- Let me ask you something. Do you know what a lie is? - Hmm? - A lie? - Yeah. - What is it? - It's when you don't tell the truth and you do something bad. - And what happens
when you tell a lie? - You get in trouble. - This is 5-year-old Patrick Morrissey. Five hours before this
footage was recorded, Patrick was at home where he lived with his adoptive parents,
Kay and Joe Morrissey. Patrick was lying in bed, his eyes closed, but he was only pretending to sleep. That night, Patrick saw something
he should never have seen. - I know earlier you said
you knew something about some robbers or something? - On April 5th, 2010, the Morrissey family's
picture perfect life took a disturbing turn for the worse when 5-year-old Patrick
woke up to the sound of his parents screaming. - And he put these little
tying things on my mom and my dad so they couldn't walk. - Patrick witnessed the
nightmare that will be known as the worst case of
home invasion the state of Florida has ever seen. - Plantation Police Department
how can I help you? - And at only 5 years old,
he will become the only person who could save his mom and put an end to the killer's reign of terror. - Wow, you're like a hero! - My mom said. - A horrible crime shatters the middle-upper-class neighborhood
just outside of Fort Lauderdale. The address? 601 Northwest on 75th Terrace. The Morrissey residence. It's 10:00 PM. Joe Morrissey
dozed off in front of the TV. His wife Kay is still awake
working in her craft room, their five-year-old
son Patrick is sleeping in the master bedroom. Something is about to wake him up. - Plantation Police Department
how can I help you? - Requesting a dispatch on
a residential fire alarm. - The resident’s last name? - Morrisey, “M-O-R...” - Two hours later, a little past midnight, Kay's daughter Christina,
who lives 10 minutes away, wakes up to her cell phone ringing. Unusual for the late hour. - I was about to not answer it and something told me
to pick up the phone. - On the other end is her mother, but she can barely hear her with all the sirens and chaos. - She was just like,
“You have to come here. You have to get here right now.” - As she arrives, the road is blocked off. Christina jumps out of the car and runs down the street
pushing the officers out of the way just to get to her mother. - I saw her standing in the middle of the road in her pajamas,
completely covered in blood. And I just remember thinking
how small she looked and how helpless she looked. - Kay is in shock, confused. She cries out the words, “He's gone. He’s gone.” But Christina has no
idea who she means. - I thought she was talking
about the people who had gotten into the house and I said, “It's okay. They'll find them.” And he goes, “No, no, no, Joe is gone. They killed him!” - As she holds her mom in her arms, Christina can see the flames and smoke rising from the house. She learns that Patrick is
staying with the neighbors, but she can't imagine
what he went through. - You guys have been
married for how long? - 13 years, gonna be 14 this year. - While Kay Morrissey
is being interrogated. Her son Patrick is sitting
alone in the next room waiting for someone
to come ask him questions. - It might be just easier to start with what happened from the
beginning last night. - I was in my craft room
and the TV was on and I heard a noise,
like something fall down. I look up. I saw him. - As the interrogation progresses, Kay Morrissey's credibility is challenged. The only other eyewitness is
brought in for questioning, 5-year-old Patrick. Investigators hope he can prove if his mom is telling the truth. - All right, Patrick, let me
ask you something, all right? - Yeah. - Do you know what a lie is? - Hmm? - A lie? - Yeah. - What is it? - It’s when you don't tell the
truth and you do something bad. - And what happens when you tell a lie? - You get in trouble. - I know earlier you said
you knew something about some robbers or something. - Yeah. - Like what happened? - Robbers in our house and my dad died. - Patrick doesn't fully understand
that his father is dead. That the man who adopted
him is not coming back. - Do another summersault,
so I can get a picture. - Hold my hat! - He was a very hands-on father, he was always doing something
with Patrick, all the time. - Umm... Did you see... were you
awake when this happened or were you sleeping? - Sleeping. But I woke up myself. - Oh yeah. And when you. - And he put a gun on
my mom and dad's head. Randy Tundidor, a 43-year-old father of two boys is sitting
at home watching TV, when someone
knocks at the door. He opens to find Detective Kendall from the Plantation Police Department. - The guy that is renting
the townhouse is suing us because he said he slipped on the stairs. - The man Detective Kendall
finds at the townhouse looks frail and ill. He wears an oxygen mask
and walks with a limp. - He has a history of being
a professional tenant. - Detective Kendall can tell Mr. Tundidor is not in any condition to have
committed the home invasion. It's clear to him this is not the man Kay saw the night before. - What's the name? - Randy Tundior, “T-U-N... D, as in David, I-D-O-R.” - Without any other lead
on finding another suspect, Kendall has to rely on the only information Kay has given them. His interrogation at the
Tundidor residence is recorded. - When police learn Randy Tundidor Jr. also has an outstanding
warrant for parole violation, they ask his father
where they can find him. - Okay, Randy, I'm gonna
read you your rights. - All right, where's the
camera or the recorder? Where is that at? - It's being recorded. - Okay. - Randy Junior seemed composed, very interested to know what information I had about the case. Very, very willing to talk to me. - I don't have no connection
with this murder. I don't know who did it. I want to clear my name, because I did not commit this murder. - The interview goes on for hours. But Detective Kendall is unable to tell if Randy is guilty or not. When Kendall tells him how
they linked him to the crime, he doesn't seem surprised of
what his father told them. - I did call my dad. He's been a good father, like he tries to direct me the right way and I go the wrong way. He's really a good man. He's a very hard worker. He's a standup guy. He would never do nothing like this. - Honestly, I think you
may be involved in it. - Okay? - That's why we
gotta clear the air. - And I understand that. - You know what I mean? - Then, we definitely gotta clear the air. - Yeah. - The person of interest in the case of the professor killed is
still in police custody tonight. - Tundidor's father had little
to say outside his shock. - He's my son. I love him to death and I'm gonna support him till the end. - The investigation is
heading into a dead end. Police are unable to put
Randy Tundidor Jr. at the crime scene. And what's worse is that
according to Kay Morrissey, there was also a second
person there that night. - It was like a two-way radio and he would talk back to it. - Who were people
talking to him on? - He didn't let them. He said, “Just listen to me. Don’t talk to me.” - Police have only one
suspect and no motive. And the more time passes,
the more the chances of finding out what happened decreases. Without any further evidence, Joe Morrissey's murder
would remain unsolved. - My mom, she did not want his memory to be attached to that night. So that was why she insisted
on it being a closed casket. - I did not want Patrick to see his dad in that condition at all. Patrick had a very difficult
time understanding. He thought that he would
look at an airplane, and say, “My dad is on the
airplane, he's coming home.” That was very hard for me. Literally, my heart was just in pieces. - As the days pass,
Patrick begins to notice that his dad isn't around anymore. Already at five years old, he
begins to show signs of PTSD, but no one knows exactly
what it is he saw. - I appreciate you calling us like that. You understand you're
not under arrest, right? And you're on your own free will. - Detective Kendall gets a phone call
no one could have predicted. Randy Tundidor Sr.'s second son, Shawn, comes in with a shocking revelation. - You called us, you said
that you know your brother, you know he's a lot of things, but you know he's not capable of murder. - He's not. He wouldn’t... - You said that you had
some knowledge of- - Basically, I'm gonna tell
you straight up. My dad did it. - This bombshell information
changes everything. Shawn now has the
detectives’ full attention. - That morning, Randy, my
brother, turned on the news. And first thing, when I turn it on, “Murder in Plantation, early this morning, woman whatever, whatever...” Randy gets up and he walks to the back porch and
starts smoking a cigarette and I don't know, family,
you get instincts. You're not stupid. You know you're family. You know what I'm saying? So I walked out in the back and I said, “Bro, tell me you
had nothing to do with that.” And he says, “Go talk to Dad.” So I walked upstairs and said,
"Pa, have you seen the news?" He said, "You need to shut up.” He said, "Because I'll
kill you if I have to." - I knew right when I saw
that headline on the news, I knew it was them. So I asked my dad, I
said, “Well, what happened?” And his words were, - He's been a good father,
like he's really a good man. He's a very hard worker. He's a standup guy. He would never do nothing like this. - He's gonna do anything and everything he has to do to make sure my father doesn’t
go to jail, 'cause he loves him. - Shawn, Randy Jr.'s younger
brother, comes forward against his father. What he doesn't know is
that his older brother, Randy is in the next room, about to confess to the same crime. - Everything you f***ing
said has been a lie! Your dad's, f***ing out there crying! - Why is my dad crying? - 'Cause of what you did. Come on, dude! I feel bad for your dad. Seriously, what happened? Dude, tell me. You'll feel so much better if you tell me - I didn't kill nobody, man. - Is Randy Jr. just taking the fall to protect his father? Would his father do the same? - He's my son and I love him to death and I'm gonna support him till the end. - I just wanted, I wanted
the truth to come out and I wanted him to pay for it. - My father used to beat us bad. I mean really beat us. One of the craziest guys you ever met and they used to call him “Rampage.” They used to call him “Scarface” 'cause he had a big-ass scar on his face. - He says "They caught him, not me." I said, "Fix this or I will." - Come on, it's common sense boss. You know what I'm saying? “My son's already caught.
F*** it, so I won't go to jail. Let me just throw everything on him” And nah, I can't let that happen. - I told them I could prove it. And they told me, “How?” and I told them, “Give me a wire.” - What if I can get my
father on tape stating that he killed the guy? Give me two hours with him. I'll find anything you want. - Detectives agree to give
Shawn a recording device hidden inside a car key. That same night, Shawn
confronts his father at home. With one hand in his pocket, he activates the device and
begins to question his dad. He knows the man has
already murdered someone and he remembers the
threat he made him. - He said, “You need to shut up.” He said, “Because I'll
kill you if I have to.” I mean, I was scared, but
I wanted my dad to pay for what he did to this family. - For two stressful hours, Shawn probes his father,
pretending to be concerned for both his well-being
as well as his brother’s. The next morning, he returns the device to the police station,
convinced he was able to get enough evidence
to convict his father. But what he doesn't know is,
did the device record at all? When police attempt to
download the audio files, this is what they hear. [Indistinct noise] - There was a lot of background noise, whether it didn't record properly or there was some sort of
obstruction in the recording. - It makes them question if
they missed a golden opportunity or if Shawn was telling the truth. [Indistinct noise] - Finally, the audio
reveals the conversation Shawn had with his father. Police are about to discover the real mastermind behind the murder. On the night of April 5th,
2010, Randy Tundidor Sr. went to his eldest son, Randy Jr,
a young man desperate to make his father proud, and he manipulated him to break
into Joe Morrissey's house. - My dad pulls out a
hundred worth of crack and he tells him to smoke it. When it was done, he told my brother, he has a customer's house
they can go rob and get cash and buy all the crack he wants. Now, you're not asking my brother that, you're asking a crack-head that. - When they search the premises of the shop called Gator Tint,
which is owned by Randy Sr. they find more than just the computer from the Morrissey house,
zip ties recently disposed of in the trash container. - He tied our hands- - To both of you? - To me and my husband. - An empty box of a hunting knive, two-way radios like the
ones the killer used. - In his little thing that he kept
talking, that kept beeping and he would talk back to it. - Foreign currency bills
left in a bucket, the same that was declared stolen
at the Morrissey residence. - And then he was saying,
"Where's the wallet? I want the wallet." - Did he have gloves on? No gloves? - Yes, he had gloves. - In the parking lot, detectives also find burnt marks on the ground, which leads them to
believe someone disposed of possible incriminating evidence. That same day, Randy Tundidor Sr. opens his front door to police officers, this time with a warrant for his arrest. Detective Kendall calls
Kay to share the news that both Randy Tundidor Sr. and his son Randy Jr. are
in custody and awaiting trial. - I was gonna be there for the
trial, even if they told me that I really didn't have
to be there, I was there. I wasn't only standing there for Joe, I was also standing there for Patrick. I wanted to seek justice. The judge and jury are presented with the facts about the case, evidence surrounding the
murder of Joseph Morrissey and the attempted murder
of his wife and son. But no one knows yet the details of what the family went through. Although Patrick is too young to testify, the jury is shown his
interrogation footage. For the first time, Patrick's ordeal is shared with the world. His story begins two years earlier on the night of April 5th. - I know earlier you said
you knew something about some robbers or something? - Yeah. - At around 11:30 at
night, Patrick is awoken by screaming in the family room. alone in his parents' bed,
he can hear his mom and dad pleading with a stranger. Patrick is terrified. He lays quietly under the covers
while listening attentively to what is happening in the other room. When he hears the front door
close, the house falls silent. For what seems like an eternity, Patrick stays quiet, frozen by fear. He lies motionless in the
spot his father sleeps in, yet his parents are gone he doesn't know where. - At that point he said he wanted to go to the ATM to get money out. He goes, “Remember if you do
anything stupid, I have the gun and I have your kid
and I have your husband and your kid’s with people back there. - At home, Patrick hears
footsteps outside his window, but doesn't dare look. He hides under the blanket until he hears the front door open again. When he recognizes his parents' voices, he stands up in the bed
ready to run after them. But instead he sees them being
forced into the master bedroom with towels on their heads. His mom is crying, terrified. Patrick can see the man
threatening them has a gun as the man tells them
to kneel beside the bed. - And he put these little
tying things on my mom and my dad so they couldn't walk. - Patrick doesn't
understand what's happening. His parents can't see him. But as his dad kneels at his
side, Joe Morrissey speaks to his son and asks him calmly, These will become Joe
Morrissey's last words to his son before his murder. - Then the guy came over and
said to Joe that he had to... he had to go with him. - As Joe is taken into the family room, Patrick continues to pretend
like his father asked, but he can still hear
him when his father begs for his family's life and then silence. - Even when the man was dying,
he was fighting for his life and trying to protect
my mom and Patrick. - For a long while, Patrick lays on his side
with his eyes closed. He can hear his mom next to him
crying, but he doesn't move. All he can do is listen, hoping to hear his father's voice
again, but he never does. In the stillness of the
house, Patrick starts to hear the flickering flames
of a fire in the kitchen. When his mom wakes him up,
she’s still tied up at her ankles and wrists, and Patrick is the
only one who can save her. He runs to his mother's craft
room through the rising smoke and grabs a pair of
scissors to cut her bonds. - I saved my mom and got
the scissors to cut those... - Wow, you're like a hero! - My mom said. - In the courtroom, Patrick's
account of what happened to Joe Morrissey and his family has left everyone speechless. The night he lost his
father, the loving man who adopted him, Patrick
followed in his footsteps and saved his mom's life. He didn't know it back then, but he would've made his father proud. - I was like so scared. He never answered me. I kept calling him and
he didn't answer me. - As Kay leaves the stand. It's now Randy Tundidor Jr.'s
turn to speak. To everyone's surprise, not only does he confess to the crimes, but he also testifies
against his own father. - The fact that he would sit
here and say that it was me and my brother who did this and planned this, I
feel like that's wrong. You shouldn't- You shouldn't do anything
to hurt your kids. I think that a father's job
is to protect his kids, not to hurt his kids. - Randy Tundidor Sr. betrayed
his own sons to save himself. While Joe Morrissey shielded
his family before his death. The verdict is unanimous. Randy Jr. is sentenced
to 40 years in prison for his role in Joe Morrissey's death. His father, Randy Sr. is found guilty of 10 felony charges including arson, armed robbery, kidnapping,
attempted murder, and first degree murder. He's sentenced to death. - I remember the bailiff
putting the handcuffs after he was found guilty, and the click of those
handcuffs is something that I still don't forget. - Shawn has lost everything,
his brother and father because he chose to do the right thing for Patrick and his mom. But in doing so, he also broke
his father's cycle of abuse. - I'm proud of Shawn. I'm not sure if we would've had Randy Sr. convicted if we didn't
have that recording. - Shawn Tundidor is a very brave
person. In all of this hatred, he was trying to do a little bit of good. - If you think I'm a snitch and
I didn't do the right thing, then you're just as bad as a
guy that committed that murder. So I don't care. - As for Patrick and his mom,
their lives are what pays tribute to Joe Morrissey. - I definitely feel Patrick is my hero. He not only saved my life, but
also helped me save his life. - They continue to support each other and will not let a father’s
sacrifice be forgotten. - I wanted other people
to see that they can survive. And I think my son also
does the same thing. - Patrick and his mom, Kay,
are living proof that even after tragedy, there's
a life worth living.
