his mother became involved with marvin wayne eddy, a man now serving time for murder. >> it was 1984, and 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: mike was 8, his brother, just 5. 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 eddy 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 a tree until he quit crying. >> reporter: jesse never woke up, and died three days later. when that's your start? 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, let that happen to me. i fought a lot, and won some, lost some. it 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