this is where bambi bennett's family was ripped apart by an act of cruel, unspeakable violence. bambi, her given name, was a fun, feisty good old girl, country through and through. >> i was at my grandparents' a lot growing up. we gardened, and we had a big yard. a huge yard. >> you're a country girl? >> mm-hmm. >> but she had endured her share of heart ache even at a tender age. her parents divorced when she was just 6. mom remarried, then a few years later came that terrible day she'll never forget. >> my daddy and my granddaddy passed away on the same day. i was 12 years old. >> all of a sudden you had lost the two important men in your life? >> mm-hmm. >> it was a bewildering and tragic day. there was so much sudden loss to absorb, that young bambi, not yet a teenager, paid no mind to her grandfather's and father's wills. but it turned out she had been left the entire homestead, all 240 acres of it, to be held in trust until she turned 18. not long after bambi inherited the farm, her stepfather, charlie, moved the family onto the property. her property. most everybody called

without solid evidence, the county was forced to set bambi bennett free. refusal to testify against her boyfriend, prosecutors believed they had enough evidence to bring rick gagnon down, including a surprise witness. here's dennis murphy with more of our story, "the deed." >> rick was in a world of pain. locked up in the county jail facing two murder charges. he shared his woes with another guy in a jumpsuit, two inmates power walking together around the yard. >> we would walk around the pod, do laps. >> the jail yard buddy was named robert mullens, a petty crook who seemed strangely interested in rick's troubles. did he want to talk to you about the case? was he grilling you? >> all the time. >> it seemed everyone in this part of south carolina wanted to know more about this case and its two beloved victims. it took three years, but in 2008, the state was ready to try rig gagnon for the murders of charlie and diane. >> this is purely evidence that establishes a motive for richard gagnon to end the lives of these two people. >> as humphries recalls, the c

this is where bambi bennett's family was ripped apart by an act of cruel, unspeakable violence. bambi, her given name, was a fun, feisty, good ole girl, country through and through. >> i was at my grandparents' a lot growing up. we gardened and we had a big yard. you know, a huge yard. >> reporter: you're a country girl. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: but she'd endured her share of heartache, even at a tender age. her parents divorced when she was just six. mom remarried. then a few years later came that terrible day she will never forget. >> my daddy and my granddaddy passed away on the same day. i was 12-years-old. >> reporter: so all of a sudden you'd lost the two important men in your life? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: it was a bewildering and tragic day. there was so much sudden loss to absorb, that young bambi, not yet a teenager, paid no mind to her grandfather's and father's wills. but it turned out she'd been left the entire homestead, all 240 acres of it, to be held in trust until she turned 18. not long after bambi inherited the farm, her stepfather charlie moved the family onto t

bambi bennett's granddad owned a big spread and created a legacy for the generations to come. >> that barn used to be a tobacco barn. and my granddaddy built that. >> reporter: so it was a tobacco property, huh? >> uh-huh. he did farming and tobacco. >> repor b are as deep as the old oak tree draped in spanish moss that still stands tall in the front yard. they say land is worth dying for because it's the only thing that lasts, and truer words might never have been spoken. in this case, a beautiful piece of land turned out to be nothing but trouble. this is where bambi bennett's family was ripped apart by an act of cruel, unspeakable bambi, her given name, was a fun, feisty, good ole girl, country through and through. >> i was at my grandparents' a lot growing up. we gardened and we had a big yard. you know, a huge yard. >> reporter: you're a country girl. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: but she'd endured her share of heartache, even at a tender age. her parents divorced when she was just six. mom remarried. then a few years later came that terrible day she will never forget. >> my daddy and