Home surveillance camera captures crime in Phoenix home

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[Music] it's a picture<font color="#E5E5E5"> of domestic heaven and</font> Donald<font color="#CCCCCC"> Mellon is your typical doting</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">daddy a clean-cut family man his little</font> girls admire and adore<font color="#CCCCCC"> he always helped</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">people without them asking for help</font> he really was a nice caring guy Donald's family owns successful <font color="#E5E5E5">McDonald's franchises in their hometown</font> of<font color="#E5E5E5"> Phoenix Arizona and that means Donald</font> his wife Karen and<font color="#E5E5E5"> their three kids</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> have</font> a pretty<font color="#E5E5E5"> comfortable life we used to go</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">on road trips a lot</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> family trips to</font> Disneyland and Hawaii<font color="#E5E5E5"> and we got to do a</font> lot<font color="#CCCCCC"> of cool things</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with him like that</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">but there are also trips down</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> darker</font> roads <font color="#E5E5E5">unfortunately he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> turned to alcohol and</font> he just wasn't<font color="#CCCCCC"> strong enough</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to give up</font> the alcohol<font color="#E5E5E5"> for his family and with</font> raising three kids<font color="#CCCCCC"> I couldn't do it</font> anymore <font color="#CCCCCC">Karen divorces Donald</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but how does</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> this</font> clean-cut all-american dad go from this <font color="#CCCCCC">to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this the newly single dad is now</font> under the<font color="#CCCCCC"> influence of more than</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just</font> liquor<font color="#CCCCCC"> drowning his sorrows in the</font> intoxicating charms<font color="#E5E5E5"> of an exotic dancer</font> Rebecca<font color="#CCCCCC"> Cheever she was some young girl</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> was stripping drinking and she met</font> an older man that had<font color="#E5E5E5"> money and she</font> needed money<font color="#CCCCCC"> he needed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> company turns out</font> this<font color="#E5E5E5"> is no rebound romance</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it leads</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> down</font> the aisle<font color="#E5E5E5"> and to big trouble Donald sets</font> himself up<font color="#E5E5E5"> in a new</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hall with his new</font> wild child bride and her young son Thaddeus<font color="#E5E5E5"> now daddy can really cut loose</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">my first thought was wow</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> this lady's</font> funny<font color="#E5E5E5"> their friend kita</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Adair says</font> parties with this<font color="#CCCCCC"> Odd Couple were a</font> blast<font color="#CCCCCC"> he was very charismatic funny</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> one</font> of the most amazing<font color="#E5E5E5"> giving individuals</font> I've<font color="#CCCCCC"> ever met in my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> life</font> Rebecca was young<font color="#CCCCCC"> beautiful</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> feisty fun</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but if you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ask</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Donald's ex the hard</font> partying extra for Rebecca too<font color="#E5E5E5"> much fun way too much</font> she showed my daughter a picture of her <font color="#E5E5E5">giving him oral sex she was taking them</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to go egging houses and the amount of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">alcohol in the house</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I I knew that that</font> was not<font color="#CCCCCC"> any situation for any</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> child to</font> be<font color="#CCCCCC"> in all that alcohol</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> isn't</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> good for</font> Donald either Donald the<font color="#E5E5E5"> clean-cut</font> family man starts to change<font color="#E5E5E5"> first</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on the</font> outside<font color="#E5E5E5"> then on the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> inside</font> answering to<font color="#E5E5E5"> Rebecca's nickname for him</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">DJ submit you met her he turned into DJ</font> into something that<font color="#E5E5E5"> I had no idea who he</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> anymore in DJ and Rebecca</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> are armed</font> and<font color="#CCCCCC"> armed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> racing down a path of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">destruction</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> stocking up not only on</font> liquor<font color="#E5E5E5"> but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a terrifying arsenal of guns</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">friends say they're locked and loaded in</font> every possible<font color="#E5E5E5"> way</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> even their party</font> buddies<font color="#E5E5E5"> smell trouble they woke</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> up their</font> breakfast was a big old bottle of <font color="#E5E5E5">Chardonnay by lunchtime they were</font> drinking<font color="#CCCCCC"> vodka mixed with something</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">doing shots wine</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> all night</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> long and it</font> seemed like<font color="#CCCCCC"> they</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> never slept or ate it</font> was just a recipe for<font color="#CCCCCC"> disaster and on a</font> hot night<font color="#CCCCCC"> in July</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that simmering tension</font> explodes hello yeah my husband is <font color="#E5E5E5">leaving</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I need to be at home now</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> if</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Rebecca wants Donald to live she's not</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">helping just listen</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to her incoherent</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">call to 911 doing he's bleeding okay</font> what happened to him I don't know he's bleeding<font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm trying</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">figure out what's</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> going</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on them you're</font> not<font color="#E5E5E5"> really giving</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me any information why</font> okay<font color="#CCCCCC"> Jenna dies you know okay why I</font> don't know<font color="#E5E5E5"> but by the time EMS arrives</font> there's no saving Donald from<font color="#E5E5E5"> a single</font> gunshot wound to the head<font color="#E5E5E5"> he's dead at the</font> hospital<font color="#CCCCCC"> two hours later</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and responding</font> officers find this pistol stuffed between<font color="#CCCCCC"> the seat cushions</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at the police</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">station of woozy Rebecca tells cops she</font> had been drinking<font color="#E5E5E5"> and has no idea of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">what happened to her husband</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I drink</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">like two drinks he drink two drinks</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> like came out<font color="#CCCCCC"> of the room</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and then I was</font> like why<font color="#CCCCCC"> are you</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> like laying on the</font> ground<font color="#CCCCCC"> my what</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> are you doing and then I</font> was like<font color="#E5E5E5"> oh my god like like there was</font> like like<font color="#E5E5E5"> I got me out of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> his side and I</font> like<font color="#E5E5E5"> I called 9-1-1 like right away</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Rebecca may not know but Donald's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> own</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">daughter's hear the awful truth for</font> themselves<font color="#CCCCCC"> a message from their father</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">at the very</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> moment Rebecca kills him my</font> sister<font color="#CCCCCC"> Ashley she was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> like he called me</font> last night he left me a voicemail<font color="#CCCCCC"> 'let's listen to</font> him<font color="#E5E5E5"> received yesterday</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> at 9:44 p.m. so</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">he put the phone on speaker and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my dad</font> said<font color="#E5E5E5"> call me it was like he looked up</font> and he<font color="#E5E5E5"> saw her with</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the gun cuz then he</font> says and then<font color="#CCCCCC"> you heard a boom</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to know wow I heard my dad's last words</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">you know</font> Donald's daughters are sure that's Rebecca<font color="#CCCCCC"> sounding so determined just</font> before she<font color="#CCCCCC"> pulled the trigger my first</font> thought was his<font color="#E5E5E5"> evil eye</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I knew that she</font> was capable of something<font color="#E5E5E5"> like</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> this turns</font> out<font color="#E5E5E5"> a camera on the living room</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> wall</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">would prove</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Darcy right</font> when investigators view security footage at the<font color="#E5E5E5"> moment mark</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> nine five</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">forty-four pm</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> full story</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of that night</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">suddenly</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> emerges she flipped out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she</font> killed him in a<font color="#CCCCCC"> tape so shocking</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> gruesome<font color="#E5E5E5"> police won't</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> let us show it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Rebecca</font> enters the living room while Donald's leaving that message<font color="#CCCCCC"> for his daughter</font> Rebecca<font color="#E5E5E5"> raises a gun to Donald's face</font> takes aim and<font color="#CCCCCC"> fires the bullet grazing</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">his skull and lodging in Rebecca's</font> wedding<font color="#E5E5E5"> picture she went and changed</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">shirts</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> she went and put on a shirt that</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">said shooters world</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and then she went</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">back and shot him in the head</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> what the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">tape reportedly shows</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> after that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> fatal</font> gunshot is just as horrifying<font color="#E5E5E5"> cops say</font> while blood<font color="#E5E5E5"> pours from Donald's head</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Rebecca sits down on the couch right</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">next to her dying spouse for 23 full</font> minutes<font color="#E5E5E5"> and casually smokes a cigarette</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I think she sat next to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> him I smoked a</font> cigarette thinking die die die die <font color="#E5E5E5">Donald's daughter believes those 23</font> minutes were the difference between<font color="#E5E5E5"> life</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and death for her dad but the time</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Rebecca</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> fondly</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> mates that rambling call</font> for help<font color="#CCCCCC"> it's too late to save him</font> that to me<font color="#E5E5E5"> is what confirms she's evil</font> how do you<font color="#E5E5E5"> not only do that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> someone</font> but then sit and let them die<font color="#CCCCCC"> and watch</font> them die<font color="#E5E5E5"> the video proves it this is an</font> open-and-shut case of cold-blooded <font color="#E5E5E5">murder</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> or is it when cops dig deeper</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">into the rest of the home security tapes</font> shocking discoveries turn the case on its<font color="#CCCCCC"> head</font> next<font color="#E5E5E5"> I won one</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> where Sherman Oh</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> see he's</font> getting<font color="#CCCCCC"> his dyes</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you know okay why is</font> Donald Mellon murdered<font color="#E5E5E5"> one brutal</font> gunshot to the head the shooter<font color="#E5E5E5"> his young wife Rebecca there</font> is no doubt she pulled the trigger<font color="#CCCCCC"> it's</font> right there all caught on<font color="#E5E5E5"> home security</font> video the first<font color="#E5E5E5"> thing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I said I was like</font> she did it<font color="#E5E5E5"> I just knew she did it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it's</font> even<font color="#CCCCCC"> in a voicemail</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Donald was leaving</font> for his daughter <font color="#CCCCCC">police say in disturbing home</font> surveillance<font color="#CCCCCC"> footage</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Rebecca just sits</font> there<font color="#CCCCCC"> for 23 long minutes smoking a</font> cigarette<font color="#E5E5E5"> patiently waiting for her</font> husband<font color="#CCCCCC"> to die</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that to me is what</font> confirms<font color="#E5E5E5"> she's evil how do you not only</font> do<font color="#CCCCCC"> that to someone but then sit and let</font> them die<font color="#CCCCCC"> and watch them dying</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but is</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">this a case of cold-blooded</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> murder</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">they were so out there towards the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> end</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">kita and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Marcus Adair lived with Donald</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and Rebecca for a year</font> witnessing firsthand<font color="#E5E5E5"> the out-of-control</font> drunken parties and much more<font color="#CCCCCC"> it would</font> be so calm and chill<font color="#E5E5E5"> and then somebody</font> had too much to drink<font color="#E5E5E5"> and Rebecca could</font> be nagging and annoying and not know when to<font color="#CCCCCC"> stop would he get upset</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he would</font> get upset there were times or she would instigate <font color="#E5E5E5">there were times</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he would hit her the</font> boozing is<font color="#E5E5E5"> non-stop and the violence is</font> so frequent<font color="#E5E5E5"> kita and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> marques finally</font> have had enough got to<font color="#CCCCCC"> a point</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> where</font> they were just<font color="#E5E5E5"> both so bad that we just</font> we had we couldn't stay<font color="#CCCCCC"> any more</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">something</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> bad was about to happen</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and we</font> didn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> want to witness it Phoenix police</font> witness it<font color="#E5E5E5"> a lot in just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> one year prior</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the murder cops are called to the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">home in alarming 21 times</font> calls for<font color="#E5E5E5"> welfare checks domestic</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">violence and assault</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> normally you don't</font> see police going<font color="#E5E5E5"> out and interacting</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">with one specific home with that</font> frequency<font color="#CCCCCC"> it all adds up not to a party</font> but<font color="#CCCCCC"> to relentless abuse in a tragedy</font> waiting to happen<font color="#CCCCCC"> on a visit dated March</font> 13th an officer notes<font color="#E5E5E5"> swelling and</font> redness<font color="#E5E5E5"> around both</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of Rebecca's eyes</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and a chilling exchange with the</font> battered woman<font color="#CCCCCC"> right in</font> she was mouthing the words<font color="#E5E5E5"> help me in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">cops say when Rebecca here's Donald</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> as</font> being arrested <font color="#E5E5E5">she says this in the police report</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">have no</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> idea what you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> guys just did</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> me you have killed me<font color="#E5E5E5"> he's just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> gonna kill</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">me she became extremely terrified</font> because<font color="#E5E5E5"> she felt like DJ was gonna be</font> thrown into such a state<font color="#CCCCCC"> of anger that</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">he would</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> kill her in the future</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Donald tells cops they're all lies</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but</font> were they Jennifer Wilmot<font color="#CCCCCC"> is Rebecca's</font> attorney<font color="#E5E5E5"> well-known for defending Jodi</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">arias</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a notorious murderer convicted of</font> killing her allegedly violent lover <font color="#E5E5E5">Wilmot says Rebecca's horrific abuse is</font> all<font color="#E5E5E5"> there caught on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> tape there's</font> surveillance<font color="#E5E5E5"> in almost all the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> rooms</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the house and outside when</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we actually</font> looked through hours and hours<font color="#CCCCCC"> of tape</font> we<font color="#E5E5E5"> actually found quite a few more</font> incidents terrifying incidents<font color="#E5E5E5"> like this Rebecca on the</font> receiving<font color="#E5E5E5"> end of a ferocious roundhouse</font> slap here<font color="#E5E5E5"> Rebecca smudging Donald's</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">computer screen</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> gets her dragged to the</font> ground<font color="#CCCCCC"> right in front of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> her son</font> Thaddeus then in the<font color="#E5E5E5"> kitchen in attack Rebecca</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">never sees coming</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a punch to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the back of</font> her head<font color="#E5E5E5"> is followed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> by a humiliating</font> dose of water<font color="#E5E5E5"> and the fights aren't just</font> behind<font color="#E5E5E5"> closed doors one of the other</font> incidents<font color="#E5E5E5"> that we found on the</font> surveillance<font color="#E5E5E5"> was in their</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> backyard watch</font> closely<font color="#CCCCCC"> the backyard camera catches a</font> furious Donald chasing<font color="#E5E5E5"> down a family pet</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">then going after other prey Rebecca</font> comes outside<font color="#E5E5E5"> and she walks towards mr.</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Mellon he walks towards her and then he</font> just grabs her by<font color="#CCCCCC"> the shirt and he's</font> dragging her by her feet and then<font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font> pulls her up by her<font color="#E5E5E5"> shirt</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and ultimately</font> tosses her in the pool<font color="#CCCCCC"> he where he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> comes</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">inside and he locks the door then there</font> are the guns<font color="#CCCCCC"> a locker full of pistols</font> shotguns<font color="#E5E5E5"> and assault weapons adding an</font> alarming level of danger<font color="#E5E5E5"> to the couple's</font> combustible War of the Roses<font color="#E5E5E5"> he would</font> pull guns on her he pretended<font color="#CCCCCC"> to play</font> Russian<font color="#CCCCCC"> roulette one time with her</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">here's the result of messing with</font> Donald's gun<font color="#CCCCCC"> lock</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that's just in one</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">week's time</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and that just happens to be</font> caught on<font color="#E5E5E5"> tape and so who knows what was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">going on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> before</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that and how often it</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> according</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to wilmot</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Rebecca</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> writes</font> in her journal<font color="#E5E5E5"> there was one final</font> threat that sent her<font color="#CCCCCC"> over the edge</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">what Rebecca remembers is that he had</font> been talking<font color="#E5E5E5"> about how he was going to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">hire somebody</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to break in to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the house</font> and make<font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> look like a burglary</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and she</font> was gonna get killed in the process all I need<font color="#E5E5E5"> to do is make the call</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but</font> Donald's family says the defense has it <font color="#E5E5E5">backwards</font> Donald's only threat was to leave <font color="#E5E5E5">Rebecca and he feared retribution from</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">his violent bride</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you know why there</font> were surveillance<font color="#E5E5E5"> cameras because she he</font> was afraid<font color="#E5E5E5"> she was gonna kill him</font> he knew somewhere<font color="#E5E5E5"> in his head she was</font> gonna<font color="#E5E5E5"> hurt him</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Kieran says</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the clips only show his</font> violent reaction and not Rebecca's terrorizing of<font color="#CCCCCC"> Donald</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I know she</font> antagonized him<font color="#CCCCCC"> I know she would do</font> things to<font color="#E5E5E5"> purposely</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hurt him and I get</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">in his face</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and say this is what I did</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">did it hurt you</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and what are you gonna</font> do about<font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font> I think people<font color="#E5E5E5"> hear her version and they</font> think oh my god well good for her<font color="#CCCCCC"> good</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">for her for getting him and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font> infuriates me it<font color="#E5E5E5"> infuriates me because</font> it's<font color="#E5E5E5"> not true</font> you're literally<font color="#CCCCCC"> hearing one side the</font> story which<font color="#E5E5E5"> is being told by a</font> pathological liar<font color="#CCCCCC"> he never ever ever</font> raised a hand in me much<font color="#E5E5E5"> less his voice</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> there's something else</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that could</font> call Rebecca's version of events<font color="#CCCCCC"> into</font> question remember Rebecca's 9-1-1 call<font color="#E5E5E5"> he's gonna</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">die</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you know that name okay why is</font> Marcus in<font color="#CCCCCC"> Keita you've both seen Donald</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and Rebecca at their very worst here</font> they<font color="#CCCCCC"> listen to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that horrific voicemail</font> for the very first<font color="#E5E5E5"> time</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Rebecca who just</font> minutes<font color="#E5E5E5"> later was so incoherent</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> here on</font> tape sounds<font color="#E5E5E5"> oddly composed she seemed a</font> very<font color="#CCCCCC"> poison together</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> usually her when</font> she has been<font color="#CCCCCC"> drinking she slurs she</font> doesn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> make sense and that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was just</font> clear as as day<font color="#E5E5E5"> they both yeah like not impaired</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to me like to need that sounds not</font> impaired knowing them whatever<font color="#CCCCCC"> state of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">mind for ''tis know Rebecca's the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">shooter but her fate is for a jury to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">decide</font> Rebecca maintains she<font color="#E5E5E5"> doesn't remember</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">what happened is that true</font> Rebecca<font color="#CCCCCC"> melon</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in custody for the</font> point-blank shooting death of<font color="#CCCCCC"> her</font> husband Donald<font color="#E5E5E5"> his family says</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he never</font> had a chance someone's<font color="#E5E5E5"> gonna do something when</font> they're blitzed out of their mind Rebecca claims she<font color="#CCCCCC"> never had a choice</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">she believes if that was it and that he</font> was gonna<font color="#E5E5E5"> kill her</font> Rebecca is charged<font color="#CCCCCC"> with first-degree</font> murder held<font color="#E5E5E5"> on a 1 million dollar bail</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">her</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> defense claims she</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was a battered</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">woman</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> who shot her husband</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font> self-defense<font color="#E5E5E5"> these disturbing videos</font> could sway a jury<font color="#E5E5E5"> but she's gambling</font> with her life again by<font color="#E5E5E5"> going to trial</font> had Rebecca gone to trial and<font color="#E5E5E5"> lost</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she</font> would be facing<font color="#E5E5E5"> the rest of her</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> life in</font> prison<font color="#E5E5E5"> she would never ever</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> get out</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> she</font> didn't want<font color="#E5E5E5"> to risk it so before</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a jury</font> gets to decide<font color="#E5E5E5"> on guilt or innocence</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Rebecca takes a plea deal</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> second-degree</font> murder her attorney Jennifer Wilmot still argues Rebecca<font color="#E5E5E5"> never intended</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> kill Donald<font color="#E5E5E5"> why would a woman</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> who had</font> been continually abused for years<font color="#CCCCCC"> fire</font> one shot<font color="#E5E5E5"> that just grazes his head if</font> she<font color="#CCCCCC"> was truly intending to kill him</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what</font> would be the<font color="#E5E5E5"> point of that it would be</font> much<font color="#E5E5E5"> more likely</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for her to fire</font> numerous<font color="#E5E5E5"> shots to make sure she got him</font> and then call<font color="#E5E5E5"> 9-1-1</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> once she knew he was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">dead state</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Arizona vs. Rebecca</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> melon</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">in her sentencing Rebecca</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> admits she</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font> drinking<font color="#CCCCCC"> that terrible night</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> maintains<font color="#E5E5E5"> she doesn't remember the</font> crucial 23 minutes after<font color="#E5E5E5"> the shooting</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the 23 minutes that could have been the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">difference between</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> life and death for</font> Donald<font color="#CCCCCC"> Nolan when he lay bleeding</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> death<font color="#E5E5E5"> while she</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sat and calmly smoked a</font> cigarette<font color="#E5E5E5"> but it's evidence the Maricopa</font> County<font color="#E5E5E5"> judge can't ignore</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she's seen the</font> video<font color="#CCCCCC"> I have a recollection of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it I</font> watched it<font color="#CCCCCC"> I watched as you sat</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on the</font> sofa slowly<font color="#E5E5E5"> smoking a cigarette</font> patiently waiting as mr. melon died despite her claims<font color="#E5E5E5"> of abuse</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the plea</font> deal still puts Rebecca melon behind bars for<font color="#E5E5E5"> 20 years for the murder of</font> Donald melon it seems crazy to<font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I mean</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">my dad's gone forever</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and she gets to</font> kill someone<font color="#E5E5E5"> and be free</font> with more than<font color="#E5E5E5"> 15 years still left in</font> her sentence Rebecca<font color="#E5E5E5"> Mellon agreed to talk</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> about that</font> tragic night<font color="#E5E5E5"> for the first time on</font> national<font color="#CCCCCC"> television</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in a phone interview</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">from behind</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bars with crime watch</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">dailies in a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Garcia</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Rebecca when you</font> look at<font color="#E5E5E5"> that videotape of you shooting</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">your husband</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> mm-hmm what do you think</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> think it looks<font color="#CCCCCC"> horrible</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and it's it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just</font> sucks because it's<font color="#E5E5E5"> like I don't I don't</font> remember<font color="#E5E5E5"> it happening</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and in a grilled</font> her about that smoke she had while her husband's life slipped away but you have <font color="#CCCCCC">the ability in the concentration to sit</font> down and have a cigarette<font color="#CCCCCC"> and based on</font> the video<font color="#E5E5E5"> it appeared like you were</font> latching yeah I didn't even I didn't <font color="#E5E5E5">remember even smoking or any of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that and</font> I didn't come back<font color="#E5E5E5"> into focus</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> until I</font> saw him<font color="#E5E5E5"> on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the couch what's wrong with</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">him can you be more specific</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Rebecca</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> anyone who endured what we saw</font> you<font color="#E5E5E5"> in during those videos how could you</font> not<font color="#E5E5E5"> want</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to hurt</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> him back for the way he</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">treated you I mean</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that back to me</font> almost sounds<font color="#CCCCCC"> logical</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it's I mean it</font> it's just<font color="#E5E5E5"> not the type of person</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I am</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I've</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> never been like</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that and I've never</font> done<font color="#CCCCCC"> anything to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hurt anybody</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and you</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">know I had</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> like never even been in a</font> fight or<font color="#CCCCCC"> anything</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> like that I'm not that</font> type of<font color="#E5E5E5"> person</font> then she<font color="#CCCCCC"> reminds Anna of her shocking</font> claim that on the same night she<font color="#E5E5E5"> pulled</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> trigger</font> Donald was planning<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> have her killed</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">when the gunshot went off it was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">everything went blurry and I didn't mean</font> for it<font color="#E5E5E5"> to go</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> off</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you know I would just</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">was trying to plead my case before he</font> made you<font color="#E5E5E5"> know this phone call that was</font> supposed to be the hit<font color="#E5E5E5"> man coming for me</font> for Donald's heartbroken daughter the memory loss is<font color="#CCCCCC"> all just another excuse</font> from Rebecca<font color="#E5E5E5"> that's just screams bull</font> crap to me that's just a dumb story<font color="#E5E5E5"> now</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that I hear</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm just like that's a</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">lot of crap you know</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he wasn't a bad</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> guy</font> and<font color="#CCCCCC"> he wasn't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this man that is being put</font> out there<font color="#E5E5E5"> that's not who he wasn't any</font> way shape or form Rebecca<font color="#CCCCCC"> he's really good about</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">portraying herself as his meek little</font> battered woman and<font color="#E5E5E5"> that's she's far</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> from</font> that and Darcy believes justice<font color="#E5E5E5"> should</font> have been life for the life<font color="#E5E5E5"> Rebecca</font> stole from her<font color="#CCCCCC"> I wanted her to be</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> locked</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">up in there forever</font> [Music]
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Channel: True Crime Daily
Views: 1,280,459
Rating: 4.7318001 out of 5
Keywords: Donald Mellon, Rebekah Cheever, True Crime Daily, Crime Watch Daily
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Length: 20min 42sec (1242 seconds)
Published: Wed Apr 17 2019
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