until his defense lawyers delivered the word. >> joel courtney was not interested. he did not return a counteroffer. he outright rejected our offer. >> feels like holding her family hostage in some ways, you know. >> courtney's sister dina watched all of this unfold, knowing a trial would mean she would have to testify about the times joel tried to rape her as a teenager, about his unexpected visit to her oregon home just before brooke's abduction, and about his incriminating, presumably drug-induced statements. dina knew her testimony could help put her own brother on death row. >> my mom and i actually talked about this before she got sick and talked about, you know, we've always said that we believe in the death penalty and here it is -- >> your brother. >> -- my brother, her son. and so if you believe in it for some person that you don't know, does that still hold true if it's your loved one? and we did a lot of thinking and praying about it and we came to the conclusion that, yeah, we still did. >> you would have been okay with him getting the death penalty? >>

joel courtney was 38 years old. he lived in this albuquerque suburb, rio rancho in this home with his wife and three young children. he had worked as a mechanic and fisherman and had worked all over the united states. a fluent spanish speaker, he also lived in mexico. but the man who appeared in family photos as the ever-smiling attentive father also had a dark side. six months before, his wife had taken out a restraining order against him, reporting he had choked her. >> the first time i saw him, i remember thinking it was as strong a reaction that i had had to richard ramirez. >> ramirez is the notorious night stalker, convicted of murdering more than a dozen people in the 1980s, now awaiting execution on california's death row. prosecutor theresa watley once crossed paths with ramirez in the courtroom. >> he actually made the hair on my arms stand up because he was so evil. the only other person that has done that to me was joel courtney. >> when you first read the reports about this case, what went through your

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accident on the courtney campbell causeway. 3 3 no closed captioning is available for traffic. 3 3 3 and we reported on it all weekend. the massive blizzard that hit the northeast. fox's "joel waldman" joins us live from washington d-c this morning. good morning, staying warm?-- snow?--q- how's the clean up think things will reopen?--q- what's it like? 3 3 3 3 thanks joel! stay warm! 3 3 ((walter tampa international is hosting a job fair today. there are 125 positions available at shops and restaurants that will open up this spring. they're looking to fill hourly and management positions. once the expansion is finished...there will be 65 new stores at the airport. 30 of them will 3 open this year. the job fair runs from 10 a-m until 4 this afternoon...in the airport boardroom. 3 3 developing this morning: plant city police are investigating a suspicious death. a 38-year-old man was found dead in his home. fox13's "ken suarez" is on that story this morning. ken, what do we know? 3 3 3 3 3 thanks, ken. 3 3 in canada, friends and loved ones held a vigil outside the school where a gunman killed 4 people on friday.. 3 one of those people is the daughter of the city's mayor. she