna's house. 422 00:27:13,100 --> 00:27:16,367 [numbers dialing] 423 00:27:16,433 --> 00:27:17,767 -[phone ringing] -[child crying] 424 00:27:17,834 --> 00:27:19,100 [Barbara speaking] 425 00:27:19,100 --> 00:27:21,934 [phone ringing] 426 00:27:26,467 --> 00:27:29,467 BJ: There was -- sounded like a female voice 427 00:27:29,467 --> 00:27:31,967 on the phone, saying something to the effect of, 428 00:27:31,967 --> 00:27:33,967 "Come on, hurry up," 429 00:27:34,033 --> 00:27:36,834 is all you can make out on the 911 recording. 430 00:27:41,166 --> 00:27:42,967 [gunshot blasts] 431 00:27:47,567 --> 00:27:49,533 [gunshot blasts] 432 00:27:58,066 --> 00:27:59,734 [gunshot blasts] 433 00:28:11,667 --> 00:28:14,467 NARRATOR: The line remains open, and officers 434 00:28:14,467 --> 00:28:16,867 race to the location of the call. 435 00:28:16,934 --> 00:28:19,934 [woman speaking] 436 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,834 -MAN: 23. -Hey, 10-4, 23. 437 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:29,634 Officers arrive at the scene. 438 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:35,834 They learn that there is a body lying on the ground. 439 00:28:38,300 --> 00:28:41,467 NARRATOR: An unidentified man lays in the front yard. 440 00:28:41,467 --> 00:28:42,834 He has been shot. 441 00:28:45,166 --> 00:28:47,433 KAY: And it was determined that he was deceased. 442 00:28:49,700 --> 00:28:51,967 BJ: Everything was -- it's a residential area. 443 00:28:51,967 --> 00:28:54,567 Officers were making sure people 444 00:28:54,567 --> 00:28:56,634 were staying inside their homes. 445 00:29:00,867 --> 00:29:03,667 NARRATOR: With a woman and child potentially in danger, 446 00:29:03,667 --> 00:29:07,967 hostage negotiator BJ Land arrives on the scene. 447 00:29:09,667 --> 00:29:12,667 The role of a negotiator is to bring peaceful end 448 00:29:12,667 --> 00:29:16,467 to a bad situation without injury or harm to anyone. 449 00:29:17,367 --> 00:29:20,767 It was a very fast-moving, fluid situation. 450 00:29:24,266 --> 00:29:27,266 NARRATOR: The 911 call remains open. 451 00:29:29,667 --> 00:29:32,066 -[911 operator speaking] -[Aldo speaking] 452 00:29:50,867 --> 00:29:53,567 KAY: It was learned that there was a child 453 00:29:53,634 --> 00:29:56,333 inside the house and a woman inside the house. 454 00:29:58,667 --> 00:30:02,000 The subject who had barricaded himself inside the house, 455 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:06,266 that was his estranged wife and his biological son. 456 00:30:06,266 --> 00:30:08,667 So you currently had hostages inside 457 00:30:08,667 --> 00:30:11,033 the house, and you had an armed subject barricaded. 458 00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:27,934 BJ: Aldo was sounding tense and angry on the phone, 459 00:30:28,767 --> 00:30:31,066 and a lot of bad things could happen, 460 00:30:31,133 --> 00:30:32,834 and one would he could end, 461 00:30:33,867 --> 00:30:36,834 you know, kill or shoot everyone inside and himself. 462 00:30:38,767 --> 00:30:42,367 I needed to calm the situation down, 463 00:30:42,367 --> 00:30:44,266 to get it to come to 464 00:30:44,266 --> 00:30:47,934 a safe resolution without injury or harm to anyone. 465 00:30:50,367 --> 00:30:51,867 NARRATOR: Outside the house, 466 00:30:51,867 --> 00:30:55,066 one of the responding officers has an idea. 467 00:31:03,166 --> 00:31:05,667 Officer Bermea was familiar with him, and he was 468 00:31:05,667 --> 00:31:08,567 able to get a dialogue started with Pacheco. 469 00:31:08,567 --> 00:31:12,634 [Officer Bermea speaking] 470 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:19,333 [Aldo speaking] 471 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:33,567 NARRATOR: Police are now able to identify 472 00:31:33,634 --> 00:31:35,433 the deceased male outside 473 00:31:36,567 --> 00:31:39,934 as 39-year-old James Eric Wiggs. 474 00:31:42,667 --> 00:31:44,567 By Aldo 475 00:31:44,634 --> 00:31:47,066 admitting that he had shot this guy, 476 00:31:47,066 --> 00:31:50,533 he is confessing to the murder of Eric. 477 00:31:53,100 --> 00:31:56,066 KAY: We knew he had shot and killed one person outside. 478 00:31:56,133 --> 00:31:58,166 Time was not on our side. 479 00:31:59,467 --> 00:32:01,867 [Officer Bermea speaking] 480 00:32:01,867 --> 00:32:03,734 -[Aldo speaking] -[Officer Bermea speaking] 481 00:32:19,100 --> 00:32:21,567 BJ: Everyone on that scene was very nervous. 482 00:32:21,567 --> 00:32:23,166 It was stressful. 483 00:32:24,100 --> 00:32:27,567 KAY: Could we get them out safely, get Aldo in custody? 484 00:32:27,567 --> 00:32:30,266 Because he had already shot one person. 485 00:32:30,266 --> 00:32:31,533 It was very tense. 486 00:32:34,567 --> 00:32:35,867 NARRATOR: Across town, 487 00:32:35,934 --> 00:32:39,066 Barbara's Aunt Eva receives a page from her work colleague. 488 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:43,867 Eva was looking at her pager, 489 00:32:43,934 --> 00:32:47,433 distraught, and I said, "Is everything okay?" 490 00:32:49,767 --> 00:32:53,667 They told me that there was a call from my house 491 00:32:53,734 --> 00:32:57,233 and that they had heard a gunshot. 492 00:32:58,700 --> 00:33:00,567 Eva said, "Barbara is being held 493 00:33:00,634 --> 00:33:03,967 hostage, and Eric has been killed." 494 00:33:04,033 --> 00:33:07,367 I just prayed that he would not hurt them. 495 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:12,567 NARRATOR: Back at the scene, BJ Land takes over 496 00:33:12,567 --> 00:33:14,333 negotiating with Aldo. 497 00:33:15,967 --> 00:33:18,367 At this point, my main objective was to get 498 00:33:18,367 --> 00:33:19,734 Elijah out. 499 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:28,433 I convinced him to let Elijah out. 500 00:33:29,667 --> 00:33:32,266 [BJ speaking] 501 00:33:32,266 --> 00:33:36,967 I told Aldo to let him out the garage door, and 502 00:33:37,033 --> 00:33:40,467 SWAT team was in place to retrieve a child. 503 00:33:45,066 --> 00:33:47,266 It was just a -- a feeling of great 504 00:33:47,333 --> 00:33:49,967 relief when my SWAT guy said, "I've got him." 505 00:33:51,667 --> 00:33:55,367 NARRATOR: BJ now turns her attention to Aldo's second hostage. 506 00:33:55,367 --> 00:33:56,634 his ex-wife. 507 00:33:58,567 --> 00:33:59,867 BJ: The sun was going down. 508 00:33:59,867 --> 00:34:03,767 The negotiation has been going on for about 3.5 hours. 509 00:34:03,767 --> 00:34:06,166 Our main priority was to do whatever 510 00:34:06,166 --> 00:34:10,433 it took to convince Aldo to release Barbara. 511 00:34:16,266 --> 00:34:17,467 He was not letting Barbara 512 00:34:17,533 --> 00:34:19,867 speak on the phone to negotiators. 513 00:34:25,066 --> 00:34:26,967 In my mind, there was only one reason for that, 514 00:34:27,033 --> 00:34:28,667 that she could not speak. 515 00:34:28,734 --> 00:34:30,033 It was a very big concern. 516 00:34:39,500 --> 00:34:41,867 BJ: Later into the negotiation, 517 00:34:41,934 --> 00:34:44,266 in my own feeling, I wanted it to come to an end. 518 00:34:44,333 --> 00:34:47,967 I was pumped, and I was exhausted at the same time. 519 00:34:59,700 --> 00:35:01,867 I did somewhat feel that might be 520 00:35:01,867 --> 00:35:04,467 a way for him to surrender himself. 521 00:35:04,467 --> 00:35:05,734 I was hoping for that, 522 00:35:06,900 --> 00:35:08,333 but it didn't happen that way. 523 00:35:09,367 --> 00:35:11,667 [gunshot blasts] 524 00:35:11,667 --> 00:35:13,667 And that's when I hear a gunshot 525 00:35:13,667 --> 00:35:17,567 in the background and relay that to SWAT. 526 00:35:17,567 --> 00:35:18,734 SWAT made entry. 527 00:35:21,166 --> 00:35:23,634 [distant shouting] 528 00:35:25,767 --> 00:35:29,767 BJ: When they found Aldo in one of the bedrooms, 529 00:35:29,834 --> 00:35:31,567 he appeared to still be alive. 530 00:35:31,634 --> 00:35:34,467 However, he had a self-inflicted gunshot wound 531 00:35:34,467 --> 00:35:36,066 to his face. 532 00:35:37,567 --> 00:35:41,467 NARRATOR: Police begin searching the home for Barbara. 533 00:35:41,467 --> 00:35:43,433 The home was in disarray. 534 00:35:44,900 --> 00:35:46,634 I entered the master bedroom. 535 00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:49,934 Blood on the walls, blood on the ceiling. 536 00:35:52,300 --> 00:35:56,033 Barbara was lying on a bed on her back, deceased, 537 00:35:58,767 --> 00:36:02,867 with what appeared to be two shotgun wounds to her body. 538 00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:07,066 It's a moment where you realize 539 00:36:07,133 --> 00:36:09,667 somebody's life was taken from them, 540 00:36:09,667 --> 00:36:12,266 not by their own choice or their own means, 541 00:36:12,333 --> 00:36:15,100 and you can't reverse that. 542 00:36:15,100 --> 00:36:17,066 It's -- it's, uh, it's heartbreaking. 543 00:36:24,867 --> 00:36:27,166 BONNIE: Everyone starts kind of filing in. 544 00:36:27,166 --> 00:36:29,767 The first person I see is my Uncle Raymond, 545 00:36:29,767 --> 00:36:33,767 and I'm looking out the door, trying to see behind him. 546 00:36:33,767 --> 00:36:37,467 I'm looking for my mom -- right as he walks in, 547 00:36:37,467 --> 00:36:39,967 and I see my Aunt Eva come behind him, 548 00:36:39,967 --> 00:36:42,266 and I see a couple more family members. 549 00:36:42,266 --> 00:36:45,367 I keep looking for her over his shoulder, 550 00:36:45,367 --> 00:36:47,533 and she is never -- she's not behind him. 551 00:36:50,367 --> 00:36:53,166 My Uncle Raymond grabs me by the shoulders. 552 00:36:53,166 --> 00:36:54,634 He said... 553 00:36:55,767 --> 00:36:57,734 he said, "Baby, your mom didn't make it." 554 00:36:59,867 --> 00:37:03,166 And I remember just falling forward into 555 00:37:03,233 --> 00:37:05,533 his arms, and then everything went black. 556 00:37:09,266 --> 00:37:12,533 NARRATOR: News of Eric Wiggs' murder reaches his family. 557 00:37:17,467 --> 00:37:20,166 My mom looked at me, and she said, 558 00:37:20,166 --> 00:37:23,767 "Micalee, your daddy's been killed." 559 00:37:26,100 --> 00:37:27,467 I thought I was dreaming. 560 00:37:27,467 --> 00:37:31,166 I wanted to wake up -- it was something that I never 561 00:37:31,233 --> 00:37:34,333 thought in a million years would have happened to my daddy. 562 00:37:43,300 --> 00:37:46,266 KAY: The next day, other detectives and I went 563 00:37:46,266 --> 00:37:49,166 and visited the hospital where Aldo was currently 564 00:37:49,233 --> 00:37:51,100 being treated. 565 00:37:51,100 --> 00:37:52,867 Upon examining his hands, 566 00:37:52,934 --> 00:37:54,266 you could see where there were numbers 567 00:37:54,266 --> 00:37:58,667 and letters written on the left palm of his hand. 568 00:37:58,667 --> 00:38:00,433 It was a partial license plate. 569 00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:03,567 We realized it was the same numbers 570 00:38:03,567 --> 00:38:07,166 and letters that belonged to Eric Wiggs. 571 00:38:07,166 --> 00:38:10,166 This proved to me that he was looking for Eric Wiggs. 572 00:38:11,700 --> 00:38:14,467 NARRATOR: Detectives theorize that Aldo was jealous of 573 00:38:14,467 --> 00:38:17,533 Barbara's new man and hunted him down. 574 00:38:19,266 --> 00:38:22,867 According to witnesses, they heard a gunshot, 575 00:38:22,867 --> 00:38:25,867 looked out, Aldo was still in his vehicle. 576 00:38:25,867 --> 00:38:28,533 At that point, Eric had fallen down. 577 00:38:30,967 --> 00:38:32,567 NARRATOR: Upon hearing a gunshot, 578 00:38:32,567 --> 00:38:35,467 Barbara calls 911 from her aunt's house. 579 00:38:35,467 --> 00:38:37,367 -[phone ringing] -[child crying] 580 00:38:37,367 --> 00:38:39,266 [Barbara speaking] 581 00:38:39,333 --> 00:38:42,166 [phone ringing] 582 00:38:42,233 --> 00:38:43,867 I can only imagine the fear she was 583 00:38:43,867 --> 00:38:45,934 experiencing at that point. 584 00:38:48,567 --> 00:38:50,166 Maybe even a minute later, 585 00:38:50,166 --> 00:38:53,266 there were two shotgun blasts, and then you heard a third. 586 00:38:53,266 --> 00:38:55,834 [gunshot blasts] 587 00:38:58,166 --> 00:39:01,967 We believe the first two shotgun blasts were to Barbara. 588 00:39:01,967 --> 00:39:03,634 [gunshot blasts] 589 00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:10,166 NARRATOR: After hours on the phone to police, 590 00:39:10,166 --> 00:39:12,433 Aldo turns the gun on himself... 591 00:39:13,567 --> 00:39:15,133 [gunshot blasts] 592 00:39:17,166 --> 00:39:18,533 ...but survives. 593 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,767 On November 16th, 2006, 594 00:39:25,767 --> 00:39:29,667 after a four-day trial, Aldo Pacheco is found 595 00:39:29,667 --> 00:39:32,767 guilty of capital murder and sentenced to life 596 00:39:32,767 --> 00:39:34,033 without parole. 597 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:44,333 He changed a lot of people's lives that day. 598 00:39:46,367 --> 00:39:51,000 My feelings towards Aldo are a lot of anger, 599 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:55,000 a lot of hatred. 600 00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:56,867 A lot of 601 00:39:56,867 --> 00:40:00,066 you know, questions like, why did you do this? 602 00:40:00,133 --> 00:40:03,066 Do you realize that you took 603 00:40:03,133 --> 00:40:06,667 a 10-year-old little girl's dad away from her 604 00:40:06,667 --> 00:40:08,233 for no reason? 605 00:40:10,767 --> 00:40:14,634 BONNIE: I could never imagine my dad turning into the monster he did. 606 00:40:15,767 --> 00:40:19,467 I think he struggled with inner demons that I never 607 00:40:19,533 --> 00:40:21,266 saw before. 608 00:40:21,266 --> 00:40:22,834 And I think that 609 00:40:24,266 --> 00:40:28,467 he wanted so badly for things to go his way, 610 00:40:28,533 --> 00:40:31,834 but it would never go back to the way it was. 611 00:40:35,467 --> 00:40:37,967 MARY: I would like people to remember Barbara with 612 00:40:37,967 --> 00:40:40,934 her laughter, her good heart. 613 00:40:43,066 --> 00:40:47,667 BONNIE: Missing my mom at my wedding was obviously 614 00:40:47,667 --> 00:40:50,467 a detrimental part of a happy day, 615 00:40:50,467 --> 00:40:52,867 and I really just needed her with me. 616 00:40:52,867 --> 00:40:57,867 And so that ring that I bought her in 2005 for Christmas, 617 00:40:57,934 --> 00:41:00,767 I had it sewn into the heart of my dress, 618 00:41:00,767 --> 00:41:03,433 so that she was close to my heart that day, 619 00:41:04,567 --> 00:41:05,734 and it's still there to this day. 620 00:41:11,066 --> 00:41:12,967 Next time on American Monster... 621 00:41:12,967 --> 00:41:16,533 When India met Kevin he seemed very nice, loving... 622 00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:22,066 ...but, I didn't know him at all. 623 00:41:24,867 --> 00:41:26,066 ♪