20/20 Menu About Bios Episodes Photos Releases All American Murder - Releases December 12, 2023 ‘20/20’ Documents Case of Son’s Trial for Killing His Parents After Two Hung Juries Antonio Armstrong — a former NFL player turned successful business owner — and his wife, Dawn Armstrong, raised what seemed to be a picture-perfect Texas family. But on a fateful night in July 2016, everything changed when their then-16-year-old son AJ called 911 and reported that he heard gunshots from his parents’ room. When police arrived, they found Dawn dead and Antonio fighting for his life — a fight he soon lost — and authorities singled out AJ as the prime suspect. Almost a decade later, the case has gone to trial twice, each time ending in a hung jury. However, bombshell new evidence, previously overlooked, upended the case and finally brought a legal resolution. In a new “20/20,” ABC News chief national correspondent Matt Gutman takes viewers inside AJ Armstrong’s third murder trial and provides an inside look at the evidence that went undiscovered for seven years. The episode includes interviews with Harris County prosecutors John Jordan and Ryan Trask, retired Houston Poli Press Release - Series
December 12, 2023 ‘20/20’ Documents Case of Son’s Trial for Killing His Parents After Two Hung Juries Antonio Armstrong — a former NFL player turned successful business owner — and his wife, Dawn Armstrong, raised what seemed to be a picture-perfect Texas family. But on a fateful night in July 2016, everything changed when their then-16-year-old son AJ called 911 and reported that he heard gunshots from his parents’ room. When police arrived, they found Dawn dead and Antonio fighting for his life — a fight he soon lost — and authorities singled out AJ as the prime suspect. Almost a decade later, the case has gone to trial twice, each time ending in a hung jury. However, bombshell new evidence, previously overlooked, upended the case and finally brought a legal resolution. In a new “20/20,” ABC News chief national correspondent Matt Gutman takes viewers inside AJ Armstrong’s third murder trial and provides an inside look at the evidence that went undiscovered for seven years. The episode includes interviews with Harris County prosecutors John Jordan and Ryan Trask, retired Houston Poli Press Release - Series
