here is dennis murphy with "the deed". ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the old bernese in shambles now. back in the day, so lush and productive, gone to see. the farmhouse, empty. time was the farmland in this county, some of carolina's finest. bambi bennett's granddad owned this spread, and was had plans for generations to come. >> that barr needs to be a tobacco barn. my grand daddy built that. >> so it was a tobacco property? >> yes. he did farming, and tobacco. >> bambi's roots here are as deep as the old oak tree draped in spanish moss that still stands in the front yard. they say land is worth dimes, because it's the only thing that lasts. 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 cool, unspeakable violence. ♪ ♪ ♪ bambi, her given name, was a fun, feisty good old girl, country through and through. >> i was at my grandparents growing up, and we garden, we had a big yard, a huge yard. >> you are a country girl? >> yes. >> but she endured h