because the whole trial was about todd reine. y heard was reine, todd, todd, to the through the whole thing. >> reporter: despite our attempts to interview todd and brother melvin, they refused. neither has spoken publicly about their step mother's murder. >> i have tried many times to ask todd to talk about the murder of shirley reine. he just won't do it. the best i have gotten out of him is sort of a wry smile. >> reporter: what that smile meant, if anything, we may never know. >> they got the wrong guy in the beginning. i think they should have arrested todd. todd told people he wanted her dead. >> shirley told a long list of people she feared that todd and his brother just might to do it. >> she was definitely living in fear. >> her attorney, her accountant, her hair dresser and her best friend. shirley warned them all. >> if anything happens to me, make sure everyone knows the boys did it. >> what i can say since shirley reine's death that todd and melvin reine got what they wanted. melvin lives in the house where the murder

john rams, where is todd reine. sitting in the gallery not at counsel table. why isn't he charged? ty, means. why didn't they charge him? >> why didn't they ever charge reine? >> a better question for michael o'keefe. >> reporter: cape cod district attorney mike cam o'keefe declined our request for an interview. >> i believe that if law enforcement had enough information to charge either one of the reines, or both of them, law enforcement would do so. and the reason they weren't charged was there wasn't enough evidence. >> reporter: even if detectives thought that todd reine was the master mind and asked john rams to kill shirley, why do you think he was never charged? >> i don't know. i don't know. that's what kills me. i don't know. >> he never even got questioned. >> reporter: todd was never questioned. not because police didn't try, but because he and his brother melvin refused to talk. >> tell folks how long this journey has been for you to see justice here? >> nine years. >> what would you say to mr. rams if you could? talk to him? >> do the right thing. just do the right thin

during the trial sort of alleged to the fact that maybe todd reine was the guy who wanted to pay johntodd was at the trial, he sat in the balcony, which certainly turned heads. again, never officially named as a suspect, todd reine, and never officially charged. >> so the husband here, he was also something that made a lot of people wonder, but the problem is that he was in a facility at the time. he was in an institution, because he had dementia, really bad dementia. that's really the crux of this whole case. when he had started to develop this dementia is when he did this will that cut out his stepsons and gave shirley everything. they were suing her to try to get some of the estate back. meanwhile, he didn't die until november in 2013. so she was killed ten days before they were supposed to show up in court to handle this lawsuit. >> a lot of twists and turns. >> you took the words out of my mouth. we'll be watching this evening, "murder on cape cod, who shot shirley reine?" >>> thank you for being with me "the lead" with jake tapper starts now. \s >>> that's the low energy tortois

he was convicted in the burglary and so was todd reine. >> he was never charged?of hard nervous this case from the murder seen. and even after john rams was acquitted, he said they didn't really have a strong case against him. that tells you possibly why todd was never charged in the case. >> this is a story that i think has probably just kind of held people in cape cod -- they haven't known what's happened to this woman this whole time. >> this is a family that has been there for years, very well-connected. her husband was well known in the community for various reasons that you'll learn about tonight. i've heard from people there in cape cod who are wondering what happened to shirley reine. i guess they're looking forward to the hour tonight. >> they'll have their answers. hopefully some of the answers will come tonight in the cnn special reported, murder on cape cod, who shot shirley reine. 9:00 eastern right here on cnn. . >>> police outside chicago are ramping up their manhunt. we'll have the latest right after the break. your loving touch stimulates his sens