In the middle of the night on August 8, 2013, firefighters raced to a raging blaze at a quiet home in Modesto, California. What they found inside the master bedroom was pure horror: Scott and Janet Pettit — a loving, well-respected couple — had been executed in their own bed, shot seven times as they slept. The fire wasn’t an accident… it was a deliberate, cold-blooded attempt to destroy every trace of the crime.
What began as an arson call quickly spiraled into one of the most shocking family betrayal cases in recent true-crime history. Investigators uncovered a twisted plot allegedly fueled by greed, inheritance, life insurance payouts, and one prized 1961 Corvette. At the center of it all? A son and the friend he supposedly hired to carry out the unthinkable.

Timestamps
03:34 A Case from Modesto, California
15:02 The Day of the Tragedy
20:30 Investigating the Fire
27:43 Brandon's Background
38:53 Felix Valverde: The Unlikely Associate
41:52 Evidence Found at Felix's Apartment
1:06:49 Brandon's Trial
1:14:17 The True Face of Evil