On August 24th, 2011, Mark Despain walked into his kitchen in Jonesboro, Arkansas carrying ice cream for his kids — and was shot twice in the back minutes later.
The killers weren't strangers.
They were his own family.
This  true crime  breakdown uncovers how a wife, a father-in-law, and a $7,000 hitman plotted the murder of Mark Despain, staged it to look like a burglary gone wrong, and hid $2 million in debt, a secret affair, and the chilling text "It has to be today.
We cover the full  Mark Despain murder  timeline — from the shotgun marriage and family business, to Carl Kelly, Terrence Barker aka Quallo, Johnny Hubard, the fake burglary scene, the 911 call, and why Michelle walked free on parole in 2019 after just 5 years.

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Key Moments:
00:34 - Found dead on kitchen floor
01:07 - Killers were his own family
03:27 - Teen marriage in 1996
09:47 - False accusation that shattered family
12:36 - $2M secret debt revealed
14:03 - Affair with 24-year-old coworker
17:06 - Divorce talk seals his fate
18:22 - $7,000 hitman hired
19:26 - "It has to be today" text
22:32 - Staged burglary and 911 call
25:50 - Fight on the front lawn
27:12 - Hitman brags, phones recovered
28:24 - Sentencing and early parole