ihab masalmani was convicted of first degree murder, kidnapping and carjacking, and sentenced to lifeole. both have appealed their sentences. >> it took literally one second, one second to end matthew's life. and, in that one second, that has literally turned our family upside down. >> matt's funeral service, as that days program explained, was intended to remember the joy, the laughter, the smiles. and no one would forget on that sad day, matt was also a rocker. >> matt was a drummer, but he had an acoustic guitar, he would always start stairway to heaven. and it seemed like, they were times, you've grown a little bit more, learned a little bit more of it, taught himself to do it. and we asked the priest, father, i know this is unusual. but i said, if you have anyone who could play stairway to heaven, that would be beautiful. he said, let me see what i can do. >> so he came up with a group of musicians to honor matt with a song that he loved, about a symbolic stairway, that he climbed way too soon. >> and it was so beautiful. and it was just perfect. matthew would have loved it. >> t