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48 Hours

A Sister’s Fight for her Brother

48 Hours

CBS News

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.17.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

A sister stands by the brother accused of murdering their parents. She insists he’s innocent and there’s more to the story. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.

Transcript

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0:00.0

48 hours in CBS News present season three of My Life of Crime with Aaron Moriarty.

0:08.0

This season join Aaron for extended interviews with convicted murderers.

0:12.4

Go beyond speculation to the evidence. Did our Toro Gotti really commit suicide?

0:18.4

And what happened to Jennifer Dullos? The Connecticut mom still missing almost four years later.

0:24.2

Listen to My Life of Crime from 48 Hours on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:45.1

Hello. Hello. Do you have an emergency? There's a house on fire on the other side of the fence.

0:49.2

There's fire coming out of the window. I think they're screaming and crying. I don't know.

0:54.2

They're coming from the residents? Yeah, I think so.

0:59.3

The lead detective called me. He said there was an accident in your parents' house.

1:08.0

And he said there was a fire. Your parents didn't didn't make it.

1:12.2

I just started hysterically crying. I flew up on the first flight and I'm out the next day.

1:20.6

And that's when they told us what had really happened. The fire wasn't an accident.

1:27.0

My parents had been shot and the fire was a cover. How why and who?

1:33.6

Neighbors on this usually quiet street are stunned. It's not real.

1:37.7

I wanted to know why this happened to Scott and Jenny. I wanted to know who did this.

1:45.2

They were great people. They were giving people. And it's not the way it's supposed to go.

1:51.0

Did your parents have any kind of conflict with people that might want to hurt them?

1:57.5

Not that I'm aware of, no. It didn't make sense that this could or would happen.

2:02.5

How soon did investigators focus on Brandon Pettit as the killer?

2:09.8

Instantly, they focused on Brandon as soon as one of the neighbors said,

2:14.0

oh, they have a son that's weird. Is there any physical evidence that ties her brother to the murder?

2:19.4

No. There is no DNA. There are no fingerprints. There is no blood.

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