A Husband Is Told That He Killed His Wife

Inside this car are multi-millionaire business owners, Matthew Mullacon, and his wife, Kimberly. Matthew is seconds away from confronting the man who's been in a secret affair with his wife. He has a plan to get revenge, but has no idea how horribly it's about to play out. You need to get back over here. As officers rush to the scene, they're met with multiple shooters, families scrambling for help, and two critically injured victims. While Matthew sits in the back of a cop car, he has no idea his wife, the one he just got into a shoot-out over, is lying feet away with a fatal wound to her neck. Police are stepping inside the nearly 8,000 square foot mansion of Matthew and Kimberly Mullacon, arriving in the middle of a rapidly developing homicide investigation. The married couple are well-educated, successful business owners. Together, they run state barricades incorporated, a traffic equipment company generating an estimated $3 to $6 million annually. They live here with their 13-age children, and from the outside, the Mullacones appear to have built a stable, comfortable, and luxurious life, or so it seems. Because behind these walls, someone has been living with a dark secret, one that's been buried for years, and it will soon change this family's life forever. These officers are here to execute a search warrant following the sudden passing of Kimberly the previous night. They need to document the scene, collect evidence, and piece together what led up to the incident. Inside the mansion, the Wealth is impossible to miss, as officers sweep through multiple entertainment spaces and rooms dedicated to leisure. But as they look deeper, grim details start to emerge. And the basement on a coffee table officers find lines of 'n laid out beside a straw and a razor blade. The physical findings inside the mansion are only the first hints of what's been happening behind closed doors, and the officers searching this home are walking through the opening chapter of the tragic downfall awaiting the Mullacone family. Approximately 15 hours earlier, around 7.15 pm, Kimberly and Matthew start their night in the basement of their mansion, drinking, smoking, and using substances. This is not the first time they've done this, but this time an argument about Kimberly's affair with another man is in full swing. Matthew believed the affair ended years ago after he confronted her about it, but earlier that day, he discovered it never stopped, and that Kimberly transferred nearly $60,000 from their company funds to her lover's debit and credit accounts. At 7.15 pm, the argument escalates physically. Matthew begins throwing objects, breaking glass, shoving Kimberly and shouting insults, and the basement starts to look like the aftermath of a struggle. At 9.20 pm, the couple leave the mansion in their white Jeep Grand Cherokee. Matthew has one firearm on his hip and another accessible inside the vehicle. At the same time, Kimberly's secret lover is at home winding down from a barbecue with his pregnant fiancé, his parents next door, and his sister's kids playing outside. They have no idea that within minutes, they're quiet evening, we'll take a drastic change approximately 5 minutes after this alarming call, a team of 31 officers from the Macomb County Sheriff's Office is mobilized and dispatched to the location. All they know is that a man named Matthew Molacone is trapped in the line of fire and that's somewhere nearby an active is targeting innocent victims. When officers arrive, they quickly notice Matthew taking cover behind a smoking car. There we go. Shooter in the house right there. He's 30 and 35-ish, 25-years-old, White T-shirt, White T-shirt. What's his name? Danny. Danny 35-years-old, White T-shirt, black hair. Don't trust me, carry two guns. -Possible two guns. -For police. Never mind the shooter. Matthew is clearly distressed. Begging officers to save his wife, Kimberly, who is still trapped in the backseat of a car about 100 feet away. 300 feet beyond the car stands the shooter's hideout. A house with multiple windows, an open garage door, and countless angles from which to fire. In the next few seconds, the officers must make a snap decision, neutralize the shooter first and risk Kimberly bleeding out or step into the dangerous open field to save her. -Anybody in the Jeep? Step out now with your hands up! Hands up! Face away from me! Get out of the Jeep! -Oh, grab it! -Let's go! -What's going on? What's going on? Cover it! -Cab! -Cab, hey in there! Air builds! -Do you know how many air in the house? -You've pulled me in front of the front door and told her this way. Pull her this way now. Five feet. Come on, let's go. Come on, man. It's time to start shooting. -Look at this time. -This ambulance needs to get through. She's more important than that asshole! -She doesn't deserve this man. Take it to work. Please, please. I don't care why you know. You gotta get to work. -You need to get back over here. -Wait up. -Do it for my wife. Get to work, please. Please. Please, I beg of you. CBR something. CBR! -We have an active shooter, man. I can't. I'll do it. I need a car! Please start on this way! -Need cover? -Let's wait a second. -We have, let's take one gun shot. One's in there. -I can't see. It's okay. I'll really mail the white teacher. -I just have to go out. Her father has to shoot her. -Okay. After managing to pull Kimberly from the car, paramedics begin working urgently to save her. She's been shot in the neck and is unconscious. So every passing second matters. At the same time, SWAT prepares to move in and neutralize what they believe is an active shooter barricaded inside the house. At this point, officers are operating almost entirely off of Matthew's account, thinking there's an armed gunman inside. In reality, there's no active shooter at all. Only a wounded homeowner and several family members inside the residence. Without that context, every tactical decision carries enormous risk and could put innocent lives in danger. And within seconds, that possibility is tested when the two elderly parents suddenly emerge from the house. -Stand up, stand up. You'll ruin my boy. -What? -Fuck, what? -Fuck, what? -Fuck, shut up, it's me. -You don't face it. -Malatino, I'll be fine. -Come on. Come here, sir. -Right behind you, sir. -I'll take care of it. -Come on. - Sure, right me. - Sure. Imagine setting your makeup, then forgetting it's even theirs. Meet new groupie setting mist from Mavily New York. Gel to mist technology locks in your look for up to 24 hours, with flexible, all-day-gum fee grip. No tightness, no stickiness, no residue. Just plump, dewy, hydrated skin that still feels like your skin. Try new groupie setting mist from Mavily New York. Maybe it's Mabling. Funny! Come on! Stop! Come on! Come here! Come here! Come here! Come here! Over here! Hands behind your back! Right! It's okay! It's okay! It's okay! It's okay! It's okay! It's okay! It's okay! It's okay! It's okay! Who else is in the house? My daughter alone! My little, good and children! Two little children? I said my daughter. A daughter? A two? A brother and a child? Yes! Where's your son at? In the natural world. Yeah! We're here. Self-at-air. You should be a little bit more peaceful next year, life-foot. Because of a language barrier, officers are only able to piece together fragments of what the elderly couple is saying. It sounds like their son is wounded inside the home, along with his fiancee, sister, and two children. Strangely, the couple themselves appear unharmed, despite having just exited the same house, where the alleged gunman is believed to be hiding. This observation leads officers to believe that the wounded son inside the house is the gunman Matthew claimed had been firing at him when police first arrived. But before they can reassess their strategy, someone else suddenly rushes out of the house. With the three more family members out of the house, police now believe only two people inside remain, the elderly couple's son and his fiancee. And based on Matthew's 911 call and earlier statements, they're operating under the assumption that the son inside is armed and extremely dangerous. So officers tighten the perimeter and cautiously advance towards the house, preparing for a potential shootout, I got a revolver on the ground here. Yep, I got a revolver on the ground right here. Hey Ryan, careful, I think the shooting happened right here. So I see a shell, I got a pistol, so just watch where you stop it. There's some more guns in the house. We just got the two. We will try to get the gun. I got a revolver on the ground, I got a revolver on the ground, and I got a revolver on the ground. I got a revolver on the ground, and I got a revolver on the ground, and I got a revolver on the ground. It's for your best good, all right? Inside the residence, officers find 38-year-old homeowner Daniel Gianone, suffering from two gunshot wounds. Beside him, his fiancé, Alyona, is desperately trying to stop the bleeding. Police call in paramedics to treat Daniel's wounds. Daniel himself doesn't appear to be the aggressive gunman Matthew described, and his officers begin speaking with him. They quickly realize the situation may be the complete opposite of what they first believed. Where is it went in, and then came out, okay. So I was running away, I don't know how many of his shots were there, whatever was in that gun. This is the gun that shot you here? No, that's the gun I had with me. You didn't have a rifle? No. Can we help him stand up or do you want us to carry him? Keep the camera back. Keep the camera. Yes. One on four shots. By some miracle, officers finally managed to stabilize the scene without further. Police following this, and Daniel is placed on a stretcher and carried out of the house to be transported to the hospital. Thanks to his fiancé's quick efforts to control the bleeding, he has a chance to survive. However, the outcome is different for Kimberly, as on the other side of the property paramedics reach a grim conclusion. She? Yeah. No. She's dead. Uh, you got to act as if you were seeing going out of the house. Tragically, Kimberly does not survive her injuries, leaving behind her three children and her husband, Matthew, still unaware that she's dead. With that, the case immediately turns into a homicide investigation, and police must determine exactly what happened as it's clear something isn't adding up. Just a few hundred feet away, Matthew is placed in a patrol car and transported to the station. Daniel's fiancé, sister and parents are also taken to the station for questioning. Back inside the house, officers finally have a moment to breathe and begin piecing together what happened. But not for long, because they're about to discover there's an entire basement they missed during the initial search. It's completely unchecked with something interesting waiting downstairs. All right. We got them. We got enough of these. All right. They don't know. Oh, yeah. We cleared it pretty quick. So just take a good look around. I know there's a, like there's a Ruger 10-22-25 here. All right. You clear it, Piss Jack? Ryan? All right. Come in with us. I'm out of here. You go with Justin all of it. Yeah. Just clear that. We got a door. Close. We're on that. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Let's go. Don't go. Don't go. Don't go. I heard. Wow. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We cleared. We cleared. We cleared. We cleared. As if things weren't already. Ready complicated? The officers just stumbled upon something entirely unexpected, a seemingly hidden marijuana grow operation. But the biggest discovery is what they don't find. CCTV cameras. Officers already spotted multiple cameras around the house, making the absence of any in the basement suspicious. This exact CCTV system will soon prove crucial to solving the case, revealing exactly how the shooting unfolded and who fired the fatal shot. By the time the house is fully cleared, police begin locking down the scene and send Kimberly's body for autopsy. Following this, some of the most experienced investigators in the state are brought in to take over the case led by Detective Frazier of the Macomb County Sheriff's Office. Frazier quickly begins identifying the people he and his team will need to focus on. Matthew, a supposed victim of the shooting, Daniel, the wounded homeowner, and Daniel's inner circle, namely his sister Gabriella and his fiance, Eliona. Despite the detectives combined decades of experience, this case will push them to their limits, eventually leading to one of the most morally controversial trials in the state of Michigan, and forcing detectives to make one of the hardest calls of their careers, letting the man who fired the fatal shot walk free. It's now three hours after the shooting, and based on preliminary statements from responding officers, investigators believe they may be dealing with a volatile dispute between two families, with multiple shooters in the picture. So they need to determine what sparked the conflict and who fired the fatal shot that ended Kimberly's life. However, there is one major problem ahead. In cases like this, there is no neutral ground. Every statement will be biased, and each person will blame the other side. Additionally, both primary suspects are temporarily off the table. As Daniel is being treated at the hospital, and Matthew is too emotionally volatile to be interviewed. Still, investigators have to start somewhere, so they decide to begin by interviewing Daniel's family, starting with his fiancé, Alona. Her account will be compared against other witness statements, looking for inconsistencies that might expose the truth. But for Alona… This interview serves a different purpose, as she will slowly begin to realize that the man she plans to marry has been living a secret double life for years. I was in the back of the house and I was like, "I have six chickens and they always come to the front and we're trying to train them to stay in the back." I was in concern, but I was like, "Oh, maybe it's like two chickens, but then he was like, "Shut up, shut up, shut up." I was like, "Girls, come over here, stay away from the windows, and then Sua came in, literally hands in the air, whatever, I don't know, I guess that's how it works." And then we were out, then we came out of the front door too. Based on Aliona's words, it appears she has no clear understanding of what sparks the shooting and reality she knows more than she thinks. She just needs the right questions to connect the dots. There was this guy in her house. He says, "Stay away from my wife, so there's got to be either somebody he is either been with or is with right now." I don't know. Who is he with? I know he was with the lady, but as far as I know, they were like done, so why is he showing up at your house now? No, that's a good question, no. I don't understand why she would come with him, why she would bring him there. It's kind of weird too though. If I was having an affair, I wouldn't exactly take my husband to the person that I'm having an affair with. It sounds like maybe things didn't end there. If this guy's showing up saying that, the right timing. Things are finally starting to make sense in the room, and it's becoming clear to detectives that Aliona's fiance, Daniel, had a past affair with Matthew's wife, Kimberly, yet Aliona seems clueless that the affair was still ongoing. She's convinced it ended long ago and that they were happy together again, whether that's the actual truth remains to be seen. By now, investigators understand they're dealing with people who have secrets, and that no one involved can be taken at face value, especially the two men at the center of it all. Daniel and Matthew, so with Aliona's statement recorded, investigators wrap up the interview and prepare to speak with Daniel's sister, Gabriella, the mother who fled the house with her terrified children when SWAT arrived. Unlike Aliona, Gabriella will prove far more aware of her brother's secret affair with Kimberly. As I was inside, I could see them over at his house, remember those bathrooms? They were hanging out, girls were excited, DG comms, we started having a conversation telling him what's going on, and then I started hearing crazy rounds of gunshots, like not normal. So I look over and I just start hearing yelling. I see this white grand Cherokee in the driveway, a lady out of the car screaming at that point. I had no idea who it was, what was going on. This maniac comms at me, ready to shoot me, and my husband, I heard the lady go, no, Matt, no, she has kids, no, Matt, no, and my husband's like, what, what, what, and I dropped to the ground, I pissed myself, lost my shoes, everything. Don't were you able to see where Dan came from? Naturally, Gabriella takes her brother's side, claiming Matthew was the aggressor and insisting Daniel acted purely in self-defense. However, this version of events will later be called into question once detectives finally get their hands on the CCTV footage. For now though, Frazier shifts the conversation to Daniel's secret affair, hoping to uncover whether Daniel could have killed his own lover, worse yet, in front of his own children and family. As far as Dan goes and this fella that shows up, have you ever seen this guy before? I have seen him once. My brother, Dan, and Kim, Malacan, the reason I found out who Matt was is because I saw her, and she's like, Matt, no, and I knew that was her husband. So, I knew that she had relations with my brother years ago. I know that she's had a tumultuous relationship over the years with her husband. That's all that I know. She used to call me on numerous times, basically telling me, you know, what's going on with her life, maybe I felt bad for her, because I knew that she wasn't addict, and I know that he wasn't addict. When's the last time that you've talked to her? Maybe a few months. But she would call me from different numbers, while the time will never be her number, because I wouldn't pick up for her. She had already touched you. Yeah, from different numbers. Again, because I would not pick up for her anymore. I just had her blocked. I didn't want to expose myself to Dan anymore. I didn't think it was appropriate, and my brother knew that. Like, what happened today is I know it's wrong, and it's inappropriate, highly inappropriate. Yeah, yeah, I understand. And more to find, and my children get exposed to this, and they're just served. Yeah, okay, and that's good. Rightfully so, and my parents and my 80 year old dad and my 76 year old mom, I just, I feel like I'm in a movie right now. Gabriella leaves little room for doubt. The affair between her brother and Kimberly is, in her view, the catalyst for the entire confrontation. With that in mind, detectives conclude Gabriella's interview and begin weighing their next move. Lead detective Frazier has more than two decades of homicide experience, and by now he has a working theory of how the shooting began, and what connects the two primary suspects. But one crucial detail remains unresolved. Who fired the fatal shot that ended Kimberly's life? Approximately six hours after the shooting, investigators receive a critical update. Daniel has stabilized, and is asking to tell his side of the story. An hour later, officers wields Daniel into the interrogation room. He appears visibly shaken and still in pain. There's a gunshot wound above his right knee, and another injury on his right foot. Just hours ago, he was bleeding inside his own home, with his family only feet away from the deadly crossfire. The whole thing lasted seconds, but in those seconds, everything changed. Detective Frazier knows that Daniel is a man with secrets. Everything he says could be a carefully crafted story, and for all they know, they might be sitting across from Kimberly's killer. Hey, how you doing? I've seen a better day. Oh, I'm sure you have. Obviously, there's a lot of things that took place tonight, so I'm going to start by just kind of letting you, like, why don't you just tell us what happened? I was just a little girl. I just got done barbecuing. I'm not singing those white truck. I didn't know who it was at all. The white truck came out, and the man came out of the car and came towards me. I didn't know who it was. I had my business truck, so I figured I wanted something, but he came to me pretty aggressive. From that point on, it's just a days for me, and you show me as gun, I'm saying, I had my weapon on me, and I'm like, leave, leave. The next thing you know, he's ready to fire shots at me. That's all I remember, I swear. Everything was blank from that point on. I just was like, it just froze. I don't know, it froze. When you point at that gun at me, it started shooting. I just froze. I don't remember anything. I just froze. According to Daniel, Matthew arrived out of nowhere, and he immediately started brandishing a gun on his property. But this is where the story begins to blur between self-defense and murder, because detectives are about to learn that Daniel's own actions may have set the deadly shooting in motion. Would you be able to just kind of draw me a layout of where your garage and how your driveway is and stuff? Okay. So this car pulls up right in the freaking driveway, like T.O. Mouse. Okay. So that car pulls up and you're outside. I'm inside. I'm in between the garage, inside the garage. He comes up there, you stay away from my wife. I'm like, what are you talking about? Stay in there outside and then it hits like a light bulb. He comes out of the car and he's like, you know, he's branching his gun when he's walking up like he's about to shoot me. What do you mean by that? Like he had his gun like he was pulling up. it up. Like you look like he was ready to fire. He's like ready to fire it and I, you know, he's ready to grab his gun. And boom, I shot one in there. I'm like, it got here. You shot one in there. Yeah. Cause he was good. Gonna pull his gun out. And he, like, he looked like he was about to leave. The bastard started firing shots and I ran out and I, you know, I ran for my life at that point. Imagine setting your makeup then forgetting it's even theirs. Meet new grippy setting mist from Mavily New York. Gel to mist technology locks in your look for up to 24 hours with flexible all day comfy grip. No tightness, no stickiness, no residue, just plum, dewy hydrated skin that still feels like your skin. Try new grippy setting mist from Mavily New York. Maybe it's Mavily. So then I'm running around the house. He got me. He's firing at me at the corner of the house. I had another firearm and I did rush. So you grabbed that second firearm? Yes. And what is it? What kind of gun is that? It was, it was a clock. Okay. It was a 27. Okay. This is the time that you need to get this out. Okay. We don't want to go down the road and you be like, Oh, no. Everything is on surveillance camera. Okay. I'm going to tell you like what I remember because after those shots were being fired at me, like I just don't remember anything after that point. So I just like panic. When he started shooting at me, like I panicked. I just wanted him to leave. What Daniel has just revealed is exactly what investigators have been waiting for. During the house search, officers observed multiple cameras positioned around the property pointing directly towards where the shooting occurred. Detective Frazier knows he needs access to that footage, but he must wait for the right moment to secure Daniel's cooperation. Up to this point, Daniel has presented himself as nothing more than a victim, claiming he fired only a warning shot. Yet something about his story isn't adding up. Throughout the interrogation, he never once mentions the other person in the car, Kimberly. Detectives already know about the secret affair from speaking with Daniel's relatives, and they're not about to let him off the hook. So Frazier begins to apply pressure, forcing Daniel to drop the act and expose one of his secrets. Well, let's get into a little more detail leading up to the point where you froze. Well, I saw the woman come out of the car, and I had known this woman. I didn't know if she was married or anything. So here's, I'm going to tell you right now, Dan, some of the questions I've ran asking you, right? We might already know the answers to some of them, right? And I'm not trying to play games with you, and I'm not trying to. I'm trying to know some you don't. I'm trying to go home and get this done as possible. So here's the deal, Dan. You know, obviously Kim was somebody that you knew, right? And you knew it knew her on a personal level. Yes. Can you explain that to me? I've known this girl for quite some time, and ever since I met my wife, I've just parted, please. I'm trying to put this together. We did get the information. We know that you had relations with her. Let's go back. I've had, I've had, right? But what I'm trying to figure out is why tonight. That's what I'm trying to figure out. Dan, what happened recently? Why would this come to fruition tonight? I have no idea, because that's where my wife just told me what is going on. I don't have any calls from, like, I don't call her a period. Now I know, in the past, you're now fiance. It's an issue. It's an issue with us. Do you know if maybe these two started talking, or you said we were actually, is she, you alluded to that, that maybe, do you know if Kim knows that you're having a baby? I don't know. I don't know. It's just Tuesday night, nine o'clock at night, why now? I don't know. That's the same thing I'm trying to get at because I've been doing a long time, sorry, I've been two years, that was done. As soon as I met the screw holds, that was done, I'm changing my life around that. It's evident that detectives are on to something here. Daniel insists he hasn't seen or texted Kimberly for two years, something that can easily be verified once they access his phone. Though Daniel's phone holds something far more important to the investigation, CCTV footage. But once detectives decide to ask Daniel for access, his answer will raise serious suspicion to say the least. How can I access your phone? Well, this is what's going to happen, we have your phone. We also have your fiance's phone. We're going to get the information one way or another. The other part of it too is it just goes to the other part of this story, right? Because obviously there's a couple sides to this story. You got your side, get his side, right? Obviously his take on things is different than yours, right? It's going to be, right? You're presenting us with your version. We have another version. Guess what? We've got cameras that caught it off. We need to look at that. If we don't get to see these cameras, I need to speak to somebody to tell me to direct me the right to the right route. You got to understand I want to help, but I have to have my lawyer. What kind of cameras do you have? I have ring cameras. Ring cameras? And then they're surrounded. You said it caught the whole thing, right? I know what you're doing, Daniel. You want to watch this first and make sure that it all ends up. No, no, I'm telling you guys 100% truth guys. I'm just a god. I have nothing to hide. I want to help you guys, but now like, are you worried about it? Absolutely not. This man came to my house. I mean, I, this man came to my home. Are you into some other illegal activity that you're worried about on your phone? Absolutely not. Like, I know we have a grow. I know I want a license for it. Do you know somebody? If I could speak to somebody, you wouldn't have done real quicks to see what the house real quicks should do. I want to, I do want to let you know something though in this situation. Kim, she's dead. So she was struck by a bullet and she's dead. So I mean, I don't, I apparently nobody told you that. I don't know. I don't know what the hell happened. Did anybody, did anybody tell you that? Danny? Okay. So maybe this will shed a little bit of light of why we have to do our due diligence here because somebody lost their life. He came to my house. I did nothing wrong. I did nothing wrong. They came to my house, man. I had my nieces and this guy is shooting at me. Fuck his 17 fucking shots. Needless to say, this is not what investigators were hoping for. Even after Detective Frazier brings up the marijuana grow operation and the basement has leveraged to encourage cooperation, Daniel quickly clarifies that everything is legal and refuses to grant access to his phone without an attorney present, effectively forcing them to end the interview. With Daniel's refusal, detectives become more certain than ever that there's something on that phone he doesn't want them to see. Yet the only other way to access it is through a search warrant, something far easier said than done. Now, it's Daniel's word against Matthews, a development that complicates the investigation significantly. The CCTV footage could have been crucial during Matthew's interview. With multiple cameras around the house recording 24/7, the answer to who fired the fatal shot lies somewhere in that footage. Despite this setback, Detective Settle on a strategy, they decide to hold Matthew overnight, time that may pressure him to break and reveal how the shooting really unfolded when the interview begins. In the meantime, officers obtain a search warrant from Matthew and Kimberly's home and head there, hoping to find anything that could help guide his interrogation. When officers arrive at the Molacone residence, they're initially met with signs of wealth and comfort, but that impression fades quickly once they step into the basement. It's clear that the basement was the aftermath of a violent altercation. Officers also discover pain residue and a straw, suggesting that Matthew may have been heavily under the influence of drugs and alcohol during the shooting. As they continue the search, officers locate multiple gun safes in the basement and elsewhere in the house. Upstairs, in the primary bedroom closet, they find a small, clear plastic bag containing in. Taken together, the findings paint a picture of a home stocked with firearms and narcotics, details that will be crucial during Matthew's interview. With the scene documented, officers relay their findings to Detective Frazier, who decides it's time to speak with Matthew. He's been restless for Hours about Kimberly's condition, still unaware of her tragic death. Alright, here's what's going to happen. Is she okay? Matt? Yeah. If I unhand cuff you, you're going to behave yourself? Yes, I'm fine. Okay, we don't have any issues there. What? But I unhand cuff you, I want you to have seat, okay, partner? Oh boy, is that good? No, it's not good, but. Is she alive? Is she alive? Hold on. Relax. Sit down. Is my wife alive? We're going to talk real quick here, okay? Hold on. One second. Oh my god. Tell me. Please. She didn't make it. She didn't. Oh no! No! No! No! No! No! Oh my god! No! Oh my god! No! Oh my god! Oh my god! Is she sh*tting the chest? Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god! I'm sorry, I was next to her, trying to get the f*ck out of there as she sh*tts us as we're driving every first! Oh my god! Oh my god! What has she done? Matthew appears devastated, unable to control his emotions, yet to detect a phrasier, something about his reaction feels off. Just like phrasier are trained never to take anything at face value, carefully watching for even the smallest inconsistencies in a suspect's behavior, and in the moments that follow, phrasier's instincts would prove correct, as Matthew's behavior is about to shift, completely. What has happened? It's Michael! It's Michael! It's Michael! It's Michael! It's Michael! Oh my god! Did he make it? Oh my god! Did he make it? That's why my wife's death is because I'm a f*ckin' horrible sh*t! What a psychopath. Do you want to tell me about it? Sure. This guy and my wife have been there for about a half years, I found out about it six and a half years ago, and I found out about it again in the 45 days ago. After his emotional breakdown, Matthew suddenly regains composure, prompting detective phrasier to question whether the reaction was genuine or calculated. But once he's calm, phrasier asks Matthew to walk him through the shooting step by step. It's a strategic decision to lock him into a specific version of events, especially because Matthew has absolutely no idea the entire confrontation was captured on surveillance cameras. I pulled my firearm and I started sh*t down. He ran this way. I said, "Kim, get in the car!" We got in the car, we were back and out, and he sh*t my wife, and the car stopped working, I couldn't get in the gear. So I got behind the car and I called 911, that's it. That's so fast, when he sh*t my wife, the car, like, stopped somehow, and I got out of the car. I got out of the car. And I sh*t, I was sh*t back again. And he ran around the side of the house, and then I didn't see him no more. Then I went to my wife, and I hit behind the back of the car. Why would you do that? Like, she went there to f*ck to him, and this guy comes out, like, god damn ramble, fire in his sh*t, and my hands near with no weapon. My clip was concealed, obviously, detective. My gun was in its holster and concealed, I was like this. As expected, Matthew's story is the complete opposite of Daniels. He insinuates that he acted in self-defense, and claims that Kimberly's death was simply because he's a bad shot. Though one detail in his account immediately stands out, Matthew insists his weapon was concealed the entire time, yet when he re-enacts the moment and raises his hands, the detective can clearly see that the gun would have been visible, but before Detective Frazier can press him on that inconsistency, he is called out of the room with a critical update. The CCTV footage has just come in. Daniel has finally agreed to grant access to the footage, either out of guilt or confidence that it will clear his name, so detectives immediately begin combing through the recordings, and it doesn't take long before cracks begin to form in both men's stories. At 9.30pm, Matthew's car arrives at the property, and at first, events appear to follow his version of the story. The first gunshot heard in the background is fired by Daniel as a warning, just as both men described in their interviews. But in the minutes that follow, things begin to unfold very differently from what either man claimed, and it will determine which of them spends the rest of his life behind bars. Daniel's car arrives at the property of Daniel as a warning, and he will be there for a moment. In the chaos, as both men exchange gunfire, a single bullet tragically strikes Kimberly, and although Matthew was clearly the aggressor, the fatal shot came from Daniel's weapon, complicating the investigation, and making it harder to determine who is truly at fault. Armed with this new evidence, Detective Frazier returns to the interrogation room, ready to apply more pressure, knowing the CCTV footage has completely dismantled Matthew's version of events, and in the next few moments, Matthew would unknowingly dig himself into a grave. Daniel's car arrives at the property of Daniel as a warning, ready to apply more pressure to the suspect. Matthew admits to taking the forehand, something detectives already knew after searching his house. It's at this moment that Detective Frazier would finally confront Matthew with the one piece of evidence he can't talk his way out of. "I don't know anybody that's gonna buy this, I wasn't mad, I went there like all cool, all great, just thought it was gonna be a, you know, I'm sorry but I don't believe that for a second, Matt. And I don't think anybody else does either because it just doesn't make any sense." "Well, that's gonna be easy to prove your theory wrong. Go check for that in the garage or a bullet hole in the, in the, in the garage." "Awesome, the cameras." "Okay, there you go. Beautiful, got cameras. These got cameras. Does he?" "I can't tell you. I hope he does, you better, you, you'll look for those, correct?" "We gather all the facts." "Okay, good, everybody's got a story, right?" "I hope he's got cameras." "You know, the, the problem is is that you drove up there in that driveway and that started this whole chain of events." "What's illegal about that?" "One of the cameras, you know, those ring doorbell ones, one of the cameras was pointing right where you guys were." "Okay, good." "And, and you're telling me right now?" "This is true." "You're saying the exact, this exact story is true. What you, what you described to me." "And that's it, you're not leaving anything out, that's how quick and that's what happened." "I don't know how this is gonna play out. I really don't." "The truth prevails. Hopefully it does." With the evidence laid bare, Detective Frazier concludes the interview. Now, he and his team need to do their due diligence before making the hardest decision of the entire case. Who, if anyone, should be charged for Kimberly's death. In the days that follow, recorded jail calls capture Matthew sounding confident he can beat the case, insisting the truth will clear his name. "Hi!" "Hi, hi." "I love you guys." "I love you." "I miss you." "I miss you too." "You're gonna get all this situated. I'm gonna get home to you soon, okay?" "All right." "Thank you." "Okay, good. I got the truth. I got God, and I got the best warrior on the state of Michigan. So, I'm gonna get home to you guys soon, all right?" "All right, Dad. Sounds good." As Matthew waits in jail, detectives and prosecutors continue investigating to determine which of the two men will ultimately be held accountable for Kimberly's death. On paper, the answer isn't obvious. The fatal bullet came from Daniel's gun, but the CCTV shows Matthew initiating the confrontation. Detectives and prosecutors debate two options, charge both men and let a jury decide, or treat Daniel as a homeowner defending himself and his family and place the legal responsibility solely on Matthew. In the end, they make the call. Under Michigan's self-defense law, even if Daniel's bullet killed Kimberly, Matthew created the deadly crossfire and therefore bears the legal responsibility for her death. With this, Matthew is formally charged with attempted murder for shooting at Daniel, voluntary manslaughter for Kimberly's death, and multiple counts of felony firearm. In the weeks that follow, investigators uncover a darker side of the marriage. Multiple witnesses describe a pattern of alleged use between Matthew and Kimberly, including physical violence and intimidation. That context offers detectives insight into why Kimberly may have gone along with an armed trip to her lover's house instead of walking away. Two years later, in May 2024, Matthew's jury trial begins. During the trial, the two sides present very different versions of the same shootout. Matthew's lawyers argue self-defense, claiming Daniel was the one who came out armed and aggressive, forcing Matthew to fire back and protect himself and Kimberly. They portray him as a devastated husband and a father who snapped under emotional strain. The prosecution frames Matthew as a jealous husband who armed himself, consumed drugs in alcohol, and drove to Daniel's home, looking for a confrontation. After an eight-day trial, the jury rejects Matthew's full self-defense claim and finds him guilty. He is sentenced to a maximum of 40 years with parole possible after roughly 18 years. Meanwhile, Daniel Gianone, the man who fired the fatal shot, is ultimately released without charges.