Dr. Insanity - Grandparents Call 911 After Finding Grandson's Sickening Secret

Episode Date: December 30, 2025

This is 26-year-old Dillon Engle, only minutes after he fatally shot his stepfather. While the scene resembles a cold-blooded execution, it’s followed by years of escalating abuse that left Dillon scarred and his family constantly on edge. And even though he fired to protect his mother, he never imagined she would be the one to turn on him. With his mother now against him, he has one chance to prove his innocence… or he’ll spend the rest of his life behind bars This video was made for educational purposes only. The video is presented to provide genuine footage of police incidents to promote transparency in government while providing educational, informative and newsworthy content allowing viewers to examine and assess public safety material. This is a fact-checked documentary using authoritative sources. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hands, let me see hands. Come back here. Hands, let me see hands. Come back, come back. Come back here. Hey, one more. Hey, one more, right here. This is 26-year-old, Dylan Engel,

only minutes after he fatally shot his stepfather. You didn't do nothing wrong, son. You defend it yourself. While the scene resembles a cold-blooded execution, blooded execution. It's followed by years of escalating abuse that left Dylan scarred and his family constantly on edge. And even though he fired to protect his mother, never imagined she would be the one to turn on him. Now, with his mother against him, he has one chance to prove his innocence where he'll spend the rest of his life behind bars. What do you think Dylan could have done

differently to avoid this? He could have done multiple all things. I think he'd kill him was the right thing with you. Yeah, yeah. It's just after midnight on April 20th, when a 911 call comes in from a quiet neighborhood in Dayton, Ohio. The caller is a terrified 80-year-old man who claims he is in the basement and just heard a gunshot coming from one of the floors of his house. Officers are immediately dispatched to the scene, but what they don't know yet is that the house is filled with family members tied by old conflicts and unresolved tension, and among them

are both the unknown shooter and their victim still inside. Hands, let me see, hands. Sir, come back here. Sir, come back here. Sir, come back here. Come back here. Come back here. Hands, let me see, hands.

As officers reached the house, they're met by an elderly man who called 911 minutes earlier. He's visibly shaken and disoriented. At this point, officers can only guess what might have happened inside. And before they can learn anything about the potential shooter,

multiple people suddenly begin emerging from the house, turning each one of them into a potential threat. Hey, start taking these guys. Start checking for weapons. Come back, come back, come back, come back, come back. Come back, come back here. Hey, one more, hey, one more, right here. Dave police, anybody else in here.

Why are you detained me for me? Relax, dude. As officers begin to detaining the people coming out of the house, one man immediately draws their attention. 50-year-old Greg Goodrich, the ex-husband of Diane Engel, who's one of the residents. Greg is instantly agitated and quickly turns aggressive, leading officers to believe they may have just found their shooter. Assuming he's the one responsible, they move towards the upper floor looking for the victim,

Not realizing the discovery ahead will uncover a far darker story beneath this night than they ever expected. Who's upstairs right now? There's also a base. Yeah, they're in a house. We're sending this. We're up there that the money was shot. All right. Here, yeah, check over there.

Victim's here. As the first responders step into the bedroom, they discover exactly what they feared. By the bed, lays an unidentified, middle-aged man, unresponsive with a single gunshot wound to the head. To officers, the scene feels wrong. It's too clean, too controlled, and far stranger than a typical domestic shooting. It points to an execution. At this point, the officers have more questions than answers. Nothing about the scene matches what they expected to find.

But once they learn the victim is 51-year-old Brian Jacobs, the new boyfriend of Diane Engel, things begin to make a lot more sense, immediately placing Greg, Diane's ex-husband, at the top of their suspect list, especially given his erratic behavior outside. Convinced Greg is their shooter, officers return to the porch where everyone is gathered, but that's when all their theories would prove to be completely wrong. He's right there, that's my son. He's going to attack this. Brian's going to attack me once.

He's done to jump my son once. What happened tonight? What happened tonight? He's beating on his mom. He's beating on my son's mom. And my son's son. Tony, hey, leave. And the motherfucker kept

took off. He's already. Come running up my son. So my son's shit. Dude, if you come any close, I'm going to shoot him. And he kept on coming, so my son shot him. Is he here, Dylan? Okay, what about the guy who got shot? You didn't do nothing wrong, son. You defend it yourself.

In an instant, the investigation ship, As Greg continues talking, the details begin shifting the focus away from him and towards his son, Dylan. See, the truth is, Dylan was the one who shot Brian, his stepfather of 15 years. And for most of his life, Brian's abuse shaped the household, hurting his mother, his grandparents, and Dylan himself. So after quitting school, Dylan went to work, trying to support his family and help get them out of the abuse. abusive household. But every day, when he came back from work, he was forced to face the same ongoing abuse. The only time Dylan ever had peace was when Brian was in prison, and for a while,

that peace actually lasted, until the night of the shooting, when he returned, and the violence began again. Trying to protect himself and his mother, Dylan shot Brian, and whether he walks free now depends on proving that it was self-defense. But to show that's what happened, he needs his family to back him. Without their support, this case leans hard towards murder. So when it's time for Greg's interview, he stands by his son, not knowing that a single claim he makes will complicate Dylan's case in ways he doesn't expect. Would you like to walk me through the event of what happened tonight, please? If you want to. I've been walking up. I kind of walking up once in a four, and I hear, I hear him, I hear him yelling.

And I hear his mom, uh, fans, leave me along, leave you low, get out of here. And then my son came out of his room and said, dude, get the fuck out of here. And then I guess he started coming at him. I heard my son, I said, if you come any closer, you ain't beat me down again. If you keep coming at me, now I'm going to shoot you. That's what I think he kept coming at him. So my son shyness is a. Greg insists that's what you told him as he was charging?

Yeah, and he just kept an old comment. Greg insists Dylan acted in self-defense and claims he witnessed the shooting. A detail, Dylan will later contradict himself. For now, though, Greg's statements lead detectives to view Dylan as the primary suspect in what could be a self-defense case involving his mother, Diane, and Brian's history of abuse. Now all that was left was to gather statements supporting Greg's version of events. And if all the theories line up, Dylan could walk free of any charges. With that in mind, detectives bring in Diane, Dylan's mother.

Her statement is crucial in understanding what happened that night and in confirming whether Dylan shot Brian in her defense. However, by the end of her interview, Diane's statements will betray Dylan in a way he never expected. But before it gets there, she'll reveal just how volatile life with Brian really was. And what pushed Dylan to his breaking point? My name is Cassie. I'm going to investigate here at eight, okay? This is Detective Geiger's my partner, and anything like that. I just want to talk to about what happened tonight.

But as descriptive as you can be, is what I need, okay? I mean... You all been together for a long time? Yeah, kind of off and on. Okay. He likes to party and do the drugs, and I'm not down with all of that. What kind of drugs was he doing? I've heard...

My son's a very, very extremely forgiving. compassionate person yeah but with Brian my son was just like mom I can't deal with him okay it's too much okay so let's go back to you I take in a bath and you said he got physical thing what happened I don't know if he had his phone or my phone but I know that time I was like me in the mouth was something I don't remember what it was okay you didn't bleed or anything like that I don't see any marks anywhere on your mouth or anything I mean I got as far here from this was the last time.

Okay. But not last night. No, not last night. Okay. My son was aware of him trying to be visible. Okay. So my son had grown, irritated over a period of time. Okay.

They didn't want him around for that purpose. Diane confirms that Brian had a history of verbal and physical abuse along with drug use. She even recalls that earlier in the day, Brian attacked her. But when it comes to the moment of the shooting, the detail that could make or break Dylan's self-defense claim her memory will turn oddly foggy and from that moment on things take a bad turn for Dylan. I think Dylan might have came to the door because he does sometimes. I don't think Dylan would have came to the door though unless he heard something going on. But you don't remember him saying anything. I don't remember his exact words. Okay. Why would he bring a gun into the

room? Because I think I don't know what Brian might have been trying to me. I mean, because once I was had to protect me before. Yeah, but when your son came in the room, he wasn't on top of you, choking you, pushing the face. I'm not at that time, I don't think so. But he had before, but I don't know. Okay, for this, at that point, it was not. Everything.

Okay. It just happened so fast. Diane's uncertain answer about being in danger is enough to disrupt the self-defense angle. Her story isn't adding up, and detectives decide it's time to ask her, question that instantly changes the tone of the interview. Let me ask you one thing. Did you shoot him? Oh, loud.

I just want to make sure. Because we keep talking about Della, Dillon, but there's two people in the room. I want to make sure that you didn't shoot him and maybe Dillon is taking up for you. I just want to make sure you didn't shoot him, right? Yeah. What do you think Dillon could have done differently to avoid this? He could have done multiple little things to. He could have sent him a text message, piss them all, because

That's what Ryan would do. He would do anything. We don't know if any of that happened. We're just assuming he's that kind of guy. With no clear threat described, detectives begin forming a theory. There was no fight, no attack, no immediate danger, just Dylan and a chilling decision he made. Now it was finally time to bring Dylan in for interrogation. At this point, detectives believe they're dealing with.

the cold-blooded murderer, and they're ready to gather every piece of evidence they can against him. But for Dylan, this isn't just an interrogation. After growing up at a home shaped by Brian's violence, he now has to explain the one moment he fought back and hope someone believes him. He can't afford a single mistake. One slip up, one detail taken the wrong way, and detectives will turn it against him. The interview he's about to face will determine the rest of his life. I'll have a seat in that blue chair. I'm going to grab my notebook and I'll come right back in.

It's a little warmer right here, isn't it? Yeah. Okay. You all right? Yeah. I feel like I should talk to a lawyer because I don't know what's about to happen. Okay. You have that right to talk to a lawyer.

Do you want to talk to a lawyer and not talk to us? I just want to understand what my rights are. As the interview begins, Dylan makes a calculated decision and asks for a lawyer, knowing that, with one present, the chances of him saying anything self-incriminating would drop dramatically. But unfortunately for him, detectives aren't ready to stop there. They begin using controversial intimidation tactics in order to break him into talking. So you don't want to talk to me at all right now?

I don't think so now. I'll tell you what we're probably going to do then. We're going to go ahead and lodge you in jail. Okay, so we're going to have to base it on what the scene says. What we're going to do is we'll go ahead and process you and take you to jail. You're going to be charged with murder. We'll go from there, okay? I just know him and my mom are arguing when I got home from work.

Eventually, I know my mom was asking him to leave, and he wouldn't leave. So I walked in a room. I asked him to leave, and he wouldn't leave. I had my gun. He was acting like he was getting ready to leave, and I was kind of in the corner like this, he was trying to charge out me and take the gun. Just kind of like bear-hugging me, my arm went over top of him.

And he got them off. Dylan states that he came home, heard the fight, feared it was turning violent, and confronted Brian. That's when he rushed at him, causing Dylan to discharge his weapon accidentally. This version of events strongly supports the possibility that Dylan's actions were justified, even if the shot wasn't accidentally.

But what he says next exposes major inconsistencies between his story and the version his parents gave detectives. You may ask you this, what did you call your dad? Right after? And dad wasn't there yet, so he wasn't at the house. Did you guys plan to meet or anything after work or was you just calling my other? We usually do just about every night talk to each other to each other. Do you remember where mom was in the room during this? I think standing maybe behind me or trying to get away or something, yeah.

Okay. It's a lot in it. Yeah, but ultimately, like you said, like you didn't think he had, that's the only way this is going to stop. Yeah, it was just good at your life. Yeah. Those statements heavily complicate the entire case. Suddenly, detectives realize. that Greg, Dylan's father, wasn't even present at the house during the shooting,

meaning the only witness who openly supported Dylan's version of events had been lying from the start. And with Dylan insisting that his mother was present and wide awake during the shooting, her foggy memory introduces another possibility that she may be holding back details to protect her son. Because if she truly witnessed Dylan defending her after years of Brian's abuse, there should be no reason for her hesitation. With both of his parents' statements now working against him, Dylan's situation looks far worse, and what comes next will be his only real chance to prove his innocence to detectives. I know who he is, and I know what he could do has done, would do.

He just put his hands on my mom, he was instigating every day, all days. basically intimidated me, my grandparents, everybody that just kind of be on egg shells or scared to do anything or kind of say anything. Okay. And I'm kind of standing there like this and he runs towards me and he's trying to, got his hands on my face, trying to grab the gun. Like I said, I just kind of, my arm went over and squeezed one off into his head. yeah but he has been picking at you over the years is that true oh yeah yeah constantly picking at you family not a good relationship picks at your mom um grandparents grandparents he's intimidated him he's doing drugs he's just he's a he's a fucking is that sound right

that's what would like a really nice word for him yeah okay were you just angry no and just knew that was really the only way to get him out of there because when you call the police, he's out the next day. Yeah. So to get that to stop, there was only one way it was going to stop, ultimately. And that wasn't by him not being able to get up. That just, if he would have just left, it wouldn't have happened. If he didn't try to grab the gun out of my hands.

Yeah. And push me out the window, whatever he was trying to do, I don't even think of it right now. Yeah. But it wouldn't have happened. Yeah. You think he'd kill him was the right thing to deal? Defending myself, my mom, and the family, yeah. Yeah.

As the interview ends, detectives reject Dylan's claim of self-defense, and their rapport concludes the shooting was intentional. Dylan is charged with two counts of murder and two counts of felonious assault, held on a $1 million bond. But when the case reaches court, things don't go as prosecutors expect. A hung jury forces them to reconsider. The original charges are dropped, and Dylan is recharged with involuntary manslaughter, convicted, but released with time served and five years of probation.