Originally Posted by
mysticgirl5
Thank you all so much! I think you all probably know the annoyance of kinda-sorta remembering something and then you just can't bring it out. The Bentler family was most definitely the one I was thinking of. I remember hearing that 911 call Shayne made before it was apparently taken offline and the panic/scream she made - so sad. Glad to see that dickhead got convicted, despite the stupidass defense argument that the mother and sister he was shooting to death on the 911 call 'misidentified' him.
The second one is trickier; I actually did think it was Michelle Nathan at first until I researched a little more. The circumstances of both murders are almost identical, and I remember reading about Michelle Nathan now too. One thing that was different was there was also a 911 call in the case I'm thinking of: the teenage girl called 911 and could be heard begging while the guy in the room with her was stabbed (I feel so morbid remembering these details, then I remember where I am :p ) and then they shot her. I think she actually lived for some time, braindead, before being taken off life support or something like that. I still want to say her name was Michelle as well, or Melissa, but my memory of the Bentler names was totally off, so I could be off on this as well. One more thing I remember is that they bulldozed the house where the murders happened some time afterwards. If anyone knows, I'd be grateful; otherwise I will live in grim purgatory until I finally remember or run across it.
Thanks again!