Jane Laut

Rebecca and Don say they are just as puzzled.

Rebecca and Don both say the terrible shooting and Jane's story of abuse came completely out of the blue.

But as we've learned since this interview, Rebecca might know more about Jane and Dave's marriage than she told us.

In a phone call with Detective Young, just five days after Dave's death in 2009, Rebecca admitted Jane had confided in her.

He was very verbally abusive, very, to her and to Michael.

There were so many, so many, so many instances, I can't even think right now.

And she may not have been the only one who knew about the verbal abuse.

Rebecca insists that Jane never mentioned any physical abuse and says that with all she's learned, she now believes that Jane lied about it all.

Do you think that Dave's mother or your sister-in-law knew this was going on?

As the date for Jane Laut's murder trial approached, Dave's family feared what they'd have to hear.

In her defense, Jane Laut would be testifying that her husband, the Olympian hero, was also a sadistic abuser.

Rebecca, what if the jury believes her?

On January 11, 2016, more than six years after Jane Laut shot her husband, the trial finally began.

Cameras were only permitted for opening and closing statements.

Good morning, everyone.

Ventura County Senior Deputy District Attorney Ramin Manui began to lay out the state's case against Jane Laut shot by shot.

The shooting was premeditated, Manui said, because Jane had reasons to want her husband dead.

Approximately $300,000 worth of insurance benefits and the fear of a contentious divorce.

There's research done on the computer looking up divorce attorneys.

I didn't know that.