shirley reine worked in the business. >> and his sons took part in it? is sons took part in it. >> but over the years as the company expanded, the lucrative business that once united the reine family quickly became the root of its unraveling. >> i am told that the sons did not work their territories. there were customer complaints. there were lost customers, and melvin became frustrated at them because they were not working their territories. eventually melvin sold off the territories, and he stopped speaking with his sons. so his sons, todd and melvin jr., left the company and severed ties with their dad for good. >> they actually went and worked for another company. when they left, you could see a difference in him. you almost felt sorry for him. >> for the first time, the notorious falmouth fox appeared diminished. he had lost ties with his two sons and was also losing his mind to dementia. >> i think he knew something was up with him. he was losing it. he was. he was doing weird things. >> after a string of bizarre incidents, a judge ordered melvin to

>> may 10, 2005, 51-year-old shirley reine is discovered by a co-worker, collapsed on the floor of her garage. >> i called rescue. she wouldn't answer the door. i want to see if her car was in the garage. she was laying beside the car. i thought she passed out last night. you know what i am saying? is she in the car? >> no. outside of the car, but there is a pool of blood here. >> shirley has been laying on the cold cement floor covered in blood for more than eight hours. >> i think somebody just shot shirley. >> shirley? >> yeah, shirley reine. >> the call came in fairly early that there had been a body found in east falmouth. >> george brenner is a local reporter for the "cape cod times." >> the editor called. we want to put a couple more people on this.