hoping they make it through this world in one piece. >> look, daddy, look. >> reporter: madison holton was born a handful. his parents, april and michael, could barely keep up. >> madison was always the helpful kid. >> reporter: tonya was madison's mom's best friend. she says madison was always sweet and a little different. >> i remember we had a birdhouse that my mom had brought over and she was going to put it in my backyard. the other kids run, go, play, have fun, you know. oh, mom needs help? whatever. >> reporter: not available? >> not available. madison's like, hey, do you want me to help you do it? >> reporter: school was a battlefield. madison was picked on. the scrawny kid. and a bit of a loner. >> he was always doing his own little thing. >> reporter: everything changed by madison's senior year of high school. he sprouted to almost six feet. and had less time for dad and mom. >> madison was very social. he had a lot of friends. >> reporter: hannah traylor and madison grew up in the tiny town of eclectic, alabama. >> he was always, like, the class clown. like, really goofy, tr

. >> madison holton, high school senior, accused killer. >> i literally got chills.deal. >> the father had come home and found a lot of drug paraphernalia. >> they were having issues with him. it was hurting her heart to have this happen. >> distraught parents, a rebellious teen. a family meeting explodes into violence. >> that situation goes from calm to murder in 11 minutes? >> yeah.