his mother became involved with marvin wayne eddie, a man now serving time for murder. >> it was 1984nd me and my brother, of course, were dirt poor. he decided that it would be a good idea to go to one of his buddy's trailers and rob it of all the alcohol and drugs that were in there. >> reporter: there was snow on the ground as they headed out in the middle of the night. 5-year-old jesse would not stop crying. marvin wayne eddie decided to shut him up. >> so he started hitting him and, of course, that made him cry more and he kept beating him and eventually he picked him up by his legs and swung him up against the tree until he stopped crying. >> reporter: he never woke up from the coma and died three days later. when that's your start in life what kind of kid were you? >> i renounced god. i could not wrap my mind around how he could let that happen to my brother and let that happen to me. i fought a lot and won some, lost some but really didn't matter to me. it was the rush, you know. >> reporter: after training with john for years, but refusing to set foot in sunday service, somet