To support the claim that the marriage occurred at the Garfield Grant Hotel in Long Branch on October 17, 1974, Gates presented a photocopy of the marriage certificate.
Switching on the light, the men were met with a horrifying scene.
Although Butch Defeo is notorious for the sheer number of contradictory stories he has told about the murders over the years, one of his more consistent accounts is, indeed, that Dawn took part in the killings.