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[Music] and that's Ruth one of the most beautiful women to ever Liv she wasn't just beautiful on the
outside she was beautiful on the inside too she was very down to earth very real
fun she loved being a mom and it was the perfect family my wife Ruth my son Jeffrey and my daughter Julia
Jeffrey was a great student he was the valdi dictorian I'm lucky to have a son like him and I'm lucky to have a
daughter like little Miss America and then one day something went horribly wrong1 emergency wife she's the garage
there's everywhere on May 27th 2011 my sister Ruth was found murdered in her garage she was struck with a board
somewhere between 12 and 14 times and then she was stabbed in the neck 16 times I never looked at the pictures I I
couldn't I don't want that memory of my sister the injuries were so excessive we
knew that there was some type of a a rage we felt that it was something that was personal and he hit her in the back
of the head this was an angry killing it was the result of years things it had built up living with a difficult person
Jeff told me that his mother was storing knives in her headboard Ruth had been violent uh
with both of the children I believe my sister was very victimized by her family nobody knows what goes on behind closed
doors and in someone's home the family was not the family that they appeared to be the police asked me who killed my
sister and I said Bernie Pine to have people think that you could do it is this the
most disgusting and debilitating thought that you can have and when they started
pointing at your son that's even more ludicrous Jeffrey could never hurt his mother there's just no
way it's a tragic story you feel like this could be made up but it's not it's real life

A mother's brutal murder reveals shocking family secrets. Tracy Smith reports Saturday, June 21 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

Brief Summary

Ruth's murder reveals dark family secrets and accusations against her son Jeffrey, challenging perceptions of their seemingly perfect life.

Key points

Ruth's Tragic Murder. Ruth was found murdered in her garage, struck multiple times in a brutal attack.

Episode highlights

Ruth's Tragic MurderRuth was found murdered in her garage, struck multiple times in a brutal attack.“She was struck with a board somewhere between 12 and 14 times.”0:50Jun 18, 2014

Episode quotes

Nobody knows what goes on behind closed doors.

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