Summary
In 2001, Charles Forshee was charged with murdering Dillon Ferrar, a two-year old child in his care. Dillon’s four-year-old brother, Lucas, was a key witness at trial, and testified that he saw Forshee put a pillow on Dillon’s face. But the defense argued Lucas might have been responsible for his brother’s death. "48 Hours" correspondent Troy Roberts reports.
This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 6/20/2003. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays and stream on demand on Paramount+.
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| 0:00.0 | Dylan was just very, very sweet. |
| 0:03.0 | Everybody adored him. |
| 0:18.0 | He'd sit in your lap and cuddle, and that's the way that I want to remember him. |
| 0:24.6 | Amanda D'Berry always dreamed of having a family. |
| 0:28.6 | What is your favorite photo? |
| 0:30.6 | My favorite photo is this one, just because he looks so innocent, you know, just really, the true face of innocence. Her baby boy Dylan and his big brother Lucas meant the world to her and to each other. |
| 0:43.3 | When Dylan was born, I told Lucas, you know, this is our baby, and Lucas enjoyed Dylan. |
| 0:51.3 | But in her effort to give her boys a safe and loving home, Amanda wound up losing Dylan |
| 0:57.2 | and putting Lucas in the middle of a heartbreaking mystery that will change his life forever. |
| 1:04.3 | Love you. Look at this one. Okay. She's only 21, but Amanda has had to grow up pretty quickly. |
| 1:14.6 | That one? |
| 1:15.6 | Okay, put a circle around that one. |
| 1:16.6 | And she admits to making mistakes along the way. |
| 1:19.6 | You had your first baby at the age of 16. |
| 1:22.6 | Yeah, I had Lucas at 16. |
| 1:24.6 | Why was it important for you to have children at such a young age? |
| 1:28.1 | My parents got divorced and, you know, when I was like 13, I just, you know, I'm like, |
| 1:36.0 | okay, well, I want to have a family. But that ideal family life never happened for Amanda. |
| 1:43.3 | Instead, she found herself at age 19 trapped in an abusive |
| 1:47.6 | relationship with Lucas's father and pregnant with her third child. You know, all these goals and all |
| 1:53.9 | these dreams, you know, and it was hard because I felt like I failed again. |
| 2:01.6 | The biggest mistake is a mistake that I made. |
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