The Family Plot
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What happened when Matt Restelli was shot at his mother-in-law’s home?
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I tried to get them to not get married. I said, don't do this.
Kate was telling us how she was scared to death of Matt.
Kate took the kids and went to Utah to get away from Matt. Yes.
I heard that Matt came in with a knife.
She told me that he seemed agitated.
My mom heard shots.
That's like face down.
She says Matt is dead. What do you mean Matt's dead?
We just trying to ask questions. What happened?
During that entire conversation, Mom is whispering the answers to the daughter.
Like telling her what to say? Yes. All moms have influence over their children. This seems to be something more. Yeah, she called all the shots.
What's going on?
The knife in Matt's hand that looked like it was backwards. He is not a violent person, not an aggressive
person.
This did not make sense.
We've seen a bunch of text messages about an air attack. Somebody wanted to know where Matt was leading up to his killing for sure. I knew they lied to me.
I tell my mom we're at war.
One deadly shooting,
two families divided, and a mother of a revelation. I'm Lester Holt and this is Dateline.
Here's Josh Mankiewicz with The Family Plot. It's easy to miss American Fork. One of many tidy scrubbed communities that dot the Utah landscape outside of the Great Salt Lake. One of the roughly eleven thousand households in American Fork is this one. An unassuming home on a quiet street close to good schools. Four bedrooms with a finished basement and a community pool. In a safe neighborhood. You could raise a family here. You could teach your kids the difference between right and wrong. And how doing the right thing isn't always easy. This story is about the lessons children learn as they grow up. And what they do with that knowledge.
Nine one one, what's the address of the emergency?
July 12th, 2024, 1015 p.m. Tracy Grist was on with nine one one.
I need an ambulance.
Tracy, a very involved mother to seven adult children, told the operator a family dispute had turned violent.
Came here. They're going through a Separation. And you got a knife?
The he in that scenario was Tracy's son-in-law Matt Restelli, who was, at that moment, face down in Tracy's downstairs hallway. Tracy said Matt and her daughter Kate were having marital troubles. And somehow Tracy's son Kevin got involved.
Am I sudden shot in? Is he conscious or breathing? I think he's breathing. Are you comfortable checking to see if he's breathing? Kevin, Kevin, Kevin, check it, check to see if he's breathing, check if he's opposed.
Police arrived within minutes.
Can I come in? What's going on? What's going on? Go ahead.
The officer went to Matt. He had been shot multiple times and was no longer moving. In his right hand was a knife. Okay,
can you step outside please? Will you get medical? Five J forty six, we have a man down. He's possibly Echo.
Possibly Echo, meaning Matt might be beyond help. Outside an officer questioned Kevin Ellis and his mom Tracy.
So who is this that's in there?
That is my daughter's husband.
Okay, where's his daughter?
My daughter's upstairs.
Does she still have a firearm on her?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What happened when Matt Restelli was shot at his mother-in-law’s home?
0:00–8:47
2
How did Matt and Kate Restelli’s marriage unravel?
8:47–15:57
3
Why did Kevin claim he shot Matt in self-defense?
15:57–26:47
4
Why did the Rostelli family begin doubting the self-defense story?
26:47–36:50
5
Did an AirTag track Matt’s drive to Utah before the shooting?
36:50–46:29
6
What crime-scene evidence suggested Matt’s death was staged?
46:29–57:20
7
What did investigators uncover about Tracy Grist and the family plot?
57:20–1:08:19
8
How did Kate’s testimony lead to murder convictions in the Restelli case?
1:08:19–1:26:36
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