They were living a dream in Northern California.

She was very much in love. They had three young sons.

They lived in this beautiful home with a pool house in a high-rent zip code.

One evening, stunning violence shatters the facade.

He's lying in a pretty big pool of blood. There's blood everywhere.

Amid rumors and speculation, investigators uncover a simmering rage.

The last four years are nearly just out.

She was trying to keep her family intact, and that's why she stayed.

He's had his life threatened before.

At that point, it became a media circus.

And prosecutors face off against a determined phone.

She actually tested in the 99 percentile of an IQ test.

She was a genius.

I've tried a lot of cases.

This is obviously the most bizarre.

Am I going to just go down without a fight?

No.

... 20 minutes from downtown San Francisco lies the bedroom community of Arinda, California.

Wealthy, luxurious, and rich are probably perfect descriptions.

They're the Black Thai formal people.

It's probably one of the most wealthiest communities in Contra Costa County.

A little after 9 p.m. on October 14, 2002, Contra Costa dispatch gets an unusual call.

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