IN
IN THE
IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER. WE KNOW THIS INVOLVED A SEMI,
BUT NO WORD IF ANYONE WAS HURT.
>>> IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN IN A
DARK PLACE, WE HOPE THIS NEXT
STORY WILL HELP +@YOU FIND HELP
IT IS ABOUT A +@MOTHER WHO LOST
HER SON IN THE MOST UNTHINKABLE
WAY.
WAY.
WAY. SHE
WAY. SHE WILL NEVER+@ MOVE +@ON.
SHARING HER STORE HAS HELPED
HER FIND SOME PEACE.
WE EXPLAINED IN THIS WFAA
+@
WE EXPLAINED IN THIS WFAA ORIGINAL.
ORIGINAL.
ORIGINAL. >> DAN AND I STARTED DATING IN
94.
94.
94. >>
94. >> Reporter: THEY LOOK LIKE THE
PERFECT COUPLE, ONDREA PILOT
WEILAND, AND DANIEL BEVIL MET
IN 1994, AND MARRIED SHORTLY
AFTER.
AFTER.
AFTER. >>
AFTER. >> WE BOTH CAME FROM A VERY
GOOD FAMILY BACKGROUND.
>> ONDREA'S FAMILY WERE
TRAVELING GOSPEL SINGERS.
SHE SAYS LIFE SEEMED GREAT
UNTIL SHE GOT PREGNANT.
>> THAN WITH I BECAME PREGNANT,
HE BECAME VERY JEALOUS OF DYLAN.
>> Reporter: ONDREA SAYS HER
HUSBAND BECAME BOT+@H VERBALLY
AND PHYSICALLY ABUSIVE AFTER
THEIR SON DOUBLE WAS BORN.
>> HE FELT LIKE DYLAN WAS
TAKING TIME AWAY FROM HIM.
HE GOT REALLY JEALOUS WHEN I
WAS NURSING DYLAN.
THAT IS WHEN IT REALLY BECAME
NOTICEABLE THAT HE DID NOT WANT
ME AND DYLAN TO BE THAT +@
CONNECTED.
CONNECTED. >> Reporter: SHE SAYS FIRST
CAME THE NAME-CALLING, THAN THE
BEATINGS AND CHOKING.
ONE BEATING WAS SO SEVERE,
ONDREA BLOCKED OUT.
>> HE WAS OVER ME THINKING THAT
I WAS DEAD, HE WAS CRYING
SAYING HOW SORRY HE WAS. +@
>> Reporter: AFTER THAT, SHE
KNEW SHE HAD TO GET OUT OR DIE.
>> Reporter: IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE NIGHT, I HAD A DIAPER BAG
AND I GRABBED MY SON, AND WE
LEFT OUT+@ OF DYLAN'S WINDOW.
WE LITERALLY WENT OUT THE
WINDOW.
WINDOW.
WINDOW. >> Reporter: ONDREA SAYS SHE
CALLED POLICE MULTIP+@LE TIMES
AFTER BEING ASSAULTED, BUT IT
WAS NEVER ENOUGH.
>> WE WOULD CALL THE POLICE AND
THEY WOULD NEVER ARREST HIM.
THEY WOULD FILE A POLICE+@
REPORT, AND SAY THEY WILL LOOK
INTO IT.
INTO IT.
INTO IT. NOTHING HAPPENED UNT+@IL IT WAS
TOO LATE.
TOO LATE.
TOO LATE. >> Reporter: SHE WENT INTO
HIDING, FILE FOR DIVORCE, AND
FOUGHT FOR CUSTODY, A JUDGE
GAVE DAN BEVIL VISITATION
RIGHTS, AND ONDREA COULD NOT DO
ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
ON THE FIRST+@ WEEKEND HE HAD
DYLAN, HE DID THE UNTHINKABLE.
>> Reporter: HE SAT ON THE FOOT
OF THE BED, AND HE HELD THE
RIFLE TO THE BACK OF DYLAN'S
BACK AND WITH ONE SHOT, IT WENT
THROUGH DYLAN, AND WENT THROUGH
DAN'S HEART.
DAN'S HEART. >> Reporter: BE+@VIL LEFT A
SUICIDE NOTE SAYING HE HAD ALSO
PLANNED ON KILLING ONDREA. FOR
MONTHS AFTER THE MURDER
SUICIDE, SHE CAME HERE TO THE
GRAVES+@ITE OF HER SON.
>> I USED TO LAY THERE.
THERE WERE T+@IMES WHERE I WOUL
NOT LEAVE FOR DAYS.
I WOULD JUST LAY THERE AND NOT
WANT TO LEAVE HIS SIDE.
IT WAS UNNATURAL FOR ME TO
LEAVE HIM.
LEAVE HIM. +@
LEAVE HIM. +@>> Reporter: ONE DAY AS SHE S
BY HIS GRACE, SHE DID SOME SOUL-
SEARCHING.
SEARCHING. >> I FINALLY REALIZED THAT THIS
IS NOT WHERE HE IS.
IT JUST KIND OF -- OVERTIME I
WAS HEALED OVER KNOWING THAT
THIS WAS JUST A BODY HERE.
IT DID NOT REALLY SERVE ITS
PURPOSE FOR ME TO BE HERE
ANYMORE. HIS LEGACY LIVES ON IN
MY HEART, NOT RIGHT HERE AT THE
CEMETERY.
CEMETERY.
CEMETERY. >> Reporter: SHE TELLS HER
STORY NOW, BECAUSE THROUGH THE
DARKEST DAYS OF HER LIFE, +@SHE
HELD ONTO HER FACE.
>> MY FAITH IS THE WHOLE REASON
THAT GOT ME OUT OF BED EVERY
DAY, WITHOUT MY FAITH, I CANNOT
BE THE PERSON I AM TODAY.
>> Reporter: SHE HAS FOUND
PEAC+@E.
PEAC+@E.
PEAC+@E. >> I AM LIVING PROOF THERE IS
HOPE, EVEN WHEN+@ YOU HAVE GONE
THROUGH , THERE IS STILL HOPE.
>> Reporter: SHE TELLS HER
STORY NOW TO HELP OTHER VICTIMS
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BUT ALSO
SO THAT DYLAN WIL+@L LIVE ON.
>> IF YOU ARE A VI+@CTIM OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, JUST ONE
CALL CAN HELP, THE NATIONAL
DO+@MESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE IS
OPEN 24 SEVEN EVERY SINGLE DAY.
YOU CAN