He married the woman of his dreams beautiful and sweet. She's just angelic and was folded into her tight-knit family

Headed by an elderly religious matriarch. You were either a part of their family or you weren't

Together they had a little girl

Sydney when their marriage fell apart his wife's family closed ranks their view Sydney was their property

One day he went to pick up his little girl for a visit and was never seen alive again

He died right there, but who would kill a devoted dad the unbelievable choice his golden girl wife or the gracious family

matriarch they seem so loving but was there another sign it's a monster that comes out of a closet

Very ugly how dark is that son murderous, but which one was the killer? I'm Lester Holt and this is deadline

Here's Rob Stafford with the mystery on for shoe drive

In the home of a god-fearing family and one of the smallest of American towns the worst of crimes

Please come in, please

Okay, I'll get all the ambulance all right

The crime became a mystery a who done it it's a puzzler it's almost a game of three card Monty and it made many people in town

Wonder about one particular family about what had been going on behind the closed doors of their home

How well do you really know your neighbors? How well do you really know the people that surround you?

Get one?

Can we feed it to him?

Our story begins with Stephen Watkins who grown up in tiny Chandlerville in rural central Illinois population 700

He'd had the kind of ideal childhood he wanted to recreate on his own

I think that was probably his biggest goal in life was to have that family that he grew up with

Stephen's parents Penny and Dale say even as a kid their boy was always holding his younger sister Ashley or cousins playing with them,

Showering them with attention

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