walter borden spent over a year interviewing ross and his family.rt and crime files that ross' parents painted a clear portrait of a family riddled with dysfunction. michael ross had a troubled family from the start. >> he was conceived in rape. his mother was 16. his father was somewhat older, just got out of the marines. they met. they dated. was it a rape that would hold up in a court of law? i don't know. but she felt raped, which is the important point. she termed it she felt she was zapped. it was coerced. she felt violated. and then once she knew she was pregnant and told her mother, she was shamed and basically forced into marrying dan ross. that set the stage for a long relationship with this child, michael. she felt trapped in a marriage she did not want and which she grew to hate. and he was the cause of that trap. >> borden says during their marriage, they had an unhealthy relationship, especially when it came to sex. >> the sex wasn't loving. held down, felt violated, felt overpowered. and then on the other hand, sex might be withheld o