their property and they were n re their property with anyone outside a that skinner family, even steven watkinse skinner family was circling the wagons for themselves and he was the enemy. >> jennifer and her family feared steven would be successful in getting overnight visitation at that hearing. he was continuing his quest for sole custody of sidney, but he never made it to the courthouse. he was killed the night before at his estranged wife's home. according to investigators, the skinner family had been so concerned about the hearing, jennifer's mother hired a private investigator to witness steven picking up the baby the evening he was killed, perhaps to on obvious something that could be used against him the following day. >> perhaps dirt of, you know, maybe the baby was crying whenever dad picked her up or maybe he wasn't putting her in the car seat. >> but state police learned jennifer's mother told the private eye not to show up not long before steech was to arrive. >> less than two hours later, steven watkins is laying dead on her dining room floor. >> suddenly, the child custody issue