>> i saw her feet and she wasn't moving. so i turned on the light, and said "hey, shelley, are you okay?" she wasn't moving. so i went in and i shook her in her bed -- >> was she covered up? >> originally the blanket was on her -- >> and you shake her -- with her blanket over her. >> yes, sir. >> and you shake her and she don't wake up. you pull the cover off of her and you shake her again? >> i saw the blood and --and i touched her arm and she was cold. and -- [ crying ] >> as soon as you seen that, what happened? >> i yelled her name -- i don't know how many times. >> reporter: ashley told the detective it was all just an innocent mistake when she told the art institute she'd seen shelley alive and well the night before when, in fact, shelley was dead by then, which didn't make sent to detective ellzey, any more than did the next thing ashley said, that it was not unusual for several days to go by without seeing shelley at