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[indistinct conversations]
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[LaTonya] Oh, wow.
Yeah, Jeremy. [chuckles]
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There's Jeremy
seeing his cousins.
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I was filming
at our family reunion,
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at my parents' home, and
capturing moments like these.
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[Marktontio] I have nothing
but good memories of my family,
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a reminder of just how
much they loved each other.
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[dispatcher speaking]
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[LaTonya speaking]
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I had no idea
of how bad things could get.
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Hard to even fathom that their
lives would end the way it did.
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[LaTonya]
It really crushes my heart.
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We are living with this every
single day for the rest of our lives.
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[dispatcher speaking]
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[theme music playing]
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[all laughing]
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[narrator] It's January 12th,
2002, in Wendell, North Carolina.
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Nineteen-year-old LaTonya Taylor
films a special family gathering.
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[LaTonya speaking]
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[LaTonya laughs]
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Yay!
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[LaTonya] This event
is a birthday celebration
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for my aunt, Kelly,
and my brother, T.
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They shared the same birthday.
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[conversing indistinctly]
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[narrator]
That's LaTonya's brother,
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23-year-old birthday boy
Sylvester,
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known to his family as T.
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[narrator] And there's the
birthday girl, LaTonya's Aunt Kelly.
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- [LaTonya speaking]
- [Kelly vocalizing]
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- [LaTonya speaking]
- [Kelly vocalizing shrilly]
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[LaTonya chuckles]
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On that day, my brother was
in town, home from the military,
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and we were just so glad
to see him.
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And my aunt, she was in
nursing school at the time.
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So it was just like such a fun
occasion for us to all get together
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[Sylvester] A Taylor
double birthday is exciting.
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You're gonna laugh,
you're gonna cry.
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We're gonna, you know, really,
really just have a fun time.
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[LaTonya speaking]
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[narrator] LaTonya's 45-year-old
mom Anglia hosts the celebration.
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[LaTonya] She was the one
to get everybody together.
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[indistinct conversation]
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And she loved to just love on
people, and she was just so sweet.
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[indistinct conversation]
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[narrator] LaTonya's
54-year-old dad, Sylvester Sr.
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Is in charge of the food.
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My dad, he would go around
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and just keep everybody laughing
and [chuckles] he was very funny.
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[narrator]
Twenty-nine-year-old Marktontio
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is Sylvester Sr.'s son
from a previous relationship.
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[Marktontio] My brother, T, he's
my father Sylvester's namesake.
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He always has this saying
that he got the name,
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but I got the looks. Thank
God, 'cause he always said...
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You know, everybody says
I look just like our dad.
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[narrator] That's LaTonya,
sitting next to her brother, T.
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[Marktontio] Tonya and T
have always been two clowns.
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[Marktontio laughs]
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They've always been
very tight, very close.
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[LaTonya singing]
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[Marktontio] They could imitate
my dad and Angie to the tee,
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and it was comical to watch.
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It's never a dull moment
around any of them.
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They're imitating
Angie at church. [laughs]
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They used to have a lot of fun at
church. Oh, my goodness. [laughs]
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[Kelly] All right now!
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Angie had that look like, "Oh,
my goodness, here they go again."
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[laughs]
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[Anglia speaking]
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[LaTonya] She was the pastor
of Zion Hill Holiness Church
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in Wake Forest, North Carolina,
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and she had been pastoring
over, I think, 11 years.
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That was her joy.
That was her passion.
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And she loved the Lord with all
her heart and she loved people.
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[Sylvester] So my mom
focused more on the public side,
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and my dad, he was one
of the pillars in the church,
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typically off to the side,
in the background.
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He found joy
in just being there with her
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and finding ways to serve her,
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even as she served
the church and the ministry.
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So that's Dad...
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Deacon Taylor.
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[Anglia speaking indistinctly]
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[Sylvester] I would describe
the Taylor family as a family
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that's known for our
love, faith and service.
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My parents really tried to instill values
such as respect, compassion, love.
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[kids talking indistinctly]
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[narrator] And that love extends to
the youngest member of the family,
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LaTonya's two-year-old son,
Jeremy.
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[LaTonya speaking]
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[Marktontio] LaTonya was 15 when
she found out she was pregnant.
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I know her world was turned
upside down emotionally
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and everything
when that occurred.
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But Sylvester and Angie
were a great support system,
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and I think we all just
wrapped our arms around her
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and loved on her and made sure
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she knew that, "Hey,
everything's going to be all right."
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[LaTonya speaking]
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[LaTonya] I was devastated.
I was scared to death.
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It was a lot of pressure
because my mom was the pastor.
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A lot of people looked up
to the pastors' kids.
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And so when I got pregnant,
I felt like I just...
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I felt like I hurt my mom.
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[narrator] Jeremy's father
is 17-year-old Nathan Holden.
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[LaTonya] We were really
young when I met him.
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In the community,
his family knew my family.
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He was a sweet kid and always
laughing and having a good time,
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but kind of reserved.
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I knew his friends
and we began to talk,
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and we ended up
becoming like best friends.
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[narrator] Nathan takes LaTonya to
her high school prom in March, 1998.
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In the summer, she discovers
that she is pregnant.
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[LaTonya] My mom sat me down
and told me to my face.
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She said, "You're
going to get through this.
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You're going to get through
this and we're going to help you."
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When I told Nate that I was
pregnant, he didn't believe me,
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like, he didn't believe
that it was his child.
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So we weren't together
or even talking
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during the time
of the pregnancy.
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[narrator] LaTonya gives birth
to Jeremy on April 5th, 1999.
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Nathan meets him for the
first time three months later.
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[LaTonya] He held Jeremy, and he knew.
He was like, "Wow, he looks just like me."
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I know he felt bad
about not being there
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for Jeremy or even
being there for me
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and supporting me during
the pregnancy.
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But I didn't hold it against him,
you know, even though it hurt,
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I really wanted Nathan
to be a part of Jeremy's life.
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My mom told me, "I will raise
Jeremy so that you can go to school.
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This does not stop anything."
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And she told me, she said, "You will
finish school and you will go to college."
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[narrator] LaTonya graduates in June,
2000 with Jeremy and Nathan by her side.
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[Marktontio] You know, I thank
God that she had great parents
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like that to support her so
that she can continue to mature
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and to accomplish
her goals and dreams.
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[Jeremy shouting indistinctly]
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[LaTonya] When Jeremy was
little, Nathan was a great dad.
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I mean, they were like
two little kids.
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[laughs]
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They would do
a lot of things together.
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[Jeremy] I really looked
up to him when I was young.
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He always had
the flashy clothes.
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My father, he was
always smelling good.
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He knew how to cook.
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Yeah, he was just
a really cool dude to me.
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[indistinct conversation]
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[LaTonya] And it was a scary
time for me, like he was young,
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he hadn't finished school
and to have a baby, you know,
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it was a big responsibility
for him.
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He had to grow up really fast.
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Nate, he was working
and continuing school,
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so he actually worked a job
and then he cut hair on the side.
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So he was a great dad.
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He really was.
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[LaTonya] December 7, 2002, Nathan
and I got married at my mother's church.
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It's my dad walking
me down the aisle.
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My dad was so proud,
I was so happy.
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My dad playing a very
important role during the marriage
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and us getting married.
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He was so proud
that Nate was taking this step
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and committed
to the relationship
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and committed to being
a good dad to Jeremy.
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It was so special that moment
to have my dad give me away.
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[Anglia speaking]
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[Marktontio]
I think he was real happy
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and, you know, and to be
walking down there with Jeremy
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in his arms, too, you know.
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[Anglia speaking indistinctly]
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[LaTonya] Everybody was happy
and we just enjoyed the moment.
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[LaTonya] At the altar my mom
administering the vows,
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it was just a so real moment
because she was nervous,
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I was nervous, but it was just
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so many different emotions
at that moment.
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And she was so proud of me. She told me,
"You just looked so beautiful up there."
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[crowd cheering]
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[crowd applauding]
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Having Nate as a brother-in-law
was a proud moment for me.
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You know, I've always
looked at him as a little brother.
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And now to have it official
as, "This is my brother-in-law,"
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I took a lot of pride in that.
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[Anglia speaking]
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[LaTonya] I think Nathan
was just lost for words,
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like, I think he just did not know
what to say, but he was happy, he was.
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I'm used to kind of getting up
and saying things and speaking
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and, you know, expressing
how I feel in the moment.
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[LaTonya speaking]
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[Anglia speaking]
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I was getting emotional
because I didn't think...
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it would turn out
the way it did.
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Like, we planned
this in two months,
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and for everything
to come together,
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and everybody to come together,
it was just, it was beautiful.
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It was beautiful.
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My dad was so proud,
I was so happy.
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[all laughing]
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[Sylvester Sr. speaking]
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I think, my dad's
speech at the wedding...
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He saw the growth
and the change in Nathan
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because he wasn't around
while I was pregnant.
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[Sylvester Sr. speaking]
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And so that was big
for my dad to say that,
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that he could see the change and he
appreciated what Nathan was doing.
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[indistinct conversation]
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[Sylvester] I think my father,
when he looked at Nate, I really...
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what I sensed was he saw
a little bit of himself in Nate.
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My mom, Angie, and father, Sylvester,
actually met on a college campus
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and started dating, and shortly after
that, she became pregnant with me.
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And then, of course, having
a newborn at a young age
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presented its challenges
in itself.
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I think she had some dreams
that she wanted to do
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as far as focusing on her
education and of course, in ministry.
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Dad was recovering
and dealing with some PTSD
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from Vietnam during the war,
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which caused him to kind of
have some emotional challenges.
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So they had their ups and downs,
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but they were able to pull through
it and make the most out of it.
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[people shouting indistinctly]
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[crowd cheering]
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[LaTonya]
With my parents' help,
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I was able to complete college.
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December of 2004, I graduated
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from North Carolina
Central University
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in Durham, North Carolina, with a
bachelor's in business administration.
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About a year later,
we eventually moved
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into my aunt Laura Jean's home.
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It was a vacant home, so she
allowed us to live there for free
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if we agreed to do
all the repairs.
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Nathan completed barber school and Nathan
was working in the barbershop, finally,
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and, you know,
his career was taking off.
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So this was a great
start for Nathan and I.
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[indistinct conversation]
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[LaTonya] This event is
a family reunion [chuckles]
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At my mom's house.
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I love that we can have
those memories forever
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and hold on to those
special moments.
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I want to remember
them like this.
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[woman] ...run at him.
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[LaTonya] My mom, she just...
when she saw Nate come in there,
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she just gave him the biggest
hug, like, she loved him.
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[indistinct conversations]
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[LaTonya] 2005 was a great
year because I got pregnant again.
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My first daughter
was born, Nautica,
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and everything
was just going great.
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I was so excited to
have a girl. [chuckles]
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Right after Nautica,
I had Amber in 2006.
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I had my babies and we were
just so happy during that time.
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We were growing so fast.
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So those were really good
times, when the kids were younger.
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[Sylvester] Seeing Tonya, Nate and
the kids, JT, Nautica and Amber together,
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laughing and sharing moments,
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as a young family,
was beautiful.
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It was beautiful.
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[LaTonya] But I think things
began to change in the marriage.
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After having my last child,
Amber.
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I was a stay-at-home mom
for five years.
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And so living off of one
income, which,
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Nathan sometimes
had to work two jobs
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and the stress and
the things that came with it,
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I started to feel the distance
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between him and I growing apart.
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[Marktontio] There were quite a few
times where I heard through the grapevine
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that Nate was doing some things
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on the wrong side of the law at
times. And that was concerning.
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[LaTonya] When we moved
to the Jonesville area,
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it was looking like
we were happy on the outside,
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people would look at us and
you wouldn't, have never known.
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It was pretty tough because he
was back with those same old friends
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that he used to hang out when he
was younger, and it wasn't a good crowd.
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Then he was doing things, you
know, the alcohol and things like that.
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He started picking up those
habits and hanging out late,
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and I was left at home raising the
kids, and I felt, you know, neglected.
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At that time, I was dealing
with postpartum depression,
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so I was going through
my own thing.
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With all of the pressure, of
being a mom, a new mom
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and not having that
support from him.
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Even though I was smiling
and going about my life
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like nothing was
going on, but late at night
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and when I'm at home by myself,
you know, I'm just constantly crying
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and just depressed.
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Things really just started...
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Going downhill from there.
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Nate started cutting hair
in the home,
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and that was one thing
that I didn't approve of,
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because of all of the traffic and
the people in and out of our home.
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And a lot of times,
it wasn't good traffic,
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it wasn't good, you know...
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It wasn't an environment
to raise young children.
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All I remember was three or
four dudes came into the house
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and they was asking,
"Where the money at?"
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And I was in a room
under my covers.
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As I recall, I think
they pistol-whipped him.
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And then my father, he told them that
he didn't have no money and they left.
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And then he came back, he
had... his face was messed up.
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And he gave me a hug.
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Seeing my dad, you know,
the guy that I looked up to,
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you know, get beat up like that,
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that was a very scary
encounter for me.
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[LaTonya] So Nate called the
police that night and told them
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those guys came there to beat
him up and was there to rob him.
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You know, he said he knew
the guys or what have you,
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but I felt like this was something
that he brought to our home.
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It was a bad neighborhood,
a lot of bad influence.
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I thought it was a good idea
to move away from there
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'cause I didn't want another
break-in to happen.
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[LaTonya] After that robbery
attempt, we moved in with my parents.
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And that was the same night. I
never went back to Jonesville.
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I think the attempted
robbery really shook him up.
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It was just an eye-opener
for Nathan,
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you know, for him to say, "Hey,
you need to get yourself together."
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[all] ♪ He's a mighty
God He's a mighty God ♪
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♪ Oh, Jesus ♪
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[Sylvester] Nate and Tonya actually
really got more involved in church.
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Tonya would actually, you know,
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served as a musician
on the drums and singing
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and kind of coaching and teaching
the younger kids in the church.
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And Nate actually would help
around ushering and also filming.
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[narrator] Nathan captures this
footage from Father's Day 2009.
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This service was in honor
of my dad, Deacon Taylor.
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This was just us celebrating him
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and the things that he does
for the church and everybody.
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[Sylvester] Nate really
helped us out a lot.
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Nate really was very
supportive to my mom,
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you know, as the pastor
there at the church.
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[LaTonya] Leading up
to Christmas,
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Nate was really trying to turn
his life around during that time.
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The kids were always excited, you
know, about Christmas and the gifts
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and things that
they were gonna get.
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But, you know, for me, it
was just mostly about family
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and spending time with them.
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[speaking indistinctly]
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[narrator] LaTonya films the
children on Christmas morning.
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Jeremy is now ten years old.
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[LaTonya] Jeremy.
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[Jeremy speaking]
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[LaTonya speaking]
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[narrator] LaTonya's brother, T,
and his family join in the festivities.
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[Nautica] Cheese!
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[giggling]
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There was lots of presents and like, you
know, there was, I think, presents from Jesus,
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Santa Claus, my wife, Tonya,
the grandparents,
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so there was presents
everywhere.
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[kids screaming happily]
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[Nathan speaking]
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[LaTonya] It looked like we
were happy on the outside,
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but we were really dealing
with some deep issues.
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[LaTonya speaking indistinctly]
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[LaTonya] Like there was
just always an argument about
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why the house is not clean.
348
00:24:00,706 --> 00:24:05,643
You know, we're having a party and
he's walking behind us cleaning up,
349
00:24:05,645 --> 00:24:08,379
or "I need to get this paper,"
you know, things like that.
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And it was just very irritating.
351
00:24:12,852 --> 00:24:17,154
He wanted to be in control of
everything. It's all about him.
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00:24:17,389 --> 00:24:19,156
It was selfish.
353
00:24:19,958 --> 00:24:21,959
A lot of times, he wouldn't
come home at night,
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00:24:21,961 --> 00:24:24,028
he would come home
in the morning.
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00:24:24,596 --> 00:24:27,264
There were rumors of infidelity,
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00:24:28,767 --> 00:24:32,236
and that was just something
I heard throughout the years.
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00:24:32,671 --> 00:24:35,239
And of course, he denied it.
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He had an attitude as,
"I can do what I want to do."
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00:24:40,179 --> 00:24:44,014
But we couldn't do the things
that we wanted to do.
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00:24:45,317 --> 00:24:50,254
And if you say anything to him or confront
him about it, he would get very defensive.
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April 2011, from what I
was told, Nathan was at a bar
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where they shoot pool at. And he told
me, you know, "The police that night,
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00:25:03,636 --> 00:25:08,138
they were just watching me and I
looked suspicious," and things like that.
364
00:25:12,410 --> 00:25:16,413
But they found drugs
in his car, in his possession.
365
00:25:17,516 --> 00:25:21,118
So Nathan was charged
with possession of cocaine.
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[narrator] Nathan receives
a 12-month suspended sentence.
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And he told me, basically,
that it wasn't his drugs.
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So that was the story
that he gave me.
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00:25:37,102 --> 00:25:41,171
And once again, this was
another eye-opener for me.
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To say, "Okay, this is crazy, his
behavior is really getting out of hand."
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That he wasn't changing.
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No one knew what we were
going through in our marriage.
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It was just spiraling out
of control.
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00:26:08,667 --> 00:26:11,702
One of my cousins, he thought
he was better than me at basketball,
375
00:26:11,704 --> 00:26:14,605
so he just kept talking down.
[chuckles]
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So I had to show him
that I'm better.
377
00:26:20,946 --> 00:26:24,148
So I told him we can go down the
street, play basketball one-on-one.
378
00:26:24,150 --> 00:26:25,249
And I beat him.
379
00:26:27,319 --> 00:26:29,987
I came back to the house
and my dad was there.
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00:26:30,722 --> 00:26:34,258
So he came into my room, he
was, like, "Where you been at?"
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00:26:36,795 --> 00:26:39,396
And I said, "I went down
to play basketball."
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00:26:41,399 --> 00:26:47,037
My dad's number-one rule was to
come home from school, go straight home.
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00:26:50,875 --> 00:26:54,878
So then he came back in the
room and beat me with a broom.
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And it broke into pieces.
385
00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:03,854
I would expect a belt
or like a thump on the head,
386
00:27:03,856 --> 00:27:06,690
he would do that sometimes.
387
00:27:06,692 --> 00:27:10,427
But, yeah, beat me with
a broom into pieces that...
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That really showed me
that, you know,
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he really changed and
something was wrong.
390
00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:24,875
It really changed how I
saw him as a father figure.
391
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It really hurt me, man.
It really hurt me.
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00:27:28,481 --> 00:27:34,118
And physically
and emotionally, it hurt me.
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00:27:34,120 --> 00:27:38,155
I always looked up to my dad and,
you know, I felt like it was my fault.
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I was just like,
"I can't, I can't do this."
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'Cause I'd never known him
to beat Jeremy like that,
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00:27:46,832 --> 00:27:50,501
the way he did and so much
anger that he had towards Jeremy.
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00:27:50,503 --> 00:27:51,769
[inaudible]
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[LaTonya] And so that's
when I decided to leave.
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I explained to him I just
wanted to move on with my life
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and that we could raise
the kids together,
401
00:28:05,051 --> 00:28:08,452
but I did not want
to be with him.
402
00:28:08,454 --> 00:28:10,187
I think he felt like...
403
00:28:11,389 --> 00:28:15,092
I was just all talk and
wasn't gonna follow through.
404
00:28:15,094 --> 00:28:20,197
And I did, I moved out and
we moved in with my parents.
405
00:28:21,232 --> 00:28:23,300
December 2013.
406
00:28:28,907 --> 00:28:33,577
It started out as harassment, he would
call my mom, my dad and tell them,
407
00:28:33,579 --> 00:28:35,245
"I'm coming over there
to get my kids.
408
00:28:35,247 --> 00:28:36,914
I'll do what I have
to do to get my kids.
409
00:28:36,916 --> 00:28:40,617
Y'all not going to stop me."
He was threatening them.
410
00:28:40,619 --> 00:28:44,388
He was threatening me.
I was scared.
411
00:28:44,390 --> 00:28:47,858
I didn't know what to do, I
never dealt with anything like this.
412
00:28:47,860 --> 00:28:52,496
He's never acted out in a way
like this before, so this was different.
413
00:28:52,498 --> 00:28:58,669
The police just told us, "You
need to just file a restraining order."
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00:28:58,671 --> 00:29:03,407
And when I filed a restraining
order and we went to court,
415
00:29:03,409 --> 00:29:08,045
that's when he really started
to threaten me.
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00:29:09,147 --> 00:29:14,985
And you could see more of the
anger that he had towards me escalate.
417
00:29:16,387 --> 00:29:17,421
[line ringing]
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00:29:20,892 --> 00:29:22,126
[dispatcher speaking]
419
00:29:23,928 --> 00:29:26,296
[LaTonya speaking]
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00:29:30,101 --> 00:29:32,169
[dispatcher speaking]
421
00:29:33,404 --> 00:29:35,472
[line ringing]
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00:29:35,474 --> 00:29:39,877
April 9th of 2014, a 911 call
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00:29:39,879 --> 00:29:44,181
came in to the Wake County
Sheriff's Office at about 9:48.
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00:29:45,183 --> 00:29:47,851
It appeared to be a woman
in distress
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00:29:47,853 --> 00:29:52,589
and the Sheriff's Office
was able to locate the call
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00:29:52,591 --> 00:29:55,359
and dispatch deputies
to the scene.
427
00:29:56,594 --> 00:30:02,366
After the first 911 call,
there was a second 911 call
428
00:30:02,368 --> 00:30:07,404
from the residence from what
sounded like a young man.
429
00:30:07,406 --> 00:30:11,208
He was screaming that
his grandfather had been shot.
430
00:30:12,944 --> 00:30:14,077
[Jeremy speaking]
431
00:30:14,079 --> 00:30:16,046
[dispatcher speaking]
432
00:30:17,982 --> 00:30:22,052
[Jeremy speaking]
433
00:30:22,054 --> 00:30:26,156
I'm talking to the people on
911, I didn't know what to say.
434
00:30:26,158 --> 00:30:28,125
It was just like emotions
going everywhere.
435
00:30:30,028 --> 00:30:32,830
[Jason] When officers first
arrived at the scene,
436
00:30:32,832 --> 00:30:38,135
you can literally hear the
children screaming in the house.
437
00:30:42,874 --> 00:30:43,841
[deputy 1 speaking]
438
00:30:43,843 --> 00:30:44,975
[Jeremy speaking]
439
00:30:44,977 --> 00:30:47,377
[deputy 1 speaking]
440
00:30:47,379 --> 00:30:49,913
[Jeremy speaking]
441
00:30:49,915 --> 00:30:53,116
They're going to have to get
those kids out of the house
442
00:30:53,118 --> 00:30:55,652
and quickly as possible.
443
00:30:55,654 --> 00:30:57,788
[deputy 1 speaking]
444
00:30:57,790 --> 00:30:59,756
[kids speaking indistinctly]
445
00:30:59,758 --> 00:31:04,161
[deputy 1 speaking]
446
00:31:04,163 --> 00:31:07,865
Investigators were trying to
determine who had done this,
447
00:31:07,867 --> 00:31:09,967
who the shooter was.
448
00:31:11,035 --> 00:31:13,704
[deputy 1 speaking]
449
00:31:13,706 --> 00:31:15,105
[child speaking]
450
00:31:19,711 --> 00:31:23,180
- [deputy 1 speaking]
- [deputy 2 speaking]
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00:31:24,682 --> 00:31:28,385
[Jason] Officers secured
the perimeter of the home,
452
00:31:28,387 --> 00:31:33,590
checked for any suspects outside the
home, and then when they went inside,
453
00:31:33,592 --> 00:31:37,995
that was obviously when
they saw the tragedy.
454
00:31:38,997 --> 00:31:44,067
As they looked to a bedroom
that was right off the entryway,
455
00:31:48,072 --> 00:31:50,274
they found a lady
that had been shot.
456
00:31:52,410 --> 00:31:56,146
Anglia Taylor was victim
number one.
457
00:31:56,148 --> 00:31:59,783
She had a gunshot wound to
her chest and it was apparent
458
00:31:59,785 --> 00:32:04,454
she had passed away due to
the injuries that she sustained
459
00:32:04,456 --> 00:32:06,290
to that gunshot wound.
460
00:32:08,559 --> 00:32:12,663
They entered another bedroom,
and when they entered that bedroom,
461
00:32:12,665 --> 00:32:17,267
they found a second female,
LaTonya Allen...
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00:32:18,202 --> 00:32:23,674
Appeared to be severely beaten,
appeared to have multiple gunshots.
463
00:32:23,676 --> 00:32:28,278
She had received a gunshot wound
to the chest as well as to the face.
464
00:32:29,314 --> 00:32:33,350
Her injuries were
life-threatening, critical.
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00:32:34,819 --> 00:32:39,189
[narrator] EMTs rush LaTonya
to WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh.
466
00:32:40,758 --> 00:32:42,426
She was still alive
at that point.
467
00:32:42,428 --> 00:32:45,429
She was saying,
"I can't breathe,"
468
00:32:45,431 --> 00:32:50,233
but it was clear that she had
suffered very severe injuries.
469
00:32:51,569 --> 00:32:54,638
[narrator] A trail of blood
leads deputies into the backyard
470
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:58,408
and to the body
of a 66-year-old man.
471
00:33:00,411 --> 00:33:07,084
[Jason] They came to a shed and
beside that shed was a third victim.
472
00:33:08,987 --> 00:33:14,191
Clearly, Sylvester had been shot
multiple times, multiple parts of his body.
473
00:33:16,627 --> 00:33:18,395
[cell phone ringing]
474
00:33:22,300 --> 00:33:27,437
[Sylvester] That evening, I
got a phone call from my aunt,
475
00:33:27,439 --> 00:33:32,576
and she says, "T, T, Nate
just shot Angie and Sylvester,
476
00:33:32,578 --> 00:33:36,079
and we're not sure
if Tonya's going to make it."
477
00:33:36,081 --> 00:33:41,084
So that was the phone call
that changed my life.
478
00:33:43,821 --> 00:33:48,658
And so I... I was...
Oh, man!
479
00:33:48,660 --> 00:33:51,595
I lost it for
a second, you know.
480
00:33:51,597 --> 00:33:55,599
And I calmed down
and, you know, it was just,
481
00:33:55,601 --> 00:33:59,136
it was just nothing
that we could do at the time,
482
00:33:59,138 --> 00:34:04,941
but pray and try to
keep it together. [sniffs]
483
00:34:07,078 --> 00:34:10,280
[Jason] The focus of the
attention turned to locating Nate.
484
00:34:12,316 --> 00:34:15,652
Jeremy gave a description
of his father,
485
00:34:15,654 --> 00:34:19,256
gave them a description of a
pickup truck that he was driving,
486
00:34:19,624 --> 00:34:23,026
as well as the clothing
that he was wearing.
487
00:34:24,462 --> 00:34:30,267
You don't know if this person is going to
harm other people, going to harm himself.
488
00:34:31,903 --> 00:34:36,006
They wanted to locate Nate
Holden as quickly as possible
489
00:34:36,008 --> 00:34:40,343
to ensure the safety
of others and himself as well.
490
00:34:46,417 --> 00:34:50,353
[Jason] Nate's family
had a property nearby,
491
00:34:50,355 --> 00:34:56,960
so the Sheriff's Office turned their attention
to locating Nate's family's property.
492
00:34:58,496 --> 00:35:03,567
Law enforcement fans out
across the field, this wooded area.
493
00:35:03,569 --> 00:35:08,138
At this point, it's the middle
of the night, so it's dark.
494
00:35:09,941 --> 00:35:14,711
One of the deputies that was
out searching the field saw a flash.
495
00:35:14,713 --> 00:35:16,813
- [gunshot]
- [Jason] And heard gunfire.
496
00:35:16,815 --> 00:35:19,382
They were fired upon.
497
00:35:19,384 --> 00:35:23,320
They returned fire
to try to subdue the suspect.
498
00:35:23,654 --> 00:35:25,422
[gunshots]
499
00:35:25,424 --> 00:35:28,291
And then they closed in
on that area.
500
00:35:28,293 --> 00:35:30,560
I mean, when they got close
to the wood line,
501
00:35:30,562 --> 00:35:36,733
they found Nathan Holden lying in
the field there with the gun beside him.
502
00:35:36,735 --> 00:35:40,403
He had not been shot
in any way, wasn't injured.
503
00:35:40,405 --> 00:35:44,941
He was just kind of lying
there, like, completely still.
504
00:35:44,943 --> 00:35:49,679
At this point, I believe Nathan
Holden knew it was over.
505
00:35:49,681 --> 00:35:51,681
He knew what he had done.
506
00:35:51,683 --> 00:35:56,419
He knew that he had just fired
upon law enforcement officers.
507
00:35:56,421 --> 00:36:02,392
I think there was an aspect
of him giving up at this point.
508
00:36:02,394 --> 00:36:07,264
He was placed in handcuffs and
placed in custody and arrested.
509
00:36:07,266 --> 00:36:11,434
Nathan Holden was charged with
two counts of first-degree murder
510
00:36:11,436 --> 00:36:14,437
and one count
of attempted murder.
511
00:36:19,577 --> 00:36:21,578
[narrator] Investigators
pieced together the events
512
00:36:21,580 --> 00:36:25,015
that led to the shooting
at the Taylors' home.
513
00:36:26,284 --> 00:36:31,855
[Jason] One of the witnesses to
the crime was LaTonya's son, Jeremy.
514
00:36:31,857 --> 00:36:37,060
And investigators began to ask
him if he knew what had happened.
515
00:36:39,897 --> 00:36:44,134
Nathan Holden picked up
his son, Jeremy, from school.
516
00:36:44,136 --> 00:36:48,238
They went around to a couple of
different places in the neighborhood,
517
00:36:48,240 --> 00:36:49,306
got something to eat.
518
00:36:49,308 --> 00:36:53,843
Nathan was very upset
that his wife,
519
00:36:53,845 --> 00:36:58,415
separated wife, LaTonya, wasn't
answering any phone calls from him.
520
00:36:58,417 --> 00:37:02,219
Their relationship
was unraveling.
521
00:37:03,588 --> 00:37:05,822
[Jeremy] We on
the highway speeding.
522
00:37:05,824 --> 00:37:09,993
He got Tupac going loud
and I'm looking at him like,
523
00:37:10,861 --> 00:37:12,395
"Are you okay?"
524
00:37:12,397 --> 00:37:15,332
You know, and he had a
different look in his eyes.
525
00:37:15,334 --> 00:37:19,936
I was, like, you know, that's not
my dad, that's somebody else.
526
00:37:22,139 --> 00:37:25,342
Went up to my grandmother's
house and he told me to go inside first.
527
00:37:26,711 --> 00:37:30,714
I went to the door, and my grandfather
came to the door and he said,
528
00:37:30,716 --> 00:37:33,183
"Boy, why are your pants
sagging so low?"
529
00:37:33,384 --> 00:37:35,585
I didn't say nothing to him.
530
00:37:35,587 --> 00:37:39,189
I ran to my mom in the back
room, I gave her a big old hug.
531
00:37:41,292 --> 00:37:43,360
Couple of seconds later,
I hear gunshots.
532
00:37:43,461 --> 00:37:45,161
[gunshots]
533
00:37:45,163 --> 00:37:50,700
Nate walks in the door, shoots
Anglia Taylor in her bedroom.
534
00:37:50,768 --> 00:37:52,969
[gunshot]
535
00:37:53,971 --> 00:37:57,874
Nate shot Sylvester Taylor
outside the home
536
00:37:57,876 --> 00:38:00,844
beside a shed there
on their property.
537
00:38:00,846 --> 00:38:05,982
[Jeremy] And my mom rushed
us to the closet in my sister's room.
538
00:38:05,984 --> 00:38:09,419
I remember her calling 911 and
saying "My husband is shooting."
539
00:38:10,421 --> 00:38:13,390
The whole time
I'm holding my sisters.
540
00:38:14,992 --> 00:38:18,962
I'm scared for my life. I'm scared
for their life. I didn't know what to do.
541
00:38:19,397 --> 00:38:22,432
I hear my dad coming in,
you know,
542
00:38:22,434 --> 00:38:26,603
saying the B-word, "ho" and all
these other names, calling my mom.
543
00:38:26,605 --> 00:38:29,839
[LaTonya] And he just came right in
and started punching me in my face
544
00:38:29,841 --> 00:38:34,744
and pistol-whipping me with the gun
and punching me and just kept saying,
545
00:38:34,746 --> 00:38:36,146
"You gonna talk to me today,
you gonna talk to me.
546
00:38:36,148 --> 00:38:38,815
Somebody gonna
talk to me today."
547
00:38:38,817 --> 00:38:43,119
[Jeremy] I hear my mom saying, "Sorry,
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, don't hurt me."
548
00:38:45,022 --> 00:38:48,024
Then I heard my mom say,
"Jesus!" real loud.
549
00:38:48,026 --> 00:38:48,825
And I heard another gunshot.
550
00:38:48,827 --> 00:38:51,194
[gunshot]
551
00:38:55,866 --> 00:38:59,002
Then it was a dead silence for
a little, couple of seconds,
552
00:38:59,004 --> 00:39:01,071
then my dad knocked on the door.
553
00:39:02,707 --> 00:39:04,774
My dad, he tried to give
my sister a hug,
554
00:39:04,776 --> 00:39:06,376
but my sisters came behind me,
555
00:39:06,378 --> 00:39:09,279
all scared and crying.
He gave me a hug.
556
00:39:11,082 --> 00:39:14,351
After he gave me a hug, he called
911, put his wallet on the table,
557
00:39:14,952 --> 00:39:16,286
and he said he loved us.
558
00:39:19,023 --> 00:39:20,623
I saw my mom.
559
00:39:20,625 --> 00:39:23,927
She was on the floor,
blood everywhere.
560
00:39:23,929 --> 00:39:27,263
And he just literally made
a big old step over her.
561
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:33,203
And... I still...
562
00:39:33,205 --> 00:39:37,574
I still have dreams about
that to this day, you know.
563
00:39:37,576 --> 00:39:41,678
[voice breaking] Which really hurts
me and that shows me that he never...
564
00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:43,913
He don't care,
he don't really, he don't.
565
00:39:43,915 --> 00:39:46,116
He don't really care, you know.
566
00:39:58,529 --> 00:40:00,764
[narrator] LaTonya wakes
from a medically-induced coma
567
00:40:00,766 --> 00:40:03,433
seven days
after Nathan's arrest.
568
00:40:04,835 --> 00:40:07,637
[LaTonya] When I'm asking
for my mom, "Where's my mom?"
569
00:40:07,639 --> 00:40:10,774
And they said she didn't
make it, like, it just...
570
00:40:10,776 --> 00:40:13,977
[sighs deeply]
It was just so hard.
571
00:40:14,745 --> 00:40:19,215
I just couldn't wrap my
brain... That he killed them.
572
00:40:24,622 --> 00:40:30,794
[Jason] Nathan Holden's trial
was set for February of 2017.
573
00:40:30,796 --> 00:40:35,632
After two weeks of trial,
a jury found Nathan Holden
574
00:40:35,634 --> 00:40:38,168
guilty of two counts
of first-degree murder
575
00:40:38,170 --> 00:40:41,004
and guilty of attempted murder.
576
00:40:41,705 --> 00:40:47,477
Nathan Holden was sentenced to
life without the possibility of parole.
577
00:40:47,479 --> 00:40:54,317
I believe Nathan Holden killed
his in-laws and tried to kill LaTonya
578
00:40:54,319 --> 00:41:00,824
because he couldn't grasp the
reality that his family was moving on.
579
00:41:00,826 --> 00:41:06,095
And came down to the point where
he said, "Well, if I can't have her,
580
00:41:06,097 --> 00:41:07,296
no one can have her."
581
00:41:07,298 --> 00:41:11,968
You know, "If I can't be
with my kids, then so be it."
582
00:41:14,071 --> 00:41:17,207
He's just simply evil,
just evil.
583
00:41:19,009 --> 00:41:20,510
That's why.
584
00:41:20,512 --> 00:41:22,912
And even if he gave me an answer
585
00:41:22,914 --> 00:41:26,149
and even if I knew why,
it still doesn't matter
586
00:41:26,151 --> 00:41:28,251
because it doesn't bring
my parents back.
587
00:41:40,164 --> 00:41:41,397
[LaTonya speaking]
588
00:41:46,971 --> 00:41:49,339
[Sylvester] I would want
them to know that, you know,
589
00:41:49,341 --> 00:41:54,577
that we're gonna be okay,
that we're gonna be all right.
590
00:41:54,579 --> 00:41:58,715
And that we're gonna continue to
laugh, we're gonna continue to love
591
00:41:58,717 --> 00:42:03,319
and we're gonna continue to lift up the name
of Christ in all that we do as a family.
592
00:42:06,690 --> 00:42:10,894
[LaTonya] They are truly
missed every single day.
593
00:42:10,896 --> 00:42:14,931
They're always constantly
on my mind, in my heart.
594
00:42:14,933 --> 00:42:19,168
Everything reminds me of them.
And I just love them so much.
595
00:42:20,137 --> 00:42:21,938
[inaudible]